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20080293634 | C-MET RECEPTOR REGULATION BY ANGIOTENSIN IV (AT4) RECEPTOR LIGANDS - The cell surface c-Met receptor, through which hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) signals are mediated, has now been identified as the Angiotensin-IV receptor (AT(4)R) in processes that include HGF-regulated cell motility, angiogenesis, cancer metastasis, adipogenesis and others. Disclosed are angiotensin-like factor compositions and methods for using them to diagnose, prevent and/or treat conditions associated with c-Met dysregulation, including cancer, obesity and conditions associated with obesity, and other disorders, for example, by altering hepatocyte growth factor activity or c-Met receptor activity by administering an angiotensin-like factor that specifically binds to a cell surface c-Met receptor. | 11-27-2008 |
20130023475 | C-MET RECEPTOR REGULATION BY ANGIOTENSIN IV (AT4) RECEPTOR LIGANDS - The cell surface c-Met receptor, through which hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) signals are mediated, has now been identified as the Angiotensin-IV receptor (AT(4)R) in processes that include HGF-regulated cell motility, angiogenesis, cancer metastasis, adipogenesis and others. Disclosed are angiotensin-like factor compositions and methods for using them to diagnose, prevent and/or treat conditions associated with c-Met dysregulation, including cancer, obesity and conditions associated with obesity, and other disorders, for example, by altering hepatocyte growth factor activity or c-Met receptor activity by administering an angiotensin-like factor that specifically binds to a cell surface c-Met receptor. In addition, members of this group of molecules may useful for treating or preventing the development of neurodegenerative diseases like general dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and initiating recovery from traumatic brain injury and spinal cord trauma. These peptides and peptidomimetics may be therapeutically useful whenever increased neurotrophic activity would be clinically advantageous. | 01-24-2013 |
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20090320975 | PERCHLORATE-FREE GREEN SIGNAL FLARE COMPOSITION - Perchlorate-free green flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce green smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320976 | PERCHLORATE-FREE YELLOW SIGNAL FLARE COMPOSITION - Perchlorate-free flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce yellow smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320977 | PERCHLORATE-FREE RED SIGNAL FLARE COMPOSITION - Perchlorate-free flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce red smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
20110132506 | PERCHLORATE-FREE RED SIGNAL FLARE COMPOSITION - Perchlorate-free flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce red smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. | 06-09-2011 |
20110139322 | PERCHLORATE-FREE YELLOW SIGNAL FLARE COMPOSITION - Perchlorate-free flare compositions are disclosed which, when burned, produce yellow smoke and flames. Methods of producing the compositions are also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
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20110055203 | VISUAL SEARCH AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESULTS - Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations. | 03-03-2011 |
20130007587 | AIDING SEARCH-RESULT SELECTION USING VISUALLY BRANDED ELEMENTS - Computer-storage media, methods, and systems for formatting and surfacing a badge are provided. The badge represents a graphical region presented in visual association with a search result on a web-results page. The format of the badge is initially dictated by a template that is automatically generated. Upon collecting performance information, a website owner is granted permission to alter the template and appearance of the badge, via a publisher portal. During interaction with the publisher portal, the website owner is prompted to provide feedback in order to manage parameters of the badge, such as uploading a visual representation of a logo, trademark, or other branded element, or specifying a type of metadata to be imported to the graphical region. Accordingly, the badge operates to improve a users' ability to distinguish between search results on the web-results page and assists users in confidently deciding upon and selecting a relevant search result. | 01-03-2013 |
20130091471 | VISUAL SEARCH AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL RESULTS - Methods, systems, graphical user interfaces, and computer-readable media for visually searching and exploring a set of objects are provided. A computer system executes a method that generates three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations for a set of objects in response to a user interaction with an interface that displays the three-dimensional representations or the two-dimensional representations. The interface includes filter controls, sorting controls, and classification controls, which are dynamically altered based on the content of a user query or the attributes of the objects in the three-dimensional representations or two-dimensional representations. | 04-11-2013 |
