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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100247900 | Thermochromic indicator A thermochromic indicator includes a coating on the substrate. The coating comprising a solid crystalline particles having a melting point of 0-130° C. At temperatures below the melting point, the coating is opaque. At temperatures above the melting point, the coating ... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100242983 | HAIR STYLING TOOL WITH ROTATABLE CYLINDER A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a gen... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100239856 | Continuous Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Parts With In-Situ Molded Features A method for producing parts comprising the steps of: preparing a thermoplastic composite base; preparing build up areas on the base for in situ molded features to form a kit; inserting the kit into a compression mold; applying heat and pressure to the kit in the compre... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100234722 | INTERACTIVE MRI SYSTEM An MRI system for administering MRI to subjects, and for also providing video and sound to the subjects, and for receiving responses from the subjects. The system includes a sound suppression circuit for suppressing sound emanating from an MRI device. A preferred visual... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100231483 | INTERACTIVE MRI SYSTEM AND SUBJECT ANXIETY RELIEF DISTRACTION SYSTEM FOR MEDICAL USE A medical system for reducing a subject's anxiety by providing video and sound to the subject, and for receiving responses from the subject. The system includes a sound suppression circuit for suppressing sound emanating from an medical device. The one or more visual di... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100230562 | FURNITURE FOOT WITH BALL JOINT AND FELT PAD A furniture foot comprises (a) a furniture foot connector; (b) a foot base having a molded portion; (c) a ball joint connecting the furniture foot connector to the foot base; and (d) a felt pad co-molded with the molded portion of the foot base, such that the felt pad p... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100228345 | SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND MODIFYING LENSES AND LENSES FORMED THEREBY A lens for placement in a human eye, such as intraocular lens, has at least some of its optical properties formed with a laser. The laser forms modified loci in the lens when the modified loci have a different refractive index than the refractive index of the material b... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225014 | SYSTEM FOR CHARACTERIZING A CORNEA AND OBTAINING AN OPTHALMIC LENS A system for determining the shape of a cornea of an eye illuminates at least one of the interior surface, the posterior surface, and the interior region of the eye with infrared light of a wavelength that can generate fluorescent light from the portion of the cornea il... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100223403 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CARD INTERFACE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE MODES OF OPERATION An integrated circuit (IC) card interface device with multiple modes of operation allows communications with numerous IC cards, including smart cards. An interface device according to the present invention can be used several different ways, including: connected to a ho... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100219077 | ELECTROLYTIC APPARATUS FOR TREATING BALLAST WATER AND TREATMENT SYSTEM USING SAME A ballast water electrolytic apparatus for treating ballast water comprising a ballast water electrolytic chamber and an oxygen supply chamber, the ballast water electrolytic chamber including an anode for producing chlorine oxides by electrolyzing ballast water and an ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100217548 | Fault Region Location System A method for identifying an approximate fault location in a power transmission line comprises detecting first and second dominant frequencies in first and second recovering voltages resulting from the fault without using the velocity of either of the recovering voltages... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100216535 | PIC POKER GAME A method for playing a casino poker game, including providing a chance device such as a roulette wheel or a six-sided die, a poker deck of playing cards, and a wagering surface for betting options that include options regarding a subset of a dealt poker hand as well as ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100216220 | Devices and Methods for the Purification, Isolation, Desalting or Buffer/Solvent Exchange of Substances A spin column device, which contains a rigid porous filter that retains its shape during centrifugation, chromatography methods using the device to isolate a desired substance, e.g., a biological molecule, from other substances in a mixture, and kits containing the devi... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100212552 | High SRI Systems For Cementitious Applications High SRI cementitious systems comprising integral concrete coloring admixtures, toppings, dry-shake hardeners, and other cementitious systems are provided. The high-SRI cementitious systems comprise one or more IR reflective pigments and other components to make-up the ... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100197583 | Glycosaminoglycan-antagonising MCP-1 Mutants and Methods of Using Same Novel mutants of human monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) with increased glycosaminoglycan (GAG) binding affinity and knocked-out or reduced GPCR activity compared to wild type MCP-1, and their use for therapeutic treatment of inflammatory diseases.... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100194212 | RAILGUN SYSTEM A system for accelerating an armature to launch a projectile by injecting liquid aluminum between the armature and a pair of electrically conductive rails. A system for accelerating an armature by injecting liquid metal between the armature a plurality of electrically c... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100193543 | SYSTEM FOR DISPENSING LIQUID COLORING AGENT TO CONCRETE MIXTURES A system is provided for dispensing liquid coloring agent to concrete delivery vehicles. The invention includes (a) a plurality of bulk tanks, (b) a weighing vessel connected in fluid tight communication with each bulk tank, and (c) a fill line connecting each weighing ... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100192259 | MANIPULATION OF PLANT SENESCENCE USING MODIFIED PROMOTERS The present invention relates to methods of manipulating senescence in plants. The invention also relates to vectors useful in such methods, transformed plants with modified senescence characteristics and plant cells, seeds and other parts of such plants.... | 07/29/2010 |
