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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5940307 | Method for predicting the tendency of a protein to form amphiphilic ଲ structure The present invention relates to a method for predicting the tendency of a protein to form amphiphilic or ଲ structure, wherein a series of values for U are calculated for spans of x residues, where the equation Ux =Hx... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5877294 | Antigenic regions of tumor-liberated particles (TLP) complexes and antibodies against the same Peptides comprised within the 100 KDa protein of the TLP complex (i.e., released proteins from tumors) having antigenic activity as well as antibodies thereof, able to react with TLP for diagnostic and clinical purposes.... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5868134 | Retinal disease analyzer A retinal disease analyzer processes data obtained by processing a color retinal image and measured visual field data provided by a perimeter to detect the condition of the optic disc and defects in the nerve fiber bundles for the clinical analysis of the... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5863859 | Heat-sensitive material suited for use in direct thermal recording A heat-sensitive recording material suited for use in direct thermal imaging, wherein said recording material comprises: (i) a layer (1) containing uniformly distributed in a film-forming water-insoluble resin binder a substantially light-insensitive orga... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5863354 | Flexible photoelectric conversion module Thin-film photoelectric conversion elements are spaced from each other on an insulating belt-like film. Respective common conductive tapes are soldered to the terminal electrodes of the elements at the two edges of the film. The common conductive tape is ... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5858589 | Intensity modulated stochastic screening for preparing a lithographic printing plate A method for making a lithographic printing plate from an original containing multiple tones comprising the steps of frequency modulation screening the multiple image to obtain screened data representing tones of the multiple tone image in terms of halfto... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5846687 | Kit for preparing a processing liquid to be used for making a lithographic printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process A kit for preparing a processing liquid for use in the preparation of a lithographic printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process, and comprising all necessary active compounds for preparing said processing liquid, said active co... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5824702 | Genistein as a preventive against ultraviolet induced skin photodamage and cancer A method of inhibiting the harmful effect of UVR exposure to the human skin comprising topically applying a therapeutically effective amount of genistein to the skin at a time sufficiently close to the time of UVR exposure to inhibit UVR-induced damage to... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5812246 | Photographic contact printing device A photographic contact printing device has a point-like light source (17) and two uni-directionally curved parabolically cylindrical mirrors (18, 19) the axis of curvature (22, 23) of which are perpendicular to each other, and one axis (23) being parallel... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5808215 | Egg shaped shaker An egg shaped musical shaker instrument has an egg shaped shell and pellets enclosed therein. The shell has two parts. A first large shell part includes an exterior surface forming a large end portion and a central portion. The first part truncates at a s... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5803255 | Lighttightly packaged roll of light-sensitive film A lighttightly packaged roll (10) of light-sensitive film wound on a hollow supporting core (15), which comprises a lighttight flexible end cover (11, 12) for each end surface of the roll, and a lighttight flexible circumferential cover (13) secured to th... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5802357 | System and method for performing an efficient join operation A technique for efficiently joining multiple large tables in a database system with a processor using a small main memory. The technique utilizes a join index and minimizes the number of Input/Output operations while maximizing the use of the small main m... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5799507 | Hydrocarbon gas processing A process for the recovery of propane, propylene and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream is disclosed. The stream is cooled and/or expanded to partially condense it, then separated to provide one or more C3 containing l... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5802201 | Robot system with vision apparatus and transparent grippers A robot having a vision system for sensing an image of a manipulated object is described. The system includes a robot with an end effector, a transparent gripper mounted on the end effector, a camera for sensing an image of a manipulated object, and an im... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5788978 | Injectable pulsatile ivermectin composition An injectable ivermectin composition having a programmable release rate and providing multiple concentration peaks of active ivermectin to produce a sequence of ivermectin release pulses into the blood of cattle and horses. The composition comprises a sol... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5779733 | Lumbar spine compression device The present invention relates to a device for use in medical procedures for imaging a patient's lumbar spine while in a supine position by computerized tomography and magnetic resonance tomography, comprising a garment-like structure such as waistcoat sub... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5771716 | Warp-knitted loop net fabric A warp-knitted loop net fabric comprises a first group of threads forming warp chains knitted by a front bar, a second group of threads guided by a second bar and forming lay-ins under underlaps of the first group of threads in every course of the warp ch... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5766893 | Biotechnological process for the preparation of cyclic s-alpha-imino carboxylic acids and r-alpha-imino carboxamides Microorganisms of interest are capable of utilizing -imino carboxamides, in the form of the racemate or of its optically active isomers, of the general formula ##STR1## wherein A together with --NH-- and --CH-- is an optionally substituted 5- ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5766530 | Process for the production of cellulose moulded bodies The invention is concerned with a process for the production of cellulose moulded bodies wherein a suspension of cellulose in an aqueous solution of a tertiary amine-oxide is transformed into a mouldable solution, said solution being extruded by means of ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5763558 | Process and composition for the use of substituted melamines as hardeners of novolac resins A process for hardening a composition and a hardenable composition, in wh there are used: at least one novolac resin; at least one hardener of the resin, selected from the group consisting of substituted melamines; at least one compound comprising at least on... