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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7320553 | Electrical wire marker A liquid marker for marking wires and conductors for identification purposes having a nib with a divergent or a somewhat V-shaped opening so as to be able to accommodate a range of different circumferences of wires. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7299034 | System and method for wearable electronics A system for wearable electronics devices configured to intercommunicate through wireless communication and, optionally, to communicate with other electronic devices such as cellular telephones, computers, computer networks, etc. is described. In one embodiment, a c... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7037147 | Engine control system for watercraft A personal watercraft has a jet pump propulsion device. An engine powers the propulsion device and a control device controls engine speed. A steering mechanism steers a thrust direction of the propulsion device. An engine load sensor or an engine speed sensor senses... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6824619 | Method and device for rotating a wafer Method and device for rotating a wafer which is arranged floating in a reactor. The wafer is treated in a reactor of this nature, and it is important for this treatment to be carried out as uniformly as possible. For this purpose, it is proposed to rotate the wafer ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6709844 | Avoidance of undesirable replication intermediates in plasmid propagation Disclosed herein are improved plasmid shuttle vectors, vaccines based on them, and methods related to their construction and use. Particular arrangements of functional elements of such plasmids, namely origins of replication and eukaryotic transcription/translation ... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6630762 | Permanent magnet rotor and method of making the same To effectively utilize the reluctance torque in an embedded magnet type permanent magnet rotor to thereby decrease the leakage flux, a rotor core is formed with slits having longitudinal ends. The longitudinal ends of the slits are open to the outside in ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6528654 | Synthesis of histamine dihydrochloride The invention disclosed herein relates to the preparation of pharmaceutical grades of histamine dihydrochloride using a two step non-enzymatic synthetic method. The invention disclosed herein describes the synthesis of histamine dihydrochloride by the non... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6413085 | System for improving the appearance of teeth The disclosed waxing guide is in the form of a thin flat element having a central line formed thereon. The guide is placed beneath the dental cast with the central line centered between maxillary central incisors on the dental cast. Lines spaced outwardly... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6323192 | Chromium polynicotinate compositions and uses thereof for absorption of essential metals Compositions comprising chromic tripicolinate or chromic polynicotinate in the form of enteric-coated tablets, capsules or microbeads, optionally in combination with nicotinic acid, picolinic acid or both nicotinic acid and picolinic acid. The composition... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6300058 | Method for measuring messenger RNA The present invention provides a method for detecting and quantifying mRNA in a sample. The mRNA that can be detected has a unique sequence. The method includes immobilizing a first polynucleotide to an insoluble support. The first polynucleotide has a fi... | 10/09/2001 |
| 6286592 | Puller-thruster downhole tool A method and apparatus for propelling a tool having a body within a passage. The tool includes a gripper including at least a gripper portion which can assume a first position that engages an inner surface of the passage and limits relative movement of th... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6263851 | Air inlet device for watercraft engine An air inlet device for an engine powering a water propulsion device of a watercraft, the watercraft having a hull defining an engine compartment in which the engine is positioned, is disclosed. The engine has a body defining at least one combustion chamb... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6251098 | Fluid container for use with platen pump Disclosed is an infusion pump and a fluid container for expelling a fluid from the fluid container to a patient. The pump comprises a housing having a chamber therein for receiving the fluid reservoir. A first wall is provided on the housing for contactin... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6230813 | Method of moving a puller-thruster downhole tool A method and apparatus for propelling a tool having a body within a passage. The tool includes a gripper including at least a gripper portion which can assume a first position that engages an inner surface of the passage and limits relative movement of th... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6226774 | System and method for generating a hazard-free asynchronous circuit A flip-flop-based circuit architecture generates a hazard-free asynchronous signal given the SET and RESET sum-of-product (SOP) solutions to an asynchronous process. The flip-flop SET and RESET SOP solutions can be hazardous. Thus, general purpose synchro... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6211342 | Multivalent MHC complex peptide fusion protein complex for stimulating specific T cell function The present invention describes a soluble fusion protein composed of a plurality of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules linked together by a stabilizing structure herein referred to as the "linker," the MHC molecules being loaded with a speci... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6197302 | Method of stimulating T cells The present invention describes a soluble fusion protein composed of a plurality of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules linked together by a stabilizing structure herein referred to as the "linker," the MHC molecules being loaded with a speci... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6126260 | Method of prolonging lifetime of thermal bubble inkjet print head A method of prolonging the lifetime of a thermal-bubble-ink-jet print head. A first pulse is provided to a heater of the print head for generating a first bubble to expel an ink drop. A second pulse is provided to the heater after a delay time for generat... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6117144 | Suturing device and method for sealing an opening in a blood vessel or other biological structure A suturing device allows a physician to remotely seal an incision in a blood vessel or other biological tissue. The device comprises an elongated tubular body having a distal portion which is adapted to be inserted percutaneously through the incision and ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6007747 | Method of making an aspheric soft lens An aspheric soft intraocular lens, having an optical power surface, which may have multiple radii portions or aspherical portions, as well as spherical portions, intended to replace the crystalline lens of a patient's eye, in particular after a cataract e... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6007693 | Spa halogen generator and method of operating A halogen generator produces a halogen sanitizing agent to sanitize water in a spa or other water feature. A coaxial wall fitting desirably couples the halogen generator to the water feature. The halogen generator desirably includes a bipolar electrolytic... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5941263 | Leg support crutch A single leg support crutch provides improved stability and balance to a user, who suffers from foot, ankle or lower leg injury, in order to enhance ambulatory movement of the user during recuperation. The leg support crutch comprises a unitary leg cradle... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5919366 | Effluent treatment system A treatment system for liquid or liquid and solid effluent. The system is enclosed within a pipe, duct (10) or trench and comprises one or more sloping filter beds (12, 13, 14) with a population of effluent decomposing organisms such as earthworms and mot... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5916405 | Lightweight speaker enclosure A speaker enclosure having a substantially seamless rigid outer skin, a middle sound absorbing layer, and a substantially seamless flexible inner skin. The speaker enclosure is comprised of two basic parts, a box section and a baffle section where each of... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5797924 | Stereotactic fixation system and calibration phantom A stereotactic fixation apparatus provides for accurate and reproducible positioning of a patient's skull during medical diagnostic and treatment procedures. The stereotactic fixation apparatus includes a mouthpiece having an acrylic impression formed as ... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5743960 | Precision metered solenoid valve dispenser A reagent dispensing apparatus is provided including a positive displacement syringe pump in series with a solenoid valve dispenser. The pump is controlled by a stepper motor or the like to provide an incremental quantity or continuous flow of reagent to ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5729949 | Slab on grade chair A chair for supporting and spacing reinforcement bars having a hollow-conical body for stackability, a planar base for support, an aperture allowing concrete to flow into and around the chair, and notches in the upper surface of the chair to retain the ba... | 03/24/1998 |
