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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6147280 | Production of oligosaccharides in transgenic plants The invention relates to a method for producing oligosaccharides, comprising selecting a gene which codes for an enzyme which is capable of converting sucrose into an oligosaccharide; linking the gene to suitable transcription-initiation and transcription... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6138422 | Pole cap A pole cap includes a frame having an exterior surface, an outer peripheral edge and an inner peripheral edge. The inner peripheral edge defines an opening. A removable insert is detachably secured in the opening. The insert is removable from the frame to... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6095547 | Active piezoelectric damper for a snow ski or snowboard A board, such as a ski or snowboard, that includes a piezoelectric damper. A sensor such as a piece of piezoelectric material is located on the body of the board such that, as the board vibrates or deforms, the piezoelectric sensor is also deformed. As th... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6097327 | Radio frequency absorber system An RF absorber system (26) for absorbing RF energy in the payload chamber (20) of a launch vehicle is disclosed. The RF absorber system (26) includes a plurality of panels (27) for providing acoustic absorption and for housing RF absorbing material. The p... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6096254 | Method of injection molding a spring-like split tubular device having overlapping longitudinal edges The invention relates to multi-use thin-walled tubular devices having a longitudinal slit with non-cutting overlapping edges and corners curved in a manner to provide scissor-like entry-ways at either open end and methods of making and using such devices.... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6095572 | Quarter turn quick connect fitting A quarter turn quick connect fitting assembly (10) for connecting miniature fluid conduits, such as tubing, includes a first fitting (12) having radially projecting pins (28) and a second fitting (14) located within a rotatable quarter turn nut (16) havin... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6075516 | Ergonomic data entry device Disclosed is a palm rest (220) for use with a computer data entry device such as a computer keyboard (222) that minimizes an alleviated posture- and stress-related disorders associated with the use of computer devices. The palm rest includes a hand-suppor... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6070386 | Unit for combing wrapped chocolates A unit for combing wrapped chocolates, wherein a combing drum, rotating continuously about a respective axis, has a number of combing devices, each of which has a gripping device rotating, crosswise to the aforementioned axis, between a radial gripping po... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6072299 | Smart battery with maintenance and testing functions A smart battery that self-monitors and maintains information about itself that includes its state of charge, its need for maintenance, and for conditions that indicate that it has reached the end of its useful life and should be discarded. The information... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6048276 | Piezoelectric golf club shaft A golf club shaft (10) incorporating a piezoelectric device (12) which, upon deflection or deformation of the golf club shaft (10) caused by swinging of the golf club shaft, selectively stiffens a section of the golf club shaft. The piezoelectric device (... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6009448 | Pipelined parallel-serial architecture for a modified least mean square adaptive filter A modified least mean squares adaptive filter method and apparatus is disclosed. The filter coefficients used to perform the FIR multiplications in a least mean squares adaptive filter are time dependent upon a time index. Each tap of the FIR section util... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6003237 | Semiautomated method for swaged coupling process verification A semiautomated method and system (30) for swaged coupling process verification are provided. The system nondestructively measures swage groove depth (A) of a swaged coupling (10) for a tube (20). The tube has an inner surface with a first inside diameter... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5996537 | All purpose protective canine coat An easily adaptable canine coat (10) for protecting the animal from harmful objects and various weather related factors. The coat includes a chest section (11) that secures to the animal by securing straps (14a-d) which pass over the animal's back and whi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5993283 | Modular buildings for a toy building set A modular building for a toy building set includes a planar member, or foundation, having raised ribs on its top and a wall member having a wall portion and a base portion. The wall portion of the wall member is substantially orthogonal to the base portio... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5993662 | Method of purifying and identifying a large multiplicity of chemical reaction products simultaneously The invention provides a system utilizing computer databases, high pressure liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry to isolate, purify and identify compounds present in a chemical library of reaction products, especially products of liquid phase (solu... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5977971 | Tree view control A tree view control is provided as a system resource that may be used by application programs. The tree view control enables an application program to display a hierarchical list of items. The hierarchical list of items may be expandable or collapsible so... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975885 | Flare stack A flare stack with increased control of flow velocity of gases. The flare stack includes a pipe having a flare tip. The flare tip is provided with orifices and a sliding sleeve that opens and closes at least some of the orifices under control of an actuat... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5950170 | Method to maximize capacity in IC fabrication A method to maximize throughput of a group of multi-process machines whereby the number of each kind machine is determined. Then, the machine assignment of each machine is assigned a variable. Next, the throughput definition for each machine is calculated... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5929568 | Incandescent bulb luminance matching LED circuit An incandescent bulb luminance matching LED circuit for causing the luminance of an LED to match the luminance of an incandescent bulb is disclosed. The incandescent bulb luminance matching LED circuit includes an input port (26, 56 or 82), an output port... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5924099 | Data transfer with expanded clipboard formats A computer system provides expanded clipboard formats that embellish the number of formats that may be used with a clipboard. These expanded clipboard formats enable users in applications to broaden their use of the clipboard and other data transfer mecha... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5915743 | Metal spray tool repair system An under-dimensioned surface on metal tooling used in repetitive high temperature formation of parts is repaired by application of a metallic coating by use of a metal arc spray system. The under-dimensioned area is first roughened, and then is bordered b... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5913711 | Method for ice blasting The invention provides an apparatus and method for continuously delivering ice particulates at high velocity onto a substrate for treating the surface of the substrate. The apparatus includes a refrigerated curved surface that is brought into contact with... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5890640 | Internal frame pack with load-responsive spring rods An internal frame backpack (10) includes a pack (12) having an anterior side (14) that contacts a user's back, and left and right shoulder straps (10, 18) attached at an upper end to an upper portion (20) of the pack and at a lower end to left and right l... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5860950 | Arthroscopic irrigation solution and method for inhibition of pain and inflammation A method and solution for perioperatively inhibiting a variety of pain and inflammation processes resulting from arthroscopic surgery at a joint. The solution preferably includes multiple pain and inflammation inhibitory agents in a physiologic carrier, s... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5809297 | Semantic object modeling system for creating relational database schemas A computer-based system for allowing a user to create a relational database schema. The system allows a user to create a semantic object data model of the database schema. The semantic object data model is defined by one or more semantic objects, each of ... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5794950 | In-line skate brake A skate (10) includes a boot (12) and wheels (28), secured to a frame (14), and a brake (16). The boot includes a base (18), a heel counter (20) and a pivotable cuff (22). The brake includes a brake housing (32) connected to the frame by lower arms (34) a... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5756090 | Oxygen activatable formulations for disinfection or sterilization Methods and compositions are disclosed for producing air-activated, i.e., oxygen (O2) activated, disinfectant-sterilent solutions. Solutions containing a haloperoxidase (i.e., a halide:hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2) oxidoreduct... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5737402 | Coin release mechanism of pay phone A pay phone coin release mechanism includes a base plate fixed inside the pay phone casing and having a pivot pin extending therefrom to rotatably supported thereon a driven link having two opposite arms of which one has a pin formed thereon and the other... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5725680 | Method for cleaning a surface by using rotating high pressure fluid streams A first method for cleaning and stripping a surface employs, a high pressure fluid blaster including a rotating nozzle which has a plurality of separate fluid jet orifices. The fluid jet orifices are geometrically configured such that rotation of the nozz... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5716848 | Cultured cells of quillaja sp The present invention relates to cultured cells of Quillaja sp. For the preparation of active substances from Quillaja sp., such as saponins. The cells may either originate from a callus tissue culture or from a suspension cell culture. Preferred Quillaja... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5704876 | Wheelchair aerobic exercise trainer An aerobic wheelchair trainer (10) is provided. The wheelchair trainer includes a ramp (12) having a plurality of level steps (24-28). The steps lead a wheelchair inserted into the wheelchair trainer onto a platform (13). The wheelchair trainer also inclu... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5663715 | Synchronized paging system A two-way paging system includes a paging terminal and one or more transmitters and receivers. The paging terminal, transmitter and receiver are synchronized to a common clock reference which is derived from the global positioning satellite system. The tr... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5647782 | Apparatus for forward facing boat rowing An apparatus for use in forward facing rowing of a boat having oars mounted ahead of the oarsman and having a seat fixedly secured in the boat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an inboard support assembly and an outboard support assembly. The outboard... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5639959 | Corrosion measurement apparatus and galvanic coupon and gasket therefor The present invention includes an improved gasket and coupon for use with a corrosion measurement system. The gasket includes a pair of collar portions which fit into an end of the coupon. The central rib of the gasket has a pair of beveled faces each of ... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5611885 | Particle binders A binder is applied to fibers to bind particles to the fibers. The fibers have hydrogen bonding functional groups. The particles have functional groups capable of forming a hydrogen bond or a coordinate covalent bond. The binder comprises binder molecules... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5582338 | Tool holder for storing pruning and cutting implements In accordance with the present invention, a tool holder 10 is provided for carrying a cutting implement, such as a pair of lopping shears 15, having a plurality of blades 16a and 16b attached by a pivot 18 to a pair of elongated handles 20a and 20b. The t... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5582404 | Goal tender apparatus having automatically variable spatial orientation A goal tender apparatus comprises a goal tender body having a lower end and a longitudinal axis with an upper portion and a lower portion is disclosed. An upper attachment device pivotally attaches the goal tender body to an upper crossbar of a goal adjac... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5551110 | Collapsible shade for head chair A collapsible sunshade(50) includes a pair of support arms(54a, 54b). Disposed on outer ends of the support arms are a pair of ribs (62a, 62b). A fabric sheet (51) is disposed between the ribs to form a sunshade. The support arms include a pair of outward... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5549794 | Continuous linear-toroidal extraction-distillation apparatus An apparatus (10) for continuously extracting a solute from a carrier medium (102) is provided. The apparatus is formed from a vessel (12) including a convergent baffle (22) separating the vessel into a lower distillation chamber (24) and an upper extract... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5543215 | Polymeric binders for binding particles to fibers Particles are bound to fibrous material by a polymeric binder selected from the group consisting of poly(caprolactone) diol, polyamides and polyamines. The polymeric binder has a hydrogen bonding functionality or coordinate covalent bond forming functiona... | 08/06/1996 |
