49th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 49 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090297973 | TONER, DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a toner which includes at least a binder resin, and a colorant, wherein the toner has a concentration of radioactive carbon isotope C-14 of 10.8 pMC or higher. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297974 | CARRIER FOR AN ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER USING THE CARRIER - A carrier for an electrophotographic developer, in which a carrier core material surface is coated with a mixed resin of a fluorine resin selected from a tetrafluoroethylene-hexafluoropropylene copolymer or a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, and a polyamide imide resin, wherein the mixed resin includes a surfactant and a charge control agent, and the mixed resin has a perfluorooctanoic acid content of 100 ppm or less and an electrophotographic developer using this carrier. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297975 | TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER CONTAINER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A toner manufactured by a method including the steps of dissolving or dispersing toner components comprising a binder resin, a colorant, and an encapsulated plasticizer to prepare an oily toner components liquid, and emulsifying or dispersing the oily toner components liquid in an aqueous medium to prepare the toner. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297976 | TONER KIT, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner kit including a color toner containing a first binder resin and a coloring agent; transparent and colorless resin particulates comprising a second binder resin, wherein the half effusion temperature of the color toner and the half effusion temperature of the transparent and colorless resin particulates measured by a flow tester satisfy the following relationship: (the half effusion temperature of the color toner measured by the flow tester)−(the half effusion temperature of the transparent and colorless particulates measured by the flow tester)>30° C. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297977 | Resin particle liquid dispersion for electrostatic image developing toner, electrostatic image developing toner, production method thereof, developer and image forming method - A resin particle liquid dispersion for an electrostatic image developing toner, comprising: an aqueous medium; and a resin particle dispersed in the aqueous medium to have a median diameter of 0.05 to 2.0 μm, the resin particle comprising a polycondensable polymer obtained by polycondensing polycondensable monomers, wherein a storage modulus GL( | 2009-12-03 |
20090297978 | Method of Forming Exposure Visualization Image of Planographic Printing Plate Material, Aluminum Support, and Planographic Printing Plate Material - An objective is to provide a method of forming an exposure visualization image of a planographic printing plate material in which printing of the planographic printing plate material is capable of on-press printing, and also provided excellent plate inspection together with excellent color reproduction and excellent printing durability. Disclosed is a method of forming an exposure visualization image of a planographic printing plate material possessing the step of imagewise exposing the planographic printing plate material possessing an aluminum support having anodization film pores on a surface of the aluminum support and provided thereon, an image formation layer to form the visualization image, wherein the aluminum support posseses a colorant producing color change via heat, in the anodization film pores. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297979 | Polymerizable compound, polymer, positive resist composition, and patterning process using the same - The present invention provides; a polymer suitable as a base resin for a positive resist composition, in particular a chemically amplified positive resist composition, having a higher resolution, a larger exposure allowance, a smaller sparse-dense size difference, a better process applicability, a better pattern configuration after exposure, and in addition, a further excellent etching resistance, than a conventional positive resist; a positive resist composition using the same; a patterning process; and a novel polymerizable compound to obtain a polymer like this. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297980 | Resist composition and method of forming resist pattern - A novel resist composition and method of forming a resist pattern that can be used in lithography applications. The resist composition includes a base component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, and an acid generator component (B) that generates acid upon exposure, wherein the base component (A) contains a polymer compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) shown below, wherein R | 2009-12-03 |
20090297981 | Photosensitive Resin Composition and Photosensitive Film Made with the Same - The invention provides a photosensitive resin composition that can form resists with excellent adhesiveness for conductive layers and that does not easily produce conductive layer discoloration, as well as a photosensitive film employing the composition. A preferred photosensitive film ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090297982 | PHOTOSENSITIVE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR FORMATION OF RESIST PATTERN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PRINT CIRCUIT BOARD - A photosensitive element comprises a support, a photosensitive layer and a protective film laminated in that order, wherein the photosensitive layer is composed of a photosensitive resin composition containing a binder polymer, a photopolymerizing compound, a photopolymerization initiator and a compound with a maximum absorption wavelength of 370-420 nm, and the protective film is composed mainly of polypropylene. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297983 | PRINTING MEMBERS HAVING PERMEABILITY-TRANSITION LAYERS AND RELATED METHODS - Affinity transitions from hydrophobic to hydrophilic states, rather than ablation mechanisms, facilitate the creation of an imagewise lithographic pattern on a printing plate. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297984 | Method for on-press developing high speed laser sensitive lithographic plate - A method of on-press developing a high-speed laser sensitive lithographic printing plate with ink and/or fountain solution is described. The printing member comprises on a substrate a photosensitive layer soluble or dispersible in ink and/or fountain solution and capable of hardening upon exposure to a laser. The plate is exposed with a laser and on-press developed with ink and/or fountain solution. At least a portion of the on-press development is performed with the plate under a yellow-red light or in substantial darkness. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297985 | METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE PRINTING FORM USING A TEMPLATE - The invention pertains to a method for preparing a composite printing form from a photosensitive element and a carrier using a template. The photosensitive element is located on the carrier by positioning the element through cutout portions in the template. The method is particularly suited for preparing composite printing forms for relief printing, and in particular for preparing composite printing forms for flexographic printing of corrugated substrates. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297986 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: forming a negative resist film having an annular pattern that masks an outer peripheral part of a wafer, on a film to be processed which is formed on the wafer; forming a positive resist film having a predetermined pattern on the negative resist film; and etching the film to be processed using the negative resist film and the positive resist film as a mask. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297987 | Method of forming semiconductor device by using reduction projection aligner - Lithography process is conducted to expose chip patterns to light on a semiconductor wafer. The process includes exposing a plurality of chip patterns to light in a first shot region in one direction on the semiconductor wafer, and exposing a plurality of chip patterns to light in a second region obtained by rotating the first shot region by 90° in a region in which all the chip patterns in the first shot region at the periphery of the semiconductor wafer are regarded as ineffective. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297988 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE - A manufacturing technique of a semiconductor integrated circuit device utilizing a defect correction technique of a reflection-type mask using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light with a wavelength of about 13.5 nm as an exposure light source is provided. An auxiliary pattern having an opening diameter finer than that of an opening pattern in which a phase defect is generated is formed in an absorption layer in the vicinity of the opening pattern. The auxiliary pattern is a pattern for adjusting the exposure light amount at the time when the opening pattern is transferred to a photoresist film on a wafer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297989 | Method and device for patterning a disk - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and apparatus useful in the nanopatterning of rotationally symmetric disk materials, like magnetic and optical disks, where a rotatable mask is used to image a radiation-sensitive material. Typically the rotatable mask comprises a cone. The nanopatterning technique makes use of Near-Field photolithography, where the mask used to pattern the disk is in contact or close proximity with the disk. The Near-Field photolithography may make use of an elastomeric phase-shifting mask, or may employ surface plasmon technology, where a rotating cone surface comprises metal nano holes or nanoparticles. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297990 | Liquid holding apparatus, liquid holding method, exposure apparatus, exposing method, and device fabricating method - Liquid is held in a prescribed region between a first object and a second object. An electrostatic holder holds the liquid by electrostatic force. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297991 | Method for manufacturing lenticular sheet - According to the method for manufacturing a lenticular sheet of the present invention, the convex arcuate faces are formed not by using a mold but by lithography and heating. Therefore, reduction in quality caused by deterioration of the mold and during demolding can be prevented. Furthermore, since it is not necessary to exchange a mold, productivity can be improved. Moreover, the thickness of the convex arcuate faces can be controlled by controlling the thickness of the coating layer and the resin remaining uncured after light exposure can be removed in the developing step. Therefore, a sheet having thick convex arcuate faces can be manufactured with high productivity. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297992 | COLOR PHOTOGRAPHIC MATERIALS WITH YELLOW MINIMUM DENSITY COLORANTS - Silver halide color photographic elements having multiple color imaging layers contain a permanent, pre-formed yellow colorant that is present in an amount to provide a status M blue density greater than 0.003 per mg/m | 2009-12-03 |
20090297993 | Method of and System For Generating Power By Oxyfuel Combustion - An oxyfuel combustion system for generating power that includes a furnace for combusting carbonaceous fuel and substantially pure oxygen to produce exhaust gas including mainly carbon dioxide and water. An exhaust gas channel system discharges the exhaust gas from the furnace. The exhaust gas channel system has an upstream channel, an outlet channel and a gas recycling channel. The upstream channel recycles a recycling portion of the exhaust gas through the recycling channel to the furnace, and conveys an end portion of the exhaust gas through the outlet channel for final processing. The upstream channel is divided between a first divider piece and a connecting piece into a first exhaust gas channel portion and a second exhaust gas channel portion. A gas-gas heat exchanger arranged in the first exhaust gas channel portion transfers heat from exhaust gas in the first exhaust gas channel portion to gas in the gas recycling channel. A first economizer arranged in the second exhaust gas channel portion transfers heat from exhaust gas in the second exhaust gas channel portion to a flow of feedwater in a feedwater line, and a second economizer arranged in the exhaust gas channel system downstream of the connecting piece transfers heat from gas in the exhaust gas channel system to the flow of feedwater in the feedwater line. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297994 | Burner apparatus and methods for making inorganic fibers - Inorganic fiber production burner apparatus and methods of use are disclosed. One burner includes a refractory block adapted to be in fluid connection with sources of primary oxidant and fuel, the refractory block having a fuel and primary oxidant entrance end and a flame exit end, the flame exit end having a substantially rectangular flame exit having a width greater than its height, the refractory block defining a combustion chamber and a second chamber fluidly connecting the combustion chamber and the flame exit end; and an oxygen manifold fluidly connected to the combustion chamber and adapted to route oxygen to the combustion chamber through a plurality of passages through the refractory block. This abstract allows a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the disclosure. It will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2009-12-03 |
20090297995 | Mechanical Acoustic Noise Generator System for Scramjet Engine - A noise generator system is provided with each noise generator being pivotally mounted to a mounting surface associated with the air intake of a turbineless jet engine. Each noise generator is positioned so as to convert a laminar or transitional air stream into a turbulent air stream such that a turbulent air-fuel mixture is realized in the combustion section of the engine to achieve more efficient operation. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297996 | Fuel injector for low NOx furnace - A fuel injector for use in a furnace causes a primary stream of a carrier gas and fuel to be mixed with heated air, oxygen or a mixture of oxygen and CO | 2009-12-03 |
20090297997 | COMBUSTION BLOWER CONTROL FOR MODULATING FURNACE - A furnace includes a combustion blower and one or more pressure switches. In some cases, the one or more pressure switches may be used to calculate one or more operating points for the combustion blower. Additional operating points may be calculated by interpolation and/or extrapolation, as appropriate. The furnace may temporarily alter these operating points as necessary to keep the furnace safely operating in response to minor and/or transient changes in the operating conditions of the furnace. | 2009-12-03 |
20090297998 | System for fastening spark plugs of boilers or the like - The invention relates to a system for fastening spark plugs ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090297999 | IGNITER/THRUSTER WITH CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION CHAMBER - An ignition system and method of igniting the ignition system includes a main catalyst section in a staged relationship with a pilot-catalyst section to stage a decomposition though the pilot-catalyst section which preheats the main catalyst section. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298000 | GLASS BLOCK OIL LAMP - A glass block oil lamp has a hollow glass block with six walls configured in a generally parallelepiped shape. Each of at least five of the walls is between about 4 inches and about 12 inches in length and between about 4 inches and about 12 inches in width. The hollow glass block has a compressive strength greater than about 400 psi. An oil lamp is attached to one of the walls of the glass block. The oil lamp has a combustion zone and a wick. The wick has a first end disposed proximate to the combustion zone and an opposed second end disposed within the interior of the glass block. The glass block is adapted to accept and retain a liquid fuel capable of traveling from the interior of the glass block to the combustion zone via the wick. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298001 | Roller Hearth Furnace for Healing and/or Temperature Equalisation of Steel or Steel Alloy Continuous Cast Products and Arrangement Thereof Before a Hot Strip Final Rolling Mill - The invention relates to a roller hearth furnace ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090298002 | INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention concerns a heat exchanger ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090298003 | Self-Ligating Orthodontic Bracket - A self-ligating orthodontic bracket, comprising a main body provided with a slot at one end of the top thereof for placing an arch wire therein and a base fixed to the bottom of the main body, is adhered to the outer surface of a tooth via the bottom of the base and is characterized in that: the main body is detachably connected with a cover, where the main body comprises a connecting part and at least an engaging part. The connecting part is located at one end near the slot and is provided with at least a track at two lateral sides respectively. The engaging part is provided at one end of the connecting part. The cover has two lateral sides that are in sliding connection with the tracks and is provided with at least a protrusion on its bottom for engagement with the engaging part. Thereby, the cover can be open or closed conveniently for users to place an arch wire into the slot or remove the arch wire out of the slot. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298004 | TUNNELLING PROBE - An electromagnetically induced cutting mechanism provides accurate cutting operations on soft tissues. The electromagnetically induced cutter is adapted to interact with atomized fluid particles. A tissue remover comprises an aspiration cannula housing a fluid and energy guide for conducting electromagnetically induced cutting forces to the site within a patient's body for aspiration of soft tissue. An endodontic probe is used to perform disinfection procedures on target tissues within root canal passages and tubules. The endodontic probe can include an electromagnetic radiation emitting fiber optic tip having a distal end and a radiation emitting region disposed proximally of the distal end. According to one aspect, the endodontic probe can include a porous structure that encompasses a region of the fiber optic tip excluding the radiation emitting region and that is loaded with biologically-active particles, cleaning particles, biologically-active agents, or cleaning agents for delivery from the porous structure onto the target tissues. Another aspect can include provision of the endodontic probe with an adjustable channel-depth indicator, which encompasses a region of the fiber optic tip besides the radiation emitting region and which is movable in proximal and distal directions along a surface of the fiber optic tip to facilitate the provision of depth-of-insertion information to users of the endodontic probe. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298005 | Single Use Periodontal Probe - The subject invention provides single use periodontal probes. In preferred embodiments as described herein the probes of the subject invention can be used with a recording apparatus for simultaneously measuring and recording the depth of the periodontal pocket (gingival sulcus) and more particularly, to a unit employing a periodontal depth probe operably connected to a recording device, capable of producing a permanent visual record of the measured pocket depth. In further embodiments, the probes of the subject invention can be used to deliver and/or collect materials for prevention, treatment and/or diagnosis of periodontal conditions. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298006 | Thermoformed dental appliance from multiple ply sheet - A dental appliance comprising at least two plies of thermoformable material, wherein a first ply of a first material, having a first set of characteristics properties, provides a first primary surface of the dental appliance and wherein a second ply of a material different from the first ply, having a second set of characteristic properties, provides an opposing second primary surface of the dental appliance. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298007 | Double bite impression tray for making dental impressions - Dental impression trays having a peripheral buccal supporting wall, a second wall which is parallel to the peripheral supporting wall with connecting means between the first supporting wall and the second wall. A partition is attached to the second wall to create a superior receptive cavity or compartment and an inferior receptive cavity or compartment in the impression tray. The trays provide needed stability when making impressions of both upper and lower teeth and jaw simultaneously. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298008 | DENTAL X-RAY AND DRILL GUIDE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus and method for performing a dental procedure relating to replacement of teeth includes a dental model made from an impression of teeth and gums of a particular mouth formation of a patient and an intended dental implant location with respect to the dental model. A reference member to be supported by the dental model is located in a desired angulation and dimensional position at the intended dental implant location. Each reference member includes a base portion having at least a partial spherical surface for engagement within an at least partial spherical aperture formed in the dental model with a round ball drill. The base portion supports an outwardly extending reference pin portion. A material to be applied around the one or more reference members provides support for each of the reference members when the material has hardened. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298009 | GUIDE DEVICE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH A NUMBER OF SLEEVES DISPOSED IN A TOOTH TEMPLATE - A guide device is provided that can interact with a number of sleeves of a tooth template. The guide device can include a handle part, a support part, and a guide part. The handle part can include first and second parts. The first part can be connectable to the second part, and the second part can include a space having a variable size. The variable size of the space can be determined by the position of the first part relative to the second part. The supporting part can be sized and configured to engage the space of the handle for allowing selective positioning of the supporting part relative to the handle part. The guide part can be connectable to the supporting part with the guide part being operative to align a tool for use in the dental treatment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298010 | DEVICE FOR DISPENSING MATERIAL - A capsule for storing and dispensing dental material. The capsule comprises a cartridge for the dental material, and a nozzle. The nozzle being pivotable with respect to the cartridge between a first position in which the capsule is closed for storage and a second position in which the capsule is opened for dispensing the dental material. One of the nozzle and the cartridge comprises a bearing member and the other one of the nozzle and the cartridge comprises a bearing shell, wherein the bearing member and bearing shell form a pivot. Upon pivoting the nozzle from the first to the second position, the seal between the bearing member and the bearing shell is improved. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298011 | Suction Machine - A suction machine intended for a dental or surgical suction installation is specified that includes a separating unit, which contains a rotor and is used to separate liquid and if appropriate solid constituents from a suctioned mixture of air, liquid and if appropriate solids, and a suction fan, which is connected to an air outlet of the separating unit and has a housing and an impeller. The suction fan is designed as a radial fan whose impeller is driven by an electrically commuted electric motor, which drives the rotor of the separating unit via a gearing. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298012 | Intraoral Device - An intraoral device includes a one-piece, flexible, injection molded body made of a single homogeneous material. The body includes upper front and rear flaps, and lower front and rear flaps. Upper edges of the front flaps and lower edges of the lower flaps are sealed by respective upper and lower parts of a patient's mouth to form upper and lower evacuation channels when the body is disposed within the patient's mouth. Evacuation holes in the flaps are in communication with the evacuation channels. A connection section is in communication with the evacuation channels and is configured to extend outside of the patient's mouth to connect with a vacuum source for evacuating fluid from the patient's mouth through the evacuation holes and the evacuation channels. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298013 | Inclined dental abutment assembly device - An abutment assembly device comprises an abutment for supporting a dental prosthesis. The abutment includes a supporting surface and an internal cavity with a rimmed opening, a hollow retainer wherein at least a portion of the retainer is flexible allowing that portion of the retainer to be inserted through the rimmed opening and snap into position retained by the rimmed opening. A screw for engaging the abutment assembly device with an implant is provided, comprising a screw body and a screw head, wherein the screw head is wider than the screw body so that when the screw is inserted trough the retainer and the retainer is retained by the rimmed opening, the screw head is retained by the retainer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298014 | Dental Implant - A dental implant system is provided including an improved drive arrangement for enhancing the wall strength of the dental implant and for providing a reduced number of indexing points without reducing wall strength of the dental implant. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298015 | Digital Abutment For Dental Implant System - A digital abutment is provided to assist in taking digital impressions of a patient's mouth for design and manufacture of a prosthetic tooth. The digital abutment can receive a temporary crown so that the digital abutment can remain in place for preserving the gingival architecture while waiting for a final crown and a final abutment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298016 | Integrated porcelain system for a dental prosthesis - An integrated dental porcelain system for making dental prostheses and restorations is provided. The system includes three universal major components: a) opaque porcelain composition; b) pressable dentin ingot; and c) veneering porcelain composition that can be used interchangeably for making restorations. Techniques for making the prostheses and restorations include porcelain fused-to-metal (PFM), press-to-metal (PTM), and either pressed and/or machined all-ceramic methods. The system uses both a hand-layering of veneering porcelain (PFM technique) and a hot-pressing process (PTM and all-ceramic technique) to fabricate the prostheses and restorations. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298017 | DIGITAL DENTISTRY - The systems and methods disclosed herein employ a scanning system for capturing highly detailed digital dental models. These models may be used within a dentist's office for a wide array of dental functions including quality control, restoration design, and fitting. These models may also, or instead, be transmitted to dental laboratories that may, alone or in collaboration with the originating dentist or other dental professionals, transform the digital model into a physical realization of a dental hardware item. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298018 | Method and Kit for Producing a Dental Product - Method and kit for producing a dental product The invention relates to a method and a kit for producing a dental product. The invention also relates to a device that allows the method according to the invention to be implemented. According to the invention, a thermoplastic material ( | 2009-12-03 |
20090298019 | INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR TEACHING FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES - Electronic media for teaching others financial principles includes an interactive game that includes a financial lesson. The interactive game may be remotely accessed by users via a network such as the Internet. In certain embodiments the interactive game includes (i) a lesson portion; (ii) a game play portion; and, optionally, (iii) a lesson reinforcement portion. In other embodiments the interactive game includes one or more rewards for successfully completing each interactive game. Such rewards may include a certificate of achievement and/or access to an otherwise inaccessible game. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING USER EFFICIENCY WITH HANDHELD DEVICES - A system, method, and computer program product are provided for training users how to operate handheld electronic devices and/or their respective applications, wherein the handheld electronic device may receive an expected input associated with an application executing on the handheld from a computing device. The handheld may then receive an actual input from a user of the handheld electronic device, compare the two inputs, and release the actual input from the user to the application if the inputs are substantially the same. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298021 | Method And Apparatus For Identifying Dietary Choices - A method is provided for assigning a relative score number to foods. Assignment of a relative score number to foods allows consumers to select foods that will provide a desirable diet. Equations are provided which are effective to yield a predicted raw score based on measured characteristics. The predicted raw score statistically correlates to a raw score that would be determined by an actual panel. The predicted raw scores are further processed to provide a relative score number that can be easily tracked by a consumer. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298022 | Math learning puzzles for geometry, measurement, and number sense - Three puzzles including a 10 cm square with contrasting colors on the top and on the bottom cut diagonally at 3 cm and 10 cm, respectively, from each corner to form 4 puzzle pieces, a five layer 12 inch square cut into different sized pieces to represent the liquid measurement units including gallon, quart, pint, cup, fluid ounce, tablespoon, and teaspoon, and a ten layer puzzle with the digits 0-9 where each layer has a separate puzzle and each puzzle contains the number of pieces that the symbol represents. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298023 | Electrical Components and Bread-Board for Electrical Circuit Study Kit - Provided are electrical components and a breadboard for an electronic circuit study kit. The breadboard includes: a base formed of a metallic material to a predetermined width so that an electronic circuit kit can be attached to the base by a magnetic force; an interconnection sheet which is disposed on an upper portion of the base and in which a plurality of power pads for electric short and a plurality of ground pads which are adjacent to one another on its upper surface, are formed to be spaced apart from one another from one side direction to the other side direction on a plane, the power pads and the ground pads are connected to power terminal pads and ground terminal pads which are formed in predetermined positions of an upper surface of the interconnection sheet, respectively, a plurality of interconnection pads are formed between one power pad and one ground pad which are adjacent to each other from another power pad and another ground pad which are adjacent to each other, to be spaced apart from one another in a predetermined pattern, the interconnection sheet being formed of one of a thin plate and a film sheet made of an insulating material; a circuit board which is disposed on an upper portion of the interconnection sheet and in which terminal holes are respectively formed in corresponding positions of the power terminal pads and the ground terminal pads of the interconnection sheet and a plurality of circuit connection holes are perforated by a predetermined distance so that the circuit connection holes can be located on vertical upper portions of the power pads, the ground pads and the interconnection pads of the interconnection sheet; an insulating plate disposed on a lower portion of the base and formed of an insulating material; and a combining means of the circuit board allowing the base to be combined with an upper portion of the insulating plate, the interconnection sheet to be combined with an upper portion of the base and the circuit board to be disposed and fixed on an upper portion of the interconnection sheet. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298024 | WELDING TRAINING SYSTEM - A welding training system includes one or more welding operator device which provides positional feedback relevant to a quality weld. The positional feedback is analyzed and, when the positional feedback is outside of a predetermined range, a signal is provided to the welding operator. In one embodiment, tactile feedback is provided in a welding gun. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298025 | Object recognition testing tools and techniques for measuring cognitive ability and cognitive impairment - Techniques and tools for measuring cognitive ability and/or detecting cognitive impairment or decline. For example, techniques and tools are described that can be used to diagnose or test susceptibility to cognitive impairments in children or in elderly people (such as cognitive impairments associated with Alzheimer's Disease). Techniques and tools are described that can be used to evaluate treatment effects and/or measure cognitive decline over time. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298026 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING - A system for administering a neuropsychological test using a digital pen and paper system includes various recognition modules for interpreting ink markings applied by the digital pen to a digital testing document. The recognition modules may interpret handwriting, symbols, sketches, etc. In addition, the system may include one or more error correction modules for detecting and correcting test-taker-driven errors or recognition-driven errors. The error correction module may operate in real time to communicate with the test taker, may be employed before a normalizing and scoring process or some combination of both. In one embodiment, normalized data or automatically determined test scores obtained after appropriate correction may be transmitted to a patient record or file to await a review and possible diagnosis by a mental health provider. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298027 | PERSONALITY PROFILE ANALYTICAL TOOL - A method of analyzing a person's personality profile is in accordance with the present invention. The method includes the following: (a) analyzing a first element to determine a first primary attribute for the person, wherein the first primary attribute is characterized as being an attribute that is predominant with respect to the first element, and the attribute is selected from the group consisting of saturated, whitened, grayed, and blackened; (b) analyzing at least a second element to determine at least a second primary attribute for the person, wherein the at least second primary attribute is characterized as being the attribute that is predominant with respect to the first element; (c) correlating the first primary attribute with the at least second primary attribute to obtain a correlated primary attribute; and (d) identifying personality characteristics related to the correlated primary attribute. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298028 | INSTRUCTOR PROFICIENCY WITH TRAINING ROUTINES USING A MULTIMEDIA FEEDBACK TOOL - Embodiments of the invention may be used to both train and test instructor proficiency with a group exercise training routine. In a training mode, the graphical user interface may display visual cues indicating upcoming transitions from one activity to another. In response, the user may perform an action (e.g., clicking a button with a mouse cursor) to select the transition at the appropriate time. In a testing mode, the graphical user interface may display an indication of whether the correct selections are made, as well as made at the right time. This approach allows the user to rapidly develop substantial proficiency with the exercise routine. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298029 | LEARNING SHOES - An apparatus for providing a learning tool for teaching children with special needs the art of tying shoes as a means of therapy that a learning process offers, the apparatus comprises a housing member having a predetermined shape, a predetermined size and formed of a predetermined material. A pair of shoes are disposed on an upper surface of the housing member in a predetermined orientation. There are two sets of laces disposed on each shoe of the pair of shoes in a predetermined manner, such each of such two sets of laces having a different predetermined color. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298030 | Use of Ultrasound Imaging equipment in classroom as a teaching aid - The inventive process named SWITCH is a unique teaching aid for students and teachers of biology to help them better understand the basic concepts and remove the ambiguities left behind by traditional teaching methods. It utilizes a portable ultrasound machine in a class room setting to obtain real time images of internal organs of human/animal body and project them on a big screen while the audience watches. The images so produced are not only vivid and multidimensional but also carry information like organ size, shape, texture, position and physical relationship to other organs in the body. In case of heart and blood vessels the real time images demonstrate exact function of chambers and valves and flow of blood in color from arterial to venous tree. The technique aims at fortifying truthful concepts of systems in a living body from the very basic to advanced levels of biology education. It has been developed in accordance with curricular guidelines for various levels and therefore has different modules dedicated to those levels (high school, colleges, universities, technical training institutes and other professional training institutions). Modules are based on chapters of respective recommended text books and can be utilized at the beginning, during or at the end of a chapter. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298031 | Hyperbilirubinemia management calendar - A hyperbilirubinemia management calendar for use by treating physicians and associated caregivers in treatment of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants having a first circular disc imprinted with indicia corresponding to postnatal age in hours and threshold serum levels of bilirubin based on risk levels and risk factors for phototherapy, exchange transfusion and follow up treatment therapies at each of the age in hour increments, and a second circular disc, subdivided into portions representing the phototherapy, exchange transfusion, and follow up stages of hyperbilirubinemia management, with each portion having corresponding indicia for risk levels and risk factors as well as windows to allow view of the threshold serum bilirubin levels imprinted on the first disc pertaining to a selected postnatal age in hours for a certain risk level and risk factor for each hyperbilirubinemia management stage. The second disc is mounted to the first disc to allow rotational movement of the second disc with respect to first disc about their common centers such that when an alignment arrow on the second disc is positioned in line with the actual age in hours of an infant patient as imprinted on circumferential indicia of the first disc, the treating physician will be provided treatment recommendations for each of the hyperbilirubinemia management stages by comparing the actual serum bilirubin levels for the particular infant patient to the threshold serum bilirubin levels for the age in hours and risk factors. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298032 | Operating Room Educational Television "OReduTV" - An apparatus for viewing information includes a wireless interactive monitor including a screen for displaying the information and adapted to receive the information wirelessly and a surgeon scrub sink for allowing a surgeon to sterilize the hands of the surgeon, positioned under the wireless interactive monitor. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298033 | FIGURE-FORMING COMPOSITION, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF FIGURES IN THREE DIMENSIONS BY USING THE COMPOSITION AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES - It is an object of the present invention to provide a figure-forming composition which enables the initiation of hardening even with a small amount of water and can attain a prescribed hardness, and which is suitable particularly for the production of three-dimensional living body models for surgical training by a rapid prototype process; and provide a three dimensional figure and a three-dimensional structure which are formed by using the composition. The figure-forming composition, for example, comprises a calcium-based material such as hemihydrate gypsum and polyvinyl alcohol resin, wherein the content of the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 2 to 20 weight parts when the total weight of the calcium-based material and the polyvinyl alcohol resin is 100 weight parts. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298034 | Wearable Wound Simulant - A wearable wound simulant including a skin replica having the appearance of a particular region of the human body, examples including but not limited to a leg, arm, torso, or stomach, and a wound disposed along the skin replica is described. The skin replica includes a plurality of bendable layers arranged to replicate the visual and tactile properties of human tissues and at least one tear resistant layer comprised of a fabric material disposed between two bendable layers. The tear resistant layers are less stretchable than the bendable layers so as to prevent the bendable layers from stretching beyond their failure threshold. Design elements of the present invention facilitate the visual, tactile, and functional aspects of a battlefield wound so as to allow for the diagnosis of injuries associated therewith. Furthermore, the present invention allows for the insertion of a needle or the like, the probing and/or packing of wounds, the compression of vascular simulants to stop or limit blood loss, and the replacement of dislodged organs. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298035 | Childbirth teaching apparel - This invention provides a childbirth teaching apparel for a user to demonstrate birth techniques. The childbirth teaching apparel is in the form of a pair of pants with a pair of leg portions and an abdominal portion, and a contiguous interior cavity. The pants have a doll-containing portion; and at least one side abdominal opening allowing access to the doll-containing portion; and a crotch between the leg portions where the leg portions meet the abdominal portion; the crotch having a secondary opening radially expandable to simulate a human vagina. This opening is connected to the doll-containing portion. A user can insert a doll simulating a human baby into the doll-containing portion; via one of the side abdominal openings; and push the doll through the secondary opening to simulate childbirth. A method and teaching kit for using the childbirth teaching apparel are also provided. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298036 | Replacing Physical Publication Appendices With Enhanced Electronic Versions - Embodiments are directed to a system that allows publishers to publish bibliographic data, reference data, and/or author notes of non-fiction materials (e.g. books, journals, etc.) on an Internet web site with a formal structure rather than in paper form. Bibliographic references and author notes are stored in a computer database, and presented to end users through web pages in such a manner that references can be displayed alongside digital images of the physical pages that they originated from, with hypertext links to digital files representing the author's original sources, as appropriate. A method comprises providing a printed component of a book including a page containing a reference to a network site providing access to an electronic component of the book, displaying at least a portion of the electronic component of the book upon user access to the network site, wherein the display includes a portion of the text of the book and one or more links available in that portion, and requesting authentication of the user to provide evidence of authorized use of the book. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING A PAGE OF A PLURALITY OF PAGES, AND RELAYING THE IDENTITY OF THE PAGE TO A COMPUTER | 2009-12-03 |
20090298038 | Method and System for Scenario Based Training with Consequences - A scenario based training or assessment method and/or system including user consequences. The method being performed on a processing system and including providing the user with scenario information and providing the user with a question and a plurality of answers. The user provides a selected answer to be received by the processing system, the selected answer being selected from the plurality of answers by the user. The user is then provided with a consequence based on the selected answer. If the user selects an incorrect answer to the question in a particular scenario, a sequence of multiple scenarios loops back and returns to the particular scenario at a later point in time. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298039 | Computer-Based Tutoring Method and System - Disclosed are a computer-based tutoring method and system in which an animated tutor, an animated avatar, and at least one animated group member selected by a user are displayed on a screen. A tutorial is presented by the animated tutor. During the tutorial, an interactive question is presented. An answer is received from the user. If the answer is correct, the tutorial continues. If the answer is incorrect, a second tutorial is presented. The second tutorial is based on the incorrect answer received from the user. Dialogue between the animated tutor, the animated avatar, and the animated group members may be held. Dialogue among animated group members may be held. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298040 | Review Notebook and Learning Method - A review notebook and a learning method using the same, the review notebook including a plurality of note pages arranged in repeating groupings of a predetermined number of note pages as well as a plurality of review pages occurring in bundles of at least one review page, the bundles of review pages being located between each of the groupings of note pages, and the learning method including the steps of recording information pertaining to a particular subject matter on the note pages of the review notebook and selectively transcribing the recorded information onto the review pages of the review notebook in order to summarize the recorded information. The regular occurrence of review pages amongst the note pages of the review notebook bringing about an intuitive systematic process for assimilating information whereby the number of note pages contained in each of the repeating groupings of note pages establishes the frequency of review while the number of review pages contained in each bundle of review pages establishes the extent to which the information being selectively transcribed from a grouping of note pages to a bundle of review pages needs to be summarized. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298041 | WRITING BOARD - A writing board is provided. The writing board includes a writing layer, a plastic base, and a sticking layer. The mark on the writing layer can be erased, so the writing layer is rewritable. The plastic base is disposed under the writing layer. The sticking layer is disposed under the plastic base. The stickiness of the sticking layer can be restored by rinsing. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298042 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SKIN MODEL - The present invention relates to methods for cultivating dermal fibroblasts, methods for preparing in vitro dermis equivalents, methods for preparing three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalents, an in vitro dermis equivalent, a three-dimensional in vitro skin equivalent, and methods for determining the effect of a chemical substance or of an agent on human skin cells using the in vitro dermis equivalent and/or the in vitro skin equivalent. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298043 | IN-SITU PRESERVATION (ISP) BRIDGE METHOD AND SOLUTION FOR NON-HEART BEATING DONORS - A method for rapid, in-situ flushing of organs of a non-heart beating donor, and solutions for carrying out the flushing, are provided. The method initiates organ preservation, and the solutions are formulated to counteract basic mechanisms of ischemic cell injury, and to activate known biochemical survival pathways in the cell. Viability of the organ for transplant is thus maintained. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298044 | Media solutions and methods for cryopreservation and thawing of in vitro fertilization specimens - A medium solution which will increase the growth, survival and ultimately the live birth rate of oocytes and embryos which have been or will be subjected to cryopreservation. The solution contains varied amounts of glucose, pyruvates, amino acids, vitamins K5 and C, antioxidants, fatty acids to supply the specimens with the chemical ingredients and uptake requirements required to recover and prosper during and after the cryopreservation process. The solution supplies nutrients to the specimens that will replenish depletion and damage to the specimens and their mitochondria, spindles and structural features, such as cell walls. One formulation addresses the additional requirements of frozen specimens as opposed to the current media solutions and methods which treat the un-frozen specimens the same as the frozen specimens when recovering them from cryopreservation. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298045 | Method For Selectively Expanding, Selecting And Enriching Stem/Progenitor Cell Populations - A method of producing stem/progenitor cells from human or animal origin. A population, from an embryonic, fetal or adult source, preferably from bone marrow, blood, fat, muscle, heart, intestine, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, skin or neural tissues, that includes stem/progenitor cells, is treated with one or more first cytostatic or cytotoxic agents to which the stem/progenitor cells are less sensitive than the other cells of the population. Preferably, the agent(s) selectively deplete(s) from the population cells that are negative with respect to expressing a transporter gene of the first agent(s) while sparing cells that are positive with respect to expressing that gene. Preferably, the population also is treated with one or more cytokines and/or growth factors. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298046 | Assays for Histone Deacetylase 1/2 Selective Inhibitors - The present invention relates to an assay specific for histone deacetylases HDAC1 and/or 2 inhibitors which comprises: (i) incubating an HDAC1 and/or 2 enzymes(s) together with a protein that contains the SANT and ELM2 regions, found in MTA proteins such as MTA-2, MTA-1, MTA-3 and also found in CoREST, CoREST2, CoREST3 and MI-ER1, in a suitable assay buffer (ii) adding the potential HDAC inhibitor and a suitable substrate and incubating (iii) stopping the incubation and determining the effect the putative HDAC inhibitor has had on enzyme activity by comparison with standards. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298047 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN KIDNEY DYSFUNCTIONS - A method for distinguishing between kidney dysfunctions in a mammal, including pre-renal azotemia, an acute renal injury that may progress to acute renal failure, and chronic kidney disease, using a urinary or circulating NGAL assay result that is compared to a predetermined NGAL cutoff level, and a single serum or plasma creatinine measurement. Typically the single creatinine measurement cannot distinguish acute renal injury from chronic kidney disease or pre-renal azotemia, a single measurement of urinary NGAL, combined with the single serum or plasma creatinine measurement, has sufficient sensitivity and specificity to distinguish acute renal injury from normal function, prerenal azotemia, and chronic kidney disease and predicts poor inpatient outcomes. Patients admitted to the emergency department of the hospital with any of acute kidney injury, prerenal azotemia, chronic kidney disease, or even normal kidney function, can be evaluated based on the single measurements of urinary or circulating NGAL, and serum or plasma creatinine. Urinary NGAL level is highly predictive of clinical outcomes, including nephrology consultation, dialysis, and admission to the intensive care unit. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298048 | NON-FLUORESCENT, NON-ENZYMATIC, CHEMILUMINESCENT AQUEOUS ASSAY - This invention provides for nonfluorescent, nonenzymatic, chemiluminescent aqueous assays in which the binding of two ligands is determined by a water soluble label system that emits light upon contact with a chemical energy transferring composition. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298049 | METHODS FOR SAMPLE TRACKING - A method and apparatus are provided for identifying a biological sample obtained during either paternity screening, genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, presymptomatic diagnosis, diagnosis to detect the presence of a target microorganism carrier detection analysis, forensic chemical analysis, or diagnosis of a subject to determine whether a subject is afflicted with a particular disease or disorder, or is at risk of developing a particular disorder, wherein the result obtained from the analysis is associated with the unique DNA fingerprint biological barcode of the genotype of the subject being analyzed. The methods and apparatus of the invention have application in the fields of diagnostic medicine, disease diagnosis in animals and plants, identification of genetically inherited diseases in humans, family relationship analysis, forensic analysis, and microbial typing. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298050 | IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC DEVICE - The present invention provides an immunochromatographic device, which contains the following (a) and (b): (a) a first device part holding a first insoluble carrier used for developing a complex formed with an analyte and a labeling substance comprising a metal labeled with a first binding substance that can bind to the analyte and capturing the analyte and the labeling substance at a reaction portion containing a second binding substance that can bind to the analyte, and (b) a second device part holding a second insoluble carrier used for developing a liquid and a third insoluble carrier used for absorbing a liquid, in such a way that the first insoluble carrier does not come into contact with the second insoluble carrier and the third insoluble carrier. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298051 | Test Kit and Method for Detecting Bacteriophage - Phages can be detected as rapid indicators of the hygienic quality of a sample. Both continuous flow methods and devices, single sample methods and devices, of various volumes, can be used. Single samples may be tested by single or multi-step testing methods. Test kits can be provided in easy-to-use formats. Certain phages, such as coliphage, are useful as indicators of fecal contamination. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298052 | Diagnosing or Predicting the Course of Breast Cancer - A method of diagnosing the presence or predicting the course of breast cancer by measuring the expression of a combination of Marker genes comprising a tissue-specific gene and a non-tissue specific gene in a cell or tissue sample derived from a patient. In one aspect of the invention, the genes are mammaglobin and CK19. Kits, nucleic acid primers and probes and controls are provided. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298053 | Use of novel biomarkers for detection of testicular carcinoma in situ and derived cancers in human samples - The present invention relates to methods and kits for identification of testicular carcinoma in situ (CIS), gonadoblastoma (a CIS-like pre-cancerous lesion found in dysgenetic gonads) and CIS-derived cancers based on at least one of the biomarkers included in the invention. It also relates to diagnosis of a subject's status of the testicular carcinoma in situ and the derived cancers based on the measurement of a relative abundance of one of the biomarkers. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298054 | Epigenetic methods and nucleic acids for the detection of breast cell proliferative disorders - The present application provides methods and nucleic acids for the detection and differentiation of breast cell proliferative disorders. This is achieved by the analysis of the methylation of a panel of genes, or subsets thereof. The invention may be used for the detection and/or differentiation of a variety of tissue types including breast cancer and benign breast disorders as well as other cancers and tissue types. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298055 | PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS - The present invention is of a method of producing proteins in mammalian cells using a permanent selection in the absence of cytotoxic drugs. Specifically, the present invention can be used to produce large quantities of highly pure human proteins which are suitable for pharmaceutical applications. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298056 | Method of identifying cd4+ t cell antigens - The present invention is directed to a method of identifying CD4+ T cell antigens as well as to antigens which were identified by such a method. The present invention further is directed to the application of those identified antigens in medicine. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298057 | Primer and Probe for Use in Detection of Mycobacterium Kansasii and Method for Detection of Mycobacterium Kansasii Using the Same - The present invention discloses an oligonucleotide which comprises a part or the entire sequence of the nucleotide sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3 or 4, or a part or the entire sequence of a nucleotide sequence complementary to the nucleotide sequence, wherein the oligonucleotide is capable of hybridizing with the nucleotide sequence of | 2009-12-03 |
20090298058 | Inhibitors of PGHS-2Transactivator Activity - Prostaglandin-endoperoxide H synthase (PGHS-2) converts arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H | 2009-12-03 |
