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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6500112 | Vacuum dome with supporting rim and rim cushion A dome for applying a vacuum to a patient's skin surface is comprised of a generally rigid dome capable of withstanding a pressure differential, with a rim cushion underlying the rim of the dome for supporting a rim from the patient's skin surface. The ri... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6359355 | Hot dropped shell and segmented stator tooth motor The construction of an electromagnetic device, such as an electric motor, has a segmented stator with a plurality of stator teeth held in a circular pattern solely by a shell of the motor that has been hot dropped over the stator teeth.... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6347697 | Conveyed path splitting conveyor system A conveyor system includes a diverter positioned between an upstream conveyor and a pair of downstream conveyors and splits or switches a procession of objects conveyed by the upstream conveyor to one of the two downstream conveyors where both downstream ... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6316261 | Method for concerted integration of donor DNA molecules using retroviral integrase proteins A method of analysis of concerted integration in which viral integrase enzyme is first incubated with donor DNA molecules followed by incubation with target DNA molecules. The donor DNA molecule having at least one unique restriction site for analysis of ... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6310048 | Antisense modulation of amyloid beta protein expression An antisense compound comprising nucleotides complementary to a nucleic acid sequence coding for amyloid precursor protein (APP), wherein the antisense compound inhibits the expression of an amyloid beta protein (AଲP) portion of the amyloid precurso... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6309297 | Register assembly for covering an air duct opening A register assembly for covering an air duct opening is comprised of a faceplate, a base, a damper mechanism and a filter frame that are easily assembled together. Most if not all of the component parts may be constructed of plastic reducing the manufactu... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6287055 | Air conveyor neck ring change-over with vertical pivot section A multichannel pivoting coupling between an upstream multichannel air conveyor and a downstream multichannel air conveyor includes a mechanism that can be selectively controlled to simultaneously adjust the lateral width dimensions of the slots between op... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6284345 | Designer particles of micron and submicron dimension Micron-sized particles are produced in quantity by one of various methods, including generally the steps of preparing a substrate surface through a lithographic process, the surface being characterized by defining a plurality of elements, depositing a lay... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6284540 | Artemin, a novel neurotrophic factor A novel growth factor, artemin, which belongs to the GDNF/neurturin/persephin family of growth factors, is disclosed. The human and mouse amino sequences have been identified. Human and mouse artemin genomic DNA sequences have been cloned and sequenced an... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6274957 | Reduced size electromagnetic device An electromagnetic device of significantly reduced size is provided by the specific designs of the end shields of the device and by the specific designs of insulating end caps of the device that insulate the electrical component parts of the device from c... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6270259 | Powdered metal sintered bearing with improved oil flow polygonal interior bore A powdered metal sintered bearing has a polygonal interior bore with areas of increased density for load bearing and areas of less density that improve its ability to provide a flow of oil from the external surface of the bearing to the bore.... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6270958 | Detection of negative-strand RNA viruses A diagnostic assay for detecting a negative-strand RNA virus in a sample and a genetically engineered cell for use in the assay are disclosed. The cell expresses a heterologous DNA-dependent RNA polymerase that synthesizes a minigenome or miniantigenome o... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6263601 | Lighted real estate sign and method of marketing real estate A lighted real estate sign having at least one translucent face with indicia to convey marketing information pertaining to a parcel of real estate. An internal light illuminates the translucent face and clearly displays the indicia at night. The sign is p... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6261794 | Methods for identifying inhibitors of methionine aminopeptidases Methods are provided for detecting methionine aminopeptidase (MAP) activity and for detecting inhibitors of MAP. The methods utilize a peptide comprising an N-terminal methionine which can be cleaved from the peptide by MAP, and a C-terminal detection moi... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6260666 | Wheel chock device A wheel chock device is constructed of three or more mutually hinged sections and can be folded into a compact form for storage. The device can be erected into a triangular chock configuration, or can be stretched out in one plane to act as a sand ladder,... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6263232 | Method and kit for locating hyperactive parathyroid tissue or adenomatious tissue in a patient and for removal of such tissue Disclosed herein are methods for locating hyperactive parathyroid tissue in a patient. The methods comprise providing a radiopharmaceutical which produces during a time window after administration of the radiopharmaceutical to the patient, a detectably gr... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6258941 | RNA hydrolysis The selected sequence-directed hydrolysis of RNA under physiologically relevant conditions is described using conjugates comprising metal complexes covalently linked to oligodeoxynucleotides as hydrolysis agents. The oligodeoxynucleotide portions of the a... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6256609 | Method and apparatus for speaker recognition using lattice-ladder filters A method and apparatus for speech analysis and synthesis, including speaker recognition, includes a programmable lattice-ladder notch filter which may be programmed to exhibit both filter poles and filter zeros and thereby exhibit a power spectral density... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6252174 | Lead wire strain relief connector and switch mount A lead wire strain relief connector and switch mount is configured to be attached to a surface of an electrical device to secure lead wires of a switch employed in the device, resisting the lead wires from being pulled from the device. The connector and s... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6250170 | Load directing trunnion mount for linear actuator A load directing trunnion mount for a linear actuator is constructed to receive all of the tensile forces exerted on the actuator shaft or lead screw of the linear actuator. In this manner, the load directing trunnion mount relieves a transmission drive e... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6250851 | Bottle neck alignment mechanism for an air conveyor A bottle neck alignment mechanism precisely horizontally and vertically positions the necks of plastic bottles conveyed by the alignment mechanism from an input conveyor to an output air conveyor where the neck rings of the conveyed plastic bottles are re... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6248115 | Depilatory device A depilatory device comprises a body with an integral, deformable finger hold on the top, an abrasive surface on the bottom, and contours having generally pointed projections and corners to facilitate the removal of hair from confined or difficult to reac... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6247730 | Book A book has two covers and a set of book pages contained between the covers. The covers close to form a shape which has an external appearance resembling the head of a creature, with two eyes and a mouth. The two covers are joined to one another along a mi... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6239960 | Reconfigurable reclosing relay A reclosing relay is provided with switch settings and microprocessor control to permit emulation of a variety of different styles of motor-driven reclosing relays in power distribution systems. The reclosing relay is particularly suitable for replacement... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237670 | Treatment of thermoplastic materials with chelating agents, and related products The metal content of a thermoplastic composition containing an undesirably high concentration of metal can be reduced by adding to 100 parts by weight of the composition at least about 0.3 parts by weight of a chelating agent and sufficient water to chela... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6237966 | Co-extruded dual durometer hardness pipe gasket A pipe joint is formed using a gasket made of coextruded materials of different durometer hardnesses. The gasket includes a relatively soft, thermoplastic elasomeric sealing portion joined to a harder, plastic substrate on one side of the substrate, usual... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6232449 | Persephin and related growth factors A novel growth factor, persephin, which belongs to the GDNF/neurturin family of growth factors, is disclosed. The mouse and rat amino acid sequences have been identified. Mouse and rat persephin genomic DNA sequences have been cloned and sequenced and the... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6228492 | Preparation of fibers containing intrinsically conductive polymers A process for preparing fibers containing intrinsically conductive polymers comprises extruding two or more filaments, applying a coating formulation containing a salt of an intrinsically conductive polymer to at least one of the filaments to form a coate... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6184202 | Cell death regulators The invention provides a bcl-2 related protein, bcl-2 muteins, two-hybrid systems comprising interacting bcl-2-related polypeptide sequences, and uses thereof.... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6173861 | Waste container assembly A waste container assembly comprises a container body, a lid body, a flange and a door. The container body has an upper rim. The lid body has an outer surface extending from a top of the lid body to a lower portion of the lid body. The lower portion of th... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6165388 | Electrochromic metal oxides Tin oxide doped with an electrochemically effective amount of a metal, e.g., antimony or niobium, which provides a color change when the doped tin oxide is exposed to an electrochemical potential in the presence of mobile ions. Particles of electrochromic... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6162995 | Armored electrical cable connector A connector for armored electrical cable apparatus which includes a body having a central bore. The body has a generally cup shaped seat disposed in generally aligned relationship to the bore and the body has external threads disposed on the external surf... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6153280 | Perforated magnetic card A magnetic card having a flexible magnetic sheet material bonded to a flexible card blank, the combined blank and magnetic sheet having a magnet panel defined by lines of weakness that allow a user to easily separate and remove the magnet panel from the r... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152933 | Intracranial bolt and method of placing and using an intracranial bolt to position a medical device An intracranial bolt, for installation in an opening in the skull to provide access to the brain for a medical device, has a bore therethrough for the passage of the medical device, and an inflatable member in the bore which when inflated engages a medica... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6140380 | Blowing agent and method for producing foamed polymers and related compositions A silicate-based blowing agent and method for producing foamed polymers provides a blowing agent containing at least one metal silicate, boric acid or a salt thereof, a peroxy compound, a reaction initiator and, optionally, a desiccant. The blowing agent ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135327 | Battery operated grease gun A battery operated grease gun includes a pump mechanism that employs a speed reducing and torque increasing planetary gearing transmission which rotates a final driver that is a part of the transmission, and a sliding yoke that is reciprocated by the fina... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131954 | Weldable couple for electrofusion coupling of profile wall thermoplastic pipes without a separate coupler A method and apparatus are disclosed for a thermoplastic profile wall pipe joint or weld assembly without the use of a coupler to provide for a leak free pipe joint with substantially flush interior and exterior surfaces. The pipe joint consists of config... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6131320 | Floor sign Each display panel of a free-standing, foldable floor sign includes an integrally formed handle portion and male and female hinge projections. The male and female hinge projections snap together into interlocking engagement with each other in response to ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6130258 | Polyvalent metal cations in combination with dithiocarbamic acid compositions as board spectrum demulsifiers A method for resolving an oil-and-water emulsion is disclosed. The method comprises adding to the emulsion (1) if the emulsion does not contain a desirably high concentration of polyvalent metal cations of at least one part per million by weight, an amoun... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127033 | Solvent spinning of fibers containing an intrinsically conductive polymer A fiber containing an organic acid salt of an intrinsically conductive polymer distributed throughout a matrix polymer is provided along with a method for producing such fibers by spinning a solution which includes an organic acid salt of an intrinsically... | 10/03/2000 |