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20150057902 | Stopping Energy Based Selection Logic for Taxi Brake Release - The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for distributing energy amongst at least one forward brake and at least one aft brake for a vehicle. The method involves determining, with at least one processor, an energy for at least one first brake and an energy for at least one second brake. Further, the method involves comparing, with at least one processor, the energy for at least one first brake with the energy for at least one second brake. Also, releasing at least one first brake, when at least one processor determines the energy of at least one first brake is greater than the energy for at least one second brake. Further, releasing at least one second brake, when at least one processor determines the energy of at least one second brake is greater than the energy for at least one first brake. | 02-26-2015 |
20150088371 | Brake Load Alleviation Functions - A system, method, and apparatus for brake load alleviation amongst at least one first brake and at least one second brake is disclosed. The method involves sensing an amount of brake pedal application in response to engagement of at least brake pedal. The method further involves determining whether the amount of brake pedal application is greater than a brake pedal application threshold value. Also, the method involves generating a brake application profile, when it is determined that the amount of brake pedal application is greater than the brake pedal application threshold value. The brake application profile indicates that actuation of at least one first brake is delayed by a first time delay, and that actuation of at least one second brake is delayed by a second time delay. Further, the method involves actuating at least one first brake and at least one second brake according to the brake application profile. | 03-26-2015 |
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20130332386 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing content are provided herein. The method includes accepting a content entry related to a product. The method also includes receiving a content rating for the content entry from a user. Additionally, the method includes calculating a combined rating for the content entry based at least in part on the content rating. Furthermore, the method includes determining a persistent status of the content entry based on the combined rating. | 12-12-2013 |
20130332462 | GENERATING CONTENT RECOMMENDATIONS - A system to generate content recommendations by identifying content and selecting a content entry for the content. The system comprises identifying a keyword in the content entry, generating a tag for the content based on the keyword, generating a plurality of recommendations based on the tag, and displaying the recommendations. | 12-12-2013 |
20140236704 | INCENTIVIZED MEDIA DELIVERY BASED ON AN EXTERNAL FACTOR - Various example embodiments relate to incentivized media delivery. In example embodiments, a media delivery device has access to a plurality of media. The device may receive an external factor from each of a plurality of remote devices. In response, the device may select media from the media storage based on the received external factors, notify each remote device of the availability of the media, and provide an incentive for acquisition of the selected media. | 08-21-2014 |
20140250208 | GROUPING PERSONAL PLAYLISTS INTO BUDDY LIST USED TO MODIFY A MEDIA STREAM - Illustrated is a system and method comprising a plurality of personal playlists, grouped to form a buddy list, the buddy list disposed on a remote storage device. The system and method further comprises logic, which when executed at the remote storage device that streams media content to at least one user device based upon a streaming media playlist. Additionally, the system and method is executed to provide access to the streaming media playlist to the at least one user device. Moreover, the system and method is executed to permit modification of the streaming media playlist by the at least one user device. | 09-04-2014 |
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20140197389 | OLED HAVING MULTI-COMPONENT EMISSIVE LAYER - Organic light-emitting devices having a multi-component organic electroluminescent layer. The organic electroluminescent layer comprises a phosphorescent dopant and a host material that is a mixture of at least three different compounds: a wide band gap host compound, an electron-transporting host compound, and a hole-transporting host compound. Use of such a multi-component organic electroluminescent layer may improve device efficiency and lifetime. | 07-17-2014 |
20140339518 | PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES COMBINED WITH HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIAL HAVING HIGH OPERATING STABILITY - An improved OLED includes an emitter layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emitter layer includes a host material and a phosphorescent emitter material. A first hole transport layer is disposed between the emitter layer and the anode and a second hole transport layer is disposed between the first hole transport layer and the anode. The first hole transport layer includes a first hole transport material that is a carbazole type compound and the second hole transport layer includes a second hole transport material that is different from the first hole transport material. The phosphorescent emitter material includes a phosphorescent organometallic compound that is a heteroleptic compound represented by the formula L | 11-20-2014 |
