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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| PP15595 | Cymbopogon plant named ‘RLJCC1’ A new and distinct variety of Cymbopogon commutatus grass is provided. The new variety was discovered during a mass selection program that was carried out in India in a cultivated area, and offers significant advantages over a typical plant of the species. Mo... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858647 | Retinoid compounds suited for antibacterial applications A variety of retinoid compounds well suited for preventively or curatively treating a bacterial colonization infesting/infecting an individual subject exhibit pronounced antibacterial activity, notably pronounced antibacterial activity in respect of the bacterium | 02/22/2005 |
| 6747079 | Method for stabilising silicone elastomer moulds The invention concerns the use for increasing the life span of molds made of silicone elastomer crosslinking by polyaddition or polycondensation reaction, of an additive capable of stabilizing the silicone elastomer whereof the mold is constituted with respect to ma... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6741552 | Fault-tolerant, highly-scalable cell switching architecture Generally speaking, the cell switching architecture of the present invention offers a powerful, simple, and in many ways elegant solution to the problem of providing cost-effective, high-bandwidth, fault-tolerant cell switching. The architecture is based on a networ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6740312 | Titanium dioxide particles Anatase titanium dioxide particles with a size of at most 100 nm wherein the particles are at least partially covered with a layer of at least one metal oxide, hydroxide or hydroxide oxide and the particles exhibit a BET specific surface of at least 70 m2... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6733564 | Process for recovery of nickel from spent catalyst The present invention relates to a process for recovery of nickel and alumina from spent catalyst by direct leaching with sulphuric acid in presence of small amount of an additive. The invention is useful for recovery of both nickel and sources of nickel and therefo... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6726940 | Use of at least one extract of the genus chrysanthemum for assisting skin and/or hair pigmentation The invention concerns the use in a cosmetic composition or for preparing a pharmaceutical composition of at least a plant extract of the genus Chrysanthemum for stimulating skin and/or hair pigmentation. The invention also concerns a composition containing at least... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6667781 | Electronic device An electronic device provided with a front lit LCD (13) having a theoretical viewing area (TVA). The electronic device comprises a transparent front light guiding plate (14) extending between the LCD (13) and a front (11) of said electronic device and the... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6628203 | Communication of device-related information after assembly Device-related information is communicated from a device to external equipment, such as test equipment as part of final production of the device. This is done by generating a modulated signal (e.g., by pulse code modulation) that represents the device-rel... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6610902 | Absorbent structure for use in an absorbent article An absorbent structure for use in an absorbent article such as a diaper, an incontinence guard, a sanitary napkin, or the like wherein the absorbent structure has two different material types, which are in direct or indirect contact with each other so tha... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6607633 | Plasma generating device and plasma processing apparatus comprising such a device The present invention describes a plasma generating device comprising a wave guide; a radiative part having slot antennas, each of said slot antennas being adapted to radiate electromagnetic radiation; and a plasma generation chamber being connected to th... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600852 | Wavelength selective device and switch and method thereby The present invention relates to a device for wavelength selective phase control of a signal at a predetermined wavelength in a wavelength multiplexed optical signal, which comprises an input port for inputting the wavelength multiplexed optical signal, a... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6600937 | Vibrator assembly for mobile telephone A vibrator assembly for use in a mobile telephone includes a contact plate and a vibrator motor electrically connected to the contact plate with flexible wires. The contact plate has positive and negative electrical contacts on its upper surface for estab... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6582952 | Method for eliminating a nitrogenated heterocyclic, or aromatic, compound in an effluent This invention relates to a method for the removal of a nitrogen containing heterocyclic or aromatic compound, comprising at least one nitro group, in an effluent by the conversion of said, at least one nitro group into an amine group by means of a reduci... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584047 | Pickup actuator A pickup actuator capable of significantly reducing rolling of the area, including: a pickup base, a lens holder having an objective lens mounted thereon, and lens holder driving means for driving the lens holder in directions for focusing and tracking on... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6579869 | Cephalotaxanes: their method of preparation and their use in treatment of cancers, leukemias, parasites, including those resistant to usual chemotherapeutic agents, and as reversal agents The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein: W represents O or NH, Q represents an unbranched or branched, saturated or unsaturated or aromatic, cyclic or acyclic or heterocyclic hydrocarbon radical containing 1 to 30 carbon ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6579916 | Methods for sterilizing cyanoacrylate compositions Disclosed are methods for sterilizing cyanoacrylate prepolymer compositions under visible light irradiation conditions wherein the prepolymer remains in polymerizable form after sterilization.... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6576234 | Reovirus for the treatment of neoplasia Methods for treating neoplasia, by administering reovirus to a Ras-mediated neoplasm, and use of reovirus for manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of neoplasia, are disclosed. The reovirus is administered so that it ultimately directly contacts c... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6569417 | Methods for treating urinary incontinence in mammals Disclosed are methods for treating urinary incontinence in a mammal wherein a composition comprising a biocompatible polymer, a biocompatible solvent, and a contrast agent is delivered to the periurethral tissue of the mammal.... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6570649 | Optical fiber characteristics measuring device and optical fiber characteristics measuring method An optical fiber characteristics measuring device includes a pulse driving circuit, a first optical directional coupler, a second optical directional coupler, a third optical directional coupler, a photoelectric transducer, and a bias circuit. The frequen... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565551 | Contoured syringe and novel luer hub and methods for embolizing blood vessels Disclosed are novel syringes and catheters for delivering compositions which form solid masses in vivo. These syringes and catheters are particularly useful for delivering embolizing compositions intravascularly.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6565601 | Methods for vascular reconstruction of diseased arteries Disclosed are methods for vascular reconstruction of diseased, non-aneurysmal arteries.... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6567760 | Electro-optic sampling oscilloscope An electro-optic sampling oscilloscope (or EOS oscilloscope) uses an electro-optic probe containing an electro-optic crystal, which is placed under effect of an electric field caused by a measured signal. Laser pulses are supplied to the electro-optic cry... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6563796 | Apparatus for quality of service evaluation and traffic measurement The present invention concerns an apparatus for evaluating the quality of service in a network. The QoS evaluation apparatus includes an arrival detection section to provide a timestamp to a specific processing unit included in a packet that arrives at an... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6561200 | Method for generating and circulating a foam in an installation and system for application of this method The invention relates to a method for generating a foam from a liquid phase and a gas phase, a method for placing a foam in circulation in an installation, and a method for cleaning an installation by placing a foam in circulation. Generation of the foam ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6562317 | Radioactive embolizing compositions Disclosed are novel radioactive compositions which are particularly suited for treating solid mass tumors via catheter delivery.... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6555104 | Methods for treating urinary incontinence in mammals Disclosed are methods for treating incontinence in a mammal wherein a composition comprising a biocompatible polymer, a biocompatible solvent, and a contrast agent is delivered to the periurethral tissue of a mammal.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6549147 | Methods, apparatuses and recorded medium for reversible encoding and decoding An object of the invention is to provide a method for compressing digital input signals at high compression efficiency and reproducing the input data perfectly. The method includes the steps of: converting a digital input signal in each frame to bitstream... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6545780 | Wavelength allocation method, a transmission equipment and receiving equipment using this method and a wavelength division multiplex transmission system By using a combination of a plurality of completely unequally spaced channel allocations, the influence of four wave mixing is mitigated even while it is incompletely unequally spaced channel allocation, and it is possible both to decrease the occupied ba... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6544217 | Guidewire-occluded balloon catheter A balloon catheter having a proximal end and a distal end and a main axial lumen extending therebetween is provided with an inflation seal such that the presence of a guidewire in the inflation seal forms a fluid-tight seal for retaining fluid in the ball... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6531111 | High viscosity embolizing compositions Disclosed are novel compositions for embolizing blood vessels which are particularly suited for treating vascular lesions via catheter delivery.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527732 | Torsionally compensated guidewire A guidewire includes a core and a coil in composite cooperation to enable the guidewire to be used within tortuous regions of the vasculature. The core has a proximal region and a distal region. The distal region includes a flattened end and a tang for co... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6524603 | Process and composition for the antiparasitic treatment of the surroundings of animals A pesticidal composition and anti-parasitic treatment using the same, wherein the composition includes, in a combined pesticidally effective amount (a) carbaryl and (b) a compound having the formula ##STR1## wherein: R1 is CN; R2 is ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6524169 | Method for manufacture of tubes of a zirconium-based alloy Method for manufacturing tubes especially for fuel elements and tubes for construction of fuel rod skeletons made of zirconium-based alloy for nuclear reactors and a tube made thereby. The tubes are ground to a surface roughness of ࣘ0.2 μmRa with a bel... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6521251 | Methods for treating burns on mammalian skin to reduce the risk of infection and to minimize fluid loss Disclosed are methods for treating burns on mammalian skin to reduce the risk of infection and to minimize fluid loss. Specifically, the methods of this invention involve the in situ formation of a polymeric cyanoacrylate film at the site of the burn. The... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521221 | Methods and compositions to enable the safe and effective harvesting of tissues and organs Disclosed are methods and compositions capable of rapidly preparing mammalian tissue and organs for harvesting and subsequent transplantation while minimizing the potential for infection of the harvested tissues and organs. This invention is also directed... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519236 | Automatic power control in uncoordinated frequency-hopping radio systems Transmission power in a frequency-hopping radio system that transmits packets from a sending radio unit to a receiving radio unit, wherein each packet includes an address designating the receiving radio unit, is controlled by measuring received signal str... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511468 | Device and method for controlling injection of liquid embolic composition A liquid embolic delivery system is provided for trapping an injected liquid embolic composition to prevent the liquid embolic from solidifying or otherwise passing outside of an embolization area. The delivery system includes a catheter for delivery of a... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6511472 | Interface needle and method for creating a blunt interface between delivered liquids An interface needle is used for connecting a syringe to a catheter to create a blunt interface between two or more liquids being delivered through the catheter. The interface needle is particularly useful for creating a blunt interface between a biocompat... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6505312 | Integrated circuit tester Pins of an integrated circuit are provided with timing axis signals for testing in the time axis without discrepancies. An electro-optic probe in proximity to a plurality of contact points of a device under test uses positions of equal distance or a pre-s... | 01/07/2003 |
