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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160089396 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT - The present invention relates to methods for promoting dispersal of, or preventing formation of microbial biofilms, comprising: exposing a biofilm to an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent; treating a surface or medium susceptible to biofilm formation with an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent; incorporating an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent in a surface or medium susceptible to biofilm formation; or inducing the accumulation of one or more reactive oxygen or nitrogen species within microorganisms within said biofilm or capable of forming a biofilm. The invention also relates to methods for maintaining or enhancing or maintaining and enhancing the functioning of a biofilm, comprising exposing a biofilm to at least one nitric oxide scavenger, at least one antioxidant or at least one nitric oxide scavenger and at least one antioxidant. The invention also relates to compositions for promoting dispersal of, or preventing formation of microbial biofilms, or for maintaining or enhancing or maintaining and enhancing the functioning of microbial biofilms. | 03-31-2016 |
20160064592 | A METHOD OF ANODISING A SURFACE OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method of anodising a surface of a semiconductor device comprising a p-n junction. The method comprises exposing a first surface portion of the semiconductor device to an electrolytic solution that is suitable for anodising the first surface portion when an electrical current is directed through a region at the first surface portion. Further, the method comprises exposing a portion of the semiconductor device to electromagnetic radiation in a manner such that the electromagnetic radiation induces the electrical current and the first surface portion anodises. | 03-03-2016 |
20160005903 | SOLAR CELL METALLISATION AND INTERCONNECTION METHOD - A solar cell and a method of forming a contact structure on a solar cell having a p-n junction formed between a first semiconductor region of a first dopant polarity and a second semiconductor region of a second dopant polarity opposite to the first dopant polarity. The method comprises: forming a plurality of contact points on a surface of the solar cell, whereby the contact points provide an electrical connection to the first semiconductor region; and locating a plurality of conducting wires over the solar cell to make electrical connection to the contact points. The contact points are either an exposed silicon surface or a silicon surface over which metal pads are formed. The metal pads may comprise a plated layer of a low-melting temperature metal and/or may have a thickness of less than 5 microns. | 01-07-2016 |
20150319943 | A PLANT WATERING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a plant watering device ( | 11-12-2015 |
20150116696 | Method and System For Determining a Velocity of a Relative Movement Between an Object and a Fluidal Medium - Disclosed is a method and a system for determining a velocity of a relative movement between a system for determining the velocity and a fluidal medium. The method includes directing at least two light beams through at least a portion of the fluidal medium using the system such that a portion of light of each light beam is absorbed by the fluidal medium. Further, the method includes detecting first and second spectral intensity profiles of at least two light beams to detect the light absorption. The method also includes determining a difference profile associated with spectral intensity differences between a first and a second spectral intensity profile; and integrating an absolute value function of the difference profile to determine the velocity. The at least two light beams are directed such that the first and second spectral intensity profiles each have a different spectral position. The system has components that are arranged to allow operation of the above-described method. | 04-30-2015 |
20150111333 | ADVANCED HYDROGENATION OF SILICON SOLAR CELLS - A method of hydrogenation of a silicon photovoltaic junction device is provided, the silicon photovoltaic junction device comprising p-type silicon semiconductor material and n-type silicon semiconductor material forming at least one p-n junction. | 04-23-2015 |
20150017793 | FORMATION OF LOCALISED MOLTEN REGIONS IN SILICON CONTAINING MULTIPLE IMPURITY TYPES - A method for creating an inwardly extending impurity distribution profile in a substrate comprising crystalline silicon material having a background doping of a first impurity type, comprising: a) providing one or more additional impurity sources with at least two different types of impurity atoms within the substrate or in proximity to the surface of the substrate, with each of these impurity atoms having different diffusion coefficients or segregation coefficients; b) locally melting a point on the surface of the substrate with a laser, whereby the at least two different types of impurity atoms are incorporated into the melted silicon material; c) removing the laser to allow the silicon material to recrystallise; d) controlling a rate of application and/or removal of the laser to control the creation of the impurity distribution profile, with different distribution profiles for each of the at least two types of impurity atoms in the recrystallised material. | 01-15-2015 |
