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| 8182261 | Bottom insert with heat insulation A bottom insert for a mold cavity for the production of moldings of plastic material. The mold cavity has a main body with a hot side which has a recess for receiving molten plastic material under pressure and a cold side having a recess, the inside contour of which... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8152357 | Mixing tank for liquid substances or the like A vessel (1) for the mixing of fluid substances (4) is provided, which is fully lined on the inside with synthetic enamel or the like and which includes a main body (2), a lid (3) for the main body, a stirrer (5) inside the main bo... | 04/10/2012 |
| RE43274 | Fluorinated photosensitizers related to chlorins and bacteriochlorins for photodynamic therapy Provided herein are compounds for detection, diagnosis and treatment of target tissues or target compositions, including hyperproliferative tissues such as tumors, using photodynamic methods. In particular, photosensitizer compounds that collect in hyperproliferativ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133473 | Chlorin and bacteriochlorin-based difunctional aminophenyl DTPA and NSconjugates for MR contrast media and radiopharmaceuticals A compound comprising a chemical combination of a photodynamic tetra-pyrrolic compound with a plurality of radionuclide element atoms such that the compound may be used to enhance MR imaging and also be used as a photodynamic compound for use in photodynamic therapy... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8096339 | Ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive An ultrasonic welding tool with fluid drive, wherein the ultrasonic welding tool (2) is connected by way of a piston rod (3) to a working piston (5) which is guided in a housing (4) of the drive, wherein the working piston (5) sub-... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8025500 | Decompression sprue bush and decompression machine nozzle The present invention concerns a transfer element (1, 9) for an injection molding system comprising a flow lumen for a plasticised plastic material. To provide a transfer element for an injection molding system, which makes it possible to further increase the... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8002540 | Neck block cooling A neck block of a molding tool for the production of a hollow body preform by means of injection molding, wherein the neck block has a main body with a shaping surface which is adapted to the external contour of a neck portion of the hollow body preform to be produc... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7947729 | Adduct of fluorescent dye and tumor avid tetrapyrrole A compound having preferential localization in tumor tissue relative to normal tissue, a preferential electromagnetic absorption at a wavelength between about 660 and 900 nm, and a fluorescence at a wavelength shifted from the preferential absorption by at least +30... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7942979 | Process and apparatus for cleaning wires or the outer surface of a tube A process for cleaning a wire or the outer surface of a tube using one or more textile or textile-like material strands that runs substantially parallel, but opposite, to the direction of travel of the wire or tube, that may contain at least one cleaning material, a... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942486 | Linear guide system for a sliding shelf A linear guide system having a slide-out member including a support element and two elongate guides extending rearwardly laterally of the support element and having at least one pair of stationary outer rails mounted in a horizontally extending position on the insid... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7897140 | Multi DTPA conjugated tetrapyrollic compounds for phototherapeutic contrast agents Novel tetrapyrollic water soluble photosensitizing and imaging compounds and the methods of treating and imaging hyperproliferative tissue, e.g. tumors and hypervacularized tissue such as found in macular degeneration. Broadly, the compounds are tetrapyrollic photos... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894071 | Measurement chip The present invention concerns a measurement chip (1) for carrying out measurements of transmission and/or emission and/or scattering of light by a fluid sample in an operator unit, wherein the measurement chip has a base plate (2) produced from a tran... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878345 | Foldable frame A folding rack for receiving and transporting bags, for receiving objects, to be suspended in the rack. The rack has a base part and side frame parts which are connected articulatedly to the base part at their lower end and are pivotal at least about 90° or more in... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7863355 | Moulding material for the production of fire-retarding objects, pigment therefor and use thereof A moulding material for the production of highly flame resistant articles with a matrix of a thermoplastic and a particulate pigment dispersed therein is characterized in that the pigment is light-sensitive and changes colour under the influence of laser light and i... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7820143 | Water soluble tetrapyrollic photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy A tetrapyrollic photosensitizer compound having at least one pendant —CH2CH2CON(CH2CON(CH2COOH)2)2 or —N(CH2COOH)2 group or esters thereof said tetrapyrollic compound being a... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7803227 | Means and method for sealing constructions A flexible seal for constructions and method of using such seals where the seals include a mixture of soil and a polymeric additive including polymeric methacrylamide, which additive opens a water casing around soil grains, wherein 1 m3 of soil contains u... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798806 | Two-piece bottom insert for a mold cavity A bottom insert for an injection mold, which insert is of a two-part configuration having a hot part which has a recess of the hot side and a cold part which has a recess of the cold side, wherein the cold part is arranged at least partially within the hot part so t... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7737201 | Moulded mass for producing objects that are poorly inflammable, pigment therefor, and use of the same A molding material for the production of highly flame resistant articles with a matrix formed from a thermoplastic and with a particulate flame retardant pigment dispersed therein, wherein under the influence of laser light the material changes color due to a change... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7649038 | Polyphosphate derivative of a 1,3,5-triazine compound, method for producing the same and its use Phosphate derivatives of a 1,3,5-triazine compound, preferably melamine polyphosphate, which are heat-resistant at the processing temperature, are selected which have an average condensation coefficient n (number average)>20, a pH-value of a 10% slurry of the polyph... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7621296 | Separation element A separation element of a multi-layer structure for pressure compensation including: at least two mutually superposed flexible, fluid-tight material layers; at least one spacer element which is arranged between the material layers and holds them at a spacing relativ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7585945 | Use of recombinant heat shock protein complexed to kidney cancer antigen A heat shock protein in combination with carbonic anhydrase IX and a method for improving immune response to carbonic anhydrase IX in a mammal by complexing it with a heat shock protein prior to administration to the mammal. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7585522 | Oral immunology using plant product containing a non-enteric pathogen antigen A method for obtaining an immune response to a non-enteric pathogen antigen (NEPA) such as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by feeding the antigen in a plant material to an animal that is immunoreceptive to the NEPA. It has now been discovered that the animal may... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7572466 | Oral immunology using plant product containing a non-enteric pathogen antigen A method for obtaining an immune response to a non-enteric pathogen antigen (NEPA) such as hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by feeding the antigen in a plant material to an animal that is immunoreceptive to the NEPA. It has now been discovered that the animal may... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7527810 | Oral immunology using plant product containing hepatitis surface antigen A method for obtaining an immune response to hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) by feeding the antigen in a plant material to an animal that is immunoreceptive to the HBsAg. It has now been discovered that the animal may be made immunoreceptive to HBsAg either by a... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7517213 | Cooling system for the cooling of tool pieces A cooling system for cooling tool parts. The system includes at least one base system including a fluid guided from a fluid inlet through connector lines to a fluid outlet. The tool parts are connected in the direction of through-flow between at least one connector ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7501509 | Water soluble tetrapyrollic photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy A tetrapyrollic photosensitizer compound having at least one pendant —CH2CH2CON(CH2CON(CH2COOH)2)2 or —N(CH2COOH)2 group or esters thereof said tetrapyrollic compound being a... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7481636 | Device for the production of plastic containers by means of stretch blow moulding and device for coating the inner walls of a plastic container Apparatus for producing plastic containers by stretch blowing including a rotatable rotor and at least one distributor block connected to the rotor. The distributor block has a mixing chamber that can be directly connected to an internal space of a preform so that a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7422045 | Sealing unit for applying a plastic foil to a substrate material A sealing unit (8) for applying a plastic foil (7) to a planar substrate material (1) by means of heat and pressure using a sealing plate (11) with a heated active surface and a back plate (9) which is movable relative thereto. In ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413761 | Method for treating a solvent-extracted plant residue with a fat A method of treating solvent-extracted plant residue comprises (a) providing a plant residue of one or more plant parts with a reduced content of plant fats, the fats having been extracted by means of a solvent for said plant fats; (b) mixing said solvent-extracted ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7373697 | Device for securing non-magnetic sheet material A device for securing non-magnetic sheet material including a first base inferior planar sheet and a second superior planar sheet. Each of the planar sheets include a longitudinally oriented magnetic material, wherein at least one of the planar sheets has permanentl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7348525 | Sealing jaw A sealing jaw for manufacturing a sealing seam in a heat-sealable packaging material. The invention furthermore relates to an induction sealing device with a sealing jaw and to a packaging machine with induction sealing device. In order to provide a sealing jaw with... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7306452 | Cooling system for sleeves that are fixed to a carrier plate A cooling system for cooling sleeves (2) fixed to a carrier plate (1), by means of a fluid which is passed from a fluid inlet (15) to a fluid outlet (22) by way of fluid conduits (7, 14, 10, 11, 21) supported by means of the carrie... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7288278 | Process for preparing vegetable oil fractions rich in non-tocolic, high-melting, unsaponifiable matter A vegetable oil fraction rich in non-tocolic, high-melting, unsaponifiable matter is prepared by the following steps: A vegetable oil having a slip melting point of not more thatn 30° C. and a content of unsaponifiable matter of at least 0.5% by weight is hydrogena... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285218 | Method for the extra-corporeal qualitative and/or quantitative recording of neurotoxic substances in the blood plasma of an individual The invention relates to a method for the extra-corporeal qualitative and/or quantitative recording of neuro-toxic substances in the blood plasma of an individual. According to said method, a system containing neurones or neuronal networks, which have been cultivate... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7244381 | Method for blow forming a container made of plastic and for coating the inside of said container The invention relates to a method for blow forming a container (1) from a parison (2) made of plastic. After heating, said container is preformed by a gas injected into the container (1, 2) at a low pressure of 5 bar and by expanding the inner v... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7238927 | Detection of the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves The invention relates to a device for detecting electromagnetic waves, especially for also detecting the phase and amplitude of electromagnetic waves, using elements that react sensitively to incident electromagnetic waves. The aim of the invention is to provide a m... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7238523 | p53as protein and antibody therefor The invention comprises plasmids and viral vectors containing an animal p53as cDNA sequence. A portion of the p53as sequence may be identified to a position of wild type p53 gene from the same animal. In preferred embodiments, the p53as is mouse or human p53as. A pr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7226892 | Herbicidal composition and use A herbicidal composition comprises an aqueous solution of a mixture of acetic acid and glycine in a ratio by weight of from 10:1 to 1:1. Preferably, the composition further contains a surfactant. In general, for eradicating herbal vegetation, the aqueous solution ha... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214811 | Derivative of phosphoric acid ester salt or phosphoric acid ester adduct or mixtures thereof, method for the production thereof and their use A derivative of phosphoric acid ester salt or adduct or a mixture thereof is obtained from a reaction product, polycondensed with at least one aldehyde, of at least one polyol phosphoric acid ester with at least one organic nitrogen base. The derivative is advantage... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7172735 | Modular microreaction system A modular microreaction system comprising a housing and functional base modules accommodated therein. The housing has at least one fluid inlet and at least one fluid outlet. The base modules are arranged one behind another in a row in the housing and being designed ... | 02/06/2007 |
