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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047354 | Processor Cluster Architecture and Associated Parallel Processing Methods A parallel processing architecture comprising a cluster of embedded processors that share a common code distribution bus. Pages or blocks of code are concurrently loaded into respective program memories of some or all of these processors (typically all processors assign... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046724 | Expansible Biocompatible Coats Comprising a Biologically Active Substance The present invention relates to an expansible hollow part, having at least one opening, which consists of an elastic biocompatible material and which comprises at least one biologically active substance and, optionally at least one matrix compound. The invention also p... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046605 | NEEDLE SHEATHING DEVICE WITH FLEXIBLE END-PIECE FOR SYRINGE The invention relates to a safe support device for a syringe, said support comprising a support sheath for the body of a syringe, and safety means which comprise an inner sheath suitable for sliding relative to said support sheath between a waiting retracted position, i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046262 | Pasty Insert Material for Widening of Gingival Sulcus and Use Thereof Described are new pasty masses that are suitable as insert material for widening the gingival sulcus. These retraction materials contain a paste-forming agent, superabsorber particles and at least one astringent. Surprisingly, it was shown ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046127 | Imidazopyridazines for Use as Protein Kinase Inhibitors There is provided compounds of formula (I): wherein Z, M, R1, X, R3, R4 and R5 have meanings given in the description, an pharmaceutically-acceptable esters, amides, solvates or salts thereof, which compounds are useful in the... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046126 | Use of 2,4-Pyrimidinediamines For the Treatment of Atherosclerosis Novel methods and compositions for the prevention and treatment of all forms of atherosclerosis with 2,4-pyrimidinediamine compounds are described. Also disclosed is the coating of prosthetic devices, such as stents, with the compounds of the invention for the preventio... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045897 | Promotion Administration System and Method A system for administering promotions in which a player is awarded promotion credit to be consumed in wagering activities includes a credit administration facility that maintains a player credit account, and a display means capable of displaying a composition of the pla... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045646 | SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF SIGE LAYERS FROM SINGLE SOURCE OF SI-GE HYDRIDES Single-source silyl-germanes hydrides can be used to deposit Gei_xSix seamlessly, conformally and selectively in the “source/drain” regions of prototypical transistors, leading to potentially significant performance gains derived from mobility enhancement, and appli... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045580 | In-Situ Reclaimable Anaerobic Composter An in-situ dry anaerobic composter containing 40% to 75% by weight solids and located in a section of ground including a pit having side walls and a bottom, an essentially impervious liner located in the pit such that the liner abuts the pit side walls and bottom to for... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045550 | Fission Yeast Expressing Cytochrome P450 Reductase The present invention refers to a recombinant fission yeast strain useful for the improved production of human cytochrome P450s. The improvement in the cytochrome P450 rate is achieved by a coexpression of a functional human electron transfer chain e.g. CPR (cytochrome ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045537 | Human Anti-IFN-gamma Neutralizing Antibodies as Selective IFN-gamma Pathway Inhibitors This invention provides antibodies that interact with or bind to human interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and methods for treating IFN-γ mediated diseases by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of antibodies to IFN-γ. Methods of detecting the amount of IFN-γ in ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044908 | Methods and Compositions for Treating and Identifying Compounds to Treat Age-Related Macular Degeneration The present invention provides methods for treating or limiting development of age-related macular degeneration, as well as methods for identifying compound suitable for such use.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044089 | Method for Manufacturing a Resistive Switching Memory Cell Comprising a Nickel Oxide Layer Operable at Low-Power and Memory Cells Obtained Thereof A resistive switching non-volatile memory element is disclosed comprising a resistive switching metal-oxide layer sandwiched between and in contact with a top electrode and a bottom electrode, the resistive switching metal oxide layer having a substantial isotropic non-... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042339 | TEAT UNIT A teat unit has a teat, a securing device for securing the teat on a liquid container, and an air valve, the securing device having a first securing part and a second securing part. The air valve has a first valve part, which is arranged in the first securing part, and ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041065 | Method of Processing an Electronic Service Guide and Electronic Service Guide Broadcaster The invention relates to a method of processing an electronic service guide in a terminal. The terminal is configured for receiving an electronic service guide over a network. The method involves receiving the electronic service guide by the terminal over the network. T... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110041032 | Hybrid Message Decoders for LDPC Codes Two hybrid message decoders for low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are proposed. One decoder uses a posteriori probability ratio (APPR) and a posteriori probability difference (APPD), and the other decoder uses a logarithm a posteriori probability ratio (LAPPR) and a... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040814 | System and Method of Accessing Resources in a Computer Network Disclosed herein are system and methods of accessing resources in a computer network. An exemplary method may include (a) receiving into a networking device, from a first client device of a plurality of client devices, a request for a given resource (e.g., a file, direc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040316 | Method and Apparatus for a Single Handed Squeeze Lancet A single handed squeeze lancet and methods for its use, where the single handed squeeze lancet comprises (a) a lancet, (b) a lancet-holder, (c) an internal housing for receiving and guiding the lancet-holder, (d) an external housing for receiving and guiding the interna... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040076 | Human Anti-NGF Neutralizing Antibodies as Selective NGF Pathway Inhibitors This invention provides antibodies that interact with or bind to human nerve growth factor (NGF) and neutralize the function of NGF thereby. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions of said antibodies and methods for neutralizing NGF function, and particu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039670 | Machine Tool with Automatic Tool Changer A machine tool having an automatic tool changer (ATC). The machine tool includes a gantry, a spindle extending from the gantry, a configurable work area, and an ATC adjacent to a front wall of the machine tool. The ATC includes a rotary tool magazine and a plurality of ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039380 | Method for Forming a Floating Gate Non-Volatile Memory Cell Method for manufacturing a non-volatile memory comprising at least one array of memory cells on a substrate of a semiconductor material, the memory cells being self-aligned to and separated from each other by STI structures, the memory cells comprising a floating gate h... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039265 | Method of detecting tumor-associated DNA in plasma or serum This invention relates to detection of specific extracellular nucleic acid in plasma or serum fractions of human or animal blood associated with neoplastic or proliferative disease. Specifically, the invention relates to detection of nucleic acid derived from mutant onc... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038543 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING HANDWRITTEN TEXTS A language-neutral method for searching online handwritten notes is provided. The different algorithms contained in this method enable querying online multilingual handwritten documents with substrings of words rather than just whole words. More particularly, two approa... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038497 | Microphone Devices and Methods for Tuning Microphone Devices The present invention relates generally to microphone devices useful, for example, in hearing aid devices. The present invention relates more particularly to tunable microphone devices, and methods used to tune them. One aspect of the present invention is a microphone d... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038465 | CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAY FOR FOCUSED FIELD EMISSION Systems and methods are provided for field emission device. An array of carbon nanotubes is arranged in a variable height distribution over a cathode substrate. An anode is provided to accelerate the emitted electrons toward an x-ray plate. Voltage is supplied across th... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037541 | Switchable Radiation Enhancement and Decoupling A device capable of enhancing an electric field to drive an electromagnetic tag into operation is switchable between states to control operation of the tag. Enhancement is provided by a dielectric cavity structure defined between first and second conducting layers. Diff... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035595 | CODEWORD-ENHANCED PEER-TO-PEER AUTHENTICATION Peer-to-peer authentication may be accomplished by sending a digital certificate to a responder, receiving a randomized codeword in response to the sending, creating a secure fingerprint based at least in part on the digital certificate and randomized codeword, creating... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110035491 | Method for Internetworked Hybrid Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS) The Wireless Integrated Network Sensor Next Generation (WINS NG) nodes provide distributed network and Internet access to sensors, controls, and processors that are deeply embedded in equipment, facilities, and the environment. The WINS NG network is a new monitoring an... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034869 | Suction Sequences for a Breastpump A breastpump is provided with one or more novel suction sequences which are considered to produce advantageous particularized results. Such sequences include a suction method for increased milk production and an improved suction method in general.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034240 | Electronic gaming environment with display of multiple instances of single-player games and multiplayer bonus game A gaming server, game playing apparatus and a method for facilitating play of a multiplayer game by multiple players each playing an instance of single-player wager game at a workstation having a display. Multiple single-player wager game instances are aggregated into a... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033342 | Hydrogen Generator and Fuel Pellet A hydrogen generator comprising a plurality of a fuel pellets (10) containing a hydrogen-generating compound such as ammonia borane, a case serving as a pressure-resistant container for containing the fuel pellets, and a controller for controlling hydrogen genera... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032065 | Two Layer Transformer One aspect of the invention relates to a symmetrical transformer with a stacked coil structure comprising two coils each having at least two turns, said coils being located in two conductive planes. The structure comprises four identical basic elements, each basic eleme... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031439 | PROCESSES FOR HYDROMETHANATION OF A CARBONACEOUS FEEDSTOCK The present invention relates to processes for preparing gaseous products, and in particular a hydrogen product stream and optionally a methane product stream, via the hydromethanation of carbonaceous feedstocks in the presence of steam, carbon monoxide, hydrogen and a ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031409 | Fluorescence detection enhancement using photonic crystal extraction Enhancement of fluorescence emission from fluorophores bound to a sample and present on the surface of two-dimensional photonic crystals is described. The enhancement of fluorescence is achieved by the combination of high intensity near-fields and strong coherent scatte... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031354 | Aircraft An aircraft, particularly a solar powered, high altitude, long endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle, is equipped with a combination of canted down, raked back wing tips and trailing “tip tails” carried on booms from the tip regions of the mainplane. Each tip tail is p... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030761 | ROOFING PRODUCTS, PHOTOVOLTAIC ROOFING ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS USING THEM The present invention relates generally to roofing products. The present invention relates more particularly to roofing products for use with photovoltaic elements, and to photovoltaic systems that include one or more photovoltaic elements joined to a roofing substrate.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030075 | Methods and Compositions Capable of Causing Post-Transcriptional Silencing of Gene Expression in a Synergic Manner The invention relates to compositions for the post-transcriptional inhibition of gene expression by means of the combined use of a modified U1 snRNA targeted at a pre-selected region in a target pre-mRNA and of a gene expression-silencing agent of the siRNA, shRNA and/o... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029644 | Method for Vehicle Internetworks Vehicle internetworks provide for communications among diverse electronic devices within a vehicle, and for communications among these devices and networks external to the vehicle. The vehicle internetwork comprises specific devices, software, and protocols, and provide... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029513 | Method for Determining Document Relevance The relevance of a document to a given word or phrase is determined by calculating a function of whether the word or phrase occurs in the document and whether each member of a set of words or phrases related to the given word or phrase occurs in the document. A phrases ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029235 | Vehicle Control A method of vehicle control, in which a global target trajectory is tracked by successively calculating an optimum local trajectory in 4D output space to approach the global trajectory and observe vehicle performance limits and surrounding obstacle clearance. A receding... | 02/03/2011 |
