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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120107902 | Processes For Forming Amide Bonds And Compositions Related Thereto The disclosure relates to methods for producing amide bonds and reagents related thereto. In some embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of producing an amide comprising mixing an O-silylated thionoester and an amine under conditions such that an amide is formed... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120108794 | Formyl Group-Containing Porous Support, Adsorbent Using Same, Method For Producing Same, and Method For Producing The Adsorbent The present invention relates to a method for producing a formyl group-containing porous base matrix, comprising the steps of introducing a spacer in a formyl group-containing porous particle; and then oxidizing the spacer with periodic acid and/or a periodate, to trans... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120083594 | Process for the Preparation of disaccharides Applied to Heparin Pentasaccharides The invention provides an intermediate and the process for making the same. This intermediate is useful in the process for making polysaccharides, and more particularly fondaparinux.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120052107 | HYDROPHOBIC POLYSACCHARIDES WITH PENDENT GROUPS HAVING TERMINAL REACTIVE FUNCTIONALITIES AND MEDICAL USES THEREOF Hydrophobic α(1→4)glucopyranose polymers useful for the preparation of implantable or injectable medical articles are described. The hydrophobic α(1→4)glucopyranose polymer includes pendent groups having hydrocarbon groups and terminal amine or hydroxyl groups. Bi... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120052042 | AMPHIPHILIC COMPOUNDS AND SELF-ASSEMBLING COMPOSITIONS MADE THEREFROM The present disclosure relates to amphiphilic compounds, self assembling compositions formed from the amphiphilic compounds and methods of making such compositions.... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120047601 | Method of Reducing Acetylation in Plants to Improve Biofuel Production The invention provides methods for engineering plants to have reduced levels of acetylation by decreasing expression of one or more Cas1L genes. Such plants can be used, e.g., to increase yield for biofuel production.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046435 | Water-Soluble Carbohydrate Polyethers The present invention relates to novel carbohydrate polyether compositions that are soluble in aqueous media and particularly to carbohydrate polyether compositions exhibiting reverse thermogelation properties in aqueous media. Also, since the carbohydrate polyethers of... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120046737 | MEDICAL DEVICES HAVING ACTIVATED SURFACES Implantable biocompatible polymeric medical devices include a substrate with an acid or base-modified surface which is subsequently modified to include click reactive members.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120040926 | Process For Obtaining Polysaccharides From Jatoba (Hymenea Courbaril L) Seeds, Cosmetic Composition Comprising Said Polysaccharides And Uses Thereof The present invention relates to a process for obtaining polysaccharides from jatoba seeds, comprising the steps of: a) seed processing (dry process); b) aqueous extraction at 1% to 5% of powder mass per volume, preferably 2% of powder mass per volume; c) precipitation ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120041188 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING INULIN FROM PLANTS The invention describes a method for obtaining inulin which comprises: a) finely comminuting inulin-containing plant material, wherein particle sizes of the plant material are generated which are smaller than the size of the inulin-containing plant cells, b) suspending ... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120040581 | TEMPLATE-SUPPORTED METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS OF NANOFIBERS IN THE ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS AND USES OF SAID NANOFIBERS The invention relates to a method for producing two- and three-dimensionally structured, microporous and nanoporous webs made up of nanofibers in any form with a very high covering or depositing degree of the fibers by means of a predefined conductive mold (template) as... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120035321 | COMPOUNDS AND MEDICAL DEVICES ACTIVATED WITH SOLVOPHOBIC LINKERS The present disclosure relates to compounds and medical devices activated with a solvophobic material functionalized with a first reactive member and methods of making such compounds and devices.... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035346 | LUMINESCENT COMPOUNDS Dyes and photoluminescent compounds based on polymethine dyes that contain at least one alkyl-phosphonate or substituted alkyl-phosphonate group, including the synthetic precursors, methods of synthesis, and applications thereof. Certain embodiments include heterocyclic... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035356 | Hydroxycarboxylic Acids and Salts Compositions which inhibit corrosion and alter the physical properties of concrete (admixtures) are prepared from salt mixtures of hydroxycarboxylic acids, carboxylic acids, and nitric acid. The salt mixtures are prepared by neutralizing acid product mixtures from the o... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120035130 | Chirally Correct Retinal Cyclodextrin Acetals for Clarifying Skin Complexion The present invention discloses certain chirally correct polyene cyclodextrin acetals and hemiacetals (formula I) that are effective in providing skin clarification, which is useful for the treatment of acne, and skin disfigurements and skin darkening resulting from acn... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120027814 | Polymeric Fibers Having Tissue Reactive Members A method for bonding a polymeric fiber to tissue is provided which includes providing a polymeric fiber having a plurality of tissue reactive members linked to a surface of the fiber via a specific binding pair, and contacting the polymeric fiber to biological tissue, t... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120014874 | PHOTOSENSITIZER-METAL NANOPARTICLE CHARGE COMPLEX AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE COMPLEX FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OR DIAGNOSIS Provided are a photosensitizer-metal nanoparticle charge complex and a composition for photodynamic therapy or diagnosis containing the same. The complex includes a metal nanoparticle, a photosensitizer charged with a first charge, and a linker bound to the metal nanopa... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120015902 | ARABINOXYLO-OLIGOSACCHARIDES USEFUL AGAINST GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTIONS The present invention relates to the use of oligosaccharides derived from arabinoxylan for use in the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal infection. More particularly the invention provides a method for preventing or reducing the gastrointestinal infection of a... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120010166 | Stable iron oligosaccharide compound The invention relates to an iron oligosaccharide compound with improved stability comprising a hydrogenated oligosaccharide in stable association with ferric oxyhydroxide, the content of dimer saccharide in said hydrogenated oligosaccharide being 2.9% by weight or less,... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120009624 | PROTEIN PARTICLES The invention relates to a protein particle comprising chimeric protein having an aggregating part capable of forming or aggregating into a substantially insoluble protein particle when expressed by a cell; and a functional part capable of binding to, or being bound by,... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010398 | PURIFICATION METHOD A process for purifying a Streptococcus pyogenes GAS carbohydrate comprising a step of anionic exchange chromatography. The process provides a good yield of GAS carbohydrate. The saccharides of the invention have low levels of hyaluronic acid, protein and nucleic... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120010399 | Biotechnological Production of Chondroitin Chondroitin is produced by culturing a recombinant microorganism which is obtained by inactivation of a gene encoding an enzyme responsible for addition of fructose residues to the linear chondroitin polysaccharide in a microorganism producing a fructosylated derivative... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110313148 | AUTOMATED OLIGOSACCHARIDE SYNTHESIZER The technical field of this invention is automated oligosaccharide synthesizers. There is a need in this field for more efficient oligosaccharide synthesizers. For example, the present invention is an apparatus for solid phase oligosaccharide synthesis, which includes a... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110300173 | Capsule composition for use as immunogen against Campylobacter jejuni Immunogenic compositions, and method of using the compositions to elicit an immune response against Campylobacter jejuni. The compositions are isolated polysaccharide polymers derived from Campylobacter jejuni capsule.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301083 | CONJUGATE BASED SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY Conjugates which comprise a drug and a ligand which includes a first saccharide; wherein the conjugate is characterized in that, when the conjugate is administered to a mammal, at least one pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic property of the conjugate is sensitive to ser... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110286958 | HPMA POLYMER PLATINUM CHELATES Polymeric platinum amidomalonate complexes, where the platinum is in +2 or +4 oxidation state, and where the complexes optionally contain tumor seeking groups, are useful in the treatment of cancer.... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282048 | Cross-Linking Involving a Polymeric Carbohydrate Material The present invention relates to a method of cross-linking a polymeric carbohydrate material with a second material by means of a soluble carbohydrate polymer and a crosslinking agent. The present invention furthermore relates to the resulting cross-linked material, to ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110281728 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COLORATION IN TABLE GRAPES BASED ON OLIGOGALACTURONIDES The present invention claims a method making it possible to control the color of table grapes, color being a quality factor for the marketing thereof. The traditional color promotion pathways make use of products such as Ethrel and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), which liberat... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110275142 | Dandelion processes, compositions and products Dandelion processes, compositions and products are provided. One process is a method of preparing dandelion that utilizes a species of a Taraxacum genus, the process including the steps of extracting and recovering a rubber and a carbohydrate from a dandelion roo... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110263834 | Simple Method for Simultaneous Removal of Multiple Impurities from Culture Supernatants to Ultralow Levels This invention is directed to methods for removing, preferably simultaneously and in one step, multiple impurities form crude culture samples, and, in particular, the removal of media components, protein, nucleic acids, lipids, and lipopolysaccharides to ultralow levels... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110263004 | Method of treating biomass Method of treating a biomass containing a fibrous structure and polysaccharides. According to the method the biomass is subjected to extractive treatment at which it is heated in aqueous phase at an absolute pressure of over 0.6 MPa and a temperature of at least 160° C... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258742 | Stress Tolerant Transgenic Crop Plants Disclosed herein are novel variant bacterial cold shock proteins and recombinant DNA for expressing such proteins to produce transgenic plants with enhanced stress tolerance and/or enhanced yield.... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251156 | VEHICLE FOR DELIVERING A COMPOUND TO A MUCOUS MEMBRANE AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, METHODS AND SYSTEMS PSA is delivered to the host by outer membrane vesicles (OMVs), secretion structures that target bacterial molecules to host cells. Purified OMVs direct the in vitro differentiation of functional Tregs with potent suppressive activity in a PSA dependent manner. Treatmen... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251377 | IONIC LIQUID SYSTEMS FOR THE PROCESSING OF BIOMASS, THEIR COMPONENTS AND/OR DERIVATIVES, AND MIXTURES THEREOF Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that involve ionic liquids and biomass. In one aspect, the disclosure relates to ionic liquid systems for the processing of biomass, their components and/or derivatives, and mixtures thereof.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252507 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS USED AS A BIOREACTOR SYSTEM The present invention relates generally to the use of plants as bioreactors for the production of molecules having useful properties such as inter alia polymers, metabolites, proteins, pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. More particularly, the present invention contempl... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110250670 | LIGHT ENERGY-INDUCED STABILITY OF BIOMATERIALS Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for stabilizing labile biomolecules in an aqueous solution without the use of chemicals. For example, some embodiments involve exposing an aqueous solution of a labile biomolecule, such as a protein, to light energy to stabilize the... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245488 | PROCESS FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF L-FUCOSYL DI- OR OLIGO-SACCHARIDES AND NOVEL 2,3,4 TRIBENZYL-FUCOSYL DERIVATIVES INTERMEDIATES THEREOF The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of L-fucosyl di- or oligosaccharides and their novel 2,3,4-tri-O-benzyl-fucosyl synthetic intermediates derivatives of easy crystallization. In particular the present invention relates to a process applicable ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110236934 | PRODUCTION OF GLOBOSIDES OLIGOSACCHARIEDS USING METABOLICALLY ENGINEERED MICROORGANISMS The present invention relates to the large scale in vivo synthesis of globosides oligosaccharides; especially globotriose, globotetraose and globopentaose, which are the carbohydrate portions of globotriosylceramide (Gb3Cer), globotetraosylceramide (Gb4Cer) and globopen... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110236935 | OXIDATION PROCESS A method of oxidising a saccharide, by contacting the saccharide with an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) enzyme selected from a quinone redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) redox cofactor-dependent ADH, a nicotinamide adenine d... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230648 | METHOD OF BINDING BACTERIAL LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES TO A SOLID PHASE The subject the present invention is a method of producing affinity beds with bacterial lipopolysaccharide molecules bound to them in a non-covalent and stable fashion. The bed produced according to the present invention may be used in affinity chromatography for the pu... | 09/22/2011 |
