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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6911027 | Device for the ablation of tissue A device for the ablation of tissue for use with the fingers of a human hand and a radio frequency power supply and controller providing a source of radio frequency energy and controls for controlling the application of radio frequency energy to the device comprisin... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6541617 | Detection of target analytes using particles and electrodes The invention relates to the use of particles comprising binding ligands and electron transfer moieties (ETMs). Upon binding of a target analyte, a particle and a reporter composition are associated and transported to an electrode surface. The ETMs are th... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6501578 | Apparatus and method for line of sight laser communications A line of sight laser communication system includes a laser to generate a laser signal with femtosecond pulses. A first grating spectrally disperses the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal. A programmable mask converts the femtosecond pulses of the las... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6488156 | Method and system for verification of fertilization of poultry eggs A method for verification of the presence of a living embryo in an incubating poultry egg. The method comprises the steps of: causing at least two electrodes to make conductive contact with the outside surface of the shell of an egg; amplifying any of the... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6473553 | Apparatus for holding and engaging micro-machined objects and method for making same An apparatus is provided for holding micron-sized objects, such as optical components, along with a method for making such an apparatus. The apparatus includes a mounting block having openings, such as cavities and recesses, for holding the micron-sized o... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6465044 | Chemical vapor deposition of silicon oxide films using alkylsiloxane oligomers with ozone This invention relates to a method of depositing silicon oxide films on the surface of semiconductor substrates, and more particularly to depositing such films by chemical vapor deposition using alkylsiloxane oligomers precursors with ozone.... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6465235 | Non-human carbonyl hydrolase mutants, DNA sequences and vectors encoding same and hosts transformed with said vectors Novel carbonyl hydrolase mutants derived from the amino acid sequence of naturally-occurring or recombinant non-human carbonyl hydrolases and DNA sequences encoding the same. The mutant carbonyl hydrolases, in general, are obtained by in vitro modificatio... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6449725 | Method and computer program product for diagnosing and handling non-responsive device in a computer system A method and device for detecting and handling non-responsive devices in a computer system where the device non-responsiveness may be due to a powered-down status rather than a device failure, and more particularly to such computer systems when the device... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6447430 | Exercise machine Exercise machine having a frame with a pair of upstanding sections disposed substantially at right angles to each other, a weight stack mounted on each of the frame sections, a cable coupled to each of the weight stacks for transferring a pull on the cabl... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6436655 | Rapid quantitative measurement of soluble fibrin in opaque body fluids A method for determining the existence and the amount of soluble fibrin contained in a specimen fluid is provided. The method includes the steps of precipitating soluble fibrin out of the opaque specimen fluid, aggregating the soluble fibrin precipitates ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6436078 | Transdermal perfusion of fluids A housing is secured to an area of skin to allow suction to be applied to a local area of skin through an aperture. After formation of a suction blister, a blade is actuated to sever a suction cup thereby detaching the means for creating suction at the ap... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6426896 | Flash memory cell with contactless bit line, and process of fabrication Memory cell array and process of fabrication in which a floating gate is formed on a substrate for each of a plurality of memory cells, a control gate is formed above and in vertical alignment with each of the floating gates, source regions are formed in ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6421154 | Apparatus and method for high bandwidth laser-based data communication A laser communication system includes a first laser to generate a laser signal with femtosecond pulses. A first grating spectrally disperses the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal. A modulator converts the femtosecond pulses of the laser signal into c... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419653 | Medical probe device and method A medical probe device comprises a catheter having a stylet guide housing with one or more stylet ports in a side wall thereof and a stylet guide for directing a flexible stylet outward through the stylet port and through intervening tissue at a preselect... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416038 | Inline process valve assembly An inline process valve assembly having a valve body of a rigid material having a thru bore which is circular in cross-section forming a flow passage extending through the valve body along a longitudinal axis and having a lower arcuate surface. A cone-sha... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6413566 | Simultaneous slicing and washing of vegetables Simultaneous slicing and washing of relatively firm raw vegetable or fruit products is accomplished in a vat of water into which a slicer apparatus is positioned such that the slices are formed and discharge directly into the water. An inclined takeout co... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6410119 | Inflatable, cushioning, bubble wrap product having multiple, interconnected, bubble structures An inflatable, conformable, cushioning, packaging product comprises a plurality of individual inflatable strips of multiple bubble cushioning structures. Each individual inflatable strip has a plurality of bubble chambers with each bubble chamber intercon... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410066 | Controller and method for administering and providing on-line handling of deviations in a continuous oven cooking process A continuous oven cooking system, a controller for use in the continuous oven cooking system, and a method performed by the controller are disclosed. The system, controller, and method are used to administer a continuous oven cooking process performed on ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407651 | Temperature compensated tunable resonant cavity A tunable resonant cavity including a cavity housing having top and bottom walls with a post disposed in said cavity extending from die bottom of the cavity toward and spaced from the top. The length of the post is adjustable to adjust the resonant freque... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406845 | Fiber optic biosensor for selectively detecting oligonucleotide species in a mixed fluid sample The present invention provides biosensors, apparatus and methods for selectively detecting at least one complementary oligonucleotide target specie in a fluid sample containing a mixture of different oligonucleotide fragments. One preferred embodiment of ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406207 | Pump for discharging doses of liquid, gel-like or viscous substances A pump for discharging doses of liquid, gel-like or viscous substances from a container, having a pump body made of a flexible and elastic material which can be squeezed together to form a suction vacuum and delivers the liquid via an outlet valve, which ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6403302 | Methods and compositions for triple helix formation Improved oligonucleotides and processes for their use for specific recognition of a target sequence in double-stranded nucleic acid through the formation of an alternate strand triple-helix. The triple-helix forming oligonucleotides bind in a parallel and... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401362 | Clothes drying apparatus and method with improved tumbling action Tumble drying apparatus and method in which fabric articles are placed in a horizontally disposed cylindrical basket with a stringer which extends across the basket along an arcuate path that passes near the axis, and the basket is rotated about its axis ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402566 | Low profile connector assembly and pin and socket connectors for use therewith A low profile connector assembly for use with first and second printed circuit boards comprising a male connector housing having a cavity communicating with an opening in a side. A plurality of male electrical contacts have respective blades are disposed ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6402733 | Intrapulmonary delivery of polypeptide growth factors and cytokines Polypeptides selected from the group of growth factors and cytokines are administered by intrapulmonary inhalation. Disclosed are novel compositions and devices for effecting the intrapulmonary administration of these polypeptides.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403312 | Protein design automatic for protein libraries The invention relates to the use of protein design automaton (PDA) to generate computationally prescreened secondary libraries of proteins, and to methods and compositions utilizing the libraries.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403378 | Cell viability assay reagent A kit for labeling cells to determine their viability which includes a first dye for labeling non-viable cells and a second dye for labeling all cells, including non-viable cells in which the dyes are selected to have concentrations suitable for determini... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403955 | Linear quadrupole mass spectrometer A quadrupole ion trap mass analyzer in which the trapping volume is defined by spaced linear rods in which linear elements located between the spaced linear rods produce image currents produced by motion of ions in the trapping volume.... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404307 | Resonant cavity coupling mechanism A coupling mechanism for coupling adjacent cavities which includes a window having side walls joining two cavities and a coupling member extending into said window between said side walls. The coupling member is movable between said side walls to adjust t... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6404727 | Electromagnetic rotary actuator An actuator of the present invention includes a set of generally planar assemblies comprising cross-hinges that are disposed between a set of extended arms and a rigid mounting base. The hinges of the present invention flex to about a pivot axis to replac... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401357 | End of cycle detector and method for microwave clothes dryer End of cycle detector and method for a microwave clothes dryer. The temperature of fabric in the dryer is monitored, an increase in the monitored temperature is detected when substantially all moisture has been removed from the fabric, and operation of th... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6401206 | Method and apparatus for binding electronic impressions made by digital identities to documents This invention creates a portable digital identity of the individual that includes personal information, and may also include data representing the person's handwritten signature and one or more passwords. The digital identity optionally includes data rep... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6399166 | Liquid crystal display and method A liquid crystal display has a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the plates. A polarizing coating, having molecules of one or more organic dyes capable of forming a lyotropic liquid crystalline... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6393725 | Compact microwave clothes dryer and method Compact microwave clothes dryer and method in which the dryer is small enough to be placed on a countertop, and air is circulated past microwave generator and power supply components to the drying chamber to transfer heat from the components to clothes in... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6396995 | Method and apparatus for retaining and presenting at least one microsphere array to solutions and/or to optical imaging systems A holder for an array of bundles containing multiple fiber optic strands provides a pattern of openings into which one each of each bundle is fit. The openings may (but need not) penetrate the full holder thickness to permit working with bundles from eith... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397296 | Two-level instruction cache for embedded processors A cache system has a multilevel cache architecture. An L1 cache receives instructions from an external memory. An L0 cache has a first predetermined number L0 of cache lines for receiving instructions from the L1 cache. An assist cache has a victim cache ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6397078 | Combined mobile telephone and personal digital assistant An integrated mobile phone and personal digital assistant that includes a telephone keypad which folds onto a personal digital assistant screen with the keypad exposed, and slides to expose a portion of the screen, and unfolds to expose the entire screen,... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6391028 | Probe with distally orientated concave curve for arthroscopic surgery An arthroscopic probe with a distally orientated concave curve which constrains tissue is disclosed. It is particularly adapted to cutting ligaments and tendons. Also disclosed is a thermal energy delivery apparatus that includes (a) a probe with a distal... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6391582 | Shuttle vectors The invention provides shuttle vectors, and methods of using shuttle vectors, capable of expression in, at least, a mammalian cell. Furthermore, the shuttle vectors are capable of replication in at least yeast, and optionally, bacterial cells. Also provid... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6392225 | Method and apparatus for transferring ions from an atmospheric pressure ion source into an ion trap mass spectrometer An ion transfer assembly for transferring ions from an atmospheric pressure ion source into an ion trap mass spectrometer with reduced random noise during analysis of the transferred ions. A method of reducing noise due to charged particles, undesolvated ... | 05/21/2002 |