20140322860 | METAL CONTACT SCHEME FOR SOLAR CELLS - A method of depositing metal on an exposed surface of a p-type semiconductor region of a semiconductor device comprising a p-n junction is disclosed, the method comprising: immersing the exposed surface of the p-type semiconductor region on which the metal is to be deposited in a solution of metal ions; producing an electric field in the semiconductor device such that the p-n junction is forward biased; electrochemically depositing the metal on the exposed surface of the p-type semiconductor region of the semiconductor device by reduction of metal ions in the solution. | 10-30-2014 |
20140307798 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATING AND RECOVERING MOTION INFORMATION - This invention describes a method for communicating crude motion information using tracking metadata and recovering more accurate motion information from the received tracking metadata and partial video frame data; in particular, we use metadata to convey crude boundaries of objects in the scene and signal motion information for these objects. The proposed method leaves the task of identifying the exact boundaries of an object to the decoder/client. The proposed method is particularly appealing when metadata itself carries semantics that the client is interested in, such as tracking information in surveillance applications, because, in this case, metadata does not constitute an overhead. The proposed method involves motion descriptions that can be used to predict the appearance of an object in any one frame from its appearance in any other frame that contains the object. That is, the motion information itself allows locations within an object to be invertibly mapped to locations within the same object in any other relevant frame. This is a departure from conventional motion coding schemes, which tightly-couple motion information to the prediction strategy. This property makes the proposed method particularly suitable for applications which require flexible access to the content. | 10-16-2014 |
20140251817 | METAL CONTACT SCHEME AND PASSIVATION SCHEME FOR SOLAR CELLS - A method of forming an oxide layer on an exposed surface of a semiconductor device which contains a p-n junction is disclosed, the method comprising: immersing the exposed surface of the semiconductor device in an electrolyte; producing an electric field in the semiconductor device such that the p-n junction is forward-biased and the exposed surface is anodic; and electrochemically oxidising the exposed surface to form an oxide layer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140221331 | REGULATION OF NITRIC OXIDE RELEASE AND BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT - The present invention relates generally to methods and compounds for regulating the release of nitric oxide in the vicinity of biofilm-forming microorganisms to regulate programmed cell death in the microorganisms and thereby promote dispersal of microorganism from biofilms and/or inhibit biofilm formation or development. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of compounds to provide spatial and temporal control over nitric oxide release. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220670 | METHOD OF COMPONENT ASSEMBLY ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of component assembly on a substrate, and an assembly of a bound component on a substrate. The method comprises the steps of forming a free-standing component having an optical characteristic; providing a pattern of a first binding species on the substrate or the free standing component; and forming a bound component on the substrate through a binding interaction via the first binding species; wherein the bound component exhibits substantially the same optical characteristic compared to the free-standing component. | 08-07-2014 |
20140194807 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AGENTS TO THE COCHLEA - Provided is a method of transfecting cells of the cochlea with an agent by electroporation, and in certain embodiments using a cochlear implant to provide at least one electroporation electrode. | 07-10-2014 |
20140174950 | ELECTROCHEMICAL COMPETITION SENSOR - A method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample. The method comprises the steps of: adding to the sample an antibody of the analyte; exposing to the sample a binding moiety capable of becoming associated with the antibody of the analyte, the binding moiety being associated with a redox active species that is bound to an electrode and electrochemically accessible to the electrode; and taking amperometric electrochemical measurements which indicate whether the electrochemistry of the redox active species has been modulated by the binding moiety associating with the antibody of the analyte. | 06-26-2014 |
20140174949 | ELECTROCHEMICAL AFFINITY SENSOR - An electrochemical sensor comprising an electrode having a protective layer; conductive nanoparticles bound to the protective layer; a redox active species bound to the conductive nanoparticles; and a binding moiety capable of associating with an analyte, the binding moiety being associated with the redox active species bound to the conductive nanoparticles. Association of a binding moiety with the analyte modulates the electrochemistry of the redox active species. | 06-26-2014 |
