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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6167439 | Data retrieval, manipulation and transmission with facsimile images A data processing system is coupled to a facsimile device which receives and transmits facsimile images between the data processing system and a telephone line. The data processing system includes the capability to receive a facsimile image, interpret cer... | 12/26/2000 |
| 5672300 | Method for striping or marbleizing capsules An apparatus and a process useful for producing patterned gelatin ribbons for forming patterned soft gelatin capsules are disclosed. The apparatus and process use multiple spreader boxes to form a wide variety of possible patterns.... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5597920 | Gabaa receptor subtypes and methods for screening drug compounds using imidazoquinoxalines and pyrrolopyrimidines to bind to gabaa receptor subtypes The present invention provides methods for screening drug compounds utilizing compounds of formulas I and II, where formulas I and II are ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof where: R1, R2, R3, a... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5471815 | Continuously rotating platform with multiple mounted double clippers for continuously forming link product An improved packaging device designed for the filling of flexible, tubular casing and for the sealing of the casing in discreet lengths which may then be further processed or packaged. The device includes a mounting assembly having a floor mounted frame w... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5460067 | Continuous cycle mechanical architecture able to simultaneously block and cut layers of any non-rigid materials A device for performing the continuous cutting of materials of any form and nature, provided they are stratified and not flexionally rigid. The device generally comprises: fixed and mobile support surfaces; a mobile cutting shear cooperating with a fixed ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5453438 | Hydroxamic acid based collagenase inhibitors Compounds of general formula I: ##STR1## are presented that have collagenase inhibition activity and are useful in the management of disease involving the tissue degradation and the promotion of would healing. Diseases involving tissue degradation in... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5447915 | Terminally blocked antiviral peptides This invention relates to antiviral peptide compounds and to methods of inhibiting infection of human cells by viruses. This invention pertains more specifically to peptides that are chemically blocked at the amino- and carboxy-termini. In particular the ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5441883 | A3 adenosine receptor, DNA, and uses The present invention relates to a novel mammalian adenosine receptor. The invention is directed toward the isolation, characterization and pharmacological use of the rat A3 adenosine receptor, the gene corresponding to this receptor, a recombinant eukary... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5438614 | Modem management techniques Apparatus and method for managing transmission of digital data between a digital telephone line and a computer network. First and second modems, a telephone control circuit and a network control circuit respond to management instruction signals to execute... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5434073 | Fibrinolytic and anti-thrombotic cleavable dimers Relatively inactive fusion proteins are activatable by enzymes of the clotting cascade to have fibrinolytic and/or clot formation inhibition activity. For example, a fusion protein comprising two hirudin or streptokinase molecules, linked by a cleavable l... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434075 | Monoclonal antibody to a human MDR1 multidrug resistance gene product, and uses A hybridoma (termed "UIC2 hybridoma", ATCC Accession No. HB11207) producing monoclonal antibodies (termed "UIC2 mAb") directed against an extracellular domain of a cell surface P-glycoprotein antigen associated with multidrug resistance in primate cells w... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5431825 | Method for the reduction and stabilization of metals A method for reducing reducible metals comprising combining one or more reducible metals with an elemental metal, and then with a reducing agent to form a reduced metal. The mixture may then be stabilized and recovered.... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5431458 | No-hub coupling A coupling for no-hub pipe segments has a shield covering an elastomeric gasket. The shield has a plurality on corrugations oriented transverse to the pipe axis and arranged in discrete areas. These corrugations are separated by corrugations oriented para... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5432058 | Method for measuring human cholesterol absorption using metabolically stable isotopes This invention is a method for measuring the ability of a human to absorb cholesterol. The method uses two different cholesterol tracers, the first injected into the blood stream and the second ingested by the human subject. After a waiting period a blood... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5429937 | Method for recovering purified 100,000 molecular weight fraction of human pancreatic cholesterol esterase using heparin agarose Intestinal cell endogenous heparin mediated absorption of cholesterol or fatty acids in mammals is inhibited through the oral administration of heparin, an active heparin subfraction or heparinase. Suppression of cholesterol esterase-mediated absorption i... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5429570 | Free weight exercise device An exercise device for use with free weight plates. A weight lifting bar has a length sufficient to provide for two hand lifting of the bar. The weight lifting bar is supported by a support structure. A mechanism is operatively connected to and associated... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5427013 | Vacuum motor An improved vacuum motor for actuating heat, ventilating and air conditioning control systems (HVAC), which uses a conical spiral spring and a bonded connection between the housing and cap to reduce weight, size, cost and noise. The motor includes a bello... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5427768 | Carbonated solutions for treating, mineralizing and fluoridating calcified tissues and methods for their use This invention involves methods and compositions for preparation of unstable carbonated calcium phosphate solutions, which are supersaturated with respect to calcium phosphate solids and carbon dioxide and the use of such solutions for the treatment of de... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5428168 | Lactol PAF antagonists The invention encompasses compounds of general formula I: ##STR1## wherein W represents an imidazo[4,5-c]pyridyl group, optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from C1 -C6 alkyl, C1 -C6 | 06/27/1995 |
| 5428164 | Certain 4-aryl substituted piperazinyl and piperidinylmethyl phenylimidazole derivatives; a new class of dopamine receptor subtype specific ligands This invention encompasses compounds of the formulas: ##STR1## where R1, R3, R4, R6, X, Y, and Z are T are variables; and M is ##STR2## where R2 is a variable; or R1 and R2 | 06/27/1995 |
