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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080227655 | Assessment of effect of an agent on a human biological condition using rodent gene expression panels Rodent gene expression data, in particular, gene expression profiles, are created and used to predict the efficacy of therapeutic agents on human biological conditions. Gene Profile data sets are derived from rodent subject samples and include quantitative, substantiall... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080131915 | GPR30 estrogen receptor in breast cancers The invention provides methods of identifying metastatic disease as well as ligands such as antibodies that bind to GPR30. These antibodies are useful in the detection or treatment of endocrine tumors.... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080132553 | Preventing and reversing the formation of advance glycosylation endproducts The present invention relates to methods for inhibiting and reversing nonenzymatic cross-linking (protein aging). Accordingly, compositions are disclosed which comprise an agent capable of inhibiting the formation of advanced glycosylation endproducts of target proteins... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080124280 | Thyroid Hormone Analogs and Methods of Use Disclosed are methods of treating subjects having conditions related to angiogenesis including administering an effective amount of a polymeric form of thyroid hormone, or an antagonist thereof, to promote or inhibit angiogenesis in the subject. Compositions of the poly... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080123786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING MODULATED SIGNAL IMPAIRMENTS The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting and compensating for signal impairments in modulated signals. Phase noise and gain noise based signal impairments can be detected as a function of the difference between the optimal position in the c... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080123788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING MODULATED SIGNAL IMPAIRMENTS The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting and compensating for signal impairments in modulated signals. Phase noise and gain noise based signal impairments can be detected as a function of the difference between the optimal position in the c... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080123787 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING MODULATED SIGNAL IMPAIRMENTS The present invention is directed to a method and system for detecting and compensating for signal impairments in modulated signals. Phase noise and gain noise based signal impairments can be detected as a function of the difference between the optimal position in the c... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080118514 | Neutralizing antibodies and methods of use thereof This invention provides monoclonal antibodies that recognize the Toll-like Receptor 4/MD-2 receptor complex, and monoclonal antibodies that recognize the TLR4/MD2 complex as well as TLR4 when not complexed with MD-2. The invention further provides methods of using the m... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080118920 | Diagnostics And Therapeutics For Diseases Associated With An Il-1 Inflammatory Haplotype Methods and kits for determining whether a subject has or is predisposed to developing a disease which is associated with IL-1 polymorphisms and assays for identifying therapeutics for treating and/or preventing the development of these diseases are provided.... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080112942 | Methods for the dietary management of irritable bowel syndrome and carbohydrate malabsorption The invention relates generally to digestive disorders, and in particular to methods for treating irritable bowel syndrome by increasing carbohydrate absorption by administering a composition containing a Bacillus coagulans bacterium. ... | 05/15/2008 |
| 20080109451 | Method and system for evaluating trustworthiness Disclosed are a method and system for evaluating the trustworthiness of a target person by a user. The method and system include providing a network comprising a plurality of nodes connected by a plurality of directed links, wherein each node in the plurality of nodes i... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080108567 | Leptin-related peptides The present invention relates to methods and compositions containing novel leptin peptides, preferably for the modulation of body mass (i.e., weight), more specifically for novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications in homeostasis of body weight and adipose tissue ma... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080107686 | Vaccination with immuno-isolated cells producing an immunomodulator The present invention relates to immuno-protected encapsulated cells producing an immunomodulator, for example GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor). The cells of the invention are particularly well adapted for providing an active adjuvant or immunom... | 05/08/2008 |
| 20080098113 | Stateful firewall clustering for processing-intensive network applications A system and method for balancing network traffic that includes a master node addressable by an external device, at least one slave node addressable by the master node, at least one filter running on the master node and the at least one slave node, and a clusterware app... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080097081 | Method of treating apoptosis and compositions thereof Disclosed herein are novel polypeptides and the nucleic acid sequences that encode them. Also disclosed are antibodies that immunospecifically bind to the polypeptide, as well as derivatives, variants, mutants, or fragments of the novel polypeptide, polynucleotide, or a... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080096806 | Compositions and methods for inhibiting microbial adhesion The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating or preventing microbial infections. ... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080096590 | Short Message Service Network Plug-In An apparatus for use with communication devices, the communication devices being configured to send and receive SMS messages, the apparatus includes a memory configured to store information indicative of the communication devices that are configured to process an SMS me... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080090597 | SHORT MESSAGE FORMATTING FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE An apparatus including a processor, a memory coupled to the processor including computer readable instructions configured to cause the processor to send a short message service (SMS) message, wherein the SMS message includes an SMS header portion, a transmission protoco... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080089963 | Topical compositions containing Bacillus coagulans extracellular products and uses thereof The present invention discloses compositions derived from an isolated Bacillus species spores, or an extracellular product of Bacillus coagulans comprising a supernatant or filtrate of a culture of said Bacillus coagulans strain, suitable for topica... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080088635 | Video Display Mode Control A video graphics chip includes a graphics module configured to process incoming video information in accordance with different modes to produce a video output signal and to transmit the video output signal toward a display screen for rendering of video corresponding to ... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080091512 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO A SENSORY STIMULUS The present invention is directed to a method and system for measuring the biologically based responses of an audience to a presentation that provides sensory stimulating experience and determining a measure of the level and pattern of engagement of that audience to the... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20080086361 | Method and System for Rating Advertisements The present invention is directed to a method and system that enables viewers of advertisements, such as users of the Internet (or any other interactive platform like interactive T.V.) to share with other viewers or users their opinion and experience regarding advertise... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080073357 | Cooking UItensils with Metallic Non-Stick Coating and Methods for Making the Same Disclosed is a cooking utensil coated with a metallic non-stick coating made of a nickel-aluminum-molybdenum (NiAlMo) alloy mainly composed of nickel aluminum (NiAl), and/or a nickel-chrome-chromic carbide (NiCr—Cr3C2) alloy mainly composed of ch... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080077326 | Method and System for Locating and Monitoring First Responders The present invention is directed to methods and systems for locating and monitoring the status of people and moveable assets, such as first responders, including firefighters and other public service personnel, and their equipment both indoors and out. The invention ca... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080069916 | Extruder with twin converging screws for extruding plastomers, elastomers and viscous liquids in general The invention relates to an extruder with two screws, a first screw and a second screw each comprising a threaded conical shaft having a first end with a bigger diameter and a second tapered end, said screws being arranged converging towards each other for the extrusion... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080069886 | Spironolactone nanoparticles, compositions and methods related thereto This invention relates to nanoparticles comprising spironolactone. The nanoparticles have a mean diameter, measured by photon spectroscopy, in the range of from about 300 nm to about 900 nm. ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080070450 | Terminal Block with U-Shaped Conducting Part for Connecting Electric Wires Terminal block for connecting electric wires comprising an insulating body and a conducting part housed inside it and associated with means for retaining the free end of the electric wire, said conducting part having a U-shaped form. ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080070243 | Gene expression profiling for identification, monitoring and treatment of multiple sclerosis The present invention provides methods of characterizing multiple sclerosis pr inflammatory conditions associated with multiple sclerosis using gene expression profiling.... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080070830 | Homing of cells to myocardium The invention provides compositions such modified cells and methods of promoting healing of an injured tissue by enhancing the migration of primary or immortalized progenitor or stem cells and enhancing their engraftment into a target tissue site in mammalian recipient ... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080064914 | Thermally stable catalyst and process for the decomposition of liquid propellants A robust, high-temperature catalyst comprising a catalytic component supported on a porous ceramic carrier is provided for propellant decomposition. The catalyst comprises a porous, high-surface-area ceramic carrier material and up to 40% of metal and/or metal oxide, ba... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080062321 | Scart fast blanking signal processing A video receiver for SCART input includes an input configured to receive a composite video signal, RGB signals, and a switch-indicating signal, a first digitizer module coupled to the input and including a one-bit slicer configured to receive and convert the switch-indi... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080066134 | Memory Bandwidth Amortization A system for processing video information, the system including a memory configured to store video information, a memory controller coupled to the memory and configured to receive memory requests for the video information, a first video signal processing client coupled ... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080062324 | Chroma/Luma Delay Adjustment In a system for synchronizing video signals using a sampled signal having a sampling cycle, the system includes a coarse offset module configured to receive a first input signal and a second input signal and to alter an offset of the first and second input signals to pr... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080055477 | Method and System for Motion Compensated Noise Reduction The present invention is directed to a method and system for improved motion compensated noise reduction. The system uses a temporal noise reduction filter to remove noise from the current input field and pass it through a de-interlacer to produce a noise reduced full o... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080060041 | Stand-by mode transitioning A device for rapidly instituting an active mode of a digital-television enabled system, the system including a first, volatile memory configured to load and store software instructions, includes: an input configured to receive first digital audio and video information; ... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080059495 | Graphical User Interface for System and Method for Managing Content A system and method for electronic file management includes an object-oriented file management database, a volume manager, and a coherency manager. The volume manager manages electronic files and metadata relating to the files of one or more volumes. Each volume may inc... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080058425 | Ethyl nitrite as a gastrointestinal smooth muscle relaxant and diagnostic and therapeutic uses thereof The present invention provides compositions comprising a gas and a gastrointestinal smooth muscle relaxing agent comprising ethyl nitrite in a therapeutically effective amount. The present invention also provides methods of relaxing gastrointestinal smooth muscle, allev... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080056357 | Video Decoder Block A video decoder block provides a common pathway for processing video signals encoded using different video formats. The video decoder block passes the video signals through the same processing components in order convert the signals to a common format for display or sto... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080055488 | Video channel changing A method for reducing the perceived channel change time in digital televisions systems includes receiving and decoding a first signal that includes first video streams each including a series of first images, the video streams being of frequencies in different frequency... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080059403 | Method and apparatus for obtaining and storing medical history records A system and method for taking a medical history uses a questionnaire database in which answers to questions are correlated with subsequent questions. The answers given for the medical history provide a path through the database and a compact form for storage of the med... | 03/06/2008 |
