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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182636 | Electrochemical cell and method of making an electrochemical cell Electrochemical test cells are made with precision and accuracy by adhering an electrically resistive sheet having a bound opening to a first electrically conductive sheet. A notching opening is then punched through the electrically resistive sheet and the first ele... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178505 | Method of predicting and reducing risk of metastasis of breast cancer to lung A signature for breast cancer tissue derived from a patient is established that is indicative of the virulence and risk of lung metastasis by determining the expression levels to define a sample signature, and comparing this sample signature to a reference signature... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172995 | Electrochemical test strips An easily manufactured electrochemical test strip is made with facing electrode but side by side connectors for insertion into an electrochemical test meter. Current is conducted from the electrode on one layer to a connector on the other by a conductive layer dispo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168404 | Methods to treat cancer with 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin and methods for assessing cancer for increased sensitivity to 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin The present invention relates to a method for assessing the sensitivity of a patient's cancer to treatment with 10-propargyl-10-deazaminopterin and a method for selecting a patient for treatment of cancer with 10-propargyl-10-deazaminopterin, by determining the amou... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162968 | Lancing device A lancing device is used with a lancet for lancing body tissue to result in a wound for bleeding. The lancing device has a cantilevered priming arm having a first arm portion that is generally parallel to an internal channel of the device and a second arm portion th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159345 | RFID monitoring and tracking of tools A system for identifying, monitoring, and tracking a plurality of tools includes: a pad for placing the tools, wherein the pad includes a plurality of appropriately-sized cutouts for nesting each of the tools; a sensor in each cutout that detects placement and remov... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8125340 | Smartbeam visibility network A method for providing real-time visibility on a construction project includes steps of: attaching a low-frequency, ultra low-power, two-way transceiver radio tag to each construction material to be used in the construction project; storing data relating to the cons... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123920 | Method and apparatus for assay of electrochemical properties The presence of a select analyte in the sample is evaluated in an electrochemical system using a conduction cell-type apparatus. A potential or current is generated between the two electrodes of the cell sufficient to bring about oxidation or reduction of the analyt... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115628 | Dot-tag visibility network architecture The system employs full transceivers, each having peer-to-peer, client/server, and IP networking capabilities, and covering open-area ranges of up to 100 feet. The system uses Low Frequency for data communications so it can achieve both low cost (less costly than ma... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111138 | Radio tag and system Passive tags use two antennas with only limited mutual coupling one of which receives a power/clock field and the other of which receives a data signal. An area-reading antenna, or two or more antennas, are deployed to generate the power/clock field, from a base sta... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110664 | Binding partners for the thyrotropin receptor and uses thereof A binding partner for the TSH receptor, which binding partner comprises, or is derived from, a human monoclonal or recombinant antibody, or one or more fragments thereof, reactive with the TSH receptor, uses thereof, methods of diagnosis and therapy employing the sa... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8093451 | Chalcone synthase dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine reductase from clover, medic ryegrass or fescue The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis in plants, and more specifically the modification of ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8087495 | Safety device for stairlifts The invention describes an over-speed governor (21) for a stairlift (10) which not only triggers upon the carriage (12) exceeding a pre-determined speed, but also triggers in the event the chair (11) departs from the horizontal by more th... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8067175 | Methods and compositions for detecting a drug resistant EGFR mutant Polymerase chain reaction primers and methods directed to detecting the EGFR mutant C→T at the position corresponding to base 2369 of EGFR cDNA. The invention provides a PCR primer that hybridizes under suitable PCR conditions to a polynucleotide sequence 5′ in ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057659 | Detection of analytes in a dual-mediator electrochemical test strip Determination of an analyte such as glucose in a sample is done making use of a plurality of electron transfer reagents, for example two electron transfer reagents, that work together to transfer electrons between the enzyme and the electrodes. The first electron tr... | 11/15/2011 |
| D646993 | Device for measuring the concentration of an analyte in a sample | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034967 | Method of preparing a purified ester-substituted phenol stream A method of producing a purified ester-substituted phenol stream is provided. The method includes a first step of obtaining from a melt transesterification reaction a byproduct stream containing a residual ester-substituted diaryl carbonate, an ester-substituted phe... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030942 | Method and apparatus for providing stable voltage to analytical system An electrochemical cell has two terminals. One of the terminals is connected to a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) power supply and to a voltmeter. The other terminal is connected to circuitry capable of switching between amperometric and potentiometric measurement modes... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026819 | Radio tag and system Passive tags use two antennas with only limited mutual coupling, one of which receives a power/clock field and the other of which receives a data signal. An area-reading antenna, or two or more antennas, are deployed to generate the power/clock field, from a base st... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8021666 | Method and compositions for stimulation of an immune response to CD20 using a xenogeneic CD20 antigen Tolerance of the immune system for endogenous CD20 can be overcome and an immune response stimulated by administration of xenogeneic or xenoexpressed CD20 antigen. For example, mouse CD20, or antigenically-effective portions thereof, can be used to stimulate an immu... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017370 | Manipulation of organic acid biosynthesis and secretion The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for organic acid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, organic acid biosynthesis and secretion in plants. In particularly prefer... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016997 | Method for determination of analyte concentrations and related apparatus A method is provided for determining analyte concentrations, for example glucose concentrations, that utilizes a dynamic determination of the appropriate time for making a glucose measurement, for example when a current versus time curve substantially conforms to a ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013741 | Evidence tracking A system uses a large loop antenna, connected with a transceiver operating below 1 MHz. The loop antenna is deployed from a spool to surround a crime scene, and may carry indicia communicating that it is a crime scene boundary. The system interrogates devices, inclu... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008543 | Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants by PAP1 The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, more particularly flavonoid biosynthesis-regulating transcription factors, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention als... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8004413 | Networked RF tag for tracking people by means of loyalty cards A system and associated tag for detecting and tracking people makes use of a low radio frequency detection tag. Each tag comprises an antenna operate at a at a low radio frequency not exceeding 1 megahertz, a transceiver connected to the tag's antenna operable to tr... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7973017 | Treatment of cancer by inhibition of IGFBP's and clusterin Agents that reduce the amount of IGFBP-2 and/or IGFBP-5 and that are known to be useful in the treatment of cancer result in increased expression of the protein clusterin. Since clusterin can provide protection against apoptosis, this secondary effect detracts from ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968128 | Plant extract compositions for affecting sleep A composition for affecting physiological sleep disorders comprising a therapeutically effective amount of Baiziren extract or any of its derivatives, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition may additionally comprise a therapeutically effective am... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964717 | RNAi probes targeting cancer-related proteins RNAi sequences that are useful as therapeutics in the treatment of cancers of various types, including prostate cancer, sarcomas such as osteosarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, anaplastic large ce... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964146 | Measuring device and methods for use therewith The ability to switch at will between amperometric measurements and potentiometric measurements provides great flexibility in performing analyses of unknowns. Apparatus and methods can provide such switching to collect data from an electrochemical cell. The cell may... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7964089 | Analyte determination method and analyte meter The presence of oxygen or red blood cells in a sample applied to an electrochemical test strip that makes use of a reduced mediator is corrected for by an additive correction factor that is determined as a function of the temperature of the sample and a measurement ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960608 | Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, flavonoid-regulating transcription factors and a flavonoid-specific membrane transporter in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7955680 | Tessellating elements The tessellating elements are in sets and comprise (a) at least one curve element comprising a semi-circle of diameter x; (b) at least one wave element having a perimeter which is three-sided, including a first side which is straight and of length x, a second side w... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7943034 | Method and apparatus for providing a stable voltage to an analytical system A method and apparatus for provide a stable voltage to an electrochemical cell used for measurement of an analyte such as glucose in a liquid sample. The apparatus uses a circuit in which multiple switching positions provide both calibration information for use in c... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939530 | Treatment of lymphoma using 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin and gemcitabine Lymphoma is treated using therapeutic combinations of PDX and gemcitabine by administering to a patient suffering from lymphoma a therapeutically effective amount of PDX in combination with a therapeutically effective amount of gemcitabine. The two agents can be adm... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7932234 | Bispecific oligonucleotide for the treatment of CNS malignancies CNS malignancy is treated in a subject suffering from a CNS malignancy by administering to the subject an antisense oligonucleotide having a sequence of bases that is complementary to portions of both the gene encoding IGFBP-2 and the gene encoding IGFBP-5, and whic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928082 | Bispecific antisense oligonucleotides that inhibit IGFBP-2 and IGFBP-5 and methods of using same Bispecific antisense oligonucleotides which consist essentially of a sequence of bases that is complementary to portions of both the gene encoding human IGFBP-2 and the gene encoding human IGFBP-5 are useful in as antisense therapeutics in the treatment of endocrine... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927345 | Lancet cartridges and lancing devices A lancet cartridge has a U-shaped support with a pair of anchor portions, a base portion, and a pair of deformable leg portions connecting the anchor portions to the base portion. The pair of deformable leg portions change shape from an initial shape to an extended ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7911344 | Smartbeam visibility network A method for providing real-time visibility on a construction project includes steps of: attaching a low-frequency, ultra low-power, two-way transceiver radio tag to each construction material to be used in the construction project; storing data relating to the cons... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906325 | Modification of fatty acid biosynthesis using recombinant diacylglycerol acyltransferase sequences from ryegrass () and fescue () The present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for fatty acid biosynthesis enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, fatty acid biosynthesis in plants. In particular, the pres... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902962 | Cart-based visibility system A cart has at least three wheels. It has one or more loop antennas, and a radio transceiver connected with the antennas. The antennas and transceiver operate at a frequency lower than 1 megahertz. The loop antennas are each at least 0.2 square meters in area. The ca... | 03/08/2011 |
