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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178311 | Multiple quantification of cholesterol in low density lipoprotein The present invention is intended to provide a method for simultaneously measuring cholesterol in low density lipoprotein and total cholesterol as test components in blood. Specifically, a method is used for simultaneously measuring cholesterol in low density lipopr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8163789 | Selective and dual-action p53/MDM2/MDM4 antagonists A fragment-based strategy, involving “multicomponent reaction chemistry” (MCR), can identify novel chemotypes that disrupt the p53/MDM2 or p53/MDM4 complex employs. This approach uses high resolution structural information to delineate the region of a first prot... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163762 | Purine derivatives having, in particular, anti-proliferative properties, and their biological uses This invention provides 2-, 6, and 9-substituted purine derivatives, particularly 2(1-R hydroxymethylpropylamino)-6-benzylamino-9-isopropyl purine, having, in particular, antiproliferative properties, and suitable for use as pharmaceutical compositions and herbicida... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160043 | Baseband chip and method to implement multi-mode switching for mobile terminal based on baseband chip The present invention discloses a baseband chip and a method to implement multi-mode switching for a mobile terminal based on the baseband chip, the baseband chip of the mobile terminal in the present invention includes three subsystems of a source encoding/decoding... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159817 | Slide rail mechanism and hard disk device having the slide rail mechanism A hard disk device includes a hard disk having two opposite first sides, a second side interconnecting the first sides, and two corner portions defined by the first and second sides, and a slide rail mechanism including two first plates to be disposed slidably in a ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158917 | Optical wavefront sensor and optical wavefront sensing method An optical wavefront sensor comprising a light manipulation device; a detector for detecting light signals having been subjected to the light manipulation device; and a controller coupled to the manipulation device, the controller controlling the manipulation device... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158575 | Agent for the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases-I Use of a polylysine, polyamidoamine or polypropylenimine dendrimer having naphthyl disulphonate terminal groups as a topically applied agent in prophylaxis or treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158132 | Clostridial toxin derivatives able to modify peripheral sensory afferent functions This invention describes a novel agent for the targeted control of a mammalian cell activity, in particular the agent is used to control the interaction of particular cell types with their external environment. The agent has applications as a pharmaceutical for the ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152881 | Housing for a centrifugal fan, the centrifugal fan, and electronic device having the centrifugal fan A housing for a centrifugal fan includes a surrounding wall extending upwardly from a periphery of a bottom wall with an air inlet, and including a surrounding wall body defining an opening, a protruding wall body extending outwardly from the surrounding wall body, ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151714 | Container support for freight wagon A shipping container support mechanism for a rail freight wagon is adjustable between a retracted position in which a container can be supported in a well of the wagon between elevated end platforms which extend over wheels and bogies. In the deployed, extended posi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147798 | Amyloid imaging as a surrogate marker for efficacy of anti-amyloid therapies The present method for determining the efficacy of therapy in the treatment of amyloidosis involves administering to a patient in need thereof a compound of formula (I) or Formula (II) or structures 1-45 and imaging the patient. After said imaging, at least one anti... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143478 | Peptide transporting to chromoplasts in petals and method of constructing plant having yellowish petals by using the same It is an object of the present invention to provide a means of imparting a yellowish flower color to a plant having no or little yellowish flower color or enhancing the yellowish flower color in a plant. In accordance with the present invention, a method of p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138360 | Isotopically-labeled benzofuran compounds as imaging agents for amyloidogenic proteins Benzofuran compounds which contain at least one detectable label selected from the group consisting of 131I, 123I, 124I, 125I, 76Br, 75Br, 18F, 19F, 11C, 13... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8126305 | Electromagnetic wave propagating structure An electromagnetic wave propagating structure includes a main body having surfaces capable of blocking propagation of an electromagnetic wave, and including an incident side and an exit side opposite to the incident side in a wave-propagating direction. The main bod... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124651 | Palmarumycin based inhibitors of thioredoxin and methods of using same Embodiments of the present invention relate to inhibitors of thioredoxin. Certain embodiments relate to palmarumycin based compounds and methods of using the same. Such compounds may be useful in inhibiting the overexpression of thioredoxin, inhibiting tumor growth ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123984 | Positive temperature coefficient polymer composition and material made therefrom A positive temperature coefficient polymer composition includes a polymer system and a conductive particulate filler. The polymer system includes a non-ionic copolymer of a substituted or non-substituted olefin monomer and an anhydride monomer. The olefin monomer an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8111641 | Joint detection (jd) method for adjacent cells in TDD/CDMA system A method for performing multi-user joint-detection in a neighboring cell in a TDD-CDMA system presets slot types and includes: a network device configuring a slot type of each uplink slot in its administrated cells and a base station of each cell obtaining a slot ty... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110671 | Isolated human chromosome 14 fragment encoding immunoglobulin genes The specification relates to a method for producing a chimeric non-human animal, which comprises preparing a microcell containing a foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof and transferring the foreign chromosome(s) or fragment(s) thereof into a pluripotent ce... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105782 | Materials and methods relating to nucleic acid amplification and profiling The invention provides improved methods for determining the methylation profile of a nucleic acid sequence and for determining one or more base changes in the target nucleic acid sequence as compared to a corresponding control sequence. The methods are one-step meth... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101578 | Amyloid [β] Beta fibrillogenesis-inhibiting peptide The present invention provides a peptide which functions as a mimic peptide of an amyloid β peptide and is capable of inhibiting the fibrillogenesis of an amyloid β peptide. The present invention relates to: an 8- to 30-amino acid residue peptide comprising an ami... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094826 | Method and system for equalizing a loudspeaker in a room Disclosed is a method for equalizing a first loudspeaker positioned in a room in order to compensate for an influence of the room, the method comprising the steps of 1) measuring a listening position transfer function from electrical input of the first loudspeaker t... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8094720 | Mode decision for inter prediction in video coding A method for inter-mode prediction in video coding, the method comprising checking a data block of an image for zero motion; computing frame difference of the data block based on the checking for zero motion; and making an inter-mode prediction selection based on th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091752 | Nail gun with a nail guiding unit A nail gun includes a body, a handle connected fixedly to and extending laterally from the body, a nail ejecting member disposed on the body and formed with a nail discharging passage having opposite inlet and outlet ends, a magazine member connected to the nail eje... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088824 | Forms of CDDO methyl ester A triterpenoid compound, methyl 2-cyano-3,12-dioxoleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oate (CDDO methyl ester), has a non-crystalline, glassy solid form and a non-hydrous crystalline form that can prepared, for example, from a saturated methanol solution. The glassy form displays... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084627 | Hydroxymethyl fluorescein derivatives for use as biological markers and dyes Hydroxymethyl fluorescein derivatives are provided. The derivatives can be easily conjugated to other molecules, and are more permeable than other fluorescein derivatives. Methods of making the derivatives are also provided. ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8084049 | Complexes of fatty acid esters of polyhydroxyalkanes and pyridine carboxy derivatives The present invention relates to novel combinations of fatty acid derivatives and pyridine carboxy derivatives, including fatty acid esters with glycerol and 3-carboxy pyridine derivatives such as niacinamide. Such combinations have surprisingly shown antiviral and ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079179 | Sliding door structure A sliding door structure comprises at least one door or plate (12), and a substantially horizontally arranged track device (13). The track device (13) includes a stationary track part (14) and at least one door carrier (16) for car... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8078027 | Focus enhancing electromagnetic wave propagating device A focus enhancing electromagnetic wave propagating device includes a main body formed with a main wave-propagating structure (MS) for focusing an electromagnetic wave into a focusing light spot, and an auxiliary wave-propagating channel (AC) for allowing the wave to... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8076441 | Process for bridging organically polymerizable silanes or silane resin systems containing hydroxy- or carboxylic acid groups as well as products obtained with said process The present invention relates to a process for cross-linking a silane with the structure (IIa) for the preparation of a product, comprising component (III) | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075298 | Flexible nano-imprint stamp The present invention relates to a nano-imprinting stamp for imprinting nanometer-sized to mm-sized structures, the stamp (1) having a base part and a first and a second imprinting section (2,3), the first and second imprinting sections having a lithog... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8062391 | Method for purifying biodiesel fuel Provided is a method for purifying a biodiesel fuel while completely preventing or greatly reducing generation of waste water. The present invention relates to a method for purifying a biodiesel fuel characterized by applying an electric field to or heating a crude ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8061625 | Radio frequency IC card device with very high frequency A radio frequency (RF) IC card device with very high frequency comprises an IC device (102), a radio frequency interface device (103), an RF antenna (104), an IC card interface (106) and an RF interface (107). Particularly, said RF... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8048421 | Agonist antibody to human thrombopoietin receptor This invention provides an agonist antibody to a human thrombopoietin receptor (alias: human c-Mpl). More particularly, this invention provides an agonist antibody to a human thrombopoietin receptor, wherein the agonist antibody comprises: antibody constant regions ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038945 | Detection and analysis system for protein array To provide a method for detecting a protein by immobilizing a protein on a protein array substrate at a high density with controlled orientation, irradiating the immobilized protein with ultraviolet light, visible light, or infrared light, and measuring the light no... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034596 | Method for producing cellulase and hemicellulase having high hydrolytic activity The present invention provides a novel cellulase-producing fungus, i.e. Acremonium cellulolyticus CF-2612 strain or a mutant thereof, which has an ability to produce cellulase so highly, a method for producing cellulase and/or hemicellulase by culturing said ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034400 | Soft-lift off of organic nanofibers The invention relates to a method of releasing an ensemble of nanofibers from a dielectric substrate as well as to applications of the method. The organic nanofibers are grown on the substrate and can be released by first providing a polar liquid to a surface of the... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030081 | Reagent for quantitative determination of small, dense LDLs A reagent for fractional measurement of small, dense LDLs without pretreatment of a specimen, which is adaptable to a rapid and convenient autoanalyzer, is provided. A method for quantitatively determining cholesterol in small, dense LDLs in a sample is further prov... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029077 | Computer housing and flattenable frame for the computer housing A computer housing includes a frame and a face panel. The frame includes a plurality of pivotally interconnected frame panels such that the frame is convertible between an assembled state and a flattened state. In the assembled state, the frame panels form a rectang... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021883 | Antibiotic-sensitive lactic acid bacteria strains Many probiotic Bifidobacteriacea contains an active tetW that renders the cells resistant to tetracycline. This may present a risk of a horizontal transfer of functional antibiotic genes. The present invention relates to a method of obtaining novel tetracycline-sens... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8021440 | Method for the preparation of a carminic acid lake A method for the preparation of carminic acid lakes, novel carminic acid lake compositions and their uses in foods, such as yogurt, fruit preparations, beverages, other miscellaneous food products that may need a stable red color, and in cosmetics. ... | 09/20/2011 |
