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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185650 | Systems, methods, and computer program products for transmitting and/or receiving media streams A method includes receiving encoded media content, transforming the encoded media content into web page content by dividing the encoded media content into a plurality of web page files formatted as a static web page, and transmitting the web page content over the ne... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184574 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an accessparameters group message in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting an AccessParameters group message in a wireless communication system, the method comprising generating the AccessParameters group message comprising a 2 bit AccessCycle Duration field wherein the AccessCycle Duration field det... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184206 | Pseudo digital gain control for broadband tuner A digital level control circuit, such as an Automatic Gain Control, includes a plurality of digitally selectable signal levels with transitions between levels gradually varied to avoid signal output level discontinuities. An up/down counter may be used to incrementa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183378 | Ligands, their preparation and uses thereof in asymmetric reactions Novel chemical agents are described herein. More a ligand of general Formula I: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4, are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, haloge... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183104 | Method for dual-channel nanowire FET device An apparatus, system, and method for dual-channel FET devices is presented. In some embodiments, the nanowire FET device may include a first transistor on a substrate, where the first transistor includes a first group of nanowires made of silicon. The nanowire FET d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182874 | Method for coating metallic surfaces with an aqueous composition A process for coating a metallic surface by contacting the metallic surface with a first coating composition to form a first coating on the metallic surface, wherein the first coating composition contains water and at least one compound a) selected from a silane, a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182866 | Method of producing a substrate which is coated with a mesoporous layer and use thereof in ophthalmic optics The invention relates to a method of producing a substrate which is coated with a mesoporous layer and to the use thereof in ophthalmic optics. The inventive method comprises the following steps comprising: preparing a precursor sol containing (i) a precursor agent ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182799 | Treatment and composition for achieving skin anti-aging benefits by corneum protease activation Novel methods and compositions for treating aged and environmentally damaged skin are disclosed which provide improvements in the skin's visual appearance, function and clinical/biophysical properties by activating at least one proteolytic enzyme in the skin's strat... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660144 | Produce packaging | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178939 | Interfacial barrier for work function modification of high performance CMOS devices A semiconductor structure may include a semiconductor bulk region with a gate stack on the semiconductor bulk region. The source region and the drain region in the semiconductor bulk region may be located on opposing sides of a channel region below the gate stack. A... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178106 | Topical skin care formulations Disclosed is a topical skin care composition comprising: (a) a combination of the following extracts: Malpighia punicifolia (acerola) extract; Argania spinosa (argan) extract; Myrciaria dubia (camu camu) extract; Punica granatum (pomegran... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177904 | Use of polymeric microparticles in building material mixtures The use of polymeric microparticles having a cavity in hydraulically setting building material mixtures is described, from 1 to 100% by volume of the cavity of these microparticles being filled with water. In this way, remarkable concrete resistance to the freezing ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177243 | Load-transferring trailer assembly attachable to a load-bearing vehicle A trailerable load-transferring assembly is removably attachable to the rear portion of a load-bearing vehicle. The load-transferring assembly includes a pivot connection, an auxiliary axle, an elongate abutment member that extends between a free end and an abutment... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176983 | Gas recovery component heating system A gas recovery component heating apparatus and method of use. The apparatus includes an insulating shell and at least one heating element positioned along the interior of the insulating shell. The apparatus further includes one or more apertures configured to allow ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175903 | Method and system for screening and evaluation of research panel members System and method for optimizing composition of a pool from which members are selected to serve on market research panels are described. In one embodiment, the system includes a database comprising a plurality of member profiles and survey data associated with the m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173923 | Rotary switch assembly for air conditioner in vehicle The present invention relates to a rotary switch assembly for an air conditioner in a vehicle, in which detent means is mounted on a holder joined to a front housing to mount a knob on the holder, so that a cable switch assembly for operating a cable to control the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173611 | Methods and compositions involving miRNA and miRNA inhibitor molecules The present invention concerns methods and compositions for introducing miRNA activity or function into cells using synthetic nucleic acid molecules. Moreover, the present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying miRNAs with specific cellular func... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173184 | Topical skin care formulations comprising botanical extracts Disclosed are compositions and corresponding methods of their use that include Nymphaea gigantea, Syzygium moorei, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Archidendron hendersonii, Tristaniopsis laurina, Brachychiton acerifolius, Stenocarpus sinuatus, Alphitonia excelsa, Euca... