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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132436 | AERIAL ROOF ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Methods and systems for roof estimation are described. Example embodiments include a roof estimation system, which generates and provides roof estimate reports annotated with indications of the size, geometry, pitch and/or orientation of the roof sections of a building.... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090132010 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COMPLEX BIOELECTRIC STIMULATION SIGNALS WHILE CONSERVING POWER A system and method for generating an electrical signal for use in biomedical applications may have power efficient features, support battery powered operation and, support a reduced risk of shock hazard. The system may include a controller for generating one or more co... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090130500 | METHOD OF OPERATING A FUEL CELL STACK AT LOW PRESSURE AND LOW POWER CONDITIONS A method of operating a low pressure drop fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of low pressure drop fuel cells wherein during low pressure and low power operation, a heat transfer rate of a cathode flow field plate of each fuel cell is greater than a heat transfer rat... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128926 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOVING A LENS USING SHAPE MEMORY MATERIALS An imaging apparatus comprises an image pickup and a lens. A shape memory actuator is coupled to the lens and configured to move the lens relative to the image pickup.... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090058634 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM WIRELESS SENSOR NODES A data request from a requesting device is received at a network of wireless sensor nodes. The data request is then forwarded through the network of wireless sensor nodes to a source wireless sensor node, where data responsive to the data request is generated. A reply i... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090058096 | METHOD FOR MOUNTING A ROTOR BLADE OF A WIND POWER INSTALLATION WITHOUT USING A CRANE It has already long been known to use mobile cranes for mounting rotor blades to a wind power installation. Such cranes pick up the rotor blade at the base of the wind power installation and take it to the rotor blade connection of the hub of the wind power installation... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090058079 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CONNECTION FLANGE A method for the production of an annular connection flange includes producing the annular connection flange from an element in the form of a circular ring. The element in the form of a circular ring has a substantially triangular profile. An annular flange includes a t... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20090055147 | CELL NETWORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM A digital cell database and means for making network analysis using the database and actual data. A method for creating a database of digital cells and a device concerning the method are provided. A method for providing a service to reproduce an experiment according to ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090054770 | ADAPTIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON SENSING OF LOCAL MEDIA MOTION An image reconstruction system method for forming an image of media using data acquired from an ultrasound transducer, the method including the steps of detecting relative motion between locations in the media and the transducer; determining relative media velocity from... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090054719 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECYCLING OF LEAD FROM LEAD-BASED PAINT WASTE A transportable process for the oxidation of deconstruction and demolition debris contaminated with lead-based paint that includes sizing and heating waste for a predetermined period of time and at a temperature in the range of 500° to 1,200° C. The process results in... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090054425 | PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS Compounds, particularly compounds having spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk) inhibition activity, having the following structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof,
| 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053721 | VOLTAGE-GATED ION CHANNEL MUTANTS FOR USE IN IDENTIFYING ION CHANNEL MODULATING COMPOUNDS The present invention provides novel methods and compositions for identifying ion channel modulating compounds, including atrial-selective antiarrhythmic agents and ion channel modulating compounds that preferentially modulate K+ channels. The ion channel mod... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053575 | SUPPORTED CATALYSTS FOR THE ANODE OF A VOLTAGE REVERSAL TOLERANT FUEL CELL In a solid polymer fuel cell series, various circumstances can result in a fuel cell being driven into voltage reversal. For instance, cell voltage reversal can occur if that cell receives an inadequate supply of fuel. In order to pass current, reactions other than fuel... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053564 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING FUEL CELL STACKS TO REDUCE NON-STEADY STATE CONDITIONS DURING LOAD TRANSIENTS Methods and systems for reducing irregularities in temperature distribution in the operation of a fuel cell stack during a load transient based on the actual stack outlet temperature. In representative embodiments, the coolant flow rate and/or the oxidant stoichiometry ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090053246 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT MODIFIED BY NON-PEPTIDE POLYMER AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Disclosed are an Fc fragment modified by a non-peptide polymer, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the Fc fragment modified by the non-peptide polymer as a carrier, a complex of the Fc fragment and a drug via a linker and a pharmaceutical composition comprising suc... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090052618 | RFID TRANSDUCER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM A radio frequency identification (RFID) system having the capacity to detect conditions of alignment, wherein the system may be used with hand-held, fixed-in-place, stationary, and permanently mounted apparatus. The system includes an RF interrogator configured for use ... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090052029 | FUNCTIONAL FILMS FORMED BY HIGHLY ORIENTED DEPOSITION OF NANOWIRES Optical films formed by deposition of highly oriented nanowires and methods of aligning suspended nanowires in a desired direction by flow-induced shear force are described.... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090051626 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY-PANEL-ADDRESSING ELECTRODES A method controls electrodes for addressing a display panel having pixels distributed in lines and in columns, each addressing electrode being associated with a column in the panel, each line in the panel being successively selected for the addressing of the pixels in t... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090051401 | CALIBRATION CIRCUIT FOR AN ADJUSTABLE CAPACITANCE A calibration circuit for calibrating an adjustable capacitance of a circuit having a time constant depending on the adjustable capacitance, the calibration circuit generating a calibration signal for calibrating the capacitance and including a calibration loop, suitabl... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090050872 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COPPER COMPATIBLE CHALCOGENIDE PHASE CHANGE MEMORY ELEMENT AND CORRESPONDING PHASE CHANGE MEMORY ELEMENT A copper-diffusion plug 21 is provided within a pore in dielectric layer over a copper signal line. By positioning the plug below a chalcogenide region, the plug is effective to block copper diffusion upwardly into the pore and into the chalcogenide region and th... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090050066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CULTURING MARINE LARVAE An agitator is provided including an open system having a base holding a plurality of culturing beakers as well as a lid holding a tube transporting fresh seawater into each beaker, gently stirring the water within and eliminating any decaying embryos. Each beaker has a... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090049212 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR MESOCHRONOUS COMMUNICATIONS IN MULTIPLE CLOCK DOMAINS AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Full-duplex communication over a communication link between an initiator operating with an initiator clock and a target operating with a target clock involves, in communication from the initiator to the target: storing data from the initiator in a first FIFO memory with... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090048232 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROPHYLAXIS AND TREATMENT OF ADDICTIONS The present invention relates to methods of treating or preventing addiction and relapse use of addictive agents, and treating or preventing addictive or compulsive behaviour and relapse practice of an addictive behaviour or compulsion, by administering a peroxisome pro... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090048207 | HYDRAZIDE-CONTAINING CFTR INHIBITOR COMPOUNDS AND USES THEREOF The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods for inhibition of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein (CFTR) that are useful for the study and treatment of CFTR-mediated diseases and conditions. The compositions and p... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090048191 | Therapeutic molecules for modulating stability of vegf This present invention discloses nucleic acid compositions and methods that are useful for treating ischemic conditions in animals, particularly in mammals such as humans. Specifically, the invention discloses nucleic acid molecules comprising or encoding a sequence tha... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090047722 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR BIOMASS PRODUCTION Systems, devices, and methods for releasing one or more cell components from a photosynthetic organism. A bioreactor system is operable for growing photosynthetic organisms. Some of the methods include contacting the photosynthetic organism with an energy-activatable se... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090047674 | METHOD FOR NUCLEIC ACID ISOLATION AND AMPLIFICATION The present invention provides methods and compositions for sequence-specific isolation of polynucleotide molecules from nucleic acid populations and subsequent amplification of isolated polynucleotide molecules or fragments thereof.... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090047551 | METHODS OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEMS HAVING A HUMIDIFICATION DEVICE A method of operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack and a humidifier is disclosed. The method includes directing at least a portion of the reactant gas through the reactant chamber of the humidifier, directing at least a portion of the exhaust gas through ... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090047283 | COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTION Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of Chlamydial infection are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of a Chlamydia antigen and DNA sequences encoding such polypeptides. Pharmaceutica... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090046098 | PRIMITIVE BINNING METHOD FOR TILE-BASED RENDERING A primitive binning method includes detecting border tiles of a primitive defined by at least three vertexes. The detecting includes: defining a left edge and a right edge of the primitive compared to a direction of exploring tiles; calculating a slope sign for the left... | 02/19/2009 |
| 20090039861 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR PROVIDING A TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED OUTPUT VOLTAGE The present invention concerns a reference voltage generator (40) that provides a reference voltage (Vref new). The voltage generator (30) is operated at a supply voltage (Vdd) being lower than the Silicon bandgap voltage. It comprises a MOSFET transistor ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090039850 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A SWITCHING CONVERTER AND RELATIVE SWITCHING CONVERTER A control device for a switching converter having an input terminal and an output terminal, a half-bridge of a first and a second transistor coupled between the input terminal and a reference voltage the control device including a first circuit structured to detect sign... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090041841 | CONTROLLED RELEASE TABLET FORMULATIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF ARRHYTHMIAS Methods, formulations, dosing regimes, and routes of administration for the treatment or prevention of arrhythmias, including the treatment or prevention of atrial fibrillation are disclosed. Controlled release tablet formulations comprising a therapeutically effective ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090044229 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SYNCHRONIZE COMMUNICATION OF CONTENT TO A PRESENTATION DEVICE AND A MOBILE DEVICE A programming communication synchronizer embodiment communicates a portion of a program to a receiving device during a first time period, communicates a corresponding portion of the program to a mobile device during a second time period, and coordinates the first time p... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090042032 | NOVEL WATER-SOLUBLE NANOCRYSTALS COMPRISING A LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT COATING REAGENT, AND METHODS OF PREPARING THE SAME The invention relates to a water soluble nanocrystal with a nanocrystal core comprising at least one metal M1 selected form an element of main group II, VIIA, subgroup VIIA, subgroup IB, subgroup IIB, main group III or main group IV of the periodic system of the ... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090042492 | Fluid system and method for thin kerf cutting and in-situ recycling A fluid jet system for achieving a kerf width less than 0.015 inches is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes an orifice mount having a high-pressure fluid bore and an abrasive bore configured to communicate an abrasive mixture in form of a paste or foam to a... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090042794 | GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS ANTIGENS AND CORRESPONDING DNA FRAGMENTS The present invention relates to antigens, more particularly antigens of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) (S. agalactiae) which may be useful to prevent, diagnose and/or treat streptococcal infections.... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090044021 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND ARTICLE FOR OFF-LINE CERTIFICATION IN MOBILE APPLICATIONS A tamper-resistant certification device receives a certified digital time stamp from a trusted third party, resets a time function and produces a time stamp receipt in an on-line mode; The tamper-resistant certification device receives a digital file from a mobile compu... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090041090 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING SIGNALS USING ANTENNA DIVERSITY, FOR INSTANCE IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREFOR Encoded digital symbols are transmitted via a first pair of antennas and at least one second pair of antennas. The sets of symbols used for the transmission via the second pair of antennas are re-ordered temporally into subsets of symbols with respect to the symbols use... | 02/12/2009 |
| 20090044253 | Managing unprotected and protected content in private networks A method for managing unprotected and protected content in a private network, the method including the steps of: receiving content; retrieving metadata associated with the received content; determining whether the received content is unprotected or protected based on th... | 02/12/2009 |
