07th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150044584 | Fuel Cell System - A fuel cell system, provided with: a fuel-generating material which generates a fuel by a chemical reaction and which can be regenerated by a reverse reaction of the aforementioned chemical reaction; a first fuel cell in which gas is circulated with respect to the fuel-generating material; and a second fuel cell for generating power using a fuel gas introduced from an external gas supply source. The amount of heat generated in the second fuel cell performing a power generation operation is transmitted to the first fuel cell preforming an electrolysis operation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044585 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell to generate electric power; a casing accommodating at least the fuel cell, the casing including an air inlet and an exhaust outlet; a supply passage connected to the air inlet, to introduce external air into the casing; an exhaust passage connected to the exhaust outlet, to exchange heat with the supply passage and discharge at least air inside the casing; an air supply device to introduce the external air into the casing; a temperature detector to detect a temperature; and a controller configured to control at least the air supply device. If the temperature detected by the temperature detector after the controller has caused the air supply device to operate is lower than or equal to a first predetermined temperature, the controller reduces an amount of air supplied by the air supply device and causes the air supply device to continue operating. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044586 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a fuel cell system that is advantageous for maintaining an S/C value in an appropriate region even when a rotational speed of the water pump is abnormal with respect to a target rotational speed region during a power generation operation of a fuel cell. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044587 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - To provide a solid oxide fuel cell system capable of avoiding the reduction of air electrodes. The present invention is a fuel cell system having: a fuel cell module, a fuel supply apparatus, a water supply apparatus, an air supply apparatus, a reformer, and a control section for controlling the extraction of power from a fuel cell module, whereby the controller includes a shutdown stop circuit for executing a shutdown stop when the fuel cell stack is above the oxidation suppression temperature, and after execution of a shutdown stop, during a period when pressure on the fuel electrode side is sufficiently higher than pressure on the air electrode side, and no reverse flow of air to the fuel electrode side is occurring, a temperature drop operation is executed whereby high temperature air remaining on the air electrode side is discharged. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044588 | PLASMA-CATALYZED, THERMALLY-INTEGRATED REFORMER FOR FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - A reformer is disclosed in one embodiment of the invention as including a channel to convey a preheated plurality of reactants containing both a feedstock fuel and an oxidant. A plasma generator is provided to apply an electrical potential to the reactants sufficient to ionize one or more of the reactants. These ionized reactants are then conveyed to a reaction zone where they are chemically transformed into synthesis gas containing a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. A heat transfer mechanism is used to transfer heat from an external heat source to the reformer to provide the heat of reformation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044589 | FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module includes a first area where an exhaust gas combustor and a start-up combustor are provided, an annular second area around the first area where a heat exchanger is provided, an annular third area around the second area where a reformer is provided, an annular fourth area around the third area where an evaporator is provided, and a first partition member provided between the first area and the second area. The first partition member has a combustion gas hole for allowing the combustion gas to flow from the first area to the second area. A baffle circular member is provided inside the first partition member, between the exhaust gas combustor and the start-up combustor. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044590 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FUEL CELL STACK FOR A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method for operating a fuel cell stack ( | 2015-02-12 |
20150044591 | Fuel Cell Pack and Fuel Cell Pack Assembly - A fuel cell pack is disclosed. The fuel cell pack has N membrane electrode assemblies, N−1 connected conductive planes, an independent first electrode conductive layer, and an independent second electrode conductive layer, wherein N is an integer and 2≦N≦3000. Each connected conductive plane has a first electrode conductive layer and a second electrode conductive layer, wherein the first electrode conductive layer connects to the second electrode conductive layer. The independent first electrode conductive layer is corresponding to the second electrode conductive layer of the N−1th connected conductive plane; the independent second electrode conductive layer is corresponding to the first electrode conductive layer of the 1 | 2015-02-12 |
