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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D656239 | Inflatable theatre | 03/20/2012 |
| 8119159 | Solid oral dosage form containing an enhancer The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and oral dosage forms comprising a bisphosphonate in combination with an enhancer to promote absorption of the bisphosphonate at the GIT cell lining. The enhancer is a medium chain fatty acid or a medium chain fa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8050337 | Systems, methods, devices, and/or computer program products for providing communications devoid of cyclostationary features A wireless communications system configured for Low Probability of Intercept (LPI), Low Probability of Detection (LPD) and/or Low Probability of Exploitation (LPE) communications may use waveforms substantially devoid of a cyclostationary signature to improve a LPI/... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8003487 | Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor device using a layer suspended across a trench In methods of forming a trench, first patterns separated from each other by a first width and second patterns separated from each other by a second width are formed on a substrate. The second width is wider than the first width. The substrate is etched using the fir... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7976852 | Compositions and methods for cancer immunotherapy The invention relates to immunotherapeutic compounds and to methods for stimulating an immune response in a subject individual at risk for developing cancer, diagnosed with a cancer, in treatment for cancer, or in post-therapy recovery from cancer or the compounds o... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7915238 | Immunomodulatory compounds and methods of use thereof The present invention is directed to methods of treating diseases and disorders related to immune responses by administering one or more immunomodulatory compounds. In particular, the invention is directed to methods of stimulating and reducing immune responses, the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7884122 | Extended release formulation and method of treating adrenergic dysregulation A composition and method of treating adrenergic dysregulation by administering the composition is disclosed, wherein the composition comprises a a2-adrenergic receptor agonist; a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrophilic matrix and a release-retardant of a metal alkyl... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7863046 | Method for micropropagation of monocots based on sustained totipotent cell cultures The present invention provides a method of micropropagating a monocotyledonous plant comprising: (a) cultivating an explant of tissue from a monocotyledonous plant shoot tip on a primary medium, wherein the explant has been pretreated with a cold temperature and the... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7833993 | Immunomodulatory compounds and methods of use thereof The present invention is directed to methods of treating diseases and disorders related to immune responses by administering one or more immunomodulatory compounds. In particular, the invention is directed to methods of stimulating and reducing immune responses, tre... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7820722 | Permeation enhancers A pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug and a permeation enhancer that comprises a multi-carbon backbone having a functional group and also one or more side chains which have one or more carbon atoms and, optionally, one or more functional groups. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7804200 | Photosensor circuits including a switch mode power converter Photosensor circuits include a relay coil configured to control application of an alternating current (AC) power source to a load. A pulse width modulator circuit is configured to generate a pulse width modulated signal having a pulse width that varies responsive to... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7754258 | Porcine collagen film A porcine collagen film is made from an extrudable collagen gel. The porcine collagen is essentially sow collagen. The ratio of collagen to fat is usually above 10:1, for example in the range 25:1 to 50:1. ... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749989 | Estrogenic compounds, methods of using and methods of administering the same Novel estrogenic compounds of Formula I are provided. wherein the bond represented by the wavy line may be a single or double bond such that when the wavy line is a single bond, R1 is selected from the group cons... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7727531 | Antibodies for preventing and treating attaching and effacing (AEEC) associated diseases The present invention relates to antibodies immunologically specific for an attaching and effacing Escherichia coli (AEEC) virulence-associated protein, products, compositions and methods and to their use thereof in the prevention of an AEEC infection in a ma... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7724193 | Printed circuit boards with a multi-plane antenna and methods for configuring the same Multi-plane antennae on a substrate having a front face and a back face are provided. A plurality of through holes extend through the substrate between the front face and the back face of the substrate. A first antenna component is on the front face of the substrate... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7709625 | Methods and compositions for bone marrow stem cell-derived macrophage delivery of genes for gene therapy The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising a promoter operably linked to a nucleic acid encoding a peptide or protein and/or an RNA (e.g., antisense or ribozyme), wherein the promoter comprises elements that can include, but are not limited t... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7704977 | Solid oral dosage form containing an enhancer The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and oral dosage forms comprising a bisphosphonate in combination with an enhancer to enhance intestinal delivery of the bisphosphonate to the underlying circulation. Preferably, the enhancer is a medium chain fat... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7585637 | Estrogen related receptor, ERRα, a regulator of bone formation Methods and pharmaceutical compositions are provided for modulating bone formation in a mammal. Methods are also provided for screening compounds for their efficacy as modulators of bone formation. ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7532907 | Method of providing multiple data paths using a mobile terminal and related devices A mobile terminal may include a wireless modem, a wireless network interface, and an application (such as a browser application). A method of operating the mobile terminal may include providing a first data path between a data network and the application of the mobi... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7508893 | Integrated circuits and methods with statistics-based input data signal sample timing An integrated circuit device includes a data input configured to receive a data signal and a clock input configured to receive a clock signal associated with the data signal. The device further includes a sample timing circuit coupled to the clock input and the data... | 03/24/2009 |
