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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163776 | Method of immunomodulation using thione-forming disulfides The invention provides for the methods of modulating an immune response in an individual by administration of a thione-forming disulfide (TFD). Immunomodulatory responses include, but are not limited to, increased natural killer cell activity, expansion of NK cell p... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8114654 | Site-specific incorporation of redox active amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided.... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114629 | Site specific incorporation of keto amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate keto amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105288 | Apparatus for peripheral vascular access This invention provides devices and methods for insertion of a catheter into a vessel. The devices include coaxial slidably mounted needle, dilator and catheter components. The methods include piercing a vessel with the needle component, dilating the pierced hole wi... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8076083 | Screening methods involving the detection of short-lived proteins A method is provided for screening for agents that affect protein degradation rates, the method comprising: taking a library of cells, the cells expressing a fusion protein comprising a reporter protein and a protein encoded by a sequence from a cDNA library derived... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071344 | Site specific incorporation of keto amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate keto amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067017 | Preservation of bioactive materials by freeze dried foam This invention provides methods and compositions to preserve bioactive materials in a dried foam matrix. Methods provide non-boiling foam generation and penetration of preservative agents at temperatures near the phase transition temperature of the membranes. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8042916 | Micromachined fluid ejector array This invention relates to a micromachined fluid ejector array having a fluid reservoir bounded at one side by an elastic membrane having scalable arrays of orifices arranged between concentric piezoelectric transducers, and at another side by a top cover supported b... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8037903 | Micromachined electrowetting microfluidic valve This invention relates to a systems and methods of controlling the flow of a fluid in a capillary or microfluidic channel. A first pair of electrodes can influence the wetting of a fluid front at a relatively hydrophobic surface in the channel. A second pair of elec... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8030028 | Compositions of orthogonal lysyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and uses thereof Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal lysyl-tRNAs, orthogonal lysyl-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of lysyl-tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate homoglutamines into proteins are p... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8012507 | Preservation of bioactive materials by spray drying This invention provides methods and compositions to preserve bioactive materials in a matrix of powder particles. Methods provide high-pressure gas spraying and/or near supercritical spraying of formulations followed by drying in a stream of conditioned gas to form ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008041 | Site-specific incorporation of redox active amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided.... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7968327 | Nucleic acid quantitation from tissue slides This invention provides methods of quantitating nucleic acids from problematic samples, such as aged samples, formalin fixed samples, paraffin embedded samples, samples with aneuploid cells, and cells with fragmented nucleic acids. Methods include techniques to effi... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7951539 | Two-stage nucleic acid amplification using an amplification oligomer This invention provides methods, compositions and systems to detect a nucleic acid of interest in a two-stage amplification. The two-stage amplification begins with a first non-enzymatic accumulation of an amplification oligomer that is the target substrate for a se... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7926123 | Fly pocket pants This invention provides pants with vertical pocket openings at the pant front center. The pants can have a central vertical closure, such as a zipper, with the pocket opening optionally internally adjacent or externally adjacent to the closure. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923029 | Spray freeze dry of compositions for pulmonary administration This invention provides methods and compositions to preserve bioactive materials, such as viruses, bacteria, cells, or liposomes, in freeze dried particles suitable for pulmonary administration. Methods provide spray freeze drying of formulations to form stable free... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7910345 | Site specific incorporation of keto amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate keto amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7824893 | In vivo incorporation of alkynyl amino acids into proteins in eubacteria The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate alkynyl amino acids such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine into proteins produced in a eubacteria host such as E. coli. The invention provides novel orthogh... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7811801 | Site-specific incorporation of redox active amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided.... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7790847 | Genetically programmed expression of proteins containing the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate the unnatural amino acid phenylselenocysteine into proteins produced in eubacterial host cells such as E. coli. The invention provides, for example but not ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7741071 | Selective incorporation of 5-hydroxytryptophan into proteins in mammalian cells This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position en... