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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185560 | Systems, methods, software for integration of case law, legal briefs, and litigation documents into law firm workflow The present inventors recognized a need for improving conventional informational retrieval systems, particularly those intended for retrieval of legal information. Accordingly, they devised systems, methods, and software that facilitate online access to documents, s... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177415 | System for agitating pouched products A system and method for agitating pouched products traveling along a conveyor belt to facilitate heat transfer, blending, mixing and/or stirring of the contents thereof. An agitation station is located along the conveyor belt, and includes an agitator secured to one... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173216 | Method and device for producing a base material for screen-printing, and base material of this type The invention relates to a method and device for producing a base material (10) for screen-printing. This base material (10) comprises a screen (12), a resist layer (30) of resist material and a protective film (22). In the method ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171951 | Valve with an AND-function A valve (1) with a AND gate function has a valve member (2) cooperating with moving passage members (23a and 23b) in a valve housing (3) in order to control connections between one outlet (A) and two inlets (E1... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170634 | Polypod antenna Embodiments of the present invention include antennas for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antennas are configured to transmit a first electromagnetic signal at full power via a first set of radiating elements and to transmit the first electro... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169922 | Diagnosing problems associated with route groups in a network A system and method directed to diagnosing a problem associated with a route group in a network are disclosed. A problem associated with a route group is diagnosed by comparing inventory information associated with a route group to current route information associat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168577 | Post plasma etch/ash residue and silicon-based anti-reflective coating remover compositions containing tetrafluoroborate ion A microelectronic cleaning compositions of: a) from about 80% to about 99% by weight of the composition of at least one organic sulfone; b) from about 0.5% to about 19% by weight of the composition of water; and c) from about 0.5% to about 10% by weight of the compo... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167260 | Window air conditioner adjustable brace An adjustable brace for supporting a window air conditioner that includes: a pair of interior brackets on the inside adjustably attached to a pair of exterior brackets and a pair of locating brackets on the outside. The pair of interior brackets includes an interior... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164274 | Product display system, and method for illuminating a product The invention provides a product display system and a method for illuminating a product. The product display system 1′ comprises a product carrier (20, 4′) and a lighting device comprising a plurality of light sources (10), each having two o... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159485 | Customer pole display and interface A method of using a customer pole display, point-of-sale pole display, point-of sale display, or pole display includes connecting a Universal Serial Bus, inputting a power signal from the Universal Serial Bus, translating the power signal to a display power signal, ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159384 | Method for examining an ice region or dry region using radar echo sounding To suppress cross-ambiguities in the examination of an ice region or dry region by means of aircraft- or aerospace-supported radar echo sounding, the region to be examined is overflown by a radar sensor (6) by multiple compatible radar sensors of the same ope... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157768 | Disposable injection device An injection device is provided. The device includes a housing having a first end defining a first opening. A plunger is received within the first opening of the housing to move between first and second positions. A cartridge is disposed in the housing and has an in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156965 | Modular arrangement with modules, which are added in a series direction and are formed at least partially as valve modules A modular arrangement is proposed with modules (10-25) added in a row direction, these being constructed at least partially as valve modules (16-21, 23, 24), wherein one module is constructed as a control module (10) and is connect... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155562 | Image reading device and image forming device A copy machine is provided which includes: a fluorescent lamp; a mirror group having a plurality of mirrors that forms a light path by reflecting luminous flux from an original once on each of the plurality of mirrors, and is configured so that an imaging-side mirro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150685 | Method for high quality audio transcoding A method and apparatus for a voice transcoder that converts a bitstream representing frames of data encoded according to a first voice compression standard to a bitstream representing frames of data according to a second voice compression standard using perceptual w... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143257 | Substituted phenols as active agents inhibiting VEGF production The present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods, compounds, and compositions for inhibiting VEGF production. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142655 | Filtration unit A filtration unit (A) is immersed in raw water (W) that is held inside a reservoir tank, and includes a membrane module (5) that filters the introduced raw water (W). This filtration unit (A) includes a casing (3) which is in the shape of a box having ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136160 | System and method to select monitors that detect prefix hijacking events Method, system and computer-readable medium to select monitors that increase the likelihood of detecting prefix hijacking events of a destination prefix are disclosed. The method includes assigning each of the candidate prefix hijack monitors to a respective cluster... