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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047375 | COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR MULTISUBSCRIBER NETWORKS, WHICH IS PROTECTED FROM DECEPTION, EAVESDROPPING AND HACKING The invention relates to a P2P communication method for multi-subscriber networks, which is protected from deception, eavesdropping and hacking, and wherein the communication carried out in an interval is predominantly carried out in separate rooms, allocated to the P2P... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045656 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR DICING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS An assembly for cutting a plurality of substrates into individual integrated circuit units includes a first block for receiving a first substrate. The first block is movable between a first loading position, a first alignment inspection station and a first cutting zone.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042963 | DRIVE COMBINATION TO GENERATE ELECTRICAL POWER AND HEAT A drive combination for generation of electrical power and heat includes a piston engine coupled to a generator. A connecting rod of an engine body of the engine is directly linked to an overhung crank, and the crank is a component of a generator shaft of the generator,... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042300 | SCREEN CYLINDER The present invention relates to a screen cylinder that is particularly suitable for screening, filtering, fractionating, or sorting cellulose pulp suspensions of the pulp and paper making industry, or other similar suspensions. The present invention relates more partic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040905 | EFFICIENT BUFFERED READING WITH A PLUG-IN FOR INPUT BUFFER SIZE DETERMINATION A method of buffered reading of data is provided. A read request for data is received by a buffered reader, and in response to the read request, a main memory input buffer is partially filled with the data by the buffered reader to a predetermined amount that is less th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040762 | SEGMENTING POSTINGS LIST READER A size of a posting list is determined as part of searching an inverted index. The posting list is segmented for reading into a plurality of segments based on the size. For example, the segmenting may be performed if the size is larger than a predetermined size. Finally... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040761 | ESTIMATION OF POSTINGS LIST LENGTH IN A SEARCH SYSTEM USING AN APPROXIMATION TABLE The present invention provides a method of minimizing accesses to secondary storage when searching an inverted index for a search term. The method comprises automatically obtaining a predetermined size of a posting list for the search term, the predetermined size based ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039046 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AT LEAST ONE RAISED AREA ON A PLASTIC CONTAINER According to the method: an IML label produced from a film of between 30 and 50 μm thick is obtained; on at least one face of the film, an area is printed with an ink or varnish; ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038457 | X-RAY DIFFRACTION APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING GRAIN ORIENTATION USING X-RAY FOCUSING OPTIC An x-ray diffraction apparatus for measuring crystal orientation of a multiple grain sample. An x-ray excitation path is provided having a focusing optic for collecting x-rays from an x-ray source and redirecting the collected x-rays into an x-ray beam converging on a s... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037210 | STACKABLE BELLEVILLE SPRING Disc springs that are resistant to premature failure caused by friction wear, disc spring assemblies and disc spring stacks comprising said disc springs, and methods of making and using said assemblies and stacks are disclosed.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036984 | TUNABLE BROADBAND ANTI-RELFECTION APPARATUS A broadband anti-reflection apparatus for use with terahertz radiation includes a layer having an outer surface comprising a plurality of pyramid structures having about a 30 μm to about a 110 μm period, and wherein reflectance of the terahertz radiation is reduced co... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036035 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR COATING SURFACES An exterior building cladding system and methods of applying the building cladding system are described. The system is a weather resistive barrier and decorative system that is particularly effective as a covering system for buildings having an exterior wood substrate. ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035300 | NETWORK METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTS A floral network system and method allows for collecting, storing and retrieving data regarding the processing of personalized or custom floral arrangements linked to personal accounts for a plurality of customers. For example, a floral network method and system may sto... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034697 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-HYDROXY-4-SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINES A process for preparing a 2-hydroxy-4-substituted pyridine compound using a microbiological method, a novel microorganism, and a novel compound are provided.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028689 | NUCLEIC ACIDS THAT ENCODE SODIUM CHANNEL A method or screen for assessing the potential of a compound to treat a pathological condition, such as arrhythmia, which is manifested by an increased late sodium current in a heart is disclosed. The method employs a mutant sodium channel protein having an amino acid s... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027864 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING 2-HYDROXY-4-SUBSTITUTED PYRIDINES A process for preparing a 2-hydroxy-4-substituted pyridine compound using a microbiological method, a novel microorganism, and a novel compound are provided.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024812 | RESONANT BODY TRANSISTOR AND OSCILLATOR A resonator body has an inversion gate, an accumulation gate, and a center region. The resonator body also has a source contact coupled to the center region and a drain contact coupled to the center region. The resonator body further has a first dielectric layer coupled... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024280 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PYROLYZING MATERIAL Methods and systems for substantially continuously treating comminuted material containing carbon and hydrogen, for example, used tires, are provided. The methods include the steps of introducing the tire material to an elongated chamber, transferring the tire material ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021675 | DISPERSING AGENT, AND PIGMENT COMPOSITION, PIGMENT-DISPERSED PRODUCT AND INKJET INK PREPARED THEREFROM A dispersing agent characterized in that said dispersing agent is prepared by reacting primary and/or secondary amino groups of an amine compound comprising a polyamine (C) with isocyanate groups of a urethane prepolymer (E) having two isocyanate groups in one terminal ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020198 | PROCESS FOR RECOVERING COPPER SULPHIDE FROM COPPER BEARING ORES BY FROTH FLOTATION Process for recovering copper sulphide and optionally molybdenum sulphide from a copper bearing ore by froth flotation includes