| 20100184615 | Display of Binding Agents The present invention relates to a method of preparing a genetic package displaying oligomers of modular antibody domains binding to a target and to a scaffold ligand as well as to vectors and libraries of genetic packages produced thereby. The invention further relates... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100176040 | SUPERCRITICAL WATER OXIDATION APPARATUS AND PROCESS A method for oxidizing an organic material includes the steps of (a) forming a preoxidation mixture comprising the organic material and water, and (b) causing the preoxidation mixture to react with a liquid oxidizer in a continuous flow reactor supercritical conditions ... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100172934 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF pH STABLE ENVELOPED VIRUSES The present invention provides a method for producing pH-stable enveloped viruses wherein said viruses are used for infection of host cells under low pH conditions and for incubation with cell culture cells under conditions of low pH, as well as influenza viruses obtain... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100164187 | ADAPTIVE DESIGN OF FIXTURE FOR THIN-WALLED SHELL/CYLINDRICAL COMPONENTS A group of fixtures for thin-walled shell/cylindrical components (10) while they are being machined internally and externally, has a mounting base (1) having mounting holes, positioning pins and clamps to locate one end of the thin-walled component. A supp... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100146576 | AUDIO-VIDEO DATA SWITCHING AND VIEWING SYSTEM A computer system and method providing for viewing and switching of audio-video data. The system comprises: a plurality of audio/video sources containing information referring to an event; a streaming server, streaming the contents of a first audio signal and a first vi... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100143342 | BISPECIFIC MOLECULE BINDING TLR9 AND CD32 AND COMPRISING A T CELL EPITOPE FOR TREATMENT OF ALLERGIES A molecule or molecule complex capable of binding to TLR9 and to CD32 comprising at least one epitope of at least one antigen, its production and its use a medicament, especially for the treatment of allergies.... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100139336 | ADJUSTABLE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE An anti-theft device (1) composes of an adjusting and blocking body (3) and of an abutment plate (5), that are being mutually connected through at least two protecting cables (2) and mutually approaching and going away by unwinding or winding... | 06/10/2010 |
| 20100136518 | ANTIBODIES USEFUL FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER The present invention provides antibodies, or fragments thereof, for isolating and/or identifying epitopes of an endogenous retrovirus, preferably of a melanoma associated endogenous retrovirus, and hybridoma cells producing said antibodies. The antibodies are useful es... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100136052 | REPLICATION DEFICIENT INFLUENZA VIRUS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF HETEROLOGOUS SEQUENCES The present invention covers a novel replication deficient influenza virus comprising a modified NS1 segment coding for a NS1 protein lacking a functional RNA binding domain and functional effector domain and a heterologous sequence inserted between the splice donor sit... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100129399 | LINEAR EXPRESSION CONSTRUCTS FOR PRODUCTION OF INFLUENZA VIRUS PARTICLES The present invention provides a linear expression construct free of any conventional amplification and/or selection sequences comprising an RNA polymerase I (polI) promoter and a polI termination signal, inserted between a RNA polymerase II (polII) promoter and a polya... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100114515 | CALIBRATION PROCESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DATA STRUCTURE A method for calibration process management of a calibration testing unit and a plurality of units under test, comprising configuring a user interface in communication with a calibration process management software system, configuring a communications link in communicat... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100099476 | NON-VISIBLE MAZE GAMMING SYSTEM AND METHOD A gaming system, device and method for playing a changeable non-visible maze that can be navigated using visible or non-visible cues.... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100096226 | DISC BRAKE ASSEMBLY A disc brake assembly includes a rotor, a caliper, brake pads and an optional filter. The optional filter can be disposed within a shroud which covers at least about 70% of the distal side periphery on at least one of the two sides of the rotor. The disc brake also incl... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100094737 | UTILITY COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN CONCEPT A system for recharging the batteries in an electrically powered vehicle which is owned or operated by an authorized party and wherein the recharging of the batteries is carried carried out at a site away from the premises owned or controlled by the authorizing party in... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100087385 | APPLICATION OF GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID AND ITS BREAKDOWN PRODUCT GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A MEDICAMENT FOR THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE The application of glycyrrhizic acid and its breakdown product glycyrrhetinic acid for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease is disclosed. Glycyrrhizic acid or glycyrrhetinic acid and glycyrrhizinate or glycyrrhetate can treat inflammatory bowel disease by inhibit... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100068813 | APOPTOTIC CELL-MEDIATED TRANSFECTION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS WITH INTERFERING RNA Mammalian host cells for use in a cell-mediated tranfection process, which contain an RNAi molecule and an expression vector for a pro-apoptotic protein. The method includes inducing apoptotic cell (AC) death in mammalian cells that contain an RNAi molecule capable of d... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100064428 | WATER RECREATIONAL APPARATUS WITH CONTROL PANEL HAVING CONTROL BUTTONS WITH AUDIBLE SIGNALS A water recreational apparatus, such as a portable spa, hot tub, above-ground pool or water recirculating bathtub has (a) a water recirculation system, including a water pump and a water heater, (b) a control panel having a plurality of control buttons for controlling t... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100048877 | NOVEL MULTIVALENT IMMUNOGLOBULINS The present invention provides a multivalent immunoglobulin or part thereof binding specifically to at least two cell surface molecules of a single cell with at least one modification in at least one structural loop region of said immunoglobulin determining binding to a... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100043818 | HAIR STYLING TOOL WITH ROTATABLE CYLINDER A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a gen... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100038987 | Motors Having a Hyperbolic Cosine Curve Shape A motor having a hyperbolic cosine curve shaped rotor and a matching hyperbolic cosine curve shaped stator.... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100030151 | DEBUBBLER A device for removal of a gas from a liquid in a medical infusion line has a housing containing a plurality of hollow fiber membranes. Preferably liquid passes on the exterior of the membranes and gas bubbles in the liquid pass into the lumens of the hollow fiber membra... | 02/04/2010 |
| 20100029497 | METHOD FOR ENGINEERING IMMUNOGLOBULINS The present invention relates to a method for engineering an immunoglobulin comprising a variable domain and at least one modification in at least two structural loops of said immunoglobulin and determining the binding of said immunoglobulin to an epitope of an antigen,... | 02/04/2010 |
