Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5725861 | Products and processes for gastric cascade and gastrointestinal disorder treatment with same The present invention provides a method and products for establishing nutrient recognition and improving nutrient utilization and growth in a human or an animal by immunologically stimulating digestion or a gastric cascade within the gastrointestinal trac... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5573766 | Bacillus thuringiensis strains producing insecticidally active toxins Novel strains of the insecticidal microorganism Bacillus thuringiensis are described. These contain novel genes, and in particular a gene coding for a novel insecticidal endotoxin, 81 kiloDaltons in length, toxic to both Lepidoptera and Coleoptera. The no... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5552145 | Feed composition and a method for decreasing piglet mortality in piglets Administering a feed composition, containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of sterilized bacterial cells; disrupted cell fragments obtained by mechanical disruption or enzymatic decomposition of the cells and cell wall component-c... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5540924 | Composition for the prevention and treatment of white diarrhea and diarrhea in livestock, etc. A composition for the prevention and treatment of diarrhea in animals, containing sterilized cells of bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus, Brevibacterium, Corynebacterium, Escherichia, Lactobacillus, Streptococcus, or Streptomyces, a cell homogenate ... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5531988 | Bacteria and immunoglobulin-containing composition for human gastrointestinal health A composition for promoting gastrointestinal health comprises an effective amount of a beneficial human intestinal microorganism and an effective amount of an immunoglobulin composition comprising concentrated immunologically active immunoglobulins. Prefe... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5478559 | Method and composition for increasing body weight and stimulating immune systems A method and composition for increasing body weight and stimulating the immune systems of domestic animals, poultry and fish are disclosed. In the method of the present invention, bacterial and yeast cells from which capsules have been removed are given t... | 12/26/1995 |
| 4764370 | Vaccine utilizing an avirulent strain of Salmonella typhimurium A vaccine against a microbial pathogen comprised of a live, immunogenic but prototrophic and avirulent mutant strain of the selected microbial pathogen in an amount effective to confer immunity. A method of obtaining a vaccine that induces a heightened ce... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4202883 | Vaccine for Tyzzer's disease in rabbits A vaccine for Tyzzer's disease in rabbits is produced from inactivated hepatic or intestinal tissue of immunosuppressed rodents which have been infected with Bacillus piliformis.... | 05/13/1980 |