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5758666 | Reciprocating pump with imperforate piston In one embodiment described in the specification, a surgically implantable reciprocating pump employs a check valve as the piston, which is driven by a permanent magnet linear electric motor to assist either side of the natural heart. The pump is implante... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5761441 | Data processing system for analyzing and administering a stock investment limited-recourse borrowing contract A data processing system analyzes a stock investment limited recourse borrowing contract. The system receives and processes as input data on the date of analysis (1) contract data including the identity and amount of the collateral stock, the amount of th... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5759792 | Antigenic regions of tumour-liberated particles (TLP) complexes and antibodies against the same Peptides comprised within the 100 KDa protein of the TLP complex (i.e., released proteins from tumors) having antigenic activity as well as antibodies thereof, able to react with TLP for diagnostic and clinical purposes.... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5753797 | Photo-acoustic gas sensor and its manufacture and use A photo-acoustic gas sensor for measuring a gas concentration, e.g., of an explosive gas, consists of a cylindrical sensor body (1) which includes a cylindrical measurement chamber (13) whose longitudinal axis extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axi... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5749890 | Method and system for stent placement in ostial lesions A stent delivery assembly and method for stent placement in an ostial lesion. In particular, the stent delivery system of the invention comprises a break segment which changes configuration to facilitate localization of the target ostium.... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751327 | Printer including temperature controlled LED recording heads An electrophotographic printer includes a plurality of recording heads connected in series in a closed cooling circuit. Each of the recording heads includes a linear array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on a common thermally conductive LED carrier bar. T... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5747643 | Antigenic regions of tumor-liberated particles (TLP) complexes and antibodies against the sames Peptides comprised within the 100 KDa protein of the TLP complex (i.e., released proteins from tumors) having antigenic activity as well as antibodies thereof, able to react with TLP for diagnostic and clinical purposes.... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745816 | Roller for use in a photographic sheet material processing apparatus A roller, for use in a photographic sheet material processing apparatus, comprises a core (32) provided with a covering of relatively soft material (34). The roller has a length (L) of from 0.4 to 2.0 m. The core has a maximum diameter (D) of less than 0.... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5742367 | Liquid-crystal display device having a stacked arrangement of an LCD for displaying an image, a liquid crystal shutter, and a solar cell panel A liquid-crystal display device including a transmission-type liquid-crystal panel for displaying an image, a power source circuit for driving the liquid-crystal panel, a solar-cell panel disposed behind the liquid-crystal panel so as to be excited by ext... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742313 | Efficient ink jet head arrangement In the ink jet head described in the specification, a reservoir body contains three ink reservoirs and a vacuum reservoir and a cover plate at the front of the reservoir body provides passages to supply ink from the ink reservoirs to an ink jet array from... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742378 | Electronic leveling apparatus and leveling staff used with the same An electronic leveling apparatus and associated leveling staff are designed to form an image of scale patterns of the leveling staff on a photo-electric transducer by means of a telescopic optical system, convert the image into an electrical signal with t... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742080 | Magnetically controlled logic cell A magnetically controlled logic cell comprising a semiconductor substrate (1) coated with a dielectric film and containing four field-effect transistors; four current supply buses in contact with the transistors and arranged on the surface of the dielectr... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742717 | Optical star coupler An optical star coupler that distributes the optical signal radiated from an optical fiber uniformly across the mixing means and couples the distributed optical signal efficiently to the other optical fibers. The optical star coupler includes: a bundling ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742643 | Quantizing and decoding of phase-amplitude modulated signals in hexagonal code In digital communications over a limited-bandwidth channel such as a radio-broadcast channel, multiple phase-amplitude shift keyed (MPASK) modulation is preferred using close packed hexagonal code. In quantizing such signals, a representation of an equali... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5736329 | Method for testing for the presence of Alzheimer's Disease The 3'-end of BC200 RNA, commencing at nucleotide 159 has the sequence: UAAGCGUAAC UUCCCUCAAA GCAACAACCC CCCCCCCCCU UU 42 SEQ ID NO 2! Oligonucleotide probes in accordance with the invention are complementary to at least a portion of this sequence suc... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5733115 | Rotary drum suspended within live-ring A description is given of a rotary drum, as for example a rotary kiln, which is suspended within a live-ring by means of axially extending brackets which are retained by the live-ring and bearing, at their free ends, against retaining elements fixed to th... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5727270 | Valveless self sealing fluid or gas container The invention is an inflatable self sealing valveless fluid or gas container useable for a wide variety of applications including cushioning, package filler, mattresses, rafts and the like. The container is formed from one or more inflatable self sealing ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5729085 | Fluorescent lamp with a protective assembly A fluorescent lamp has a protective assembly that includes a protective tube preformed from a semi-rigid non-frangible polymeric transparent or translucent material that is stabilized against ultraviolet radiation. The protective tube has a body portion r... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727506 | Two-stroke internal combustion engine To avoid stalling of a two-stroke internal combustion engine as its orientation is changed upon a change of direction in which a working machine such as a chain saw is held, non-atomized fuel is prevented from flowing precipitously into the combustion cha... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5727328 | Disposable razor A disposable razor having a rubberized handle comprising an extruded substantially rigid inner core of thermoplastic material and a covering layer comprising a compatible thermoplastic rubber coextrudable with the inner core.... | 03/17/1998 |
