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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7473416 | Medicaments for asthma treatment A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating asthma and other respiratory conditions. A medicament comprising a surface active phospholipid (SAPL) is prepared in the form of a fine powder and administered to the lungs in a gas stream. A preferred SAPL is a soli... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471251 | Radio communication system and communication method therefor A radio communication system for performing radio communication between a first antenna and a second antenna is provided. Each of the first and second antennas includes a plurality of antenna elements for forming polarization planes orthogonal to each other in three... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7468528 | Semiconductor light-emitting device A semiconductor light-emitting device is provided. The semiconductor light-emitting device includes a laminated semiconductor structure portion composed of at least a first conductivity type first cladding layer, an active layer and a second conductivity type second... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7466690 | Traffic restriction for a network with QoS transmission The invention relates to a method, a boundary node and a server for restricting the traffic in a packet-oriented, connectionless network for an efficient QoS transmission of prioritized data packets. According to the invention, reliability checks are carried out tha... | 12/16/2008 |
| 6027814 | Pulverulent polyamide composition for the coating of metal substrates The invention relates to a composition including (i) at least one polyamide and at least one copolymer (A) of ethylene with at least one comonomer chosen from unsaturated carboxylic acids, esters of unsaturated carboxylic acids or vinyl esters of saturate... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6015943 | DNA sequences coding for a cinnamoyl CoA reductase and their uses in the field of regulating the lignin levels of plants DNA sequences comprising, as coding region, all or part of the nucleotide sequence coding for an mRNA coding for a cinnamoyl CoA reductase (CCR), or all or part of the complementary nucleotide sequence thereof and coding for an anti-sense mRNA capable of ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5929423 | Method and device for decoding bar codes A method and apparatus for decoding one or more bar codes comprising a plurality of marks, the marks comprise one or more spaces and one or more bars. The method comprises the following steps: digitalizing electrical signals obtained from a pick-up for pi... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5917098 | Preparation of 1,1,1,3,3-pentachlorobutane and 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane 1,1,1,3,3-Pentachlorobutane, whose fluorination leads to 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluorobutane, is prepared with high yield and selectivity by addition of carbon tetrachloride to 2-chloropropene in the presence of a copper salt and an amine.... | 06/29/1999 |