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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120079900 | METHODS OF CHARACTERIZING ALUMINUM OXIDES Methods of characterizing aluminum oxide defects are described. The oxide defect type, as well as the time when the oxide defects are formed during the aluminum melting and casting processes can be identified quickly.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120042737 | NOVEL DISSOLUTION TESTING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS WITH OFF-CENTER IMPELLER In the pharmaceutical industry, dissolution testing is a critical step in quality control and a standard method for assessing batch-to-batch consistency of solid oral drug delivery systems, such as tablets. One of the most widely used dissolution test devices is the UPS... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120031540 | PAINT SWATCH TEST DEVICE AND METHOD A paint swatch test device includes a transparent or translucent substrate, such as a sheet of polymeric material, and a plurality of different primer coating patches on the substrate. The patches preferably form a grayscale series of neutral white and gray primer patch... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20110296933 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING THE FLOWABILITY OF TONER PARTICLES Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for characterizing the flowability of a dry powder, and particularly for use with toner particles. The methods and apparatuses use an optionally transparent or semi-transparent cylindrical container. When the container is partially ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110277568 | Ni-Ti SEMI-FINISHED PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS Semi-finished products for the production of devices containing thermoelastic materials with improved reliability and reproducibility are described. The semi-finished products are based on an alloy of Ni—Ti plus elements X and/or Y. The nickel amount is comprised betw... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110271775 | Sheet metal stretch-bend-draw simulator apparatus and method A stretch-bend-draw simulator (SBDS) apparatus for approximating die stamping of a metal is disclosed. The simulator includes a tool having a surface for contacting a sheet metal strip clamped in a jaw grip adapted to pull the sheet metal strip to provide a force measur... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110262029 | System and method for detecting solder paste printing A system and a method detect solder paste printing. The system includes a detecting device for detecting solder paste when a scraping blade pushes the solder paste to spread over a template to obtain information associated with the rolling speed of the solder paste, and... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110259128 | Integrity Evaluation of Prestressed Concrete Girders A novel and practical methodology that accounts for the specific mechanical features of a prestressed concrete girder (elastic stiffness, cracking moment, fully cracked inertia, and ultimate capacity) and allows the objective delimitation of its damage levels is present... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110232398 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING A MATERIAL OR AN OBJECT A method for identifying and/or authenticating a material or an object, especially for the purpose of sorting materials or objects, includes: an excitation step including application of excitation vectors to a material or an object; a detection step in which the respons... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110218148 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION The present invention provides oral pharmaceutical compositions that enable the successful delivery of drugs in a pharmaceutically effective amount, particularly poly(amino acids) such as peptides, peptidomimetics and proteins, e.g. hormones to a subject via oral admini... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110197420 | Method and Apparatus for Bearing Thrust Monitoring A method and apparatus for bearing thrust monitoring allows measurable detection of tilt of a support bearing a roller which rotatably supports a rotating body. A tilt meter adapted to measurably detect a tilt of the support bearing is coupled to the support bearing, wh... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110120239 | DISSOLUTION TEST VESSEL WITH INTEGRAL CENTERING A vessel includes a cylindrical section, a bottom section, a lower ring, and an upper ring. The cylindrical section includes an inside and, an outside vessel surfaces, an upper end region terminating at a rim circumscribing a vessel opening, a vessel groove formed at th... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110107856 | Hydrophobic property demonstrator A hydrophobic property demonstrator (100) comprises an inclinable sample support (10) and an upper tank (20) for producing droplets (GA, GB) that fall onto a sample (A, B) placed on the support. The droplets are produced regula... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110083496 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH SIMULTANEOUSLY MOVABLE STAGES A method and apparatus provide for simultaneously moving multiple semiconductor wafers in opposite directions while simultaneously performing processing operations on each of the wafers. The semiconductor wafers are orientated in coplanar fashion and are disposed on sta... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110079096 | DISSOLUTION TEST VESSEL WITH INTEGRAL VERTICALITY CONTROL A vessel includes a cylindrical section coaxially disposed about a central axis of the vessel. The cylindrical section includes an inside vessel surface, an outside vessel surface opposing the inside vessel surface, an upper end region circumscribing a vessel opening, a... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110081442 | METHOD TO EVALUATE THE QUANTITY OF METHANE PRODUCED BY A DAIRY RUMINANT AND METHOD TO REDUCE AND CONTROL THIS QUANTITY The present invention relates in particular to a method to evaluate the quantity of methane produced by a dairy ruminant. It is notably characterized by the fact that it comprises determination of the ratio between the quantity of fatty aci... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110061478 | METHOD OF MAKING LARGE AREA CONFORMABLE SHAPE STRUCTURES FOR DETECTOR/SENSOR APPLICATIONS USING GLASS DRAWING TECHNIQUE AND POSTPROCESSING A method of making a large area conformable shape structure comprises drawing a plurality of tubes to form a plurality of drawn tubes, and cutting the plurality of drawn tubes into cut drawn tubes of a predetermined shape. The cut drawn tubes have a first end and a seco... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110061479 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE NODOSITY OF A WOODEN PLANK A method for determining the nodosity of a wooden plank comprises the operating steps of observing the lateral surface (4) of the wooden plank (1) to identify its zones (7) corresponding to knots (6), assessing the overall extent of the knots... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110048626 | APPLICATION OF A PROCESSING PIN TO A GEMSTONE WHICH IS TO BE CUT OR POLISHED A next processing pin is applied as a follow-on pin to a stone, wherein the stone is held by a preceding pin and fixed to the stone by way of a first adhesive bonding location. The preceding pin is separated from the stone. The follow-on pin is fixed to the stone by way... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048144 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DYNAMICS OF ROOT DEVELOPMENT AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SAID METHOD The present invention relates to the measurement of growth and decay of roots, especially fine roots of green plants using the probe to be inserted into the soil being investigated. According to the invention, an insertion (6) is arranged in a transparent researc... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110048145 | DISSOLUTION TESTING APPARATUS FOR PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS A dissolution testing apparatus comprises a vessel plate on which a plurality of test vessels are mounted. Each test vessel has a heat generation portion, which includes a transparent ring-shaped heat generating sheet member wrapped around the cylindrical portion of the... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110041627 | TEST SPECIMEN FOR TESTING THROUGH-THICKNESS PROPERTIES The present invention relates to a test specimen (11) for testing the through-thickness properties of a fibre-reinforced composite material. The specimen comprises a first loading portion (10) having a first longitudinal axis in a first plane and a second ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046364 | METHOD OF LABELING SUGAR CHAIN The present invention relates to a method of labeling a sugar chain, used for labeling a sugar chain contained in a biological sample, aimed at simplifying a process of isolating a sugar chain from a biological sample and labeling it, which includes (a) trapping a sugar... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110030486 | DEVICE FOR GAUGING THE STATUS OF A MATERIAL ESPECIALLY OF OILS OR FATS The invention is a device for gauging the status of a material such as a fat or an oil. The device comprises: a housing; a hollow connecting element; a substrate, attached at the opposite end of the hollow connecting element; a sensor, proximate the substrate, for measu... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027614 | CORROSION RESISTANT OBJECT WITH ALLOYING ZONE This invention relates to objects having a corrosion resistant surface improving the overall corrosion resistance of the object relative to the core material, preferably being titanium or titanium based. The surface layer preferably contains at least 80% of a refractory... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110018725 | HANDHELD SALINITY ANALYZER Disclosed is a handheld salinity analyzer including a body, in which a circuit board and a battery are installed, a cell block provided with one end inserted into one end of the body and the other end on which a projecting part provided with a salinity sensor hole and a... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016994 | PLASTIC ARTICLE AND ITS FABRICATION A method of detecting illicit offensive weapons fabricated from plastics articles by felons is disclosed. Electrically conductive and/or magnetically permeable particles are incorporated in the plastics material prior to moulding. The felons are then scanned from time t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110011161 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE Provided are procedures for estimating the amount of water vapor emissions as well as other properties, such as slump and volume yield, of a concrete or cementitious mix used in producing a concrete.... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100326005 | TRUSS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COMPONENTS FOR CONSTRUCTING A TRUSS The present disclosure includes a truss and a method for selecting components to construct a truss. The truss includes three or more chord elements (two or more upper chord elements and one or more lower chord elements) and one or more web elements. Embodiments of metho... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100326221 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING DRYING TIME OF QUICK WET AND DRIED FABRICS Disclosed is a method for measuring the drying time of a moisture-wicking and quick-drying material that enables convenient and precise measurement of the drying time of the material by creating an environment similar to the skin surface of a human body wearing clothes.... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322871 | Co-polymer Stabilizers For Hydryfluoroalkane Dispersions The use of biodegradable and biocompatible lactide-based nonionic amphiphiles to stabilize a model drug (salbutamol base) dispersion in hydrofluoroalkane (HFA) propellant is disclosed. The results have industrial applicability to the development of HFA-based dispersion ... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100303669 | Cast Heat-Resistant Austenitic Steel with Improved Temperature Creep Properties and Balanced Alloying Element Additions and Methodology for Development of the Same The present invention addresses the need for new austenitic steel compositions with higher creep strength and higher upper temperatures. The present invention also discloses a methodology for the development of new austenitic steel compositions with higher creep strengt... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100300221 | Aerosol particle deposition on surfaces A method and apparatus for generating a standardized surface contaminated by an aerosol deposited on its surface is described. Aerosols are propelled horizontally onto a vertical surface. The standardized contaminated surface is used to evaluate the effectiveness of cle... | 12/02/2010 |
| 20100218596 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING A HONEYCOMB BODY Methods are provided for testing a honeycomb body comprised of a core portion comprising honeycomb cell walls and a circumferential skin portion overlying at least some outer honeycomb cell walls. The circumferential skin portion includes a cement mixture layer. The met... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100203130 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS RESISTANT TO ABUSE The present invention provides immediate release pharmaceutical compositions for Oral administration that are resistant to abuse.... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100175489 | COLUMN PRESS FOR QUALITY ANALYSIS The invention relates to a method and equipment for the testing of quality of polymer-bound rubber additives. According to the method, a polymer-bound rubber additive (3) is mixed with an EPDM masterbatch (2). The resultant te... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100120638 | ADDITIVES FOR OIL RECOVERY FROM RESERVOIRS The invention relates to the use of quaternary polyamines having formula (I) for the recovery of oil from reservoirs formula (I), wherein n>=1 R1 represents H, CH3, CH2CH3, CnH2n+1 R2 repres... | 05/13/2010 |
| 20100107752 | DISSOLUTION TESTING WITH IN-SITU GRAVIMETRIC VOLUME MEASUREMENT A dissolution test apparatus includes a vessel support member, weight sensors, a movable component, a media transport cannula, a pump, and an electronic controller. The vessel support member receives vessels. A weight sensor is located at each vessel site. Each weight s... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100089186 | Device for evaluation of pharmaceutical compositions A membrane-permeation test for evaluating pharmaceutical compositions is described. The method comprises the following steps: (1) providing a microporous membrane having a plurality of pores, the membrane having a feed side and a permeate side, wherein the feed side of ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100050793 | FLEXIBLE CHEMICAL SENSORS A flexible sensor device can include a flexible substrate, and at least one flexible sensor included on the flexible substrate. The flexible sensor can be deposited on the flexible substrate by inkjet printing a composition that forms the flexible sensor. The flexible s... | 03/04/2010 |