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7718410 | In vivo incorporation of alkynyl amino acids into proteins in eubacteria The invention relates to orthogonal pairs of tRNAs and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that can incorporate alkynyl amino acids such as para-propargyloxyphenylalanine into proteins produced in a eubacteria host such as E. coli. The invention provides novel orthogo... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7709604 | Selective incorporation of 5-hydroxytryptophan into proteins in mammalian cells This invention provides methods and compositions for incorporation of an unnatural amino acid into a peptide using an orthogonal aminoacyl tRNA synthetase/tRNA pair. In particular, an orthogonal pair is provided to incorporate 5-hydroxy-L-tryptophan in a position en... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7703646 | Carrying bag adapted for accommodating a wheeled foldable article of furniture A carrying bag includes a flexible bag body that defines an accommodation space therein and that has a lower peripheral edge defining a lower access opening. A rigid base member has a periphery configured to matingly engage the lower peripheral edge, and is displace... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700130 | Preservation of bioactive materials by spray drying This invention provides methods and compositions to preserve bioactive materials in a matrix of powder particles. Methods provide high-pressure gas spraying and/or near supercritical spraying of formulations followed by drying in a stream of conditioned gas to form ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700127 | Method and compositions for preparing and delivering rumen protected lipids, other nutrients and medicaments This invention provides composite gels to, e.g., efficiently deliver unmodified amino acids, lipids, and/or feed supplements through the rumen of a ruminant animal. The invention also provides methods to make and use composite gels. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7690229 | Station for alternate locks Locking devices are provided that can be opened by alternate users with different keys. The devices generally include a lock slider anchored to an anchor tab through one or more link sliders. The sliders can be slidably mounted to a slide mount, such as, e.g., a sli... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7662313 | Oriented nanostructures and methods of preparing This invention provides compositions and devices having structurally ordered nanostructures, as well as methods for producing structurally ordered nanostructures. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7655157 | Doped cadmium tungstate scintillator with improved radiation hardness This invention provides novel cadmium tungstate scintillator materials that show improved radiation hardness. In particular, it was discovered that doping of cadmium tungstate (CdWO4) with trivalent metal ions or monovalent metal ions is particularly effe... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7642085 | Protein arrays The invention provides proteins attached to solid supports, and methods of preparing such solid support-bound proteins are provided. The proteins are attached to solid supports by means of an unnatural amino acid incorporated into the protein, which unnatural amino ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638297 | Compositions of orthogonal lysyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and uses thereof Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal lysyl-tRNAs, orthogonal lysyl-aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of lysyl-tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate homoglutamines into proteins are p... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7615351 | Two stage nucleic acid amplification using an amplification oligomer This invention provides methods, compositions and systems to detect a nucleic acid of interest in a two-stage amplification. The two-stage amplification begins with a first non-enzymatic accumulation of an amplification oligomer that is the target substrate for a se... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611913 | Ferroelectric rare-earth manganese-titanium oxides Ferroelectric rare-earth manganese-titanium oxides and methods of their manufacture. The ferroelectric materials can provide nonvolatile data storage in rapid access memory devices. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7598091 | Micromachined diagnostic device with controlled flow of fluid and reaction This invention relates to a micromachined microfluidics diagnostic device that comprises one or multiple assaying channels each of which is comprised a sample port, a first valve, a reaction chamber, a second valve, a fluid ejector array, a third valve, a buffer cha... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7572393 | Organic species that facilitate charge transfer to or from nanostructures The present invention provides polymeric compositions that can be used to modify charge transport across a nanocrystal surface or within a nanocrystal-containing matrix, as well as methods for making and using the novel compositions. ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7569764 | Solar modules with tracking and concentrating features Disclosed are fixed solar-electric modules having arrays of solar concentrator assemblies capable of separately tracking movements through one or two degrees of rotational freedom to follow the movement of the sun daily and/or seasonally. The concentrators can inclu... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7527943 | Compositions of orthogonal glutamyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and uses thereof Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include glutamyl orthogonal tRNAs, glutamyl orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of glutamyl tRNAs/synthetases are provided. Methods for identifying these ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524647 | Site specific incorporation of keto amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate keto amino acids into proteins are provided. Methods... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7494796 | Site-specific incorporation of redox active amino acids into proteins Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases, which incorporate redox active amino acids into proteins are provided.... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485071 | Fabric yoga straps Composite yoga mats and straps comprising a fabric sheet and loop holes and/or filament loops functioning as hand grips or appendage supports useful in the practice of yoga positions. The yoga straps or mats can to provide support, a stable surface, and moisture abs... | 02/03/2009 |
