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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5514777 | Methods of synthesis of peptidyl argininals This invention provides solution-phase methods for the synthesis of peptidyl argininals and to novel reagents useful therein.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515246 | Holder clamp assembly A holder clamp assembly having a compressible, substantially spherical gripping member with a centrally located cavity, a compressing mechanism, a mounting bracket, and optionally a swivel joint. The cavity of the gripping member is a channel for receivin... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5515119 | System for varying light intensity such as for use in motion picture photography A lighting system and method with variable light intensity for use in motion picture photography. In the lighting apparatus, light emitted from a source is passed through an aperture and then through a section of a movable, neutral density filter. The pre... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514333 | High strength and high ductility tial-based intermetallic compound and process for producing the same A high strength and high ductility TiAl-based intermetallic compound includes a content of aluminum in a range represented by 42.0 atom %ࣘAlࣘ50.0 atom %, a content of vanadium in a range represented by 1.0 atom %ࣘVࣘ3.0 atom %, a content of niobium... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5514153 | Method of dissecting tissue layers An active cannula or sleeve which does more than merely maintain a channel or passage is usable to create and/or enlarge a channel or passage, to position a scope or instrument, to move or locate tissue, etc. The cannula can vary in size or shape as neede... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5511468 | Fruit juice extracting machine A fruit juice extracting machine has a pair of opposing endless cup chains extending around a rotatable reamer wheel. The peel guide or retainer holds reamed peel halves in cup until ejector directs peel half into peel chute. A filler plate panel substant... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5512483 | Expression vectors responsive to steroid hormones Expression vector adapted for expression of cloned genes in an animal cell comprising a steroid responsive promoter, the promoter consisting essentially of a plurality of glucocorticoid response elements (GREs), a TATA box, and an initiator element contai... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5512074 | Air filter assembly A filter assembly of the Vee-panel type including a filter frame and a plurality of complementary pairs of replaceable and interchangeable filter panels slidably mounted within the frame and defining a plurality of adjacent Vees with the apexes of the Vee... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5513106 | System for controlling locomotion of a walking robot having a sensor for detecting externally exerted forces A system for controlling the locomotion of a biped walking robot having a body and a pair of legs each connected to the body through a hip joint and having a knee joint and an ankle joint and a foot at its distal end in accordance with predetermined locom... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5510730 | Reconfigurable programmable interconnect architecture A user-programmable interconnect architecture, which may be used for logic arrays for digital and analog system design, is disclosed. In one embodiment, a plurality of logic cells or modules in a matrix are connected by vertical and horizontal wiring chan... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5510658 | Circuit breaker device for electric vehicle A circuit breaker device for use on an electric vehicle has a high-voltage drive power supply for supplying electric energy to a load to drive the electric vehicle, a circuit breaker for cutting off the electric energy supplied from the drive power supply... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5510666 | Method of detecting shock and shock sensor An electric field equal to at least a coercive electric field is applied to a field-excited phase transition material thereby to bring about a phase transition from an antiferroelectric phase to a ferroelectric phase for thereby causing the field-excited ... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5509279 | Cooler backpack with compartments A cooler backpack includes two or more separate storage compartments adjoining a central ice container. One of the compartments may be adapted to store cans or bottles of beverages in a plurality of recesses formed in one side of the ice container. Anothe... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5508260 | Methods and compositions for treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypoglycemia, and other conditions Methods for treatment of diabetes and other insulin-requiring conditions by administering insulin and a calcitonin with or without amylin, and methods for treatment of hypoglycemic conditions by administering a calcitonin alone or in combination with gluc... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5508387 | Selectin binding glycopeptides Glyco-amino acids or glycopeptides that have three-dimensionally stable configuration for the presentation of functional groups, fucose, or an analogue or derivative thereof, covalently linked to an amino acid or peptide with a free carboxylic acid group,... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5508627 | Photon assisted sub-tunneling electrical probe, probe tip, and probing method An improved non-contact electrical measurement system, method, probe assembly, and probe tip. A probe tip having a photoemissive coating deposited thereon is provided and disposed substantially adjacent a measurement site of a test sample. The photoemissi... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507700 | Hydraulic control unit for a vehicle automatic transmission A hydraulic control unit for an automatic transmission having a plurality of power transmitting paths and a plurality of engaging clutches and/or brakes for selecting any one of the transmitting paths to set a gear position. The unit comprises a regulator... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507422 | Contoured pad for a shoulder strap A shoulder pad for use with a shoulder strap for improving the distribution of the weight on a user's shoulder of an object carried by the strap thereby reducing the discomfort to the user and the tendency of the strap to slide off the user's shoulder. Th... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5507292 | Intravascular catheter having combined imaging abrasion head Front-end and side-on intravascular catheters are described that comprise an abrasive head contained substantially within a housing. Aspiration means and flushing means are connected to the region of grinding to remove dislodged debris. A preferred embodi... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5508255 | Epitaxial thallium high temperature superconducting films formed via a nucleation layer The present invention comprises a high quality, epitaxial thallium-based HTS thin film on MgO and other substrates and methods of providing the same. The present invention is achieved using a nucleation layer which provides a template for subsequent growt... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5505579 | Sliding carrier A sliding carrier comprising a frame and a sled, with the frame being mounted to the rooftop of a vehicle, and the sled adaptable for carrying certain objects being in sliding communication with the frame. The sled unlocks and slides out of the frame to a... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505697 | Electrically powered jet injector An electrically powered jet injector impacts a plunger driver against a plunger to generate a high initial pressure pulse, for piercing the skin. The plunger driver then continues to generate a lower delivery pressure until the injection is completed. A m... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506349 | Chemical synthesis of 2', 3'-dideoxycytidine Method for synthesis of 2',3'-dideoxycytidine by providing 5'-silylated-2',3'-dideoxyuridine as an intermediate.... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506347 | Lyxofuranosyl analogues of adenosine Novel lyxose derivatives which selectively inhibit adenosine kinase and methods of preparing these compounds are provided. These compounds are useful in treating certain conditions in vivo which may be ameliorated by increased local concentrations of aden... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5506134 | Hypridoma and monoclonal antibody which inhibits blood coagulation tissue factor/factor VIIa complex Coagulation protein antagonists are disclosed, which include monoclonal-type antibodies and related cell lines disclosed for the production of specific, neutralizing antibodies against factors VII and VIIa and the tissue factor/factor VIIa bimolecular com... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505727 | Method of laser cosmetic surgery Laser surgery is utilized to perform cosmetic surgery. A quartz fiber is used to direct the laser energy to the target area for the incision, division or resection of tissue. An endoscope may be utilized in conjunction with the quartz fiber to perform the... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505025 | Stressed panel structure A Stressed Panel Structure forming checkerboard spheroids and non-checkerboarded conical sections are formed using semi-rigid panels of wood or other materials with generally elongated slots or holes in their corners. Panels are placed corner to corner an... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505352 | Cycle pannier A pannier for cycles includes J-shaped top mounting hooks and a bottom hook. The bottom hook is attached to a "V" shaped webbing, which is rotatably attached to the pannier, preferably at two locations. A webbing track with optional positioning devices ma... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5505703 | Non-reusable hypodermic syringe A single use disposable hypodermic syringe having a hollow elongated barrel portion, a piston and sealing engagement with an axially translatable along the barrel portion, a piston rod secured to the piston and projecting from the rearward end of the barr... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5504444 | Driver circuits with extended voltage range Novel high voltage amplifiers that are capable of being monolithically integrated using low voltage semiconductor fabrication processes are described and claimed. A cascade of low voltage current mirrors is described that can act as a high voltage amplifi... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503989 | Production of peptide amides Methods of preparing a peptide having a C-terminal amide group from peptides having a C-terminal carboxyl group are provided.... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5504350 | Lens configuration A lens configuration integral with the output window of an enclosure at least partly surrounding a source of a beam is provided. In one embodiment, the beam is an anomorphic diverging beam, such as that produced by a diode laser, having differing angles o... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503942 | Inorganic skin film A slide surface construction which is an inorganic skin film formed of an aggregate of Fe crystals having a body-centered cubic structure. The aggregate includes a large number of {222} oriented Fe crystals with their {222} planes (by Miller indices) orie... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503627 | Ampule for needleless injection A needleless injection device has a housing containing a pilot valve connectable to a compressed gas source. A two stage power amplifying valve includes a main valve operatively connected to the pilot valve. The pilot valve and main valve form a two-stage... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5503443 | Compactable door blocking device An adjustable and compactable door blocking device for preventing unauthorized entry through a door. In a preferred embodiment, the door blocking device comprises three adjustable members which form a triangular brace for counterpoising forces between the... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5501227 | Angioplasty apparatus facilitating rapid exchange and method Apparatus for introduction into the vessel of a patient comprising a guiding catheter adapted to be inserted into the vessel of the patient and a device adapted to be inserted into the guiding catheter. The device includes a flexible elongate member and a... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501951 | Nucleic acid probes to coccidioides immitis The present invention concerns oligonucleotide probes for detecting Coccidioides immitis. The probes are capable of distinguishing between Coccidioides immitis and closely related phylogenetic neighbors. These probes are targeted to unique Coccidioides im... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5501672 | Disposable self-shielding hypodermic syringe There are disclosed herein medical syringe and catheter devices which preferably can be disposable and non-reusable and which have features to minimize users from accidentally stabbing themselves before or after use. They comprise relatively slidable memb... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5502298 | Apparatus and method for controlling an extinction ratio of a laser diode over temperature A circuit for controlling an extinction ratio of a laser whose temperature can change over time includes first and second feedback loops which monitor a LOW output power of the laser during a first frame training pulse and a HIGH laser output power during... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5502638 | System for obstacle avoidance path planning for multiple-degree-of-freedom mechanism In a system for obstacle avoidance path finding for a multiple-degree-of-freedom mechanism such as a mobile robot moving from a starting point to a goal while avoiding obstacles. Obstacles are defined to be a virtual space having a continuous drag coeffic... | 03/26/1996 |
