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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940181 | RFID based product level availability Product availability can be determined using radio frequency identification (RFID) by determining whether a RFID tag is detectable by a RFID reader and setting a product availability condition, where the RFID tag is not attached to the product, and where distance be... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939504 | Method of treating skin ulcers with vectors encoding hepatocyte growth factor The present invention relates to a therapeutic preventive agent that includes an angiogenic factor gene (such as hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), fibroblast growth f actor (FGF), and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF)) as its ac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939066 | Methods and compositions for the inhibition of growth of infectious and other mycotic organisms in the gut of mammalian and avian species A method for the prevention and treatment of fungal infections and, therefore, consequent invasive mycosis in mammalian and avian species is described. The invention comprises a combination of β-1,3(4)-endoglucanohydrolase, β-1,3(4)glucan, diatomaceous earth, mine... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938758 | Hopping ball A hopping play ball has one or more water reservoirs in fluid communication with one or more squirt nozzles. The squirt nozzles are activated by a user. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937889 | Green garlic and methods of production A new vegetable, referred to herein as green garlic, grown from garlic bulbils is disclosed. In particular examples, the green garlic is rich in one or more thiosulfinates. Methods of producing green garlic are also disclosed. In some examples, such methods permit y... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637684 | Firearm handguard | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937694 | Fast flattening of nested streams Techniques and tools are described for flattening nested streams. For example, a stream flattening tool processes nested streams on a stack to traverse the nested streams. The tool produces a flattened stream that enumerates the elements of the nested streams. In on... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936441 | Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method An immersion projection optical system that prevents leakage of a liquid (immersion liquid) into the optical system and maintains satisfactory imaging capability. The projection optical system of the present invention is a projection optical system that projects a r... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935351 | Use of CPG oligodeoxynucleotides to induce angiogenesis This disclosure provides a method of inducing production of vascular endothelial growth factor by a cell. The method includes contacting the cell with a CpG oligonucleotide, thereby inducing the production of vascular endothelial growth factor by the cell. The discl... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934675 | Splicing apparatus and method An apparatus and method for splicing tapes dispensed from a tape dispenser. According to one embodiment, a first, running or unwinding roll of tape is provided with a first splicing element secured to its trailing end portion. A second, stationary or standby roll of... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933959 | Notification breakthrough status and profile Techniques and tools are described for notifications of events, such as receipt of messages, and specifically to tools and techniques related to breakthrough notification profile and status. For example, it is determining whether a profile is active and whether a co... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933721 | Multiplexed analysis for determining a serodiagnosis of viral infection Clinical samples can be analyzed using microparticles to determine the serodiagnosis of a viral infection from two candidate viral infections of the same viral group. Serodiagnosis can be determined via a pooled population of subsets of microparticles, with the part... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933337 | Prediction of transform coefficients for image compression A block transform-based digital media codec uses a transform coefficient prediction that takes into account a dominant directionality of the digital media data (e.g., an image with strong horizontal or vertical features), and further operates compatibly with a two-s... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932662 | Crystal devices and methods for manufacturing same Crystal devices are disclosed that include a crystal frame having a crystal vibrating piece and an outer frame. The crystal vibrating piece includes excitation electrodes, and the outer frame supports the crystal vibrating piece. Each device has a base including con... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931645 | Dental laser treatment device Described are a handpiece, a coupling, and a device with a laser source and handpiece for emitting a laser beam for dental treatment. In order to avoid damage to the healthy tooth tissue, an improved determination of the tooth temperature by measurement of at least ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931593 | Determining respiratory or circulatory health condition in animals for improved management A method and system for managing at least one animal is disclosed. The method can include imaging, such as ultrasound imaging, a lung of a live animal, such as a ruminant animal or bovine animal. The imaging can be performed to determine a degree of respiratory dama... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930924 | System for the online measurement of volatile and semi-volatile compounds and use thereof A system and method of measuring volatile and semi-volatile reduced organic compound content and volatile and semi-volatile oxidized organic compound content in a sample, using a dual detection system is provided. The method comprises introducing the sample into a s... | 04/26/2011 |
