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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7531676 | Lipids Bipolar lipids are described which are able to form complexes with polyanions. The lipids comprise a cationic head linked to a hydrophobic backbone and a hydrophilic tail and are capable of self assembly to form stable complexes in aqueous solutions. The lipids are ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7276570 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of anionic moieties attached thereto. These co... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7265195 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one polymer having a plurality of amide linkages and a plurality of cationic moieties attached thereto. These c... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262164 | Polymeric thiol-linked prodrugs employing benzyl elimination systems Thiol-linked polymeric prodrugs, methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The use of a sulfhydryl bond in combination with a benzyl elimination system results in the formation of prodrugs which can take advantage of plasma enzymes in vivo for regeneration... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7256249 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. The compositions comprise at least one regioselective polyisocyanate having an asymmetric structure and comprising at least a first NCO group and a ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253242 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable materials are presently disclosed. The materials have a rebound height percentage of greater than 60% and are formed from compositions comprising at least one resilient polyamine polydiene and/or ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7253245 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244419 | Gelling agent for oil A compound represented by the following general formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 26 carbon atoms, preferably a linear or branched alkyl group, R3 represents a hydrocarbon group having 7 to 10 c... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7157545 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138477 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138475 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one amine-terminated polyamide and at least one isocyanate-containing prepolymer. These elastomer com... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7138476 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise at least one fatty compound chosen from fatty polyamines and fatty polyamine telechelics. These elastomer compositions c... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7115703 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable compositions are presently disclosed. These compositions comprise reaction products of polyacids and polyamines. The polyacid is chosen from polymerized fatty polyacids and polyacid telechelics. T... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105628 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise reaction products of polyisocyanates and telechelic polymers having isocyanate-reactive end-groups such as hyd... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7105623 | Compositions for golf equipment Golf balls comprising thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable elastomer compositions are presently disclosed. These elastomer compositions comprise at least one poly(urethane-co-urea) prepolymer and at least one curative. These elastomer compositions can be ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7101951 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate having a generic structure of: where R1... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098274 | Compositions for golf equipment A golf ball comprising at least one thermoplastic, thermoset, castable, or millable material formed from a composition comprising at least one telechelic polycarbonate copolymer formed from at least one polyol telechelic and at least one carbonate-forming compound; | 08/29/2006 |
| 6949663 | Carboxylic acid-type lipid As a negatively charged lipid that can stably add negative charges to the surface of vesicles without side effects, the carboxyl acid-type lipid of the following general formula [1]: [wherein R1, R2 | 09/27/2005 |
| 6921747 | Basic amino acid derivatives The present invention provides a basic amino acid derivative represented by the formula (1): The present invention also provides a method of making a gelled product by employing the aforementioned compound, as well as ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6600059 | Cytoprotective compounds The present invention provides compositions and methods for protecting cells from injury due to intrinsic membrane lysis, oxidation and/or invasion by destructive agents. Even more particularly, the present invention provides compositions and methods for ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6423855 | Cytoprotective compounds The present invention provides compositions and methods for protecting cells from injury due to intrinsic membrane lysis, oxidation and/or invasion by destructive agents. Even more particularly, the present invention provides compositions and methods for ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6350889 | Ink jet printing compositions containing ester-terminated dimer acid-based oligo (ester/amide) A compound of formula (1), and compositions containing a plurality of such compounds, wherein, independently at each occurrence, R1 is a linear alkyl group having at least twenty carbons; R2 is selected from the diradical that result... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6040281 | Use alkali and/or triethanolamine salts of the alkanoylamidocarboxylic acids in metal working At least 5, preferably at least 30, in particular about 50, percent by weight of the alkali metal salts and/or triethanolamine salts of alkanoylamidocarboxylic acids of the general formula ##STR1## R1 denotes an alkanoyl or an alkanesulfon... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5990083 | Multicatalytic protease inhibitors Disclosed herein are inhibitors of the multicatalytic protease enzyme which are represented by the general formula: ##STR1## Constituent members and preferred constituent members are disclosed herein. Methodologies for making and using the disclosed ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5885955 | Amides, method for preparing the amides, and detergent compositions containing the amides An amide represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are C1-C24 alkyl, etc.; B is C2-C10 alkylene, etc.; A1 and A2 are C1-C6 alkylene, etc.; Y1 and Y2 are ... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5830870 | Multicatalytic protease inhibitors Disclosed herein are inhibitors of the multicatalytic protease enzyme which are represented by the general formula: ##STR1## Constituent members and preferred constituent members are disclosed herein. Methodologies for making and using the disclosed ... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5792880 | Process for the preparation of N-lauroyl-L-glutamic acid di-n-butylamide The present Application relates to a process for the preparation of N-lauroyl-L-glutamic acid di-n-butylamide by reaction of N-lauroyl-L-glutamic acid dimethyl ester with n-butylamine in the presence of a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon mixture as an auxiliary... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5753707 | Amide derivatives and their use in cosmetic composition An amide derivative represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a C1-40 hydrocarbon; R2 represents a C1-6 alkylene; R3 represents H, OH or alkoxyl; R4 repr... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5659049 | Antioxidant, antiphospholipase derivatives of ricinoleic acid Water or lipid soluble, pharmacologically active, antioxidant, anti-phospholipase compounds that are chemically defined. The compounds protect mammalian cells by inhibiting PLA2 and preventing oxidation. In particular, each compound has at leas... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5550262 | Multicatalytic protease inhibitors Disclosed herein are inbibitors of the multicatalytic protease enzyme which are represented by the general formula: ##STR1## Constituent members and preferred constituent members are disclosed herein. Methodologies for making and using the disclosed ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5506267 | Thioglycerol derivatives A compound of the invention is represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different, an acyl group; R3, R4, R6 and R7 are the same or different, hydrogen or... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5502225 | Perfluoroalkyl terminated urethane lubricants This invention relates to perfluoroalkyl group terminated urethanes, thiourethanes and ureas of the general formula (R--X--CONH)m A where m is 1, 2 or 3, R is Rf -E and optionally R1 with the proviso that at least one R is R | 03/26/1996 |
| 5468888 | Lupane derivatives, their preparation and the pharmaceutical compositions which contain them The present invention relates to new lupane dervivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## to their salts, to their preparation and to the pharmaceutical compositions which contain them.... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5258398 | Antithrombotic diaminoalkanoic acid derivatives This invention relates to novel diaminoalkanoic acid derivatives that inhibit platelet aggregation and thrombus formation in mammalian blood thereby being useful in the prevention and treatment of thrombosis associated with disease states such as myocardi... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5252706 | Peptide derivative amphiphatic compound, intermediate thereof and liposome and film comprising peptide derivative amphiphatic compound A peptide derivative amphiphatic compound or N-terminal salt thereof represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 each represents a straight-chain or branched alkyl or acyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms optionally ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5238466 | Fuel additives derived from amido-amines The present invention is directed to a fuel additive comprising at least one adduct of (A) a polyolefin of 300 to 10,000 number average molecular weight substituted with at least 0.3 (e.g., from about 1 to 4) mono- or dicarboxylic acid producing moieties ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5173510 | Simplified thioester and isostere analogs of oleoyl coenzyme A as hypocholesterolemic agents New thioester and ester, amide and ketone isostere analogs of oleoyl coenzyme A, useful as antiatherosclerotic agents, are provided. The compounds have the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is selected from the group consisting of ##STR2## Y is s... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5139807 | Amide linked low calorie fat mimetics Novel fat mimetic compositions are disclosed to be useful in reduced calorie foods. These compounds, which can be referred to as amide linked fat mimetics, consist of fragments bearing ester, ether, and/or amide groups joined by an aliphatic or alicyclic ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5139706 | Fatty amides prepared by reacting dicarboxylic acids, polyoxyalkylene amine bottoms products and fatty acids or esters thereof Surfactant composition prepared by reacting dicarboxylic acids and esters thereof, such as adipic acid, diethyl oxalate, etc.; a polyoxyalkyleneamine residue, such as an alkylene glycol diamine bottoms product, and fatty acids and esters thereof, such as ... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5051448 | GABA esters and GABA analog esters Ester derivatives of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GABA analogues which cross the blood-brain barrier are disclosed, as well as methods of synthesizing and using the compounds. The ester derivatives have the formula: ##STR1## where A is a radica... | 09/24/1991 |
