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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931758 | Thermal mechanical treatment of ferrous alloys, and related alloys and articles A thermal mechanical treatment method includes hot working a precipitation hardening martensitic stainless steel, quenching the stainless steel, and aging the stainless steel. According to certain embodiments, the thermal mechanical treatment does not include soluti... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927435 | Zirconium strip material and process for making same Methods for producing zirconium strips that demonstrate improved formability are disclosed. The zirconium strips of the present disclosure have a purity and crystalline microstructure suitable for improved formability, for example, in the manufacture of certain arti... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922065 | Corrosion resistant fluid conducting parts, methods of making corrosion resistant fluid conducting parts and equipment and parts replacement methods utilizing corrosion resistant fluid conducting parts According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a part for an article of equipment includes a fluid conducting first region including a corrosion resistant first material, and a fluid conducting second region including a second material. The first region and the ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7914913 | AlOceramic tool with diffusion bonding enhanced layer The present invention relates to ceramic cutting tools, such as, a aluminum oxide with zirconium oxide ceramic cutting tool with diffusion bonding enhanced layer and CVD coatings, particularly useful for machining modern metal materials. The method comprises a chemi... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913884 | Methods and apparatus for processing molten materials Various non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein relate to nozzle assemblies for conveying molten material, the nozzle assemblies comprising a body, which may be formed from a material having a melting temperature greater than the melting temperature of the molten ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7908945 | Antirotation tool holder and cutting insert The present invention relates to embodiments of a cutting tool holder having at least one insert pocket, wherein at least one insert pocket comprises a side surface and at least one antirotation stop protruding from the side surface. The antirotation stop may compri... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905689 | Cutting tool system, cutting insert, and tool holder An improved design of a cutting insert system includes a plurality of indexable peripheral milling cutting inserts adapted to be mounted on a peripheral milling tool holder. Each of the cutting inserts includes an insert width that is the same for each cutting inser... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905687 | Cutting insert, tool holder, and related method A generally parallelogram-shaped cutting insert includes a top face; first and second main radial clearance faces, each intersecting the top face; first and second minor axial clearance faces each intersecting the top face and connecting the first and second main ra... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901519 | High strength martensitic stainless steel alloys, methods of forming the same, and articles formed therefrom A precipitation hardenable martensitic stainless steel that includes, in percent by weight, 11.0 to 12.5 percent chromium, 1.0 to 2.5 percent molybdenum, 0.15 to 0.5 percent titanium, 0.7 to 1.5 percent aluminum, 0.5 to 2.5 percent copper, 9.0 to 11.0 percent nickel... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7899109 | GPS m-code receiver tracking system An m-code GPS receiver receives m-code GPS communication signals having a multimodal autocorrelation, using an m-code mode identifier unambiguously determining a mode value of one of the m-code modal peaks coherently aligned to a coherent unimodal detected envelope,... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7888092 | Nucleic acid molecules encoding transmembrane serine proteases, the encoded proteins and methods based thereon Provided herein is are polypeptides that include the protease domain of a type II transmembrane serine protease (MTSP) as a single chain. Methods using the polypeptides to identify compounds that modulate the protease activity of an MTSP are provided. Also provided ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883688 | Polycationic polyrotaxanes capable of forming complexes with nucleic acids A polycation capable of forming a complex with a nucleic acid for carriage thereof. The polycation comprising at least one cyclic compound having a cavity. A polymer backbone is threaded into the cavity of the cyclic compound. A pair of bulky moieties cap the termin... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7880248 | Destructor integrated circuit chip, interposer electronic device and methods A semiconductor device. The device includes a substrate and an integrated circuit chip. The device also includes an electrically or thermally reactive layer located between a top surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the integrated circuit chip, wherein t... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848791 | Optical coherence tomography apparatus and methods In one aspect, the invention relates to an imaging probe. The imaging probe includes an elongate body having a proximal end and distal end, the elongate body adapted to enclose a portion of a slidable optical fiber, the optical fiber having a longitudinal axis; and ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846431 | Soluble glycosaminoglycanases and methods of preparing and using soluble glycosaminoglycanases The invention relates to the discovery of novel soluble neutral active Hyaluronidase Glycoproteins (sHASEGPs), methods of manufacture, and their use to facilitate administration of other molecules or to alleviate glycosaminoglycan associated pathologies. Minimally a... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846276 | Method of making alloys having low coefficient of thermal expansion The present disclosure provides alloys having an ultra-low coefficient of thermal expansion in the range of 60° F. to 80° F. The alloys have coefficient of thermal expansion no greater than 0.35×10−6° F.−1 in the range of 60° F. to 80... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7871607 | Soluble glycosaminoglycanases and methods of preparing and using soluble glycosaminoglycanases The invention relates to the discovery of novel soluble neutral active Hyaluronidase Glycoproteins (sHASEGPs), methods of manufacture, and their use to facilitate administration of other molecules or to alleviate glycosaminoglycan associated pathologies. Minimally a... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7858560 | Capture compounds, collections thereof and methods for analyzing the proteome and complex compositions Capture Collections of capture compounds and collections thereof and methods using the compounds collections for the analysis of biomolecules are provided. In particular, collections, compounds and methods are provided for analyzing complex protein mixtures, such as... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629888 | Dry powder inhaler | 12/28/2010 |
| D629887 | Dry powder inhaler | 12/28/2010 |
