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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7550432 | Recombinant fusion proteins to growth hormone and serum albumin The invention describes albumin fusion proteins comprising growth hormone and serum albumin. The invention also describes nucleic acid molecules encoding the albumin fusion proteins of the invention, as well as vectors containing these nucleic acid molecules, host c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7531330 | Modified S-hydroxynitrile lyase This invention relates to S-hydroxynitrile lyase having excellent tolerance to heat, organic solvents, and the like, which is obtained by modifying at least one amino acid in the helix D3, helix A, and β-sheet 2 domains in the amino acid sequence of wild-type S-hyd... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7524749 | Metallization method of semiconductor device A method for forming a metallization contact in a semiconductor device includes (a) forming an insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate including an active device region or a lower metal wire; (b) forming a contact hole to expose a portion of the active device ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7452557 | Preventive or therapeutic agent for pollen allergy, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, asthma or urticaria, or health food for prevention or improvement or reduction of symptoms thereof A method for prevention or therapy of pollen allergy, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, asthma or urticaria by administration of two kinds of crude drugs—seeds of Cucurbita moschata and flowers of Carthamus tinctorius—and at least one crude dru... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446049 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device using amorphous carbon layer as sacrificial hard mask Disclosed is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device by using an amorphous carbon layer as a sacrificial hard mask. The method includes the steps of: forming an amorphous carbon layer on an etch target layer; forming a photoresist pattern on the amorphous ca... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7435534 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device effectively removes a solvent of a bottom antireflective coating film is using a porous material so as to prevent acid in a photoresist film from reacting with the solvent during a post exposure baking (PEB) process.... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7332093 | Method for water purification An improved method of controlling a wastewater treatment plant, by identifying a condition and as a result of this apparent condition changing the treatment of the waste water. It especially relates to a method of improving the nutrient removal in wastewater treatme... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323524 | Tandem tetramerisation-polymerisation of olefins The invention provides a process for polymerising olefins to branched polyolefins in the presence of a polymerisation catalyst and a cocatalyst, wherein the cocatalyst produces 1-octene in a selectivity greater than 30%. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315256 | Magnetic signalling in pipelines Method systems and apparatus for signalling within pipelines. The systems methods and apparatus make use of a unit locatable within a tubular piece of metallic structure for the transmission and/or reception of signals. The unit includes a magnetic material core ( | 01/01/2008 |
| 7286578 | High-power diode laser system A diode laser system having a diode amplifier member with a large transverse gain area. The diode amplifier member includes an amplifying medium for amplifying a number of spatial modes of a spatial light distribution. The laser system further includes a number of p... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275629 | Driving apparatus for a movable member of an automobile A driving apparatus for a movable member of an automobile comprises a housing, a drum for driving the movable member, the drum being rotatably supported on the housing, and a clutch for selectively transmitting a driving torque to the drum, wherein the clutch is acc... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7259243 | Process for isolation of osteopontin from milk A process for isolation of milk osteopontin from a material containing milk osteopontin by optionally mixing the milk material with a calcium source and separate the osteopontin containing phase from the rest of the milk material by pH adjustment. ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7258400 | Vehicle-seat retracting apparatus In a vehicle-seat retracting apparatus, a seating state is switched to a non-seating state by retracting a headrest and tilting a seat back relative to a seat cushion (lower arm). In association with retraction of the headrest, the tilting angle of the seat back wit... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7211089 | Medical retrieval device A medical retrieval device has a multi-prong retrieval assembly. The multi-prong retrieval assembly has a first position, in which the retrieval assembly extends from the distal end of the sheath to form an open ended grasping device, and a second position, in which... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7171449 | Friend-to-friend mail systems and methods Methods and systems are provided for a three party mailing service. The process may enable a first party, such as an advertiser, to create a mailpiece, such as a postcard, marked with a unique code. The mailpiece may be provided to a second party, such as a househol... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163834 | CMOS image sensor and method of fabricating the same A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method of fabricating the same are disclosed. In a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor including a photodiode receiving irradiated light and generating electric charges, a pl... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6852513 | Method for extracting an insulin using enzymes which are bonded to a non-porous polymer support The invention relates to a method for catalysing complex reactions or large molecules, more specifically, to enzyme-catalysed reactions during which undesirable consecutive or subsidiary reactions usually occur; using enzymes which are bonded to a polymer support. A... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6834545 | Structure for installing a fuel level sensor in a fuel tank for automobiles Structure for installing a fuel level sensor in a fuel tank for automobiles, which can be applied as a common use regardless of the shape of the fuel tank and the model of a car and can prevent malfunctions of a warning light of the fuel level sensor caused by abrup... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6493228 | Heat radiation packaging structure for an electric part and packaging method thereof A heat radiation packaging structure without getting a board itself larger, but with an excellent heat radiation ability and a low cost is provided. A bus bar 12 is fixed onto a wiring board 11, a connecting lead 15A of a relay 15 etc. being joined onto t... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6465650 | Substituted N-ethylglycine derivatives for preparing PNA and PNA/DNA hybrids The invention provides a processes for the preparation of a compound of Formula I, or a salt thereof ##STR1## wherein PG is a urethane- or trityl-type protective group; X is NH, O, or S; Y is CH2, O, or NH; and B' is a base customary in nucleot... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6440843 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing semiconductor device which comprises the steps of forming an insulating film on an Si substrate provided with a wiring layer, forming a contact hole connected to the wiring layer and a wiring groove in the insulating film, fillin... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6432510 | Fluorinated resins having a surface with high wettability A fluorinated resin having enhanced wettability to water prepared by roughening a surface of the fluorinated resin such that a central line roughness average (Ra) of the surface is increased to at least 0.1 μm, and then depositing thereon a thin hydrophi... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6430690 | Secure one-way authentication communication system A protocol for authenticating at least one of a pair of first and second correspondents C and T in a data communication system, the method comprising the steps or storing a public key in the first correspondent C; computing a shared secret by the second c... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6369088 | Substituted 3-phenyl-5-alkoxy-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ones, their preparation and their use as pharmaceuticals Substituted 3-phenyl-5-alkoxy-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-ones of the formula 1 are described, ##STR1## in which R1 is substituted C1 -C6 -alkyl and C3 -C9 -cycloalkyl, R2, R3, R4 | 04/09/2002 |
| 6343091 | External resonator light source The present invention provides an external resonator light source which, by removing natural emitted light, is able to send out only light which has an extremely high wavelength purity. As shown in FIG. 1, the present invention's external resonator light ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6277502 | Photocrosslinkable silane derivatives The invention relates to novel crosslinkable, photoactive silane derivatives of the formula I ##STR1## mixtures of silane derivatives of the formula I and mixtures of silane derivatives of the formula I with uncrosslinkable silane derivatives as usua... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6268417 | Rubber composition A rubber composition is provided, which comprises: (1) 100 parts by mass of a hydrogenated acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber having high rate of hydrogenation; (2) 1 to 10 parts by mass of an organic peroxide; (3) 0.1 to 15 parts by mass of 2,4-dim... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6265696 | Heat treatment method and a heat treatment apparatus for controlling the temperature of a substrate surface A substrate to be processed on which a thin film is formed is supported by a support member. The substrate to be processed is heated by a heating section. The surface temperature is measured by a radiation thermometer, and the heating temperature of the h... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6265587 | Intermediary compounds for the hemisynthesis of taxanes and preparation processes therefor The present invention relates to new intermediates for the semisynthesis of taxanes and their preparation processes. It relates to derivatives of oxazolidines or oxazolidinones, as well as to new derivatives of baccatine III. The general process for the s... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6258524 | Thermally developable material A thermally developable material comprising a support, an image forming layer containing an organic silver salt, and a component layer provided on the same side as said image forming layer provided, wherein the stiffness (ST) of said thermally developable mate... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6249249 | Active array antenna system An active array antenna system comprises a plurality of element antennas and radio frequency circuits connected to the element antennas. The radio frequency circuits comprises first frequency converters provided to correspond to the element antenna and co... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6225479 | Optically active bis-dioxane derivatives A compound of formula ##STR1## in which R1 and R2 each independently represent and alkyl or alkenyl group in which one or more hydrogen atoms is optionaly substituted by fluorine, chlorine, or cyano; and in which optionally one or mo... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6198690 | Clock control circuit with an input stop circuit A clock control circuit includes a forward pulse delay circuit including a plurality of delay circuits for delaying a forward pulse signal FCL, a backward pulse delay circuit including a plurality of delay circuits for delaying a backward pulse signal RCL... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6194412 | Mixtures derived from grains of Eugenia Jambolana Lamarck preparation and use of said mixtures and some of their constituents as medicaments The present invention relates to mixtures which can be isolated from grains of Eugenis Jambolana Lamarck, the preparation of such mixtures, the medicaments containing said mixtures or constituents of said mixtures, and the use of these mixtures and consti... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6174597 | Magnetic recording apparatus A magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording medium including a substrate and a magnetic recording layer formed on the substrate and having a structure in which magnetic grains are dispersed in a nonmagnetic matrix, a means for recording m... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6163501 | Synchronous semiconductor memory device A synchronous semiconductor memory device comprises: a memory cell array; a decoder circuit for decoding an address, which is supplied in synchronism with a clock, to select a memory cell of the memory cell array; a plurality of main data line pairs, to w... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6158900 | Ferrule for optical fiber connector and method for production thereof Disclosed are ferrules for an optical fiber connector provided with an insertion hole for setting an optical fiber in position and methods for the production thereof. The ferrule is formed of an amorphous alloy possessing at least a glass transition regio... | 12/12/2000 |
| 5958187 | Prewettable high softness paper product having temporary wet strength A paper product and a method of making a paper product with a glabrous surface and adapted for use either dry or use in a manually pre-moistened condition. The paper product has temporary wet strength exhibiting an initial normalized CD wet tensile streng... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5954626 | Method of minimizing coriolis effects in a centrifugal separation channel A centrifuge separation device is disclosed and includes a rotor configured to be connected to a centrifuge motor for rotation about an axis of rotation. A retainer is associated with the rotor and defines a passageway for a separation channel. A protrusi... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5922439 | Paper towel with dual level diagonal infundibulate striae of slitted elongate hexagonal bosses A paper toweling which provides a combination of strength, bulk and absorbency while presenting an attractive appearance. Included are a single ply paper towel having areas of light and heavy embossing perforations which form diamond shaped islands of hea... | 07/13/1999 |
