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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6800754 | Method for producing cellulose sulfoacetate derivatives and products and mixtures thereof A method for directly producing a mixture of cellulose sulfoacetate derivatives by esterification of cellulosic material, characterized in that it comprises the following steps i) the cellulosic material is suspended in a glacial acetic acid solution and the excess ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6579977 | Biosorbents and process for producing the same A process is disclosed for producing biosorbents by phosphorylation of cellulose-containing materials with phosphoric acid or ammonium phosphate in the presence of urea. Also disclosed are biosorbents with particular good use properties. Biosorbents of th... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6303315 | One step sample preparation and detection of nucleic acids in complex biological samples A method for simultaneous release and detection of nucleic acids from complex biological samples is described. The invention relates to the combined use of lysis buffers containing strong chaotropic agents such as guanidine thiocyanate to facilitate cell ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6136790 | Carbohydrate mimetics having antiadhesive properties The invention relates to carbohydrate mimetics, which inhibit the binding of selectin to carbohydrate ligands, of the formula I ##STR1## excluding the compounds sialyl-Lewis-X and -A and their derivatives which, instead of an N-acetyl group, carry th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5750666 | Polynucleotide phosphorodithioate compounds The present invention relates to new and useful nucleoside thiophosphoroamidites and polynucleotide phosphorodithioate compounds as well as the processes whereby these compounds may be used for synthesizing new mononucleotides and polynucleotides having p... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5717087 | Thermoplastic and biodegradable polysaccharide esters/polysaccharide ether esters containing maleic acid addition product groups The present invention relates to thermoplastic and biodegradable polysaccharide esters/polysaccharide ether esters, which are characterised in that they can be represented by the general structure ##STR1## wherein Polysaccharide-O represents the subs... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5556773 | Method and apparatus for nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with single closed reaction tubes A nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed in a single reaction tube that remains closed after the reaction mixtures for each amplification have been introduced therein. The reaction mixture for the second PCR amplification is sequestered and pres... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5447859 | Method for the purification or removal of retroviruses using sulfated cellulose Methods and compositions useful for the separation of viruses, including retroviruses and vital vectors, from preparations are disclosed. Sulfated oligosaccharides with at least about 6 μmoles sulfate per gram of oligosaccharide are provided. In one aspe... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5324823 | Adsorbent for cellular fibronectin and a method for fractional purification of fibronectin The invention provides a selective adsorbent for cellular fibronectin (cFN) and a method for fractional purification of FN which includes contacting an FN material containing plasma fibronectin (pFN) and cFN with a crosslinked polysaccharide sulfate and/o... | 06/28/1994 |
| 5093488 | Modified chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes III and process for preparation of modified cellulose and modified chitin for use therewith A modified cellulose and/or chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes having a structure represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein cell is cellulose or chitin, in each case without hydroxyl groups, s=3 in the case of cellulose and s=2 in the case... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5093489 | Modified chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes IV and process for preparation of modified cellulose and modified chitin for use therewith A modified cellulose and/or chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes having a structure represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein Cell is cellulose or chitin, in each case without hydroxyl groups, s=3 in the case of cellulose and s=2 in the case... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5093486 | Modified chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes II and process for preparation of modified cellulose and modified chitin for use therewith A modified cellulose and/or chitin for biocompatible dialysis membranes having a structure represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein cell is unmodified cellulose or chitin, in each case without hydroxyl groups, s=3 in the case of cellulose and s=2 ... | 03/03/1992 |
| 4952684 | Processes for the preparation of amides and amines from a material having carboxyl-containing polysaccharides and products therefrom New amines and amides of carboxylated polysaccharides having the nitrogen of the amido and amino groups directly attached to the polysaccharides and method of making same, based on reacting in solution a material having carboxyl-containing polysaccharides... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4948881 | Process for the depolymerization and sulfation of polysaccharides Process for the depolymerization and sulfation of polysaccharides by reaction of said polysaccharides with a sulfuric acid/chlorosulfonic acid mixture.... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4801699 | Polysaccharide esters containing acetal and aldehyde groups Polysaccharide esters containing aldehyde and acetal groups having the structural formulas ##STR1## are prepared by reacting a polysaccharide, such as a starch, gum, or cellulose, with an acetal-containing reagent which contains a functional gro... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4272526 | Derivatives of chloral The present invention relates to a chloral derivative having the general formula ##STR1## in which Y' is a polysaccharide consisting of a chain of anhydroglucose, modified anhydroglucose or uronic acid units as substituent group and in which R i... | 06/09/1981 |
| 4242506 | Cross-linking of cellulose sulfate esters with tetravalent metal ions Cellulose sulfate esters are cross-linked with tetravalent metal ions at a threshold pH of about 3.0 or higher. The cross-linked products have a higher aqueous viscosity and are more highly pseudoplastic than the precursor cellulose sulfate and may also e... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4175073 | Reactive derivatives of HS-group-containing polymers A novel class of reactive derivatives of polymers containing HS-groups is disclosed in which derivatives a number of the HS-groups are converted to a disulphide group of the formula -S-S-A-Z, where A is a hydrocarbon residue having 1-10 carbon atoms and Z... | 11/20/1979 |
| 4138535 | Nitrite esters of polyhydroxy polymers A polysaccharide or polyvinyl alcohol containing a mixture of nitrite ester groups with sulfate or nitrate ester groups with the mixture of ester groups being substantially uniformly distributed among the polymer units of the polysaccharide or polyvinyl a... | 02/06/1979 |