| 7854192 | Device and method for preparing a drink from a food substance contained in a capsule The invention relates to a method of wetting and/or dissolving a substance contained in a capsule for producing a beverage consisting, by means of a piercing and injection element, in piercing the capsule and injecting a liquid under pressure into the capsule to wet... | 12/21/2010 |
| D629506 | Dry powder inhaler | 12/21/2010 |
| 7853139 | Optical device, illumination apparatus, and camera An optical device includes a housing having first to fourth sidewalls and top and bottom plates; and (M−1) partitions between the first and second sidewalls, and has M lens chambers, each filled with first and second liquids forming a liquid lens. A first lens cha... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7843098 | Method for operating an electromotive drive A method for operating an electromotive drive of a textile machine, comprising a contactlessly mounted rotor and catch bearings. The rotor rests on one catch bearing prior to initial operation, and is spaced therefrom by an air gap during stationary operation. A con... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842886 | Transmission cable A transmission cable includes multiple signal lines formed on one side of an insulation layer and a ground line between the signal lines. The ground line is electrically connected to a shield layer formed on a back surface side of the insulation layer and to a noise... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842434 | Interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells and ferritic stainless steels adapted for use with solid oxide fuel cells Various embodiments relate to interconnects for solid oxide fuel cells (“SOFCs”) comprising ferritic stainless steel and having at least one via that when subjected to an oxidizing atmosphere at an elevated temperature develops a scale comprising a manganese-chr... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842366 | Multi-layer optical information recording medium A multiple-layer optical information recording medium is provided. An information recording layer that is the farthest from the reading side is denoted by L0, L1, L2, . . . and L5 information recording layers are successively formed in th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841936 | System and method for presenting payouts in gaming systems A system and method for facilitating participation by a player in a primary or bonus event of a slot machine. A plurality of rotatable shapes such as wheels, with symbols presented thereon, are spun. Each of the rotatable shapes is associated with at least one respe... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838410 | Method of electrically connecting element to wiring, method of producing light-emitting element assembly, and light-emitting element assembly A method of electrically connecting an element to wiring includes the steps of forming a conductive fixing member precursor layer at least on wiring provided on a base; and arranging an element having a connecting portion on the wiring such that the connecting porti... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837812 | Metastable beta-titanium alloys and methods of processing the same by direct aging Metastable beta titanium alloys and methods of processing metastable β-titanium alloys are disclosed. For example, certain non-limiting embodiments relate to metastable β-titanium alloys, such as binary β-titanium alloys comprising greater than 10 weight percent ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833095 | Gaming device having an adjacent selection bonus scheme A gaming device having a bonus game with an adjacent selection feature. In one embodiment of the present invention, the gaming device provides a plurality of adjacent player selectable selections. An award is associated with each player selectable selection. The awa... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829081 | Soluble glycosaminoglycanases and methods of preparing and using soluble glycosaminoglycanases The invention relates to the discovery of novel soluble neutral active Hyaluronidase Glycoproteins (sHASEGPs), methods of manufacture, and their use to facilitate administration of other molecules or to alleviate glycosaminoglycan associated pathologies. Minimally a... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828648 | Single outcome game of chance with differing wagers varying among multiple paytables Described is a method of playing a wagering game that comprises the player making multiple wagers to play a single-outcome game, the multiple wagers being made on multiple predetermined paytables for said game. One single-outcome game and at least two differing payt... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7828643 | Gaming device having odds of winning which increase as a player's wager increases A gaming device having a game which requires the same average investment from a player to win an award, including a jackpot award, regardless of the amount that the player bets at any one time. The award can be unchanging, e.g., $10,000, each time a player plays the... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826792 | Composite apparatus and method of changing assignment of function of operation button of remote controller of decoding device A composite apparatus and associated methods are provided. The composite apparatus has a first function device section, a second function device section, and a remote controller section for remotely controlling the first function device section and the second functi... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826258 | Crossbar diode-switched magnetoresistive random access memory system A magnetic memory or MRAM memory system comprising an M×N crossbar array of MRAM cells. Each memory cell stores binary data bits with switchable magnetoresistive tunnel junctions (MJT) where the electrical conductance changes as the magnetic moment of one electrode... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7825084 | Methods and compositions for increasing the anaerobic working capacity in tissues Provided are compositions comprising beta-alanylhistidine peptides and beta-alanines, and methods for administering these peptides and amino acids. In one aspect, the compositions and methods cause an increase in the blood plasma concentrations of beta-alanine and/o... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7820184 | Methods and compositions for detection of microorganisms and cells and treatment of diseases and disorders Methods for detecting a microorganism or cell in a subject and methods for detecting, imaging or diagnosing a site, disease, disorder or condition in a subject using microorganisms or cells and methods that microorganisms or cells for treating a disease, disorder or... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7816372 | 6-cycloamino-2-quinolinone derivatives as androgen receptor modulator compounds The present invention is directed to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods for modulating processes mediated by AR. Also provided are methods of making such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7805346 | Securitization structure A method comprising issuing, buying and/or selling pass-through certificates issued by an issuer. The pass-though rate payments on the certificates may be funded by payments to the issuer by one or more borrowers on a mortgage loan. The certificates may have a legal... | 09/28/2010 |