20150044592 | FUEL CELL STACK - In a fuel cell stack, voltage detecting terminals are disposed on a second separator and a third separator of a power generation unit, whereas a voltage detecting terminal is not disposed on a first separator of the power generation unit. Among terminal plates of the fuel cell stack, another voltage detecting terminal is disposed only on the terminal plate that is in contact with the first separator. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044593 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - To provide a polymer electrolyte fuel cell having a high cell voltage. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044594 | PROCESSES FOR PRODUCING CATALYST-LAYER-SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE, CATALYST-LAYER-SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - A catalyst-layer-supporting substrate comprising a substrate supporting a catalyst layer; wherein the catalyst layer comprises two or more porous catalyst metal particle layers that are superposed alternately with (i) two or more intersticed layers comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Sn, Al, and Cu; or (ii) two or more fibrous carbon layers having interstices among fibers of the fibrous carbon. A method for forming a catalyst-layer-supporting structure that comprises porous catalyst metal particle by removing a pore-forming metal from a mixture layer containing a pore-forming metal and a catalyst metal. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044595 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS, ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELLS AND USES THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to suppress flooding phenomenon in an electrode catalyst for fuel cells containing a metal atom, a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom. A production process of an electrode catalyst for fuel cells is provided which includes a fluorination step of bringing a catalyst body into contact with fluorine, the catalyst body having an atom of at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of zinc, titanium, niobium, zirconium, aluminum, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, copper, strontium, yttrium, tin, tungsten, cerium, samarium and lanthanum, a carbon atom, a nitrogen atom and an oxygen atom. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044596 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAMINATE, AND FUEL CELL - Provided is a solid electrolyte laminate comprising a solid electrolyte layer having proton conductivity and a cathode electrode layer laminated on one side of the solid electrolyte layer and made of lanthanum strontium cobalt oxide (LSC). Also provided is a method for manufacturing the solid electrolyte. This solid electrolyte laminate can further comprise an anode electrode layer made of nickel-yttrium doped barium zirconate (Ni—BZY). This solid electrolyte laminate is suitable for a fuel cell operating in an intermediate temperature range less than or equal to 600° C. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044597 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE, SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAMINATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTE LAMINATE, AND FUEL CELL - Provided is a solid electrolyte made of yttrium-doped barium zirconate having hydrogen ion conductivity, a doped amount of yttrium being 15 mol % to 20 mol %, and a rate of increase in lattice constant at 100° C. to 1000° C. with respect to temperature changes being substantially constant. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the solid electrolyte. This solid electrolyte can be formed as a thin film, and a solid electrolyte laminate can be obtained by laminating electrode layers on this solid electrolyte. This solid electrolyte can be applied to an intermediate temperature operating fuel cell. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044598 | LIQUID DRUM TYPE FUEL CELL-METAL RECOVERY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a liquid drum type fuel cell-metal recovery apparatus, which can produce power through electrochemical oxidation of coal by continuously receiving coal/metal oxide mixed particles. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044599 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack, a cathode supply flow passage which is connected to the fuel cell stack and through which cathode gas flows, a cathode off-gas flow passage which is connected to the fuel cell stack and discharges cathode off-gas, a bypass flow passage which is branched off from the cathode supply flow passage and through which a part of the cathode gas flows while bypassing the fuel cell stack, a bypass valve configured to regulate a bypass flow rate in the bypass flow passage and include an atmosphere communication hole, and an anode off-gas flow passage which is connected to the fuel cell stack and discharges anode off-gas. The anode off-gas flow passage joins the bypass flow passage at a side downstream of the cathode off-gas flow passage or the bypass valve, and the bypass valve is formed with a clearance configured to leak a predetermined quantity of gas even in a fully closed state. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044600 | DOUBLE-EXPOSURE MASK STRUCTURE AND PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD THEREOF - Double-exposure mask structure and photolithography. method for performing a photolithography process on a substrate are provided. The substrate has a central region and a margin region. A double-exposure mask structure includes a plurality of parallel and spaced first masks corresponding to the central region, a plurality of parallel and spaced second masks corresponding to the central region, and a plurality of auxiliary masks. The second masks intersect the first masks to form a plurality of overlapping regions. The auxiliary masks are not in contact with one another, and correspond to the Second masks to assist the overlapping regions neighboring to the auxiliary masks to have sufficient depth of focus for photolithography. With the auxiliary masks, the overlapping regions in the central region and neighboring to the margin region can have preferred photolithography and etching effect. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044601 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes toner particles containing a binder resin containing a polyester resin forming a sea part and a vinyl resin forming an island part of a sea-island structure, a first release agent existing in the sea part in a domain state, and a second release agent existing in the island part in a domain state, wherein when a cross-sectional area of the second release agent is set to A1 and a cross-sectional area of the first release agent is set to B1 in a cross section of the toner particles, a relationship of 0.2≦A1/B1≦0.8 is satisfied. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044602 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE-DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided an electrostatic image-developing toner containing an amorphous polyester resin, a crystalline polyester resin, and a resin particle incompatible with the amorphous polyester resin, wherein the amorphous polyester resin contains an amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond and a surface layer part contains a crosslinking product of the amorphous polyester resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044603 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - The present invention addresses the problem of providing an electrophotographic toner which has excellent storage property, is excellent in offset resistance and low-temperature fixing property during printing and has few substances causing staining with time, odor or dust inside a copy machine or a printer. The present invention relates to an electrophotographic toner characterized by containing an ethylene copolymer which comprises a constituent unit (a) derived from ethylene in an amount of 80 to 99.5% by mol and a constituent unit (b) derived from a cyclic olefin of 8 or more carbon atoms in an amount of 0.5 to 20% by mol [(a)+(b)=100% by mol] and satisfies the requirements: (i) the intrinsic viscosity [η] is in the range of 0.01 to 0.50 dl/g, and (ii) the crystallinity is in the range of 50 to 90%. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044604 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGES - The present invention provides a toner for developing electrostatic images, which is configured to keep excellent heat-resistant storage stability, increase charge stability against environmental changes, and show excellent stability even after a long period of storage. Disclosed is a toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising an external additive and colored resin particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant and a charge control agent, wherein the charge control agent is a positively-chargeable charge control agent, and wherein the toner further contains 80 to 500 ppm of a cyano group-containing hydrocarbon compound having a molecular weight of 100 to 300. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044605 | DEVELOPER, METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING DEVELOPER - A developer of the present disclosure contains: toner particles each containing a binder resin and a magnetic powder; cross-linked polyester resin particles having a particle size of 2 μm or more and 30 μm or less; and an external additive. The toner particles and the cross-linked polyester resin particles are externally treated with the external additive in the same manner. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044606 | POROUS TONER AND PROCESS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A process includes forming a filter cake from a slurry of emulsion aggregation toner particles and washing the filter cake with an alcohol to create porous toner particles. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044607 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CARRIER CORE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, CARRIER CORE PARTICLES FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - A method for manufacturing carrier core particles for electrophotographic developer that include manganese, magnesium, and iron as a core composition. The method includes a granulation step (A) of granulating a mixture of raw materials containing manganese, magnesium, and iron with a reducing agent added at a ratio of 0.10% to 1.00% by mass to a total mass of the raw materials containing manganese, magnesium, and iron, and a firing step of firing the granular material granulated in the granulation step. The firing step includes a first heating step (C) of applying heat at a constant temperature ranging from 500° C. to 800° C. in an atmosphere with an oxygen concentration of 1000 ppm to 15000 ppm for a predetermined period of time and a second heating step (D) of applying heat at a temperature higher than 800° C. for a predetermined period of time after the first heating step. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044608 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POLYMER FOR LITHOGRAPHY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIST COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HAVING PATTERN | 2015-02-12 |
20150044609 | COMPOSITIONS AND PROCESSES FOR IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY - New photoresist compositions are provided that are useful for immersion lithography. Preferred photoresist compositions of the invention comprises two or more distinct materials that can be substantially non-mixable with a resin component of the resist. Particularly preferred photoresists of the invention can exhibit reduced leaching of resist materials into an immersion fluid contacting the resist layer during immersion lithography processing. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044610 | PHOTOSENSITIVE CONDUCTIVE PASTE - A photosensitive conductive paste provides a coating film having good storage stability, is capable of maintaining high adhesion under relatively low temperature curing conditions, and is also capable of exhibiting high conductivity. The photosensitive conductive paste contains (A) conductive particles, (B) a photosensitive component, (C) a photopolymerization initiator and (D) an epoxy resin, wherein the epoxy resin (D) has an epoxy equivalent weight of 200-500 g/equivalent. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044611 | PHOTO-CURABLE AND THERMO-CURABLE RESIN COMPOSTION, AND DRY FILM SOLDER RESIST - The present invention relates to a photo-curable and thermo-curable resin composition that can provide a dry film solder resist having a higher glass transition temperature and improved heat resistance reliability, and the dry film solder resist. Said resin composition may include an acid-modified oligomer including an iminocarbonate-based compound having a carboxy group (—COOH) and a photo-curable unsaturated functional group, a photo-polymerizable monomer having two or more photo-curable unsaturated functional groups, a thermo-curable binder having a thermo-curable functional group, and a photo-initiator. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044612 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSORS AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - Lithographic printing plates and processes for preparing the lithographic printing plates are provided. The plates have excellent printing durability, staining resistance and staining resistance over time. The lithographic printing plate precursor includes: a substrate; a photosensitive layer provided on the substrate; and an extra layer optionally provided between the substrate and the photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer or the extra layer adjacent to the substrate contains (A) a copolymer. The copolymer (A) includes: (a1) a repeating unit of formula (a1-1) below in a side chain, and (a2) a repeating unit having at least one of the structures represented by formulae (a2-1) to (a2-6) shown in the specification in a side chain. L | 2015-02-12 |
