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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810070 | System and method for software testing Systems and methods for evaluating the testing of a computer program wherein a test automator generates code to test the computer program with respect to predetermined testing criteria. A test results analyst reviews test results generated by applying the code to te... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809539 | Method for selecting node variables in a binary decision tree structure A method for selecting node variables in a binary decision tree structure is provided. The binary decision tree is formed by mapping node variables to known outcome variables. The method calculates a statistical measure of the significance of each input variable in ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7809342 | Systems and methods for providing product information over a carrier wave A customer relationship management (CRM) method using IBOC-radio signals is provided. A message in the radio signal is parsed to obtain a key. The key is compared to a plurality of stored keys. When the received key matches a stored key, a data structure associated ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7808292 | Clock circuit for a microprocessor A wireless communication device is described having a transmitter that generates electromagnetic interference when operating in a transmit mode. The wireless communication device comprises a clock circuit including a first clock element configured to generate a firs... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806944 | Fuel compositions comprising tetramethylcyclohexane A fuel composition comprises at least a tetramethylcyclohexane and a fuel component. The tetramethylcyclohexane can be used as a fuel component or as a fuel additive in the fuel composition. The fuel composition may further comprise a conventional fuel component sel... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806806 | Systems and methods for administering an exercise program Systems and methods for facilitating an isometric contraction exercise regimen for many subjects across a network are provided. One or more exercise constraints are developed for a subject as a function of the medical health information of the subject. The subject p... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7806376 | Medical instrument Disclosed is a medical instrument. The medical instrument includes a main body including at least one of an operation part and a display part, a cart including a desk on which the main body is positioned, a front detachable member disposed on the desk and adapted to... | 10/05/2010 |
| D624844 | Precious stone cut of a bottom portion with five chevrons | 10/05/2010 |
| 7805729 | System and method for an extendable mobile communications device user interface A system and method for an extendable software interface includes a software architecture for use in a mobile device having a processor and a memory device. The software architecture includes a set of first-order controller software instructions configured to interf... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805600 | Computer-implemented systems and methods for managing images Computer-implemented systems and methods for handling requests to execute software applications. A system and method can be configured to include a set of pointers that are created for both referencing data associated with the requested software application's associ... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805345 | Computer-implemented lending analysis systems and methods In accordance with the teachings described herein, computer-implemented lending analysis systems and methods are provided. A pre-processing module may be used to organize loan applicant data into a plurality of applicant groups based on one or more demographic facto... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805252 | Systems and methods for designing and ordering polynucleotides Computer systems, computer program products and methods for designing oligonucleotides are provided. A set of sequence elements is defined. Each sequence element represents an amino acid sequence segment or a nucleic acid sequence segment. The set of sequence elemen... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7805159 | Dual-mode keypad for a mobile device In accordance with the teachings described herein, systems and methods are provided for implementing a dual-mode keypad for a mobile device. The mobile device may operate in a telephony mode and a text-entry mode. The dual-mode keypad may include a plurality of dual... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803930 | Antisense modulation of apolipoprotein B-expression Antisense compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of apolipoprotein B. The compositions comprise antisense compounds, particularly antisense oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acids encoding apolipoprotein B. Methods of usin... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7803023 | Connector for automobile with high current capability A connector for an automobile with high current capability includes a circular terminal and a connector housing. The circular terminal is configured with a cylinder and has a slot formed in an outer periphery of the cylinder at one end and at least one projection fo... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7802353 | Method of producing a razor head A method of producing a razor head that includes the steps of providing a guard member having a lower surface and including securing pins protruding from the lower surface, securing a blade unit onto the guard member, providing a cap member, and securing the cap mem... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624531 | Mobile scanning antenna | 09/28/2010 |
| 7799819 | 7-Amido-isoindolyl compounds and their pharmaceutical uses The invention encompasses 7-amido-isoindolyl compounds and methods of using these compounds and compositions in mammals for treatment, prevention or management of various diseases and disorders. Examples include, but are not limited to, cancer, inflammatory bowel di... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7796937 | Automated annotation To automatically annotate an essay, a sentence of the essay is identified and a feature associated with the sentence is determined. In addition, a probability of the sentence being a discourse element is determined by mapping the feature to a model. The model having... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795851 | System and method for adaptive switching frequency control System and method for providing frequency control to a power converter. The system includes a controller configured to receive a load signal and generate a first control signal. The load signal indicates an output load for a power converter. Additionally, the system... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795238 | β-L-2′-deoxy-nucleosides for the treatment of hepatitis B This invention is directed to a method for treating a host infected with hepatitis B comprising administering an effective amount of an anti-HBV biologically active 2′-deoxy-β-L-erythro-pentofuranonucleoside or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereo... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7795212 | Neuregulin based methods and compositions for treating cardiovascular diseases The present invention relates to compositions and methods for preventing, treating or delaying various cardiovascular diseases or disorders in mammals, particularly in humans. More particularly, the present invention provides for compositions and methods for prevent... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794725 | Isolated peptides derived from human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 containing fusion inhibitory domains The present invention relates to peptides which exhibit potent anti-retroviral activity. The peptides of the invention comprise DP178 (SEQ ID NO:1) peptide corresponding to amino acids 638 to 673 of the HIV-1LAI gp41 protein, and fragments, analogs and ho... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794516 | Filter bag mounting assembly A filter bag includes a bag structure of filter material. A panel is adhered to the bag structure and has a fill opening. A securing tab is attached by a hinge to the panel. The panel is configured to have a mounted position in which a fill tube projects through the... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794432 | Automatic injector with kickback attenuation An auto-injector for dispensing a predetermined dose of medicament is disclosed. The auto-injector includes a needle cover operative to engage an injection site. The needle cover is configured to move from a retracted position prior to a medicament dispensing operat... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793682 | Valve assembly A valve assembly (10) able to be mounted with a liquid container, the valve assembly comprising: a housing (20) having a passageway (60) that extends through the housing; a breather float valve (80) mounted within the housing, the breathe... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7793376 | Truck mounted rotating broom system A rotating broom system to be installed on the front of a self-propelled vehicle such as a truck used for the high speed sweeping and removal of snow or debris from paved surfaces such as airport runways assembly has two major components: a rotating broom drive asse... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790944 | Method for separation of constituents from matrices The present invention provides an apparatus useful for the separation of hazardous and non-hazardous organic and inorganic constituents from various matrices. A method of separating such constituents is also provided. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790899 | Synthesis of N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-N′-(4-(2-methylpropyloxy)phenylmethyl)carbamide and its tartrate salt and crystalline forms Disclosed herein are methods for synthesizing N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-N′-(4-(2-methylpropyloxy)phenylmethyl)carbamide. Also disclosed herein is the hemi-tartrate salt of N-(4-fluorobenzyl)-N-(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)-N′-(4-(2-methylpropyloxy... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7790433 | Compositions of prokaryotic phenylalanine ammonia-lyase and methods of treating cancer using compositions thereof The present invention is directed to phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) variants produced by prokaryotes, wherein such prokaryotic PAL variant has a greater phenylalanine-converting activity and/or a reduced immunogenicity as compared to a wild-type PAL. The inventio... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7788606 | Computer-implemented system and method for defining graphics primitives Systems and methods for generating graphic primitives. Data is received that is indicative of a gesture provided by a user. It is determined whether the received gesture data is indicative of a graphic primitive. A graphic primitive is generated for use on a user di... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788195 | Computer-implemented predictive model generation systems and methods Systems and methods for performing fraud detection. As an example, a system and method can be configured to build a set of predictive models to predict credit card or debit card fraud. A first predictive model is trained using a set of training data. A partitioning ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787694 | Scalable stroke font system and method A method of creating font format data from source font data includes analyzing the source font data to obtain glyph data for a plurality of glyphs, dissecting the glyph data, extracting midline data from the dissected glyph data, classifying the midline data as uniq... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787626 | System and method for obtaining certificate status of subkeys Systems and methods for updating status of digital certificate subkeys. A request is made to a key server to verify if a given key is revoked. If it is not, then the key with its subkeys is acquired from the key server. If one or more subkeys or signatures of the su... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786133 | Chemically modified small molecules The invention provides small molecule drugs that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer obtained from a monodisperse or bimodal water-soluble oligomer composition. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785903 | Variable domain library and uses The invention provides polypeptides comprising a variant heavy chain variable framework domain (VFR). In some embodiments, the amino acids defining the VFR form a loop of an antigen binding pocket. In an embodiment, the polypeptide is a variable domain of a monobody... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785832 | Method of protein synthesis The present invention relates to a method of protein synthesis and, more particularly, to a method of effective protein synthesis by regulating the expression of a protein in a host cell, wherein said host cell is transformed with an expression vector comprising a p... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7785592 | Stabilized liquid anti-RSV antibody formulations The present invention provides liquid formulations of SYNAGIS® or an antigen-binding fragment thereof that immunospecifically bind to a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) antigen, which formulations exhibit stability, low to undetectable levels of aggregation, and v... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784331 | Acoustic determination of properties of reservoirs and of fluids contained therein The invention provides devices and methods for acoustically determining the properties of the contents of one or more reservoirs in a plurality of reservoirs. Each reservoir is adapted to contain a fluid. An acoustic radiation generator can be positioned in acoustic... | 08/31/2010 |
| D622739 | Compressor shroud | 08/31/2010 |
