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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8076293 | Use of BiP or a variant, homologue, derivative or fragment thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of bone loss or bone resorption The present invention relates to the use of BiP or a variant, homologue, derivative or fragment thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention or treatment of bone loss or bone resorption. ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8053416 | Isolation and structure of turbostatins 1-4 Described herein are novel cerebroside compounds, designated as Turbostatin 1, Turbostatin 2, Turbostatin 3, and Turbostatin 4. These compounds were extracted and isolated from the marine mollusk Turbo stenogyrus, and their structures elucidated. The new comp... | 11/08/2011 |
| 7996157 | Genetic diagnosis using multiple sequence variant analysis The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid-based genetic analysis. More particularly, it discloses novel insights into the overall structure of genetic variation in all living species. The structure can be revealed with the use of any data set of genetic ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7994320 | Narcistatin prodrugs The present invention provides prodrugs derived from the sparingly soluble anticancer isocarbostyril narciclasine, a component of various Narcissus species, said prodrugs having potential for use against animal and human cancers. Also disclosed is an efficien... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7974789 | Genetic diagnosis using multiple sequence variant analysis The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid-based genetic analysis. More particularly, it discloses novel insights into the overall structure of genetic variation in all living species. The structure can be revealed with the use of any data set of genetic ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7957606 | System and method for edge sharpening Presented herein are a system and method for sharpening edges in a region. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for sharpening edges. The method comprises measuring differences between at least a value associated with a first pixel and a value associated w... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7943742 | Anti-αβantibodies and uses thereof The present invention is in the fields of cell biology, immunology and oncology. The invention provides humanized antibodies that recognize αvβ6 integrins, which antibodies comprise a variable region of nonhuman origin and at least a portion ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939250 | Vitamin K epoxide recycling polypeptide VKORC1, a therapeutic target of coumarin and their derivatives The invention relates to a novel polypeptide vitamin K epoxide recycling polypeptide (VKORC1) as a target for coumarin and its derivatives. The invention further provides methods for identifying coumarin derivatives, and also claims VKORC1 polypeptides and VKORC1 nu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7927590 | Compositions and methods for inhibiting growth of smad4-deficient cancers The present invention is in the fields of cell biology, immunology and oncology. The invention relates to the discovery that there is a relationship between the expression levels of the tumor suppressor gene smad4 (also known as dpc4) and integrin αvβ | 04/19/2011 |
| 7812163 | Methods and compositions for controlling ectoparasites A method for inhibiting hatching of an ectoparasite egg, the method comprising exposing the ectoparasite egg to at least one metal chelating agent and/or metalloprotease inhibitor, wherein the metal chelating agent is a compound comprising at least two heteroatoms a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7738708 | System and method for aligning chroma pixels Presented herein are a system and method for sharpening edges in a region. In one embodiment, there is presented a method for sharpening edges. The method comprises measuring differences between at least a value associated with a first pixel and a value associated w... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7709643 | Synthesis of sodium narcistatin and related compounds The present invention involves use of the compounds narciclasine (2a) and 7-deoxy-narciclasine (2c), which are obtained via isolation from the medicinal plant species Narcissus (Amaryllidaceae), as precursors in a novel synthesis method in which each of these... | 05/04/2010 |
| RE40930 | Porcine adenovirus type 3 genome The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3) is provided. Methods for construction of infectious PAV genomes by homologous recombination in procaryotic cells are provided. Recombinant PAV viruses are obtained by transfection of... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7589790 | System and method for display of 50 Hz video at 60 Hz A system and method that convert a video source from a first rate to a second rate. The system may have as an input a video that may be frame-based or field-based at a first rate, and convert the input video to an output video that may be frame-based or field-based ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7584058 | Genetic diagnosis using multiple sequence variant analysis The present invention is in the field of nucleic acid-based genetic analysis. More particularly, it discloses novel insights into the overall structure of genetic variation in all living species. The structure can be revealed with the use of any data set of genetic ... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7577204 | Hits stream rewind Schemes for rewinding a HITS stream in video recorder and playback systems are presented herein. Reference pictures are stored for a group of pictures, allowing subsequent pictures to be decoded from the reference pictures. The foregoing significantly reduces the nu... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573339 | Ring oscillator with ultra-wide frequency tuning range Methods and systems for tuning an oscillator are disclosed and may comprise dividing a desired frequency range of a delay-cell based ring oscillator into segments, and tuning the delay-cell based ring oscillator over an ultra-wide frequency range by utilizing these ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567482 | Block redundancy implementation in heirarchical ram's The present invention relates to a system and method for providing redundancy in a hierarchically memory, by replacing small blocks in such memory. The present invention provides such redundancy (i.e., replaces such small blocks) by either shifting predecoded lines ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7557096 | Synthesis of combretastatin A-4 prodrugs and trans-isomers thereof Combretastatin A-4 has been previously selected for pre-clinical development as antineoplastic agent. However, it is essentially insoluble in water. New water soluble derivatives of combretastatin A-4 and its qualified analogs have been discovered and synthesized th... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7554562 | Graphics display system with anti-flutter filtering and vertical scaling feature A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, and graphics input. The chip includes a single polyphase filter that preferably provides both anti-... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7547686 | Combretastatin A-3 prodrug A new and more efficient synthesis of combretastatin A-3 (2a) was completed (8.4% overall yield) starting from methyl gallate and isovanillin with aldehyde 5 and phosphonium salt 8 as key intermediates. Conversion of combretastatin A-3 (2a) to a series... