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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7842850 | Methods for producing fertile crosses between wild and domestic soybean species Methods for producing hybrids between domestic and wild soybean that are fertile and can be further bred with other soybean plants are provided, thus allowing transfer of desirable traits and genes from the wild soybean into the domestic soybean. This invention also... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832521 | Axle assembly and vehicle An axle assembly for a vehicle, the axle assembly comprising a differential gear having an input for connection to a drive shaft, and a first wheel hub to support a first wheel and a second wheel hub to support a second wheel, the first wheel hub and the second whee... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7812190 | Derivatization and solubilization of fullerenes for use in therapeutic and diagnostic applications The invention provides improved therapeutic and diagnostic fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes. The fullerenes and endohedral fullerenes of the invention are derivatized with at least two charged functional groups (and preferably more than two charged functional gr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7795460 | Method of making alkyl esters Methods of making alkyl esters are described herein. The methods are capable of using raw, unprocessed, low-cost feedstocks and waste grease. Generally, the method involves converting a glyceride source to a fatty acid composition and esterifying the fatty acid comp... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790759 | Glycyrrhetinic acid-30-amide derivatives and their use The present invention relates to the field of a medicine for treating diseases associated with inflammation, immunity or infection, and in particular, to glycyrrhetinic acid-30-amide derivatives of general formula I and their preparation, and a pharmaceutical compos... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785825 | Compositions and methods for dehydration and cyclization of peptides, synthetic compounds, and lantibiotics Lantibiotics are synthesized on ribosomes as prepeptides and post-translationally modified to a mature form. These modifications include dehydrations and cyclizations. Compounds and related methods of generating compounds, modified by dehydration, cyclization, or de... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785474 | Method for contacting liquid with ion exchange resin The invention provides a method for contacting liquid with an ion exchange resin comprising introducing liquid into a process tank containing ion exchange resin at an inlet (2) and removing liquid that has been contacted with resin from the process tank at an... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780766 | Removal of vapor gas generated by an oil-containing material The invention provides devices and methods for collecting vapor gas generated by an oil-containing material within a production tank. The devices and associated methods result in produced oil having a reduced level of dissolved hydrocarbons and recovery of vapor gas... | 08/24/2010 |
| D622350 | Regulatory valve | 08/24/2010 |
| 7768376 | Conformal mesh for thermal imaging This invention provides thermal sensors and imagers that are flexible and capable of conforming to curved surfaces and corresponding methods of making and methods of thermal sensing. The thermal sensors contain an array of thermal resistors patterned in a row and co... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767886 | Protein involved in restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility to fertility and gene encoding the protein The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or m... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767837 | Methods of making alkyl esters A method comprising contacting an alcohol, a feed comprising one or more glycerides and equal to or greater than 2 wt % of one or more free fatty acids, and a solid acid catalyst, a nanostructured polymer catalyst, or a sulfated zirconia catalyst in one or more reac... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7767653 | Enhancement of immune response to vaccine by interferon alpha Exogenous cDNA capable of expressing interferon″ activity, exogenous interferon″ protein, inducers of endogenous interferon″ protein activity, inducers of endogenous interferon $ protein activity, inducers of endogenous interferon′ activity, or inducers of o... | 08/03/2010 |
| D621003 | Flow control valve | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763666 | Plug-flow regeneration process A process for the regeneration of loaded ion-exchange resin comprising (a) providing loaded resin for regeneration; (b) providing first stage and third stage regenerant suitable for regenerating loaded resin; (c) providing a plurality of regeneration vessels; (d) fi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7749922 | Nanowire structures and electrical devices The present invention provides structures and devices comprising conductive segments and conductance constricting segments of a nanowire, such as metallic, superconducting or semiconducting nanowire. The present invention provides structures and devices comprising c... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745422 | Bisphosphonate compounds and methods for bone resorption diseases, cancer, bone pain, immune disorders, and infectious diseases Bisphosphonate compounds and related methods of making and using are disclosed, including pyridinium-1-yl, quinolinium-1-yl, and related compounds. The activity of compounds is disclosed in the context of functional assays such as Leishmania major farnesyl di... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745408 | Method of inducing melanogenesis in humans with MC1R variant alleles A method for inducing melanogenesis in a human subject having a melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) variant allele associated with loss of or diminished receptor function comprises administering to said subject an amount of an α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740895 | Nixtamalization process and products produced therefrom The present invention provides a nixtamalization process wherein corn endosperm fractions, subfractions, or combinations thereof are individually nixtamalized to produce food products. The invention also comprises food products, including masa, instant masa, tortill... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7740539 | Multi-person games for parimutuel betting on live events A parimutuel betting game featuring in-game wagers and payoffs, and real time parimutuel style odds, based on events unfolding during a live event, a principal objective being to acquire the largest number of betting tokens by the end of the event. An administrator ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737234 | Catalysts for radical polymerization Provided is a method for polymerizing a polymer precursor, comprising: contacting a polymer precursor with a lithium carborane catalyst and an initiator under polymerizing conditions. A reaction solvent may be used, but is not necessary. Also provided is a method of... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7737164 | Cyanopyridine antibacterial agents The present invention relates generally to compounds providing antibacterial therapeutic agents and preparations, and related methods of using and making antibacterial compounds. Antibacterial compounds of the present invention include chalcone, alkylpyrimidine, ami... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7736918 | Photoresist coating apparatus having nozzle monitoring unit and method for supplying photoresist using the same Provided are a photoresist coating apparatus and a method of coating photoresist using the same. The apparatus includes a photoresist supply line through which photoresist is supplied. A fluid control valve is connected to the photoresist supply line to control the ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728931 | Security element and method for producing same The present invention relates to a security element (30) for securing valuable articles, having a first optically active layer (32) that is present at least in some areas and comprises a cholesteric liquid crystal material. According to the present inv... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7716005 | Smart insole for diabetic patients This invention is a temperature-based smart insole capable of continuously or intermittently measuring the foot temperature of the patient at one or more locations of the foot while the insole is worn. The device provides feedback to the patient alerting the individ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7713544 | Biological component comprising artificial membrane A biocompatible biological component is provided comprising a membrane-mimetic surface film covering a substrate. Suitable substrates include hydrated substrates, e.g. hydrogels which may contain drugs for delivery to a patient through the membrane-mimetic film, or ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7709465 | Phosphorous containing compounds including triphenylmethylphosphonate esters for the treatment of melanoma and other cancers Compounds and related methods for synthesis, and the use of compounds and combination therapies for the treatment of cancer and modulation of apoptosis in cells are disclosed. Particularly disclosed are phosphonate esters. Compounds, methods of making the compounds,... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707302 | Method for transmitting a data stream from a producer to a plurality of viewers In a method for transmitting a data stream, especially a reducible data stream, from a producer to a plurality of viewers, wherein producer and viewers are subscribers in a network having point-to-point connections, the producer transmits the data stream over a poin... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705280 | Multispectral plasmonic crystal sensors The present invention provides plasmonic crystals comprising three-dimensional and quasi comprising three-dimensional distributions of metallic or semiconducting films, including multi-layered crystal structures comprising nanostructured films and film arrays. Plasm... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7704684 | Methods and devices for fabricating three-dimensional nanoscale structures The present invention provides methods and devices for fabricating 3D structures and patterns of 3D structures on substrate surfaces, including symmetrical and asymmetrical patterns of 3D structures. Methods of the present invention provide a means of fabricating 3D... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700827 | Metal resistant plants and phytoremediation of environmental contamination The present disclosure provides a method of producing transgenic plants which are resistant to at least one metal ion by transforming the plant with a recombinant DNA comprising a nucleic acid encoding a bacterial arsenic reductase under the control of a plant expre... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696116 | Implementing a pressure-induced phase transformation in beta-eucryptite to impart toughening The invention provides composite materials comprising eucryptite particles distributed in a matrix material other than eucryptite. The matrix material may be a ceramic material such as an oxide ceramic. In an embodiment, the eucryptite particles are transformed from... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691414 | 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 ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7689016 | Automatic detection of critical dermoscopy features for malignant melanoma diagnosis Improved methods for computer-aided analysis of identifying features of skin lesions from digital images of the lesions are provided. Improved preprocessing of the image that 1) eliminates artifacts that occlude or distort skin lesion features and 2) identifies grou... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7687582 | Methods of production, purification, and processing of poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers with improved solubility or dispersability This invention relates to improved methods for the preparation, purification, and processing of poly(heteroaromatic) block copolymers, as well as compositions prepared by these methods. Methods relate to preparation of multiblock and triblock copolymers of intrinsic... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7687482 | Bisphosphonate compounds and methods The invention provides, inter alia, novel bisphosphonate compounds and methods of making and using. In embodiments, the invention provides compounds and methods in connection with research and therapeutic applications, e.g., for tumor cell growth inhibition, activat... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7687281 | Bovine pregnancy test This invention provides bovine pregnancy test methods and devices. The test is also suitable for other ruminant and/or ungulate animals. Antigens from Group A (early pregnancy antigens), and/or Group B (mid-pregnancy antigens), and Group C (early, mid- and late preg... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7674627 | Compositions and methods for detecting nerve agents The present invention provides methods and compositions for detecting, identifying and measuring the abundance of chemical nerve agents. Methods and compositions of the present invention are capable of providing selective detection of phosphorous based nerve agents,... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671254 | Herbicide resistance gene, compositions and methods The present disclosure provides methods, recombinant DNA molecules, recombinant host cells containing the DNA molecules, and transgenic plant cells, plant tissue, seeds and plants which contain and express an herbicide resistant protoporphyrinogen oxidase such that ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7671230 | Derivatization and solubilization of insoluble classes of fullerenes This invention provides improved methods for the derivatization and solubilization of fullerenes, which are particularly useful for those fullerenes that are normally insoluble and which are specifically applied, among others, to endohedral fullerenes, including end... | 03/02/2010 |
