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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D658729 | Handheld exercise device | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162901 | Microneedle array patch Microneedle devices for transport of molecules, including drugs and biological molecules, across tissue, are provided. The microneedle devices permit drug delivery or removal of body fluids at clinically relevant rates across skin or other tissue barriers, with mini... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8124127 | Hydrophobic cross-linked gels for bioabsorbable drug carrier coatings Coatings for medical devices, methods of making the coatings, and methods of using them are described. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117140 | Methods and systems for applying genetic operators to determine systems conditions Disclosed are methods, systems, and/or processor program products that include generating a population of genotypes, the genotypes based on at least one stimulus to a system, measuring at least one response of the system upon providing the population of genotypes to... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117139 | Methods and systems for interactive evolutionary computing (IEC) Methods and systems for interactive evolutionary computing may include generating a set of candidate molecules based on an evolutionary scheme in which an objective function is a priori mathematically unexpressed, presenting data based on the set of candidate molecu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103682 | Method and system for fast, generic, online and offline, multi-source text analysis and visualization Methods and systems for text data analysis and visualization enable a user to specify a set of text data sources and visualize the content of the text data sources in an overview of salient features in the form of a network of words. A user may focus on one or more ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099351 | Methods, systems, and device readable media for proposition evaluation A method, system, and device readable medium for running a predictive wiki optimization application is disclosed. The optimization application provides an improved decision-making or valuation method for formalizing and systematizing the decision-making or valuation... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086351 | Methods and systems for area search using a plurality of unmanned vehicles Disclosed are methods and systems that include a method for controlling movement of a first unmanned vehicle (UV) to search an area, where the method includes generating a first trace associated with prior positions in which the first UV has been located, determinin... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071810 | C5a receptor antagonists The present invention is related to a compound, preferably a C5a receptor antagonist, having the following structure, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, R18, R19, R20, R21 and R22 are individually and independently selected f... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062880 | Biomass cultivation system and corresponding method of operation A liquid culture medium containing photosynthetic organisms dispenses from a droplet generator combined with a screen in the presence of light, and in the presence of a gaseous medium to form a liquid culture medium gas-enriched with the gaseous medium. Specifically... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8001922 | Application of a coating on a medical device Devices for the provision of a coating on an implantable medical device are provided. The coating includes a bio-absorbable carrier component. In addition to the bio-absorbable carrier component, a therapeutic agent component can also be provided. The devices provid... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8001753 | Grass raking system A raking attachment for a riding mower supports raking elements in a forward path of a cutting deck. The raking attachment includes a forward extending frame formed by longitudinal frame members positioned with first ends rigidly attached to a riding mower frame and... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7947015 | Application of a therapeutic substance to a tissue location using an expandable medical device A non-polymeric or biological coating applied to radially expandable medical delivery device provides uniform drug distribution and permeation of the coating and any therapeutic agents mixed therewith into a targeted treatment area within the body. The delivery devi... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7939517 | 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione (“ATD”) for therapeutic uses A composition having at least one modified or derivative of 1,4,6-androstatriene-3,17-dione (“ATD”) will improve the health of mammalian subjects. The improvement of health is achieved with the administration of an effective amount of at least one modified or de... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7785358 | System and method for tissue treatment A system and method for the treatment of body tissue is provided that includes a radiation-emitting device and a massaging mechanism. In accordance with one embodiment, the radiation-emitting device is a laser and the massaging mechanism is an automated mechanical m... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7761574 | Media file access and storage solution for multi-workstation/multi-platform non-linear video editing systems A novel system, method and computer program product for storing and enabling access to certain digital media files of pre-determined formats stored in a centralized media storage device. The system stores digital audio and video media files in a centralized fashion ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746768 | System and method for supporting SDH/SONET APS on ethernet An Ethernet PHY hardware device supports Ethernet MAC SDH/SONET Automatic Protection Switching (APS) functionality for managing protection from failures and recovery from failures on an Ethernet network. An Ethernet PHY sublayer stored on the Ethernet PHY hardware d... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7715379 | Method for supporting ethernet MAC circuits An Ethernet MAC sublayer is provided for supporting Ethernet MAC circuits in an Ethernet Network. In accordance with one embodiment, an Ethernet MAC sublayer is provided for processing and setting up circuits. The MAC sublayer provides support for higher level signa... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7700323 | Method for detecting and amplifying target DNA The invention is directed to novel methods of multiplexing nucleic acid reactions, including amplification, detection and genotyping. The invention relies on the use of precircle probes that are circularized in the presence of the corresponding target nucleic acids,... | 04/20/2010 |
| D613992 | Handle for cookware | 04/20/2010 |
| 7651007 | Method of uniformly supplying a mixture of particulate solids A method makes use of a minimally-shearing feeder mechanism supplying a desired flow of particulate solids mixture, with minimal to no sifting segregation to a desired location. The feeder methodology maintains a uniform concentration of each size of particle within... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7530968 | Hydraulically actuated pump for long duration medicament administration Presently disclosed is a hydraulic pump device and use thereof, especially in a fluid delivery system. In one embodiment, the fluid delivery system is an inexpensive, single-use device for slow dosing medicament applications. The fluid delivery system may employ a s... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7501248 | Prostate cancer diagnosis and outcome prediction by expression analysis Methods identifying prostate cancer, methods for prognosing and diagnosing prostate cancer, methods for identifying a compound that modulates prostate cancer development, methods for determining the efficacy of a prostate cancer therapy, and oligonucleotide microarr... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7481792 | Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods Fluid delivery and measurement systems and methods are disclosed. ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7358416 | Transgenic mouse expressing human FcRn protein Disclosed is a transgenic knockout mouse whose genome comprises a homozygous disruption in its endogenous FcRn gene. The homozygous RcRn disruption prevents the expression of a functional FcRn protein, resulting in a transgenic knockout mouse in which exogenously ad... | 04/15/2008 |