Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5888810 | Campylobacteri jejuni flagellin-escherichia coli LT-B fusion protein A fusion protein which comprises the B subunit of the labile toxin (LT-B) of E. coli and part of the flagellin (flaA) protein of C. jejuni is antigenic and is useful for decreasing colonization in chickens by Campylobacter species. The protein is produced... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5874221 | Species specific method for the PCR detection of phythophthora Phythophthora species which infect potatoes may result in the devastating disease potato late blight or in pink rot. Primers specific for Phythophthora infestans (late blight), and for Phytophthora erythroseptica and Phytophthora nicotianae (pink rot) hav... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5866420 | Artificial liver device Continuous cultures of pluripotent parenchymal hepatocytes were derived from the epiblasts of pig blastocysts. The cultures are feeder-dependent and grow slowly with doubling times of 3 to 4 days. They differentiate into large secretory duct-like structur... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5858749 | Bifunctional protein from carrots (Daucus carota) with aspartokinase and homoserine dehydrogenase activities A bifunctional enzyme has been isolated and purified from carrots which has both aspartokinase and homoserine dehydrogenase activities in the same polypeptide. The enzyme can be used to regulate lysine, homoserine, threonine, isoleucine and methionine con... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5843429 | Gonad-specific virus which causes sterility in the corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea Helicoverpa species constitute the most important group of crop pests throughout the world, and scientists have been pursuing the development of biocontrol agents effective for the control of these pests. A virus, the gonad specific virus (GSV), has been ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5837825 | Campylobacter jejuni flagellin/Escherichia coli LT-B fusion protein A fusion protein which comprises the B subunit of the labile toxin (LT-B) of E. coli and part of the flagellin (flaA) protein of C. jejuni is antigenic and is useful for decreasing colonization in chickens by Campylobacter species. The protein is produced... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5824316 | Leader-proteinase deleted foot-and-mouth disease viruses and their use as vaccines A foot-and-mouth disease virus has been genetically engineered by deleting the nucleic acid sequence encoding the leader (L) proteinase from an infectious cDNA copy of the viral genome and producing an L proteinase-deleted virus. The L proteinase-deleted ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5816057 | Horizontal cross flow filtration and rinsing of ice from saline slurries The invention provides a filter for removing liquid from an ice slurry. The filter includes a horizontal filter plate. The ice slurry is passed over the top of the filter plate. The filter includes a first stage where the liquid is removed from the ice sl... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5795845 | Method for the control of weeds with weakly virulent or non-virulent plant pathogens A bioherbicidal composition comprising an invert emulsion carrier and a microorganism which is a non- or weakly-virulent pathogen in the absence of the carrier is useful as a herbicidal agent when the microorganism is present in an amount effective for he... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5792934 | Enhanced insect resistance in plants genetically engineered with a plant hormone gene involved in cytokinin biosynthesis A transgenic plant into which a chimeric gene comprising a wound inducible promoter and a gene for an enzyme involved in cytokinin biosynthesis has been introduced shows enhanced resistance to insect infestation.... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5780023 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5741699 | Biological control of diseases of harvested agricultural commodities using strains of the yeast candida oleophila The present invention is drawn to isolates of Candida oleophila which are effective for the control of postharvest diseases in fruit and to biocontrol compositions which include such isolates. A method of utilizing the isolates to inhibit pathogens which ... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5717050 | Hypoallergenic natural rubber products from parthenium argentatum (gray) and other non-hevea brasiliensis species Hypoallergenic products are made from Parthenum argentatum (Gray), Ficus elastica and other non-hevea rubber-containing plants by homogenizing the plants in an aqueous medium, filtering the homogenate and separating the rubber-containing phase from the aq... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713965 | Production of biodiesel, lubricants and fuel and lubricant additives A method is described which utilizes lipases to transesterify triglyceride-containing substances and to esterify free fatty acids to alkyl esters using short chain alcohols. The alkyl esters are useful as alternatives or additives to automotive fuels and ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5705030 | Fiber and fiber products produced from feathers A wide variety of end products may be manufactured from fibers or fiber pulp derived from feathers. Examples of such end products are paper and paper-like products, non-woven and woven fibers, insulation, filters, extrusions, and composite sheets and plat... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5697986 | Fuels as solvents for the conduct of enzymatic reactions The present invention describes a method of producing biofuels by carrying out the enzymatic transesterification of fatty acid-containing materials directly in automotive fuels.... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5670368 | Inhibiting plant pathogens with an antagonistic microorganism(s) The present invention is drawn to biological control of plant pathogens (e.g. either preharvest or postharvest diseases) on agricultural commodities (such as fruits, vegetables, cereals, grains, nuts, seeds and silage) by use of at least one microorganism... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5652102 | Assay for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli 0157:H7 by the polymerase chain reaction Primers specific for enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) 0157:H7 bacteria have been designed which are useful for detecting the bacteria by polymerase chain reaction methods. The primers were derived from DNA sequences contained within a 60-MDa plas... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5646206 | Films fabricated from mixtures of pectin and poly(vinyl alchohol) High modulus, flexible films may be fabricated from blend of pectin, poly(vinyl alcohol) and, optionally, plasticizers. The combination of pectin and poly(vinyl alcohol) is advantageous in that pectin increases the biodegradability of poly(vinyl alcohol).... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5633151 | Enzymatic process for the isolation of erucic acid from vegetable oils Erucic acid is produced by enzymatic hydrolysis, the reaction being catalyzed by lipase from Geotrichum candidum or Candida rugosa. Fatty acid substituents having carbon chains shorter than C22 are removed from triglycerides which also contain one or two ... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633025 | Bioactive coating for harvested commodities A coating for harvested agricultural commodities which delays ripening and controls decay is described. The coating comprises a modified chitosan matrix containing a yeast antagonistic to postharvest pathogens. The modified chitosan may be carboxymethylch... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5612040 | Non-infectious foot-and-mouth disease viruses A safe, effective vaccine for the protection of susceptible animals against foot-and-mouth disease has been produced. The vaccine comprises a mutant virus from which the amino acid sequence Gly-Val-Arg-Gly-Asp-Phe (SEQ ID NO: 8) from the G-H loop of VP1 h... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5591429 | Composition containing 2-deoxy-D-glucose and Candida saitoana and a method of use for the biological control of postharvest diseases A biocontrol composition comprising an antagonistic microorganism and a sugar analog (2-deoxy-D-glucose) gives a level of control superior to that of either component when used alone and comparable to that of synthetic chemical fungicides. The antagonisti... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5580942 | Hypoallergenic natural rubber products from parthenum argentatum (gray) and other non-hevea brasiliensis species Hypoallergenic products are made from Parthenum argentatum (Gray), Ficus elastica and other non-hevea rubber-containing plants by homogenizing the plants in an aqueous medium, filtering the homogenate and separating the rubber-containing phase from the aq... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5532156 | Hepatocyte cell line derived from the epiblast of pig blastocysts Continuous cultures of pluripotent parenchymal hepatocytes were derived from the epiblasts of pig blastocysts. The cultures are feeder-dependent and grow slowly with doubling times of 3 to 4 days. They differentiate into large secretory duct-like structur... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5451673 | Films fabricated from mixtures of pectin and starch High modulus, flexible films may be fabricated from blends of pectin, starch and, optionally, plasticizers. The films are biodegradable, water soluble and are advantageous in that all materials are derived from agricultural products.... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5451400 | Nucosal competitive exclusion flora A preparation effective for reducing colonization by human enteropathogenic bacteria in poultry is prepared from cultures of mucosa-associated flora obtained from ceca of mature birds and is referred to as mucosal competitive exclusion (MCE). The preparat... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5420009 | Detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri by hybridization and polymerase chain reaction assays Xanthomonas campestris pv. citri is a quarantine organism under United States and International law because of the serious disease of citrus, citrus bacterial canker disease, which is caused by the organism. We have cloned, in vector pUC9, a 4.2-kb BamHI ... | 05/30/1995 |
