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Frank Todaro, Old Saybrook, CT US
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20080289471 | Sheet Transport and Reorientation Assembly for a Punch - A punch assembly for punching a plurality of consecutive sheets each having a first edge and a second edge generally opposite the first edge includes a punch and a transport assembly having a feeding path for feeding the first edge of a sheet in a feeding direction relative to the punch for punching thereof, and a removal path different from the feeding path for removing the sheet from the punch in a removal direction generally opposite to the feeding direction relative to the punch such that the second edge becomes a leading edge. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298881 | Apparatus and Methods for Automatically Binding a Stack of Sheets With a Nonspiral Binding Element - The present invention includes an automated binding machine configured for binding a stack of perforated sheets with a binding element. The automated binding machine includes a support member supporting the stack of perforated sheets, a binding element feeder, a plurality of binding elements supported by the binding element feeder, a receiving member configured to receive a first binding element from the plurality of binding elements and to insert at least a portion of the first binding element through the stack of perforated sheets, and a binding mechanism configured to engage the inserted portion and couple the inserted portion to a non-inserted portion of the first binding element. | 12-04-2008 |
Julie Todaro, Seattle, WA US
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20130198650 | MANAGING ITEMS IN A NETWORKED ENVIRONMENT - A system, methods and interfaces are provided for managing items in a networked environment. A set of items, such as publications or other works, can be embodied in tangible media that are mutually exclusive. In response to a selection of an item, a prioritized order of the tangible media corresponding to the selected item is provided. Each tangible media can be further subdivided into a prioritized order of physical attributes of the respective tangible media. | 08-01-2013 |
Maria Teresa Todaro, Montesano Salentina (le) IT
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20130283922 | ELECTRO-ACTIVE MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DETECTION PROCESS - An electroactive microelectromechanical device of the Artificial Hair Cell type includes a moving cilium structure having a substrate and a cantilever, partly or entirely in piezoelectric material, subject to bending or deformation following the action of a force and/or an applied voltage. The cantilever includes a multilayer inducing a stress-driven geometry in which a portion of the cantilever lies outside of a plane defined by the substrate. According to the invention, the cantilever is associated to a piezoresistive element, in particular of piezoresistive material configured to measure the bending or deformation of the cantilever. | 10-31-2013 |
Matilde Todaro, Palermo IT
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20090324616 | DIFFERENTIAL CYTOKINE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN CANCER - The invention concerns a method for diagnosing a cancer type, whereby the expression of anti-apoptotic cytokines is determined in the tumour cells. The differential diagnosis of the present invention is used to classify tumour disorders and to recommend the required treatment and to monitor the progress and response to the treatment. | 12-31-2009 |
20100099742 | Sensitizing Cells for Apoptosis by Selectively Blocking Cytokines - The invention refers to the use of a cytokine antagonist which modulates the expression and/or the function of a cytokine, particularly a Th2 helper cell cytokine, in a cell and causes the down-regulation of anti-apoptotic proteins in said cell through the cytokine modulation for sensitizing cells for apoptosis. In particular, the cells that can be treated with the cytokine antagonists are drug-resistant cancer cells which fail to undergo apoptosis. | 04-22-2010 |
20100297110 | ANTIBODY SPECIFIC FOR HUMAN IL-4 FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER - The present invention relates to the use of an antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof with specific binding activity for human interleukin-4 for the prevention and/or treatment of cancer. | 11-25-2010 |
20140356459 | MICRORNAS AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to molecular targets and their use to counteract tumors. Naturally occurring microRNAs that regulate human oncogenes and methods of use thereof are described. Suitable nucleic acids for use in the methods and compositions described herein include, but are not limited to, pri-miRNA, pre-miRNA, mature miRNA or fragments of variants thereof that retain the biological activity of the mature miRNA and DNA encoding a pri-miRNA, pre-miRNA, mature miRNA, fragments or variants thereof, or regulatory elements of the miRNA. The here claimed approach is efficacious also on Cancer Stem Cells. | 12-04-2014 |
Steven B. Todaro, Houston, TX US
