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| 20110047642 | NEW CUCUMBER PLANTS WITH A COMPACT GROWING HABIT The invention relates to the breeding of cucumbers, and especially to a new cucumber plant with a valuable new characteristic. This new characteristic leads to an improvement in the growth properties and so to a simplification and improvement of cucumber cultivation. Se... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047066 | SPECIAL MATURITY ASR RECALCULATED TIMING An system for and method of repurchasing stock is presented. The system and method improve upon prior art techniques by limiting risk to an investment bank that enables an accelerated stock repurchase. More particularly, such risk is reduced in the event that the repurc... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046221 | THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION TO MIMIC THE EFFECT OF CALORIC RESTRICTION Methods are provided for promoting longevity and decreasing the incidence of aging associated pathologies (e.g., cancer) by the administration of one or more of the following LFFA: linoleic, oleic and palmitic acid. Secondary LFFA derived from this set, as well as their... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045979 | AGRICULTURALLY ACTIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING A POLYCARBOXYLATE The present invention relates to agriculturally active compositions, such as herbicidal compositions, comprising an agriculturally active compound, such as a herbicide compound, for example an aminophosphate or aminophosphonate salt. The compositions of the invention co... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044751 | Rocket Motor Tube With Safety Features A vessel, such as a rocket motor tube, comprised of an insert, and a joint that allows the insert to decouple from the vessel to relieve pressure when subjected to excessive temperatures and/or a predetermined temperature or temperature range.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENCRYPTED MEDIA ENCAPSULATION A system for and method of media encapsulation is presented. The method may include receiving, via an audio digitizer, a plurality of packets of data and compressing, via a codec, the plurality of packets of data. The method may also include queuing the plurality of pac... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042493 | Cartridge Spreader System The cartridge spreader system includes a mobile cartridge spreader with a cartridge station configured to engage a cartridge and includes a locking controller for locking the cartridge securely into the cartridge station. The cartridge station includes an activator mech... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041217 | Onions With High Storage Ability, High Soluble Solids Content And/Or Low Pungency Long-day onion plants, capable of producing onion bulbs comprising ‘high soluble solids’ combined with a ‘sweet taste’ as a result of low pungency, are provided, as are methods for producing such plants, bulbs and seeds. Such onions can be stored for long period... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041213 | NOVEL BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from Bacillus thuringiensis strains. New proteins designated. Cry2Ae, Cry2Af, and Cry2Ag, and variants thereof are provided, as well as DNA sequences encoding these proteins or their variants. Further... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040025 | Block Copolymer, Process For Making The Same, And Use In Emulsions The invention concerns amphiphilic block copolymers, a process for making the same, and its use in emulsions. The block copolymers comprise a hydrophilic block and a hydrophobic block and can be used in emulsion as an emulsifier or as a co-emulsifier, particularly in wa... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039871 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING BOSENTAN The present invention relates to a novel intermediate useful in the preparation of bosentan and to processes for the preparation of said intermediate and bosentan. The invention further relates to compositions comprising bosentan prepared according to the processes of t... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039836 | TRICYCLIC ANTIBIOTICS The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I)
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| 20110039823 | OXAZOLIDINONE ANTIBIOTICS The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein U, V, W, X, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, B, D, E, G, m, and n are as defined in the description, to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds for use in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038893 | THERAPEUTIC USE OF AT LEAST ONE BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN IN THE TREATMENT OF PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH DIABETIC NEUROPATHY The present invention relates to at least one botulinum neurotoxin for treatment of prevention of pain associated with diabetic neuropathy wherein said botulinum neurotoxin is prepared for local administration, wherein the local administration is not in the central nerv... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035407 | System and Method for Gathering and Standardizing Customer Purchase Information for Target Marketing The present invention relates to storing and manipulating customer purchasing information, particularly purchasing information by credit cards, debit cards, checks, and the like. A hierarchical organizational structure is created comprising a plurality of categories and... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034832 | Usage of Extracorporeal and Intracorporeal Pressure Shock Waves in Medicine A shock wave applicator includes a shock wave generator and an asymmetrical reflector portion in a housing. Asymmetry of the reflector portion is combined with one or more wave generators to produce a variety of focal volumes and wave fronts for medical treatment.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034724 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A TRIFLUOROMETHANESULFINIC ACID SALT The present invention relates to a method for preparing a salt of trifluoromethanesulphinic acid termed “triflinic acid”. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for preparing a highly pure triflinic acid salt. The method of the invention for preparing ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034654 | POLYMER ORGANOCATALYST AND PREPARATION PROCESS A chiral polymer organocatalyst comprising a main chain and side chain organocatalytic groups covalently attached to the main chain, which organocatalytic groups comprise an amino acid or amino acid derivative of the following general formula (I), in which one stereoiso... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034565 | PSYCHO-PHARMACEUTICALS The invention provides a compound for use in the treatment of symptoms associated with psychosis, schizophrenia, a cognitive impairment disorder, a mood disorder, a nervous system disorder and/or a behavioral disorder. The compound has the formula ? and is administered ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034562 | PSYCHO-PHARMACEUTICALS The invention provides a selective Sigma 1 or Dopamine D3 receptor agonist or a 5HT2c receptor ligand for use in the treatment of symptoms of anxiety and/or depression associated with an affective disorder and/or symptoms associated with cognitive impairment disorder. P... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034542 | NOVEL SYNTHETIC ANALOGS OF SPHINGOLIPIDS The present invention provides new ceramide analogs indicated as the compounds of formula (II). These novel analogs exhibit a significant anti cancerous effect and are therefore provided as a pharmaceutical composition for treating cell proliferative diseases, neurodege... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034516 | AMINOPYRAZOLE DERIVATIVES The invention relates to aminopyrazole derivatives of formula (I), wherein A, E, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, their preparation and their use as pharmaceutically active c... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034399 | Liquid and Freeze Dried Formulations The present invention relates to stable parenteral formulations comprising a new class of compounds, which is a non proteinic compound, a method for preparing such formulations as well as the use of certain compounds for stabilizing these formulations.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033449 | Human immune therapies using a CD27 agonist alone or in combination with other immune modulators Methods of inducing T cell proliferation and expansion in vivo for treating conditions wherein antigen-specific T cell immune response are therapeutically desirable such as cancer, infection, inflammation, allergy and autoimmunity and for enhancing the efficacy of vacci... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031327 | DEVICE FOR STORING AND RELEASING A FRAGRANCE, AND SET OF SUCH DEVICES The device for presenting a given fragrance comprises a presenting rod (10) in a confining enclosure (20), this confining enclosure comprising a collar (21) and this presenting rod comprising a porous portion (11) loaded with this fragrance a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031233 | Food Heater A food heater having a base arranged to receive food, a heating system in the base, and a cover configured to form, with the base, a closed chamber in which food may be positioned during food preparation. A photovoltaic system is in the cover. The photovoltaic system ha... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030106 | BRASSICA PLANT COMPRISING A MUTANT INDEHISCENT ALLELE This invention relates to crop plants of which the fruit dehiscence properties are modulated. More specifically the invention relates to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering, or delaying seed shattering until after harvest, in plants, while maintainin... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028780 | Methods Of Producing Pluripotent Stem Cell-Generated Embryos, And Animals Derived Therefrom Methods for generating embryos using pluripotent stem cells are provided. The subject methods include methods for generating chimeric embryos, wherein only a subset of the cells of each embryo are genetically identical to the pluripotent stem cells used in the generatio... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028760 | METHOD FOR THE REACTIVE VAPORIZATION OF GLYCEROL The subject of the present invention is a method for the reactive vaporization of aqueous solutions of glycerol in a fluidized bed containing a reactive solid. The method of the invention makes it possible to simultaneously vaporize an aqueous solution of glycerol, to r... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028376 | PROCESS FOR PROTECTING THE COLORS OF COLORED TEXTILE ARTICLES OR FOR PROVIDING CREASE RESISTANCE TO TEXTILE ARTICLES The invention concerns a composition for cotton textile care in particular, comprising an anionic polysaccharide (in particular anionic polygalactomannan) having a mole weight higher than 250000. The composition can be a solid or liquid detergent formulation, a liquid r... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027447 | PLANTS WITH INCREASED ACTIVITY OF A STARCH PHOSPHORYLATING ENZYME The present invention relates to plant cells and plants, which are genetically modified, whereby the genetic modification leads to an increase in the activity of a starch-phosphorylating OK1 protein in comparison to the corresponding wild type plant cells or wild type p... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027278 | REGULATORY T CELL MEDIATOR PROTEINS AND USES THEREOF The present invention relates to novel regulatory T cell proteins. One protein, designated PD-L3, resembles members of the PD-L1 family, and co-stimulates αCD3 proliferation of T cells in vitro. A second, TNF-like, protein has also been identified as being upregulated ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110027273 | IMMUNOTHERAPY OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS Compositions and methods for treating autoimmune diseases are described. In particular, the use of B cell depleting agents and cytotoxic drug/B cell depleting agent conjugates with a drug loading significantly higher than in previously reported procedures and with decre... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023366 | VERTICALLY COLLAPSIBLE WEATHER RESISTANT BARRIER FOR OPENING IN A BUILDING ENVELOPE A vertically collapsible weather resistant barrier for an opening, having a plurality of side frames secured along the height of side walls and/or an intermediate post defining the opening. Each side frame has a longitudinal channel along its length facing inward toward... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110022454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETAINING CUSTOMER LOYALTY A system and method for providing incentives to customers where the incentives are tailored to the customer's needs and expectations while achieving profitability to the provider are presented. The present invention determines a set of incentives based on customer segme... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022448 | System and Method for Granting Promotional Rewards to Credit Account Holders A system and method for providing promotional rewards is provided. First, a promotional reward is communicated to a customer. The promotional reward offer comprises a promotional reward associated with one or more promotional reward-earning behaviors and a promotional t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECIDE VERTICAL TRAVEL CONDITION USING SENSOR A method and apparatus for determining a vertical driving state using a sensor which determines the driving state according to a gravity change of a moving object by using an acceleration sensor are provided. The method of determining a driving state using a sensor incl... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022052 | Method and Devices for Force-Limiting Trigger Mechanism An actuating mechanism for use with a surgical instrument having a handle, an elongate body member, and a tool head. The actuating mechanism comprises a cable engagement arm pivotably attached at a first arm end. The cable engagement arm has a lever engagement portion a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110021849 | Process For The Preparation of Fluorinated Compounds A subject-matter of the invention is a process for the preparation of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene comprising the following stages: (i) hydrogenation of hexafluoropropylene to give 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane; (ii) dehydrofluorination of the 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropro... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110020877 | CREN7 CHIMERIC PROTEIN There is provided a chimeric protein comprising a nucleic acid modifying enzyme domain having nucleic acid modifying activity joined with an Cren7 enhancer domain or variant thereof, in which the Cren7 enhancer domain or variant thereof enhances the activity of the nucl... | 01/27/2011 |