20140121165 | Induction of the Mitochondrial Permeability Transition - The present invention relates to process for identifying a compound which induces the mitochondrial permeability transition (MPT) in proliferating cells, wherein said process comprises contacting a cell or cell extract with a compound, determining whether the compound binds to adenine nucleotide translocator (ANT), and determining whether the compound selectively induces the MPT in proliferating cells. | 05-01-2014 |
20140113301 | DETECTION OF SAXITOXIN-PRODUCING DINOFLAGELLATES - The current disclosure generally relates to the field of saxitoxins and the identification of microorganisms capable of producing them. In particular, the saxitoxin A (sxtA) gene comprising catalytic domain sequences saxitoxin A1 (sxtA1) and saxitoxin A4 (sxtA4) is identified in a number of dinoflagellate species. The disclosure relates to methods of detection of saxitoxin-producing dinoflagellates by amplification and detection of the sxtA gene (in particular by PCR) and kits and primers for use in the method are also disclosed. Saxitoxin-producing dinoflagellate genera detected by the method include | 04-24-2014 |
20140102523 | HYBRID SOLAR CELL CONTACT - A solar cell and a method of forming a solar cell comprising: a semiconductor body having a p-n junction located between a front (light receiving) semiconductor region and a back (non-light receiving) semiconductor region; a dielectric layer extending over a front surface of the front semiconductor region; one or more elongate semiconductor fingers formed on the front surface of the front semiconductor region, the semiconductor fingers being exposed through the dielectric layer, more heavily doped than the remainder of the front semiconductor region and of the same dopant polarity; one or more elongate plated contacts formed to self align with and at least partially cover the semiconductor fingers; one or more metal collection fingers extending over the dielectric layer, generally transversely to the plated contacts. | 04-17-2014 |
20140020746 | METAL CONTACT SCHEME FOR SOLAR CELLS - A method of forming point metal electrical contacts to a semiconductor surface of a semiconductor device is provided. In a first step a first metal layer is formed over the semiconductor surface. The first metal layer is then anodised to create a porous metal-oxide layer formed over the semiconductor surface. The pores in the porous metal-oxide layer will thus form an array of openings in the porous metal-oxide layer. A contact metal layer is then formed over the porous metal-oxide layer such that parts of the contact metal layer extend into openings of the array of openings. The contact metal layer electrically contacts the semiconductor surface through the array of openings in the porous metal-oxide layer. A dielectric layer may optionally be formed over the semiconductor surface and the porous metal-oxide layer the formed over the dielectric layer and the contact metal then contacts the semiconductor surface through the dielectric layer. | 01-23-2014 |
20130310899 | STIMULATION METHOD FOR MAINTAINING THE RESPONSIVENESS OF ELECTRICALLY EXCITABLE CELLS TO REPEATED ELECTRICAL STIMULATION - A method of neural stimulation is described for maintaining the responsiveness of electrically excitable cells to repeated electrical stimulation. A stimulating signal ( | 11-21-2013 |
20130230606 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR REGULATING BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT - The present disclosure relates to methods for promoting dispersal of, or preventing formation of microbial biofilms, including: exposing a biofilm to an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent; treating a surface or medium susceptible to biofilm formation with an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent; incorporating an effective amount of nitric oxide or at least one nitric oxide generating or releasing agent in a surface or medium susceptible to biofilm formation; or inducing the accumulation of one or more reactive oxygen or nitrogen species within microorganisms within said biofilm or capable of forming a biofilm. The disclosure also relates to methods for maintaining or enhancing or maintaining and enhancing the functioning of a biofilm, comprising exposing a biofilm to at least one nitric oxide scavenger, at least one antioxidant or at least one nitric oxide scavenger and at least one antioxidant. The disclosure also relates to compositions for promoting dispersal of, or preventing formation of microbial biofilms, or for maintaining or enhancing or maintaining and enhancing the functioning of microbial biofilms. | 09-05-2013 |
20130144561 | OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING TIME-DECAY SIGNALS - Systems and methods for analysing a time-domain signal are described. The method comprising: in a mixer ( | 06-06-2013 |
20130056045 | SI CELLS WITH III-V MULTIJUNCTION CELLS - A solar conversion assembly comprises: a) a type III-V multiple cell stack solar cell device b) a silicon solar cell device c) a band splitting device located relative to the type III-V solar cell device and the silicon solar cell device. The band splitting device splits light falling on the splitting device into a plurality of wavelength bands and directs a first of said bands to the type III-V solar cell device and the second of said bands to the silicon solar cell device. | 03-07-2013 |
