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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120129736 | HIGHLY OXIDIZED GRAPHENE OXIDE AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF A highly oxidized form of graphene oxide and methods for production thereof are described in various embodiments of the present disclosure. In general, the methods include mixing a graphite source with a solution containing at least one oxidant and at least one protecti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120108551 | OPHTHALMIC COMPOSITIONS The present invention relates to compositions that may alleviate symptoms of ocular stress, as well as methods of their production, use, and storage compositions. The compositions comprise at least one ocular epithelial cell associating group and at least one hydrophili... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120046483 | Catalyst for Esterification and Polyesterification, and Method for Making Esterified and Polyesterified Product by Using the Same A catalyst for esterification and polyesterification is proposed. The catalyst is an iron acetylacetonate complex having a formula of Fe(RCOCH2COR)3, where R is methyl or a substituent other than methyl. A method for making an esterified product or... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120045900 | COMPOSITION FOR RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM, PATTERNING PROCESS, AND FULLERENE DERIVATIVE The invention provides a composition for a resist underlayer film, the composition for a resist underlayer film to form a resist underlayer film of a multilayer resist film used in lithography, wherein the composition comprises at least (A) a fullerene derivative that i... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20110272630 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING NEGATIVE DIELECTRIC ANISOTROPY, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION USING THIS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE The invention provides a liquid crystal compound having a suitable value of refractive index anisotropy, a suitable value of dielectric anisotropy, steep characteristics electro-optic characteristics, a wide temperature range of a nematic phase and an excellent compatib... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110274641 | Non-Petrochemically Derived Cationic Emulsifiers That Are Neutralized Amino Acid Esters and Related Compositions and Methods The invention includes a method of increasing the substantivity of a personal care composition to hair, skin or nails by preparing a composition of an aqueous phase, a non-aqueous phase and a neutralized amino acid ester that is a reaction product of a neutral amino aci... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110244222 | SEAMLESS BELT The present invention relates to a belt for an image forming apparatus, including a releasing coating layer containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a paraffin-based hydrocarbon that is also known as a paraffin wax, an isomer thereof or ester compou... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110233048 | PHOTOBASE GENERATOR There is intended to provide the novel compounds which generate a base easily when irradiated with long wavelength light (active energy rays), a photobase generator containing the compounds and a photobase generation method, and the present invention relates to the comp... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110209644 | Use of Cyclohexane Polycarboxylic Acid Derivatives For Removing Dust From Chemical Construction Products The use of cyclohexanepolycarboxylic acid derivatives for reducing or minimizing the dust emission when handling pulverulent construction chemistry products, processes for the preparation of the pulverulent construction chemistry products and hydraulically setting mater... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110207815 | TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENE COMPOUNDS The invention relates to compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, m and n are as defined in the description, and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts of such compounds. These compounds are useful as calc... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110190513 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR BIOSYNTHETIC BIO-PRODUCTION OF 1,4-BUTANEDIOL Three biosynthetic pathways are disclosed for microorganism bio-production of 1,4-Butanediol from various carbon sources. Exemplary methods are provided. The recombinant microorganisms comprising any of these 1,4-Butanediol biosynthesis pathways may also comprise geneti... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110141418 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUNDS The present invention relates to improved liquid crystal compounds which contain a mesogenic core which comprises a group of sub-formula (i) wherein R3 and R4 are independently selected from hydrogen, halogen or CF3, provided at least on... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110071070 | PERFUME COMPOSITION The present invention relates to a perfume composition as a raw material of fruity perfumes which has a conventionally unknown peculiar fresh, woody, floral, grassy-leafy nuance and is capable of harmonizing with various perfumes to provide perfume preparations having a... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20110028683 | Composition comprising glycerol, process for obtaining same and use thereof in the manufacture of dichloropropanol A composition comprising glycerol and at least one cyclic oligomer of glycerol, a process for obtaining the composition, and its use in the manufacture of dichloropropanol and of derived products such as epichlorohydrin and epoxy resins.... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110021624 | Alpha-Amino-N-Substituted Amides, Pharmaceutical Composition Containing Them and Uses Thereof Disclosed are a series of α-amino-N-substituted amide compounds having a structure of the following formula, the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and the pharmaceutical composition comprising the same. The α-amino-N-substituted amide compounds or the pharmac... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110014667 | Producing Dicarboxylic Acids Using Polyketide Synthases The present invention provides for a polyketide synthase (PKS) capable of synthesizing a dicarboxylic acid (diacid). Such diacids include diketide-diacids and triketide-diacids. The invention includes recombinant nucleic acid encoding the PKS, and host cells comprising ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100316952 | SALT AND PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME A salt represented by the formula (a1): wherein Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C4 perfluoroalkyl group,
