Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7718395 | Monitoring cleaning of surfaces A method for monitoring cleaning of a surface includes applying an amount of transparent indicator material to an area of a surface and measuring the amount of transparent indicator material remaining on the surface. The transparent indicator material may be fixed o... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7429464 | Methods for detecting bacterial pathogens The present invention provides for methods for detecting bacterial pathogens in a sample. A preferred method includes the steps of: suspending a sample comprising a medium and microorganisms, the microorganisms suspected of comprising bacterial pathogens; mixing the... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7399609 | /patents/7399609/description.html The invention relates to methods of detecting staphylococcus. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387883 | Methods for detecting bacterial pathogens The present invention provides for methods for detecting Staphylococcus aureus in a sample. A preferred method includes the steps of: mixing a sample comprising a medium and microorganisms with a first solution in a vessel, the microorganisms suspected of com... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7316910 | Rapid test for hemolytic streptococcus A reagent for the detection of an extracellular enzymatically active protein produced by a beta-hemolytic streptococcus bacteria found in a host biological fluid includes a proteinaceous substrate or a cholesterol-containing membrane substrate for the extracellular ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7189576 | Method for measuring substance and testing piece A method of measuring an analyte, comprising a step of measuring a detectable substance by using a reaction system including a formation reaction of the detectable substance based on a chemical reaction of the analyte contained in a sample, wherein a layered inorgan... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7175430 | Support materials and imaging method for intraoral diagnostic purposes The invention relates to deformable, curable or film-forming support materials which contain diagnostically useful additives for locus- and substance-specific intraoral diagnostics, and processes for the preparation of images for intraoral locus- and substance-speci... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7169579 | Method of isolating and selection medium A method of selectively isolating Streptococcus sobrinus alone out of oral streptococci including mutans streptococci, and a medium for selecting Streptococcus sobrinus are developed. A method of substantially isolating Streptococcus sobrinus... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7153696 | Method for measuring substance and testing piece A method of measuring an analyte, comprising a step of measuring a detectable substance by using a reaction system including a formation reaction of the detectable substance based on a chemical reaction of the analyte contained in a sample, wherein a layered inorgan... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7122314 | Methods for detecting vancomycin-resistant microorganisms and compositions therefor A method for detecting the presence of a vancomycin-resistant microorganism in a biological sample using a single chimeric probe in a cycling probe reaction. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7122338 | Method for quantification of biological material in a sample Methods for the detection and/or quantification of a biological material in a sample. The method includes the steps of liquefying the sample (if necessary) and pouring the liquefied sample into the incubation vessel. The incubation vessel has a generally flat horizo... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7098038 | Method for measuring substance and testing piece A method of measuring an analyte, comprising a step of measuring a detectable substance by using a reaction system including a formation reaction of the detectable substance based on a chemical reaction of the analyte contained in a sample, wherein a layered inorgan... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7090997 | Diagnostic agent and test method for colon cancer using tannase as index A diagnostic agent for colon cancer, which comprises a reagent for detecting a tannase high-producing bacterium or measuring an amount of tannase contained in an intracolonic microflora sample, and a test method for colon cancer, which comprises the step of detectin... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7056510 | Streptococcus pneumoniae SP036 polynucleotides, polypeptides, antigens and vaccines The present invention relates to novel vaccines for the prevention or attenuation of infection by Streptococcus pneunoniae. The invention further relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding antigenic polypeptides of Streptococcus pneumoniae. An... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7018807 | Method and medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and includes specifi... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6936259 | CAMP factor of Streptococcus uberis The CAMP factor gene of Streptococcus uberis (S. uberis) is described, as well as the recombinant production of CAMP factor therefrom. Also disclosed are chimeric CAMP factor constructs, including CAMP factor epitopes from more than one bacterial speci... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6861230 | Antibiotic sensitivity testing The use of an assay for adenylate kinase in an in vitro test for the effect of external conditions on the growth characteristics of bacterial cells. Such tests in particular include tests for the sensivity of a bacteria to an antibiotic or a biostatic agent, and tes... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6838292 | Detection of biological warfare agents Methods and devices are provided for the detection of bacterial agents such agents as Bacillus anthracis and Clostridium botulinum with high sensitivity and selectivity. More specifically, methods and devices are based on a phosphorescence-emission det... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6835818 | Mutants of Streptococcal toxin C and methods of use This invention is directed to mutant SPE-C toxins or fragments thereof, vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions. The preferred SPE-C toxin has at least one amino acid change and is substantially non-l... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6790448 | Surface proteins from gram-positive bacteria having highly conserved motifs and antibodies that recognize them Isolated peptide sequences and proteins containing these sequences are provided which are useful in the prevention and treatment of infection caused by Gram-positive bacteria. The peptide sequences have been shown to be highly conserved motifs in the surface protein... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6774218 | Mutants of streptococcal toxin C and methods of use This invention is directed to mutant SPE-C toxins or fragments thereof, vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using the vaccine and pharmaceutical compositions. The preferred SPE-C toxin has at least one amino acid change and is substantially non-l... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767536 | Recombinant Staphylococcus thioredoxin reductase and inhibitors thereof useful as antimicrobial agents Isolated and purified Staphylococcus thioredoxin reductases (TrxB) are provided. Polynucleotides encoding the TrxBs, vectors and host cells containing such polynucleotides are also provided. In addition, antibodies reactive with the TrxBs are provided, as are method... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6663862 | Reagents for detection and purification of antibody fragments An isolated B1 domain polypeptide of bacterial Protein G which binds a Fab fragment of an IgG but substantially does not bind a Fc fragment of an IgG. Methods for the detection and purification of IgG Fc antibody fragments and Fab antibody fragments using... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6642017 | Modulating production of pneumococcal capsular polysaccharide The invention relates to methods of modulating capsular polysaccharide production in pneumococci such as Streptococcus pneumoniae. The invention further relates to methods of alleviating pneumococcal infections in animals, and to methods of identifying bo... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6635484 | Standard used in diagnostic and/or quantification tests The present invention relates to a device for diagnosing and/or quantifying antibodies present in a biological fluid from a patient and which are specific for a reaction associated with an infection with a microorganism, specific for an autoimmune reactio... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6472377 | Use of YNES, essential bacterial genes and polypeptides Disclosed is a gene, termed "S-yneS," found in Streptococcus pneumoniae, which is essential for survival for a wide range of bacteria. This gene and the S-yneS polypeptide that it encodes, as well as homologs and orthologs thereof (collectively referred t... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461833 | Method to detect bacteria The present invention relates to a method for enhancing the time of response of an assay for a first bacterium, wherein: a) the first bacterium is exposed to infection by phage particles to which the first bacterium is permissive; b) the infected bacteriu... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6423497 | Method of labeling a nucleic acid amplicon with simultaneous contamination prevention This invention relates to methods of amplifying nucleic acids to minimize contamination by products of earlier amplification reactions. More particularly, it relates to methods of using nucleic acid labels that inhibit further amplification of the amplico... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6355449 | Method and medium for detecting vancomycin-resistant enterococcus A microbe-specific medium for detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in a test sample within 24 hours and preferably within 18 hours. The testing medium provides a selective growth medium for vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and includes specific n... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6355255 | Streptococcal C5a peptidase vaccine Novel vaccines for use against ଲ-hemolytic Streptococcus colonization or infection are disclosed. The vaccines contain an immunogenic amount of a variant of strepococcal C5a peptidase (SCP). Also disclosed is a method of protecting a susceptible mam... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6242210 | Treatment of bacterial infections An assay for compounds useful in the treatment of a bacterial induced coagulation disorder has the following steps: a) incubating a plasma sample with a strain of bacteria; b) adding a compound to be assayed to the plasma sample before, during or after step (a... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6222016 | spoIIIE from Steptococcus pneumoniae The invention provides spoIIIE polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding spoIIIE polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing spoIIIE polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compoun... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6165740 | Method and device for flow-cytometric microorganism analysis To reduce the effects of the contaminants in the measurement of microorganisms and the reduction of the time necessary for the measurement. Measurement is performed of the microorganism prior to and following culture, and the difference between the two is... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6143868 | Monofunctional glycosyltransferase of Staphylococcus aureus The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding a novel MTG of Staphylococcus aureus. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host cells for expressing the MTG and a method for identifying compounds that bind and/or inhibit ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6030835 | Methods and composition for identifying group a streptococcus Methods and compositions are provided for identifying a group A Streptococcus in any of a variety of physiological samples, such as blood, saliva, throat swabs, cerebrospinal fluid, brocheolar lavage material, and biopsy material. The positions used inclu... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6022682 | Article and method for detection of enterotoxigenic staphylococci An article for detecting thermostable nuclease positive, potentially enterotoxigenic, staphylococci, containing unhydrolyzed nucleotides, toluidine blue O, and a binder, wherein the article is adapted for placement against a sample suspected of containing... | 02/08/2000 |
| 5914240 | Method and test kits for detection of bacteriophage A method for detection, identification and/or quantification of bacteriophage of bacterial host specificity for bacterial genus, species or serotype, based upon the occurrence of release of cell contents, particularly nucleotides e.g. ATP, on lysis of bac... | 06/22/1999 |
| 5846760 | Method for determining a presence or absence of a nonparaffinophilic hydrophobic microorganism in a body specimen and an associated kit The method of the invention involves providing a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle contains a sterile aqueous broth and the second receptacle contains an aqueous broth including a carbon source. The method then includes placin... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5837482 | Culture medium and methods for detecting staphylococci A medium for detecting staphylococci is described. The medium contains components selective for growing staphylococci, and a glucopyranoside indicator substance in sufficient quantity to distinguish colonies containing Bacillus and other microorganisms fr... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5821335 | Biosynthetic gene murg from streptococcus pneumoniae The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the stem peptide biosynthetic gene murG of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host cells for expressing the MurG enzyme product and a method for ... | 10/13/1998 |
