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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6278575 | Method mounting a data storage cartridge that minimizes Z-axis translation A system provides for mounting a removable media disk cartridge in a disk drive without translating the cartridge or spindle motor in a Z-axis relative to each other. The system comprises a spindle in the drive having a substantially planar top surface wi... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6232463 | Substituted purines and oligonucleotide cross-linking This invention is directed to novel purine-based compounds for inclusion into oligonucleotides. The compounds of the invention, when incorporated into oligonucleotides are especially useful as "antisense" agents--agents that are capable of specific hybrid... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6166188 | Carbamate-derivatized nucleosides and oligonucleosides Nucleosides and oligonucleosides functionalized to include carbamate functionality, and derivatives thereof. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention further include steroids, reporter molecules, reporter enzymes, lipophilic molecules, pepti... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6160680 | Two-piece media hub and methods of attaching same to a medium A disk cartridge has a hub with an inner ring that engages an annular groove in a drive motor. The hub can be constructed of either one piece or two pieces of joined sheet metal. In either embodiment, the hub has an outer peripheral edge that has an angle... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6145034 | Method and apparatus for switching data rates during back-up based on computer data and speed A tape drive method and system for backing up data files from a hard drive to a tape drive or restoring data files to a hard drive from a tape drive. The data transfer rate of the tape drive is adjusted to minimize the number of times the tape drive switc... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6132522 | Wet processing methods for the manufacture of electronic components using sequential chemical processing The present invention is directed to wet processing methods for the manufacture of electronic component precursors, such as semiconductor wafers used in integrated circuits. More specifically, this invention relates to methods, for example, prediffusion c... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6117414 | Method of computed tomography using fluorinated gas-filled lipid microspheres as contract agents Novel gas filled microspheres useful as computed tomography (CT) contrast agents. The microspheres are prepared from a gas and/or a gaseous precursor, and one or more stabilizing compounds.... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114409 | Dental material and tool for its application Ready-to-use, packaged, dental composition curable by UV, light or laser beams, for the preparation of dental fillings, inlays, onlays, crowns, bridges, artificial teeth, dental protheses and implantates with a container, impervious for UV or light, which... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6114513 | Thiol-derivatized oligonucleotides Nucleosides and linked nucleosides functionalized to include alkylthiol chemical functionality at ribofuranosyl positions, nucleosidic base positions, or on internucleoside linkages. In certain embodiments, the compounds of the invention further include s... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6104561 | Read/write protect scheme for a disk cartridge and drive A method of inhibiting inadvertent and unauthorized writing and reading of information to and from a storage medium comprises the steps of (a) writing a first code in a predetermined location on the storage medium, the first code being indicative of a fir... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6104048 | Electrostatic discharge protection for magneto-resistive heads An electrostatic protection network is disclosed that may be employed in a disk drive having a magneto-resistive read element. The network comprises a ground; and an array that block a signal current flow between the read element and the ground while a si... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6097562 | Disk drive for detecting a retroreflective marker on a data storage cartridge An improved disk cartridge has a light emitter and a light detector and a baffle plate disposed between the emitter and the detector. The detector functions to denote the presence of reflected light from a retroreflective marker disposed on a disk cartrid... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6093716 | Substituted 2-pyrimidineamines and processes for their preparation Compounds of general formula (1): ##STR1## are described wherein Het is an optionally substituted heteroaromatic group; R1 is a hydrogen atom or a straight or branched chain alkyl group; R2 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or a gro... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6094323 | Contaminant seals for removable disk drives A removable data storage drive with improved protection from ambient contamination is provided. A first foam strip covered with a strip of plastic, at the bottom of the opening in the front panel of the disk drive, seals the opening against contamination ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6091563 | Latent illuminance discrimination marker system for data storage cartridges A data storage cartridge for a data storage disk drive has a latent illuminance marker. A light source illuminates the marker and the marker emits illuminance as phosphorescence. A photosensor detects the emitted illuminance, and the decay time is determi... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6088191 | Disk hub for a removable cartridge and spindle motor for using same A disk hub for a removable cartridge is disclosed that has an enlarged center hollow, and a spindle motor is also disclosed that has a top protrusion that fits into the enlarged center hollow. The center hollow and protrusion have diameters at least as la... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6076010 | Imaging spatially varying dynamic media with diffusing correlation waves Method and system for imaging media having spatially varying dynamic properties or spatially varying optical properties. The method and system utilizes a diffuse correlation wave which is a function of the properties of the medium. The correlation is cons... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071048 | Preform gate cutter A preform gate cutter for cutting a hole in a preform gate includes a cutter, a housing forming a cutting chamber, and a preform chuck having a longitudinal preform bore for receiving a preform. The preform chuck is insertable into a housing bore. The pre... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6069243 | Process for oligonucleotide synthesis The present invention describes methods for linking phosphoramidite nucleosides to a solid support-bound nucleoside. This invention presents novel processes for synthesizing oligonucleotides. Acetonitrile having a water content between 30 ppm and about 12... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6065623 | Closure with lenticular lens insert A dispensing package closure with a lenticular lens insert wherein the closure includes a retaining ring for easy positioning and secure attachment of the lenticular lens to the closure top. The closure with lenticular lens insert provides a selected visu... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6067214 | Data cartridge marker for foreign object detection A disk cartridge has various structures for clearly delineating the cartridge from foreign objects which may cause damage to a disk drive. In one embodiment, one or more serial reflectors are embedded within a cartridge so as to return a reflected illumin... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6063760 | Fadd-like anti-apoptotic molecules, flame-1 and flame-2, methods of using the same, and compositions for and methods of making the same Two FADD-like anti-apoptotic proteins FLAME-1 and FLAME-2 that regulate Fas/TNFR1- or UV-induced apoptosis are disclosed. Nucleotide sequences encoding the proteins are disclosed as are methods of using the nucleic acid molecules and making the proteins. ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5997898 | Stabilized compositions of fluorinated amphiphiles for methods of therapeutic delivery Stabilized compositions comprising, in combination with a gas, a fluorinated amphiphilic compound. The compositions are particularly suitable for use in diagnostic applications, including ultrasound. The compositions can take the form of vesicular composi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5995346 | Cartridge having a passive shutter opening mechanism A disk cartridge has a passive shutter opening mechanism. The cartridge is adapted so that during insertion into a drive, the shutter is automatically opened. A projection is coupled to a shutter surface. The projection is sized so that it impinges on the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5946166 | Actuator having asymmetric magnetic flux strength An actuator carriage assembly for carrying read/write heads into engagement with a storage medium while eliminating resonance of the actuator carriage assembly is provided. The actuator carriage assembly comprises a carriage having read/write heads, the h... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5936091 | Processes and intermediates for resolving piperidyl acetamide stereoisomers Processes and intermediates for preparing 2-substituted piperidines such as 2-substituted d-threo piperidines are provided, including processes and intermediates for resolution of piperidyl acetamide stereoisomers.... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5929062 | Oxysterol inhibition of dietary cholesterol uptake A composition useful to inhibit cholesterol absorption from the diet is provided. The composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable combination of one or more oxysterols and a suitable carrier. The present oxysterol composition can be used therapeut... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5926346 | Disk drive barriers that restrain movement of the drive actuator An actuator for carrying a read/write head into engagement with a surface of a recording medium includes a carriage assembly including a load beam upon which the read/write head is mounted, and a pair of barriers disposed on opposite sides of the load bea... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5917669 | Method for transferring operational data between stations during a disk format process Inserting operational data onto a magnetic disk allows information to be transferred from a servowriter station to a verifier station. This operational data allows disk specific operational data to follow the disk without separate means for attaching data... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5869336 | Recombinant enzymatically active calpain expressed in a baculovirus system The present invention is directed to mammalian enzymatically active calpain produced in insect cells by recombinant means. Recombinant vectors and baculoviruses containing cDNA encoding the 80 kDa subunit, 30 kDa subunit, and both subunits are described. ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5862113 | Method and apparatus for wobble-free data recovery from CD-rom or the like A CD-ROM drive is disclosed which usually is put to use with CR-ROMs of varying qualities which may, or may not, wobble during rotation, possibly resulting in the vibration of the complete device. On being loaded into the device, therefore, each disk is r... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5827122 | Radial free motion driveline An adjustable length telescoping radial free motion driveline including a shaft slidable within a sleeve to slide axially with respect to each other which allows the driveline to elongate and shorten while still maintaining a fixed radial alignment. The s... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5827877 | Ketomethylene group-containing cysteine and serine protease inhibitors The present invention is directed to novel ketomethylene group-containing inhibitors of cysteine or serine proteases. Methods for the use of the protease inhibitors are also described.... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5773024 | Container with multi-phase composition for use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications A container comprising an aqueous lipid suspension and a gaseous phase substantially separate from the aqueous stabilizing phase, useful in diagnostic imaging such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging and in therapeutic applications, is disclosed.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5723580 | Ketomethylene group-containing aldehyde cysteine and serine protease inhibitors The present invention is directed to novel ketomethylene group-containing aldehyde inhibitors of cysteine or serine proteases. Methods for the use of the protease inhibitors are also described.... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5686444 | Selected soluble esters of hydroxyl-containing indolocarbazoles Esters of hydroxyl-containing indolocarbazoles and acids containing selected solubilizing groups are provided. Compositions including the indolocarbazole esters and methods for the use of the indolocarbazole esters are also provided.... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5643981 | Flameproof thermoplastic resin compositions The flameproof thermoplastic resin compositions of this invention comprise from 2 to 20 parts by weight of aromatic diphosphates, from 2 to 7 parts by weight of phosphorous compounds and from 0.1 to 2.0 parts by weight of polyfluoroalkyl resins per 100 pa... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5633539 | Uninterruptible power supply input power walk-in An UPS system provides a true input power walk-in. The UPS adjusts the level of power supplied from an input port to a load on an output port as a function of a level of current of a power supplied from a backup power source to the load on the output port... | 05/27/1997 |
