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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6040423 | Process for synthesis of peptides The invention relates to a process for the rapid synthesis of support-bound or free peptides, a device for carrying out the process, a flat material with peptides bound to it which are prepared according to the process, and to a use for the flat material.... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5954059 | Filtration materials An extruded filtration material which is degradable and comprises either a plastics material or an inorganic material having a melting point above the operating temperature, a polysaccharide expansion medium, a binder and water. These ingredients are fed ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5893039 | Catalytic method A catalytic reaction system for promoting hydrocarbon reduction during periods of fuel rich engine operation of a multicylinder internal combustion engine which operates from signals generated by a microprocessor based engine controller. Each cylinder is ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5882808 | Anti-bacterial and anti-fungal ceramic product The present invention provides an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal glaze composition for ceramic products formed by incorporating a silver-containing substance; and a fire resistant material and/or glass composition. The present invention can be used in the... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5866078 | Oxygen storage system This invention which combines an oxygen storage system with a catalytic converter to enhance the conversion of common pollutants found in the exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine. The oxygen storage element is placed upstream of the catalyt... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5863566 | Dough manipulation apparatus There is described dough manipulation apparatus for use with a biscuit cutting machine, wherein the apparatus is operable to form and then manipulate dough sheets before output of the sheets to the biscuit cutting machine. A sheet forming unit and a sheet... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5853784 | Stabilisation of flavors Volatile flavour molecules having a particular cyclic enolone structure are stabilised by complexation with alkaline earth metal ions. These complexes are stable until exposed to certain conditions of temperature and/or moisture.... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5853082 | Conveying tobacco Particulate tobacco is conveyed by a conveyor comprising a resiliently mounted conveyor tray and out-of-balance motors mounted to the tray. An index of performance of, for example ##EQU1## is achievable.... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5848975 | Breath test for helicobacter pylori To optimize the 14 C-urea breath test for Helicobacter pylori (a) a collection method for alveolar breath samples, (b) varying the post-dosage breath collection time and (c) varying the concentrations of KOH in the liquid trap employed for the ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5840777 | Method of producing polysaccharide foams A method of producing a polysaccharide foam is provided. The method comprises mechanically foaming an aqueous solution of a soluble polysaccharide and thereafter reacting the foam to produce stable foam. Typically, the soluble polysaccharide is an alginat... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5833874 | Fire extinguishing gels and methods of preparation and use thereof Fire-extinguishing compositions of low ozone depletion potential comprise dry particles of fire-extinguishing agents dispersed in a gel of liquified volatile perfluorocarbons, chlorofluorocarbons or hydrofluorocarbons. The dry particles are compatibilized... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830637 | Apparatus and methods for detecting antibodies A single, unitary, solid phase support apparatus having a planar surface divided into a plurality of separate zone functions to detect antibodies. Each zone has bonded to it, a different peptide through its C-terminal end. The zones are incubated with the... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826725 | Molded biodegradable packaging The disclosure is of a method and apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to pr... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5824132 | Method of phosphoric acid concentration The wet process phosphoric acid evaporation, its clarifying, fertilizer production and fertilizer efficiency is improved in the presence of multi-component mixture of anionic surfactants and ammonium compound.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5820834 | Flexible catalytic substrate mounting system The flexible catalyst mounting system employing a "v" notch for holding flexible catalyst elements. Between any pair of rings a flexible catalyst element or plurality of elements, a stack, are placed. The rings placed between flexible catalyst elements or... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5819495 | Fastening device A fastening device comprises a connecting member 8 and a body 1, an object to be secured typically being attached to the connecting member, and the body being installed, at a fixed location 25. To secure the object, an end 11 of the connecting member 8 mu... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5794653 | Water shut-off valve and control system A water distribution system protects against water leaks by shutting off the water if a pre-determined flow is detected for more than a set period of time. The time may be changed to any value between one minute and four or more hours. When the pre-determ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791308 | Plug assembly A plug assembly for ignition of fuel in admixture with air within a combustion chamber which comprises an exposed heating element having a multi-turn coil of electrically conductive catalytic wire mounted in grooves formed on the surface of ceramic suppor... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5789640 | Aromatic hydrocarbons alkylation and liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed for alkylation Disclosed is a process for continuous alkylation of aromatics or their derivatives in the presence of a solid acid catalyst in a liquid-solid circulating fluidized bed system, said system comprising a liquid-solid cocurrent upflow reactor, a sedimentation... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5771920 | Domestic water valve assembly A domestic water valve assembly protects against water leaks by closing a valve if a leak is detected. A leak is detected when a water flow rate falls below a predetermined low flow rate for a length of time longer than a predetermined time-out period or ... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5770439 | Thick-film conductivity enzyme electrodes in a vertical stack as biosensor A biosensor is produced by depositing thick film pastes by screen-printing on a substrate to produce thick-film conductivity electrodes, and immobilizing enzymes on the electrodes. In specific embodiments, the substrate is an unfired ceramic, a fired cera... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5763227 | Process for the production of primers and template bank therefor The invention relates to a process for the production of a primer for consecutive DNA sequencing, in which at least two shortmers are hybridised adjacent to one another using a template and are then ligated with one another to form the primer, the process... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5756758 | Peptide intermediates The invention relates to compounds which can be reacted with a carboxyl function with formation of an ester bond, whereby a protective group and, in particular, an anchor group for the carboxyl function is provided. The invention further relates to esters... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753256 | Plaster for the treatment of nail mycoses The invention relates to a plaster for the treatment of nail mycoses, which s characterized by an antimycotically active substance, clotrimazole and bifonazole being excluded.... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5746699 | Acoustic imaging Single hand supportable and operable apparatus for providing an output signal characteristic of the morphology of a respiratory tract includes an acoustic pipe for exchanging acoustical energy with the tract. The pipe has an open first end in communicatio... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5722432 | Smoking articles This invention provides a smoking article having reduced sidestream smoke in the inter-puff period. A smoking article according to the invention may comprise segments of a high level of tobacco-containing material interconnected by segments of low level o... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5720606 | Catalytic method The method of combusting lean fuel-air mixtures comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a gaseous admixture of fuel and air, said admixture having an adiabatic flame temperature below a temperature which would result in any substantial formation of nitrogen oxid... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720163 | Torch assembly The conventional gas turbine combustor is improved by mounting a pilot flame producing torch in a wall of the combustor to project a flame into the combustor as a means of ignition. The torch preferably is a catalytic igniter which will operate over a wid... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720609 | Catalytic method The method of combusting lean fuel-air mixtures comprising the steps of: a. obtaining an admixture of fuel and air, said admixture having an adiabatic flame above about 900° Kelvin; b. passing least a portion of said admixture into contact with one or more me... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5720605 | Catalytic method The method of combusting lean fuel-air mixtures comprising the steps of: a. obtaining a gaseous admixture of fuel and air, said admixture having an adiabatic flame temperature below a temperature which would result in any substantial formation of nitrogen oxid... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5716976 | Method of treatment for carbohydrate addiction A method is described for alleviating carbohydrate addiction by administration of anorexients on a schedule that avoids tolerance to the anorexient.... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5711962 | Transdermal therapeutic system for application of pharmaceuticals onto the skin Transdermal therapeutic systems containing as active ingredients oestradiol and norethisterone acetate have added thereto octyldodecanol to reduce or avert crystal formation after storage. The use of octyldodecanol thus makes it possible to produce a stor... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5705361 | Hybrid transposon with PT operon, plasmids and bacterial strains therefor The invention relates to a hybrid transposon having a PT operon, to plasmids and to bacterial strains (hosts) therefor.... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5704490 | Electrostatic separation of particulate material Electrostatic separation is used to separate electrically conducting particles from electrical insulator particles by attracting the conducting particles to a separating electrode, whilst the insulator particles remain substantially attached to a carrier ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5702786 | Process for preparing thermoplastic polyolefin resin articles of reduced hydrocarbon permeability A process is described for improving the hydrocarbon solvent impermeability of polyethylene resin based containers. The process employs a thermal profile during thermal molding, which creates a crystalline barrier adjacent one surface of the container. Th... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5699645 | Molded biodegradable packaging The disclosure is of portable apparatus for packaging articles, and cushioning the packages with biodegradable, starch based materials. The materials, packed as loose nuggets within the package, are converted to a single, unitary cushion in-situ to protec... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5695598 | Bonding press The invention concerns a bonding press for bonding, onto a cloth, a fusible interlining comprising a base fabric associated to one or more thermoadhesive and/or thermocross-linkable adhesive polymer layer(s). According to the invention, the interlining/cl... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5681885 | Coating material for antistatic high refractive index film formation In order to provide a coating material for formation of an antistatic/high refractive index film possessing superior antistatic effects, as well as an antistatic/anti-reflection film covered transparent material laminated body provided with superior antis... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5666960 | Acoustic imaging Single hand supportable and operable apparatus for providing an output signal characteristic of the morphology of a respiratory tract includes an acoustic pipe for exchanging acoustical energy with the tract. The pipe has an open first end in communicatio... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5660043 | Torch assembly The conventional gas turbine combustor is improved by mounting a pilot flame producing torch in a wall of the combustor to project a flame into the combustor as a means of ignition. The torch preferably is a catalytic igniter which will operate over a wid... | 08/26/1997 |