20130041027 | Organo-Arsenoxide Compounds and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to organo-arsenoxide compounds and to methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular proliferative diseases and disorders, including treatment of solid tumors and leukaemia. | 02-14-2013 |
20120316620 | METHOD OF POWER AND DATA TRANSFER IN IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system for transferring data and power between electronic devices implanted in a patient is described. The system comprises a first unit and a second unit that in use are both implanted in the patient and a cable connecting the first unit and the second unit. The first unit comprises a current supply unit that supplies a selected current output to the second unit via the cable and a processor configured to anticipate an action to be performed by the second unit and to select the current output dependent on the anticipated action. | 12-13-2012 |
20120282722 | METALLIZATION METHOD FOR SILICON SOLAR CELLS - A method of forming contacts on a surface emitter of a silicon solar cell is provided. In the method an n-type diffusion of a surface is performed to form a doped emitter surface layer that has a sheet resistance of 10-40 Ω/□. The emitter surface layer is then etched back to increase the sheet resistance of the emitter surface layer. Finally the surface is selectively plated. | 11-08-2012 |
20120225083 | VIRAL POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS - The invention is directed to polypeptides and polypeptide fragments from HIV-1 envelope (Env) proteins following the characterization of Env structures from environments where HIV isolates expose conserved neutralization-sensitive Env structures. There is provided a polypeptide being all or a fragment of an HIV-1 envelope protein from a transmission strain of HIV-1, the polypeptide having neutralization sensitive epitopes that are accessible. | 09-06-2012 |
20120222737 | HOT CARRIER ENERGY CONVERSION STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating a hot carrier energy conversion structure, and a hot carrier energy conversion structure. The method comprises forming an energy selective contact ESC comprising a tunnelling layer; forming a carrier generation layer on the ESC; and forming a semiconductor contact without a tunnelling layer on the carrier generation layer. | 09-06-2012 |
20120214856 | TREATMENT FOR CANCER - The present invention provides methods for the treatment of tumors, comprising administration of an effective amount of at least one taxoid and an effective amount of at least one benzimidazol carbamate compound of formula (I). The invention also provides a method for the treatment of tumors insensitive to one or more anti-mitotic drugs, the method comprising administering a effective amount of at least one benzimidazole carbamate compound of formula (I). Also provide are compositions for carrying out methods of the invention. | 08-23-2012 |
20120191032 | METHOD OF PROVIDING AGENTS TO THE COCHLEA - Provided is a method of transfecting cells of the cochlea with an agent by electroporation, and in certain embodiments using a cochlear implant to provide at least one electroporation electrode. | 07-26-2012 |
20120100217 | POLYMERIC MATERIAL - Disclosed herein is a polymeric material comprising a conductive polymer substantially homogeneously distributed within a hydrogel. Also disclosed are methods for making the polymeric material and uses for the polymeric material. | 04-26-2012 |
20110239822 | PRODUCTION OF FERRO-ALLOYS - A method for producing a ferro-alloy, such as steel, in an electric arc furnace or other suitable metallurgical furnace is disclosed. The method comprises supplying a mixture of (a) a carbon-containing polymer that is capable of acting as a slag foaming agent and (b) another source of carbon into the furnace during at least a part of a power-on phase of the method. A metallurgical furnace is also disclosed. | 10-06-2011 |
20110229448 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ANTIGEN-SPECIFIC REGULATORY T CELLS - A method of identifying an antigen-specific regulatory T cell (Treg) from a subject is discussed wherein the method comprises quantitatively or qualitatively detecting co-expression of each of cell markers CD4, CD25 and CD134, or alternatively, N each of cell markers CD8, CD25 and CD137, as well as one or more cell markers selected from the group of Treg cell markers consisting of CD39, CD73, CD127, CTLA-4 and Foxp3 on a cell in a suitable lymphocyte-containing sample from the subject in response to exposure to a target antigen. Also discussed are methods of isolating and expanding the identified antigen-specific Treg population, which may permit antigen-specific Treg cell therapy. | 09-22-2011 |
20110213614 | METHOD OF ANALYSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method of analysing an audio signal is disclosed. A digital representation of an audio signal is received and a first output function is generated based on a response of a physiological model to the digital representation. At least one property of the first output function may be determined. One or more values are determined for use in analysing the audio signal, based on the determined property of the first output function. | 09-01-2011 |