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545898 | System and method for clock rate determination Presented herein are systems and methods for clock rate determination. A bitstream is sampled by sampling a transmitted clock signal at a rate corresponding to a receiver clock signal, and measuring an average number of consecutive samples that have a same state sel... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545438 | Graphics display system with video synchronization feature A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, graphics input and audio input simultaneously. The system includes a video decoder having a chroma-... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541346 | Pancratistatin cyclic phosphate prodrugs and phenpanstatin cyclic phosphate prodrugs Selective phosphorylation of phenpanstatin (3a) with tetrabutylammonium dihydrogen phosphate and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide in pyridine followed by cation exchange chromatographic procedures was found to provide an efficient route to a new series (3b-3d) of promising ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7530027 | Graphics display system with graphics window control mechanism A graphics integrated circuit chip is used in a set-top box for controlling a television display. The graphics chip processes analog video input, digital video input, a graphics input and an audio input simultaneously. The chip processes graphics images organized as... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526791 | System and method for an interactive broadband system-on-chip with a reconfigurable interface A method and apparatus are disclosed, in an interactive broadband set-top box receiving broadband signals from a headend, to facilitate communications with an installed card within the set-top box using a single IC chip that processes the broadband signals. The sing... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526295 | Integration of secure identification logic into cell phone Presented herein are systems and methods for integrating secure identification logic into cell phones. A registration is received, wherein said registration includes an identifier identifying a mobile terminal. Information is transmitted to the mobile terminal, wher... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526024 | Storing macroblocks for concatenated frames Presented herein is a system for storing macroblocks for concatenated frames. A decoder system comprises a frame buffer. The frame buffer comprises one or more rows. A particular one of the rows stores macroblocks from a plurality of frames. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522549 | Registering access device multimedia content via a broadband access gateway A system and method of registering or exchanging information about the availability of multimedia information and services is disclosed. Access devices in a wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or personal area network (PAN) may register, with a wireless broadband... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522098 | Method and apparatus for validating a position in a satellite positioning system using range-rate measurements Method and apparatus for validating an initial position in a satellite positioning system using range-rate measurements is described. In one example, range-rate measurements are obtained at the remote receiver with respect to a plurality of satellites. Expected rang... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521965 | 5 volt tolerant IO scheme using low-voltage devices Systems and methods are disclosed for operating a core circuitry of an integrated circuit at a lower voltage than the coupled IO circuitry using a tolerant circuit. In one embodiment includes a voltage tolerant circuit comprising a voltage detect module adapted to d... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519232 | Method and system for detecting diagonal strength of an edge in an image A system and method that determines the strength of an edge in a video image using a gradient of the edge in a first direction and a gradient of the edge in a second direction. The system uses the gradient in the first direction and the gradient in the second direct... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7512752 | Systems, methods, and apparatus for pixel fetch request interface Presented herein are system(s) and apparatus for a memory access unit for accessing data for a module. The memory access unit comprises an output port for providing access requests for lists of addresses in a memory over a link to a memory controller. ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7509362 | Non-linear function approximation using finite order polynomial in fixed-point arithmetic A system, method, and apparatus for calculating non-linear functions with finite order polynomials are presented herein. Use of finite order polynomials allow calculation of the non-linear functions using fixed point arithmetic operations resulting in significant co... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7496819 | Custom logic BIST for memory controller A method and system for testing a memory controller are provided herein. A test sequence may be generated within the memory controller. A test output may also be generated within the memory controller, where the test output is associated with the test sequence. The ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7480335 | Video decoder for decoding macroblock adaptive field/frame coded video data with spatial prediction Described herein is a video decoder for decoding macroblock adaptive field/frame coded video data with spatial prediction. In one embodiment, there is presented a spatial predictor for processing a macroblock pair. The spatial predictor comprises a first buffer, a s... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7471342 | Method and system for cross-luminance reduction in multi-standard television decoders A method and system for correcting luma data and chroma data from a composite signal for a plurality of lines are disclosed. The method and system include correlating line data of the composite signal from a portion of the plurality of lines to provide a plurality o... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7472151 | System and method for accelerating arithmetic decoding of video data Presented herein is a system and apparatus for accelerating arithmetic decoding of encoded data. In one embodiment, there is presented a symbol interpreter for decoding CABAC coded data. The symbol interpreter comprises a first memory, a CABAC decoding loop, and a s... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7463170 | Method and system for processing multi-rate audio from a plurality of audio processing sources An audio codec in a wireless device may be utilized for up sampling two or more audio signals to a same data sampling rate. Each audio signal, such as digital audio, voice, and polyringer, for example, may be received at one of a plurality of data sampling rates. Au... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463585 | System, method, and apparatus for load-balancing to a plurality of ports A system, method, and apparatus for load balancing to a plurality of ports is presented herein. A miniport driver is adapted to multiplex and demultiplex traffic workload across the ports. The miniport driver classifies outgoing packet streams and distributes each p... | 12/09/2008 |
