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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7599757 | System and methods for automatic generation of component data A method of manufacturing an electronic circuit including employing a pick & place machine-specific component placement sequence, pick & place machine-specific component data for governing the operation of at least one specific pick & place machine in a manufacturin... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7400395 | Metal coated nanocrystalline silicon as an active surface enhanced raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate The disclosed methods and apparatus concern Raman spectroscopy using metal coated nanocrystalline porous silicon substrates. Porous silicon substrates may be formed by anodic etching in dilute hydrofluoric acid. A thin coating of a Raman active metal, such as gold o... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7364851 | Nucleic acid sequencing by Raman monitoring of uptake of precursors during molecular replication The methods, compositions and apparatus disclosed herein are of use for nucleic acid sequence determination. The methods involve isolation of one or more nucleic acid template molecules and polymerization of a nascent complementary strand of nucleic acid, using a DN... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361821 | Controlled alignment of nanobarcodes encoding specific information for scanning probe microscopy (SPM) reading The methods, apparatus and compositions disclosed herein concern the detection, identification and/or sequencing of biomolecules, such as nucleic acids or proteins. In certain embodiments of the invention, coded probes comprising a probe molecule attached to one or ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361501 | Miniaturized spectrometer using optical waveguide and integrated Raman system on-chip One embodiment relates to an analyzer having an interferometer, a detector and a microprocessor, wherein the analyzer does not contain a spectrometer having a dispersive grating, the interferometer is to create a phase shift in an original spectrum of electromagneti... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361313 | Methods for uniform metal impregnation into a nanoporous material The methods, systems 400 and apparatus disclosed herein concern metal 150 impregnated porous substrates 110, 210. Certain embodiments of the invention concern methods for producing metal-coated porous silicon substrates 110, 210 that exhi... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351591 | Surface modification of metals for biomolecule detection using surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) The present invention is based on the discovery that the methods described herein for the production of metallic colloids result in colloids exhibiting increased signal enhancement and reproducibility for the SERS detection of biomolecules. Thus, using the methods o... | 04/01/2008 |
| 5767495 | Reduced-power magnetic transducer system utilizing a magnetoresistive head A reduced-power dynamic magnetic transducer system includes a magnetoresistive read head, a low duty cycle pulse generator to supply power to the head, a signal processor, and a controller. As a data-bearing card is moved adjacent to the magnetoresistive ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5711407 | Torsional vibration damper A composite torsional vibration damper which can be utilized with advantage in the clutch disc of a friction clutch in the power train of a motor vehicle has a composite input member which can be driven by the output element of a combustion engine, an out... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5628577 | Wrist pin for a two-piece piston Wrist pin for a two-piece piston, having a cylindrical external surface (41) and an internal surface with an internal diameter, throughout the length of the pin (40). The end portions of the pin have a reduced internal wall thickness between the outer hal... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626240 | Unit for separating waste and valuable materials A unit for separating waste and valuable materials with several mutually connected waste containers, which are equipped with identifying features labeling these waste containers for the purpose of assigning a particular waste or recyclable fraction to the... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5614194 | Protective peptide antigen Described is a antigen and antigenic amino acid sequence consisting of repeating units of the immunodominant epitope region of the circumsporozoite surface protein of a parasite of the genus Plasmodium. Also described is a related fusion protein produced ... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5602213 | Heat resistant composition bismaleimide-modified polyurethane A heat resistant composition comprising a mixture of (a) a polyurethane or a modified polyurethane and (b) a bismaleimide oligomer, in which the bismaleimide oligomer is in an amount of about 1 to 35 percent by weight based on overall solid contents. The ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5600962 | Air conditioner An air conditioner including an outdoor unit containing a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger therein, at least one indoor unit having both of an indoor heat exchanger and an electric expansion valve, and a pressure reducing member which is linked to... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5598717 | Air conditioner having frost preventing member An air conditioner using a non-azeotropic mixture refrigerant formed of a high boiling-point refrigerant and a low boiling-point refrigerant is provided with a first temperature sensor for detecting a temperature at an inlet of an outdoor heat exchanger w... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5541155 | Acids and acid salts and their use in delivery systems The present invention relates to a delivery system, and in particular to carboxylic acids for use as a delivery system of sensitive agents such as bioactive peptides. The carboxylic acids and salts can form non-covalent mixtures with biologically-active a... | 07/30/1996 |
