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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7705291 | Apparatus and method for wound diagnosis A configurable scanner (1), adapted for contactless measurement of the depth and perimeter of a wound on a target body part (9), has a scan head (4), and a processor (3) for controlling a scanning procedure and analyzing the results. The ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7638784 | Radiation protection system A radiation protection system for protecting medical personnel from radiation being applied from a radiation source to a patient positioned on a table. The system includes a shield for positioning above the table having an inner frame sized and shaped for receiving ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7183871 | Bi-directional access point An improved bi-directional access point includes an impedance boosting section in conjunction with an interface section to a bi-directional communication path. The impedance boosting section incorporates a transformer tap output that couples to an access connection ... | 02/27/2007 |
| D516239 | Light fixture having a square grid cell with an arched trim | 02/28/2006 |
| 6884348 | Module of units for an internal combustion engine The invention relates to a module of units for an internal combustion engine, comprising, as first unit, a device for separating out contaminants from the lubricating oil in the internal combustion engine, whereby the device has a filter insert, a free-jet centrifug... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6875267 | Process and device for feeding dispersible solid fuels into the calcinator of a cement clinker production line In order to make sure, for cement clinker production lines with blown injection of dispersible solid fuels such as, for example, coal dust, into the calcinator which is provided with fuel, that an open flame does not occur at the fuel injection point, it is proposed... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6782651 | Breaching tool A breaching tool assembly is provided for use with a shotgun barrel including a cylindrical carrier tube with a first externally threaded portion at one end for threadingly engaging an internal thread in the shotgun barrel. A second externally threaded portion is pr... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6722498 | Integrated storage container for an attachment to a personal grooming tool The present invention relates to a storage container for an attachment to a personal grooming tool. The container includes a housing and a cover. The housing includes a chamber configured to store the attachments. The cover is configured to fit over the housing to e... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6720152 | Diagnosis of histoplasmosis using antigens specific for H. capsulatum A method for identifying a protein antigen to a target fungus is disclosed. The method comprises screening expressed proteins from a cDNA gene expression library with antisera to the target fungus and cross-screening with antisera to a nontarget fungus. Antibodies t... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6713249 | Cell matrix plaques of initial bone formation An isolated and essentially purified cell matrix plaque of initial bone formation comprising of αvβ3 integrin and rapid assays using such cell matrix plaques to measure potentials of factors, regimens or tissues for stimulation and/or inhibit... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6704709 | System and method for improving the accuracy of a speech recognition program A system and method for improving the accuracy of a speech recognition program. The system is based on a speech recognition program that automatically converts a pre-recorded audio file into a written text. The system parses the written text into segments... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6688688 | Chair This invention concerns a chair with a seat panel, with a central column or several legs and with a backrest carrier. In order to provide a tilting movement, the front of the seat panel rests on a horizontal, crosswise running first pivot and, in order to... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6687473 | Method and apparatus for a non-contact direct transfer imaging system An imaging system that includes a photoreceptor belt capable of having an electrostatic latent image recorded thereon, a group of developing stations capable of developing a color image on the photoreceptor, and at least one charging means and at least on... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6669359 | Sifter attachment for mixer A mixer/sifter combination includes a counter-stand type mixer together with a sifter attachment that is designed to be coupled to the mixer via the mixer's aperture that rotates a typical beater so that the mixer can be used to perform sifting functions.... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6666394 | Milling installation In the production of meal-fine products by a milling process the milling material generated in a comminuting device is ordinarily separated at the desired grain size in a downstream sifter and the fine material (meal-fine product) obtained here is then se... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6659633 | Mixer/sifter A mixer/sifter combination includes an electric, hand mixer together with a sifter attachment that is designed to be coupled to the mixer via the mixer's aperture that rotates a typical beater so that the mixer can be used to perform sifting functions. Th... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6652272 | Device for sluicing a hot meal-form material In order to create a device like a shuttle sluice for sluicing or distributing a hot meal-form material flow, in particular for cement plant construction, whose shuttle valve or shuttle valves is or are easy and inexpensive to repair or renew in case of w... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6645262 | Liquid hydrocarbon fuel compositions containing a stable boric acid suspension Disclosed are liquid hydrocarbon fuel concentrates, including low sulfur liquid hydrocarbon fuel concentrates containing at least 5,000 ppm boric acid suspended in the liquid hydrocarbon fuel. The liquid hydrocarbon fuels include gasoline, diesel fuel, av... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645764 | Neocartilage and methods of use Disclosed are neocartilage compositions characterized by having multiple layers of cells, said cells being surrounded by a substantially continuous insoluble glycosaminoglycan and collagen-enriched hyaline extra-cellular matrix, and which neocartilage pho... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641143 | Multi-linked seal assembly having material that swells when exposed to fire A multi-link seal assembly having material that swells when exposed to fire is provided. The multi-link seal assembly includes a plurality of seal blocks. Each seal block is made of a material that swells when exposed to fire, wherein the material consist... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6634647 | Multi-linked seal assembly having friction-reducing layer A annular seal assembly having a friction-reducing layer, such as wire mesh, on the inner surface that is in contact with a pipe, whereby the friction-reducing layer decreases the coefficient of friction between the pipe and the seal assembly is decreased... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6626664 | Self opening orthodontic appliance with opening assistance An orthodontic appliance is provided which includes an upper tooth receiving trough and a lower tooth receiving trough which are hinged together at a posterior portion of the appliance. The hinge is constructed so that the appliance is self opening to cau... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6624052 | Process for annealing semiconductors and/or integrated circuits A method of making a semiconductor structure, includes annealing a structure in a deuterium-containing atmosphere. The structure includes (i) a substrate, (ii) a gate dielectric on the substrate, (iii) a gate on the gate dielectric, (iv) an etch-stop laye... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6620360 | Process for producing multilayered microparticles A process for producing multilayered microparticles for marking and later identifying substances or objects of any desired type, even animals and plants, has the following steps: several marking layers are successively applied in the liquid state onto a w... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6609879 | Method and apparatus for vacuum bagging a component having a partial flange In combination, a gas turbine engine component having a centerline and a partial flange for connecting the component to the gas turbine engine extending only partially around the centerline and terminating in spaced apart ends of the flange, and a support... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6610480 | Treatment and diagnosis of cardiac hypertrophy The present invention is based upon the identification of genes which are differentially expressed in hypertrophic cardiac tissue as compared to normal cardiac tissue. Accordingly, the present invention provides nucleotide sequences of genes selected from... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6610509 | Methods of targeted expression by the CD-RAP gene promoter Provided are methods of targeted expression by the cartilage-derived retinoic acid-sensitive protein (CD-RAP) promoter. It is also directed to nucleic acid constructs and vectors useful for expression of nucleic acid sequences targeted to cartilage during... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6609377 | Multiple injector combustor A mixer for use in a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine. The mixer includes an annular housing having an upstream end, a downstream end, a mount for attaching the housing to an upstream end of the combustion chamber, and an interior surface defini... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6605402 | Method of using variably sized coating particles in a mono component developing system The present invention is directed to a non-contact, single-component developing system for electrophotographic machines that effectively reduces the impact of adhesion forces on the development process. The developing system of the present invention utili... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604235 | Operating system upgrading Methods for upgrading the operating system of an appliance and/an one or more applications run by the appliance. The method can be used to reload existing software, to add an operating mode to the appliance, and/or to enable an existent but previously dis... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6598862 | Evaporative cooler An evaporative cooler and method of operation is provided in which the cooler includes a liquid distributor, a body having a surface for receiving liquid from the distributor, an air moving device for generating a flow of air over the surface of the body,... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6595772 | Method and apparatus for the thermal treatment of mealy raw materials To create a calcinator for a cement clinker production line which is connected to the rotary tubular kiln in series and which is equipped with double firings, in which it is possible expediently to dispose of lumpy combustibles such as unchipped used tire... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6593208 | Method of uniform polish in shallow trench isolation process A method of making a semiconductor structure includes removing a cover layer. The cover layer is on a first dielectric layer, the dielectric layer is in a trench in a substrate, and a protective layer is on the substrate. Isolation regions formed by this ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6591305 | Method and system for delivering data from a server object to a client object using a non-proprietary data transfer protocol The present invention is method and system capable of delivering video across the Internet using the hypertext transfer protocol. Client objects periodically request to view a uniform resource locator that is aliased to a servlet. For each request, the se... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6586806 | Method and structure for a single-sided non-self-aligned transistor A transistor includes a non-self-aligned gate-terminal junction in a substrate having a relatively thick oxide layer disposed between a gate region and a terminal region and a relatively thin oxide layer disposed between the gate structure and the substra... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6582446 | Method and apparatus for percutaneous osteoplasty Apparatus for injecting an immobilizing substance into a target site of a bone. The apparatus includes a cannula having a bore for transporting the immobilizing substance to the target site of the bone when a leading end of the cannula is positioned adjac... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6575070 | Method and apparatus for cutting sheet material Apparatus for cutting a sheet of material along a preselected line. The apparatus includes a table having an upper surface sized and shaped for receiving the sheet of material. In addition, the apparatus includes a wire positionable adjacent the upper sur... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6570655 | Process and apparatus for measuring the opacity in gases A process is provided for measuring the opacity in gases, especially in exhaust gases or in the atmosphere, at or near the maximum of the eye sensitivity in the green wavelength range with a central wavelength lying between 550 and 570 nm. In order, in a ... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6565007 | Chip card with an electronic blocking function The invention relates to a circuit for a chip card, characterized by an active function, which deactivates other function by interrupting the electrical connections. The chip card has two switching elements and two different transmission circuits for exch... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6562638 | Integrated scheme for predicting yield of semiconductor (MOS) devices from designed layout A method for determining device yield of a semiconductor device design, includes determining statistics of at least one MOSFET parameter from a gate pattern, and calculating device yield from the at least one MOSFET parameter. The method provides a direct... | 05/13/2003 |