20090298059 | System for the Integrated and Automated Analysis of DNA or Protein and Method for Operating Said Type of System - An embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for the integrated and automated analysis of DNA or protein, including a single-use cartridge, an analysis device comprising a control device, and devices for capturing and processing signals. An embodiment of the present invention relates, in particular, to the control device for carrying out a completely automatic process and evaluation of molecular diagnostic analysis via single-use cartridges (Lab-on-a-Chip). The first devices are provided for controlling an analysis process which occurs in the cartridge, subsequently the displacement and the thermostatisation of liquids, and the second devices are provided for processing the signals which are obtained during the analysis. The first and the second devices are synchronised in such a manner that the analysis process of the sample can be carried out in a totally integrated manner thus producing an immediate result. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298060 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING AND MONITORING THE STATUS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS - The invention presents a method of diagnosing or monitoring the status of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a subject or patient comprising detecting the expression of all genes of a diagnostic set in the subject or patient wherein the diagnostic set comprises two or more genes having expression correlated with the classification or status of SLE; and diagnosing or monitoring the status of SLE in the subject or patient by applying at least one statistical method to the expression of the genes of the diagnostic set. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298061 | Diagnostic Methods for the Prediction of Therapeutic Success, Recurrence Free and Overall Survival in Cancer Therapy - Described are 12 human genes which are differentially expressed in neoplastic tissues of patients responding well to treatment as compared to patients not responding well as determined by overall survival time in the non responding cohort. Moreover, methods for prognosis of the therapeutic success in cancer therapy are described. These methods are based on determination of expression levels of particular genes which are differentially expressed in cancer patients, preferably the genes encoding VEGFC, ERBB3 and Her2/neu, prior to the onset of anti-cancer chemotherapy. These methods are particularly useful in the investigation of advanced head and neck cancer, but are useful in the investigation of other types of cancer and therapies as well. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298062 | METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF THE LENGTH OF THE G-TAIL SEQUENCE AND KIT FOR THE METHOD - A method of measuring the length of a G tail sequence, characterized by hybridizing the G tail of an nondenatured chromosomal DNA in a sample with a labeled DNA probe having a sequence complementary to the telomere repeat sequence, measuring chemiluminescence from the hybridized DNA probe, and determining the length of the G tail sequence from the measured value, and a kit used for use in such a method. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298063 | IL-1 Gene Cluster and Associated Inflammatory Polymorphisms and Haplotypes - The invention provides methods and compositions relating to identification and use of genetic information from the IL-1 gene cluster—including the structure and organization of novel IL-1-like genes found within the IL-1 locus as well as polymorphisms and associated haplotypes within these genes. The invention thereby expands the repertoire of useful genetic information available from the IL-1 locus—which contains the previously-identified IL-1α, EL-1β and IL-1RN genes, for predicting IL-1 associated phenotypes (e.g. increased or decreased risks of inflammatory disease) and for treating IL-1 haplotype associated inflammatory phenotypes. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298064 | Genomic Sequencing - Genomic sequencing is implemented for high throughput applications that can include short reads. In one example, whole-genome sequencing involves a method in which a subset of fragments of a target genome are selected as a random function, and each fragment is replicated into clones. The clones are ordered into clone contigs based on sets of overlapping clones, and potential read overlaps are determined from clone read data. The method can also involve reading local assemblies of contigs from regions smaller than a clone length and assembling the local assemblies into read sets, combining the assembled read sets into clone-sized regions and assembling the clone-sized regions, and assembling the clone-sized regions into clone contigs. Overlapping sets of clones and their ordering can be determined computationally from read data, with a high depth of clone coverage to provide a large number of boundaries on which the assemblies can be segmented into overlapping regions of pooled reads. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298065 | Methods for Identifying Functional Noncoding Sequences - The present invention relates to methods for identifying functional noncoding human sequences. Methods may comprise one or more of the following: a comparative genomic sequence analysis step, a genetic analysis step, and a functional analysis step. The functional analysis step comprises transposon-based transgenesis in zebrafish. Also disclosed here in a transposon-based vector to facilitate efficient transgenesis in zebrafish. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298066 | Sex-Specific Marker for Shrimps and Prawns - The present invention relates to a sex-specific marker for shrimps and prawns. More specifically, it relates to a sex-specific PCR-based molecular marker, derived from | 2009-12-03 |
20090298067 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CELLS AND OTHER ANALYTES - The invention features methods, devices, and kits for the isolation of analytes (e.g., a cell). A sample containing a desired analyte is introduced into a microfluidic device containing moieties that bind the desired analyte. A shear stress is applied that is great enough to prevent binding of undesired analytes and low enough to allow binding of the analyte of interest. Once bound, the desired analytes can be analyzed (e.g., counted). The invention also features methods for determining a shear stress for isolating a desired analyte. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298068 | METHOD AND TEST KIT FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND/OR MAKING PREDICTIONS ABOUT AND/OR FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFICACY OF THERAPEUTIC AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER AND METHOD OF PLANNING A REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF OVARIAN CANCER - The invention relates to a method and a test kit for diagnosing ovarian cancer and/or making predictions in case of ovarian cancer as well as a method for estimating the effectiveness of therapeutic agents during the treatment of ovarian cancer, the promoter hypermethylation of the TUSC3 marker in a biological sample that is to be analyzed, preferably in a tissue sample or biological liquid that is to be analyzed, being measured. The result of said method can be used for planning an ovarian cancer treatment. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298069 | PROBE, PROBE SET, PROBE-IMMOBILIZED CARRIER, AND GENETIC TESTING METHOD - A nucleic acid probe for classification of pathogenic bacterial species is capable of collectively detecting bacterial strains of the same species and differentially detecting them from other bacterial species. Any one of the base sequences of SEQ ID NOS. 38 and 39 or a combination of at least two of them is used for detecting the gene of an infectious disease pathogenic bacterium. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298070 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING METABOLITES FLUX USING CONVERGING RATIO DETERMINANT AND SPLIT RATIO DETERMINANT - The present invention relates to a method for analyzing metabolic flux using CRD and SRD. Specifically, the method comprising: selecting a specific target organism, constructing the metabolic network model of the selected organism, identifying the correlations between specific metabolic fluxes in the metabolic network model, defining the correlation ratios as CRD and SRD, determining the correlation ratios of the metabolic fluxes through the experiment for measuring metabolic flux ratios, modifying a stoichiometric matrix with the determined CRD, SRD and correlation ratios, and applying the modified stoichiometric matrix of the metabolic network model for linear programming. According to the inventice method, the correlation between influent/effluent metabolic fluxes with respect to specific metabolites in target organisms (including | 2009-12-03 |
20090298071 | METHOD FOR TESTING DRUG SENSITIVITY IN SOLID TUMORS BY QUANTIFYING MRNA EXPRESSION IN THINLY-SLICED TUMOR TISSUE - A method is disclosed for assaying the sensitivity of neoplastic tissue to therapeutic agents, and in particular, for the quantification of pro-apoptotic marker mRNA expression in cells obtained from thinly-sliced living tumor tissue in such methods. The method may comprise ascertaining a particular apoptosis marker mRNA for an individual tumor or tumor type as well as exposure of thin-sliced live cancer tissues from the individual tumor to candidate chemotherapeutic drug regimes in vitro, followed by an assessment of the level of the marker mRNA in the tissue. | 2009-12-03 |
20090298072 | DNA Sequencing by Nanopore Using Modified Nucleotides - This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA by employing a nanopore and modified nucleotides. | 2009-12-03 |