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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182910 | Tip-resistant sheet for standing articles A tip-resistant sheet capable of preventing heavy and easily toppled structures such as tombstones and gravestones, memorial tablets, Buddhist images, furniture, refrigerators, pianos, heavy articles on four wheels, and furniture with thin legs from tipping over uti... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179731 | Storage devices with soft processing A storage device includes a storage array having a group of storage elements. Each storage element can written to a discrete set of physical states. A read circuit selects one or more storage elements and generates, for each selected storage element, an analog signa... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178486 | Method for promoting hair growth A method is provided of promoting hair growth in a subject includes applying to the skin of the subject a composition including lactoferrin in an amount effective for at least one of proliferating and activating hair follicles in the hypodermis of skin of the subjec... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176919 | Respiratory mask including an adjustable forehead abutment member An adjustable respiratory mask includes: a mask body including a rear side, and a front cover having a connecting hole and projecting upwardly; an adjuster housing formed on top of the front cover, and having a sleeve that extends within the adjuster housing in a fr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176912 | Light-condensing device and method of fabricating the same A light-condensing device and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The light-condensing device includes a central block, a pair of vertical diffraction grating blocks respectively located left and right of the central block, and a pair of horizontal diffra... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175989 | Music recommendation system using a personalized choice set A method for recommending items includes forming one or more choice sets of recommendable items. At least one choice set is a personalized choice set of recommendable items formed for a first user based in part on data associated with that user. Recommendable items ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175676 | Generating gating signals for thermal therapy A method of inducing thermal effect at a moving target includes receiving a first data characterizing a repeated motion of the moving target; processing the first data to determine a treatment plan, including determining a plan for directing a signal at the moving t... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172532 | Device for adjustment of a rotor blade, wind energy converter, and method for adjusting a rotor blade A method for adjusting a pivotally mounted rotor blade of a wind energy converter includes controlling a first drive and a second drive to collectively turn the rotor blade into an operating position; detecting whether a failure of the first drive has occurred; acti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172397 | Transparent pixelized optical component with absorbing walls, its method of manufacture and its use in the manufacture of a transparent optical element A transparent optical component (10) comprises at least one transparent set of cells (15) juxtaposed parallel to one surface of the component, each cell being separated by absorbing walls (18) parallel to the component surface, and each cell bei... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170873 | Comparing events in word spotting An approach to comparing events in word spotting, such as comparing putative and reference instances of a keyword, makes use of a set of models of subword units. For each of two acoustic events and for each of a series of times in each of the events, a probability a... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168648 | Camptothecin derivatives and uses thereof The present invention provides two new camptothecin derivatives, which were identified as S,R- and S,S-topotecan lactates, respectively. Both compounds have anticancer activities. Pharmaceutical compositions of the new camptothecin derivatives, and cancer therapies ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168596 | Use of cycloartane compounds for treating arthritis A method of treating a disease associated with cartilage defect in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an effectively amount of a cycloartane compound of Formula (I). ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168413 | Luminescent diamond particles A method for preparing luminescent diamond particles (e.g., fluorescent nanodiamonds). The method includes irradiating diamond particles with an ion beam and heating the irradiated diamond particles in a non-oxidizing atmosphere at a temperature between 600 and 1000... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168303 | Use of popcorn for timber and composite materials The present invention relates to the use of popcorn as material that provides structure and that stabilizes dimensions, for lignocellulose-containing molded articles, such as wood/composite materials, and also to the use of popcorn as binder for formaldehyde in wood... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168192 | Enterovirus type 71 protein and method for production The invention provides a new type of a capsid protein VP1 of human enterovirus 71, named as MEL701-VP1 and functional/structural variants thereof, which is used for protection against enterovirus. The transgenic animal producing the protein, the composition comprisi... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166923 | Animal instrumentation An approach to monitoring, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or conditioning of animals such as horses does not require use of restrictive equipment such as treadmills or force plates and that can provide either or both of more or less immediate or continuous process... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165562 | Personalized message escrow Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for maintaining a personalized message provided by a personal security service subscriber in an escrow storage during a security period associated with the subscriber, and delivering the personaliz... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163764 | Skincare methods Disclosed are compositions and methods for skincare, e.g., reducing skin wrinkles and for treating skin disorders. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163497 | Anti-extended type I glycosphingolipid antibody, derivatives thereof and use Human antibodies and antigen-binding portions of those antibodies that specifically bind extended Type I chain glycosphingolipids are provided. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162487 | Video projector A video projector includes a display device which receives an image signal and generates image light projected onto a projection surface. A scaling processor scales the input image signal. An OSD processor generates and corrects an adjustment pattern image in accord... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160852 | Selection-based criteria for computation of multiple body interactions Distributed computation of multiple body interactions in a region uses multiple processing modules, where each of the processing modules is associated with a respective corresponding portion of the region. In some examples, the approach includes establishing multipl... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158798 | Coupling process for preparing quinolone intermediates Process for making 7-cycloamino-1-cyclopropyl-1,4-dihydro-8-methoxy-4-oxo-3-quinolinecarboxylic acids. Borate ester compounds suitable for use in such process. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158367 | Cancer diagnosis based on levels of antibodies against Globo H and its fragments A cancer diagnostic method using a glycan array that contains Gb5 and Globo H, Bb2, Bb3, and/or Bb4. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157272 | Shopping cart with child carrier apparatus having a b-pillar restraint region A shopping cart with child carrying apparatus suitable for storage and conveyance of a conventional capacity of food or other products can also transport and entertain at least one child. The shopping cart has at least one storage basket, as well as a child carrier ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156935 | Respiratory tube assembly A respiratory tube assembly includes a three-way connector having first to third connecting sections, a container defining a receiving chamber and having a container surrounding wall and a projection projecting into the receiving chamber, a cover connected to the th... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154146 | Generator, nacelle, and mounting method of a nacelle of a wind energy converter An apparatus for wind energy conversion includes a nacelle having a main frame, the main frame having a lower part and an upper part joined to the lower part, the upper part having a first strap extending across the lower part; a stator disposed within the nacelle; ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154143 | Wind energy converter comprising a superposition gear A wind energy converter configured for transmitting power to an electric grid includes a variable ratio gear system mechanically coupled between a rotor and a generator. A control system is configured to mechanically control a rotational speed of the generator so th... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149493 | Electro-optic silicon modulator In a general aspect, a device includes a substrate, a light transmission formed on a top surface of the substrate, a first contact, and a second contact. The light transmission structure includes a first doped region; a second doped region doped oppositely to the fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148485 | Production method for water-absorbing resin In obtaining a water-absorbing resin with high property in high productivity, produced a production method for a water-absorbing resin in high property and stably. Provided is a production method for a water-absorbing resin, comprising: a step for polymerizing an ac... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148420 | Use of novel compounds from fruiting body of for stimulating immune response Methods of stimulating immune response or treating an inflammatory disorder with one of a number of the compounds disclosed herein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147885 | Manufacturing method for fermented soybeans having increased gamma-amino butyric acid content The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing fermented soybeans having increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content, and more particularly, a method of manufacturing fermented soybeans having increased gamma-aminobutyric acid content which comprise... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147253 | Split ring terminal assembly A connector assembly configured to electrically connect a first substrate with a second substrate is provided. The connector assembly includes an insulating support member including an array of apertures, and terminal assemblies disposed in the apertures. Each termi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147239 | Method of controlling gas type clothes dryer Disclosed herein is a method of controlling a gas type clothes dryer. The method control the dryer to continuously detect condition of a flame sensor even after ignition of the dryer, thereby preventing a drying operation from being performed when a flame has been e... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146225 | Method of forming a clamping ring and a clamping ring For forming a clamping ring first the pipe is extruded. The extruded pipe is cut to form a pipe part. While extruding the pipe, its inner diameter is formed smaller than the outer diameter of a pipe onto which the clamping ring is positioned before making a pipe con... | 04/03/2012 |
| D656859 | Jewelry or fashion element | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145133 | Method and apparatus of sharing spectrum with legacy communication system A method of sharing spectrum with a legacy communication system includes acquiring spectrum correlation of the legacy communication system, and generating a transmit waveform based on the spectrum correlation. Unlike conventional cognitive radios that utilize spectr... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143793 | Device and method for periodic diode actuation An energy efficient illumination device is provided in which energy consumption is reduced by using a pulse generating circuit which provides power to LEDs in short pulses, and in which the circuit has a lifespan which is comparable to that of an LED. The illuminati... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143229 | Method for production of a transformed cell A method for incorporating a biomolecule into a cell including the steps: i) production of a complex from a biomolecule and a polymer which may be obtained by reaction of an amine monomer having at least two amine groups with an epoxide monomer having at least two e... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143214 | Protein-polymer conjugates Protein-polymer conjugates are described. Also described are a method for preparing a protein-polymer conjugate and its use in treating hepatitis B virus or hepatitis C virus infection. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143036 | Genetically modified microorganisms for producing itaconic acid with high yields Genetically modified microorganisms that produce itaconic acid at high yields and uses thereof. ... | 03/27/2012 |
