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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7591777 | Sensorless flow estimation for implanted ventricle assist device A method of estimating the blood flow rate of a heart ventricle assist device which is positioned externally of, or implanted in, a patient. The assist device comprises a blood pump having a rapidly rotating, electrically powered impeller, and comprises briefly inte... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589253 | Fatty acid epoxygenase genes from plants and uses therefor in modifying fatty acid metabolism The present invention relates generally to novel genetic sequences that encode fatty acid epoxygenase enzymes, in particular fatty acid Δ12-epoxygenase enzymes from plants that are mixed function monooxygenase enzymes. More particularly, the present invention exemp... | 09/15/2009 |
| D599744 | Controller | 09/08/2009 |
| 7577046 | Circuit and method for generating column path control signals in semiconductor device A circuit for generating column path control signals in a semiconductor device is provided. The circuit includes a strobe signal delay unit configured to receive a strobe signal, and delay the received strobe signal for different delay periods, to generate a plurali... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576590 | Swing width control circuit and high voltage pumping circuit using the same A swing width control circuit and a high voltage pumping circuit using the same are disclosed. The swing width control circuit includes a swing width controller for receiving a first pumping signal having a first swing width and generating a second pumping signal ha... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7576560 | Apparatus for measuring on-die termination (ODT) resistance and semiconductor memory device having the same An apparatus for measuring an on-die termination (ODT) resistance includes an ODT controller and a driver. The ODT controller receives a plurality of decoding signals, a first test mode signal, and a second test mode signal to generate a plurality of pull-up signals... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575423 | Sealless rotary blood pump A rotary blood pump is provided which includes a pump housing and a rotor mounted for rotation with the housing. The rotor has an impeller. A rotor motor is provided including a plurality of permanent magnets carried by the impeller. A first motor stator is position... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7573764 | Circuit for testing word line of semiconductor memory device A circuit for testing word lines of a semiconductor memory device, is provided which includes a first test signal generator configured to generate first test signals in response to test mode signals, a second test signal generator configured to generate a second tes... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7572834 | Rasagiline formulations and processes for their preparation The subject invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising N-propargyl-1(R)-aminoindan mesylate; a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier; and greater than 0.7 ppm but less than 30 ppm in total of a compound having the structure: | 08/11/2009 |
| 7570536 | Column redundancy circuit A column redundancy circuit is disclosed. The column redundancy circuit includes a first control signal generator configured to receive a refresh flag signal having an enable width larger than that of a refresh signal and a control signal and generate a pull-up cont... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570528 | Precharge voltage supply circuit and semiconductor device using the same A precharge voltage supply circuit and a semiconductor device using the same are disclosed. The semiconductor device includes a first comparator for comparing a precharge voltage with a first reference voltage having a first voltage level and outputting a first comp... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7570107 | Band-gap reference voltage generator A band-gap reference voltage generator is provided that is capable of being used at low voltage simultaneously with adjusting a reference voltage. ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7560100 | Mixtures of polypeptides, compositions containing and processes for preparing same, for treating neurodegenerative diseases The invention provides a composition comprising a mixture of polypeptides, wherein each polypeptide (a) is a copolymer of the amino acids L-glutamic acid, L-alanine, L-tyrosine, and L-lysine, and (b) may be in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt; and wher... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558144 | Circuit for controlling pulse width of auto-refresh signal and circuit for generating internal row address for auto refresh A circuit for controlling a pulse width of a refresh signal is provided. The circuit includes a first pulse width controller for receiving a first refresh signal having a first enable period, and generating a second refresh signal having a second refresh signal, and... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7550295 | Method for molecular cloning and polynucleotide synthesis using vaccinia DNA topoisomerase This invention provides a modified vaccinia topoisomerase enzyme containing an affinity tag which is capable of facilitating purification of protein-DNA complexes away from unbound DNA. This invention further provides a modified sequence specific topoisomerase enzym... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7547806 | Tannate salt of rasagiline The subject invention provides rasagiline tannate, compositions and a process for manufacture thereof. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7544655 | Haptotactic peptides Novel cell attachment peptides having sequences homologous to specific portions of the carboxy terminal sequence of fibrinogen chains are disclosed. The novel peptides, derived from proteins related to fibrinogen including a peptide adjacent to fibrinogen γ-chain C... | 06/09/2009 |
| 6719192 | Bag for food that is to be eaten with a sauce A bag (1) for fast-food restaurants, intended to contain consumable food products, is provided. The bag (1) comprises a bottom (2) and a peripheral side envelope (3), defining an orifice (4) in its upper part. The bag includes at l... | 04/13/2004 |