| PP19013 | Ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red’ Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Red’ is a moderately compact cultivar producing many shoots and having dense foliage. This cultivar is distinguishable from other cultivars by its small to medium-sized, heart-shaped, red-purple to red-bronze col... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7351580 | Use of a transgene encoding a vertebrate phytase to increase capacity to utilize phytic acid in livestock feed The present invention provides an isolated animal cell comprising an exogenous nucleic acid encoding a mutated phytase, wherein the cell produces phytase and secretes the phytase from the cell. The present invention also provides an animal having a phenotype not nat... | 04/01/2008 |
| PP18673 | Ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘Sweet Caroline Green Yellow’ Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Green Yellow’ is a moderately compact to slightly trailing cultivar. This cultivar is distinguishable from other cultivars by its green and yellow to light yellow variegation. The plant has moderate vigor, is moderately to ... | 04/01/2008 |
| PP18574 | Ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple’ Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Bewitched Purple’ is an erect to semi-erect, bunch-type cultivar producing many shoots and having very dense foliage. This cultivar is distinguishable from other cultivars by its large, reniform, toothed, purple leaves and ... | 03/11/2008 |
| PP18573 | Ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple’ Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Purple’ is a compact to moderately-compact cultivar producing many shoots and having dense foliage. This cultivar is distinguishable from other cultivars by its small to medium-sized heart- to spade-shaped dark p... | 03/11/2008 |
| PP18572 | Ornamental sweetpotato plant named ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green’ Ipomoea batatas ‘Sweet Caroline Sweetheart Light Green’ is a very compact to compact, partially mounded cultivar producing many shoots and having dense foliage. This cultivar is distinguishable from other cultivars by small, heart-shaped, light green to c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329569 | Methods of forming semiconductor devices including mesa structures and multiple passivation layers A method of forming a semiconductor device may include forming a semiconductor structure on a substrate wherein the semiconductor structure defines a mesa having a mesa surface opposite the substrate and mesa sidewalls between the mesa surface and the substrate. A f... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327609 | Methods of program-verifying a multi-bit nonvolatile memory device and circuit thereof Methods of verifying a program state may be provided for a non-volatile memory device including a multi-bit memory cell transistor providing more than two different program states. More particularly, the multi-bit memory cell transistor may be programmed from a firs... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7211367 | Photo acid generator, chemical amplification resist material A high resolution resist material comprising an acid generator is provided so that high sensitivity and high resolution for high energy rays of 300 nm or less, small line-edge roughness, and excellence in heat stability and storage stability are obtained. Moreover, ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7169819 | Pharmaceutical compositions of fenretinide having increased bioavailability and methods of using the same A pharmaceutical composition for parenteral delivery, comprising a retinide such as fenretinide in combination with a solvent capable of dispersing or solubilizing the retinide. The solvent comprises an alcohol, such as ethanol, in combination with an alkoxylated ca... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7163712 | Microstamping activated polymer surfaces Methods of attaching a ligand to a surface are described that include contacting a surface with a substrate containing an amphiphilic comb polymer. The substrate is configured to provide a pattern of the amphiphilic comb polymer on a selected region of the surface. ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 6806760 | Low-voltage booster circuits and methods of operation thereof A voltage booster circuit includes first and second capacitors and a switch circuit coupled to the first and second capacitors and operative to apply a power supply across the first and second capacitors in series responsive to a first signal to thereby charge the f... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6801446 | Read only memory devices with independently precharged virtual ground and bit lines and methods for operating the same Read only memory (ROM) integrated circuit devices include one or more storage cells. A virtual ground line and a bit line are coupled to the storage cell. A precharge circuit independently controls timing of precharging of the virtual ground line and the bit line. T... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6788132 | Voltage and time control circuits Integrated circuits are provided that include a voltage control circuit that is configured to adjust a circuit voltage that is outside a predetermined circuit voltage specification to within the predetermined circuit voltage specification so that the integrated circ... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6785278 | Methods, systems and computer program products for hashing address values Methods systems and computer program products are provided for hashing address values that exhibit banding in a plurality of regions of an address space defined by at least two segments of the address values, by performing at least one of a translation and a rotatio... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6759048 | Neutralization-sensitive epitopes of Cryptosporidium parvum DNA sequences encoding epitopes to which sporozoite-neutralizing antibodies are directed are provided. Recombinant proteins and synthetic peptides containing Cryptosporidium parvum epitopes for inducing an antigenic response are described. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6731645 | Methods, switches, systems, and computer program products for fair transmission of data received at multiple inputs in the order received in a queued memory switch A queued memory switch includes separate devices that switch received data to the outputs of the queued memory switch. Data is received by a first device (the master) and a second device (the slave) at a series of reception times. The slave sends information to the ... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6701928 | Inhaler dispensing system adapters for laryngectomized subjects and associated methods Adapters configured to engage with conventional oral inhalers or inhalers with valved-holding chambers for laryngectomized subjects can sealably engage with the mouthpiece of same. The adapter can be configured and sized to slide onto conventional devices... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6699201 | Acoustic window identification Methods for identifying and/or visualizing an acoustic window suitable for passive acoustic coronary heart disease evaluations by mapping the relative SNR distribution on the channels on an array of a plurality of sensors to nominal locations on a person'... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6493914 | Reinforced composite product and apparatus and method for producing same A rebar forming apparatus includes a malleable material supply station for continuously supplying a malleable planar material and a malleable material forming station for forming the malleable material into first and second corresponding shell portions an... | 12/17/2002 |