20140374728 | PHOSPHORESCENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICES HAVING A HOLE TRANSPORTING COHOST MATERIAL IN THE EMISSIVE REGION - An improved OLED includes an emissive layer disposed between a cathode and an anode where the emissive layer includes a multi-component host material and a phosphorescent emitter material. The host material includes at least a first host compound and a second host compound, where the first host compound is hole-transporting host compound having the general formula wherein R | 12-25-2014 |
20150194621 | BISCARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE HOST MATERIALS FOR OLED EMISSIVE REGION - An organic electroluminescence device utilizes a novel combination of one or more biscarbazole derivative compounds as the phosphorescent host material in combination with an organometallic phosphorescent material as a dopant in the light emitting region of the device, where the biscarbazole derivative compounds are represented by a formula (1A) or (2A) below: (1A), (2A) where A | 07-09-2015 |
20150194622 | BISCARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE HOST MATERIALS AND RED EMITTER FOR OLED EMISSIVE REGION - The organic electroluminescence device utilizes a novel combination of a biscarbazole derivative compound as a phospherescent host materials and an orgaphosphorescent material as a red phosphorescent dopant material in the light emitting region of the device, where the biscarbazole derivative compound is represented by a formula (1); wherein the red phosphorescent dopant material is a phosphorescent organometallic complex having a substituted chemical structure represented by one of the partial chemical structures represented by a formulas (D1), (D2) and (D3). | 07-09-2015 |
20150243905 | BISCARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE HOST MATERIALS AND GREEN EMITTER FOR OLED EMISSIVE REGION - An organic electroluminescence device utilizes a novel combination comprising one or more biscarbazole derivative compounds as the phosphorescent host material in combination with a green phosphorescent dopant material in the light emitting region of the device, where the biscarbazole derivative compounds are represented by a formula (1A) or (1B) below; where A | 08-27-2015 |
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20120319146 | FINE TUNING OF EMISSION SPECTRA BY COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE EMITTER SPECTRA - A first device is provided. The first device includes an anode, a cathode and an emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. The emissive layer includes a first organic emitting material having a first peak wavelength and a second organic emitting material having a second peak wavelength. The emissive layer has a homogenous composition. The second peak wavelength is between 0 and 40 nm greater than the first peak wavelength. | 12-20-2012 |
20130105777 | REDUCING OLED DEVICE EFFICIENCY AT LOW LUMINANCE | 05-02-2013 |
20130126832 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN SAME - The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the formula (A-I): formula (A-1) wherein R | 05-23-2013 |
20130306960 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN SAME - The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film emissive layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the following formula (1): | 11-21-2013 |
20130306961 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN SAME - The present invention provides an OLED in which an organic thin film emissive layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound having the chemical structure represented by the following formula: | 11-21-2013 |
20130306962 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN SAME - The OLEDs of the present invention are characterized by providing an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon compound represented by the formula (1) or (2): | 11-21-2013 |
20130306963 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR USE IN SAME - The OLEDs of the present invention are characterized by providing an organic thin film layer comprising a single layer or plural layers between a cathode and an anode, wherein the organic thin film layer comprises at least one organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one light emitting layer comprises at least one host material and at least one phosphorescent emitter material, wherein the host material comprises a bis-carbazole derivative host material;
| 11-21-2013 |
20140127847 | FINE TUNING OF EMISSION SPECTRA BY COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE EMITTER SPECTRA - A method of fabricating a first device includes providing a first container that contains, in a desired proportion, a first organic emitting material having a first peak wavelength, a second organic emitting material having a second peak wavelength; providing a substrate having a first electrode disposed thereon; depositing an emissive layer over the first electrode, wherein the first container is a source of material for depositing, and wherein the emissive layer has a homogeneous composition and comprises the first and second organic emitting materials in the desired proportion; depositing a second electrode over the first emissive layer, and wherein the second peak wavelength is between 0 and 40 nm greater than the first peak wavelength. | 05-08-2014 |
