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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939428 | Methods for making substrates and substrates formed therefrom A method for making substrates for use in optics, electronics, or opto-electronics. The method may include transferring a seed layer onto a receiving substrate and depositing a useful layer onto the seed layer. The thermal expansion coefficient of the receiving supp... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939427 | Process for fabricating a substrate of the silicon-on-insulator type with reduced roughness and uniform thickness A process for fabricating a silicon on insulator (SOI) substrate by co-implanting atomic or ionic species into a semiconductor donor substrate to form a weakened zone therein, the weakened zone forming a boundary between a thin silicon active layer and the remainder... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939387 | Patterned thin SOI A process for treating a structure to prepare it for electronics or optoelectronics applications. The structure includes a bulk substrate, an oxide layer, and a semiconductor layer, and the process includes providing a masking to define on the semiconductor layer a ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938896 | Air cleaner including touch points An air cleaner including touch points is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The air cleaner includes a chassis and one or more visually coded touch points on the chassis. The one or more visually coded touch points include indicia of user-contacta... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938789 | Wireless remote control massager A massager (12) includes an inductively chargeable battery (48), avoiding the need to deal with batteries and cords while providing a pleasant exothermic warmth. Different embodiments of sealing and skinning (13) make the massager (12) hy... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935669 | Compounds for a controlled release of active molecules The present invention relates to the field of perfumery. More particularly, it concerns compounds comprising at least one β-oxy or β-thio carbonyl moiety capable of liberating a perfuming molecule such as, for example, an α,β-unsaturated ketone, aldehyde or carb... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935096 | Percutaneous implant A percutaneous implant serves for implantation into an animal or a human body. The implant is of the kind that has an anchoring section, extending radially from a distal end of an interior section. The anchoring section comprises an inner anchoring ring extending fr... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637308 | Vibrating massager | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932418 | Process for the preparation of β-γ ene carbonyl derivatives The present invention relates to a preparation of β-γ ene carboxylic or ketone derivatives, which may also have particular requirement on the configuration of the carbon-carbon double bond. The method requires a thermal treatment of α-β unsaturated malonate or a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931562 | Mobile data logging systems and methods We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928083 | H19 silencing nucleic acid agents for treating rheumatoid arthritis The invention relates to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, particularly to the use of nucleic acid agents capable of silencing H19 for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The invention provides methods for ameliorating rheumatoid arthritis and symptoms assoc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926415 | Capsule with biasing sealing member A capsule for containing beverage ingredients is designed to be inserted in a beverage production device in order to have water under pressure enter the capsule in order to interact with the ingredients in the capsule. The capsule includes a base body and a foil mem... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7923707 | Disinfecting device utilizing ultraviolet radiation A disinfecting device is presented having a UV light source for radiation of a cleaning medium to eradicate the medium of infestation agents such as molds, viruses, bacteria and dust mites. The device enhances the disinfection of the medium by providing mechanisms f... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919526 | Structured triglycerides and emulsions comprising same The present invention relates to structured triglyceride, to parental nutrition emulsions comprising same, and use thereof. In particular, the invention relates to structured triglycerides comprising at least one medium chain C6-C12 fatty acid ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919393 | Forming structures that include a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer on a substrate A method for forming a structure that includes a relaxed or pseudo-relaxed layer on a substrate. The method includes the steps of growing an elastically stressed layer of semiconductor material on a donor substrate; forming a glassy layer of a viscous material on th... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919391 | Methods for preparing a bonding surface of a semiconductor wafer The invention concerns a method of treating one or both bonding surfaces of first and second substrates and in particular, the surfaces of donor and receiver wafers that are intended to be bonded together. A simultaneous cleaning and activation step is carried out i... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919078 | Recombinant interferon α2 (IFNα2) mutants and methods of use thereof The present invention provides IFNα2 mutants and active fragments, analogs, derivatives, and variants thereof, nucleotide molecules encoding same, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods utilizing the same for treating cancer, infectious diseas... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919068 | Method for making metal oxides A method of producing porous complex oxides includes the steps of providing a mixture of a) precursor elements suitable to produce the complex oxide; or b) one or more precursor elements suitable to produce particles of the complex oxide and one or more metal oxide ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918454 | Interactive bottle game An entertaining and romantic game comprises actions and adventures of different categories that are placed in a bottle and spun. Some actions or adventures are pre-printed whereas others are created by the players, thereby personalizing the game. ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918334 | Versatile enhanced production line for preparing and packaging food products A method and device for manufacturing a viscous or semisolid product. The device includes a versatile product holding tray for manufacturing or forming the product. This tray is a polygonal member that includes a top surface for receiving the liquid or semisolid pro... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914840 | Egg-based powder A process for preparing a texturizing powder by creating a mixture of egg and milk protein components, pasteurizing the mixture at a temperature that is sufficiently high to eliminate bacteria, and drying the pasteurized mixture to form a powder that retains the fun... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914797 | Influenza vaccine The present invention relates to influenza vaccines for human and veterinary use. In particular, the present invention provides a vaccine able to effect long term and cross-strain protection by including at least two influenza virus epitopes expressed as a chimeric ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909737 | Workout definition and tracking methods We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906559 | Conversion of carbon dioxide to methanol and/or dimethyl ether using bi-reforming of methane or natural gas The invention discloses a method of converting carbon dioxide to methanol and/or dimethyl ether using any methane source or natural gas consisting of a combination of steam and dry reforming, in a specific ratio to produce a 2:1 molar ratio of hydrogen and carbon mo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905815 | Personal data collection systems and methods We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7902393 | Process for the preparation of β-santalol and derivatives thereof The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) wherein R represents a Me or Et group, as well said compound in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or mixture thereof. The invention concerns also the use of compound (I)... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7902045 | Process for fabricating a structure for epitaxy without an exclusion zone A process for fabricating a composite structure for epitaxy, including at least one crystalline growth seed layer of semiconductor material on a support substrate, with the support substrate and the crystalline growth seed layer each having, on the periphery of thei... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897145 | Methods for the treatment of renal failure The present invention relates to methods for treating renal failure. Particularly, the present invention relates to methods for treating renal failure by administering to a subject complexes that include a member of the IL-6 family linked to a soluble receptor of th... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896275 | Comminution plant A comminution plant for comminuting material includes a set of fixed bottom knifes separated by parallel opening, two parallel shafts extending crosswise of the openings, a set of upper knifes attached on respective shafts and extending partly into the openings, and... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892951 | SOI substrates with a fine buried insulating layer A method of producing a semiconductor structure having a buried insulating layer having a thickness between 2 and 25 nm, by: forming at least one insulating layer on a surface of a first or second substrate, or both, wherein the surfaces are free from an insulator o... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892946 | Device and method for cutting an assembly A method is presented for cutting an assembly that includes two layers of material having a first surface and a second surface. The method includes providing a weakened interface between the two layers that defines an interface ring about the periphery of the assemb... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7892861 | Method for fabricating a compound-material wafer The present invention provides improved methods for fabricating compound-material wafers, in particular a silicon on insulator type wafer. The improved methods lead to reduced numbers of deflects arising on or near the periphery of the wafers. In a first method, waf... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888235 | Fabrication of substrates with a useful layer of monocrystalline semiconductor material A method for fabricating a semiconductor substrate. In an embodiment, this method includes the steps of transferring a seed layer on to a support substrate; and depositing a working layer on the seed layer to form a composite substrate. The seed layer is made of a m... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887936 | Substrate with determinate thermal expansion coefficient A composite support designed to successfully receive a transfer layer made of a crystalline material so that the assembly forms an epitaxy substrate, with the support having a longitudinal plane of symmetry parallel to its principal surfaces and a plurality of layer... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883628 | Method of reducing the surface roughness of a semiconductor wafer A method for reducing the roughness of a free surface of a semiconductor wafer that includes establishing a first atmosphere in an annealing chamber, replacing the first atmosphere with a second atmosphere that includes a gas selected to and in an amount to substant... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7848983 | Method, software program, and system for structuring risk in a financial transaction A computer-implemented method and system along with a processor readable medium for structuring a financial transaction. The invention includes the steps of associating, by a computer system, a first senior holder and a first subordinate holder with a first credit h... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846978 | Selective oxidative conversion of methane to methanol, dimethyl ether and derived products The present invention relates to a method of producing methanol from a methane source by oxidizing methane under conditions sufficient to a mixture of methanol and formaldehyde while minimizing the formation of formic acid and carbon dioxide. The oxidation step is f... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846890 | Perfuming ingredients capable of imparting woody odors The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and concerns a diether or a 1,3-dioxolane derivative of 1,8a-methano-2,4a,8,8-tetramethyldecahydro-2,3-naphthalenediol and its use as perfuming ingredient. The present invention concerns also the perfuming comp... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846889 | Solubilizing systems for flavors and fragrances The present invention provides compositions and clear oil-in-water microemulsion containing up to 80% w/w of an oil, a surfactant system, a w/w oil/surfactant system ratio between 1 and 3, and a solubilizing-aid ingredient which is not a surfactant neither a VOC com... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7846481 | Perfuming or flavouring microcapsules comprising an explosion suppressant Perfuming or flavoring microcapsules that include, further to a perfuming or flavoring ingredient and a carrier material, an explosion suppressant, proved to undergo, when suspended in hot air during their preparation, an explosion of a reduced violence. The explosi... | 12/07/2010 |
