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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5645700 | Polymer membrane based electrolytic cell and process for the direct generation of hydrogen peroxide in liquid streams An electrolytic cell for generating hydrogen peroxide is provided including a cathode containing a catalyst for the reduction of oxygen, and an anode containing a catalyst for the oxidation of water. A polymer membrane, semipermeable to either protons or ... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5646177 | Glutathione derivatives of anthracyclines Disclosed herein are new anthracyclines which are derived from conjugation with glutathione, for example from conjugation of adriamycin, daunomycin and menogaril with glutathione: compounds 7 I, 7 II, 8 I, 8 II, 9 I and 9II, are obtained by reduction of t... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5643681 | Biocompatible coated article The biocompatibility of polymeric and metallic articles used in contact with blood can be substantially improved by coating the articles as described. The coating materials are triblock copolymers of the polylactone-polysiloxane-polylactone type. Optimum ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5639441 | Methods for fine particle formation Methods and apparatuses are provided for forming fine particles of a desired substance comprising dissolving said substance in a fluid such as water to form a solution and mixing the solution with a second fluid such as supercritical carbon dioxide which ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5637256 | Ferroelectric liquid crystals for nonlinear optics applications This invention provides chiral nonracemic compound of formula: ##STR1## wherein n and m are 0 or 1, but one of n or m must be 1; k=0 or 1; B=COO or OOC; X1, X2, X3 and X4 are either H, an electron donor or ... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5635365 | Noninvasive diagnosis for allograft rejection The present invention provides a noninvasive method for diagnosing and/or predicting a rejection episode in a transplant patient, for example, in a heart transplant patient, by determining a rise in the frequency of thioguanine-resistant mutant peripheral... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5628328 | Method for measuring muscle mass A method for determining muscle mass in a human subject useful for monitoring athletic conditioning, weight loss programs, nutritional deficiencies, and disease states which cause muscle wasting is provided comprising administration of a bolus dose of a m... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5626792 | High birefringence liquid crystal compounds High birefringence liquid crystal dopants having the formula: R1 X--C--.tbd.--D--T wherein C and D, independently of one another, are aromatic ring systems each of which has one or two 5-member or 6-member carbon rings wherein one or two carbons of ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627666 | Liquid crystal phase modulator using cholesteric circular polarizers This invention provides a phase modulator comprising an electro-optically rotatable smectic liquid crystal half-wave retarder in combination with a cholesteric liquid crystal circular polarizer. Rotation of the half-wave retarder varies the phase delay of... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5617686 | Insulating polymer wall panels A insulating foamed polymer wall panel comprising a sheet of foamed polymer having sizable dimensions to form a substantial part of a wall when assembled. Adjacent wall panels are coupled using splines which, together with the side edges of the panels, fo... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5619355 | Liquid crystal handedness switch and color filter This invention provides a liquid crystal polarization handedness switch, and optical devices employing the handedness switch in conjunction with optical elements which are sensitive to the handedness of incident light. The handedness switch receives unpol... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5611822 | Indigo dye process This invention provides processes for dyeing fibers with indigo including placing the fibers in a substantially enclosed compartment of a commercial dye apparatus, which is equipped with means for introducing a non-oxidizing gas into the compartment; prio... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5603838 | Process for removal of selenium and arsenic from aqueous streams A process for removing selenium and/or arsenic from aqueous streams including industrial process waters and drinking water is provided comprising contacting the stream with a composition comprising lanthanum oxide whereby selenium and/or arsenic are adsor... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5601988 | Immunocapture assay for cancer procoagulant antibody complex in biological samples This invention provides a specific immunocapture ELISA for the quantitation of cancer procoagulant antibody complex (CPAC) in biological samples. In particular, this invention provides methods and techniques for specifically selecting and quantitatively m... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5599515 | Method of removing mercury from solution A method for selectively removing mercury from solutions, preferably solutions containing gold, such as gold cyanidation solutions, is provided comprising treating the solutions with dialkyldithiocarbamates, preferably potassium dimethyldithiocarbamate, t... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5595562 | Magnetic enteral gastrostomy A method of performing a gastrostomy by ischemia-induced tissue remodeling. To accomplish this, a small intragastric disk is magnetically coupled to a larger disk on the outside of the abdominal wall. The attractive magnetic force acting on the two disks ... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5593678 | Protection of teleost fish Utility of protein phosphatase inhibitors to protect teleost fish from microorganismic pathogens is disclosed. The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions, kits, and methods of therapeutic and prophylactic treatments comprising sodium ortho... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5588711 | Side dumping container A container 10 for use in the transportation of goods mounted or mountable on a load carrying vehicle 12. The container 10 includes a floor 18 and a pair of opposed side walls 20, 22 each of which is supported for displacement about a pivotal axis adjacen... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5586362 | Anti-rubbing block An anti-rubbing block 9 for a friction stay, comprising a body 11 for positioning within a track 1 of a friction stay, the body 11 extending above the track 1 to prevent rubbing of a link 5 of the stay on the track 1, and a flange 13 extending from the bo... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5585036 | Liquid crystal compounds containing chiral 2-halo-2-methyl ether and ester tails This invention provides chiral nonracemic compounds of general formula I which are useful as components of FLC compositions in SSFLC and DHFLC devices: ##STR1## wherein Z is a C.dbd.O group or a CH2 group, RF is a partially ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5578475 | Composition and methods for transfecting eukaryotic cells The present invention provides compositions and methods for transfecting eukaryotic cells which comprises 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 viru... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575176 | Three-dimensional positioning device This invention provides an apparatus or manipulator for positioning objects within a sealed chamber. The inventive positioning apparatus has a stator (or sleeve) sized and shaped for receiving a substantially cylindrical outer rotatable element. The outer... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5561287 | Dual photodetector for determining peak intensity of pixels in an array using a winner take all photodiode intensity circuit and a lateral effect transistor pad position circuit A semiconductor device comprising a dual photodetector for use in an array to locate points of peak intensities incident upon the array. Each pixel in the array is comprised of a dual photodetector element. An n-type well is located within a p-substrate w... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5559263 | Aluminum citrate preparations and methods A method for the preparation, drying and use of a stable aluminum citrate solution is disclosed. The method involves first mixing a solution containing an aluminum-chloride compound having a molar ratio of aluminum to chloride greater than about 1:3 with ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5554528 | Compositions and methods for inhibition of HIV production All lines of mammalian origin which have been stably transformed with a chimeric toxin gene expressed under the regulatory control of HIV cis-acting sequences and HIV trans-acting factors are provided by the present invention. HIV infection of a cell of s... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5552912 | Chiral smectic liquid crystal optical modulators The present invention provides optical modulators which comprise aligned chiral smectic liquid crystal cells within an optical resonance cavity. The cavity configurations include symmetric and asymmetric Fabry-Perot etalons. The liquid crystal cells can b... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5551640 | Method of concentrating fine coal slurries A method for concentrating a fine coal slurry having an average particle diameter of 250 microns or less is provided in which the slurry is fed to a liquid-permeable membrane separator which provides a high rate of shear flow horizontal to the membrane. T... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5541314 | Method for automated synthesis of oligonucleotides Apparatus and method for the automated synthesis of DNA segments utilizing multiple reaction columns, all of which are open at the inlet end to the atmosphere of a reaction chamber. A movable reagent supply line outlet is positioned adjacent to the column... | 07/30/1996 |