| 7538601 | Step-up voltage generator for semiconductor memory and method for controlling the same A step-up voltage generator for a semiconductor memory is provided which includes a level detection unit, a bank-active command generator, and an oscillation signal generator. The level detection unit compares a reference voltage with a division voltage of a pumping... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7525859 | Sense amplifier of semiconductor memory device A sense amplifier of a semiconductor device is disclosed. The sense amplifier includes first and second PMOS transistors connected to each other at sources of the first and second PMOS transistors, and first and second NMOS transistors connected to each other at sou... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7521593 | Barley with altered branching enzyme activity and starch and starch containing products with an increased amylose content Barley having a reduced level of SBEIIa activity produces grain having a high relative amylose content. The barley might additionally have reduced levels of SBEIIb activity. The barley grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in th... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521456 | N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine mesylate anhydrate and monohydrate The present invention relates to the anhydrous and hydrate forms of N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazolinamine mesylate. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing N-(3-ethynylphenyl)-6,7-bis(2-methoxyethoxy)-4-quinazoli... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7504407 | Compounds specific to adenosine Aand Areceptors and uses thereof This invention pertains to compounds having the structure: wherein m is 0, 1, 2, or 3; R2 is a substituted or unsubstituted imidazole or pyrazole wherein the po... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7501407 | Pyrimidine Aselective antagonist compounds, their synthesis and use The subject invention provides compounds having the structure: wherein R1 is substituted or unsubstituted phenyl or a 5-6 membered heterocyclic or heteroaromatic ring containing from 1 to 5 heteroatoms; R2 | 03/10/2009 |
| 7498866 | High voltage pumping device A high voltage pumping device is provided which includes a first high voltage detector for detecting a level of a high voltage, and generating a first pumping enable signal which is enabled when the high voltage is lower than a predetermined reference voltage, a pum... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7495072 | Process for preparation of mixtures of polypeptides using purified hydrobromic acid The subject invention provides an improved process for obtaining a mixture of polypeptides having nonuniform amino acid sequences, where each polypeptide consists essentially of alanine, glutamic acid, tyrosine and lysine where the resulting mixture of polypeptides ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494972 | Method for inhibiting accelerated atherosclerosis in a subject suffering from hypercholesterolemia or hypertriglyceridemia The present invention provides for a method to prevent accelerated atherosclerosis in a subject predisposed thereto which comprises administering to the subject a polypeptide derived from soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproduct in an amount effective to p... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7491847 | Methods for isolating propargylated aminoindans A process for isolating from a reaction mixture a salt of a mono-propargylated aminoindan, a process for isolating from a reaction mixture a crystalline diastereomeric salt of a mono-propargylated aminoindan, and a process for isolating from a reaction mixture a sal... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7492200 | Delayed locked loop (DLL) A delayed locked loop (DLL) circuit is provided which reliably provides an initial delay period of a delay line. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7486583 | Self-refresh period measurement circuit of semiconductor device A self-refresh period measurement circuit of a semiconductor device is disclosed, herein which includes a shift register configured to receive an oscillation signal that is periodically enabled after a self-refresh signal is enabled, to allow a self-refresh operatio... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482138 | PAK5-related compositions and methods This invention provides nucleic acids encoding human PAK5-related proteins, and provides the encoded proteins. This invention also provides vectors, cells and compositions. Finally, this invention provides methods of inducing and inhibiting various cellular processe... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479553 | Nucleic acids encoding mutant disulfide bond-stabilized human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp140 envelope glycoproteins This invention provides a DNA which upon transcription produces an RNA encoding a modified HIV-1 gp140 polypeptide, which polypeptide upon cleavage produces a modified gp120 and a modified ectodomain of gp41 which together form a complex exhibiting enhanced binding ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7473788 | Analogs of terpene trilactones from and related compounds and uses thereof The subject invention provides compounds having the structure: wherein R1 is H, OH, a photoactivatable moiety, a fluorescent moiety, or a radioactive moiety; R2 is H, OH, a photoactivatable moiety, a f... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7473766 | PAK4-related antibodies This invention provides an isolated mammalian nucleic acid molecule encoding a PAK4 serine/threonine kinase. This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a mutant homolog of the mammalian PAK4 serine/threonine kinase whose amino acid sequence i... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7470516 | Cross reactive arrays of three-way junction sensors for steroid determination This invention provides analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions for detecting and analyzing analytes in solution, including complex solutions using cross reactive arrays of analyte sensitive oligonucleotide compositions. ... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7464805 | Sorting sticks for lollipops An assembly and method for distributing lollipop sticks (9) from a common supply (5) to a plurality of stick holders (14), the assembly comprising an elongated conveyor chamber (3) for containing lollipop sticks as they are conveyed from ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7462707 | Nucleic acids encoding a recombinant 250 kDa antigen from sporozoites/merozoites of and their uses The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a 250 kDa polypeptide from Sporozoites/Merozoites of Eimeria maxima, or encoding a homolog of the polypeptide, or a complement of the nucleic acid and a method o... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7456154 | Antisense oligonucleotide against human acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and uses thereof The invention relates to an antisense oligonucleotide targeted to the coding region of the human acetylcholinesterase (AChE), which selectively suppresses the AChE-R isoform of the enzyme. The antisense oligonucleotide is intended for use in the treatment and/or pre... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7449309 | Methods for desensitizing a subject to an agent This invention provides a method of preventing or treating in a subject contact dermatitis which comprises administering to the subject an amount of a compound capable of inhibiting the stem cell factor signaling pathway effective to prevent or treat contact dermati... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7446177 | Uses of DC-SIGN and DC-SIGNR for inhibiting hepatitis C virus infection This invention provides a method of inhibiting HCV infection of a cell susceptible to HCV infection which comprises contacting the cell with an amount of a compound effective to inhibit binding of an HCV envelope glycoprotein to a DC-SIGN protein present on the surf... | 11/04/2008 |
