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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7023374 | Method and apparatus for signal detection and jamming Apparatus and method for multi-band, multi-frequency signal detection and transmission, comprising a multi-band wideband antenna, a receiver based on a plurality of synthesized down-converters and a plurality of synthesized programmable multi-channel phase-locked LO... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7162493 | Systems and methods for generating and providing previews of electronic files such as web files A system for previewing contents of Web files is provided. The system includes a computing platform for executing a previewing application being designed and configured for: (a) retrieving at least a portion of the contents and/or source code of a Web file; and (b) ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7067649 | Promoters exhibiting endothelial cell specificity and methods of using same An isolated polynucleotide functional as a promoter in eukaryotic cells is disclosed. The isolated polynucleotide includes an endothelial specific enhancer element as detailed herein. Further disclosed is a method of expressing a nucleic acid sequence of interest in... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7036367 | Flow velocity measurement method and apparatus, including applications thereof for measuring heat flow, and wind velocity and/or direction generation A method and apparatus for measuring the flow velocity of a flowing fluid includes a positive temperature coefficient thermistor to be immersing within the flowing fluid in order to provide a measurement of the rate of heat dissipation of the thermistor produced by ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6986996 | Heparanase specific molecular probes and their use in research and medical applications A variety of heparanase specific molecular probes which can be used for research and medical applications including diagnosis and therapy. Specific applications include the use of a heparanase specific molecular probe for detection of the presence, absence or level ... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6979729 | Metal cluster containing nucleotides and nucleic acids, and intermediates therefor Nucleotides including a sugar moiety, a pyrimidine or purine base and a terminal thiol group at a side chain covalently linked to pyrimidine or purine base of the nucleotide, and optionally further including a metal cluster covalently linked through the terminal thi... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6975852 | System and method for roaming for prepaid mobile telephone service A system enables telephony services when roaming in a visited mobile network (108) to a user subscribing to a home mobile network (104) and having a prepaid account with a balance at the home mobile network (104). The system includes a home inte... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6972172 | Combinatorial complex carbohydrate libraries and methods for the manufacture and uses thereof The present invention provides a complex carbohydrate library which includes a plurality of complex carbohydrate structures each being attached to a specific site of a solid support such as a platform, thereby making each of the plurality of complex carbohydrate str... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6965831 | Coupled two-way clustering analysis of data A novel coupled two-way clustering approach to gene microarray data analysis, for identifying subsets of the genes and samples, such that when one of these items is used to cluster the other, stable and significant partitions emerge. The method of the present invent... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6939138 | Endoscopic tutorial system for urology A method and a system for simulating the minimally invasive medical procedure of urological endoscopy. The system is designed to simulate the actual medical procedure of urological endoscopy as closely as possible by providing botha simulated medical instrument, and... | 09/06/2005 |
| D508828 | Base for an electrical appliance | 08/30/2005 |
| 6936796 | Automatic toaster apparatus Automatic toaster apparatus as described including a displacing mechanism for displacing at least one of the heater plates, preferably both heater plates, towards and away from the food article in the toaster in order to accelerate the toasting thereof. According to... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6931152 | Method for improved automatic partial color constancy correction A method for providing partial color constancy of a stimulus represented by an array of picture elements each represented by a color spectrum. The method comprising: (a) assigning to each picture element in the array, for each color, a color value, thereby to provid... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6930492 | Using surface microwaves for measuring and determining density and/or moisture content of a material Using surface microwaves for measuring and determining density and/or moisture content of a material. Positioning material within a proximate free space region spanning immediately above surface of a surface microwave waveguide, the surface microwave waveguide inclu... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6929658 | Stent with cover connectors A stent for maintaining the patency of a bodily lumen has a tubular body with at least one cover connector integrally formed on the tubular body. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6928099 | Apparatus for and method of frequency conversion Apparatus for frequency conversion of light, the apparatus comprises: a light-emitting device for emitting a light having a first frequency, the light-emitting device being an edge-emitting semiconductor light-emitting diode having an extended waveguide selected suc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922479 | System and method for generating a profile of particulate components of a body fluid sample A system for generating a profile of particulate components of a body fluid sample is provided. The system includes: (a) a device for causing controlled flow of the body fluid sample on a substrate, the controlled flow of the body fluid sample leading to a different... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6920583 | System and method for compiling temporal expressions A system and method for enabling the behavior of temporal expressions to be analyzed for the evaluation of such expressions. The process of evaluating such expressions ultimately results in the construction of a finite state machine, such that the set of non-determi... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6920487 | System and methods for global access to services for mobile telephone subscribers A method and a system for providing services to roaming subscribers of mobile telephone networks. The system comprising a packet-switch network and intelligent gateways coupled to the packet-switch network enables roaming subscribers to continue using their value ad... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6917448 | Dot gain calibration method and apparatus A method for providing in use estimation of dot gain in digital printing using digital printing plates, the method comprising: applying to a digital printing plate a calibration strip, the strip comprising at least one set of patches, each patch comprising a plurali... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911201 | Method of producing undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells using a stationary phase plug-flow bioreactor A method of expanding/maintaining undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells by obtaining undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells; and either seeding the undifferentiated hemopoietic stem cells or progenitor cells into a stationa... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910552 | Rescue system for high-rise buildings A system for use in conjunction with emergency rescue sleeves that are mechanically deployed along at least a pair of supporting cables taught between a compacted sleeve storage compartment located at a designated story of a building and an anchor located at a point... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911198 | Method and pharmaceutical composition for treating inflammation A method of treating an inflammation in a subject in need thereof is disclosed. The method comprises locally or systemically administering to the subject IFN-γ in an amount so as to achieve an IFN-γ bulk tissue concentration at a site of inflammation of 1-8,000 un... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909896 | Apparatus and method for two-way data communication via satellite Two-way data communication via satellite, using data communication in a first direction via satellites in geostationary orbit, and a data communication in a second direction via satellites in a below geostationary orbit, either MEO or LEO. The transceiver is particu... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6907599 | Synthesis of verification languages A method for synthesizing a verification language, and thereby enabling the verification language to be compiled into a target language. This method enables the underlying control structure of the verification language to be determined, and then used to map the dyna... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6905492 | Planning and facilitation systems and methods for cryosurgery Systems and methods for planning a cryoablation procedure and for facilitating a cryoablation procedure utilize integrated images displaying, in a common virtual space, a three-dimensional model of a surgical intervention site based on digitized preparatory images o... | 06/14/2005 |
| D506108 | Juice extractor appliance | 06/14/2005 |
| 6906807 | Membrane type optical transducers particularly useful as optical microphones An optical transducer includes a housing containing a light source and a light detector laterally spaced from the light source; and a deformable membrane mounted over the light source and light detector such that an inner surface of the membrane reflects light from ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6903245 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE MOLECULE FROM HAEMATOCOCCUS PLUVIALIS ENCODING A POLYPEPTIDE HAVING A ⊕-C-4-OXYGENASE ACTIVITY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF (3S,3'S) ASTAXANTHIN AND ITS SPECIFIC EXPRESSION IN CHROMOPLASTS OF HIGHER PLANTS The present invention relates, in general, to a biotechnological method for production of (3S,3′S) astaxanthin. In particular, the present invention relates to a peptide having a β-C-4-oxygenase activity; a DNA segment coding for this peptide; an RNA segments cod... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6901849 | Juice extractor appliance and cutter disc therefor A juice extractor appliance, and a cutter disc therefor, the cutter disc being eccentrically mountable with respect to a feed tube for feeding food articles and being formed, on its surface facing feed tube, with a first group of blades in a circular region centrall... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6900719 | Method, device and system for providing anti-theft protection for electrical devices, particularly controllers in vehicle refueling systems A method and device for providing anti-theft protection for an electrical device installed on a body, such as a vehicle, by fixing to the body an electrical chip having a unique identification number identifying the body, electrically connecting the electrical devic... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6900775 | Active antenna array configuration and control for cellular communication systems Various antenna arrangements are provided with active transmit and receive antenna elements for transmitting and receiving signals within a cellular communication system. Also presented are specific base station antenna systems and methods, and portions thereof, whi... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6892184 | System and method for multiple currency transactions A system and a method for supporting e-commerce transactions in multiple currencies, in which the local currency of the buyer is different from the local currency of the vendor, such that the exchange between the currencies is hedged at the time of sale of the produ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6886008 | Machine learning by construction of a decision function Data processing apparatus is provided for evaluating answers to respective query items considered to be represented by respective points within a region of feature space, and the apparatus comprises an input (10) which receives such a query item. The region i... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6885660 | End to end network communication A system manageable for peer to peer communication between subscribers, the system comprising: a) a subscriber end digital communication management device for managing digital communications with remote subscribers, the device comprising: an internal interface for i... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6885314 | Hand-held input device particularly useful as a keyboard A hand-held input/control device designed and configured such that, when it is held by a user oriented with its operating surface facing away from the user, the user may view the operation of the manually operable control members deployed on that operating surface. | 04/26/2005 |
| 6885467 | Method and apparatus for thickness decomposition of complicated layer structures Thickness measurement apparatus for measuring layer thicknesses on patterned areas of a semiconductor wafer, comprises: a spectrum analyzer for obtaining reflection data taken from a patterned area and obtaining therefrom a frequency spectrum, a peak detector for se... | 04/26/2005 |
| D503903 | Cut diamond | 04/12/2005 |
| 6879627 | Variable rate continuous mode satellite modem A satellite modem whose baseband modules can be implemented mostly in software running on a suitable processor such as a high speed digital signal processor (DSP). The modem includes a RF portion and a baseband portion. The digitized output of a matched filter is in... | 04/12/2005 |
