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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7070739 | Detection and characterization of microorganisms A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for sedimenting such microorganisms through zones of immobilized reagents to whic... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7034128 | Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues A method for extracting proteins from the intercellular space of plants is provided. The method is applicable to the large scale isolation of many active proteins of interest synthesized by plant cells. The method may be used commercially to recover recombinantly pr... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7033835 | Production of peptides in plants as viral coat protein fusions The present invention relates to foreign peptide sequences fused to recombinant plant viral structural proteins and a method of their production. Fusion proteins are economically synthesized in plants at high levels by biologically contained tobamoviruses. The fusio... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6980674 | Reference database Data acquisition and cataloging are used to classify polypeptides into a reference index or database. The database can be used to identify previously unidentified samples. New polypeptides are characterized and added to the database. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6939453 | Electrophoresis process using ionic liquids Highly hydrophobic compounds and hydrophobic proteins are solubilized in a non-aqueous solvent containing an electrolyte for electrophoretic separation. The non-aqueous solvent is an ionic liquid or a mixture of an organic solvent containing an ionic liquid in an am... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6932895 | Automated electrophoresis gel manipulation apparatus An automated, computer controlled assembly is provided for continuously processing a large number of electrophoresis gels. The assembly includes a loading assembly for loading a gel onto a carrier, a gel staining assembly and a scanning and cutting assembly. The sta... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6933109 | Rapid particle detection Methods and reagents for rapid purification and/or identification of particles in a liquid sample are described. The technique uses centrifugation to concentrate particles against a slanted surface having an agent specifically binding to the particles. This method i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6927779 | Web-based well plate information retrieval and display system A graphical user interfaces (GUI) depicts multiple wells of a well plate that represents biological samples stored in an actual well-plate. Each well includes visual representations of data that corresponds to results of analyses of the corresponding biological samp... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6911312 | Detection and characterization of microorganisms A method for separating microorganisms, especially infectious agents, from a mixture by two dimensional centrifugation on the basis of sedimentation rate and isopycnic banding density, for sedimenting such microorganisms through zones of immobilized reagents to whic... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6906172 | Flexible processing apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, soluble proteins and peptides from plant sources A flexible automated apparatus for isolating and purifying viruses, proteins and peptides of interest from a plant material is disclosed, the apparatus being applicable for large scale purification and isolation of such substances from plant material. The flexible a... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6890748 | Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression The invention relates to α-galactosidase truncated at the carboxy terminus and the production of enzymatically active recombinant human and animal lysosomal enzymes involving construction and expression of recombinant expression constructs comprising coding sequenc... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6887696 | Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression The invention relates to α-galactosidase truncated at the carboxy terminus and the production of enzymatically active recombinant human and animal lysosomal enzymes involving construction and expression of recombinant expression constructs comprising coding sequenc... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6887701 | Microarrays and their manufacture The microarrays of the present invention are prepared by using a separate fiber for each compound being used in the microarray. The fibers are bundled and sectioned to form a thin microarray that is glued to a backing. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6846635 | Microarrays and their manufacture Microarrays are prepared by using a separate fiber for each compound being used in the microarray. The fibers are bundled and sectioned to form a thin microarray that is glued to a backing. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846968 | Production of lysosomal enzymes in plants by transient expression The invention relates to the production of enzymatically active recombinant human and animal lysosomal enzymes involving construction and expression of recombinant expression constructs comprising coding sequences of human or animal lysosomal enzymes in a plant expr... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6841659 | Method for recovering proteins from the interstitial fluid of plant tissues A method for extracting proteins from the intercellular space of plants is provided. The method is applicable to the large scale isolation of many active proteins of interest synthesized by plant cells. The method may be used commercially to recover recombinantly pr... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6804410 | System for optimizing alignment of laser beam with selected points on samples in MALDI mass spectrometer A mass spectrometry apparatus uses image processing of output signals of a camera in a mass spectrometer to provide feedback for directing the laser. The present invention provides for the determination of where samples have actually been deposited on a plate, and f... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800748 | Cytoplasmic inhibition of gene expression and expression of a foreign protein in a monocot plant by a plant viral vector The present invention relates to recombinant viral vectors encoding a transcriptional unit, that encodes a fusion protein, or a foreign protein or a gene of interest to be silenced, which can be expressed in a host. The present invention also relates to the use of t... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6783648 | Method and apparatus for unloading gels from isoelectric gel tubes An apparatus for expressing and unloading an isoelectric focusing gel from an electrophoresis gel tube includes a first support for supporting the gel tube, a plunger rod and a second support for supporting the plunger rod. The first support is mounted on a movable ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6761810 | Automated apparatus including a robotic arm for loading samples into wells for first dimension electrophoresis separation An automated assembly for performing first dimension electrophoresis is described herein that includes a supply magazine, an electrophoresis tank and an automated transferring device that robotically transfers biological samples from sample vials retained in the sup... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6758804 | Method and apparatus for unloading gradients Devices and methods for removing portions of gradients relate to a float with an upper concave surface for collecting the gradient portion. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6734424 | Method for microdispensing of fluids from a pipette An automated pipetting apparatus and method for forming sample spots on a support include a pipette. A robotic assembly moves a sample container, such as a multiwell microtiter plate, and the support to the pipette for receiving and dispensing liquid samples. The pi... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6720183 | Cytoplasmic inhibition of gene expression The invention provides novel genetic constructions for the expression of inhibitory RNA in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. The inhibitory RNA may be an anti-sense RNA or a co-suppressor RNA, and functions to reduce the expression of a gene of interest in the targ... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6713309 | Microarrays and their manufacture The microarrays of the present invention are prepared by using a separate fiber for each compound being used in the microarray. The fibers are bundled and sectioned to form a thin microarray that is glued to a backing. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6709871 | Precision fluid gradient formation Ways for reproducibly making liquid gradients with a high degree of precision are provided. Different regions in the gradient are preformed by premixing liquids usable for other components of the gradient to form an intermediate gradient component that is then added... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6649419 | Method and apparatus for protein manipulation A method and apparatus for extracting, identifying, and manipulating proteins or peptides from a solution uses paramagnetic beads having a coating with an affinity for the target component. In one embodiment, paramagnetic beads coated with C18 are used to... | 11/18/2003 |