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| 20100298559 | OPTICALLY ACTIVE DINICKEL COMPLEX AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OPTICALLY ACTIVE AMINE USING THE OPTICALLY ACTIVE DINICKEL COMPLEX AS CATALYST There is provided a novel optically active dinickel complex and/or a production method of an optically active amine by an asymmetric Mannich reaction using the dinickel complex as a catalyst. An optically active dinickel complex of Formula (I) or Formula (I′): | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100292325 | P-MENTHAWE-3-CARBOXYLIC ACID ESTERS TO TREAT AIRWAYS DISEASES The present invention relates to methods and devices for treating sensory discomfort in the upper airways of a human; treating sensory discomfort in the oropharynx of a human; alleviating pain from pharyngitis in a human; alleviating cough in a human; and ameliorating t... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100247475 | BETA-GLUCURONIDASE INHIBITOR Provided are a novel β-glucuronidase inhibitor including a compound selected from a macrocyclic ketone, a ketone, a macrocyclic lactone, a macrocyclic oxalactone, an ester, an aldehyde, an alcohol, and a terpene of specific kinds, and an environmental hygiene product a... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100240837 | PROCESS OF PREPARING FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS VIA ENZYMATIC CATALYSIS The invention relates to functionalized, telechelic polymers synthesized by enzymatic catalysis and methods, and the functionalization of polymers via Michael addition with a lipase catalyst, and the crosslinking of mono- or difunctional (telechelic) polymers made by en... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100233781 | Tubular nanostructure targeted to cell membrane Devices, compositions, and methods are described which provide a tubular nanostructure targeted to a lipid bilayer membrane. The targeted tubular nanostructure can have a surface region configured to pass through a lipid bilayer membrane of a cell, a hydrophobic surface... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100228046 | Cobalt Recovery From Cobalt Catalysed Hydroformylation Reactions In a hydroformylation reaction, the circulation and recovery of cobalt carbonyl in a cobalt catalyst cycle using carbonylate as an intermediate and acidification thereof, is improved by supplying an aqueous sulfuric acid solution containing less than 16% wt of sulfuric ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100209378 | Dimethylcyclohexyl Derivatives as Malodor Neutralizers Compound of formula (I)
| 08/19/2010 |
| 20100158804 | METHOD FOR THE USE OF [11C] CARBON MONOXIDE IN LABELING SYNTHESIS OF 11C-LABELLED ESTERS AND ACIDS BY SENSITIZED PHOTO-INDUCED FREE RADICAL CARBONYLATION Methods and reagents for photo-initiated carbonylation with carbon-isotope labeled carbon monoxide using alkyl/aryl iodides with alcohols or water treated by photosensitizers are provided. The resultant carbon-isotope labeled esters and acids, and pharmaceutical accepta... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100137630 | Manufacture of Purified Alcohols Acetals are formed from an aldehyde hydrogenation product mixture comprising alcohols and at most 2% of alde-hydes and the product is distilled to yield purified alcohols and a second stream containing acetals and/or unsaturated ethers.... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100103366 | Cyclohexylene Reactive Mesogens and Their Applications The invention relates to new cyclohexylene reactive mesogens (RM), polymers derived thereof, liquid crystal (LC) media comprising them, and the use of the compounds, polymers and liquid crystalline media in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminesc... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100069606 | Tubular nanostructure targeted to cell membrane Devices, compositions, and methods are described which provide a tubular nanostructure targeted to a lipid bilayer membrane. The targeted tubular nanostructure can have a surface region configured to pass through a lipid bilayer membrane of a cell, a hydrophobic surface... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100056621 | AGONISTS OF A BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF The present invention relates to agonists of the hTAS2R14 bitter taste receptor and its role in bitter taste transduction. The invention also relates to assays for screening molecules that modulate, e.g. suppress or block hTAS2R14 bitter taste transduction or bitter tas... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100048835 | SULFONIC ACID GROUP-CONTAINING CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL A sulfonic acid group-containing carbonaceous material that is useful as a solid acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins and acidolysis reaction of hydroperoxide and also useful as a proton conductor material having excellent proton conductivity... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090318509 | Oxime Derivatives as Inhibitors of Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor Provided are compounds of formula (I) and other compounds. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds. Additionally, methods of inhibiting macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) activity in a mammal are provided, as are methods of tre... | 12/24/2009 |
| 20090312569 | NOVEL PROCESS The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 1-(2-ethyl-butyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid which is useful as an intermediate in the preparation of pharmaceutically active compounds.... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090170960 | PEPTIDE LIPID-CONTAINING CARRIER AND METHOD FOR INTRODUCING COMPOUND INTO CELLS USING SAME The present invention provides a carrier capable of highly efficiently introducing a compound into cells with low cytotoxicity, which contains peptide lipids represented by the following formula, and a method for introducing a compound into cells using the carrier: wher... | 07/02/2009 |
| 20090118533 | METHOD FOR THE CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION OF UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES The invention relates to a method for the continuous production of unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydrides of general formula (I): R—C(O)—O—C(O)—R (I), wherein R is an unsaturated organic group with 2 to 12 C atoms, by reaction of a ketene with an unsaturated car... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090099345 | Carbon-Based Solid Acid, Catalyst Comprising the Solid Acid, and Reaction Using the Solid Acid as Catalyst A carbon-based solid acid which has high activity and high thermal stability and is useful as an acid catalyst for various reactions such as hydration of olefins. The carbon-based solid acid for use as a catalyst is obtained by carbonizatio... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090086139 | Liquid Crystal, and Liquid Crystal Material Combination and Liquid Crystal Display Each Containing the Same A liquid crystal is provided, which can be used in a liquid crystal display (LCD) to provide an LCD exhibiting a good transmittance. The liquid crystal according to the invention has the following properties: (i) a dielectric anisotropy (Δ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20080311522 | RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN, COMPOUND AND ACID GENERATOR A compound represented by general formula (b-14); and acid generator consisting of the compound; and a resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator compone... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080262259 | Method for vegetable oil derived polyols and polyurethanes made therefrom A process for preparing natural oil hydroxylates, the process comprising reacting an amino compound containing hydroxyl groups having a molecular weight of less than 200 Daltons with vegetable oil derived polyols.... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080257493 | MONOMERS DERIVED FROM PENTACYCLOPENTADECANE DIMETHANOL The invention is based on the discovery that certain well-defined compounds derived from pentacyclopentadecane dimethanol are useful components in adhesive formulations. In particular, the invention compounds described herein provide high Tg values and low shrinkage. Co... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080248982 | TRIESTER-BASED LUBRICANTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME The present invention is generally directed to triester-based lubricant compositions. The present invention is also directed to methods of making these and other similar lubricant compositions. In some embodiments, the methods for making such triester-based lubricants u... | 10/09/2008 |