20150053938 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A composition formed of a first mixture of a first compound and a second compound wherein the first compound has different chemical structure than the second compound; the first compound is capable of functioning as a hole transporting material in an organic light emitting device at room temperature; the first compound comprises at least one carbazole group; the first compound has a evaporation temperature T1 of 150 to 350° C.; the second compound has evaporation temperature T2 of 150 to 350° C.; the absolute value of T1−T2 is less than 20° C.; the first compound having a concentration C1 in said first mixture, and the first compound having a concentration C2 in a film formed by evaporating the first mixture in a vacuum deposition tool at a constant pressure between 1×10 | 02-26-2015 |
20150053939 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A composition formed of a mixture of two compounds having similar thermal evaporation properties that are pre-mixed into an evaporation source that can be used to co-evaporate the two compounds into an emission layer in OLEDs via vacuum thermal evaporation process is disclosed. | 02-26-2015 |
20150236276 | Organic Electroluminescent Materials and Devices - The present invention relates to metal complexes having novel ligands. The compounds are useful in organic light emitting devices (OLEDs), particularly as emitting dopants. The incorporation of these novel ligands provides red phosphorescent materials with good external quantum efficiency, good color, and long lifetime. | 08-20-2015 |
20150236277 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - Compounds having the formula M(L | 08-20-2015 |
20150243893 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - The present disclosure provides novel compounds based on azadibenzothiophenes, azadibenzofurans and azadibenzoselenophenes with at least two nitrogen atoms in the aza rings. The compounds can be used in green, red, yellow and white emitting devices as electron-transporting hosts. | 08-27-2015 |
20150295199 | Efficient Organic Electroluminescent Devices - An OLED includes a suppression mechanism and multiple dopants in its organic emissive layer. The organic emissive layer includes a host, a first compound capable of phosphorescent emission at room temperature, and a second compound capable of phosphorescent emission at room temperature. The suppression mechanism is capable of preferentially reducing the emission of light emitted by the second compound. The organic emissive layer may also contain a third compound capable of phosphorescent emission at room temperature. | 10-15-2015 |
20150315222 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT MATERIALS AND DEVICES - A compound that has the structure according to Formula M(L | 11-05-2015 |
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20150290587 | EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION APPARATUS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - An object of the present invention is to appropriately remove, from an exhaust gas, HC, CO, and ammonia flowing out from a filter (SCRF) on which an SCR catalyst is carried. In the present invention, a post-catalyst | 10-15-2015 |
20150322837 | EXHAUST EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system, of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from the amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, an amount of the NOx reduced by the fuel which passes through the first stage catalyst. | 11-12-2015 |
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20090197827 | Combination Therapy for Treatment of FIV Infection - The present invention pertains to methods for therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of cats against FIV infection. Methods of the present invention utilize a combination of antiretroviral compounds to treat or prevent FIV infection in a feline animal. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering an effective amount of AZT and another nucleoside analog, such as, for example, 3TC to the animal. In another embodiment, cats are given an effective dose(s) of AZT, 3TC, and a retroviral protease inhibitor. | 08-06-2009 |
20090263417 | Multi-subtype FIV vaccines - The subject invention pertains to novel methods and compositions for protecting cats from infection by a broad range of FIV strains using a multi-subtype FIV vaccine. Multi-subtype FIV vaccines comprising either cell free whole virus or cell lines infected with viruses are described. Methods for vaccinating cats with the subject vaccine compositions are also described. Cats vaccinated according to the methods and compositions of the subject invention exhibit protective humoral and cellular immune responses to FIV when challenged with homologous or heterologous strains of FIV. The subject invention also pertains to novel feline cell lines that are susceptible to infection by FIV and their methods of use. | 10-22-2009 |
20090274725 | Materials and Methods for Detecting, Preventing, and Treating Retroviral Infection - The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for detecting, preventing and treating retroviral infections in humans and other animals susceptible to infection by retrovirus. It has been discovered that FIV can be transmitted from cats to humans and that the FIV can infect human cells in vivo and that antibodies generated by the infected person cross-react with HIV antigens. Thus, the methods and compositions of the subject invention can be used to detect, prevent and treat FIV infection in humans and other non-feline animals that are susceptible to FIV infection. The methods and compositions of the invention can also be used to prevent and treat infection by HIV in humans. | 11-05-2009 |
