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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100298220 | FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR MUTANTS HAVING IMPROVED FUNCTIONAL HALF-LIFE AND METHODS OF THEIR USE Mutant fibroblast growth factor (FGF) proteins having a polypeptide sequence with a high sequence identity to proteins encoded by members of the Fgf-1 subfamily of genes from a mammalian species, such as human, and with a specific amino acid substitution of an alanine a... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100273096 | PHOTOPOLYMER MEDIA WITH ENHANCED DYNAMIC RANGE Dynamic range enhancing dopants for photopolymeric media are described. Also described are optical articles using these dopants and methods for making such optical articles.... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100261235 | CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL FUEL BY ENZYMATIC METHOD A method for continuously producing a fatty acid ester of the present invention comprises (a) mixing and agitating an oil and fat starting material and a lower alcohol, and supplying a mixture to one of the catalyst reaction tubes filled with a lipase; (b) producing a f... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100231998 | MONOCULAR HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE A monocular holographic storage device or system to provide for compact recording and/or reading of data pages in a holographic storage medium. Also provided are methods for carrying out such data storage and/or data recovery using a monocular holographic storage device... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100216157 | IMMUNOGLOBULIN PEPTIDES AGAINST HEATED BOVINE BLOOD The present invention is related to immunoglobulin peptides that recognize a thermostable antigen from bovine blood. The invention also provides methods for determining the presence of bovine blood in a food sample or an animal feed sample.... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100204924 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MONITORING OF FLUID QUALITY AND TREATMENT The present invention provides a remote monitoring system for monitoring the operation of a fluid treatment system and/or the qualities, characteristics, properties, etc., of the fluid being processed or treated by the fluid treatment system. The system includes a remot... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100171079 | HYDROGEN ODORIZATION A composition comprising: hydrogen; and an oxygenate odorant; wherein the oxygenate odorant has a vapor pressure of about 0.002 psi. or greater at 25° C. and having a smell detectable at less than 1 ppm by a human nose; wherein the oxygenate odorant includes one or mor... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100153266 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF COLLECTION OF GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATIONAL PAYMENTS, INCLUDING A CONVENIENCE FEE, USING PAYMENT CARDS A system includes an authorization device and one or more payment servers for entering payment and payment card information and determining any issuing fees and any convenience fee for transactions paid using the two or more types of payment cards. The one or more payme... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100153021 | ANTI-TERRORISM WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM An Anti-Terrorism water quality monitoring system for continuously monitoring a potable water treatment system and related potable water distribution network that provides potable water to a municipality, city, housing development or other potable water consumer. The sy... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100137639 | PREPARATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR ENHANCED REACTIVITY The present invention provides an improved method for preparing, purifying, precipitating, etc., a subject compound for use in a subsequent reaction carried out in suspension. The present invention relies on a precipitating solvent being added to an aqueous solution com... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100130723 | POLYPEPTIDE SYNTHESIS FOR DRUG DELIVERY The present invention provides improved methods for the synthesis of polypeptide or peptide-linked compounds via a NCA-based polymerization reaction that produces high product yields in much less time. Such improved methods are achieved by application of a higher temper... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100105574 | CANCER STEM CELLS AND USES THEREOF Disclosed are enriched preparations of neuroblastoma tumor initiating cells (NB TICs). The NB TICs are capable of self-renewal, initiating neuroblastoma tumor growth in vivo and are capable of being passaged in high frequency. These NB TICs have chromosomal abnormalitie... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100102249 | METHOD OF LUMINESCENT SOLID STATE DOSIMETRY OF MIXED RADIATIONS A method of determining the doses of neutrons, gamma and X-ray photons, beta, alpha and other ionizing radiations using a method of image processing in spatial and frequency domain that produces parameters that are related to the radiation dose absorbed in a luminescent... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100085537 | LENSLET ARRAY FOR RETINAL OXIMETRY The multi-aperture system of the present invention provides a retinal oximetry apparatus for determining the level of oxygen saturation in retinal vessels using a lenslet array comprising at least seven lenses for the simultaneous measurement of reflected light with at ... | 04/08/2010 |
| 20100074409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING NEURODEGENERATION A method for treating, preventing and/or reducing neurodegeneration in subjects with neurodegenerative disease, such as those neurodegenerative diseases that affect the eye, including glaucoma, using radiation, such as gamma radiation or X-ray radiation, either alone or... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100074089 | METHOD FOR FINDING AND TRACKING SINGLE-MODE OPERATION POINT OF EXTERNAL CAVITY DIODE LASERS An apparatus comprising: a processor for determining if a laser is operating in a single-mode state and for determining the degree to which one of one or more tunable parameters for the laser must be adjusted so that laser operates in a single-mode state if not operatin... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100072749 | CLAMP COLLAR A clamp assembly for clamping together two support members of, for example, a roll bar or roll cage assembly, a method for assembling a roll bar or roll cage assembly using such a clamp assembly, and a clamp device that is part of the clamp assembly.... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100058629 | LAB ANIMAL EAR TAG An animal ear tag that is sufficiently light and small that it may be secured to the ear of an animal without causing irritation to the animal or loss of attachment. The ear tag includes an identification code that may be in the form of human-readable or machine-readabl... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20100049284 | USE OF HEAT TO TREAT BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS EXPOSED TO DAMAGING RADIATION A method wherein, following a therapeutic radiation treatment, a heat dose is administered to the treated cells to decrease the damage caused by radiation exposure or a therapeutic agent.... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100041733 | NOVEL RNAi THERAPEUTIC FOR TREATMENT OF HEPATITIS C INFECTION Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) or small hairpin RNA (shRNAs) and compositions comprising same are provided that specifically target human cyclophilin A (CyPA) to effectively inhibit Hepatitis C(HCV) infection in a cell. Such siRNA and shRNAs may have a length of from a... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100020669 | METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DATA RETRIEVAL BY QUADRATURE HOMODYNE DETECTION Systems and methods are provided for recovering data in a holographic memory system. One embodiment of these systems and methods uses homodyne detection to introduce a local oscillator beam into a reconstructed data beam of the recovered hologram. An image of the combin... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100020373 | HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR GATED DIFFUSION OF PHOTOACTIVE MONOMER An optical medium is provided. The optical medium comprises: a diffusion-controlling matrix framework; at least one photoactive monomer attached to the diffusion-controlling matrix framework in a first state of the optical medium, wherein the at least one photoactive mo... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20100016247 | USING BUDDING YEAST TO SCREEN FOR INHIBITORS OF AURORA KINASES Methods of screening for novel Aurora kinase inhibitors in higher organisms are provided using hypomorphic ipl1 mutant yeast cells. Putative Aurora kinase inhibitors identified by present screening methods may be useful in treating individuals having a proliferative dis... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20100014133 | METHOD TO MODIFY AND APPLY EDGE SEAL MATERIALS IN LAMINATED MEDIA An article with a pair of substrates made from a thermoplastic and each having an outer edge; a holographic storage medium positioned between the substrates such that the holographic storage medium has an exposed outer edge area proximate the outer edges of the substrat... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090325870 | FOAMY VIRAL ENVELOPE GENES The present invention concerns the technical field of nucleic acids and expression-optimized nucleic acids. The present invention concerns especially nucleic acids comprising a mutated foamy viral envelope gene encoding a foamy viral envelope polypeptide, which comprise... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090323737 | System and devices for improving external cavity diode lasers using wavelength and mode sensors and compact optical paths External cavity laser (ECL) systems and methods for measuring the wavelength of the ECL by using a portion of the positional light received by the position sensitive detector (PSD) to determine the position of a wavelength tuning element (such as a diffraction grating o... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090323517 | AUTOLEARNING NETWORK LINK PROTECTION DEVICE An apparatus and method for updating a network as to the link used by a protected network device when a first switch for the protected network device fails or is determined to be once again operational. The link protection device builds and transmits an update data pack... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090312255 | STIMULATION OF TRPV1+ SENSORY NEURONS TO CONTROL BETA-CELL STRESS AND ISLET INFLAMMATION IN DIABETES The present invention provides a method of altering the function of TRPV1+ sensory afferent neurons in the pancreas as a way of treating, managing, alleviating, etc., the symptoms and/or underlying causes of diabetes or abnormal glucose metabolism by increasing the rele... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090311704 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF AUTOPHAGIC VACUOLAR MYOPATHY Transmembrane V-ATPase proton pump complexes regulate pH of extracellular space or intracellular compartments of cells. V-ATPase complexes are ubiquitous in cells across species. A human orthologue of yeast vma21, LOC203547 (VMA21), is likely involved in the assembly of... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090293238 | MAGNETIC COUPLING DEVICE AND METHOD The present invention provides an article and method for coupling two or more objects together using magnetically attractive forces. Such magnetically attractive forces are generated by corresponding magnet(s) and/or metal piece(s) positioned at or near the periphery of... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090292159 | METHODS OF USING MAGNETIC FIELDS TO UNIFORMLY INDUCE ELECTRIC FIELDS FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering an electric field to a body by delivering a first magnetic field from a first coil in a first orientation to a body and directed at a desired target within the body, and delivering a second magnetic fi... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090292158 | APPARATUS USING MAGNETIC FIELDS TO UNIFORMLY INDUCE ELECTRICAL FIELDS FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES The present invention provides a method and apparatus for delivering an electric field to a body by delivering a first magnetic field from a first coil in a first orientation to a body and directed at a desired target within the body, and delivering a second magnetic fi... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090288782 | LAYERED BLINDS A layered blinds device having a series of screens of evenly spaced rods held in parallel relation to one another that allow users to manipulate light penetration and view transparency as independent variables and a method for doing the same. A spacing mechanism adjusts... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090221511 | TRPV1 + SENSORY NEURONS CONTROL OF BETA-CELL STRESS AND ISLET INFLAMMATION IN DIABETES A process is disclosed for controlling inflammatory tissue access through release of neuropeptides, such as substance P (sP), to insulin-responsive sensory neurons, whereby simultaneous control of insulin sensitivity/resistance is manifested. In models of Type 1 and Typ... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090217629 | ADJUSTABLE SADDLE An adjustable saddle for a horse or other animal includes a pommel with substantially opposed lower ends, a seat member connected to the pommel and a pair of substantially opposed gripping members comprising flexible panels configured to contact the flanks of the animal... | 09/03/2009 |
| 20090207710 | USE OF FEEDBACK ERROR AND/OR FEED-FORWARD SIGNALS TO ADJUST CONTROL AXES TO OPTIMAL RECOVERY POSITION OF HOLOGRAM IN HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEM OR DEVICE A method for adjusting at least one alignment control axis of a holographic data storage system or device to or towards a sufficiently optimal recovery position for recovery of a hologram based on a derived feedback error signal and/or a derived feed-forward signal. For... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090203769 | Modulation of the integrin-linked kinase signaling pathway provides beneficial human cardiac hypertrophy and post myocardial infarction remodeling Modulation of the integrin-linked kinase (ILK) signaling pathway is used to enhance the remodeling process relevant to a wide range of cardiac diseases. More specifically, a process for mediating a broadly adaptive form of human cardiac hypertrophy and a protective proc... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090201190 | Surveillance and warning system A system and method for providing entry-point, boundary-line, and presence intrusion detection by means of an intelligent controller process capable of driving both field alert/alarm systems and security station monitoring devices and for providing occupancy warnings an... | 08/13/2009 |
