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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153165 | Preparation and use for reducing the damaging effect of ammonia on organisms living in water The invention describes novel preparations and their use for reducing the acute damaging effect of ammonia in organisms living in the keeping water of aquariums, garden ponds, or aquaculture systems. The preparations consist of adducts of sodium hydrogen sulfite at ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8114997 | N-acylcytosine nucleosides for treatment of viral infections The present invention is directed to a method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the administration... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8034145 | Air filter arrangement; assembly; and, methods An air filter media construction or arrangement is disclosed. The air filter media construction or arrangement includes strips of media comprising corrugated sheets secured to facing sheets and forming inlet and outlet flutes secured to one another in a stack. Block... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7964580 | Nucleoside phosphoramidate prodrugs Disclosed herein are phosphoramidate prodrugs of nucleoside derivatives for the treatment of viral infections in mammals, which is a compound, its stereoisomer, salt (acid or basic addition salt), hydrate, solvate, or crystalline form thereof, represented by the fol... | 06/21/2011 |
| D638376 | Passive cooling element | 05/24/2011 |
| 7919247 | Simultaneous quantification of nucleic acids in diseased cells A process for assessing mitochondrial toxicity of a compound that includes contacting nucleic acids from a host with an amplification reaction mixture that contains at least two primers that provide detectable signals, wherein: a f... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7893019 | G-CSF site-specific mono-conjugates Novel site-specific mono-conjugates of Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor (G-CSF) are hereby described, with analogues and derivatives thereof, which stimulate proliferation and differentiation of progenitor cells to mature neutrophiles. These conjugates have bee... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7857996 | Temperature switch A temperature switch comprises a material (14) which melts and concomitantly undergoes a change in an electrical characteristic at a predetermined temperature. The temperature switch also includes at least two electrical contacts (10, 12) for detecting... | 12/28/2010 |
| RE42015 | N4-acylcytosine-1,3-dioxolane nucleosides for treatment of viral infections The present invention is directed to a compound, method and composition of treating or preventing viral infections, in particular, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infections, in human patients or other animal hosts, comprising the admi... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7809648 | System and method for software licensing A software licensing system includes a license generator located at a licensing clearinghouse and at least one license server and multiple clients located at a company or entity. When a company wants a software license, it sends a purchase request (and appropriate f... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7772208 | 2′,3′-dideoxynucleoside analogues for the treatment or prevention of infections A method for the treatment or prevention of Flaviviridae infections, in particular, hepatitis C virus infection, in a host, and in particular, a human, is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a β-L- or β-D-2′,3′-dideoxynucleoside or a ph... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7718790 | Kit for assessing mitochondrial toxicity Processes and methods for the simultaneous quantification of nucleic acids in diseased cells that are based on real-time PCR are provided. The real-time PCR protocol is an excellent tool for reliable quantification of in vitro drug screening and evaluation protocols... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7638502 | Treatment of EBV and KHSV infection and associated abnormal cellular proliferation A method and composition for the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a host, and in particular, a human, infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a 5-substituted uracil nucleoside or its pharmaceu... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7555707 | Method and system for data binding in a block structured user interface scripting language A method and system is generally directed to retrieving data from an external source and binding the data to a structure used in executing a UI script. The external source may be on a local machine located across a network. The UI script is transformed to a tree str... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7014253 | Sidewall construction and methods of making the same A semi-trailer sidewall construction includes a horizontally aligned base rail, a horizontally aligned top rail, a plurality of vertical posts coupled between the top and bottom rails at spaced apart intervals along a length of the top and bottom rails, a plurality ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7537631 | Filter cartridges; air cleaners; and methods The disclosure concern air cleaners. Preferred air cleaners are shown which include a housing and a removable and replacement primary filter cartridge. Optional and advantageous features are shown. The preferred primary filter cartridge is conical in shape. A prefer... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7523129 | Data-binding enhancements A program platform performs data binding process between a user interface and data for display. The invention decouples the user interface and the data, along with its application logic, by providing a mechanism for binding data to the user interface. Dependency pro... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7500232 | Methods for enhancing flow analysis Methods and structures are described that enhance flow analysis for programs. Whereas previous methods are complicated by the presence of function pointers, the present methods present a framework that abstracts function pointers as if they were any other program ex... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7487442 | Method, system, and computer-readable medium for the layout of automatically-placed elements and user-placed elements in a chart A method, system, and computer-readable medium are provided for determining a layout of automatically-placed elements and user-placed elements in a chart created in a chart application program. User-placed elements in the chart include chart elements that have been ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487515 | Programmable object model for extensible markup language schema validation A programmable object model includes a plurality of object-oriented message calls for application programming interfaces allowing a user to programmatically access the schema validation model of an application by sending message calls and required parameters to the ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7480861 | System and method for converting between text format and outline format Described is a mechanism for pasting data from a source document into a destination document while providing the user with options related to the particular data being pasted. The options allow the user to choose how much formatting or structure to persist. More spe... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7464386 | Data controls architecture Systems and methods for data controls architecture are described. In one aspect, a data source control exposes an interface for generic access to a data store. A data-bound control implements the interface to automatically databind to the data store at an appropriat... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7374948 | Methods and apparatus for detection of molecular chirality The disclosure provides methods for the determination of the enantiomeric excess of chiral compounds. The methods involve doping a chiral analyte into an achiral liquid crystal host to form a chiral dopant/host liquid crystal mixture. An electro-optic signature of t... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7362816 | Inversion of channel distortion by adaptive wavelet lifting A method for inverting telecommunication channel distortion by adaptive wavelet lifting. The distortion signal is analyzed using wavelet lifting and the inverse filter is computed. Coefficients of the inverse filter are used to either compute a transmission pre-filt... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7349920 | Simultaneous display of multiple calendar systems A calendar display, method and system are disclosed that can provide a calendar display showing a period of one or more days and simultaneously showing information for the days in the display period in more than one calendar system. The calendar system displays cale... | 03/25/2008 |
| D529053 | Front end loader | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108955 | Polysiloxane, process for production thereof and radiation-sensitive resin composition A novel polysiloxane having high transparency to radiations with a wavelength of 193 nm or less, particularly 157 nm or less, and exhibiting superior dry etching resistance and a radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising the polysiloxane exhibiting superior s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104022 | Deck mounting bracket The present invention is a mounting bracket for the construction of a deck. The mounting bracket has a separating flange, a joist-fastening portion, a support flange, and a plank-fastening flange. The separating flange and the plank-fastening flange are generally lo... | 09/12/2006 |
| D526604 | Hitch insert | 08/15/2006 |
| 6900944 | Lenticular card and processes for making A process for making a lenticular card including: providing an imaged transparent sheet having a first smooth side and a second side with a lenticulated region, the transparent sheet optionally having at least one printed image area on the first smooth side and a mo... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6823996 | Spin-on filter including improved seal arrangement and methods A fluid filter assembly includes a housing having a closed end and an open end; a filter element operably oriented in the housing; a baffle plate mounted to operably cover the housing open end; the baffle plate including a first axial face and an outer circumferenti... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6568655 | Radar devices for low power applications and bathroom fixtures A fluid flow device includes an actuator, an RF transmitter, a gated RF receiver, and a processor. The RF transmitter is configured and arranged to produce a plurality of pulses of RF energy spaced apart in time to form a sensor field. The gated RF receiv... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6521321 | Filter material construction and method A preferred filter media is provided. The media includes a fine fiber web secured to the surface of a coarse fiber support. A preferred filter media, comprising multiple layers of fine fiber media separated by coarse fiber support, is provided. Advantageo... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6446041 | Method and system for providing audio playback of a multi-source document A multi-source input and playback utility that accepts inputs from various sources, transcribes the inputs as text, and plays aloud user-selected portions of the text is disclosed. The user may select a portion of the text and request audio playback there... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6362228 | Phenethyl-thiourea compounds and use Novel phenylethyl-thiourea (PHET) compounds as inhibitors of reverse transcriptase and effective agents for the treatment of HIV infection, including mutant, drug-sensitive, drug-resistant, and multi-drug resistant strains of HIV.... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6350810 | Method and composition for waterproofing A method and composition for waterproofing a substrate herein is described which includes applying a coating composition to a surface of the structural unit. The coating composition includes a) an organic solvent, b) a hydrocarbon resin and c) a styrene p... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6326373 | JAK-3 inhibitors for treating allergic disorders Inhibitors of JAK3 kinase for the treatment of allergy inhibit mast cell degranulation an dmediator release.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6293906 | Delivery of cardiac constraint jacket A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted into the volume through the open upper end and for the jacket... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6291409 | Process for modifying unsaturated triacylglycerol oils; Resulting products and uses thereof A process for modifying an unsaturated polyol fatty acid ester stock, such as an unsaturated triacylglycerol oil, to enhance its fluidity and/or oxidative stability is provided. The method includes reacting the unsaturated polyol fatty acid ester stock wi... | 09/18/2001 |
