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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5586466 | Non-slip sleeve for float level sensor shaft A non-slip sleeve fits over a shaft for a float level sensor so a float moves up and down on the sleeve surface. This non-slip surface prevents deposits forming thereon when used in tanks with sludge or other solids suspended in liquids. The thin walled s... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5573533 | Method and system for radiofrequency ablation of cardiac tissue A system for delivering radiofrequency energy to ablate cardiac tissue comprises a radiofrequency generator and an intravascular catheter. The catheter includes both a radiofrequency ablation electrode and a temperature sensor within its distal end. Deliv... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5558696 | Method of direct steel making from liquid iron The disclosure describes a method of direct steel making wherein liquid iron is produced in a melter gasifier system using a solid fuel reductant, preferably petroleum coke, and low silica containing iron ore, preferably less than 2.0% by weight, and the ... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5545291 | Method for fabricating self-assembling microstructures A method for assembling microstructures onto a substrate through fluid transport. The microstructures being shaped blocks self-align into recessed regions located on a substrate such that the microstructure becomes integral with the substrate 20, 70, 90, ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5541292 | Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium knowlesi Duffy receptor The present invention relates to DNA segments encoding the Duffy receptor of a Plasmodium parasite, the recombinant DNA and to recombinantly produced Duffy receptor. The Duffy receptor can be utilized as a vaccine for humans against malaria.... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5533507 | Condensed oximeter system with noise reduction software A compact pulse oximetry system which separates the combined signal into its respective AC and DC components. By separating the signal into AC and DC components, a smaller order bit A/D converter may be used while still maintaining signal accuracy. Instea... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5529765 | Rabbit model for diagnosing and testing vaccines or therapeutic agents against aids A rabbit model for testing anti-AIDS therapeutic agents, vaccines, and HIV-1 infection is described.... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5523663 | Method for controlling a manipulator relative to a moving workpiece A method for real-time three-dimensional control of position and attitude of an end effector of a manipulator relative to a moving workpiece. Angles of revolute joints of the manipulator are controlled by harmonizing a first control methodology, wherein t... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5508199 | P450db1 clones for identifying humans with genetic defect in drug metabolism A cloned cDNA encoding debrisoquine 4-hydroxylase gene and a probe for identifying humans having a genetic defect in the metabolism of a certain class of drugs of which debrisoquine is a model, have been prepared. Testing of new drugs and of humans by a s... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5504438 | Testing method for imaging defects in a liquid crystal display substrate A method for testing liquid crystal display substrates with use of a testing apparatus which includes an electro-optical element. The test protocol includes applying a voltage between the circuitry on the liquid crystal display and the electro-optical ele... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5497343 | Reducing the number of carry-look-ahead adder stages in high-speed arithmetic units, structure and method A carry-look-ahead adder for adding an addend and an augend and generating a final sum. The addend, augend, and final sum are binary numbers, each having a plurality of bits. Bits of the same order in the addend and the augend are organized into columns. ... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5489525 | Monoclonal antibodies to prostate cells Monoclonal antibodies are provided which bind to an antigen associated with prostate cells, including prostate cancers. The monoclonal antibodies and recombinant forms thereof are used individually or conjugated radioisotopes to target the compounds to ca... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5489886 | Automatic line officiating system and method thereof An automatic line officiating system including a video camera and associated optics and electronics disposed adjacent to a line to be officiated and arranged with the longitudinal axis of its field of view concentric with the line and adapted to provide i... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5485418 | Associative memory An associative memory comprises a CAM array which is divided into a plurality of blocks, block select means, decoder means, and output means. The associative memory receives an externally supplied input address having first, second, and third parts. Which... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5485415 | Digital integrating circuit device To provide a digital integrating circuit which can increase speed by preventing the influence of a delay in carry propagation and can obtain an accumulated value for each section at a higher sampling frequency, the carry holding type adder 4 and the carry... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5473849 | Building wall and method of constructing same A simple, environmentally benign building for on-site erection and fabrication is made of monolithic, architectural, structural walls, beams, girders, joists and panels of relatively high physical strength which exhibit great durability and resistance to ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5475852 | Microprocessor implementing single-step or sequential microcode execution while in test mode A microprocessor having a test mode wherein a test instruction including an instruction for executing the whole microprogram routine and a step-execution instruction for executing only one microinstruction of an arbitrary address in a micro ROM for easily... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5470206 | Pneumatically powered submersible fluids pump with casing activator A pump, submerged in a fluid in a pump or well, has a buoyant outer, enclosing casing. Communicated to the casing are a conduit to supplying compressed air to the casing, a conduit for carrying the exhausted air away from the casing, an inlet and check va... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5471575 | Interactive parameter driven iterative financial spreadsheet analysis with context and layout sensitive help screen A financial analysis system for mathematically modeling an investment on a computer provides an improved computer user interface and a help method for teaching a user how to use the analysis system and for explaining the meaning of items on the screen. An... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5469042 | Charging monitor for electrical accumulators The invention relates to a circuit apparatus for the charge and discharge monitoring of electrical accumulators (20) or accumulator cells connected to one another in series to a charging current source (28). The apparatus includes one monitoring module (2... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5464764 | Positive-negative selection methods and vectors Positive-negative selector (PNS) vectors are provided for modifying a target DNA sequence contained in the genome of a target cell capable of homologous recombination. The vector comprises a first DNA sequence which contains at least one sequence portion ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5464449 | Internal graft prosthesis and delivery system A resilient tubular graft is delivered into place within a body passage by elongating the graft to reduce its diameter and then directing the graft to the desired position while in the elongated condition. The graft is carried into position by a pair of e... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5464975 | Method and apparatus for charged particle collection, conversion, fragmentation or detection An apparatus and method for providing mass-selected particles. A mass filter adapted to receive a flux of particles at its entry emits a mass-selected subset of the received flux of particles at its exit, and an electrode configuration provides electric f... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460942 | The catalytic moiety of the glucose-6-phosphatase system: the gene and protein and related mutations This invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and methods useful for producing recombinant glucose-6-phosphate (G-6-Pase). In addition, the invention relates to specific mutations in the gene encoding human G-6-Pase and methods for detecting the mutati... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461580 | Computer-aided chemical illustration system A computer-aided chemical illustration system is disclosed. Techniques provided include: 1) efficient drawing of bonds; 2) drawing different bond types during a single mode; 3) determining bisect angles for bonds; 4) labeling atoms on the fly; 5) automati... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461723 | Dual channel data block transfer bus A block transfer data bus having two separate paths, with each element coupled to the bus having the ability to arbitrate for use of one or the other or both of the bus halves. Each bus half includes an address/data bus portion for sending/receiving the d... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5461667 | Apparatus and method for electronic device for information services An electronic device and method for accessing remote electronic facilities and displaying associated information on a conventional television set. The electronic device self-configures itself upon power-up or reset by initiating a data call to a configuri... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5459796 | System for entering handwritten data into computer generated forms A method for entering data into a computer generated form including field areas of preselected height and width includes the steps of converting handwritten characters of arbitrary height which may be greater than the preselected height formed on the scre... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459729 | Digital added main line system A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving multiple telephone transmission signals over a single twisted pair. An analog signal from a local switching station is converted to an 80 kbits/sec signal for transmission over a twisted pair. A remote... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459588 | Apparatus and method for clutchless motor driven hand held scanner The present invention provides a hand held scanner with a motorized drive capability. The motorized drive employs a clutchless motor system. In manual operation, the scanner operates as a standard non-motorized scanner in which the user can neither see no... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458890 | Methods and compositions for flavoring orally-delivered products Flavored food and pharmaceutical compositions include one or more flavor additives incorporated within polymeric particles, usually within an internal pore network defined by individual polymeric particles. The polymeric particles are, in turn, dispersed ... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458452 | Vehicle and method for collecting recyclable waste material A truck, trailer or other vehicle and a method of collecting recyclable materials are disclosed in which such materials are kept segregated in a container, box or otherwise near a home or an apartment, then the materials not originally placed in a contain... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5458135 | Method and device for delivering aerosolized medicaments A device for accurately delivering aerosolized doses of a medicament disperses a measured amount of drug in a measured volume of carrier gas and transfers the resulting aerosol to a chamber prior to inhalation by a patient. The chamber is filled efficient... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5459733 | Input/output checker for a memory array A memory array such as an EPROM device includes circuitry that permits testing of a I/O portion of the device without writing data to the EPROM. A data program block that applies a data dependent high voltage pulse to a selected column line for programmin... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5457788 | Associative memory system for performing hit judgment on cache data An associative memory system using an associative memory circuit, capable of performing hit judgment on cache data at a high speed. The associative memory system comprises a virtual-address holding CAM circuit 2 for outputting a hit signal 5 when the data... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5456912 | Non-methylene interrupted fatty acids as immunomodulators Autoimmune diseases are controlled by the administration of non-methylene interrupted fatty acids of the formula ##STR1## in which R is alkyl or alkenyl. A preferred compound within the scope of this formula is 5,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid.... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5455920 | Multiprocessor system having offset address setting A multiprocessor system includes the first microcomputer (1) having the first memory (4); the second microcomputer (9) having the second memory (12), the dual port third memory (14), and an offset register (22); buses (18-20) for connecting the first and ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5454779 | Devices and methods for external chest compression A method for performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation employs an applicator device having a body with an upper surface and a lower surface. The lower surface includes provisions for detachably securing to the patient's chest, such as a vacuum cup or an ad... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5455294 | Polyurethane orthopedic cast material and the method of its preparation The present invention concerns a new, unconventional, mold-binding, water solidified polyurethane cast to be used in orthopedic departments for the correction of deformities, fixation of fractured limbs and joints, and mollification of affected parts, as ... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5455528 | CMOS circuit for implementing Boolean functions A first transistor is connected to a second transistor so that the first and second transistors may be initially biased in a non-conducting state when a first node is at a first voltage potential and a second node is at a second voltage potential. A poten... | 10/03/1995 |
