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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7417179 | Method of modifying epidermal outgrowth structures via modulating cell cycle control genes The present invention provides a method for producing a plant having a modified epidermal outgrowth structure such as a trichome or root hair. The method comprises transforming a plant or plant cell with a D-type cyclin gene operably linked to an epidermis-preferred... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7332316 | Plant cytokinin oxidase The present invention relates to methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism comprising expression of a plant cytokinin oxidase or comprising expression of another protein that r... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7265267 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and uses thereof Provided are DNA sequences encoding cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor(s) as well as to methods for obtaining the same. Furthermore, vectors comprising said DNA sequences are described, wherein the DNA sequences are operatively linked to regulatory elements allowing ... | 09/04/2007 |
| D520038 | Welding machine | 05/02/2006 |
| D518078 | Welding machine | 03/28/2006 |
| 7011088 | Airway A medical instrument which improves a state of falling of a tongue root of a patient to makes it easy to maintain an air passage in a pharynx portion. An airway of the present invention comprises: an airway main body wherein an elongated tongue plate curved in a lon... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003851 | Hinge The movement of a hinge, preferably for furniture, comprising a hinge arm or a fixed-body hinge section and a pivotable hinge section flexibly connected thereto, is damped by a rotation damper at least damped over part of the closure path to the closed position. In ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994601 | Device at a boat A device for switching between different operation modes of an electrical system on board a boat with an electric motor for propelling the boat comprises a control member (7) adapted to be actuated by hand for carrying out switchings in the electrical system ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6955882 | Method for easy cloning and selection of chimeric DNA molecules The invention provides a method that allows the construction of a chimeric and/or modified and/or reconstructed DNA molecule from two DNA fragments in a defined order and orientation, and to clone the molecule one step in a suitable vector using site specific recomb... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6951887 | Lipoic acid derivatives and their use in treatment of disease This invention relates to the identification of a novel class of therapeutic agents which selectively target and kill tumor cells and certain other types of diseased cells, and to compositions comprising lipoic acid derivatives which poison the pyruvate dehydrogenas... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6924888 | Process and apparatus for recording the deformation of objects A process serves to record the deformation of objects (1). In order to facilitate reliable evaluation even in the case of relatively large deformations, during the deformation of the object (1) a sequence or series of images of the object is recorded w... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6614036 | Quality assurance device for a medical linear accelerator A quality assurance device is provided for ensuring the accuracy and reproducibility of the mechanical parameters of medical linear accelerators (Medical LINACs). The quality assurance devices is configured for placement within two parallel slots on the g... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6579269 | Dosage device A dosage device includes an outer body and an inner body displaceable relative one another and each formed with formations that engage one another to increase resistance to the displacement and to produce an audible sound corresponding to a predetermined ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6542756 | Method for detecting forward link power control bits in a communication system A method is disclosed for deriving an optimum decision criteria to detect forward link power control bits by a base station from a reverse link signal. In managing the forward link received power, a mobile station commands the base station to incrementall... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6524094 | Device for forming a food mass for producing a food product and a method for such forming A device and a method for forming a food mass on a spit (2) for preparation of a hollow food product is based upon the use of a cylinder (5) having a cavity and a spit (2) about which the food mass is to be formed. The cylinder (5) and the spit (2) are mo... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6519073 | Micromechanical modulator and methods for fabricating the same A method and apparatus for modulating an optical signal using a micromechanical modulator are disclosed. The modulator comprises a membrane, which includes a first and a second layer, a substrate layer, and a substrate, spaced from the membrane to form an... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6434537 | Cellular telephone billing management system The present invention is directed to a telephone billing management method for cellular telephones. The objective is to provide the user of a cellular telephone a cost accounting and management tool. The amounts of various classes of service used in the c... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430057 | Device for interfacing an integrated circuit chip with a printed circuit board A device is provided for structurally and electrically interfacing an integrated circuit (IC) chip with a printed circuit board (PCB) designed for another IC chip, where the two IC chips have different structural and/or electrical operating characteristic... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6418304 | Method and apparatus for improving efficiency of high-power linear amplifier Disclosed is a method and apparatus for improving thermal efficiency and reliability of a linear power amplifier of a communication system. In an illustrative embodiment, the communication system operates in a half-duplex mode and a transistor control ter... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6372118 | Ni-Fe-Co electroplating bath A corrosion resistant and wear resistant nickel-iron-cobalt/hardener alloy or nickel-cobalt/hardener alloy having a brilliant luster is electrodeposited onto the surface of a substrate as an alternative to chromium plating. The plating solution contains n... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6373214 | Method and device for exerting a closing force upon an element that has been opened The present invention relates to a drive system for closing elements, preferably for doors, roller blinds or windows, with a motor, with a position pick-up to detect certain positions of the closing element, with an operating unit which allows authorized ... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6372000 | Hydrocarbyl polyoxyalkylene aminoalcohol and fuel composition containing same A hydrocarbyl polyoxyalkylene aminoalcohol of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is an alkyl, an alicyclic or an alkylalicyclic radical having from about 4 to about 30 carbon atoms or an alkylaryl where the alkyl group is from about 4 to a... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6346128 | Two-cycle engine fuel composition and method for using same A two-cycle engine fuel composition comprising (a) a major amount of a two-cycle engine fuel; (b) a lubricant component; and, (c) a two-cycle engine fuel combustion deposit-inhibiting amount of at least one hydrocarbyl polyoxyalkylene aminoalcohol of the ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6331964 | Motion detectors and occupancy sensors based in displacement detection A method and an apparatus is disclosed for controlling electrical loads as a function of displacement detection of objects within a monitored zone by utilizing the non-Doppler shifted component of an electromagnetic, acoustic, microwave, infrared, or opti... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6329617 | Pressure activated switching device A pressure activated switching device includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer spaced apart from the first conductive layer so as to define a planar space therebetween, and a standoff layer of electrically insulative material positione... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6305044 | Double sided cleaning pad mitt with sealed package A flexible cleaning and drying mitt has a pouch compartment formed therein which is proportioned for receiving the hand of a user. The mitt has a pair of removable cover faces and a flat moisture-proof perimeter, which perimeter extends outward from a pai... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6296950 | Method of producing thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester, thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester composition obtained by the same method, and molding made of the same composition A method of producing a thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester having an extremely small amount of out-gases comprising the steps of: (1) charging in a reactor 5-100 mol % of aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, 0-47.5 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6294187 | Load-bearing osteoimplant, method for its manufacture and method of repairing bone using same A load-bearing osteoimplant, method of making the osteoimplant and method for repairing bone using the osteoimplant are provided. The osteoimplant comprises a shaped, compressed composition of bone particles. The osteoimplant possesses a bulk density of g... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6294041 | Method for an osteoimplant manufacture The invention relates to an osteoimplant fabricated from a solid aggregate of bone derived elements possessing chemical linkages between their adjacent surface-exposed collagen. Also described are various other components which can be incorporated into th... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6278133 | Field effect transistor of SiC for high temperature application, use of such a transistor and a method for production thereof A field effect transistor of SiC for high temperature application has the source region layer (4), the drain region layer (5) and the channel region layer (6, 7) vertically separated from a front surface (14), where a gate electrode (12) is arranged, for ... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6268419 | Method of producing thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester, thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester composition obtained by the same method, and molding made of the same composition A method of producing a thermotropic liquid crystalline copolyester having an extremely small amount of out-gases comprising the steps of: (1) charging in a reactor 5-100 mol % of aromatic hydroxycarboxylic acid, 0-47.5 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6261249 | Ultrasonic treatment controller including gel sensing circuit A controller for driving an ultrasonic transducer is disclosed and includes a processor, responsive to a feedback signal, for generating control signals to an output driver which is responsive to the control signals, to cause the ultrasonic transducer to ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6251243 | Gas detecting apparatus having condition monitoring means An operational amplifier (34) has its inverting input connected to a electrochemical gas sensor (38) for amplifying the current produced thereby in response to presence of a predetermined gas. In order to determine whether a sensor (38) is indeed present ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6252250 | High power impatt diode In a high power IMPATT ( Impact Avalanche Transit Time) diode for generating high frequency signals two electrodes, anode (2) and cathode (1), are arranged with a semiconductor layer therebetween. Said semiconductor layer comprises a drift layer (7) for t... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6241139 | Surgical stapling apparatus A surgical stapling device particularly suited for endoscopic procedures is described. The device can be used with both articulating and non-articulating disposable loading units and has a sensing mechanism for sensing the type of disposable loading unit ... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6238326 | Method for the regulation of the temperature of the heated air in an apparatus for the hot-air pasting of plastic films To regulate the temperature of the heated air in an apparatus for the pasting of plastic films having a rack having a table over which the workpieces are conveyed continuously by a conveyor apparatus, having a conveyor roller pair disposed in a gap of the... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6234975 | Non-invasive method of physiologic vibration quantification The present disclosure describes a method of determining the onset of osteoporosis by measuring the vibrational response of the musculoskeletal system. Risk of fracture of bones due to osteoporosis is mainly determined by three risk factors: muscle streng... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6220597 | 52 card pot game of chance A novel game and board or surface is played in combination by at least two players, one being a player and bettor and the other being a dealer or croupier using at least one standard deck of 52 cards. Also used by the croupier are a shuffling machine for ... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6206420 | Device for introducing pressurized gas into a vehicle safety device The invention concerns a device for introducing pressurized gas into a vehicle safety device, preferably an air bag, with a pressure container (10) for compressed gas which has at least one opening (12) closed by a gas tight foil cover (14). The foil cove... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6203666 | Method and device for paper web manufacturing In the present invention, in a process in which a fiber suspension supplied in a flat layer manner is subjected to natural dehydration, pressure dehydration, or suction dehydration, while circulating a cylindrical suction cylinder, and thereby, dehydratio... | 03/20/2001 |
