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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7976851 | Non-toxic biofilm inhibitor The present invention relates to a composition and method for preventing or inhibiting biofilm formation on biotic or abiotic surfaces. The composition comprises a peptide based on the C-terminal receptor binding domain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilin... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7569357 | High affinity TCR proteins and methods T cell receptors (TCRS) that have higher affinity for a ligand than wild type TCRs are provided. These high affinity TCRs are formed by mutagenizing a T cell receptor protein coding sequence to generate a variegated population of mutants of the T cell receptor prote... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7563542 | Subfluorinated graphite fluorides as electrode materials Subfluorinated graphite fluorides of formula CFx wherein CFx is in the range of 0.06 to 0.63, e.g., 0.10 to 0.46, are used as electrode materials in electrochemical devices that convert chemical energy to electrical current, e.g., batteries. Th... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7537682 | Methods for purifying carbon materials Methods of purifying samples are provided that are capable of removing carbonaceous and noncarbonaceous impurities from a sample containing a carbon material having a selected structure. Purification methods are provided for removing residual metal catalyst particle... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7134237 | Humane animal trap An animal trap is provided with an enclosure, inside of which a pivoting member, referred to herein as a “Confinement Activating Teeter-totter” (CAT), is pivotally disposed so that its front end pivots downward when an animal enters the trap and steps on it. A b... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7086507 | Controllable magneto-rheological elastomer vibration isolator A tunable vibration isolation device comprising a magneto-rheological elastomer (MRE), and methods of using such a device, are provided. By manipulating a magnetic field within the MRE the device's stiffness is controlled. The vibration isolator can be constructed t... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7078679 | Inductive detection for mass spectrometry The invention provides devices, device configurations and methods for improved sensitivity, resolution and efficiency in mass spectrometry, particularly as applied to biological molecules, including biological polymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids. More parti... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053188 | Monoclonal antibodies specific for neoplasia-specific NADH:disulfide reductase Compositions and methods for diagnosis of neoplastic tissue are described. Monoclonal antibodies which specifically recognize the tumor cell specific NADH:protein thiol reductase and the hybridoma cell lines which produce them are provided. Also provided are diagnos... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7048949 | Membrane scaffold proteins Membrane proteins are difficult to express in recombinant form, purify, and characterize, at least in part due to their hydrophobic or partially hydrophobic properties. Membrane scaffold proteins (MSP) assemble with target membrane or other hydrophobic or partially ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7023620 | Beam array pitch controller The present invention provides beam array controllers for changing the spatial and optical characteristics of a beam array. Beam array pitch controllers are provided which are capable of selectively adjusting the spacing between adjacent beams in a beam array. Beam ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6947218 | Fabry-perot etalon with independently selectable resonance frequency and free spectral range The invention relates generally to optical interference filters and interferometers. Methods, devices and device components for optical signal generation and processing using optical interference filters and interferometers are presented. The invention provides opti... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6939561 | Methods and compositions for polyene antibiotics with reduced toxicity Provided are methods and compositions for reducing the toxicity of certain hydrophobic therapeutic agents, especially polyene antibiotics, in particular, Amphotericin B (AmB), and therapeutics such as paclitaxel, tamoxifen, an acylated prodrug or an acylated cis-pla... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6649136 | Method of cyanide salt production Methods for producing cyanide salts using a metathesis process using ion exchange to facilitate a double-decomposition reaction where components of a cyanide-containing compound are exchanged to produce a cyanide salt product are provided. In one embodime... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6630121 | Supercritical fluid-assisted nebulization and bubble drying A method of making fine dry particles of substances is provided by forming a composition comprising a substance of interest and a supercritical or near critical fluid; rapidly reducing the pressure on said composition, whereby droplets are formed; and pas... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6628009 | Load balanced polyphase power distributing system The invention is an apparatus and a method for connecting loads to a polyphase power distribution system in such a way that the loads on the individual phases of the system are balanced. The apparatus includes an equipment rack having multiple electrical ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6628016 | Molecular dipolar rotors Molecular dipolar rotors comprising a base, an axle connected to said base and oriented substantially perpendicular to said base, and a rotor portion having an electric dipole moment are provided. The molecular dipolar rotors may be attached to a surface.... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6423538 | Yeast cell surface display of proteins and uses thereof The present invention provides a genetic method for tethering polypeptides to the yeast cell wall in a form accessible for binding to macromolecules. Combining this method with fluorescence-activated cell sorting provides a means of selecting proteins wit... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6413448 | Cyclohexyl- and cyclohexenyl-substituted liquid crystals with low birefringence A liquid crystal composition comprising a host material and a low birefringence liquid crystal composition of the formula: R1 --Ar--R2 wherein R1 and R2, independently of one another, are selected from the group cons... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6379499 | Polymer-aldehyde additives to improve paper properties The strength properties of paper are improved by treating the paper with a hydroxy-containing polymer, a multifunctional aldehyde and a catalyst. The multifunctional aldehyde is present at a concentration of about 50% to about 800% weight percent of the p... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6310398 | Routable high-density interfaces for integrated circuit devices Patterns for a routable interface of the signal lines of a integrated circuit device include several groups of terminals distributed about the pattern center, each group clustered along a corresponding curvilinear reference segment extending outward from ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6263002 | Tunable fiber Fabry-Perot surface-emitting lasers This invention provides compact, fixed-wavelength and tunable fiber-optic lasers comprising a gain medium, for example a semiconductor, half-cavity VCSEL, or an organic light emitting polymer, within a Fabry-Perot cavity wherein one of the mirrors forming... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6216469 | Device and process for chilling goods Devices and methods for rapid chilling of products, articles and devices, including both perishable and non-perishable goods are provided. These devices and methods store thermal energy by ice and/or slush formation and employ the heat of the product to b... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6146549 | Ceramic membranes for catalytic membrane reactors with high ionic conductivities and low expansion properties Ceramics of the composition: Lnx Sr2-x-y Cay Bz M2-z O5+δ where Ln is an element selected from the fblock lanthanide elements and yttrium or mixtures thereof; B is an element selected from Al, Ga, I... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6139771 | Mesogenic materials with anomalous birefringence dispersion and high second order susceptibility (X.sup.(2)). This invention provides LC compositions useful as birefringent materials in electrooptic devices which exhibit zero or low negatively sloped birefringence dispersion (e.g., exhibiting positive birefringence dispersion significantly lower than that of curr... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6137812 | Multiple cavity fiber fabry-perot lasers Multiple-cavity fiber optic lasers are fabricated with high-gain fibers in low-loss, high-finesse fiber ferrule resonance cavity configurations supported in low-loss ferrule alignment fixtures developed for use in FFP filters. These lasers incorporate rar... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6115122 | Fabry-perot fiber bragg grating multi-wavelength reference A multi-wavelength reference for use in identifying and measuring wavelengths of radiation from an optical device. The invention provides an interferometer to generate a comb of accurately spaced peaks spanning a selected wavelength range combined with a ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6110354 | Microband electrode arrays The present invention provides microband electrode array sensors for detecting the presence and measuring the concentration of analytes in a sample. The microband electrodes of the invention have both a width and a thickness of microscopic dimensions. Pre... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6099819 | Catalysts for the selective oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to sulfur This invention provides catalysts for the oxidation of hydrogen sulfide. In particular, the invention provides catalysts for the partial oxidation of hydrogen sulfide to elemental sulfur and water. The catalytically active component of the catalyst compri... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6075141 | N -, -dimethyl-3,5-dialkoxybenzylcarbonyl amino acid 3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-3-yl and pentafluorophenyl esters This invention provides Ddz-amino acid pentafluorophenyl esters and Ddz-amino acid 3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazine (ODhbt) esters and their side-chain protected derivatives. Preferred esters and derivatives are crystalline solids. The inve... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6075012 | Reagents for intracellular delivery of macromolecules The present invention discloses cationic lipids and lipophilic compounds useful for making lipid aggregates for delivery of macromolecules and other compounds into cells. They are especially useful for the DNA-dependent transformation of cells. Also discl... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6044189 | Temperature compensated fiber Bragg gratings The invention is a temperature compensating structure for a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) contained in optical fiber. The structure comprises two plates made of materials having different temperature coefficients of expansion and bonded together. The optical ... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6039897 | Multiple patterned structures on a single substrate fabricated by elastomeric micro-molding techniques A method for patterning a material onto a substrate including the steps of: providing a micro-mold having a plurality of non-communicating independent channels and having a plurality of reservoirs for receiving a micro-molding fluid each of which reservoi... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6033632 | Solid state oxygen anion and electron mediating membrane and catalytic membrane reactors containing them This invention relates to gas-impermeable, solid state materials fabricated into membranes for use in catalytic membrane reactors. This invention particularly relates to solid state oxygen anion- and electron-mediating membranes for use in catalytic membr... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6020202 | Composition and methods for transfecting eukaryotic cells The present invention provides compositions and methods for transfecting eukaryotic cells which comprise a nucleic acid, a cationic lipid capable of forming a complex with said nucleic acid, and a viral agent which is an active or inactive enveloped virus... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5994135 | Regeneration of both plant tissues and transgenic plant tissues using a new plant hormone, 5-bromoindole-3-acetic acid The present invention describes the use of 5-bromoindole-3-acetic acid (5-B-IAA) as an auxin affecting plant cell growth. The invention relates to the use of 5-B-IAA compositions to affect growth in monocotyledonous as well as in dicotyledonous plants. Th... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5990388 | Resistance to viruses and viroids in transgenic plants and animals expressing dsRNA-binding protein The invention provides a method for imparting resistance in animals to viruses, and in plants to viruses and viroids, that express double-stranded RNA-like structures (dsRNAs). This method enables the binding of pathogenic dsRNAs during the infection proc... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5991048 | Surface plasmon resonance light pipe sensor The present invention provides SPR sensors in which the sensing element is a planar lightpipe. The sensors of this invention include configurations which employ multiwavelength light incident on the SPR sensing area at a single angle or at a range of angl... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5985605 | DNA sequences encoding phytases of ruminal microorganisms Novel phytases derived from ruminal microorganisms are provided. The phytases are capable of catalyzing the release of inorganic phosphorus from phytic acid. Preferred sources of phytases include Selenomonas, Prevotella, Treponema and Megasphaera. A purif... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5955264 | Rapid mutational analysis method A rapid mutational analysis method for mapping protein epitopes is disclosed. This method has been used to identify the binding sites for 16 anti-CD2 and anti-CD4 monoclonal antibodies. The powerful, rapid, and simple method of the present invention allow... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5952497 | N -Bpoc amino acid pentafluorophenyl (Pfp) esters and 3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-3-yl (ODhbt) esters This invention relates to N -Bpoc amino acid pentafluorophenyl (Pfp) esters and 3,4-dihydro-4-oxo-1,2,3-benzotriazin-3-yl (ODhbt) esters and side-chain protected derivatives thereof which are useful in peptide, polypeptide, and protein s... | 09/14/1999 |
