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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158398 | Microelectronic sensor device An optical device provides evanescent radiation, in response to incident radiation, in a detection volume for containing a target component in a medium. The detection volume has at least one in-plane dimension (W1) smaller than a diffraction limit. The diffra... | 04/17/2012 |
| 7425422 | Luciferase detection assay system The invention relates to methods and kits for detecting enzyme activity using bioluminescence. In particular, it relates to a novel assay system with increased light yield for a sensitive and convenient detection of luciferase activity, such as luciferase reporter e... | 09/16/2008 |
| 6500673 | Electrostatic device and method for immunological detection The invention concerns a device and a method for ultrasensitive detection comprising an electrically inert porous sheet sandwiched between two positively charged fine electrodes. The invention uses the capacity of the electrodes, resulting from their powe... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6379955 | Optical fiberless sensors Fiberless optical sensors (plasticized PVC, acrylamide or gold particles) are described having a size ranging from between approximately 1 micrometer and 1 nanometer in diameter. The sensors comprise ionophores useful for the detection of intracellular an... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6214628 | Method of conducting an assay of a sample containing an analyte of interest In accordance with the present invention, a method of conducting an assay of a sample containing an analyte of interest includes the step of forming a mixture so as to bring a metal-ligand complex into interactive proximity with the sample containing the ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6015699 | Process for the production of alcohol The subject invention relates to an improved process for the production of alcohol which obviates the drawbacks and limitations of the hitherto known process, comprises growing a yeast in a conventional growth medium, fermenting the medium containing carb... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6001556 | Polymeric assay film for direct colorimetric detection A lipid bilayer with affinity to an analyte, which directly signals binding by a changes in the light absorption spectra. This novel assay means and method has special applications in the drug development and medical testing fields. Using a spectrometer, ... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5320946 | Method and element for assay of catechol and catechol generating substances A method and multilayer analytical element for the determination of catechol and catechol generating substances such as salicylate is described. A series of enzymatic conversions involving tyrosinase is used to convert catechol to o-quinone and the latter... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5229267 | Assay for evaluating inhibition of PMN elastase by N-substituted azetidinones N-substituted azetidinones are a class of inhibitors of human leukocytes elastase which are known to be useful in the treatment of a wide variety of antiinflammatory and antidegenerative diseases. In inhibiting elastase, the therapeutic agents are shown t... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5215902 | Process for recovering alcohol with energy integration A process for recovering alcohol by a continuous process employing fermentation, solvent extraction of the alcohol product, extractive distillation of the alcohol-solvent extract to provide water fraction and vacuum stripping for separation of the alcohol... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5135861 | Method for producing ethanol from biomass Biomass slurry is hydrolzyed in a fuel fired hydrolysis heater. When the biomass is fruit waste, the organic acid in the waste is used as the hydrolysis catalyst. When the biomass does not contain organic acid, carbon dioxide generated in a fermenter is f... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4952504 | Method for producing ethanol from biomass Biomass slurry is hydrolyzed in a fuel fired hydrolysis heater. When the biomass is fruit waste, the organic acid in the waste is used as the hydrolysis catalyst. When the biomass does not contain organic acid, carbon dioxide generated in a fermenter is f... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4877776 | K-252 compounds A K-252 compound represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 and R2 are independently H or OH; X represents COOH, COOR or CH2 OH; Y represents H, R or COR; and Z represents OH, OR or SR, wherein R represents lower... | 10/31/1989 |
| 4617270 | Alcohol and distillers grain recovery process A process for producing alcohol and dried distillers grain from a source material containing starch or sugar by cooking, by saccharification, fermentation, evaporation, distillation, and wherein the distillers grain is dried by heat produced by flash cool... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4612286 | Acid hydrolysis of biomass for alcohol production A method of treating biomass having fermentable material is provided utilizing acid hydrolysis in a countercurrent diffusion treatment structure. By practicing the invention acid usage is minimized, pentose concentration in the hydrolysate solution is max... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4547226 | Preparation of high fructose syrups from citrus residues The sugar content of citrus press liquor is enhanced by separating citrus solids, extracting fructose, glucose, and sucrose from the solids, and recombining the aqueous extract to increase the sugar content thereof. By inversion of the sucrose present in ... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4503079 | Process for the manufacture of ethyl alcohol from citrus molasses The invention relates to a process for the production of ethyl alcohol from citrus molasses fermentation in which improved yields of ethyl alcohol are obtained by preliminarily removing fermentation inhibiting agents, specifically oils, from the fermenter... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4488912 | Preparation of high fructose syrups from citrus residues The sugar content of citrus press liquor is enhanced by separating citrus solids, extracting fructose, glucose, and sucrose from the solids, and recombining the aqueous extract to increase the sugar content thereof. By inversion of the sucrose present in ... | 12/18/1984 |
| 4359534 | Conversion of D-xylose to ethanol by the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus A method is disclosed for converting D-xylose to ethanol relying on the unique ability of the yeast Pachysolen tannophilus to ferment this five-carbon sugar without the use of added enzymes. This process will be particularly useful in the production of et... | 11/16/1982 |
| 4349628 | Fermentation process for the manufacture of an organic compound A process for the manufacture of ethanol or a like volatile organic compound by fermenting a carbohydrate with a micro-organism which will convert the carbohydrate into ethanol or a like volatile organic compound, continuously transferring a portion of th... | 09/14/1982 |
