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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182988 | Homogeneous luminescence bioassay A homogenous bioassay including i) a first group containing a short lifetime fluorescent acceptor, and ii) a second group containing a quencher, with the first and second groups linked by at least a first linkage. The bioassay measures the acceptor's fluorescence in... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182757 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing of a calcium carbonate product, the product and its use A method and apparatus for producing a calcium carbonate product formed of small | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172978 | Reinforced radio frequency identification device support and its manufacturing method The invention concerns a method for manufacturing a radio frequency identification device (RFID), the device featuring an antenna and a chip (12) connected to the antenna, the method including the following steps: printing a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8157127 | Method of draining a flexible container housing a viscous product A method and kit for draining a flexible container holding a product having a viscosity of between 10 Pa·s and 200 000 Pa·s. The method includes using a flexible container (3); optionally, moving the container (3) to be drained to a drainage site; en... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8128903 | Method of treating a precipitate comprising iron (II) sulfate monohydrate, a plant, granular material and its uses The invention relates to a method of controlling the solubility of granular material by treating a precipitate comprising iron(II)sulphate monohydrate originating from titanium dioxide production, in which method the reaction temperature is allowed to increase at th... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8044161 | Use of tocopherol The present invention relates to the use of tocopherol as a co-catalyst in the ring opening polymerisation of cyclic siloxanes. The present invention further relates to a method for manufacturing hydrophilic polysiloxanes, wherein a hydrido-containing cyclic siloxan... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8038831 | Radio frequency identification device support for passport and its manufacturing method A method for manufacturing an identity booklet cover provided with a radio frequency identification device having an antenna and a chip (12) connected to the antenna, the method including the following steps: producing an an... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8012445 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing of a calcium carbonate product, the product and its use A method and apparatus for producing a calcium carbonate product formed of small | 09/06/2011 |
| 8002684 | Vibrating plate apparatus for muscular toning A vibrating plate apparatus including a vibrating plate on which a user rests, a vibration motor member connected to the vibrating plate, several air cushions provided under the vibrating plate for dampening vibration, and an air tank in communication with each of t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7988059 | Method for connecting an electronic chip to a radiofrequency identification device A method for connecting an electronic chip (10) to contacts (47and 48) of an electric circuit, the chip having two conductive plates (31and 32) located on the last layer of the chip and at least one electromagnetic shielding layer,... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7976877 | Use of knotwood extracts The use of i) finely divided knotwood, or ii) an extract, obtained by extracting knotwood with a polar solvent and recovering the extract, as an antioxidative agent. A fraction of the extract may also be used as an antioxidative agent. ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7972838 | Method for stabilizing assay reagents, reagent container with stabilized assay reagents and use thereof A reagent container having an inner surface upon which at least two reagents are dried, with the first reagent dried on a first area separate from a second area where the second reagent is dried. The first and second reagents are a nucleic acid polymerase and its su... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7950082 | Cradle adaptable to an aircraft seat Cradle for a passenger cabin of an aircraft, suitable for a child of less than 2 years old capable of sitting upright, comprising a rigid and formable structure formed by a rectangular frame and two uprights, designed to be fixed to one wall of the cabin, and a cove... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943579 | Osteogenic implant matrices and endosseous tooth implants with improved osteointegration properties Implant articles with improved osseointegrating properties, osteogenic implant materials, and process of inducing differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, proliferation of osteoblast and attachment of cells to implant surface, comprising the step of impregnating t... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7935386 | Aqueous silicone emulsion for coating woven or non-woven fibrous substrates An aqueous polyorganosiloxane (POS) emulsion which can easily be deposited on/applied to a fibrous substrate at high speed and at limited deposition rates, for example less than 40 g/m2. The emulsion contains (A) a POS with ≡Si-vinyl units, (B) a POS wi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7927039 | Method for improving vermiculite's intake of ammonium ions, absorption material, its uses and method of removing ammonium from environment The invention relates to a method for improving vermiculite's intake of ammonium, in which method heating of the crude vermiculite is conducted to a temperature where vermiculite's third dehydration step takes place, the temperature being lower than the temperature ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926488 | Frame of an intrauterine system A frame of an intrauterine system which includes an elongate member having at its first end a transverse member including a first wing and a second wing, first ends of the wings being attached to the elongate member. The first and second wings are symmetrically bent... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7897166 | Biodegradable ceramic fibres from silica sols A method for preparing controllably biodegradable silica fibres which includes spinning the fibres from a silica sol of controlled viscosity, controllably biodegradable silica fibres prepared according to the method, methods for controlling the biodegradability of t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7850986 | Delivery system The present invention relates to a delivery system comprising a core and a membrane encasing said core, wherein said core and membrane consist essentially of an elastomer composition and said core comprises at least one therapeutically active agent. The delivery sys... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7826052 | Correction method and measurement device for anti-stokes photoluminescence measurement A method to correct measurement error in a resonance energy-transfer assay, including exciting anti-Stokes photoluminescent donors with at least one wavelength of light which is greater than an emission wavelength of acceptor molecules; measuring emission at the acc... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7824876 | Method for diagnosing acute coronary syndrome A bioaffinity assay for quantitative determination in a sample of free PAPP-A, defined as the pregnancy associated plasma protein A (PAPP-A) that is not complexed to the proform of major basic protein (proMBP), where free PAPP-A is determined either i) as a calculat... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7795203 | Method for topical treatment of eye disease and composition and device for said treatment A method for the prevention or treatment of an eye disease, which includes topically applying to a patient in need of the treatment an aqueous ophthalmic composition which includes N-acetylcarnosine, a N-acetylcarnosine derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable s... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790392 | Homogeneous luminescence bioassay A homogenous bioassay including a first group including an acceptor which is a short lifetime fluorescent compound capable of energy transfer, and a second group including a quencher which is capable of energy transfer from an acceptor. The increase or decrease of t... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7772350 | Method for preparing PolyOrganoSiloxanes (POS) by ring (S)—opening polymerization and/or POS redistribution in the presence of carbene (S) and POS compounds produced by said method A method for preparing polyorganosiloxanes (POS) by a ring-opening polymerization and/or linear, non-linear or cyclic POS redistribution in the presence of a nucleophilic carbene. The initial efficiency of the POS conversion is substantially increased at low tempera... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7772010 | Mixing and dispensing homogeneous compounds of a reactant on a surface A method for mixing and dispensing compounds, at least one reactant in a carrier fluid in laminar flow, and a cell for implementing the method. The cell includes a reaction chamber having a reaction surface where the reactant can be fixed, directly or indirectly, at... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763439 | Two-photon absorbing dipyrrometheneboron difluoride dyes and their applications A separation free bioanalytical assay method for measuring an analyte from a biological fluid or suspension containing microparticles as a bioaffinity binding solid phase, a biospecific secondary reagent labelled with a two-photon fluorescent dipyrrometheneboron dif... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7754473 | Temperature control of reaction vessel, system with reaction vessel, software product for system and use of system A method for rapid thermal control of a reaction volume from a preceding temperature to a target temperature includes first bringing at least the reaction vessel's second wall, which has high thermal conductivity, into direct contact with a first thermal block at a ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748653 | Method and apparatus for treating materials or mixtures of materials A method and apparatus for treating materials or material mixtures in a treatment apparatus operating on the principle of the double-action impact mill, which includes a discharge conveyor (34), such as a discharge screw. A material layer (40) is maint... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7740178 | Set of contactless smart tickets Set of tickets in the form of a continuous strip (35, 85) of multilayer detachable tickets featuring, between two adjacent tickets (30 and 31, 80 and 81), cross precuts (32, 82) alternating with ticket linking bridges (33, 83 | 06/22/2010 |
| 7727543 | Biodegradable carrier and method for preparation thereof A biodegradable carrier is produced for preservation and/or controlled delivery of biologically active agents where said biodegradable carrier is a silica xerogel which is made from water and silane by using acid or base as a catalyst, and biologically active agents... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714724 | Radio frequency identification device support and its manufacturing method A radio frequency identification device support (2) featuring an antenna (12) screen-printed on a support (20) and a chip (10) connected to the connection terminals (17 and 19) of the antenna. According to a main characteris... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710276 | Radio frequency identification device support and its manufacturing method A radio frequency identification device support (2) featuring an antenna (12) screen-printed on a support (20) and a chip (10) connected to the connection terminals (17 and 19) of the antenna. According to a main characteris... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7688209 | Radio frequency identification device resistant to humid environments and its manufacturing method The invention concerns a radio frequency identification device (RFID) featuring an antenna (12) screen-printed on a fibrous support and a chip (10) connected to the connection terminals (17 and 19) of the antenna. According to the main ch... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7671748 | Radiofrequency identification device (RFID) affixed to an object to be identified A radiofrequency identification device (RFID) featuring an antenna (10) connected to a chip designed to be affixed to an object to be identified by a remote reader transmitting to the identification device electromagnetic signals received by the antenna and c... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7661429 | Plunger A plunger intended for an inserter for an intrauterine device with a T-body, which plunger has a first end and a second end. The plunger's length in its longitudinal direction is substantially larger than the diameter of the cross-section perpendicular to the longit... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7642331 | Composition based on silicone oils that can be crosslinked into elastomers for the impregnation treatment of fibrous materials A hydrosilylation (polyaddition)-vulcanizing elastomer silicone composition, including (a) a vinylated polyorganosiloxane (POS), (b) at least one hydrogenated POS, (c) a platinum catalyst, (d) optionally a coupling agent, (e) optionally a mineral filler, (f) optiona... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7638292 | Immunoassay A method for detection and/or quantification of cardiac troponin I (cTnI) in a sample derived from an individual's blood, the method being based on a sandwich immunoassay employing at least two capture antibodies and at least one tracer antibody, in which a first ca... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635007 | Method of repairing a leak in a flange of a gas pipe A method of repairing a pipe (11) containing a pressurized fluid and having at least one leak, for instance in a flange (10), including the steps of installing a flexible and sealed casing (12) engaging the pipe on each side of the leak site to ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634994 | High efficiency tube mat solar collector having intermittently separated tubes and method for preventing damage to a solar collector A solar collector including a plurality of hollow tubes, each tube directly joined, or indirectly joined by a web, to an adjacent tube; a first manifold connected to a first end of each tube; a second manifold connected to a second end of each tube; where at least t... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7597266 | Method for making a smart card antenna on a thermoplastic support and resulting smartcard A method for making a hybrid contact/non-contact or non-contact smart card which includes a support (10,11) on which is produced an antenna, two card bodies (32, 42, 34, 44) on either side of the support, each of the card bodies including at least one ... | 10/06/2009 |
