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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7511172 | Method for production of (meth)acrylic acid A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7491892 | Stretchable and elastic interconnects The present invention relates to stretchable interconnects which can be made in various geometric configurations, depending on the intended application. The stretchable interconnects can be formed of an electrically conducting film or an elastomer material to provid... | 02/17/2009 |
| D582216 | Ice bucket | 12/09/2008 |
| 7462601 | Ameliorant for chemical treatment of cancer An ameliorating agent for cancer chemotherapy is disclosed, which comprises a chromanol glycoside represented by the following general formula (1) (wherein R1, R2, R3, and R4, whi... | 12/09/2008 |
| D581743 | Ice bucket | 12/02/2008 |
| 7453721 | Magnetic memory A magnetic memory 1 having a wire 5 extended in a direction of arbitrary decision, an electro-resistivity effect element 4 disposed adjacently to the wire 5, and a counterelement side yoke 20B disposed adjacently on the side opposi... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449453 | Compositions of ezetimibe and methods for the treatment of cholesterol-associated benign and malignant tumors A method of prevention or treatment of a cholesterol-associated tumor is provided which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of an azetidinone-based cholesterol absorption inhibitor, preferably ezetimibe (SCH 58235) and/or its phenolic glucuron... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7439814 | Method and system for operating an atomic clock with simultaneous control of frequency and magnetic field The present invention relates to a method and system in which multi-coherent resonances of a microwave in which the alkali-metal atoms in the ground state are driven simultaneously by a microwave hyperfine frequency ΩH and a Zeeman frequency ΩZ | 10/21/2008 |
| 7433567 | Multi-quantum well optical waveguide with broadband optical gain A multi-quantum well optical waveguide structure comprises a plurality of active regions including quantum wells with different gain peak wavelengths to provide an ultra broadband optical gain spectrum. Two adjacent sets of active regions having a large band gap dif... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7431299 | Method and device for playing a game using remainder values The present invention relates to a method of playing a game in which a guess is made of a number value of a remainder. A total point value is determined from game pieces given to a player. A number value of a remainder is determined by dividing the total point value... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7433268 | Vessel hull transducer modular mounting system A vessel hull transducer modular mounting system enables transducers to be replaced and upgraded without necessitating the further modification of the hull and thus not necessitating the dry-docking of the vessel. A further feature includes the ability to reduce and... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7429045 | Method and device for playing a game in which values of game pieces are gradually revealed The present invention relates to a method and device for playing a game in which values of a game piece are gradually revealed. In one embodiment, a housing receives a game piece. The housing includes an opaque portion covering markings on the game piece. The opaque... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7405050 | Small RNAs and bacterial strains involved in quorum sensing Quorum-sensing bacteria communicate with extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers to allow community-wide synchronization of gene expression. The present invention relates to the identification the Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae protein H... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395721 | Force sensor, force detection system and force detection program A force sensor converts a force into capacitance and makes it possible to generate a plurality of outputs with different output characteristics, force detection system, and a digital force detection program for it. The force sensor 20 has a displacement unit ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390648 | Microelectromechanical devices useful for manipulating cells or embryos, kits thereof, method of making same, and methods of use thereof The present invention relates generally to microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices for the manipulation of cells or groups of cells, such as oocytes, embryos, and sperm. In particular, the present invention relates to Cell Labeling MEMS devices (2F), Mi... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387293 | Device for holding and positioning construction materials The present invention discloses a device and method that allows the installation of construction materials, such as drywall, by a single person. The device comprises an extension (or hoist) section coupled at one end to a support which can receive and support a piec... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7387754 | Coating injection moulded articles A method of coating an article during injection molding wherein coating material carried by a high pressure carrier gas is blasted at high velocity directly onto the internal walls of a closed mold and then a plastics substrate is injected into the coated mold to fo... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7377307 | Vertical heat exchanger A vertical heat exchanger is described, which allows efficient elimination of the gas generated therein and efficient removal of the sludge accumulated therein. The vertical heat exchanger has at least part of one end of a vent pipe formed of an upper tube sheet par... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7357097 | Device for shellfish farming Device for cage (1) for shellfish farming, where the cage is placed in the sea or in a tank with water and where the cage's one side (11) is provided with openings, for instance a grid (13) and where the cage's other sides (3, 5, 7, 9) pr... | 04/15/2008 |