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133807 | Substrate for transparent electrodes One object of the present invention is to provide a transparent electrode substrate with an ITO film formed thereon, used for example as the transparent electrode plate in a dye sensitized solar cell, for which the electrical resistance does not increase even when e... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129217 | Method for producing at least one multilayer body, and multilayer body The invention concerns a process for the production of a multi-layer body, wherein the multi-layer body includes at least two functional layers on a top side of a carrier substrate, which are structured in register relationship with each other, by a procedure whereb... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124551 | Glass member for optical parts and glass composition used therefor There is provided a glass member for optical parts that represents a greater absolute value |Δn| of refractive index difference Δn of visual light between base glass and heterogeneous phase region. In the glass member for optical parts, the heterogeneous phase reg... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124298 | Method of fabricating a chromium nitride coated separator Provided are a metallic separator for fuel cell in which a Cr2N layer is formed on the surface of base metals, and a method of fabricating the metallic separator or fuel cell. The method comprises: plating chromium layer on the surface of the base metal; ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123437 | Pipeline assembly comprising an anchoring device The invention relates to a pipeline assembly and a method of installing a pipeline assembly, wherein the pipeline extends at least in part on a seabed and curves upwardly from the seabed along a curved section thereof, the pipeline extending toward a delivery end pr... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8116335 | Methods and apparatus for data communication A data communication apparatus, comprising an interface for enabling communication with a remote entity via a network and a control entity in communication with said interface. The control entity is operative to establish a packet-switched connection with the remote... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115032 | Process for the synthesis of a propargylic alcohol A process for the preparation of the compound of formula ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114996 | Reduction of 5-(aryl-diazenyl)-4,6-dihalo-pyrimidine Method of synthesizing a compound of formula (I), wherein R1, R2 are, independently, chloro or fluoro, and wherein R3 is H, alkyl, aralkyl or is an alkylether or alkylthioether comprising the steps of firstly reducing a diazeny compound of formula (II) non-catalytic... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113393 | Collapsible hook hanger A collapsible hook hanger having a metal hook moveable between an upright position for displaying garments and a folded position for reducing the footprint of the hanger during packaging/transportation of pre-hung garments. ... | 02/14/2012 |
| D653861 | Garment hanger with notch | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112415 | Optimized field unpacking for a data stream management system Two methods and computer-readable medium for obtaining information using field group unpacking functions. The first method obtains information using field group unpacking functions by identifying an optimized unpacking function from field group unpacking functions, ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110515 | Optical glass A glass composition that simultaneously has a low temperature coefficient of refractive index and a good light transmittance, being suitable for use in environments of intense temperature change. There is provided an optical glass containing SiO2, B2... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109506 | Sheet observer with a limited number of sheet sensors A method and system for determining sheet position and orientation of a sheet as the sheet moves along a feed path is provided herein. The method includes moving the sheet along the feed path and past at least one point sensor to measure a first position of the shee... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8100867 | Needle A needle (1, 100, 110) for precision filling of dosage containers, such as vials, ampoules etc. is provided. The needle ideally comprises an elongate plastics body (2) having a through channel (5) extending between inlet (3) and outlet ( | 01/24/2012 |
| 8092794 | Pharmaceutical compositions comprising SODs and prolamine based peptide fragments The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions adapted for pharmaceutical administration comprising at least one superoxide dismutase and at least one prolamine based peptide fragment. The invention also relates to certain superoxide dismutases and pro... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091552 | Apparatus to mitigate the spread of infectious material caused by coughing or sneezing Apparatus and method to mitigate the spread of infectious material caused by coughing or sneezing are disclosed. The apparatus includes a bottom, a peripheral first duct and a peripheral second duct, and a top. The bottom has a first side and an opposing second side... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088921 | Method for producing 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives The present invention describes a method for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure 3-amidinophenylalanine derivatives, which are used as pharmaceutically effective urokinase inhibitors, by starting from 3-cyanophenylalanine derivatives. The methods of manufacture c... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088902 | DNA virus microRNA and methods for inhibiting same The invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising the sequence of a human cytomegalovirus microRNA. In another embodiment, the invention relates to single stranded DNA virus microRNA molecules comprising the sequence of a human cytomegalovirus micr... | 01/03/2012 |
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