Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173007 | High temperature electrochemical characterization of molten metal corrosion A system and method for the high temperature in-situ determination of corrosion characteristics of a molten metal on an alloy under study is provided which takes place within an insulated furnace. A graphite crucible provided in the furnace contains an electrolyte f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8147993 | Artificial bone and joint compositions and methods of use and manufacture The present invention provides a ceramic porous body for in-vitro and in-vivo use comprising a composition comprising a calcium aluminate (CA) containing phase and optionally at least one of an accelerator, a retarder, a surfactant, a foaming agent, a reactive alumi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8123853 | Calcium aluminate clinker as a refractory aggregate with and without barium addition and use thereof The present invention provides for a refractory aggregate composition comprising an improved calcium aluminate clinker having the formula CnAx wherein C is calcium oxide and A is aluminum oxide, wherein n is an integer from about 1 to about 12,... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8093303 | Process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of a filter cake The present invention provides a process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of the resulting filter cake consisting essentially of mixing an aqueous mineral slurry concentrate with an effective amount of a nonionic surfactant a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8030319 | Methods for treating cancer and other pathological proliferating disorders by inhibiting mitosis using pyrrolo[2 3-]pyrimidines The present invention provides methods for treating cancer and other pathological proliferating conditions by inhibiting mitosis using at least one pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine having the general formula (16): ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8017352 | Seafood spoilage indicator An enzyme based nondestructive sensor for the qualitative detection of spoilage in seafood is provided wherein the sensor does not alter the physical composition of the seafood specimen. The sensor comprises a sampling matrix, at least three or more enzymes in conta... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7982035 | Tricyclic compounds having antimitotic and/or antitumor activity and methods of use thereof The present invention provides tricyclic compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, solvates, or hydrates thereof, having antimitotic activity, anti-multidrug resistance activity, for example P-glycoprotein inhibition, and antitumor activity, and which ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7981902 | Substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines for selectively targeting tumor cells with FR type receptors A compound for treating cancer tumors, particularly ovarian cancer tumors, is described, where a fused cyclic pyrimidine having a cancer treating ability is effective to allow selective delivery to a cancerous tumor. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7960400 | Tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and/or cytotoxic activity and methods of use thereof The present invention provides tricyclic compounds having cytostatic and cytotoxic activity in a single molecule having receptor tyrosine kinase(s), dihydrofolate reductase, thymidylate synthase and/or dihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitory activity, which are usef... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7833994 | Ethanol extraction of phytosterols from corn fiber The present invention provides a process for extracting sterols from a high solids, thermochemically hydrolyzed corn fiber using ethanol as the extractant. The process includes obtaining a corn fiber slurry having a moisture content from about 20 weight percent to a... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7824553 | Process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of a filter cake The present invention provides a process for dewatering a mineral slurry concentrate and increasing the production of the resulting filter cake consisting essentially of mixing an aqueous mineral slurry concentrate with an effective amount of a nonionic surfactant a... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824464 | Calcium aluminate clinker as a refractory aggregate with and without barium addition and use thereof The present invention provides for a refractory aggregate composition comprising an improved calcium aluminate clinker having the formula CnAx wherein C is calcium oxide and A is aluminum oxide, wherein n is an integer from about 1 to about 12,... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7772146 | Artificial bone and joint compositions The present invention provides a ceramic porous body for in-vitro and in-vivo use comprising a composition comprising a calcium aluminate (CA) containing phase and optionally at least one of an accelerator, a retarder, a surfactant, a foaming agent, a reactive alumi... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7767431 | strains which over-produce L-threonine and processes for the production of L-threonine by fermentation The present invention relates to the fields of microbiology and microbial genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to novel bacteria strains and processes employing these strains for the fermentative production of amino acids such as threonine. ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767178 | Regenerating molecular sieve absorbents used for alcohol dehydration A process for regenerating a molecular sieve absorbent bed used for dehydrating an organic solvent is disclosed. The process is illustrated by regenerating a molecular sieve bed used for dehydrating ethanol, which includes a dehydrating cycle where an ethanol/water ... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7741460 | Polynucleotides encoding a truncated ORF2 from The invention provides methods to increase the production of an amino acid from Corynebacterium species by way of the amplification of amino acid biosynthetic pathway genes in a host cell chromosome. Amplification may be by integration of one or more copies o... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7723097 | strains that over-produce L-threonine and processes for their production The invention relates to novel bacterial strains and constructs as well as methods for production of L-amino acids, including but not limited to L-threonine. Such novel bacterial strains may be characterized by, for instance, Escherichia coli strains in which... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712790 | Tank adapter A tank adapter has a housing. The housing has a top, a bottom and a sidewall disposed between the top and the bottom and a cavity defined by the top, bottom, and sidewall. The outer surface of the top has a first lower surface and a second raised upper surface. The ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7709034 | Soluble non-caloric fiber composition and process of preparing the same A process for extracting the water soluble fiber from corn fiber hulls is provided comprising the steps of subjecting the corn fiber hulls to a destarching process, a dewatering process, and exposing the destarched and dewatered corn fiber hulls to a thermochemical ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7687253 | strains which over-produce L-threonine and processes for the production of L-threonine by fermentation The present invention relates to the fields of microbiology and microbial genetics. More specifically, the invention relates to novel bacteria strains and processes employing these strains for the fermentative production of amino acids such as threonine. ... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7635579 | Metabolic engineering of amino acid production The present invention is directed towards the fermentative production of amino acids, providing microorganisms, methods and processes useful therefor. Microorganisms of the invention are capable of converting glucose to amino acids other than L-isoleucine, L-leucine... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7560271 | Seafood spoilage indicator An enzyme based nondestructive sensor for the qualitative detection of spoilage in seafood is provided wherein the sensor does not alter the physical composition of the seafood specimen. The sensor comprises a sampling matrix, at least three or more enzymes in conta... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7528950 | Tunable laser-based process monitoring apparatus A chemical imaging and process monitoring device which utilizes a computer controlled tunable laser to provide light at discrete wavelengths in the near infrared band and a focal plane array to image or a single-point photo detector to detect the intensity of light ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525654 | Tunable laser-based chemical imaging system A chemical imaging device which utilizes a computer controlled tunable laser to provide light of wavelengths in the near infrared band and a focal plane array to image a sample illuminated at various wavelengths of light. The device also provides light intensity ref... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519210 | Method of assessing localized shape and temperature of the human body A method of objectively quantifying assessments of joints having arthritis for purposes of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The objective measurements utilize known imaging modalities including 3D scanning, thermal imaging, visible and near-infrared imaging and ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7494675 | Process for the production of animal feed and ethanol and novel animal feed A method for the production of ethanol and a modified animal feed is provided. The method replaces the starch in known corn-based animal feed with biomass fiber treated to make it more digestible by animals. The process includes wherein the pericarp and germ are rem... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7470446 | Method and system for supplying amino acids or chemical derivatives in liquid form to ruminant livestock A method and system for supplying increased bio-available quantities of amino acids or chemical derivatives in liquid form to ruminant livestock. The method includes supplying a liquid, supplying at least one amino acid, producing a liquid mixture by mixing the liqu... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7439352 | Process for the production of anhydrosugar alcohols A process is provided for the preparation of anhydrosugar alcohols. The process involves heating a sugar alcohol or a monoanhydrosugar alcohol starting material in the presence of an acid catalyst, and subsequent purification of the anhydrosugar alcohol. In some emb... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427411 | Dried, full-fat corn germ as a ruminant feed component A non-human animal feed composition comprising from about 10% to about 20% dried, full-fat corn germ, and methods of using the same are disclosed. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422892 | Enzyme-based device for environmental monitoring A sensor for the intermittent or continuous detection of the presence of at least one analyte in an environmental sample includes at least one enzyme that is selected to either (i) catalyze a reaction of the analyte to chemically convert the analyte to a product com... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420067 | Process for the production of anhydrosugar alcohols A process is provided for the preparation of anhydrosugar alcohols. The process involves heating a sugar alcohol or a monoanhydrosugar alcohol starting material in the presence of an acid catalyst and under pressure. Optionally the resulting product is purified. Ver... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7368010 | Calcium aluminate clinker as a refractory aggregate with and without barium addition and use thereof The present invention provides for a refractory aggregate composition comprising an improved calcium aluminate clinker having the formula CnAx wherein C is calcium oxide and A is aluminum oxide, wherein n is an integer from about 1 to about 12,... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368276 | Polynucleotide constructs encoding aspartate kinase, aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase, and dihydrodipicolinate reductase and related constructs, products, and methods The invention relates to production of lysine, and provides several isolated polynucleotide molecules useful for the production of L-lysine. One such polynucleotide encodes an aspartate kinase (ask), an aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (asd) and a dihydrodipicol... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7323321 | Metabolic engineering of amino acid production The present invention is directed towards the fermentative production of amino acids, providing microorganisms, methods and processes useful therefor. Microorganisms of the invention are capable of converting glucose to amino acids other than L-isoleucine, L-leucine... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318943 | Feed supplement for increasing the plasma amino acid level of ruminant livestock and method of administration A feed supplement for increasing the plasma amino acid level of animals, including animal feed and liquid lysine base, where the liquid lysine base has a concentration between about 45% and about 55%, and has a pH level of between about 9.5 and about 10.5, a chlorid... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7157021 | Methods and compositions for dust and erosion control The invention is directed to compositions and methods for treating a particulate and for dust and erosion control. The compositions comprise a dissolved sugar solid. Preferably, the composition comprises a dissolved sugar solid, further in combination with a salt or... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7141388 | Nucleotide sequences for transcriptional regulation in corynebacterium glutamicum The invention relates to isolated polynucleotides from Corynebacterium glutamicum which are useful in the regulation of gene expression. In particular, the invention relates to isolated polynucleotides comprising C.glutamicum promoters which may be use... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122369 | Bacterial strains, methods of preparing the same and use thereof in fermentation processes for L-lysine production The invention provides novel microorganisms, methods for the production thereof and novel processes for the production of amino acids. Mutagenesis of parental bacterial strains and selection of an improved raffinate-resistant phenotype enables the isolation of strai... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118894 | Bacterial strains, methods of preparing the same and use thereof in fermentation processes for L-lysine production The invention provides novel microorganisms, methods for the production thereof and novel processes for the production of amino acids. Mutagenesis of parental bacterial strains and selection of an improved raffinate-resistant phenotype enables the isolation of strai... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7009045 | Transformation systems for flavinogenic yeast This invention is directed to the transformation of the flavinogenic yeasts, Pichia guilliermondii and Candida famata, and mutants thereof, by electroporation (electrotransformation) and by spheroplast transformation. The invention is also directed to ... | 03/07/2006 |