20100111899 | Materials and Methods for Immunizing Against FIV Infection - The subject invention pertains to methods and compositions for protecting feline animals from infection by FIV using immunogens derived from primate immunodeficiency viruses, including HIV and SIV. Methods for vaccinating feline animals with the subject vaccine compositions are described. Feline animals vaccinated according to the methods and compositions of the subject invention exhibit protective humoral and cellular immune responses to FIV when challenged with FIV. | 05-06-2010 |
20120070489 | COMBINATION THERAPY FOR TREATMENT OF FIV INFECTION - The present invention pertains to methods for therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of cats against FIV infection. Methods of the present invention utilize a combination of antiretroviral compounds to treat or prevent FIV infection in a feline animal. In one embodiment, the method comprises administering an effective amount of AZT and another nucleoside analog, such as, for example, 3TC to the animal. In another embodiment, cats are given an effective dose(s) of AZT, 3TC, and a retroviral protease inhibitor. | 03-22-2012 |
20120294891 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, PREVENTING, AND TREATING RETROVIRAL INFECTION - The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for detecting, preventing and treating retroviral infections in humans and other animals susceptible to infection by retrovirus. It has been discovered that FIV can be transmitted from cats to humans and that the FIV can infect human cells in vivo and that antibodies generated by the infected person cross-react with HIV antigens. Thus, the methods and compositions of the subject invention can be used to detect, prevent and treat FIV infection in humans and other non-feline animals that are susceptible to FIV infection. The methods and compositions of the invention can also be used to prevent and treat infection by HIV in humans. | 11-22-2012 |
20150098965 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING, PREVENTING, AND TREATING RETROVIRAL INFECTION - The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for detecting, preventing and treating retroviral infections in humans and other animals susceptible to infection by retrovirus. It has been discovered that FIV can be transmitted from cats to humans and that the FIV can infect human cells in vivo and that antibodies generated by the infected person cross-react with HIV antigens. Thus, the methods and compositions of the subject invention can be used to detect, prevent and treat FIV infection in humans and other non-feline animals that are susceptible to FIV infection. The methods and compositions of the invention can also be used to prevent and treat infection by HIV in humans. | 04-09-2015 |
20150231230 | CROSS-REACTIVE T CELL EPITOPES OF HIV, SIV, AND FIV FOR VACCINES IN HUMANS AND CATS - The subject invention concerns methods and materials for inducing an immune response in an animal or person against an immunodeficiency virus, such as HIV, SIV, or FIV. In one embodiment, a method of the invention comprises administering one or more antigens and/or immunogens to the person or animal wherein the antigen and/or immunogen comprises one or more evolutionarily conserved epitopes of immunodeficiency viruses. In one embodiment, the epitope is one that is conserved between HIV and SIV, or between HIV and FIV. In another embodiment, the epitope is one that is conserved between HIV, SIV, and FIV. | 08-20-2015 |
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20150056887 | SELF-SEALING BALLOONS AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING - Balloons and related components and manufacturing methods. Various embodiments provide balloons which define elastomeric balloon bodies and necks. The balloon bodies define body thicknesses and filled and unfilled internal volumes. Tension in the balloon bodies gives rise to internal pressures when the balloons are filled. The necks couple with the bodies and define neck thickness which differ from the body thicknesses. Various embodiments provide check valve for use with the balloons and/or various liquids. These check valves can comprise a ball that further comprises a generally spherical substrate of fine particles of a biodegradable material and a coating on the substrate. The coating can be made of another biodegradable material. Combined, the coating and the generally spherical substrate form the check valve ball and possess a density differing from the water density | 02-26-2015 |
20150107465 | Sandwich Making Machine and Related Apparatus, Systems, and Methods - Methods, systems, apparatus, etc. for making sandwiches. For instance, some systems comprise flowable-foodstuff bags and sandwich making apparatus. The apparatus comprise trays, presses, and drives. The trays hold bread while the presses press the foodstuff out of the bags. Moreover, the presses hold the bags in fixed relation to the trays. The drives operatively couple to the tray and press and drives the press and tray to spread the foodstuff on the bread. Some apparatus include features that fix/register the relative positions of the bag and tray. Those registration features can be bite-shaped. If desired, the bag and tray can be spaced apart from one another. | 04-23-2015 |
