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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7475087 | Computer display tool for visualizing relationships between and among data The invention is directed to a tool for visualizing relationships between and among data. It uses existing relational databases, and provides the means to view these databases in order to reveal degrees of relatedness between and among various data clusters. An illu... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7341663 | Spiral-wound liquid membrane module for separation of fluids and gases The present invention is a filtering and chemical separation device that performs the operations of solvent extraction and pervaporation in a single piece of equipment, configured as a spiral-wound membrane module, and provides for the replenishment of the solvent i... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7195901 | Diacylglycerol acyltransferase and its use to preferentially incorporate fatty acids into diacylglycerol The gene for the diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT) from Ricinus communis L., the castor plant, has been isolated, cloned, and used to transform other plants and micro-organisms. When the gene is expressed in a heterologous system, the corresponding DGAT p... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7024942 | Method and apparatus for non-destructive detection of pits and seed fragments in fruit An apparatus and method for the non-destructive detection of pits and pit fragments found in dried fruit has been developed. It utilizes a force transducer and a signal processor to determine whether or not pit or pit fragments are present in a fruit specimen, and i... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6854337 | Apparatus and method for measuring the mass of vegetation or fruit supported on a trellis The present disclosure concerns apparatus and methods useful in estimating crop yields of plants that are supported on a trellis. According to one aspect, a method for measuring the mass of trellised plant structures includes measuring the tension of a support wire ... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6772556 | Insect trap The invention is directed to a trap for insects, without killing them. It employs a housing, with an opening on one end, and at least one layer of parallel strings or line stretched across that opening. The distance between each string corresponds to the width of th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6766612 | Apparatus and method to treat materials for pest control and storage The invention is directed to an apparatus and method of treating agricultural commodities for pests. It is a portable, dismantleable box that can be erected around a stack or array of loaded shipping containers. An impermeably envelope is wrapped around the box and ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6622565 | Fluid pressure measurement by mechanical compression of tubing The invention provides a simple, non-invasive means for measuring pressure of fluid in fluid-containing, resilient tubing by measuring the force to mechanically compress the tubing to a predetermined distance. In the apparatus of the invention, first and ... | 09/23/2003 |
