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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8168411 | Highly thermostable fluorescent proteins Thermostable fluorescent proteins (TSFPs), methods for generating these and other stability-enhanced proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, and assays and method for using the TSFPs and TSFP-encoding nucleic acid molecules are provided. The TSFPs of the i... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158247 | Porous light-emitting compositions Light-emitting devices are prepared by coating a porous substrate using a polymer-assisted deposition process. Solutions of metal precursor and soluble polymers having binding properties for metal precursor were coated onto porous substrates. The coated substrates w... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157948 | Method of fabricating metal- and ceramic- matrix composites and functionalized textiles A method of manufacturing an article comprises providing a first sheet, wetting the first sheet with a liquid precursor to provide a first wet sheet, and irradiating the first wet sheet in a pattern corresponding to a first cross section of the article such that the... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148294 | Metal-polymer composites comprising nanostructures and applications thereof Metal-polymer composites, and methods of making and use thereof, said composites comprising a thermally-cured dense polyaniline substrate; an acid dopant; and, metal nanostructure deposits wherein the deposits have a morphology dependent upon the acid dopant. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8124176 | Polymer-assisted deposition of films A polymer assisted deposition process for deposition of metal nitride films and the like is presented. The process includes solutions of one or more metal precursor and soluble polymers having binding properties for the one or more metal precursor. After a coating o... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8098700 | Single-exciton nanocrystal laser A laser system employing amplification via a single exciton regime and to optical gain media having single exciton amplification is provided. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071790 | Synthetic analogs of bacterial quorum sensors Bacterial quorum-sensing molecule analogs having the following structures: and methods of reducing bacterial pathogenicity, comprising providing a biological system comprising pathogenic bacteria which produce natural quoru... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067541 | Highly thermostable fluorescent proteins Thermostable fluorescent proteins (TSFPs), methods for generating these and other stability-enhanced proteins, polynucleotides encoding such proteins, and assays and method for using the TSFPs and TSFP-encoding nucleic acid molecules are provided. The TSFPs of the i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8029652 | Activation of molecular catalysts using semiconductor quantum dots Photocatalytic materials based on coupling of semiconductor nanocrystalline quantum dots (NQD) and molecular catalysts. These materials have capability to drive or catalyze non-spontaneous chemical reactions in the presence of visible radiation, ultraviolet radiatio... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8003571 | Buffer layers for coated conductors A composite structure is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, and a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material. Add... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988887 | Metal-polymer composites comprising nanostructures and applications thereof Metal-polymer composites, and methods of making and use thereof, said composites comprising a thermally-cured dense polyaniline substrate; an acid dopant; and, metal nanostructure deposits wherein the deposits have a morphology dependent upon the acid dopant. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7981319 | Non-aqueous liquid compositions comprising ion exchange polymers Compositions, and methods of making thereof, comprising from about 1% to about 5% of a perfluorinated sulfonic acid ionomer or a hydrocarbon-based ionomer; and from about 95% to about 99% of a solvent, said solvent consisting essentially of a polyol; wherein said co... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7935419 | Thick-shell nanocrystal quantum dots Colloidal nanocrystal quantum dots comprising an inner core having an average diameter of at least 1.5 nm and an outer shell, where said outer shell comprises multiple monolayers, wherein at least 30% of the quantum dots have an on-time fraction of 0.80 or greater u... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7851412 | Wide band gap semiconductor templates The present invention relates to a thin film structure based on an epitaxial (111)-oriented rare earth-Group IVB oxide on the cubic (001) MgO terminated surface and the ion-beam-assisted deposition (“IBAD”) techniques that are amendable to be over coated by semi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7786037 | Nanostructured metal-polyaniline composites Metal-polyaniline (PANI) composites are provided together with a process of preparing such composites by an electrodeless process. The metal of the composite can have nanoscale structural features and the composites can be used in applications such as catalysis for ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7781589 | Quantitative method of determining beryllium or a compound thereof in a sample A method of determining beryllium or a beryllium compound thereof in a sample, includes providing a sample suspected of comprising beryllium or a compound thereof, extracting beryllium or a compound thereof from the sample by dissolving in a solution, adding a fluor... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7759229 | Charge-free method of forming nanostructures on a substrate A charge-free method of forming a nanostructure at low temperatures on a substrate. A substrate that is reactive with one of atomic oxygen and nitrogen is provided. A flux of neutral atoms of least one of oxygen and nitrogen is generated within a laser-sustained-dis... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7741353 | Lead-free primary explosives Lead-free primary explosives of the formula (cat)Y[MII(T)X(H2O)6-X]Z, where T is 5-nitrotetrazolate, and syntheses thereof are described. Substantially stoichiometric equivalents of the reactants lead... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7741120 | Multifunctional nanocrystals Multifunctional nanocomposites are provided including a core of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, and, a shell of either a magnetic material or an inorganic semiconductor, wherein the core and the shell are of differing materials, such multif... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737087 | Enhanced pinning in YBCO films with BaZrOnanoparticles A process and composition of matter are provided and involve flux pinning in thin films of high temperature superconductive oxides such as YBCO by inclusion of particles including barium and a group 4 or group 5 metal, such as zirconium, in the thin film. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7737085 | Coated conductors Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an IBAD oriented material thereon, and, a layer of barium-containing material selected from the group consisting of barium zirconate, barium hafnate, barium titanate, barium strontium titanate, bariu... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736761 | Buffer layer for thin film structures A composite structure including a base substrate and a layer of a mixture of strontium titanate and strontium ruthenate is provided. A superconducting article can include a composite structure including an outermost layer of magnesium oxide, a buffer layer of stront... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728310 | Method for the chemical separation of GE-68 from its daughter Ga-68 The present invention is directed to a generator apparatus for separating a daughter gallium-68 radioisotope substantially free of impurities from a parent gernanium-68 radioisotope, including a first resin-containing column containing parent gernanium-68 radioisoto... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7727934 | Architecture for coated conductors Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material with a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon, and, a layer of epitaxial titanium nitride upon the layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723394 | Nanocrystal/sol-gel nanocomposites The present invention is directed to a process for preparing a solid composite having colloidal nanocrystals dispersed within a sol-gel matrix, the process including admixing colloidal nanocrystals with an amphiphilic polymer including hydrophilic groups selected fr... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7662993 | Synthesis of [C] and [H] substituted methacrylic acid, [C] and [H] substituted methyl methacrylate and/or related compounds The present invention is directed to labeled compounds of the formulae wherein Q is selected from the group consisting of —S(═O)—, and —S(═O)2—, Z is selected from the group c... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7642557 | Non-contact pumping of light emitters via non-radiative energy transfer A light emitting device is disclosed including a primary light source having a defined emission photon energy output, and, a light emitting material situated near to said primary light source, said light emitting material having an absorption onset equal to or less ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642222 | Method for improving performance of high temperature superconductors within a magnetic field The present invention provides articles including a base substrate including a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon; and, a buffer layer upon the oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure lay... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7611856 | Mass spectrometry-based methods for detection and differentiation of botulinum neurotoxins The present invention is directed to a method for detecting the presence of clostridial neurotoxins in a sample by mixing a sample with a peptide that can serve as a substrate for proteolytic activity of a clostridial neurotoxin; and measuring for proteolytic activi... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7608335 | Near single-crystalline, high-carrier-mobility silicon thin film on a polycrystalline/amorphous substrate A template article including a base substrate including: (i) a base material selected from the group consisting of polycrystalline substrates and amorphous substrates, and (ii) at least one layer of a differing material upon the surface of the base material; and, a ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7604839 | Polymer-assisted deposition of films A polymer assisted deposition process for deposition of metal oxide films and the like is presented. The process includes solutions of one or more metal precursor and soluble polymers having binding properties for the one or more metal precursor. After a coating ope... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7593758 | Segmented superconducting tape having reduced AC losses and method of making A superconducting tape having reduced AC losses. The tape has a high temperature superconductor layer that is segmented. Disruptive strips, formed in one of the tape substrate, a buffer layer, and the superconducting layer create parallel discontinuities in the supe... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7582801 | Synthesis of [1-C]pyruvic acid], [2-C]pyruvic acid], [3-C]pyruvic acid] and combinations thereof The present invention is directed to labeled compounds, of the formulae wherein C* is each independently selected from the group consisting of 13C and 12C with the proviso that at least one C* is ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7556863 | Gold-coated nanoparticles for use in biotechnology applications A process of preparing gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles is disclosed and includes forming a suspension of magnetic nanoparticles within a suitable liquid, adding an amount of a reducible gold compound and a reducing agent to the suspension, and, maintaining the su... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7547661 | Enhanced pinning in mixed rare earth-123 films An superconductive article and method of forming such an article is disclosed, the article including a substrate and a layer of a rare earth barium cuprate film upon the substrate, the rare earth barium cuprate film including two or more rare earth metals capable of... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7541197 | Planar optical waveguide based sandwich assay sensors and processes for the detection of biological targets including protein markers, pathogens and cellular debris An assay element is described including recognition ligands bound to a film on a single mode planar optical waveguide, the film from the group of a membrane, a polymerized bilayer membrane, and a self-assembled monolayer containing polyethylene glycol or polypropyle... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7541196 | Planar optical waveguide based sandwich assay sensors and processes for the detection of biological targets including early detection of cancers An assay element is described including recognition ligands adapted for binding to carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) bound to a film on a single mode planar optical waveguide, the film from the group of a membrane, a polymerized bilayer membrane, and a self-assembled m... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7521026 | Field-enhanced electrodes for additive-injection non-thermal plasma (NTP) processor The present invention comprises a field enhanced electrode package for use in a non-thermal plasma processor. The field enhanced electrode package includes a high voltage electrode and a field-enhancing electrode with a dielectric material layer disposed in-between ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7510641 | High current density electropolishing in the preparation of highly smooth substrate tapes for coated conductors A continuous process of forming a highly smooth surface on a metallic tape by passing a metallic tape having an initial roughness through an acid bath contained within a polishing section of an electropolishing unit over a pre-selected period of time, and, passing a... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7498446 | Primary explosives The present invention provides a compound of the formula (Cat)+z[M++(5-nitro-1H-tetrazolato-N2)−x(H2O)y] where x is 3 or 4, y is 2 or 3, x+y is 6, z is 1 or 2, and M++ is selec... | 03/03/2009 |
