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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6965890 | Hyper video: information retrieval using realtime buffers Disclosed is a method and device for selecting documents, such as Web pages or sites, for presentation to a user, in response to a user expression of interest, during the course of presentation to the user of a document, such as a video or audio selection, whose con... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6914966 | Methods and systems for routing a call Schemes for routing a call using caller identification are described herein. These schemes are termed “real caller ID” and can be capable of determining the identity of a calling party independent of a telephone number from which the call originated. According t... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6907401 | Portal switch for electronic commerce A portal switch is provided that controls participation of merchants in on-line aggregators, such as portals, used for buying and selling goods and services. Merchants may enable or disable participation in an aggregator site by turning on or off software settings. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6850935 | Automatic index term augmentation in document retrieval Disclosed are methods and systems for automatically assigning index terms to electronic documents such as Web pages or sites in a manner which may be used to facilitate the retrieval of electronic documents of interest. The method involves determining co-occurrences... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6763095 | Unified messaging system and method A method and system for administering calls on a voice network allows a user to selectively determine which calls will be accepted and assists the user in placing calls to other users on the network. The user may establish a list of users whose calls will be accepte... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6609200 | Method and system for processing electronic documents The invention includes a markup language according to the SGML standard in which document type definitions are created under which electronic documents are divided into blocks that are associated with logical fields that are specific to the type of block.... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6548729 | Fibrin sponge The invention relates to a fibrin sponge comprising a residual moisture content of at least 3%, preferably of 3 to 35%, in particular 10 to 20%, and preferably containing a blood clotting activator or proactivator, a method of preparing this fibrin sponge... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6548637 | Ligands for opioid receptors The present invention provides compounds, and pharmaceutical preparations thereof, that bind selectively to mammalian opioid receptors. The present set of compounds comprises full agonists, partial agonists, and antagonists of mammalian opioid receptors.... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6449143 | Operator workstation An operator workstation has a worksurface and left and right upper support members extending upward from the worksurface. Multiple flat-panel display units are mounted between the support members above the level of the worksurface. The displays are mounte... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6424416 | Integrated optics probe for spectral analysis Percentage concentrations of constituents or color components of a sample are determined using a spectral analyzer with a wide illumination spot size and detector. The analyzer irradiates the sample, picks up diffuse reflectance of individual wavelengths ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424277 | AC calibration apparatus AC calibration apparatus (2) comprising an analogue to digital converter (4), and in which the absolute gain of the analogue to digital converter (4) is dynamically assessed by applying a reference AC signal which is in addition to a sampling signal requi... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418805 | Constituent sensing system The present invention is directed to a constituent sensing system including a container for holding a flowable product. A moveable member is positioned within the container for moving the flowable product within the container in a manner which simulates a... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6410041 | Culturing cells in presence of amphipathic weak bases and/or cations and multiple drug resistance inhibitor containing reserpine Methods are provided relating to the enhanced cytoplasmic accumulation of amphipathic weakly basic or amphipathic cationic molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes under conditions of high extracellular pH. Furthermore, the methods relate to the unexpected... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6405643 | Cream depositors A cream depositor assembly has a depositor body in the form of a rotatable cylindrical stencil (11) provided with axially-spaced sets of circumferentially-spaced outlet ports (12). A recirculatory cream supply to the depositor body has a cream feed duct (... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6404800 | Charging material preheater with replaceable shaft wall portions In a charging material preheater for preheating charging material (60) which is to be charged into a furnace vessel (3), having a shaft (9) which is fixed in a frame structure (20) and which in its upper region has a closeable feed opening (61) for the ch... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6403675 | Biodegradable compositions comprising poly(cycloaliphatic phosphoester) compounds, articles, and methods for using the same Biodegradable, flowable or flexible polymer compositions are described comprising a polymer having the recurring monomeric units shown in formula I: ##STR1## wherein: each of R and R' is independently straight or branched alkylene, either unsubstitut... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6395939 | Diaryl ether condensation reactions One aspect of the present invention relates to novel reaction conditions that allow the efficient synthesis of diaryl ethers from arenes bearing a leaving group and arenols under relatively mild conditions. Another aspect of the present invention relates ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6395916 | Ligands for metals and improved metal-catalyzed processes based thereon One aspect of the present invention relates to novel, electron-rich bidentate ligands for transition metals. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of catalysts comprising these ligands in transition metal-catalyzed carbon-heteroatom ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6394191 | Structure for accommodating a motor A rechargeable impact screwdriver (1) includes a housing (2) and a brush holder (20). The brush holder (20) in turn includes a circular main holder body (21) and a bearing box (22) which contains a ball bearing and is coaxially and integrally formed with ... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6393043 | Tiltable arc furnace In a tiltable arc furnace in which a furnace vessel (2) and a portal (4) for an electrode lifting and pivoting apparatus are arranged on a platform (1 and 3) of a furnace cradle which is tiltable by a tilting apparatus and which includes two mutually spac... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6386046 | Method and system for characterizing pulsatile flow in a vortex flowmeter A method for determining the pulsatile flow characteristics in fluid flow driven by a periodic pressure disturbance includes the step of evaluating the spectrum of a signal representative of the vortices generated by a vortex flowmeter. Because of the per... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6380815 | Microwave pulse generator The invention relates to a microwave pulse generator for generating microwave pulses with a pulse duration in the nanosecond range. The microwave pulse generator includes a pulse generator for generating control pulses of a constant pulse duration and a m... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6376670 | Quinoline-indole antimicrobial agents, uses and compositions related thereto The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical preparations that inhibit the growth of bacterial microorganisms, via a non-lytic mechanism. Additionally, the present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical preparations that kill bacterial... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376549 | Metforimin-containing compositions for the treatment of diabetes Compositions and methods using same for the treatment of diabetes its sequelae and pre-diabetic conditions are provided. Invention compositions include the anti-diabetic agent metformin, and bioavailable sources of one or more of chromium, vanadium and ma... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6376532 | Bicyclic metabotropic glutamate receptor ligands The present invention provides bicyclic metabotropic glutamate receptor ligands, as well as compositions comprising such ligands, and and methods for their use.... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6369943 | Projection screen A projection screen, having a projection surface formed of at least two segments, of which at least two segments are sound radiating segments capable of radiating sound waves from the projection surface and designed to reproduce different frequency ranges... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6369223 | Asymmetric cycloaddition reactions The present invention relates to a process for stereoselective cycloaddition reactions which generally comprises a cycloaddition reaction between a pair of substrates, each either chiral or prochiral, that contain reactive π-systems, in the presence of a... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6369237 | DNA glycosylase inhibitors, and uses related thereto The present invention pertains to novel inhibitors of DNA glycosylases. The invention is based at least in part on the observation that specific substituted pyrrolidines, and analogs thereof, are capable of specifically inhibiting DNA glycosylases, e.g., ... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6361299 | Composite spoolable tube with sensor A spoolable composite member having a sensor and an energy conductor embedded in the composite member. The spoolable composite member is capable of being spooled onto a reel for storage and for use in oil field applications. The spoolable tube exhibits un... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6356809 | Electro-statically shielded processing module A fuel measuring system includes a package adapted for mounting to a fuel storage vessel. The package includes an electro-statically shielded enclosure. A processor element is disposed in the enclosure and is adapted for coupling to a fuel sensor disposed... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354438 | Focused ion beam apparatus for forming thin-film magnetic recording heads This invention relates to a multi-layer lithographically fabricated device used to produce improved thin-film recording heads. It further relates to a focused particle beam system for milling a recording head pole-tip assembly without irradiating a sensit... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6350464 | Methods for treating ovarian cancer, poly (phosphoester) compositions, and biodegradable articles for same Biodegradable polymer compositions suitable for intraperitoneal administration to treat a mammalian subject having ovarian cancer are described, wherein the polymer compositions provide extended release of the antineoplastic agent into the peritoneum of t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6349236 | Adaptive shed strategy for constraint enforcement in a multivariate control system A method for changing the difference between the number of active controlled variables and the number of available manipulated variables in a multivariate control system. Controlled variables can be adaptively classified into one of an ordered plurality o... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6347149 | Driver for a flat acoustic panel The invention concerns the embodiment of drivers for panel loudspeakers. Panel loudspeakers working according to the principle of bending waves are already known in prior art. Said loudspeakers generally consist of an acoustic panel (11) and at least one ... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6332962 | Thin-film magnetic recording head manufacture using selective imaging A focused particle beam system, according to one embodiment of the invention, precisely shapes a pole-tip assembly formed by a multi-layer device having a first layer with a first structural element, a second layer with a second structural element, and a ... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6326778 | Method and apparatus for transmitting speed information and other additional information detected by a sensing device A method and a sensing device transmit speed information and additional information over a transmission channel. For this purpose, the transmission clock cycle is selected to reflect the speed and is detected by the sensing device. The additional informat... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6326596 | Systems and methods for controlling power applied to a resistor array A system for controlling power applied to a resistor array within a heating pad is provided. The system includes a power supply for connecting the system to a power source, a resistor array positioned within a heating pad for generating heat based on a se... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325312 | Insertion guide construction for a food processor receptacle In a food processing machine, a removable food receptacle and a platform on which the receptacle is positioned in the machine, are constructed so that the food receptacle, as it is introduced into the machine, is guided into proper position. The platform ... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6325157 | Striking tool with an improved cooling mechanism A hammer drill 1 includes a barrel 2 containing a striking mechanism. The drill further includes a motor 4 with a motor shaft 6 encased in a motor accommodating chamber 19 which has an upper opening at which a baffle plate 20 is disposed. The baffle plate... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6323366 | Arylamine synthesis The present invention provides a method for the preparation of a wide range of primary arylamines. The arylamines are prepared in two efficient, straightforward transformations: 1) an activated aryl group and an imine group are combined, in the presence o... | 11/27/2001 |
