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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110044467 | DIRECTED ACOUSTIC SOUND SYSTEM An acoustic sound system usable in electronic entertainment systems that generates highly directional sound. The directed acoustic sound system includes a parametric audio sound system having a modulator for modulating an ultrasonic carrier signal with a processed audio... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041425 | BUCKLING RESTRAINED BRACE FOR STRUCTURAL REINFORCEMENT AND SEISMIC ENERGY DISSIPATION A buckling restrained brace includes a deformable core contained within an outer casing. Ends of the core protrude from the casing for connection to a frame or other structure. A length of the deformable core between its ends, referred to as the gauge or yielding sectio... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110038827 | ELEVATION OF THE PLASMA HDL-CHOLESTEROL LEVEL The present invention relates to the use of isosteviol, steviol, and related compounds for elevating the plasma HDL-cholesterol level. The invention furthermore relates to the use of these compounds for reducing the body weight of a subject and/or lowering the plasma tr... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037987 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE An optical sensor device (38) for use in a measuring and/or inspection apparatus comprises an optical sensor head (40) including a white light sensor (44) having a wideband radiation source (50), a wavelength-sensitive receiver (52) an... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110032810 | MASTER DEVICE The invention relates to a master device which can be used in a method for producing a recording medium, a substantially spirally or concentrically running main track structure and at least one substantially spirally or concentrically running secondary track structure b... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031440 | REDOX-ACTIVE POLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS The present invention is directed to a redox-active, conducting polymer energy storage system, said system including an electrode and a counter electrode, wherein the electrode comprises a first conducting polymer and the counter electrode comprises a second conducting ... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027253 | PADLOCK PROBE AMPLIFICATION METHODS The present invention relates to an enzyme activity assay using rolling circle 5 amplification for verifying that a sample contains enzyme activity. The enzyme activity assayed is typically involved in processing of mismatched nucleotides and/or damaged nucleotides in a... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024722 | OPTICAL DEVICES FEATURING NONPOLAR TEXTURED SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS A semiconductor emitter, or a precursor therefor, has a substrate and one or more textured semiconductor layers deposited onto the substrate in a nonpolar orientation. The textured layers enhance light extraction, and the use of nonpolar orientation greatly enhances int... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024719 | LARGE SCALE NANOELEMENT ASSEMBLY METHOD FOR MAKING NANOSCALE CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS AND DIODES Nanoelements such as single walled carbon nanotubes are assembled in three dimensions into a nanoscale template on a substrate by means of electrophoresis and dielectrophoresis at ambient temperature. The current-voltage relation indicates that strong substrate-nanotube... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021646 | Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst The present invention is directed to a catalyst suitable for catalyzing a Fischer-Tropsch reaction, said catalyst comprising cobalt metal supported on zinc-oxide and an amount of zirconium(IV)oxide and/or aluminium oxide of between 0.5 and 2.5 wt. % calculated as metal,... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017508 | PRESSURIZED ROTARY MACHINE WITH HERMETICALLY SEALED CONNECTIONS Pressurized rotary machine comprising a canned or sleeved assembly of which the electrical connections are connected to the outside of the machine by an electric supply duct, the electrical connections passing from the canned or sleeved assembly to the outside via the e... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017353 | METHOD FOR MAKING A REFRACTORY CARBIDE LAYER ON A PART MADE OF C/C COMPOSITE MATERIAL The invention relates to a method of making a refractory carbide layer on the accessible surface of a C/C composite material, the method including a step consisting in placing the composite material in contact with a reactive composition in solid form that contains an a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012242 | LEAD FRAME BASED CERAMIC AIR CAVITY PACKAGE A ceramic semiconductor package provides for being surface mounted on a printed circuit board or other mounting surface. A ceramic frame is directly attached to a lead frame to define a cavity in which the base of a semiconductor device is mounted to the portion of the ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110008395 | MIXED MICELLES INCLUDING AMPHIPATHIC CONJUGATES OF RNA AGENTS, AND USES THEREOF Disclosed are improved pharmaceutical formulations for the delivery of RNA interference agents, such as antisense RNA, micro-RNA and siRNA. The formulations employ mixed micelles including amphipathic conjugates of the iRNA agents and amphipathic micelle-forming molecul... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110006081 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING AND DE-ICING A windshield heated liquid spray assembly including a liquid heating assembly and a heated liquid spray assembly operative to spray the heated liquid onto a windshield, the liquid heating assembly including a liquid heating chamber, at least one heating element disposed... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005612 | GAS PIPE SYSTEM AND A PIPE COMPONENT PROVIDED WITH A BREAK PLATE FOR USE IN SUCH A GAS PIPE SYSTEM A gas pipe system provided with a gas source and downstream of the gas source a gas pipe with a gas pipe end, which in use is connected to a processing module, wherein the gas pipe system is arranged for conducting a gas from the gas source to the processing module, whe... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110005314 | ION DISCHARGE GYROSCOPE An ion discharge gyroscope measures rotational motion and linear acceleration by generating symmetrical ion jet streams and measuring respective amounts of the jet streams impinging on detectors located so as to intercept the ion jet streams. The ion jet streams will be... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004935 | VMM-BASED INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM An intrusion detection system collects architectural level events from a Virtual Machine Monitor where the collected events represent operation of a corresponding Virtual Machine. The events are consolidated into features that are compared with features from a known nor... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003902 | PROTON TRANSPORTING MATERIAL, STARTING MATERIAL THEREOF, ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ELECTROLYTE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME There are provided: a proton transporting material that improves mechanical characteristics of a sulfonated liquid crystalline polymer material, can be kept as a membrane even though it is made a solid state while maintaining a molecular arrangement of a liquid crystall... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003772 | USE OF SPHINGOLIPIDS IN THE TREATMENT OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS, INSULIN RESISTANCE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME The present invention relates to the use of sphingolipids for the preparation of a food item, a food supplement and/or a medicament for the treatment of insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus type 2 and/or metabolic syndrome. In particular, the invention relates to the u... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003326 | MICROINJECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD The present invention discloses a microinjection apparatus (100) for microinjection of substances into individual substances comprising at least one carrier (120, 130) on which at least one sample is immobilizable. In embodiments, the apparatus comprises a... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002381 | BITRATE CONTROL ALGORITHM FOR VIDEO TRANSCODING SYSTEMS A video transcoding system and method employing an improved rate control algorithm. A plurality of frames in an input video bitstream are received by the system, in which each frame is in a first coding format. Each frame in the input bitstream is decoded, and complexit... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002005 | MOBILE DOCUMENT IMAGING AND TRANSMISSION A wireless communication device can send and receive realtime facsimile transmissions over a data channel available to the device. The device can implement a real time facsimile protocol over the data channel, which can generally be a packet switched network connection,... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110001377 | CANNED OR SLEEVED ROTARY MACHINE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING IT A canned or sleeved rotary machine is equipped with a rotor (101) in contact with a particle-laden, acidic or corrosive gaseous atmosphere, and with a functional electrical assembly such as a magnetic bearing comprising a rotor armature (106) secured to th... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110000977 | CONTAINER WITH AIR FRESHENER A container for dispensing a pourable composition and an air freshener, the container comprising: a container body for the pourable composition, and an air freshening unit attached or attachable to a lower periphery of the container body, and comprising a housing and a ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100325945 | ENVIRONMENTALLY IMPROVED MOTOR FUELS The invention is directed to the use of a combination of ethanol and water in an amount of water between 1 and 10 wt. % on the basis of the weight of the ethanol, in gasoline based motor fuel for keeping the internal and external environment of internal combustion engin... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100324577 | SCALPEL HANDLE The present invention relates to a contoured scalpel handle. The contoured shape of the handle provides for increased contact area with the user's hand using a larger diameter central portion and a smaller diameter trough. The generally circular cross-section allows rot... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323345 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IDENTIFYING CELLS BY COMBINATORIAL FLUORESCENCE IMAGING A method of identifying the classification of cells in situ involves labeling the cells with a set of nucleic acid probes and performing combinational fluorescence microscopic imaging. The set of probes contains groups of probes that bind to a taxon-specific or function... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100323136 | PREFORM FOR STRETCH BLOW-MOLDED BOTTLE A preform having an inverted truncated conical bottom section is used. The inclined inner surface of a bottle bottom surface-forming portion of the bottom section is formed into a gently curved convex surface that extends from the lower portion of a bottle bottom edge-f... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322989 | HYDROPHILIC SKIN CLEANING CLOTH A preferably single-ply, simply and inexpensively manufacturable hydrophilic skin care tissue for disposable use comprising a textile surface (1) of microfibres is described. The textile surface (1) has run through a splitting process and comprises a plura... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100317039 | MOLDING WITH EMBEDDED COUPLING PARTICLES FOR BIOMOLECULES The invention relates to a molding, comprising a matrix in a material, selected from the group consisting of metal, ceramic and polymer synthetic material, and coupling particles embedded in the matrix, wherein a proportion of the surface of the molding in a geometrical... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100315713 | ZERO-ORDER DIFFRACTIVE FILTER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a zero-order diffractive filter comprising a high-index material having an upper surface and a lower surface. The high-index material is positioned between a first low-index matter and a second low-index matter;... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100313695 | DEVICE FOR A BODY'S SPHERICAL MOTION CONTROL A device for a body's (1) spherical motion control connected with a frame (5) by means of a spherical joint (2) arranged on a shank connecting the body (1) with the frame (5) and through actuating arms (3) with drives (4)... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100311613 | PATTERNED NANOSUBSTRATES MADE BY DIRECTED SELF ASSEMBLY OF AMPHIPHILIC MOLECULES Nanoscale patterns prepared by lithography are used to direct the self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules to form patterned nanosubstrates having a desired distribution of chemical functional moieties. These patterns can be fabricated over a large area and require no spe... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307501 | DEVICE FOR ANALYZING A DIVE The invention relates to a device for analyzing a dive, comprising at least one first arithmetic unit which is intended to be carried by a scuba diver during a dive. The first arithmetic unit is connected to at least one sensor that detects dive-specific parameters. The... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100305279 | ULTRA HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASTIC PACKAGE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE A package for microelectronic circuits includes a frame made of a high molecular weight plastic material, such as a liquid crystal polymer (LCP), attached to a flange, or leadframe. The plastic material is injection molded to the flange. Initial polymerization of the pl... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100304211 | CURRENT CONDUCTOR FOR A GALVANIC CELL Plate-shaped current conductor (12) for a galvanic cell, with a first surface (16) and a second surface (17), which essentially face each other, and are connected with each other via a first side surface (18) and a second side surface (19<... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100303795 | MARKER OF PROSTATE CANCER An SLC18A2 gene serves as a marker of prostate cancer. Methods are provided for diagnosing prostate cancer, predicting or prognosticating the disease outcome, predicting recurrence following surgery, and monitoring disease progression in an individual having prostate ca... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100302054 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A DIVE COMPUTER Display device for displaying information during a dive on a dive computer. The dive computer comprises a screen, measuring devices that detect variables related to the dive, a memory device to store data and program steps, and a computing device that processes the meas... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100299994 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CARING FOR VEGETATION LAYERS To care for vegetation layers, fluid is injected into them by means of at least one membrane hose laid underground. This fluid is a liquid/gas mixture, like, for example, a water/air mixture or a water/oxygen mixture, so that the vegetation layers can be given an optima... | 12/02/2010 |
