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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7525101 | Neutron and gamma ray monitor An apparatus for selective radiation detection includes a neutron detector that facilitates detection of neutron emitters, e.g. plutonium, and the like; a gamma ray detector that facilitates detection of gamma ray sources, e.g., uranium, and the like. The apparatus ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 6368796 | Methods of detection and treatment of breast cancer Novel methods of detecting and treating breast cancer are described.... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6368300 | Apparatus for applying a hemostatic agent onto a tissue An apparatus and method apply a hemostatic agent onto a tissue. The apparatus includes a tube having a first end and a second end. A lumen of the tube is tapered from the first end to the second end. A hemostatic agent source is within the tube. A plunger... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6329195 | Cell culture apparatus A cell culture apparatus includes at least one growth support for cells which borders on at least one side to a culture medium compartment which is suppliable, preferably continuously, with liquid culture media via inflow and outflow openings. The cell cu... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6258443 | Textured retroreflective prism structures and molds for forming same Retroreflective prism sheeting is formed in a mold with textured facets and/or windows thereon. Smaller prisms are formed adjacent larger prisms. Optionally, the optical axis of the prisms may be tilted with respect to one another, preferably in a negativ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6231797 | Method for forming a retroreflective sheeting The method for forming a retroreflective sheeting includes providing a first layer and forming a prism array on the first layer. A second layer is applied to the prism array. The first thermoplastic layer is welded to the second thermoplastic layer, while... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6191200 | Extended life fluorescence polyvinyl chloride sheeting An extended life fluorescent polyvinyl chloride sheeting and a method for forming the sheeting are disclosed. The sheeting includes a polyvinyl chloride film having a fluorescent colorant incorporated therein. A protective polymer layer is attached to the... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6155689 | Perforated retroreflective film A see-through retroreflective structure includes a transparent polymeric film, an array of retroreflective elements attached to the polymeric film, and an array of apertures through the retroreflective structure within the array of retroreflective element... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6145983 | Therapeutic glasses and method for using the same Therapeutic glasses for changing the psychological state of a user and a method for using the glasses are disclosed. The therapeutic glasses include at least one lens of a size sufficient to cover an eye of the user, wherein at least one lens restricts vi... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6098022 | Detecting anomalies in rotating components A method for detecting an anomaly, such as a crack, in a rotor includes measuring the rotational speed and vibration of the rotor. A vibration signal synchronous with the frequency of rotation is filtered from the vibration measurement. A background vibra... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6085449 | Armband badge holder A badge holder securable to a limb includes a badge holder pocket having first and second retaining wings extending from opposite sides of the pocket. The retaining wings have a passage extending through the wings. A strap assembly having a strap member w... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6085393 | Badge strap attachment A badge strap attachment includes a clothing attachment member for attaching to clothing of a user. A badge coupling member is secured to the clothing attachment member. The badge coupling member is capable of forming a closed loop for coupling to a badge... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6081121 | Ionization gauge and method of using and calibrating same Controller circuitry and method for controlling the operation of an ionization gauge having a source of electrons, an anode, an ion collector electrode. Circuitry is provided (a) for providing an electron emission current from the electron source (b) for ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6057221 | Laser-induced cutting of metal interconnect An electrical interconnect includes a substrate having an insulating surface upon which is placed an electrically-conductive cut-link pad and a pair of electrically-conductive lines. The lines are bonded to the cut-link pad and are substantially more resi... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6026475 | Method for dynamically remapping a virtual address to a physical address to maintain an even distribution of cache page addresses in a virtual address space A method and apparatus for dynamically updating virtual to physical address mappings in order to reduce cache thrashing is disclosed in an example computer system having a memory apportioned into a number of pages. A cache is included in the computer syst... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5968153 | Mechanism for high bandwidth DMA transfers in a PCI environment A method and apparatus for maximizing the performance of DMA transfers over a PCI™ bus are provided which includes a Per-Channel Retry count, Double Buffer Management, Wait Enable functionality, Back Up register functionality, Gather/Scatter mapping, a ... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5956665 | Automatic mapping, monitoring, and control of computer room components A system and method for automatically mapping on a computer display a graphical representation of a physical arrangement of a plurality of computer components in one or more cabinets, each cabinet having one or more shelves for housing the computer compon... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5920721 | Compiler generating functionally-alike code sequences in an executable program intended for execution in different run-time environments A compiler-loader system enables the creation of different loaded executable images in target computers complying with different versions of an instruction-set architecture, the different images being created from a single executable program on secondary ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5906103 | Convection-shielded cryopump A cryopump includes a refrigerator, a heat station cooled by the refrigerator, and a cryopanel mounted to the heat station. The cryopanel and at least part of the heat station are within a chamber defined by a chamber wall. A shield extends from the chamb... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5892973 | System and method for determining attributes and coupling characteristics of components by comparatively observing provided reference signal A system and method for determining the physical presence, proper electrical coupling and predetermined identifying characteristics and attributes of various computer system elements and components, including both fixed and removable modules such as field... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5889666 | Method and apparatus for controlling providing of conditioned AC power A method and apparatus for controlling the providing of conditioned AC power, with the conditioned AC power being capable of being provided on a continuous basis. Unconditioned AC voltage is received by transverters. The transverters convert the unconditi... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5839442 | Portable ultrasound imaging system A portable ultrasound imaging system includes a hand-held scan head coupled by a cable to a portable battery-powered data processor and display unit, preferably in the form of a lap-top computer. The scan head enclosure houses an array of ultrasonic trans... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5810012 | Guidewire advancement system A guidewire advancement system for inserting catheter guidewires into blood vessels, and more particularly a guidewire dispensing system for the controlled sterile insertion of a coiled spring guidewire to avoid infection of the patient. The system provid... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5539550 | Liquid crystal display having adhered circuit tiles Circuit modules including complex multi-function circuitry on common module substrates using circuit tiles of silicon thin-films which are transferred, interconnected and packaged. The modules include integrated transfer/interconnects with extremely high ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537833 | Shielded cryogenic trap A cryogenic trap is shielded by a floating baffle array which is insulated from ambient temperature. The cryogenic trap includes a baffle array which is suspended by conductive braid from split cylinders. The split cylinders are cooled by respective close... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537854 | Acoustic natural gas fuel sensor A gaseous fuel analyzer having a flow through chamber equipped with sound producing means at one end and sound receiving means at the other for measuring an acoustic property of fuel flowing through the chamber and for numerically relating the acoustic pr... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537940 | Method for treating organic waste Organic waste is treated in a molten metal bath to sequentially form enriched hydrogen gas and carbon oxide gas streams. The method includes introducing organic waste to a molten metal bath in the absence of a separate oxidizing agent and under conditions... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5538413 | Apparatus for strengthening weld lines in molded parts An apparatus for strengthening weld lines in molded parts includes a mold body having a mold cavity formed within the mold body. A reciprocating pin extends along a longitudinal axis through the mold body. The reciprocating pin is adapted to reciprocate b... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5539059 | Perfluorinated polyethers This invention pertains to perfluoropolyethers and perhalogenated chlorofluoropolyethers that can be prepared by fluorinating addition polymers made by polymerizing epoxides.... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536269 | Bone and tissue lengthening device A device for lengthening bone in a human or animal by incrementally extending the distance between discrete separated portions of the bone to permit continued bone growth between the separated portions comprising an intramedullary nail having distal and p... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536899 | Stabilization of lead bearing waste A method is disclosed for reducing the leaching of lead from a lead bearing waste, The method includes contacting the waste with a water soluble phosphate and a complexing agent, wherein the complexing agent is at least slightly water soluble, whereby a l... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535760 | Method for detecting and treating Alzheimer's disease The subject matter of this disclosure links Alzheimer's Disease with somatic mosaicism of cells trisomic for chromosome 21. Disclosed are methods of detecting Alzheimer's Disease in an individual by measuring certain characteristics known to be associated... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5536636 | Methods for identifying a tyrosine phosphatase abnormality associated with neoplastic disease The present invention relates to the isolation of genes encoding novel protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) having SH2 domains, the nucleic acid sequences isolated, and the encoded phosphatases. The invention further relates to methods of altering tyrosin... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5535116 | Flat cache-only multi-processor architectures A flat directory organization is used to create a flat cache-only multi-processor architecture. Directory memories are uniformly distributed among all the processor nodes. Every valid memory partition has an associated physical address, which is used to d... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5532320 | Second order nonlinear optical interpenetrating polymer networks A nonlinear optical interpenetrating polymer network which can exhibit nonlinear optical properties includes a first polymer, and a second polymer interpenetrating the first polymer. At least one of the polymers includes a nonlinear optical component. A m... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5532438 | Acoustic imaging sound dome An acoustic imaging sound apparatus includes an acoustically reflective dome for reflecting and focusing stereophonic sound waves from stereo speakers directed into the interior of the dome. The stereophonic sound waves are focused by the dome to a listen... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5532223 | Use of aqueous soluble glucan preparations to stimulate platelet production The present invention relates to neutral soluble ଲ-glucans which exert potent and specific hematopoietic and immunological effects without stimulating the production of certain cytokines, to preparations containing the novel ଲ-glucans, and to ... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5531338 | Infant nursing device A nursing device, as disclosed, includes a tubular container adapted for holding a liquid having a top end, a bottom end, and a longitudinal axis, wherein the container has a symmetrical, cross-sectional area substantially along the longitudinal axis. The... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5532001 | Stimulation of tanning by DNA fragments or single-stranded DNA A method of increasing pigmentation in mammalian skin, as well as protecting mammalian skin against ultraviolet damage, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of increasing pigmentation in mammalian cells, as well as a method of enhancing melanin produc... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5532955 | Method of multilevel dram sense and restore A method of processing a data bit having one of four voltage levels stored in a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) cell capacitor comprised of sensing whether or not the data bit voltage is above or below a voltage level midway between a highest and a lo... | 07/02/1996 |