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172958 | Method of manufacturing a diffusion-hardened medical implant The present disclosure provides methods of making an improved composition and medical implant made therefrom. The methods generally comprise forming a ceramic layer, diffusion hardening, and optionally, forming another ceramic layer. The present disclosure provides ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172742 | Magnetic stimulation apparatus for central nervous system, circuit and use thereof, and method of using the apparatus A magnetic stimulation apparatus for central nervous system and circuit thereof, and use of the apparatus and method of using the apparatus are shown. Controlling circuit design and outputting wave form signal to a drive power supply circuit enables the drive power ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171777 | Systems, storage mediums, and methods for identifying particles in flow Methods, storage mediums, and systems for correlating pulses generated from multiple interrogation regions in a flow cytometer to particular particles flowing through the flow cytometer are provided. Embodiments of the methods, storage mediums, and systems include c... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171071 | Open component manipulation system A messaging system and method for creating a messaging hierarchy in a computer network are described. The network is made up of multiple network entities, which include both publishing entities and subscribing entities, where the publishing entities have data of whi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170717 | Microsurgical robot system A surgical robot that includes at least one robotic arm having multiple joints and at least six degrees of freedom, the robotic arm also including: a magnetic resonance (MR) compatible structural material; multiple MR-compatible joint motors; and multiple MR-compati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170211 | Hub device for a network comprising quantum cryptographic connections and node module for said hub device The invention relates to a node device (21) for a network (20) comprising quantum cryptographic connections (1) provided with quantum channels (4) and public channels (5), comprising quantum optics means (11) for connecting ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168806 | Boron chelate complexes Boron chelate complexes of the general formula are described, where X is either —C(R1R2)— or —C(R1R2)—C(═O)—, in which ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168801 | Imidazolium-type ionic oligomers The present disclosure relates to structurally defined imidazolium-type ionic oligomers of the formula: wherein n is an integer ranging from 1 to 20; A is N or m is an integer ran... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168603 | G-quartet oligonucleotides that target hypoxia-inducible factor 1-α (HIF1α) The present invention concerns particular G-quartet oligonucleotides that are employed for the treatment and/or prevention of cancer. In specific cases, the G-quartet oligonucleotides inhibit HIF-1α. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163354 | Process for obtaining a hard coated article having anti-fouling properties Process for obtaining a hard coated article having anti-fouling properties, including, for example, an optical article such as an ophthalmic lens, comprising a substrate coated with a hard coating providing abrasion resistance and hardness and adhesion to the anti-f... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162957 | Tissue processing system A tissue processing system includes a series of blades arranged in parallel to form a tissue processor. The blades may be adjusted to create a spaced between each blade in the range of 250-1000 microns. A slicer is included to remove a donor tissue to be processed b... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160972 | Traveler's package pick-up and delivery service A traveler can subscribe to a pick-up service (consolidator) that will pick-up purchases made at any number of different locations while the traveler is visiting a location, or series of locations. The consolidator then bundles all of the purchases from the various ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158699 | Water-soluble copolymers containing sulpho groups, process for their preparation and their use Water-soluble sulfo group containing copolymers use as stabilizers, rheology modifiers and water retention agents in aqueous building materials based on hydraulic binders, such as cement, lime, gypsum and anhydrite, and in water-based painting and coating systems ar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158142 | 3-deazaadenosine prevents atherosclerosis and graft vasculopathy A stent is coated with 3-deazaadenosine or an analog of 3-deazaadenosine for the prevention and/or treatment of vascular disease or graft rejection. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158113 | Guar gum containing compounds Disclosed is a method of reducing the appearance of coloring streaks in a composition that has a colorant comprising adding a guar gum containing compound to said composition. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157030 | Driving and steering of motor vehicles An arrangement and a method are disclosed for driving and steering an engine driven vehicle of the type m which left and right hand wheels 120L, 120R are respectively driven from the engine through left and right hand transmissions 122L, 122 | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156307 | Multi-processor system having at least one processor that comprises a dynamically reconfigurable instruction set A multi-processor system comprises at least one host processor, which may comprise a fixed instruction set, such as the well-known x86 instruction set. The system further comprises at least one co-processor, which comprises dynamically reconfigurable logic that enab... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155403 | Methods and devices for airway tree labeling and/or matching Devices, such as computer readable media, and methods, such as automated methods, for labeling and/or matching. Some of the devices and methods are particularly useful for anatomical labeling of human airway trees. Some of the devices and methods are particularly us... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153858 | Sale of fluorescent transgenic ornamental fish Four zebrafish gene promoters, which are skin specific, muscle specific, skeletal muscle specific and ubiquitously expressed respectively, were isolated and ligated to the 5′ end of the EGFP gene. When the resulting chimeric gene constructs were introduced into ze... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153766 | Monoclonal antibodies against activated protein C The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies that selectively bind to and inhibit activated protein C without binding to or inhibiting unactivated protein C. Other antibodies inhibit both activated protein C and activation of unactivated protein C. Methods o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153685 | Salts, addition compounds and complex compounds of guinadinoacetic acid The present invention provides new salts and/or addition compounds and/or complex compounds of guanidinoacetic acid with malic acid, aspartic acid, ascorbic acid, succinic acid, pyruvic acid, fumaric acid, gluconic acid, α-ketoglutaric acid, oxalic acid, pyroglutam... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153263 | Optical article comprising an external water- and/or oil-repellent coating coated with a temporary coating The present invention relates to an optical article comprising on one of the main surfaces thereof an external water- and/or oil-repellent coating, characterized in that a temporary coat of a dried polyurethane latex-based composition is directly deposited onto the ... | 04/10/2012 |
