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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110045999 | IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL SUBGROUPS OF HIGH-RISK PEDIATRIC PRECURSOR B ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, OUTCOME CORRELATIONS AND DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC METHODS RELATED TO SAME The present invention relates to the identification of genetic markers patients with high risk B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL) and associated methods and their relationship to therapeutic outcome. The present invention also relates to diagnostic, progno... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110033380 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR USE IN DIAGNOSING AND TREATING MELANOMA, INCLUDING METASTATIC MELANOMA AND METHODS RELATED TO SAME The present invention is directed to novel non-invasive diagnostic tools/compounds comprising a cyclic peptide wherein the compound binds to a MSH receptor to image and treat cancers, especially, melanoma, including metastatic melanoma in vivo. The present invention rep... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110023230 | CONVERTIBLE FURNITURE UNIT A convertible furniture unit constituted by a sofa having an exposed wall and that can be converted into a folding double bed or into two mutually separate single beds. The conversion from double bed to two single beds occurs in the day version, with the beds arranged v... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110003510 | Power supply connector A power supply connector (1), comprising an insulating body (2) which supports a plurality of electrical contacts (3) and a plurality of wiring conductors (4), and comprising an electrical filtering means (5), which is interposed betwe... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001451 | Method and device for starting single-phase asynchronous motors A method and device for starting single-phase asynchronous motors which substantially consists in disengaging the start winding of a single-phase asynchronous motor, after its starting, by using a switching means that is connected in series to the start winding. The swi... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000843 | APPARATUS FOR FILTERING LIQUIDS AND RELATED FILTERING COMPONENT An apparatus for filtering liquids and the related filtering component, wherein the apparatus includes a head detachably associated to a container that accommodates a mechanically-acting filtering component; the head is provided with an inlet for the liquid to be filter... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100322877 | SILICONE ELASTOMERS IN COSMETIC ESTERS The invention describes the unexpected solubility characteristics of a number of cosmetic esters when used as solvents during the crosslinking reaction of silicone polymers to make elastomers, their use as diluting media and the uses of these ester elastomer mixtures in... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100297609 | VIVO ISOTOPIC LABELING METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE GLYCOMICS The present invention relates to a method of isotopically labeling glycans and in facilitating high throughput quantitative/comparative analysis of glycomic compositions of biological cells. The method is applicable inter alia for identifying differentiated cells and th... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100297271 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING HEPATOTOXICITY ASSOCIATED WITH DRUG ADMINISTRATION The present invention relates to the discovery that acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or aspirin), salicylic acid (SA) and related salicylate esters and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, when coadministered in effective amounts with a drug or other bioactive agent which ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100286665 | Medical handpiece with automatic power switching means A medical instrument includes a handpiece, an electromechanical transducer disposed in the handpiece, and an electrical circuit disposed at least partially in the handpiece for supplying alternating electrical current of a predetermined frequency to the transducer. A pr... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100286177 | BICYCLIC AMIDES FOR THE TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use in the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for basic and higher order behaviors. ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100267728 | 3-SUBSTITUTED-1,2,3-TRIAZIN-4-ONE'S AND 3 SUBSTITUTED 1,3-PYRIMIDINONE'S FOR ENHANCING GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPTIC RESPONSES This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use in the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for basic and higher order behaviors. ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100267714 | MIF MODULATORS The invention provides novel heterocyclic compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment that modulate levels of MIF expression and treat disorders associated with high or low levels of MIF expression.... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100266674 | L-ODDC PRODRUGS FOR CANCER The main drawback in the use of most nucleoside anticancer agents originates from their hydrophilic nature, of which property requires a high and frequent dosage for an intravenous administration. Unlike other nucleoside anti-tumor agents, troxacitabine appears to predo... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100259484 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS/NUMERALS FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL An apparatus and method for inputting characters/numerals for a communication terminal provided with a touch pad is disclosed. Consonants are inputted by touching the respective blocks on the block main body, and vowels of the fixed blocks are inputted through manipulat... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100237649 | Sanitizing and cooling apparatus particularly for motor vehicle cabins A sanitizing and cooling apparatus particularly for motor vehicle cabins includes a ventilation and climate control device connected to a plurality of main ducts provided with vents and includes a plurality of flow redirection devices. The particularity of the present i... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100225592 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS/NUMERALS FOR COMMUNICATION TERMINAL An apparatus and method for inputting characters/numerals for a communication terminal provided with a touch part is disclosed. A plurality of block groups including 9 touch regions are formed on a panel of the touch part, through which designation of coordinates or sel... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100222352 | Compounds and Methods for the Treatment of Viruses and Cancer The present invention relates to compounds according to the formula I: Where Ra is H or an optionally OH-substituted C1-C3 alkyl; R1 is OR1, an optionally substituted C4-12 carbocyclic group which may be ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100190686 | NOVEL SECRETED PROTEINS OF ADIPOCYTES FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES The present invention relates to the discovery of polypeptide biomarkers excreted into the blood stream (serum or plasma) and/or urine from adipocytes and their use to determine the existence of metabolic syndrome (prediabetic) and/or diabetic conditions (including type... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100184735 | LOCALLY ACTIVE "SOFT" ANTIANDROGENS The present invention relates to antiandrogenic compounds which may be administered for the treatment of androgen excess in the skin and by way of consequence, the treatment of acne, baldness or hirsuitism in subject or patient. These compounds have the general chemical... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100184212 | HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DERIVED MESODERM-LIKE EPITHELIUM TRANSITIONS TO MESENCHYMAL PROGENITOR CELLS Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) have the potential to produce all of the cells in the body. They are also able to self-renew indefinitely, sparking the hope they could be used as a source for large scale production of therapeutic cell lines. The present invention rela... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100168190 | Novel azoles and related derivatives as non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (nnrtis) in antiviral therapy (hiv) The present invention relates to novel heterocyclic compounds, including oxadiazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and their use in the inhibition of reverse transcriptase and the treatment of HIV (1 and 2) infections, AIDS and ARC and other viral infections.... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100166713 | EARLY MESODERM CELLS, A STABLE POPULATION OF MESENDODERM CELLS THAT HAS UTILITY FOR GENERATION OF ENDODERM AND MESODERM LINEAGES AND MULTIPOTENT MIGRATORY CELLS (MMC) The present invention relates to the production of multipotent migratory cell (MMCs) which can be differentiated into mesoderm or endoderm lineages. Multipotent Migratory Cells (MMC) are stable and robust and can be passaged at least 20 times (perhaps indefinitely), can... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100150861 | COMPOSTIONS WITH ENHANCED BIOAVAILABILITY AND FAST ACTING INHIBITOR OR GASTRIC ACID SECRETION The present invention relates to the use of pharmaceutically acceptable zinc salts, preferably water soluble zinc salts alone or optionally, in combination with one or more of a protein pump inhibitor (PPI), H2 blocker, anti-H. pylori antibiotic/antimicrobial, cy... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100150851 | ANIONIC-CATIONIC COMPLEXES AS CONDITIONING AGENTS Novel compositions comprising anionic-cationic complexes as conditioning agents for use in products that improve the appearance and feel of skin and hair are well known. This invention describes the use of additional cationic surfactant in combination with an anionic-ca... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100144664 | CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING EMERGING DISEASE, INCLUDING INFLUENZA AND VENEZUELA EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS The present invention relates to the use of carbodine and 5-F carbodine and analogs thereof for use in the treatment or prophylaxis of influenza, in particular the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza A virus or “bird flu” strain of influenza as well as the treatment or p... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100140970 | Support means for assisting in hauling an item In one aspect the present invention relates to a load carrying apparatus including, two adjacent support members, said support members having respective first and second end portions and connected, in a spaced apart configuration, at a middle part by a cross member, the... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100137295 | 3-SUBSTITUTED-[1,2,3]-BENZOTRIAZINONE COMPOUND FOR ENHANCING GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPTIC RESPONSES This invention relates to the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for higher order behaviors. These brain networks are involved in cognitive abilities related to memo... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100134898 | NEAR FIELD SUPER LENS EMPLOYING TUNABLE NEGATIVE INDEX MATERIALS A tunable super-lens (TSL) for nanoscale optical sensing and imaging of bio-molecules and nano-manufacturing utilizes negative-index materials (NIMs) that operate in the visible or near infrared light. The NIMs can create a lens that will perform sub-wavelength imaging,... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100120764 | DI-SUBSTITUTED AMIDES FOR ENHANCING GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPTIC RESPONSES This invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for use in the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for basic and higher order behaviors. ... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100104550 | CLEAVAGE OF BIP BY SUBTILASE CYTOTOXIN Cleavage of BIP (Immunoglobulin binding protein) by subtilase toxin and its application to inhibiting growth of or killing of cells. This has application to treatment of cancers and to conformational diseases and in particular to conformational diseases involving BiP th... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100093678 | Compositions and methods of the treatment of obesity and osteoporosis The present invention relates to naturally occurring compositions comprising vitamin D3 or related analog and methods for treating obesity and/or osteoporosis and reducing body fat or enhancing a bone graft in patients in need thereof.... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100092427 | Pyridinone Diketo Acids: Inhibitors of HIV Replication in Combination Therapy A new class of diketo acids constructed on pyridinone scaffolds, designed as inhibitors of HTV replication through inhibition of HIV integrase, is described. These compounds are useful in the prevention or treatment of infection by HIV and in the treatment of AIDS and A... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100065436 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING PLATINUM GROUP METALS FROM WASTE CATALYSTS THROUGH ELECTROCHEMICAL PROCESS A method of extracting platinum group metals from waste catalysts through an electrochemical process is disclosed. The extracting method includes positioning the waste catalysts between both electrodes in an electrolytic cell, leaching the platinum group metals as regul... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100065407 | CONTROL ASSEMBLY FOR INTERLOCKED SOCKETS A control assembly for interlocked sockets includes a rotary breaker which is actuated by a knob and is mounted on a supporting structure. The control assembly includes a visual indication means which has the purpose of highlighting the open/closed state of the rotary b... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100041647 | 3-Substituted-[1,2,3]-Benzotriazinone compounds for enhancing glutamatergic synaptic responses This invention relates to the prevention and treatment of cerebral insufficiency, including enhancement of receptor functioning in synapses in brain networks responsible for higher order behaviors. These brain networks are involved in cognitive abilities related to memo... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100016262 | Compositions and methods for reducing hepatotoxicity associated with drug administration and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and associated cirrhosis The present invention relates to the discovery that acetylsalicylic acid (ASA or aspirin), salicylic acid (SA) and related salicylate esters and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, when coadministered in effective amounts with a drug or other bioactive agent which ... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090318491 | Cytisine and Acetylcholine Analogs and Methods of Treating Mood Disorders The present invention relates to compounds which are derivatives of cytisine or acetylcholine which exhibit activity as agonists, partial agonists or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors and may be used in modulating these receptors and in treating mood diso... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090311278 | Novel teleost derived antimicrobial polypeptides The invention is directed to an isolated polypeptide which (a) is obtainable from a teleost; (b) has antimicrobial activity; (c) binds to oligoguanosine and/or CpG (SEQ ID NO:7); (d) comprises 58 strongly basic amino acids selected from the group consisting of K and R; ... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090306045 | Inhibition of Glycogen Synthase Kinase and Methods of Treating Autoimmune or Immune Inflammatory Disease The present invention relates to the use of glycogen synthase kinase 3(GSK3) inhibitors, especially inhibitors of GSK-3α, GSK-3β and GSK-3β2, preferably, inhibitors of GSK-3β, in patients having autoimmune diseases and/or immune dysfunction/dysregulation to induce i... | 12/10/2009 |