| PP21888 | plant named ‘Coral Reef’ A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Coral Reef’ characterized by medium large, dark orange to coral ray florets, enlarged coral red disc florets forming an anemone-type inflorescence, well-branched flower stalks, and excellent vigor. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| PP21885 | plant named ‘Tandarra Rainbow’ A new and distinct cultivar of Ensete plant characterized by striking strongly variegated red leaves and excellent vigor. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636946 | Pet bowl | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930413 | System and method for controlling access to a network resource A method and system that identifies connection attempts to a resource through the IP address used in the connection and compares the IP address against one or more of single or multiple lists of IP addresses simultaneously to affect the connection process. The resul... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930171 | Multi-channel audio encoding/decoding with parametric compression/decompression and weight factors The invention includes several techniques and tools, which can be used in combination or separately. For example, an audio encoder can encode information directly using coding processes that include a windowed overlapped transform, a selective multi-channel transfor... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928861 | Telemetry wave detection apparatus and method Non-contacting means of measuring the material velocities of harmonic acoustic telemetry waves travelling along the wall of drillpipe, production tubing or coiled tubing are disclosed. Also disclosed are contacting means, enabling measurement of accelerations or mat... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927793 | Cell lines and host nucleic acid sequences related to infectious disease Host nucleic acids and host proteins that participate in viral infection, such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), influenza A, and Ebola virus, have been identified. Interfering with or disrupting the interaction between a host nucleic acid or host protein and a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927569 | Methods for producing gallium and other oxo/hydroxo-bridged metal aquo clusters Metallic clusters can be produced by contacting a metal salt such as a metal nitrate with an organic reducing agent. Metals can be selected from a group consisting of metals exhibiting octahedral coordination, and nitrates of the selected metal or metals are contact... | 04/19/2011 |
| PP21880 | plant named ‘Fire Chief’ A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by red to deep burgundy medium sized leaves, bicolor red purple and light pink flowers on short flowering stems, a compact habit, excellent vigor, and excellent tolerance to heat and humidity. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926043 | Data structure path profiling The described technology provides data structure path profiling. An instrumented version of a program is created that calls a profiler runtime when pointer based data structures are allocated or accessed via pointers. A model of the heap is created and nodes in the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7926025 | Symbolic program model compositions A model composition environment can allow for description of fill or partial symbolic system behavior, as well as the combination of models of specific features into compound models. Compositional operators can include intersection, concatenation, substitution, alte... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925774 | Media streaming using an index file The present disclosure relates to playback of video/audio streaming media data to provide a substantially glitch-free experience. The system adapts the media stream to the user connection in order to choose the most desirable stream to avoid glitches. For example, i... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925594 | System and method for providing framework for business process improvement A method for developing a process roadmap for a business system is disclosed. The method includes identifying a business process and determining business goals and key process metrics for the business process. The method further includes measuring process maturity l... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925365 | Rough-cut capacity planning with production constraints and dynamic bottleneck considerations To assess the sufficiency of a plurality of machines for processing a number of items, machine availability information indicative of availability of the machines for processing the items, machine capacity information indicative of a capacity of each of the machines... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924921 | Signaling coding and display options in entry point headers A decoder receives an entry point header comprising plural control parameters for an entry point segment corresponding to the entry point header. The entry point header is in an entry point layer of a bitstream comprising plural layers. The decoder decodes the entry... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924920 | Motion vector coding and decoding in interlaced frame coded pictures In one aspect, an encoder/decoder receives information for four field motion vectors for a macroblock in an interlaced frame-coded, forward-predicted picture and processes the macroblock using the four field motion vectors. In another aspect, an encoder/decoder dete... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924574 | High-frequency circuit components High-frequency circuit components are disclosed in which parasitic capacitance between a high-frequency circuit element and a substrate is reduced and mechanical strength is improved. An exemplary component has a conductive substrate, a coil as the high-frequency ci... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923437 | Water soluble β-glucan, glucosamine, and N-acetylglucosamine compositions and methods for making the same Glucosamine, N-acetylglucosamine and β-glucan compositions suitable for human or animal consumption or use are disclosed. The glucosamine, N-acetylglucosamine and β-glucan compositions are derived from fungal biomass containing chitin. Various methods of producing... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921914 | Combined three-in-one fracturing system A three-in-one fracturing system is provided, which combines on a single trailer that can be pulled by a single tractor, a blending system for blending a fracturing fluid, a fluid pumping system for pumping the fracturing fluid into the well, and a data cabin for mo... | 04/12/2011 |
| PP21872 | plant named ‘Electric Lime’ A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by large, gold to lime colored leaves, red colored veins in cool temperatures, white flowers on a short flowering stems, excellent vigor, and excellent tolerance to heat and humidity. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| PP21871 | plant named ‘Berry Smoothie’ A new and distinct hybrid of Heuchera plant characterized by it salmon-rose spring leaves to rose-purple summer leaves, large leaves and habit, and excellent vigor. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| PP21870 | plant named ‘Little Angel’ A new and distinct Echinacea plant named ‘Little Angel’ characterized by numerous white, medium-small inflorescences, a well branched, compact, dwarf habit, and excellent vigor. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919607 | Nucleic acids encoding humanized anti-tag 72 CC49 antbodies The present disclosure provides humanized CC49 monoclonal antibodies that bind TAG-72 with high binding affinity and that are minimally immunogenic. In one embodiment, a humanized CC49 antibody includes a non-conservative amino acid substitution in a light chain com... | 04/05/2011 |