20150108162 | FOODSTUFF PACKAGES AND RELATED APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Bags, pouches, and/or other packages. Pouches of embodiments comprise a pair of plies which are permanently sealed to each other along their edges. The plies and permanent seals define an internal cavity. Pouches of the current embodiment further comprise dispensers in communication with the internal cavities. A portion of each ply (of a particular bag) can be releasably sealed. In some embodiments, the pouches further comprise a (pivotable) spout. If desired, the spout can be configured such that its pivoting is gravity driven. The foodstuff pouches of embodiments can define a longitudinal axis wherein the spout defines a beveled surface further defining an acute angle with the longitudinal axis. Furthermore, the spout can further comprise a fitment glued to the plies. In some embodiments, the plies define a bite-shaped registration feature. | 04-23-2015 |
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20090320249 | SLIDE FASTENER - Various embodiments of slide fasteners include a first set of coupling elements and a second set of coupling elements configured to be removably joined together by a zipper. Each coupling element includes a first surface having a first shape and a second surface having a second shape, wherein the second surface is spaced apart from and cofaces the first surface. The first shape may be substantially triangular or substantially trapezoidal, according to various embodiments, and the second shape is substantially gear shaped. When the coupling elements of the first set and the second set are removably joined together, water is substantially prevented from leaking from the first surface to the second surface. In addition, the coupling elements are disposed on stringer tapes, and the surfaces of the stringer tapes adjacent the first surfaces of the coupling elements are laminated with a water resistant material. | 12-31-2009 |
20090320250 | SLIDE FASTENER - Various embodiments of slide fasteners include a first set of coupling elements and a second set of coupling elements configured to be removably joined together by a slider. Each coupling element includes a first surface having a first shape and a second surface having a second shape, wherein the second surface is spaced apart from and cofaces the first surface. The first shape may be substantially triangular or substantially trapezoidal, according to various embodiments, and the second shape is substantially gear shaped. When the coupling elements of the first set and the second set are removably joined together, water is substantially prevented from leaking from the first surface to the second surface. In addition, the coupling elements are disposed on stringer tapes, and the surfaces of the stringer tapes adjacent the first surfaces of the coupling elements are laminated with a water resistant material. | 12-31-2009 |
20120260469 | Semi-Automatic Slider - A semi-automatic slider assembly comprising a slider body, a lock pin, and a pull tab. When the pull tab is in a first orientation, the lock pin engages with elements of the tape and the slider assembly is in a locked configuration that prevents the slider assembly from moving along the tape. When the pull tab is in a second orientation, the lock pin does not engage with the elements of the tape and the slider assembly is in an unlocked configuration so that the assembly is permitted to move along the tape. The slider body has a recess for receiving a portion of the lock pin, and the lock pin has an opening that reduces interference when the pull tab is in the second orientation. | 10-18-2012 |
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20090042303 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF A GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN ANTICOAGULANT - The invention provides an accurate, economical, automatable, high throughput method for the determination of the concentration of glycosaminoglycan anticoagulants, including low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) anticoagulants, in aqueous solutions. A method for cleaning a unit of manufacturing equipment used in the preparation of a LMWH to obtain an acceptable residual concentration of LMWH is further provided. | 02-12-2009 |
20120009686 | METHOD OF MEASURING THE CONCENTRATION OF A GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN ANTICOAGULANT - The invention provides an accurate, economical, automatable, high throughput method for the determination of the concentration of glycosaminoglycan anticoagulants, including low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) anticoagulants, in aqueous solutions. A method for cleaning a unit of manufacturing equipment used in the preparation of a LMWH to obtain an acceptable residual concentration of LMWH is further provided. | 01-12-2012 |
