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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110041375 | Recoil Operating Pistol with Nestable Barrel and Slide A recoil operating pistol has a barrel and slide with at least a pair of flat mating surfaces extending along a substantial length of both the barrel and slide parallel to each other on opposite sides of the barrel. The matching flat surfaces of the barrel and slide all... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040701 | Method and System for High Speed Options Pricing A high speed technique for options pricing in the financial industry is disclosed that can provide both high throughput and low latency. Parallel/pipelined architectures are disclosed for computing an option's theoretical fair price. Preferably these parallel/pipelined ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110034540 | Use of the CYP46A1 Gene for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease The invention relates to a viral vector for treating Alzheimers disease, which vector comprises a cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) encoding nucleic acid. In a preferred embodiment, the viral vector may be an Adeno-Associated-Virus (AAV) vector, preferably an AVV5 ve... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110028947 | Surgical instrument handle with adjustable actuator position A surgical instrument handle operates a microsurgical instrument on a surgical instrument head by manipulation of the instrument handle. The instrument handle has an elongate center rod with a ring mounted on the rod for reciprocating movement. The ring is operatively a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021611 | EFFICIENT CELL CULTURE SYSTEM FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS GENOTYPE 5A The present inventors developed 5a/2a intergenotypic recombinants in which the JFH1 structural genes (Core, E1 and E2), p7 and all of or part of NS2 were replaced by the corresponding genes of the genotype 5a reference strain SA13. Compared to the J6/JFH control virus, ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017941 | Refrigerant Composition The present invention is directed to using a composition comprising carbon dioxide and dimethyl ether as a refrigerant. In particular, the refrigerant composition comprises 3-6% by mole dimethyl ether and 97-94% by mole of carbon dioxide on the basis of a total number o... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017940 | Refrigerant Composition [Problems] To provide a safe, nontoxic, and high-performance mixed refrigerant for hot water supply/heating system which is prepared by mixing dimethyl ether with carbon dioxide and which does not deplete the ozone layer, has a low global warming potential, and permits ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110010802 | Antifungal Plant Proteins and Methods of their Use DNA constructions that provide for production of potent antifungal proteins in transgenic plants and transformed yeast cells are described. Methods of using the DNA constructs to produce transgenic plants that inhibit growth of plant pathogenic fungi are also disclosed.... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110009034 | Method of Producing Rust Inhibitive Sheet Metal Through Scale Removal with a Slurry Blasting Descaling Cell Having Improved Grit Flow A method is provided for removing iron oxide scale from sheet metal and producing a sheet metal surface with rust inhibitive properties. The sheet metal is advanced through the descaling cell and a slurry mixture is propelled against at least one of the top surface and ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004170 | Apparatus and Method for Reconstituting a Pharmaceutical and Preparing the Reconstituted Pharmaceutical for Transient Application An apparatus for preparing a pharmaceutical for transient application includes a tray having a sealed compartment, a vial of an ophthalmic formulation of mitomycin-C, a diluent carrier containing sterilized water, and a syringe that are all contained together in a singl... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000936 | Air Cannon for Removal of Flowable Material from a Material Handling System An air cannon or aerator comprises a tank, a valve, and a tube. The tank has opposite first and second openings and an interior chamber. The valve is rigidly attached to the first opening. The tube connects the valve to the second opening of the tank through the interio... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000114 | Business Form and Self-Laminating Wristband with Overlapping Lamination Panels A business form including a wristband is provided with a print area forming a badge, the badge having a length less than and a width greater than a width of either of two straps used to attach the wristband to the wrist, the badge thus having a greater print area to imp... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100330341 | TRANSPARENT BLAST AND BALLISTIC PROJECTILE RESISTANT BARRIER A transparent blast and ballistic projectile resistant barrier is comprised of a two-dimensional array of transparent hardened tiles that are encapsulated in a transparent resin layer. Preferably, the hardened tiles are transparent ceramic tiles, and the resin layer is ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329954 | HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA MIXED OXIDE OF CERIUM AND OF ANOTHER RARE EARTH, PREPARATION METHOD AND USE IN CATALYSIS The mixed oxide of the invention mainly consists of cerium oxide and of at least one oxide of another rare earth. It has a specific surface area of at least 20 m2/g after calcining at 1000° C. for 5 hours. It is obtained by forming a liquid medium comprising... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329904 | Integrated Endshield and Pump Volute For An Electric Pump And Method of Forming An Electric Pump An electric pump comprises a stator, a rotor, and an endshield. The interface plate is fixed to the stator and is configured to couple the electric motor to a pump. The pump volute is formed as an integral portion of the endshield, thereby minimizing the axial length of... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100316318 | Outer Ring Seal for a Bearing and Method of Installing the Same A bearing has an outer ring with an annular side face with an outer ring raceway on an inner peripheral surface of the outer ring and an interface formed on an outer peripheral surface at an axial end portion of the outer ring adjacent the annular side face. A compressi... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100311290 | Propulsion System For A Watercraft A propulsion system 10 for a watercraft, comprises a surface-piercing propeller 12, a propeller drive 14, a shroud unit 16 which surrounds the propeller and a mounting arrangement 18 for mounting the propeller and the shroud unit to a ... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100310669 | Dispersion of Poloxamer- Protein Particles, Methods of Manufacturing and Uses Thereof The present invention relates to a method for preparing poloxamer-protein particles. It also relates to poloxamer-protein particles obtainable by this method, dispersion thereof, and their use in methods of encapsulation, in particular of microencapsulation.... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100303779 | Non-Conventional NKT Cells for Use in Cancer Therapy The invention relates to the use of CD Id-independent NKT cells, for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for treating a tumor in a patient. Said CD1d-independent NKT cells may be obtained by (a) culturing a population of T cells under conditions which suppre... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303646 | Non-Dilution Blower Apparatus for High Efficiency Water Heater A blower housing of novel two-piece construction is comprised of first and second housing parts of stamped or drawn sheet metal that are attached together. The two-piece construction provides the housing with two interior portions separated by an interior wall. The inte... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100300825 | Collapsible Baggage and Method of Collapsing and Expanding a Baggage A collapsible baggage comprises structural side assemblies. The structural side assemblies comprise a plurality of interconnected panel members. When the baggage is expanded, the panel members of each side assembly are generally in plane with each other and are able to ... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100297247 | Aqueous-Core Lipid Nanocapsules for Encapsulating Hydrophilic and/or Lipophilic Molecules The invention relates to a composition comprising in an aqueous phase, particles having a diameter in the range of 20 to 500 nm, said particles containing:—an oil phase;—in said oil phase,—an aqueous droplet, or—a nanocapsule (NC) comprising:—an aqueous core, ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100287811 | Decoy Support System and Method A support supports a decoy device in an elevated position above the support with a post. The support comprises a platform member with a front edge and an opposite rear edge with longitudinal sides extending therebetween. The platform member has top and bottom surfaces d... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100281724 | Wristband With Separated Imaging Area And Cinch Slot A printer processible wristband has a cinch slot at one end and an imaging area at another, connected with a strap therebetween. The imaging area is shaped like a shovel and the cinch slot is shaped like a “D” and sized so that the imaging area interference fits thr... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100279367 | Soybean-Based Fermentation Media, Methods of Making And Use Fermentation media containing an isoflavone-depleted soybean meal or isoflavone-depleted soybean meal product and at least one exogenous added ingredient that comprises a substrate for microbial growth are provided. Methods of making a fermentation medium comprising an ... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100278818 | Antibody specific for the Tn antigen for the treatment of cancer The instant application provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an antibody, directed against Tn antigen which comprises CDRs derived from 83D4 monoclonal antibody or an immunoconjugate of said antibody, said pharmaceutical composition being intended for the tr... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100269862 | CLEANING AND/OR UNBLOCKING OF PROCESS EQUIPMENT A method of cleaning an internal component (14) of a process vessel (10) includes opening a guide (42) extending at least from a vessel access port or entry nozzle (38) to the internal component (14), guiding a cleaning agent/device by... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100263653 | High Efficiency Furnace/Air Handler Blower Housing with a Side Wall Having an Exponentially Increasing Expansion Angle An air distribution blower housing for an air handler such as a residential furnace is designed with a volute-shaped outer wall that has an exponentially increasing expansion angle in the direction of air flow through the blower housing for at least a portion of the vol... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100260542 | Shaft Bearing Attachment System A mounting system is disclosed for mounting a bearing assembly or other mechanical element to a shaft. The mounting system uses a tapered sleeve mechanism to secure the bearing assembly on the shaft. Specifically, a plurality of screws point load the tapered sleeve and ... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100254906 | NEW COMPOSITIONS BASED ON POLYSACCHARIDES GRAFTED BY POLYAMINE OR POLYSULPHURISED COMPOUNDS New pharmaceutical compositions based on grafted polysaccharides and methods of preparing such compositions are provided. Methods of using the compositions in medical imaging—for example in scintigraphy and in internal radiotherapy—are also provided.... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100253060 | Business form incorporating wristband with zoned imaging areas A self laminating wristband separable from a multi-ply page form has a plurality of separated imaging areas, with one larger imaging area for receiving printed data corresponding to the wearer such as his name, i.d. number, etc., with one or more second imaging areas ad... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100252721 | OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE FOR NON-INVASIVE BLOOD GLUCOSE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE An apparatus for concentrating light and associated method of use is disclosed. This apparatus includes a first outer wall having an anterior end, a posterior end, an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface defining an interior portion, the interior portio... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100240133 | Compositions and Methods for Transposon Mutagenesis of Human Embryonic Stem Cells PiggyBac transposons and transposases with enhanced transposition activity in cells are provided. Also provided are associated methods and kits for both introducing exogenous DNA inserts into the genomes of host cells as well as for the removal of the inserts from the h... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100218136 | Method and Apparatus for User-Interactive Financial Instrument Trading An improved interface for interacting with a user of financial instrument trading software is disclosed herein. The improvements include efficient user access to multiple accounts, the ability to quickly cancel open orders from an interface window, the display of real-t... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100204945 | System and Method for Detecting Fluid Delivery System Conditions Based on Motor Parameters Systems and methods for detecting various system conditions in a fluid delivery system (such as an HVAC system) based on a motor parameter are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention relate to detecting: filter condition, frozen coil condition, register conditio... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100203647 | Chemical Reporters of Protein Acylation Methods and kits for detecting acylated proteins produced by cells that have been cultured or by cells within an organism are provided. Also provided are methods and kits for detecting acylated proteins produced by cells where affinity purification tags are that facilit... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198850 | Method and Device for High Performance Regular Expression Pattern Matching Disclosed herein is an improved architecture for regular expression pattern matching. Improvements to pattern matching deterministic finite automatons (DFAs) that are described by the inventors include a pipelining strategy that pushes state-dependent feedback to a fina... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100170666 | Heat Exchanger and Method of Making and Using the Same A method of transferring heat from a warmer stream of gas to a cooler stream of gas comprises flowing the warmer stream of gas through a heat exchanger in a manner such that the warmer stream of gas converges as the warmer stream of gas flows through the heat exchanger.... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100162965 | Toothed Pet Grooming Tool with Fur Ejecting Mechanism A pet grooming tool is provided with a fur ejector portion that is at least partially movable relative to the teeth of the pet grooming tool and can be manually moved into engagement with fur that is wedged or lodged between the teeth. The engagement of the fur ejector ... | 07/01/2010 |
| 20100159879 | Intelligent network access controller and method An intelligent network access controller for use with a wireless network that provides communications services to subscribers having wireless communications devices includes a multi-protocol interface for receiving and sending digital messaging by the wireless communica... | 06/24/2010 |
