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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182781 | Alpha-silyl alcohols possessing olfactory properties reminiscent of patchouli oil The present disclosure refers to sila-substituted carbinols of formula (I) wherein R1, R2 and R3 are independently selected from C1-C4 alkyl or C3-C4 | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182776 | Process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant An integrated process for operating a fossil fuel fired power plant including: producing hydrogen gas and an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide via a process including: dissociating hydrogen gas and oxygen gas from water; pressurizing the hydrogen gas and the oxy... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182752 | Exhaust gas treatment device A device for treatment of exhaust gases includes a housing, a fragile structure resiliently mounted within the housing, and a non-intumescent mounting mat disposed in a gap between the housing and the fragile structure. The mounting mat includes a plurality of inorg... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177916 | Fragrance dissemination device A malodour-counteracting device adapted to be used in an automatic dishwasher having at least one washing cycle and a final drying cycle, the device having the form of two connected containers, adapted to rest on a horizontal surface within the dishwasher to provide... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8165261 | Chemical enhancement of ultrasonic fuel cleaning A method for cleaning an irradiated nuclear fuel assembly includes chemically enhancing a technique utilizing an apparatus including a housing adapted to engage a nuclear fuel assembly. A set of ultrasonic transducers is positioned on the housing to supply radially ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163716 | Method of administering hyaluronan formulation for the amelioration of osteophytes Disclosed is a method for the amelioration of osteophyte formation including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| D656603 | Trim bead for a building wall | 03/27/2012 |
| 8131988 | Secure boot device An electronic device includes a power supply unit, a control unit, a first boot circuit, and a data encryption unit. The control unit outputs a boot signal for causing the power supply unit to start supplying power. The first boot circuit interconnects the power sup... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124360 | Use of a T1R2 nucleic acid sequence to identify tastants Provided are functional methods using the T1R2 monomer of the T1R2/T1R3 sweet receptor to identify agonists and modulators of the sweet taste response. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119175 | Alginate matrix particles Heterogenous matrix particles having a continuous phase of a polymer and a discontinuous phase of an oil, and optionally an active such as a flavor or a fragrance. The continuous phase comprises at least one filler. The matrix particles exhibit high loading efficien... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118931 | Mixture, in particular construction material mixture containing furnace slag The present invention relates to building material mixtures which contain slag sand and zinc salts which have from 0 to 8 carbon atoms in their structure. The invention furthermore relates to the use of zinc salts for preventing discolorations during the hardening o... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118930 | Setting accelerator for sprayed concrete An accelerating admixture for concrete, containing a liquid mixture being an aqueous solution or an aqueous dispersion, wherein a) the liquid mixture contains 13 to 43 weight % dissolved aluminium sulfate, b) the liquid mixture contains less than 1 weight % dissolve... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8101223 | Flavour modulating substances The present invention in a first aspect relates to flavor modulation in foodstuffs, beverages, orally administered pharmaceuticals, tobacco products and oral care products, using a flavor modulating substance selected from the group of substances represented by form... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101098 | Additive comprising azomethine compounds The present invention relates to a mixture of an oligomeric, blocked aminosilane (azomethine structure) and a monomeric, blocked, primary amine (azomethine structure). This mixture is suitable in particular as a curing agent, crosslinker and adhesion promoter. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097164 | Process for preparing magnetic particles for selectively removing contaminants from solution A process for selectively removing contaminant ions from a solution includes: a) contacting the solution with magnetic particles coupled to selectively chelating ion exchange functionality containing moieties prepared by: | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091293 | Bearing and expansion joint system including same A bearing is provided for use in connection with expansion joint systems. The bearing may be incorporated into expansion joint systems that are used in roadway constructions, bridge constructions, and architectural structures. The bearing can absorb increased loads ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088842 | Solubilized defoamers for cementitious compositions Amine solubilizing agents are mixed with water insoluble defoamers and optionally a dispersant for cementitious compositions to provide an admixture for cementitious compositions that is stable over time. A method is provided for controlling the amount of air in a c... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088725 | Fragrance compositions and compounds A perfume composition including the compound 4-[(1,5-dimethylhexyl)oxy]butanal in both its racemic and enantiomeric forms. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075843 | Exhaust gas treatment device A flexible and substantially crack resistant intumescent, non-intumescent, or hybrid mounting mat material for use in mounting fragile structures includes at least one intumescent, non-intumescent or hybrid layer containing inorganic fibers and reinforcing layer app... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071040 | Low shear mounting mat for pollution control devices A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device including high temperature resistant ceramic fibers containing alumina and/or high temperature resistant biosoluble inorganic fibers, organic binder which at least partially liquefies at elevated temperature prior t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8039233 | Nucleic acid sequences and their use in methods to identify umami modulatiors Novel chimeric proteins functional to screen for umami taste modulators, the corresponding nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors, transfected host cells, and screening methods for modulators and enhancers of the umami taste response employing the aforementioned... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8017085 | Substrate mounting system A support system for a fragile substrate of an exhaust gas treatment device includes a microporous, inorganic insulating layer, which directly or indirectly engages at least a portion of the fragile substrate: and a flexible fibrous mounting mat which directly or in... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7992260 | Binder clip with label holder An improved binder clip is provided. The binder clip includes a clamping means, opposed gripping means attached to the clamping means, and a label holder that is attached to, or that is integral with, the clamping means. An identifying label is inserted into the lab... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989971 | Electrical energy generator An electrical energy generator that converts kinetic energy harvested from voluntary motor activity of a human or animal to electrical energy. The electrical energy generator includes a housing, a coil of electrically conductive material, a reciprocally movable elec... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976974 | Vanadium halide redox flow battery A vanadium halide redox cell including: a positive half cell containing a positive half cell solution including a halide electrolyte, a polyhalide complex, vanadium (IV) halide and vanadium (V) halide; a negative half cell containing a negative half cell solution in... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973110 | Copolymer synthesis process Preparing a non-ionic copolymer having a hydrolysable monomer residue and a polyether macromonomer residue in a semicontinuous mode in a polymerization reactor associated with a metering device, including introducing polyether macromonomer and water into the reactor... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964376 | Chimeric proteins and their use in methods to screen for sweet taste modulators Novel chimeric proteins functional to screen for sweet taste modulators, the corresponding nucleic acid sequences, expression vectors, transfected host cells, and screening methods for modulators and enhancers of the sweet taste response employing the aforementioned... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959958 | Cooling compounds A cooling composition comprising at least one compound of the Formula I in which R is selected from the group of moieties consisting of (CH2)nCOOR″; | 06/14/2011 |
| 7956122 | Volatile organic compound (voc) compliant sealing material A polyurethane sealant is provided that includes a fatty acid ester that is used to replace volatile solvent in the sealant formulation and a reaction product of polyoxyalkylene polyol and polyisocyanate. The polyurethane sealant produced has a non-volatile material... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7947334 | Cement accelerator and method An alkali-free accelerator for sprayed cementitious composition, such as concrete, is prepared by dissolving aluminium sulphate in water and amorphous aluminium hydroxide in water optionally containing amine, and adding at least one stabiliser which is glycolic acid... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7935848 | Butone derivatives useful as cooling agents Cooling compounds of formula (I) wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, C1-C3 alkoxy, phenyl, C1-C3 alkylphenyl, C1-C3 | 05/03/2011 |
| 7923487 | Lightweight structural finish A lightweight finish composition, method of production and a method of application are provided. The lightweight finish composition comprises a resin dispersion, alkali metal phosphate, alkylolammonium salt of a polyfunctional polymer, and lightweight aggregate such... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922808 | Freeze-thaw durability of dry cast cementitious mixtures An improved freeze-thaw durability dry cast cementitious composition is provided that uses very small (0.1 μm to 100 μm average diameter) polymeric microspheres that are blended directly into the mixture and optionally gas-generating additives. The polymeric micro... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7893110 | Carboxylic acid amides provoking a cooling sensation The present invention refers to cooling compounds of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, X, Y, Z, and m have the same meaning as given in the specification. The present invention refers furthermore to a process for their producti... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887917 | Inorganic fiber Provided are inorganic fibers containing calcium and alumina as the major fiber components. According to certain embodiments, the inorganic fibers containing calcia and alumina are provided with a coating of a phosphorous containing compound on at least a portion of... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7880011 | Amide addition reaction A method of making a compound of formula II comprising the reaction of a compound of formula RCONH2 with a compound of formula III R being a moiety having between 1 and... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868475 | Energy generating expansion joint Provided is an expansion joint system including: at least one transversely extending vehicular load bearing member; and an electrical energy generator connected to a component of the expansion joint system for capturing displacements having kinetic energy; an amplif... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7868004 | Menthane carboxamide derivatives having cooling properties A compound of the formula I in which X and Y are selected as follows: (i) X is H and Y is selected from the group consisting of | 01/11/2011 |
| 7829036 | Fluid jet cutting process A fluid jet cutting process for fibrous materials, such as inorganic fibrous material articles is provided. A fluid composition for use in the fluid jet cutting process is also provided. The cutting fluid composition contains a carrier fluid and coating composition ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7803853 | Settable mixture containing lime, a cementitious composition and a polymer The present invention refers to a settable mixture comprising (i) a water absorbing composition and (ii) an aqueous emulsion of organic polymer or (iii) dispersible organic polymer, wherein the water absorbing composition (i) contains inorganic ingredients which are... | 09/28/2010 |
