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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438203 | Dermal penetration enhancers and drug delivery systems involving same The invention relates to a method for treatment or prophylaxis of a disease or condition in an animal comprising administering to a mucosal membrane of said animal in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a drug delivery system comprising at l... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7427289 | Multiple wavelength laser workstation Lasers capable of lasing at at least two wavelengths are provided having a lasing medium which is capable of lasing at a first wavelength and at a second wavelength. Also disclosed are laser workstations having two lasers driven by a single electronics drive system ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423055 | 2-(3-Aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles for the treatment of diseases The present invention relates to novel compounds selected from 2-(3-aminoaryl)amino-4-aryl-thiazoles that selectively modulate, regulate, and/or inhibit signal transduction mediated by certain native and/or mutant tyrosine kinases implicated in a variety of human an... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407949 | Benzamide derivatives as oxytocin agonists and vasopressin antagonists Novel compounds according to general formula 1, wherein G1 is NR5R6 or a fused polycyclic group that are specific OT receptor agonists and/or V1a receptor antagonists. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7408411 | High linearity programmable gain amplifier using switch Disclosed is a high linearity programmable gain amplifier using a switch, including an attenuating portion for controlling a gain of a signal and an amplifying portion having a first amplifying part and a second amplifying part, for amplifying an input signal and ou... | 08/05/2008 |
| D574182 | Bar pan | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405619 | Amplification circuit improved with linearity and frequency converter using the same Provided is a frequency converter using an amplification circuit that is improved with linearity by coupling a main transistor and an auxiliary transistor in parallel. An amplification circuit that is improved with linearity comprises an input block amplifying an in... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7400198 | Active circuit having improved linearity using multiple gated transistor The present invention relates to improved linearity of an active circuit, and more particularly, to an active circuit having improved linearity using a main circuit unit and an assistant circuit unit. According to the present invention, the common gate circuit inclu... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400192 | Low noise amplifier and differential amplifier with variable gain mode A low noise amplifier (LNA), and more particularly, to a LNA capable of making gain variable is provided. The variable gain LNA comprises a selection unit comprising a first selection cell, a second selection cell, and a third selection cell for selectively transmit... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393594 | Laminated metal thin plate formed by electrodeposition and method of producing the same A laminated metal thin plate produced by electrodeposition is composed of a plurality of metal layers provided by at least two kinds of materials different in composition from each other. The laminated metal thin plate includes a first layer excellent in mechanical ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394911 | Control panel with activation zone An interchangeable hearing aid control panel with at least one activation zone arranged in connection with a layered structure. The layered structure has an electrically non-conducting substrate, an electrically conducting path arranged in connection with the substr... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7282510 | Small molecule inhibitors of rotamase enzyme activity This invention relates to neurotrophic N-glyoxyl-prolyl ester compounds having an affinity for FKBP-type immunophilins, their preparation and use as inhibitors of the enzyme activity associated with immunophilin proteins, and particularly inhibitors of peptidyl-prol... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7268859 | Liquid measuring system Systems and methods for measuring the flow of a liquid along a conduit are disclosed. A heat source applies thermal energy to a portion of a liquid flowing along a conduit thereby elevating its temperature. A light source generates a first beam that passes through t... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7207967 | Particle delivery A needleless syringe particle delivery system is provided. The needleless syringe has an elongate nozzle that is connected at its upstream end to a sealed chamber. The sealed chamber contains gas at super-atmospheric pressure and particles of a therapeutic agent. Up... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7192457 | Wax and wax-based products The present lipid-based wax compositions commonly include a polyol fatty acid ester component (made up of partial and/or completely esterified polyols). Generally, at least a portion of the polyol fatty acid ester has been subjected to a transesterification reaction... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7179655 | Protein profiling platform Methods and compositions are described for analyzing complex protein mixtures, such as proteomes, using activity-based probes. In particular, probes that specifically react with and bind to the active form of one or more target proteins are employed. Labeled peptide... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7168744 | Fastening structure for use at low temperature A first flange and a second flange are superposed and fastened with a bolt and a nut in a fastening operation, to implement a fastening structure used at temperature lower than atmospheric temperature for the fastening operation. Assuming that the first flange has a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166804 | Terminal structure of superconducting cable and superconducting cable line therewith The present invention provides a terminal structure of a superconducting cable including a cable core having a superconducting shield layer and an electrical insulation layer. The superconducting shield layer has a radially outer portion provided with by a connectio... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7129072 | Crystal of fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 in complex with fibroblast growth factor The determination and use of three dimensional structures of receptor protein tyrosine kinases and/or their ligands are described. One particular group of such structures includes three dimensional structures of the extracellular domain of RPTKs. The three dimension... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7122362 | Phosphodiesterases The invention provides human phosphodiesterases (HPDE) and polynucleotides which identify and encode HPDE. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and antagonists. The invention also provides methods for diagnosing, treating... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119077 | Multimeric forms of members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors with the ultraspiracle receptor In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that various members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors can interact with the insect-derived ultraspiracle receptor, to form multimeric species. Accordingly, the interaction of at least on... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7078424 | N-linked sulfonamides of N-heterocyclic carboxylic acids or carboxylic acid isosteres This invention relates to novel N-linked sulfonamides of N-heterocyclic carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid isosteres, their preparation, and use for treating neurological disorders including physically damaged nerves and neurodegenerative diseases, and for treating... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7056954 | Means for the modulation of processes mediated by retinoid receptors and compounds useful therefor In accordance with the present invention, there are provided methods to modulate processes mediated by retinoid receptors, employing high affinity, high specificity ligands for such receptors. In one aspect of the present invention, there are provided ligands which ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7038022 | Multimeric forms of members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that various members of the steroid/thyroid superfamily of receptors can interact to form multimeric species comprising a complex of more than one receptor. Accordingly, the interaction of a first rece... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029671 | Method for activating human antigen-presenting cells, activated human antigen-presenting cells, and use thereof The invention relates to a method for activating human-derived antigen-presenting cells by in vitro cultivation with at least one of the glycoside compounds represented by formula (A) or salts thereof [preferred example: (2S,3S,4R)-1-(α-D-galactopyranosyloxy)-2-hex... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7017287 | Post surgical foot warmer A foot warmer designed to keep warm the foot of a patient with a foot injury, a patient recovering from foot surgery, a person with chronically cold feet, or a person who lacks the small motor skills to put on regular shoes. The foot warmer, made from soft, cottony ... | 03/28/2006 |
| D517857 | Food steamer | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020332 | Method and apparatus for enhancing a digital image by applying an inverse histogram-based pixel mapping function to pixels of the digital image A method and associated device wherein an inverse histogram based pixel mapping step is combined with an edge enhancement step such as unsharp masking. In such an arrangement the inverse histogram based pixel mapping step improves the performance of the unsharp mask... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7008515 | Solar water still A solar water still (10) includes an enclosure assembly (12) and an evaporation assembly (14) that float on a body of source water and that are readily collapsed and folded for storage or transport. The enclosure assembly includes a transparent ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7005030 | Printing and laminating apparatus An apparatus includes a printer and a laminator operating in line with said printer, and a feeding device arranged along the media path between the printer and the laminator for feeding to the laminator the media that is outputted from the printer. The feeding devic... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6997424 | Lifting apparatus A device for lifting an item such as an article of furniture to gain access underneath for performing a variety of tasks. The device comprises a horizontal actuating beam attached via a hinge member to one or more horizontal support beams that are affixed to the obj... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995351 | Multiple optical vortices for manipulating particles A method for creating large numbers of high-quality optical traps in arbitrary three-dimensional configurations and dynamically reconfiguring the traps under computer control. The method uses computer-generated diffractive optical elements to convert one or more opt... | 02/07/2006 |
| D513577 | Scissors | 01/17/2006 |
| 6984773 | Transgenic mice expressing a human SXR receptor polypeptide A novel nuclear receptor, termed the steroid and xenobiotic receptor (SXR), a broad-specificity sensing receptor that is a novel branch of the nuclear receptor superfamily, has been discovered. SXR forms a heterodimer with RXR that can bind to and induce transcripti... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6974671 | Methods for indentifying compounds that modulate gluconeogenesis through the binding of CREB to the PGC-1 promoter In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that CREB regulates hepatic gluconeogenesis via the co-activator, PGC-1. PGC-1 potentiated glucocorticoid induction of the gene for PEPCK, the rate limiting enzyme in gluconeogenesis, via the glucocort... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6965798 | Implantable device for treating atrial fibrillation and method of using same A device for treating atrial fibrillation includes a pad which houses the distal end of an electrode which is adapted to deliver a substantially uniform shock gradient to an atrial surface of a postoperative cardiac patient, if atrial fibrillation is detected. The d... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6965580 | Radio communication system using point-to-point and point-to-multipoint user information communications An information communication scheme for enabling the radio base station to carry out both point-to-point user information communications and point-to-multipoint user information communications with respect to radio terminals is disclosed. A first media access contro... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6964107 | System, method, device and computer code product for improving the readability of an electronic compass A system, method, device and computer code product is disclosed for stabilizing compass heading under tilt error conditions from an uncorrected electronic compass reading. Exemplary embodiments include a stabilizing filter configured to filter out tilt errors incorp... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6962556 | System and method for assembling a package with a flip-top An automatic packaging machine for forming a latching flip-top box from a blank. A plurality of mandrels are coupled to a conveyor system. Each of the mandrels include a mounting block for coupling the mandrel to the automatic packaging machine, a package-holding as... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958240 | Inhibition of major groove DNA binding proteins by modified polyamides This invention provides improved polyamides comprising a positive patch for contacting the phosphate backbone or major groove of a DNA molecule. As such, the improved polyamides are capable of inhibiting the function or binding of a DNA-binding protein to a DNA mole... | 10/25/2005 |