| D566287 | Hydromassage bathtub | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348887 | RFIDs embedded into semiconductors The present invention provides a RFID device comprising a radio frequency identification (RFID) transceiver and antenna element co-located with a semiconductor device, a method for making same and a method of using the RFID device of the present invention to locate,... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344850 | Identification of active-site inhibitors of glycosyltransferases using a generalizable high-throughput screen A method is described for identifying a compound that modulates the ability of a glycosyltransferase to bind a substrate comprising combining a glycosyltransferase, a labeled substrate, and a compound, in a reaction vessel, under conditions known to be suitable for ... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338707 | Bright white protective laminates Laminates of having a first outer layer of weatherable film, at least one mid layer, and a second outer layer containing an opacifying quantity of white pigment. The laminates are particularly useful for protecting photovoltaic cells, solar panels, and circuit board... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7332626 | Method for production of (meth) acrylic acid A method for producing acrylic acid by absorbing acrylic acid at a high ratio and obtaining an acrylic acid-containing solution of high concentration is provided. This method comprises a step of circulating part of a discharged gas from an absorption step of acrylic... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326510 | Polycarbocyclic derivatives for modification of resist, optical and etch resistance properties Mixed carbocycle derivatives containing at least two carbocycles per molecule from the group of anthracenes, adamantanes and steroids with functionalized carbon chains are synthesized and used as modifiers of resist properties and especially etch resistance enhancem... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326810 | Method for starting up reactor In the reaction of catalytic gas phase oxidation induced by the supply of at least a raw material to be oxidized and a molecular oxygen-containing gas to a reactor for catalytic gas phase oxidation, a method for starting up the reactor for catalytic gas phase oxidat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326429 | Sterilization method of rice and processed rice foodstuffs The present invention relates to an effective sterilization method including cooking and heating processes, which prevents the quality deterioration of rice and processed rice foodstuffs manufactured by heating processes. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326542 | Compositions and methods for regulating bacterial pathogenesis The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimul... | 02/05/2008 |
| D560380 | Seat | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323941 | Method and system for operating a laser self-modulated at alkali-metal atom hyperfine frequency The present invention provides a method and apparatus for making atomic clocks or atomic magnetometers as self-modulated laser systems based on the physics of push-pull optical pumping. An atomic vapor cell is required to be in the laser cavity. With proper conditio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323340 | Compositions and methods for regulating bacterial pathogenesis The production of a purified extracellular bacterial signal called autoinducer-2 is regulated by changes in environmental conditions associated with a shift from a free-living existence to a colonizing or pathogenic existence in a host organism. Autoinducer-2 stimul... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320718 | Device for a cyclone scrubber A device for an axial cyclone (1) of the kind which is used for separating a fluid from a gas, where the gas flowing through the axial cyclone (1), primarily in the axial direction of the axial cyclone (1) assigns a rotation around the centre ax... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321060 | Method for production of acrylic acid A method for the production of acrylic acid of high concentration by absorbing acrylic acid with high absorption ratio of acrylic acid is provided. In a method for producing acrylic acid by a procedure comprising a step of catalytic gas phase oxidation reaction and ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318938 | composition, method for obtaining same and pharmaceutical, nutritional and personal care formulations thereof This invention relates to a composition of the plant Withania Somnifera, and, more particularly to a high purity extract composition with advantageous levels of withanolide glycosides and oligosaccharides, a minimum of polysaccharides, and substantially low l... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313759 | System and method for mobile data collection The present invention relates to a system and method for mobile data collection in which a handheld device collects and integrates one or more forms of data. For example, data can include text, digital photographs, digital video, barcodes, sketches, digital signatur... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7285611 | (Meth)acrylic acid type polymer and unsaturated polyalkylene glycol type copolymer, and methods for production thereof This invention concerns a (meth)acrylic acid type polymer, wherein the value S representing the quantity of an sulfur element introduced which is defined by the formula, S=(quantity of S contained in polymer)/(total quantity of S)×100, is not less than 35. This (me... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282118 | Method for production of easily polymerizable substance and purification apparatus This invention resides in providing a method for the prevention of possible polymerization of the easily polymerizable substance during the purification thereof by a column provided with (a) at least one tray directly fixed to a support ring with a bolt and a nut an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7284035 | System for wireless push and pull based services The present invention relates to a method and system for providing Web content from pull and push based services running on Web content providers to mobile users. A proxy gateway connects the mobile users to the Web content providers. A prefetching module is used at... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282580 | Protein molecule useful for inhibition of anthrax toxin The present invention relates to a novel molecule useful for anthrax toxin inhibition in vivo and also provides a method for in vivo inhibition of anthrax toxin action using the new molecule. ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7276357 | Compositions and methods for enhancing polynucleotide amplification reactions Compositions and methods for enhancing PCR and other polynucleotide replication reactions are disclosed. These comprise the addition of low molecular weight organic amides, sulfones or sulfoxides to PCR or other replication reaction mixtures. ... | 10/02/2007 |
