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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7097690 | Apparatus and method for removing gasses from a liquid Medical devices for removing gasses, such as gas bubbles and/or dissolved gasses, from a liquid to be delivered to a patient, and methods of use and making of such devices. In at least some embodiments, a gas permeable membrane material is used in the construction o... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094352 | Method and device for packing chromatography columns A column comprising a first end (2a) provided with a column packing means and a second end (2b) provided with a fluid collection means for collecting fluid from over some or all of the internal cross-section of the column, wherein said fi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7094351 | Purification of substances by reaction affinity chromatography The invention relates to the separation of at least one target from a sample composition using a naturally reversible reaction comprising the formation of at least one covalent bond. One embodiment of the invention is a chromatographic method in which the affinity o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091044 | Partial modulation via pulsed flow modulator for comprehensive two-dimensional liquid or gas chromatography This invention is a method and device for use with multi-dimensional chromatography that utilizes partial modulation. An analyte-bearing sample is subjected to a first dimension of chromatography. Thereafter the separated analyte-bearing sample is diluted with a mod... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091292 | Bridged bi-aromatic catalysts, complexes, and methods of using the same Ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with substituted bridged bis-biaromatic ligands, and methods of making and using the same, are disclosed that are useful in the catalysis of transformations such as the polymerization of monomers into polymers... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090775 | Separation agent for separating optical isomer and method for preparation thereof A method of producing a novel separating agent for separating enantiomeric isomers, characterized by including: a step of supporting an optically active polymer compound and a compound having an asymmetric structure of a molecular weight of 1,000 or less on a carrie... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7091338 | Purification of 4,4′(5′)- di-t-butylcyclohexano-18-crown-6 A purification method is disclosed for a predetermined water-insoluble extractant present in a liquid phase composition that additionally contains one or more additional extractants, synthesis reaction starting materials, and reaction byproducts dissolved as solutes... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7090001 | Optimized multiple heat pipe blocks for electronics cooling A plate is thermally coupled to a heat generating device and thermally coupled to two heat pipes. Each heat pipe is configured to have a predetermined boiling point temperature selected according to design criteria. One or more additional heat pipes can be coupled t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087164 | Integrated high throughput system for the analysis of biomolecules Described is an affinity microcolumn comprising a high surface area material, which has high flow properties and a low dead volume, contained within a housing and having affinity reagents bound to the surface of the high surface area material that are either activat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7086279 | Fraction collector for composition analysis A method and apparatus for controlling fraction collection in an eluent stream flowing from an LC column. A triggering detector recognizes the presence of a target substance according to characteristics of chromatographic peaks in the eluent stream and initiates a d... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088572 | Polymer gel electrolyte, secondary cell, and electrical double-layer capacitor A polymer gel electrolyte includes an electrolyte solution composed of a plasticizer with at least two carbonate structures on the molecule and an electrolyte salt, in combination with a matrix polymer. Secondary batteries made with the polymer gel electrolyte can o... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087163 | Integrated high throughput system for the analysis of biomolecules Described is an affinity microcolumn comprising a high surface area material, which has high flow properties and a low dead volume, contained within a housing and having affinity reagents bound to the surface of the high surface area material that are either activat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087165 | Integrated high throughput system for the analysis of biomolecules Described is an affinity microcolumn comprising a high surface area material, which has high flow properties and a low dead volume, contained within a housing and having affinity reagents bound to the surface of the high surface area material that are either activat... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083395 | Pump system for pumping liquefied gases Under one aspect of the present invention, a liquefied gas pump assembly is coupleable to a source of liquefied gas. A cooling assembly is positioned generally adjacent to a pump module. The cooling assembly has a converging pump-head-receiving aperture, a fluid inl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083723 | Integrated high throughput system for the analysis of biomolecules Described is an affinity microcolumn comprising a high surface area material, which has high flow properties and a low dead volume, contained within a housing and having affinity reagents bound to the surface of the high surface area material that are either activat... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7083724 | Integrated high throughput system for the analysis of biomolecules Described is an affinity microcolumn comprising a high surface area material, which has high flow properties and a low dead volume, contained within a housing and having affinity reagents bound to the surface of the high surface area material that are either activat... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7081189 | Microfluidic pumps and mixers driven by induced-charge electro-osmosis A microfluidic device includes one or more microchannels providing a passageway for transmitting an electrolyte fluid. A field source provides a defined field in the one or more microchannels, wherein at least one conductor element that is placed in at least one spe... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081226 | System and method for fluorescence monitoring A thermal cycling method and device is disclosed. The device comprises a sample chamber whose temperature can be rapidly and accurately modulated over a range of temperatures needed to carry out a number of biological procedures, such as the DNA polymerase chain rea... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077960 | Method for obtaining a purified hydrofluoroalkane, purified hydrofluoroalkane, use of same and method for analysing same Process for the production of a hydrofluoroalkane, according to which hydrofluoroalkane comprising organic impurities is subjected to at least two distillations. ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077953 | Nanofilter system and method of use An acid recovery system used in a hydrolysis operation includes a chromatographic unit to provide initial separation of sugar and acid. The sugar product provided by the chromatographic unit is processed to produce higher value products, such as ethanol. The remaini... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077175 | Particle packing of microdevice Provided are apparatuses and methods for introducing particles into a microdevice conduit. Also provided are microdevices containing a plurality of particles that occupy at least about 25 volume percent of a microconduit. In some instances, particles may controllabl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7077955 | Joint used in one of a water inlet or water outlet of a filter cylinder or a filter casing A joint used in one of a water inlet or water outlet of a filter cylinder, or a water inlet or a water outlet of a filter casing is disclosed. The joint is a round cylindrical tube and comprises at least one first waterproof washer installed near one end of the roun... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7074491 | Polar silanes for binding to substrates and use of the bound substrates Polyfunctional silicon compounds of one of the following formula: in which N-PG is a nitrogen containing function group. Also, such compounds bound to substrates for use as chromatography packing. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074327 | Sample preparation for parallel chromatography Systems and methods are provided for preparing samples for chromatographic separations and then chromatographically separating the prepared samples, preferably in a high-throughput fashion utilizing multiple parallel first (fluid) processing regions in fluid communi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074335 | Method of producing hierarchical porous beads The present invention is a method of producing porous beads, which comprises the steps of providing a first liquid phase comprising a bead matrix material and essentially edgy templating particle(s), said particle(s) being treated with a surface modifying agent; pro... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074334 | Method for determining the binding behavior of ligands which specifically bind to target molecules The invention relates to a method for determining the binding behavior of ligands which specifically bind to target molecules at at least one binding site, whereby the markers are present in a native form and the determination of the concentrations K4 and K5 or of t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074331 | Separation system, components of a separation system and methods of making and using them Permeable polymeric monolithic materials are prepared in a column casing. In one embodiment, the permeable polymeric monolithic materials are polymerized while pressure is applied through a piston having a smooth piston head in contact with the polymerization mixtur... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074510 | Composite ion-exchange membrane, fabrication method of the same, and membrane-electrode assembly, and polymer electrolyte fuel cell having the same The present invention relates to a composite ion-exchange membrane that can exhibit good conductivity at high temperatures, methods to produce the polymer membrane, membrane-electrode assemblies that comprise one or more of such polymers, and polymer electrolyte fue... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7074325 | Device for concentrating and stabilizing conjugated estrogens from mare urine An apparatus for concentrating and stabilizing conjugated estrogens from pregnant mare urine on solid adsorbent supports to obtain a starting material for pharmaceuticals that contain a natural mixture of conjugated estrogens as active ingredient. The apparatus is s... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7072713 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor feedthrough assembly having an electrically conductive member dimensioned to extend at least partially through a feedthrough hole of a case of the capacitor, the conductive member having a passage therethrough. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072742 | Accurate blending module and method An accurate blending module for retrofitting existing laboratory or industrial systems or use as a standalone device and a method of use. The module includes a proportioning submodule that receives and merges at least two liquid feeds. The merged stream flows to a b... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066011 | Liquid chromatograph and analysis system The present invention aims to provide a liquid chromatograph, an analysis system, and a gradient elution method, which are designed to permit a gradient change of eluent with higher precision and also permit a high sensitive detection or analysis. For attaining the ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067059 | Generation of ion exchanger media The present invention relates to a method of generating a separation medium comprising mixed mode cation-exchanger ligands coupled to a base matrix, which method comprises to provide a scaffold comprising a functional group and exhibiting a cyclic core structure; de... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7063784 | Processing of chemicals in flow-through device with porous media A method of processing a sample comprising introducing a sample into a flow-through device containing a porous solid media therein, and thereafter subjecting the device to microwave energy. ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063785 | Pump for liquid chromatography The invention provides a pump for liquid chromatography excellent in feeding liquid stably at an extremely low flow rate with high accuracy and in discharging bubbles at startup. At startup, a first plunger feeds solvent at a large flow rate to discharge bubb... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7063513 | Liquid chromatograph pump with dual cylinders and dual plungers In a pump for feeding a liquid for chromatography, first and second plungers form first and second volumes respectively together with first and second chambers, the first plunger is prevented from changing the first volume sufficiently for feeding the liquid between... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7060653 | Method of producing gas occluding material The gas storage method comprises a step of keeping a gas to be stored and an adsorbent in a vessel at a low temperature below the liquefaction temperature of the gas to be stored so that the gas to be stored is adsorbed onto the adsorbent in a liquefied state, a ste... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060187 | Post-modification of a porous support The present invention relates to a method for post-modification of a macroporous polymeric support comprising one or more unreacted double bonds, which method includes the steps of contacting the support with a liquid comprising a grafting compound; and initiating a... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060188 | Separation system and process The invention relates to a system and a process for fractionating a solution into two or more fractions. The system of the invention comprises at least two compartments having a diameter of at least about one meter and including a uniform packing of a polymer-based ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7060848 | Bridged bi-aromatic catalysts, complexes, and methods of using the same Ligands, compositions, metal-ligand complexes and arrays with substituted bridged bis-biaromatic ligands, and methods of making and using the same, are disclosed that are useful in the catalysis of transformations such as the polymerization of monomers into polymers... | 06/13/2006 |