| 5427942 | Human D5 dopamine recepltor gene and uses The present invention relates to the isolation, characterization and pharmacological uses for the human D5 dopamine receptor, the gene corresponding to this receptor, pseudogenes of this receptor gene, a recombinant eukaryotic expression vector capable of... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5425880 | Apparatus and process for treatment of liquids A process for the treatment of liquids containing sulfides comprising moving at least one injection wand into a tank containing the liquid to be treated, wherein the angle between the injection wand and the tank bottom or the angle between the injection w... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5425546 | Child handle cover and entertainment center The invention comprises a disposable handle cover and entertainment center which may be detachably secured to a shopping cart handle. The invention provides the child with a more sanitary environment and also amuses and arouses the attention of the child ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5426186 | Certain cycloalkyl imidazopyrimidines, a new class of GABA brain receptor ligands This invention encompasses compounds of the formula: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable non-toxic salts thereof wherein: n is 0, 1, or 2, X is ##STR2## and R1, R2, R3, W and Y are variables These compounds... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5424872 | Retrofit line of sight stabilization apparatus and method Apparatus and methods for stabilizing a line of sight of an optical system without the use of gimbals. The apparatus includes a fixed plano-concave lens element mounted in a frame and a moveable plano-convex lens element mounted in a carriage. The frame m... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5423776 | Flexible coupling, in particular for coupling a flexible catheter to a port of a port catheter system Coupling for connecting an implantable port catheter to flexible catheter tubes of varying size and diameter. A rigid tapered tube extends from a port opening in the catheter system housing and the catheter tube slides onto the end of the rigid tube. A cl... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5424286 | Exendin-3 and exendin-4 polypeptides, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising same This invention encompasses pharmaceutical compositions containing exendin-3 or exendin-4, fragments thereof, or any combination thereof, and methods for the treatment of diabetes mellitus and the prevention of hyperglycemia.... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5422916 | Partial frame detector A partial frame detector provides detection of a frame synchronization pattern in an environment of burst noise that prohibits detection by correlation. A frame synchronization pattern capable of sustaining a minimum of 17 bits clustered in error plus ran... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422160 | Softgel capsule with a patterned outer shell surface A softgel having a texture on at least a portion of its surface and a process and apparatus for the manufacture thereof. The process for manufacturing the textured softgel includes forming a flowable gelatin mass, providing a rotary drum having an outer s... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422950 | Remote terminal channel unit for telephone transmission lines An automatic loss compensation for use in a two to four wire hybrid converter in a telephone system. Many hybrid converters provide a substantially fixed gain for receive signals that are provided to the customer loop telephone line and for transmit signa... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5422564 | Low-power portable circuit breaker(s) locator This invention permits one to trace more than one electrical conductor, each of the electrical conductors being associated with both a circuit breaker and an electrical outlet. The invention consists of a receiver and multiple transmitters. Further, in a ... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5420169 | Process for production of low density water-blown rigid foams with flow and dimensional stability The invention provides a methods for making water-blown closed cell rigid foams comprising using as a polymer base a polyol selected from the group consisting of: (a) a polyester polyol with an average functionality of at least 1.6 and an OH value of at l... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5420152 | Methods of treating circadian rhythm disorders A method for treating circadian rhythm disorders is described. The method involves the administration of melatonin from about 6 hours to about 19 hours prior to when the normal sleep phase should begin, depending on whether a phase advance shift in circad... | 05/30/1995 |
| 5417209 | Methods for detecting intraocular pressure-related tissue damage in vivo This invention relates to an animal model for human ocular disease, particularly glaucoma. The invention provides methods for determining the causes of human ocular diseases, and specifically provides methods for the anatomical, histochemical and molecula... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5417688 | Optical distal targeting system for an intramedullary nail Apparatus and methods for detecting the location of transverse holes of an intramedullary nail which has been inserted into a long bone and for aligning a surgical drill to the transverse holes. An insert having a light source at its distal end emitting n... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5416776 | Modem backplane techniques An improved backplane apparatus for transmitting signals to and from a modem system. The modem system includes more than one modem for transmitting data via at least one telephone line and via at least one network. The modem system has a first bus for man... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5414904 | Multi-use fastener system This invention is a reusable single piece securing device including a head having a first side and a second side, a first channel passing through the head having a first aperture associated with the first end of the head and a second aperture associated w... | 05/16/1995 |
| 5412886 | Calendar oriented monthly bill payment sorter A calendar and mail sorting structure which includes a series of monthly calendar sheets joined to a bottom sheet member by a binding along top edges of the sheets and with the sheets being rotatable on the binding enabling each sheet to be successively r... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5412843 | Hinge connector A hinged connector for joining a first structural member to a second structural member in a support structure, comprising first and second metal connector members each having a base portion for attachment to a respective structural member and a tab integr... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5411942 | Peptide derivative, pharmaceutical preparation containing it and method for treatment of glaucoma Peptide derivatives of 3-5 optionally substituted amino acids, a process for preparing the peptides, a pharmaceutical composition containing at least one peptide derivative active against glaucoma and intraocular hypertension and a method for treating gla... | 05/02/1995 |
