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| 8179579 | HROM replication methods, devices or systems, articles used in same and articles generated by same HROM replication methods, devices or systems are disclosed herein. Also disclosed herein are articles comprising conical reference (reconstruction) beam hologram elements to generate conical or conical like reference (reconstruction) beams which may be used in such ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178853 | Filters for use in dosimetry Described is an optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) sensor comprising one or more cylindrical cup-shaped filters. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178336 | Polypeptide We describe a PS4 variant polypeptide derivable from a parent polypeptide having non-maltogenic exoamylase activity, in which the PS4 variant polypeptide comprises an amino acid substitution at position 307 to lysine (K) or arginine (R), with reference to the positi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173694 | Therapeutic agent Provided are agents and methods for use in depleting serum amyloid P component (SAP) from a patient in need thereof. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167089 | Liftable scaffold A system for lifting a platform includes a frame attached to the platform. The invention has at least one upright member having equally spaced holes longitudinally aligned, with each of the holes having an upper surface and a lower surface. A motor is attached to th... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165822 | Reverse progeny mapping Provided is a method for mapping traits in organisms, in particular in plants. The method comprises a) providing a population of SDR-0 organisms, in particular plants, that each arise from one member of a population of unreduced cells resulting from second division ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163536 | Device for preparing an undifferentiated cell from a more committed cell A device for preparing an undifferentiated cell, the device comprises means for contacting a more committed cell with an agent that causes the more committed cell to retrodifferentiate into an undifferentiated cell. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163317 | Method There is provided a process for the prevention and/or reduction of Maillard reaction in a foodstuff containing (i) a protein, a peptide or an amino acid and (ii) a reducing sugar, the process comprising contacting the foodstuff with an enzyme capable of oxidising a ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163315 | Foodstuff There is provided use of a conversion agent to prepare from a food material a foodstuff comprising at least one functional ingredient, wherein the at least one functional ingredient has been generated from at least one constituent of the food material by the convers... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162079 | Impact excavation system and method with injection system A system and method for excavating a formation according to which at least one vessel that is selectively pressurized from a first pressure to second pressure to inject a suspension of liquid and a plurality of impactors into a formation to remove at least a portion... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8153890 | Low area screen printed metal contact structure and method A solar cell comprises adjacent regions of oppositely doped semiconductor material forming a pn junction substantially parallel to front and rear surfaces of the solar cell. A surface of the semiconductor material has a plurality of depressions, with semiconductor m... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150054 | Adaptive filter in a sensor array system Disclosed is a steerable sensor array that receives input from a target and applies an averaging filter. An adaptive filter is then used if the SNR of the output of the averaging filter reaches a threshold. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148701 | Dosimeter with RFID tag Described is device comprising dosimeter for measuring one or more doses of radiation; and an RFID tag comprising an antenna for communicating with an RFID tag reader and non-volatile memory for storing data therein. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148130 | T4 bacteriophage bound to a substrate T4 bacteriophages are bound to substrates such as liposomes using a binder. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143487 | Red lettuce The present invention relates to a head-forming lettuce plant of the species Lactuca sativa having red leaves throughout the head, including the heart. The red leaves in the heart are red even in the absence of radiation with wavelengths shorter than 400 nm, ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143376 | High affinity NY-ESO T cell receptor The present invention provides T cell receptors (TCRs) having the property of binding to SLLMWITQC-HLA-A*0201, the SLLMWITQC (SEQ ID NO:126) peptide being derived from the NY-ESO-1 protein which is expressed by a range of tumour cells. The TCRs have a KD ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143048 | Exo-specific amylase polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding those polypeptides and uses thereof This invention relates to amylase polypeptides, and nucleic acids encoding the polpypeptides and uses thereof. The amylases of the present invention have been engineered to have more beneficial qualities. Specifically, the amylases of the current invention show an a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141782 | Dual-use media card connector for backwards compatible holographic media card A card connector which can interchangeably couple a holographic memory card or an electronic memory card to a card reader and/or writer which can then read and/or write to the coupled holographic memory card or electronic memory card. The card connector comprises: a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137944 | Modified amylases from pseudomonas species, methods of making and uses thereof Variant polypeptides derivable from a parent polypeptide having non-maltogenic exoamylase activity, in which the variant polypeptides comprise an amino acid mutation at one or more positions selected from the group consisting of: 121, 161, 223, 146, 157, 158, 198, 2... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133639 | Holographic recording medium with control of photopolymerization and dark reactions The present invention relates to a system, as well as articles and holographic recording medium comprising the system, where the system comprises: a polymerizable component comprising at least one photoactive polymerizable material; and a photoinitiator component co... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132245 | Local area network certification system and method The disclosure herein relates to an improved local area network certification system, apparatus, and method. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a certification-based system, apparatus, and method where a certification authority issues and manages a first c... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130430 | Holographic storage device and method using phase conjugate optical system A monocular holographic storage device or system to provide for compact recording and/or reading of data pages in a holographic storage medium. Also provided are methods for carrying out such data storage and/or data recovery using a monocular holographic storage de... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129511 | Modified amylases, nucleic acids encoding those amylases and uses thereof This invention relates to nucleic acids encoding amylase polypeptides, the encoded polypeptides and uses thereof. The amylases of the present invention have been engineered to have more beneficial qualities. Specifically, the amylases of the current invention show a... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124053 | Compositions comprising chitin microparticles and their medical uses The present invention relates to compositions comprising chitin microparticles and their medical uses, and in particular to compositions for use as vaccines which comprise antigen from an infectious agent, a chitin microparticle preparation, and a further adjuvant. | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120832 | High speed electromechanical shutter An electromechanical shutter device comprising a base member and a shutter assembly comprising: an electrical current source member; a shutter member movable between a light beam blocked position and a light beam passed position; a light beam blocking member associa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119342 | Non-destructive procedure for the isolation of DNA from plants Provided is a method for obtaining DNA from a plant by collecting the root border cells from a growing root and extracting DNA from the root border cells. Preferably, the root border cells are contained in the root exudate of the growing root, which is growing in a ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119339 | Heteroduplex tracking assay A change in viral tropism occurs in many HIV positive individuals over time and may be indicated by a shift in coreceptor use from CCR5 to CXCR4. The shift in coreceptor use to CXCR4 has been shown to correlate with increased disease progression. In patients undergo... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119144 | HIV-1 Clade A consensus sequences, antigens, and transgenes The present invention relates to consensus nucleotide and protein sequences for HIV-1 Clade A antigens, and to nucleotide and protein sequences for Clade A antigens from circulating HIV-1 field isolates wherein the antigen sequences are closely related to the these ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118428 | Opthalmic camera and opthalmic camera adaptor An ophthalmic camera (10) comprising a camera (12) having a lens (18) aligned with a second lens (16) and at least one illumination means (14). The illumination means (14) is capable of movement relative to the camera lens (... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114609 | ADAM12, a novel marker for abnormal cell function The present invention provides a method, an assay and a kit for providing an indication of abnormal cell function. It was surprisingly found that the change in the serum ADAM12 concentration in individuals was useful as a prognostic tool to predict the clinical outc... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113316 | Scaffolding and worktable apparatus The present disclosure relates to a scaffolding and worktable apparatus with pivotally connected end legs, and in particular, to an apparatus that can be modified from a scaffold to a worktable by rotating collapsible end legs from a first position to a second posit... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113300 | Impact excavation system and method using a drill bit with junk slots A method and system for excavating a subterranean formation including pumping a fluid through a nozzle such that an exit velocity of the fluid is greater than an entrance velocity of the fluid. A plurality of solid material impactors may be circulated with the fluid... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112958 | Flooring system having complementary sub-panels Laminated flooring panels include decorative motifs, mechanically embossed-in-registration surface textures, recessed perimeters, and locking mechanisms. The locking mechanisms facilitate the alignment of adjacent flooring panels. Adjacent flooring panels substantia... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106057 | Dihydroxyphenyl isoindolylmethanones This invention provides methods for treating cancer, particularly hematopoietic tumors of lymphoid or myeloid lineage, prostate cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, breast cancer and melanoma, which comprise administering to the mammal a compound, sa... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8101793 | Retinoid derivatives with antiangiogenic, antitumoral and proapoptotic activities Are described compounds of Formula (I) in which R, R′, R″, A, and D have the meanings described in the text, as useful agents in the cure of pathologies characterized by altered angiogenesis and as antitumorals. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101648 | Hydroxybenzamide derivatives and their use as inhibitors of HSP90 The invention provides compounds of the formula (I): or salts, tautomers, solvates and N-oxides thereof; wherein R1 is hydrogen; R2 is hydroxy or methoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen; halog... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099919 | Flooring system having microbevels Laminated flooring panels include decorative motifs, mechanically embossed-in-registration surface textures, recessed perimeters, and locking mechanisms. The locking mechanisms facilitate the alignment of adjacent flooring panels. Adjacent flooring panels substantia... | 01/24/2012 |
| RE43135 | Method of improving dough and bread quality A method of preparing a flour dough, said method comprising adding to the dough components an enzyme that under dough conditions is capable of hydrolysing a glycolipid and a phospholipid, wherein said enzyme is incapable, or substantially incapable, of hydrolysing a... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091764 | Joining method and device produced by this method and joining unit A practical bonding technique is provided for solid-phase room-temperature bonding which does not require a profile irregularity of the order of several nanometers, in which a high-vacuum energy wave treatment and continuous high-vacuum bonding are not required.... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8089431 | Instructions controlling light modulating elements The present invention provides a various methods, systems and devices for controlling light modulating elements and/or spatial light modulators. In some embodiments of the present invention, a recursive feedback method is used to control light modulating elements an... | 01/03/2012 |