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| 20110018566 | TEMPORARY PLANAR ELECTRICAL CONTACT DEVICE AND METHOD USING VERTICALLY-COMPRESSIBLE NANOTUBE CONTACT STRUCTURES A wafer-scale probe card for temporary electrical contact to a sample wafer or other device, for burn-in and test. The card includes a plurality of directly metallized single-walled or multi-walled nanotubes contacting a pre-arranged electrical contact pattern on the pr... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017443 | METHOD OF GENERATING HEAT The invention provides a method for producing a supply of a heated fluid, which method comprises passing the fluid through a heat exchanger unit (2) where it is heated by a heat source (4); characterised in that the heat source (4) derives heat from... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110015624 | CRYOSURGICAL INSTRUMENT INSULATING SYSTEM A device, system and method for controlling the temperature differential between the medium within the cryosurgical instrument and the external temperature of the shaft, apart from at the cryotip itself, uses a fluid medium supplied within an internal space between the ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015535 | TECHNIQUES FOR PREDICTION AND MONITORING OF COUGHING-MANIFESTED CLINICAL EPISODES A method is provided for predicting an onset of a clinical episode, the method including sensing breathing of a subject, determining at least one breathing pattern of the subject responsively to the sensed breathing, comparing the breathing pattern with a baseline breat... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015407 | METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF ATORVASTATIN AND INTERMEDIATES USED THEREIN The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing atorvastatin. According to the present invention, provided are a novel intermediate of the preparation of atorvastatin and a method of preparing large amounts of atorvastatin in a safe manner using the interm... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110015226 | Treatment of Energy Utilization Disease Described are compositions comprising imino sugar acids for the treatment of energy utilization disease (e.g. metabolic syndrome, including any disease or disorder associated therewith, for example central obesity, elevated levels of triglycerides and diabetes, includin... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110014328 | FUNCTIONALLY SUPERIOR WHEY PROTEINS The present invention relates to a texturized whey protein composition having enhanced functional properties, including, for example, enhanced viscosifying properties, enhanced emulsifying properties, and/or enhanced gelling properties. In one embodiment, the texturized... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013011 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR FOCUSING A MULTIPLANE IMAGE ACQUISITION ON A PROBER A focused multi-planar image acquisition in real time even while a test object is moving, is achieved with a system and a method for a focused multi-planar image acquisition in a prober. When a surface of a test object is positioned laterally in relation to tips of sepa... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011241 | SELF-TEACHING AND ENTERTAINMENT GUITAR SYSTEMS A self-teaching guitar and entertainment system for use by a user to learn how to play a song on a guitar includes a guitar having a plurality of strings, a fret board having a plurality of illuminatable portions, and a processor operable to illuminate the illuminatable... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010984 | FISH LURE A lure for use in angling for predatory fish has a hollow body shell having a generally fish-shaped form, provided with one or more fish hooks. A frontally-located funnel provided with a debris filter allows water to pass into an interior of the body shell. The water pa... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009964 | PARTIAL JOINT RESURFACING IMPLANT, INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD A partial resurfacing implant for use in repairing an articular cartilage defect site that includes a top articulating portion having a top surface that is configured with at least one radius of curvature to approximate the surface contour of the articular cartilage sur... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008911 | DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR DISORDERS USING COPEPTIN The use of copeptin as diagnostic marker for the determination of the release of vasopressin, especially in connection with disorders associated with non-physiological alterations of vasopressin release from the neurohypophysis, especially for detection and early detect... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110008239 | METHOD AND APPARATUS USING CARBON NANOTUBES FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE A method of storing hydrogen using carbon nanotubes having a diameter ranging from 0.6-0.8 nm. The hydrogen may be stored in a container which is made of another material. The carbon nanotubes may be provided inside the container for adsorbing the hydrogen.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007320 | LIGHT TRANSMITTER, LIGHT RECEIVER AND MEASURING DEVICE FOR MEASURING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATES A measuring device for measuring optical properties of transparent substrates includes a light transmitter and/or light receiver comprising a hollow cylinder having a highly reflective and diffusely dispersive inner surface. The light transmitter comprises a light sourc... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006226 | TERAHERTZ RADIATION SOURCE MOUNTING ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS OF MOUNTING A TERAHERTZ SOURCE Methods and apparatus for detecting variations in electromagnetic fields, in particular, terahertz (THz) electromagnetic fields, are provided. The methods and apparatus employ polarization detection devices and controllers to maintain or vary the polarization of modulat... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003799 | 3,4-DISUBSTITUTED 1H-PYRAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE AND GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE-3 MODULATORS The invention provides compounds of the formula (0) or salts or tautomers or N-oxides or solvates thereof for use in the prophylaxis or treatment of disease states and conditions such as cancers mediated by cyclin-dependent kinase and glycogen synthase kinase-3. | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002879 | Combinations of Pyrazole Kinase Inhibitors The invention provides a combination comprising a cytotoxic compound, a signalling inhibitor, an ancillary agent, or two or more further anti-cancer agents, and a compound having the formula (Ib): or salts or... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331296 | BICYCLIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITORS The invention relates to new bicyclic heterocyclic derivative compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, A, X1, X2, X3, X4, X5 and R2 are as defined herein, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100330161 | Oral delivery of tetanus toxoid Orally active vitamin B12-tetanus toxoid (TT) conjugates are described. Attachment of TT to vitamin B12 provides for uptake of the conjugate from the digestive tract, and allows for delivery of the immunologically active TT to the blood. Pharmaceut... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326205 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRELOADING A BEARING AND ALIGNING A LOCK NUT An apparatus for providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft includes an attaching member and a press mechanism. The attaching member is releasably connected to the shaft. The press member is coupled to the attaching member and is configured to provide a compressiv... | 12/30/2010 |