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20110156423 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed can be changed between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded in a front direction to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. The screen shield is directly or indirectly supported by a swinging shaft provided on a vehicle body and is swingable between a position in the expanded state and a position in the non-expanded state. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156433 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle with an expandable cargo bed, the vehicle comprising a chassis, the chassis supporting a front seat, a rear seat, a screen formation, and a bottom plate of the cargo bed, wherein the pick-up style utility vehicle is capable to change a normal state in which the rear seat is situated on the bottom plate and an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded into a free space formed by shunting the rear seat from the top of the bottom plate, wherein the pick-up style utility vehicle comprises a screen formation between the cargo bed in the normal state and the rear seat, and comprises two screen formation divisions as a double door, and each of the screen formation division being supported rotatably around the vertical shaft by the chassis, wherein in the normal state, the two screen formation divisions closing the front of the cargo bed configure a screen in the normal state, the screen in the normal state separating between the rear seat and the cargo bed, wherein in the expanded state, the two screen formation divisions which open the front of the cargo bed configure expanded side plates in the cargo bed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110156441 | PICK-UP STYLE UTILITY VEHICLE WITH EXPANDABLE CARGO BED - A pick-up style utility vehicle according to the present invention has a front seat, a rear seat, and a cargo bed in this order from front, a cabin frame surrounding a riding space, and a screen shield partitioning the cargo bed and a rear riding space in front of the cargo bed. The cargo bed is changeable between an expanded state in which the cargo bed is expanded forward to the rear riding space and a non-expanded state not occupying the rear riding space. All or part of the screen shield is angle shiftable between the expanded state and the non-expanded state. | 06-30-2011 |
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20080304996 | High Nb, Ta, and Al Creep- and Oxidation-Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steels - An austenitic stainless steel HTUPS alloy includes, in weight percent: 15 to 30 Ni; 10 to 15 Cr; 2 to 5 Al; 0.6 to 5 total of at least one of Nb and Ta; no more than 0.3 of combined Ti+V; up to 3 Mo; up to 3 Co; up to 1 W; up to 0.5 Cu; up to 4 Mn; up to 1 Si; 0.05 to 0.15 C; up to 0.15 B; up to 0.05 P; up to 1 total of at least one of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; less than 0.05 N; and base Fe, wherein the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni wherein said alloy forms an external continuous scale comprising alumina, nanometer scale sized particles distributed throughout the microstructure, said particles comprising at least one composition selected from the group consisting of NbC and TaC, and a stable essentially single phase fcc austenitic matrix microstructure, said austenitic matrix being essentially delta-ferrite-free and essentially BCC-phase-free. | 12-11-2008 |
20120301347 | CAST ALUMINA FORMING AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS - An austenitic stainless steel alloy consisting essentially of, in terms of weight percent ranges 0.15-0.5C; 8-37Ni; 10-25Cr; 2.5-5Al; greater than 0.6, up to 2.5 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; up to 3Mo; up to 3Co; up to 1W; up to 3Cu; up to 15Mn; up to 2Si; up to 0.15B; up to 0.05P; up to 1 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Y, La, Ce, Hf, and Zr; <0.3Ti+V; <0.03N; and, balance Fe, where the weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni, and wherein the alloy forms an external continuous scale comprising alumina, and a stable essentially single phase FCC austenitic matrix microstructure, the austenitic matrix being essentially delta-ferrite free and essentially BCC-phase-free. A method of making austenitic stainless steel alloys is also disclosed. | 11-29-2012 |
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20130266477 | Alumina Forming Iron Base Superalloy - An austenitic stainless steel alloy, consists essentially of, in weight percent 2.5 to 4 Al; 25 to 35 Ni; 12 to 19 Cr; at least 1, up to 4 total of at least one element selected from the group consisting of Nb and Ta; 0.5 to 3 Ti; less than 0.5 V; 0.1 to 1 of at least on element selected from the group consisting of Zr and Hf; 0.03 to 0.2 C; 0.005 to 0.1 B; and base Fe. The weight percent Fe is greater than the weight percent Ni. The alloy forms an external continuous scale including alumina, and contains coherent precipitates of γ′—Ni | 10-10-2013 |
20140020797 | MAGNETIC FIELD ANNEALING FOR IMPROVED CREEP RESISTANCE - The method provides heat-resistant chromia- or alumina-forming Fe-, Fe(Ni), Ni(Fe), or Ni-based alloys having improved creep resistance. A precursor is provided containing preselected constituents of a chromia- or alumina-forming Fe-, Fe(Ni), Ni(Fe), or Ni-based alloy, at least one of the constituents for forming a nanoscale precipitate MaXb where M is Cr, Nb, Ti, V, Zr, or Hf, individually and in combination, and X is C, N, O, B, individually and in combination, a=1 to 23 and b=1 to 6. The precursor is annealed at a temperature of 1000-1500° C. for 1-48 h in the presence of a magnetic field of at least 5 Tesla to enhance supersaturation of the M | 01-23-2014 |