20110129842 | CYANOBACTERIA SAXITOXIN GENE CLUSTER AND DETECTION OF CYANOTOXIC ORGANISMS - The present invention relates to methods for the detection of cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and in particular, methods for the detection of cyanotoxic organisms. Kits for the detection of cyanobacteria, dinoflagellates, and cyanotoxic organisms are provided. The invention further relates to methods of screening for compounds that modulate the activity of polynucleotides and/or polypeptides of the saxitoxin and cylindrospermopsin biosynthetic pathways. | 06-02-2011 |
20100279394 | METHOD OF COMPONENT ASSEMBLY ON A SUBSTRATE - A method of component assembly on a substrate, and an assembly of a bound component on a substrate. The method comprises the steps of forming a free-standing component having an optical characteristic; providing a pattern of a first binding species on the substrate or the free standing component; and forming a bound component on the substrate through a binding interaction via the first binding species; wherein the bound component exhibits substantially the same optical characteristic compared to the free-standing component. | 11-04-2010 |
20100261218 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING SECONDARY METABOLITES - The invention relates to methods for producing secondary metabolites using transformed | 10-14-2010 |
20100159030 | METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MODULATING THE SENSITIVITY OF TUMOR CELLS TO ANTI-MITOTIC AGENTS AND FOR MODULATING TURMORGENICITY - Provided herein is a method of screening a tumour cell for resistance to a tubulin-binding agent, the method comprising detecting the expression of any one or more of class II, class III and class IVb β-tubulin by the tumour cell, wherein the expression of any one or more of class II, class III and class IVb β-tubulin indicates that the tumour cell has resistance or potential resistance to the tubulin-binding agent. Also provided are methods of modulating the sensitivity of a tumour cell. Also provided is a method of modulating the tumorigenesis of a tumour cell. | 06-24-2010 |
20100147108 | Production of Ferro-Alloys - A method for producing a Ferro-alloy in an electric arc furnace is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of removing steel from a carbon-containing organic material, and charging the furnace with the carbon-containing organic material product. | 06-17-2010 |
20100104647 | HOLLOW MICROPARTICLES - The invention provides a process for making hollow microparticles. The process comprises providing a dispersion having a continuous aqueous phase and a discontinuous organic phase and polymerising a monomer in the dispersion to form hollow polymeric microparticles. The continuous aqueous phase of the dispersion comprises a stabiliser and the discontinuous organic phase of the dispersion comprises the monomer and an organic liquid. The monomer has two or more polymerisable groups per molecule. Prior to the step of polymerising the monomer, the discontinuous organic phase does not contain a polymer. | 04-29-2010 |
20100041749 | Organo-Arsenoxide Compounds and Use Thereof - The present invention relates to organo-arsenoxide compounds and to methods for their synthesis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to their use in the treatment of diseases and disorders, in particular proliferative diseases and disorders, including treatment of solid tumors and leukaemia. | 02-18-2010 |
20100028378 | TOXIN-ANTITOXIN SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - The present invention relates to the discovery of a toxin-antitoxin system in opportunistic human pathogen | 02-04-2010 |
20090308429 | THIN-FILM SOLAR MODULE - A thin-film solar cell module and a method of interconnecting thin-film solar cells are described. The method comprises forming one or more grooves ( | 12-17-2009 |
20090286838 | TREATMENT FOR CANCER - The present invention provides methods for the treatment of tumors, comprising administration of an effective amount of at least one taxoid and an effective amount of at least one benzimidazol carbamate compound of formula (I). The invention also provides a method for the treatment of tumors insensitive to one or more anti-mitotic drugs, the method comprising administering an effective amount of at least one benzimidazole carbamate compound of formula (I). Also provide are compositions for carrying out methods of the invention. | 11-19-2009 |
20090218239 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR - Disclosed herein is an electrochemical sensor for detecting an analyte. The sensor comprises an electrode, a redox active species that is electrochemically accessible to the electrode, and a binding moiety capable of associating with the analyte, wherein association of the binding moiety with the analyte affects the electrochemistry of the redox active species. Also disclosed herein is a method for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample. | 09-03-2009 |
20090105317 | VEGF Inhibition - The present invention provides methods for inhibiting VEGF production or secretion in a subject comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound of Formula I. The invention also provides methods for the treatment or prevention of conditions associated with abnormal levels of VEGF production or secretion. | 04-23-2009 |
20080276986 | Photolithography Method For Contacting Thin-Film Semiconductor Structures - A photolithography method for contacting one or more contact regions of a thin-film semiconductor structure on a transparent supporting material is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming one or more openings ( | 11-13-2008 |