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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940479 | Positioners and microscopes incorporating the same In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a positioning device comprises a microscope assembly and a lens positioning assembly. The lens positioning assembly comprises a lens support subassembly and a bi-directional positioning guide. The lens supp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939603 | Polylactide composites and methods of producing the same Embodiments of polylactide composites comprise a polylactide, and a polymerized natural oil dispersed inside the polylactide. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939570 | Controlled-release composition for topical application and a method of delivering an active agent to a substrate A controlled-release composition for topical application to a substrate includes an oil-in-water emulsion and an active agent incorporated into the oil-in-water emulsion. The oil-in-water emulsion is substantially free of lipophilic solvent and is formed by mechanic... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939036 | Cuvette holder, cuvette array and analyzer comprising such components A cuvette holder for holding a plurality of reaction cuvettes is disclosed. The cuvette holder includes a body made by injection molding of a plastic material. The body extends along a circular segment and defines an array of chambers arranged along a circular segme... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938482 | Roof assemblies for vehicles including moon roof assemblies A moon roof assembly for a vehicle includes an actuator-driven panel having an open position and a closed position. A moon roof trim ring at least partially surrounds the panel. The moon roof trim ring includes a control housing for supporting a control system. A co... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938427 | Recreational vehicle chassis A fifth wheel trailer of the type designed to be towed with a towing vehicle having a vehicle hitch assembly includes a trailer body having an elevated front portion, and a mounting arrangement extending downward from beneath the front portion. The front portion of ... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637731 | Combination of reagent holder and part | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937326 | Document security protection analysis assistant A computer-based process for product selection optimization by displaying various security features available for a security document, for evaluating the impact that the selection of one security feature has upon the selection of other features, and for optimizing t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935387 | Methods for fabricating YAG barrier coatings Method embodiments for coating alloys comprise providing a superalloy substrate, applying a bond coat onto the superalloy substrate, forming an oxidation barrier coating comprising an yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) phase on the bond coat, and depositing a top coat on... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934760 | Assist grip assemblies Disclosed is an assist grip assembly including a handle portion and at least one support structure, the at least one support structure including a securing surface attached to a mounting area of a vehicle body, and a transfer member comprising a flex portion and a c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933708 | Systems and methods for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during vehicle re-acceleration In some embodiments, systems and methods are provided for assisting in acceleration of a vehicle during re-acceleration. In one embodiment, a system comprises one or more sensors that monitor vehicular conditions, which are transmitted to and processed by an electro... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932484 | Laser transmitter having gimbal support and method of preventing the gimbal support from contacting the transmitter housing A laser transmitter has a transmitter housing and a laser source in the housing. A gimbal support arrangement supports the laser source in the housing and includes a gimbal motor arrangement for moving the gimbal support arrangement and said laser source in said hou... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931613 | Module for a computer interface The present invention provides a module for a computer interface including a transducer wherein the transducer receives a measurement value and makes this measurement value available for monitoring an individual's health by means of the computer interface, for examp... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927873 | Polyamides for nucleic acid delivery The present invention provides a new class of non-viral transduction vectors that can be used for both in vivo and in vitro applications. The present invention also provides a gene transfer vector that has comparable efficiency to a viral vector without the potentia... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927688 | Security information and graphic image fusion A security information and graphic image fusion system to be used with verification equipment to provide a tamper proof labeled article having security information thereon. The label comprises a printable sheet having at least one invisible IR or UV image, or both, ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926534 | Pipe welder for simultaneously fusing a plurality of polyethylene pipes Disclosed are a device and method for the simultaneous fusion of multiple plastic pipe sections. A plurality of pipe sections may be rigidly held, faced off, heated, and joined at the same time using a single piece of equipment. The inventive process allows increase... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924935 | Channel sounding in OFDMA system Method and apparatus for determining a downlink channel response in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) system. The method and apparatus uses the uplink quality indication channel for determining the downlink channel response, or uses round ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922695 | Drug delivery pump drive using linear piezoelectric motor A drug delivery pump drive which uses a linear piezoelectric motor to advance a syringe piston to deliver a liquid drug and a method thereof are disclosed. The pump drive, provided in a drug delivery pump, provides silent operation and very low energy consumption co... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921727 | Sensing system for monitoring the structural health of composite structures A sensing system for use in monitoring the structural health of a structure such as a polymeric matrix composite structure is provided. The system includes a sensor formed from a conductive ink containing carbon nanofibers and a polymeric resin, and a data acquisiti... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7918818 | Micro-dialysis probe A micro-dialysis probe extending longitudinally between a proximal probe opening and a distal probe tip and having a supply line and a drainage line for a drip-feed solution. A tube may be provided for supporting the drainage line. A dialysis section, wherein the fl... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918637 | Assist device for a tire and wheel assembly An embodiment of an assist device for maneuvering a tire and wheel assembly is provided. The device comprises a base member, a support frame configured to support a tire and wheel assembly thereon, and a sliding mechanism disposed between the base member and support... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915529 | Wall plate assembly with integral universal serial bus module A wall plate assembly including a wall plate with an integrated USB module. The assembly includes a USB connector and printed circuit board formed together on the wall plate as an integral whole. By placing USB extender circuitry directly on the printed circuit boar... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914612 | Compliant column sheath assembly for gas chromatography A compliant column sheath assembly for use in a gas chromatograph is provided which includes an open tubular column in the form of a helical coil having a coiled length of between about 5 and 15 cm. The sheath assembly further includes an insulating sheath which sur... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914249 | Shoveling apparatus with multi-positional shovel A shoveling apparatus including a low profile vehicle, a boom assembly, and a shovel assembly for use in underground mining operations, and particularly useful in clearing coal and rock debris from a belt line corridor. The low profile vehicle includes an advanceabl... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912705 | System and method for extracting information from text using text annotation and fact extraction A fact extraction tool set (“FEX”) finds and extracts targeted pieces of information from text using linguistic and pattern matching technologies, and in particular, text annotation and fact extraction. Text annotation tools break a text, such as a document, int... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911010 | Apparatus and method for microfabricated multi-dimensional sensors and sensing systems A universal microelectromechanical MEMS nano-sensor platform having a substrate and conductive layer deposited in a pattern on the surface to make several devices at the same time, a patterned insulation layer, wherein the insulation layer is configured to expose on... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910217 | Wear resistant coatings for race land regions of bearing materials Embodiments of a coated substrate (for example, a coated race land region of a roller bearing element) comprise a metallic substrate, a ceramic underlayer comprising a nitride, a carbide, a carbonitride, a boride, or combinations thereof disposed over the metallic s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909505 | Method and device for investigation of phase transformations in metals and alloys A device and method for investigating phase transformation properties and structural changes of materials. In one form, the device simulates actual thermal processing conditions, while the method can be used in both simulations as well as in actual processing condit... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905718 | Sheeting head Sheeting head apparatus for rolling and flattening a quantity of dough, includes a sheeting head, an infeed conveyor, and an outfeed conveyor. The sheeting head defines a dough path therethrough and includes a plurality of opposed roller pairs. The first roller of e... | 03/15/2011 |
| D634441 | Reagent holder tube | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904202 | Method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi-jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination A method and system to provide improved accuracies in multi jointed robots through kinematic robot model parameters determination are disclosed. The present invention calibrates multi-jointed robots by using the chain rule for differentiation in the Jacobian derivat... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903331 | Flexible positioner and ophthalmic microscope incorporating the same In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a microscope is provided comprising a microscope assembly and a lens positioner. The lens positioner comprises a tension control assembly, an adjustable lens extension assembly, and a tensile cord coupling ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901580 | Method, apparatus, and processes for producing potable water utilizing reverse osmosis at ocean depth in combination with shipboard moisture dehumidification Devices and methods for producing purified water. The device includes a reverse osmosis subsystem, a dehumidification subsystem and a purified water storage tank fluidly coupled to the subsystems such that purified water produced by each can be locally stored. A veh... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900673 | Tissue manufacturing/handling device A tissue manufacturing/handling device is provided. The device comprises a reel turn-up section including a tissue reeling station and an adhesive application system. The tissue reeling station is configured to provide a tissue spool in the path of an advancing tiss... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900507 | Device and method for monitoring the quality of an oil change and condition of engine oil from an oil change A device and method for measuring the quality of a vehicle oil change and the condition of oil obtained during an oil change is provided which includes an oil measurement compartment and at least one coolant sensor. The oil measurement compartment includes a conduct... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896118 | Stretchers A trolley is provided and includes at least one driven wheel and non-driven wheels. The at least one drive wheel may be moved to a position clear of the ground or to a position in which it contacts the ground with the adjacent non-driven wheels being raised off the ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893142 | Process for the preparation of polyphosphates of organic bases A simple and economical process for the preparation of polyphosphates of organic bases consists of reacting a mixture of phosphorus pentoxide and at least one organic nitrogen base with at least one compound which releases water accompanied by decomposition under th... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892212 | Drive device and method for advancing an advancing element A drive device for advancing an advancing element (2; 33) relative to a housing (1; 30) over a entire advancing distance (G) comprises a tensioning device having a tensioning element (3; 39) for tensioning a spring device (4). A predeterm... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890253 | Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using location ID Location information sharing method based on wired and wireless internet using a location identification (ID). Converting a location ID entered in the content of documents through Internet terminals into a URL, which provides location ID related services to the Inte... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888418 | Block copolymer modified vegetable oil and polymer blends and methods of making same Embodiments of a polymer and vegetable oil based composition comprise a polylactide homopolymer, a vegetable oil dispersed inside the polylactide homopolymer, and a block copolymer configured to aid the dispersion of the vegetable oil inside the polylactide homopoly... | 02/15/2011 |
