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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060161437 | Text-to-speech synthesis system The present invention is intended to provide a text-to-speech synthesis apparatus, including a storage for storing phoneme data of a plurality of speakers; a selector for selecting one of the plurality of speakers in accordance with an operation performed by a user; a s... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060159821 | Frozen food production The present invention generally relates to frozen foods, for example, frozen desserts such as ice cream. One aspect of the invention is directed to carbonated frozen desserts and other carbonated frozen foods. Another aspect is directed to methods of making frozen foods... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060158605 | Method and apparatus for viewing a golf putting green This invention provides binocular eyeglasses that have linear polarizing lenses to be employed by a golfer to examine the surface of a putting green as an aid in deciding the speed and direction for a putting stroke. The planes of maximum transmission for the lenses are... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060160168 | Methods and products for identifying compounds that modulate cell plasma membrane repair The invention relates in some aspects to methods and kits for determining plasma membrane repair status in cells, tissues, and subjects. The methods include, in part, the use of high-throughput assays for assessing cell plasma membrane repair status. The methods and kit... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060157603 | Method for producing diamond particles using multi-carbide grinding media Grinding media, including shaped media such as spheres or rods ranging in size from about 0.5 micron to 100 mm in diameter, are formed from a multi-carbide material consisting essentially of two or more carbide-forming elements and carbon, with or without carbide-formin... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060160209 | Systems and methods for measurement optimization The invention relates to methods and systems for detecting and or analyzing an agent in a sample with a chip having optical components incorporated therein. ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060160231 | Linear analysis of polymers The invention relates to linear analysis of polymers and provides techniques to improve the amount and quality of information used to analyze polymers. ... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060161952 | System and method for scheduling broadcast of an access to video programs and other data using customer profiles A system and method for scheduling the receipt of desired movies and other forms of data from a network which simultaneously distributes many sources of such data to many customers, as in a cable television system. Customer profiles are developed for the recipient descr... | 07/20/2006 |
| 20060153832 | Immunomodulating polymers Methods and products for inducing IL-2 secretion, inducing IL-10 secretion, activating T cells, suppressing IgG antibody response to specific antigen, promoting allograft survival, reducing postoperative surgical adhesion formation, and protecting against abscess format... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060153025 | Recording medium recording control method and recording control device The present invention is directed to a recording control method for performing write operation of data with respect to a recording medium in which small block having a predetermined number of data is caused to be unit of read/write operation of data, erasing operation o... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060153941 | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising cabbinochreme type compounds The invention relates to the use of cannabichromene type compounds and derivatives thereof in the treatment of mood disorders. ... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060154991 | Inhibitors of candida albicans The invention provides methods for identifying modulators of yeast phenotypic transitions and methods for treating fungal infections with modulators of phenotypic transitions of yeast cells. These methods include methods for identifying inhibitors of the budded-to-hypha... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060154890 | Immunostimulatory nucleic acids for the treatment of asthma and allergy The invention involves administration of an immunostimulatory nucleic acid alone or in combination with an asthma/allergy medicament for the treatment or prevention of asthma and allergy in subjects. The combination of drugs are administered in synergistic amounts or in... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060154894 | Biologically active surfaces and methods of their use The invention relates to the immobilization of polysaccharides on a substrate. In particular, the invention relates to biologically active surfaces formed by the immobilization of glycosaminoglycans on a substrate. The invention also provides biologically active surface... | 07/13/2006 |
| 20060153856 | P. aeruginosa mucoid exopolysaccharide specific binding peptides The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to P. aeruginosa mucoid exopolysaccharide. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of ... | 07/13/2006 |