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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7925079 | Method and system for pattern recognition and processing The present invention provides a method and system for pattern recognition and processing. Information representative of physical characteristics or representations of physical characteristics is transformed into a Fourier series in Fourier space within an input con... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7902339 | Antitumor antibodies, proteins, and uses thereof Antibodies that bind to a 40 kDa protein which is expressed on tumors, but is not expressed on normal adult hemopoietic cells are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for production and the use of such antibodies. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7847105 | Methods and compounds for preparing CC-1065 analogs A method of forming a CBI CC-1065 analog utilizes NH2 as a starting material, where R3 is H or alkyl and R6 is H, substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl, cyano, or alkoxy. Intermediates (I) are used and are claimed. ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846613 | Fuel cell with separator having a ridge member A power generation cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and first and second metal separators sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. Ridge members are formed integrally on the second metal separator, and these ridge members contact a first seal member o... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846612 | Fuel cell A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and first and second separators. A first insulating bushing is attached to a first positioning hole of a first separator, and a second insulating bushing is attached to a second positioning hole of the second separ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846602 | Thermoelectric conversion apparatus A thermoelectric conversion apparatus has an evaporator for heating a working medium in liquid-phase to evaporate the working medium, an electric generator for forming a concentration cell for electric power generation when it is supplied with a reactive gas and the... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846589 | Fuel cell having separator with cell voltage terminal A fuel cell stack includes unit cells. At one side of the unit cells, an oxygen-containing gas supply passage and a fuel gas discharge passage having different opening areas are provided. At the one side of the unit cells, a recess is provided near the fuel gas disc... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846440 | Antibodies against ErbB3 and uses thereof The present invention provides a novel class of monoclonal antibodies which bind ErbB3 receptor and inhibits various ErbB3 functions. In a particular embodiment, the antibodies are capable of binding to ErbB3 and inhibiting ligand mediated phosphorylation of the rec... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846307 | High-pressure hydrogen production apparatus The invention provides a high-pressure hydrogen production apparatus for preventing hydrogen gas from leaking toward an anode side and for obtaining excellent electrolytic efficiency. The apparatus includes a single cell having a solid polymer electrolyte membrane, ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845135 | Window frame The present invention relates to a window frame. According to the present invention, there is provided a window frame, which comprises: a frame unit having a pair of side jamb frames for defining both side ends of the frame unit, an upper jamb frame for defining an ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7875278 | Monoclonal antibodies against prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) lacking in fucosyl residues The invention pertains to anti-PSMA antibodies that lack fucosyl residues. The antibodies of the invention exhibit increased antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity as compared to the fucosylated form of the antibodies. The invention also provides h... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875277 | Compositions and methods for inhibiting squamous cell carcinoma The present invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting and inhibiting squamous cell carcinoma using agents that target the laminin 5 alpha 3 G4-G5 domain. ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874982 | Illuminated surgical access system including a surgical access device and coupled light emitter A surgical access system for providing access to a surgical site in a patient includes a surgical access device defining a port and a light emitter coupled to the surgical access device for illuminating the port. The light emitter preferably comprises an elongated s... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865350 | Partitioning a model in modeling environments Methods and systems for partitioning objects in modeling environments are disclosed. The modeling environments enable users to partition an object (parent object) to include other objects (child objects). The parent object may reference the child objects (referenced... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865305 | Navigation system A navigation server and the like capable of making a navigation device 200 output a route having adequacy in view of various circumstances is provided. A navigation server 100 recognizes a navigation route r(k) for guiding the automobile 2 to th... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7865254 | Modeling of control systems with open-loop representations and factorization of components A method of manipulating a block diagram model with a plurality of graphical modeling components by defining an open loop anywhere on the block diagram model is provided. Graphical modeling components in series with the open loop may be automatically recognized and ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7863419 | Antibodies having altered effector function and methods for making the same The invention provides a method of producing aglycosylated Fc-containing polypeptides, such as antibodies, having desired effector function. The invention also provides aglycosylated antibodies produced according to the method as well as methods of using such antibo... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7851791 | Thin film transistor having N-type and P-type CIS thin films and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a thin film transistor (TFT) which uses CIS (CuInSe2), including Se, which is a chalcogen-based material, and can provide a rectifying function, and electric and optical switching functions of a diode. The TFT according to the present inventio... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7851163 | Method for determining the biologically effective parathyroid hormone activity in a sample Immunoassay for the determination of parathyroid hormone activity in a sample, and for the diagnosis, etiology and treatment of calcium metabolism disturbances, osteopathies and hyper- or hypoparathyroidisms. The parathyroid hormone activity is measured with the aid... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844943 | System and method for providing indicators of textual items having intrinsic executable computational meaning within a graphical language environment An electronic device with a graphical language environment that includes a method which examines a graphical model to identify textual items having intrinsic executable computational meaning within the graphical model is discussed. The method identifies at least one... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844431 | Method and apparatus for integrated modeling, simulation and analysis of chemical and biochemical reactions An integrated system for modeling, simulating and analyzing chemical and biochemical reactions includes a modeling environment for constructing a model of a chemical or biochemical reaction. The system also includes a simulation engine accepting as input the constru... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7843713 | Method of driving DC/DC converter, and DC/DC converter When the three U-, V-, W-phase arms of a DC/DC converter are turned on, they are alternately turned on by gate drive signals. When the U-, V-, W-phase arms are alternately turned on, an upper arm switching device of the U-phase arm, for example, is turned on, and th... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7842275 | Hydrogen absorbing material, method for producing the same, and hydrogen storage container After AlH3 is synthesized, ball milling is performed under a condition in which a force of 2 G to 20 G (G represents the acceleration of gravity) is applied, to thereby provide AlH3 having an X-ray diffraction pattern in the form of a halo patt... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841313 | Engine balancer system An engine balancer system is provided in which a balancer housing (17) disposed so as to face an oil pan beneath a crankshaft is formed by joining an upper housing (29) and a lower housing (30) via mating faces (P), and the height of the mating ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7840938 | Systems for retaining state information in a dynamically typed text-based environment A method for retaining state information of a digital filter object in a dynamically typed text-based programming environment is disclosed. The digital filter object retains state information which includes the minimal amount of information that is necessary to dete... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7840913 | Restricting state diagrams with a set of predefined requirements to restrict a state diagram to a state diagram of a moore or mealy machine The present invention provides a user of a state diagramming environment with the ability to specify if the user wants to develop a Moore machine or a Mealy machine. To achieve this, a set of predefined requirements is provided that restricts the state diagram seman... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7839914 | Method and apparatus for channel estimation to electro-magnetic wave multi path between sender and receiver by using chirp signal Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for channel estimation regarding electromagnetic wave multi-path characteristics between a sender and a receiver by using a chirp signal. The method includes the steps of (a) multiplying a received composite signal by a narrowb... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7838657 | Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treatment via targeting of splice site inhibitory sequences The present invention is directed to methods and compositions capable of blocking the inhibitory effect of a newly-identified intronic inhibitory sequence element, named ISS-N1 (for “intronic splicing silencer”), located in the SMN2 gene. The compositions and me... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7837249 | Vehicle for enhancing recognition accuracy of visual information The vehicle is equipped with a front window having a light transmission characteristic and separated into a first area and a second area provided below the first area, wherein a boundary between the first area and the second area is provided so that a looking-down a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7835895 | Signal inheritance in a graphical model environment A method is provided for extending the capability of signals in a graphical model environment. Features of a first signal type and features of a second signal type are combinable to form a combined signal type while allowing existing blocks in the graphical model en... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835889 | Variable transport delay modelling mechanism A method, system and apparatus for generating a variable transport delay for use in modeling a dynamic system. The variable transport delay of the present invention may be calculated using a variety of means, including the use of a lookup table generated at a variet... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834876 | Providing graphic generating capabilities for a model based development process A method and system for providing a block for use in a block diagram in a graphical modeling environment which is capable of rendering a parameterized graphic annotation. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834022 | Metabolites of the Janus kinase inhibitor (R)-3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile The present invention provides active metabolites of 3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases incl... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7833547 | Ibuprofen and narcotic analgesic compositions Provided herein are compositions and methods of making compositions of ibuprofen in combination with a narcotic analgesic. Specifically provided is a pharmaceutical tablet composition comprising ibuprofen; a narcotic analgesic; colloidal silicon dioxide; a filler se... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7832167 | Door and window system with stiffeners A door and window system comprising a door, a window, a bracket, and a retainer. The door has a portal, and the window is adapted to fit within the portal. The window having a first face and a second face. The bracket has a first window support, and the retainer has... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7830150 | Helicopter electromagnetic prospecting system An airborne electromagnetic prospecting system (10) is disclosed. The system (10) comprises a transmitter loop structure (12) hat is attached to, and arranged to be towed by, a helicopter (14). A transmitter (22) is fitted to the t... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829673 | Antibodies against CD38 for treatment of multiple myeloma Isolated human monoclonal antibodies which bind to human CD38, and related antibody-based compositions and molecules, are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the human antibodies, and therapeutic and diagnostic methods for using the ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824817 | Fuel cell A power generation cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, and a first separator and a second separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. First supply holes, first discharge holes, second supply holes and second discharge holes extend ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7823168 | Communication system A communication system for linking users to control instruments. A user may send a first creation command from a user interface and establish a communication channel linking the command interpreter and the control instrument independent of the interface bus standard... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7823122 | Model and subsystem function signatures A system and method are provided to enable a user to specify function signatures for automated code generators to generate code based on a model representation. The method for automatically generating a function based on the model representation includes providing a... | 10/26/2010 |