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20100232985 | FUEL GAS CONDITIONING WITH MEMBRANE SEPARATION - Compressed natural gas is produced by a compressor, located near a natural gas well. The compressor being driven by a gas engine. A portion of the compressed natural gas is diverted, and passed through a dehydration membrane, and also through a gas-separation membrane which selects for carbon dioxide. The result is a natural gas stream which is relatively dry, and relatively free of carbon dioxide. This stream is used as fuel for the gas engine which drives the compressor. The permeate gases from the membrane may be recycled. The system enables the natural gas to be compressed efficiently, by providing a conditioned fuel gas for driving the compressor. | 09-16-2010 |
Thomas Todaro, San Diego, CA US
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20090155238 | XYLANASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - The invention relates to enzymes having xylanase, mannanase and/or glucanase activity, e.g., catalyzing hydrolysis of internal β-1,4-xylosidic linkages or endo-β-1,4-ghicanase linkages; and/or degrading a linear polysaccharide beta-1,4-xylan into xylose. Thus, the invention provides methods and processes for breaking down hemicellulose, which is a major component of the cell wall of plants, including methods and processes for hydrolyzing hemicelluloses in any plant or wood or wood product, wood waste, paper pulp, paper product or paper waste or byproduct. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases, mannanases and/or glucanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases, mannanases and/or glucanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature. | 06-18-2009 |
20100136113 | PHYTASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM - This invention relates to phytases, polynucleotides encoding them, uses of the polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention, as well as the production and isolation of such polynucleotides and polypeptides. In particular, the invention provides polypeptides having phytase activity under high temperature conditions, and phytases that retain activity after exposure to high temperatures. The phytases of the invention can be thermotolerant and/or thermostable at low temperatures, in addition to higher temperatures. The phytases of the invention can be used in foodstuffs to improve the feeding value of phytate rich ingredients. The phytases of the invention can be formulated as foods or feeds or supplements for either to, e.g., aid in the digestion of phytate. The foods or feeds of the invention can be in the form of pellets, liquids, powders and the like. In one aspect, phytases of the invention are stabile against thermal denaturation during pelleting; and this decreases the cost of the phytase product while maintaining in vivo efficacy and detection of activity in feed. | 06-03-2010 |
20140017750 | METHODS FOR USING A THERMOSTABLE PHYTASE IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION - A method for using a thermostable phytase for eliminating or reducing phytic acid or salts of phytic acid in an alcohol production process is disclosed. The phytase can be added anywhere in the alcohol production process including a feedstock, a hammer mill, a slurry tank, a jet cooker, a liquefaction, a mash cooker, a fermentation, a beer, a distillation system, a whole stillage, a centrifuge, a thin stillage, an evaporator, a condensate, a syrup, a wet grain, a drum dryer, a distillers dried grain, distillers solubles, distillers wet grain, condensed distillers solubles distillers dried grains with solubles a molecular sieves, or any combination thereof. The alcohol production process can be in an ethanol production plant; a spirit or a drinkable alcohol production plant; or a fuel ethanol plant. | 01-16-2014 |
Todd Todaro, Belleair Bluffs, FL US
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20130339244 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHECK CASHING RISK ANALYSIS - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating a score for a check cashing transaction. A method includes receiving from a cashing station, having cashing station data, a transaction request including check data and identity data associated with a user, and determining whether the transaction request represents a first transaction request from the user at that cashing station. If so, an enrollment validation process and identification authentication process are performed; if not, a repeat validation process and check casher identification process are performed. The method includes determining whether there is a match between at least one of check data or identity data and data in a negative file or a knowledge file. The method includes calculating a score for the cashing transaction based at least in part on the check data, cashing station data, identity data, or checks of previously received transaction requests, determining whether the score is above a threshold, and approving the transaction based on the determination. | 12-19-2013 |
Tom Todaro, Seattle, WA US
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20120284813 | IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF KRP MUTANTS IN WHEAT - The invention provides a wheat cell, part, tissue culture or whole plant comprising at least one disrupted KRP gene of the present invention. The present invention also provides methods of increasing weight, size, and/or number of one or more organs, and/or yield of a wheat plant by utilizing the disrupted KRP genes of the present invention. Furthermore, methods of breeding wheat plants to produce new wheat plants having increased weight, size, and/or number of one or more organs, and/or yield are provided. The present invention provides isolated Kinase Inhibitor Protein (KIP) Related Protein (KRP) polynucleotide sequences and isolated KRP polypeptide sequences and methods of their use. | 11-08-2012 |