20150044613 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME - A chemically amplified photosensitive resin composition including a compound represented by formula (1) and/or formula (4), a resin having an acid-dissociative dissolution-controlling group whose solubility in alkali increases under the action of an acid or an alkali-soluble resin, a photoacid generator, and an organic solvent, in which the solid concentration is 40% by mass to 65% by mass. R | 2015-02-12 |
20150044614 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus which performs drawing on a substrate with a plurality of charged particle beams, the apparatus comprising a blanker array including a plurality of blankers and configured to individually blank the plurality of charged particle beams, a plurality of deflectors configured to individually deflect a plurality of charged particle beam groups constituting the plurality of charged particle beams, and a controller configured to individually control positions of the plurality of charged particle beam groups by the plurality of deflectors, and individually control blanking of the plurality of charged particle beams by the blanker array, based on information of a region on the substrate where a shot region exists. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044615 | DRAWING DATA GENERATING METHOD, PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - A method generates drawing data for performing drawing on a substrate with a plurality of charged particle beams based on pattern data representing a pattern to be drawn on the substrate. The method includes: a grouping step of grouping the plurality of charged particle beams into a plurality of groups based on a displacement amount of an irradiation position of each of the plurality of charged particle beams from target position thereof; and a generating step of generating the drawing data by changing the pattern data with respect to each of the plurality of groups based on the displacement amount of each of the plurality of charged particle beams. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044616 | METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS - A method of forming patterns includes (a) coating a substrate with a resist composition for negative development to form a resist film, wherein the resist composition contains a resin capable of increasing the polarity by the action of the acid and becomes more soluble in a positive developer and less soluble in a negative developer upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, (b) forming a protective film on the resist film with a protective film composition after forming the resist film and before exposing the resist film, (c) exposing the resist film via an immersion medium, and (d) performing development with a negative developer. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044617 | METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A method of forming a resist pattern, and a film including a metal-containing compound formed on the resist pattern while developing the resist pattern. The method uses an organic solvent developer liquid, in which a metal compound capable of generating a hydroxyl group upon hydrolysis is dissolved in an organic solvent that does not have a functional group that reacts with the metal compound. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044618 | ADJUSTABLE AND ROBUST RADIANT WALL BURNER TIP - A radiant wall burner apparatus. The apparatus includes an orifice for the introduction of fuel gas into an elongated mixing conduit for the directional flow and mixing of the fuel gas with combustion air provided through an inlet. The fuel gas and air mixture terminates through an adjustable burner tip. The radiant wall burner apparatus and burner tip allow for a two-leaf, adjustable radiant wall burner tip design that is less susceptible to heat deformation, flashback, and self-destruction, having fewer manufacturing issues, and having the capability to use hydrogen as a fuel source. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044619 | Carrier for Ultra-Thin Substrates and Method of Use - A substrate carrier, including: a baffle having a continuous perimeter sidewall surrounding an enclosed region; and one or more standoffs attached to an inside surface of the perimeter sidewall, the one or more standoffs extending into the enclosed region and below a bottom edge of the perimeter sidewall, the one or more standoffs each having a lip located between an upper edge of the baffle and the lower edge of the baffle. Also, a method of annealing substrates using the substrate carrier. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044620 | PET BLOW MOULDING MACHINES - A blow moulding machine for blow moulding a container having an integrally formed handle; said container blow moulded from a previously injection moulded preform; said preform comprising a body portion and said integrally formed handle; said machine including a preform loading station at which said preform is oriented by a preform orienting apparatus. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044621 | SUBSTRATE TREATMENT PROCESS - In a substrate treatment process, substrates are moved by a transporting device in a transporting direction through a substrate treatment installation having a number of chambers. The substrates are moved by transporting sections of the transporting device driven independently of one another. The transporting sections are driven such that, if substrates dwell temporarily in the transporting section, they are moved back and forth. Stresses in a substrate brought about by differing inputs of heat as a result of both process-induced and malfunction-induced dwell times of the substrate in a chamber are reduced by compensating within the chamber for a structurally brought about input of heat into the substrate, varying periodically over the length of the chamber, during temporary dwelling of the substrate in the chamber by moving the substrate back and forth over at least one period of the heat input by a change of the transporting direction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044622 | HEATER MOVING TYPE SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is a substrate processing apparatus. The substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber providing an inner space in which a process with respect to a substrate is performed, a heating plate on which the substrate is placed, the heating plate being fixedly disposed within the chamber, a heater spaced from a lower portion of the heating plate to heat the heating plate, and a lift module lifting the heater. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044623 | LOW-VISCOSITY LIQUID RADIATION CURABLE DENTAL ALIGNER MOLD RESIN COMPOSITIONS FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING - Liquid radiation curable resin compositions for additive manufacturing comprising: from about 5 to about 30 wt % of an oxetane; a (meth)acrylate component; a cationic photoinitiator; a free-radical photoinitiator; and from about 50 to about 80 wt % of an epoxy, which further comprises a cycloaliphatic epoxy component, and an epoxy component having an aromatic glycidyl ether group, wherein the majority of the epoxy is the cycloaliphatic epoxy component are described and claimed. Also described and claimed is a process for using the liquid radiation curable resins for additive manufacturing to create molds for dental aligners, and the three-dimensional molds made from the liquid radiation curable resins for additive manufacturing. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044624 | ORTHODONTIC DEVICE - An orthodontic/orthognathic device for correcting and changing tooth placements and bone structure, and a method of using orthodontic/orthognathic device for tooth movement, correcting syndromic conditions of the mouth and osteogenetic correction. The device may be used for maxillary distraction and expansion as well as mandibular separation and expansion. The device can be controlled by computer to direct tooth and bone placement. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044625 | Flexible Orthodontic Splint - Provided is an orthodontic splint and related methods, which use two or more bonding pads and a flexible connector beam that deflects in response to stress, effectively reducing the amount of stress felt by the adhesive. The connector beam has a non-uniform cross-section along its length, thereby shifting the maximum stress away from the ends of the beam and toward the mid-point of the beam. Further, the connector beam attached to each base along locations remote from the outer edge of the base. These splint configurations can decrease the likelihood of bond failure and improve fatigue performance by causing stress, and associated strain, encountered during treatment to be spread more evenly along the length of the beam. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044626 | METHOD FOR REDUCING ABRASION CAUSED BY BRACES - Method for reducing abrasion caused by braces to the interior of a user's mouth are provided in which one of several types of polymeric materials are applied to the braces within the user's mouth and permitted to set, thereby providing an insulative coating of the braces that would otherwise scrape against the interior of the user's mouth and permitting the user to both eat and brush their teeth without substantially impacting the insulative property of the material or dislodging the material from the braces, the material being configured to be removable from the braces with tweezers or the like when the user desires to replace the material periodically. Such materials include compounds from the group consisting of hydrocolloids and elastomers. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044627 | DENTAL POSITIONER - Various embodiments of the present invention seek to alleviate patient discomfort and inconvenience by eliminating the need to take the dental impression. For some embodiments, a dental positioner appliance is fabricated from a digital model of optimally-aligned and optimally-fit teeth. Using the digital model removes the need to physically take a dental impression of a patient. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044628 | Apparatus For Dental Treatment - An apparatus for treatment of teeth, including one or more dental treatment applicators having at least two walls and a floor, the walls and floor defining a well configured to accommodate at least one human dental arcade and an active agent, one or more energy-applying element located on at least one of the walls and wherein the improvement of the apparatus comprises paired dental treatment applicators configured to be applied to both upper and lower dental arcades concurrently and a number of dental treatment accelerating elements and fields. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044629 | Oral Care Tools and Systems - The present invention is directed to oral care systems having an oral care tool and a first software application. The oral care tool includes a cleaning module, a sensing module and a communications module. The first software application is run on a computing device, such as a mobile computing device, that receives the data from the sensing module and reproduces a simulated image reflecting the result of brushing. The mobile computing device can be linked to a cloud server that receives data from the first software application and saves detailed brushing data for each user. The first software application visualizes brushing and transforms brush into fun game. The cloud server collects and stores the detailed brushing data and provides it to users and care providers. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044630 | ROOT CANAL FILLING MATERIALS AND METHODS - In various embodiments of a method for filling root canal spaces, the root canal spaces are cleaned and irrigated, for example, by any suitable endodontic procedure, and the irrigating liquid is not removed from the canal spaces prior to filling. In some embodiments, a hydrophobic filler material is introduced into the root canal spaces while they are filled with liquid. As the canal spaces are filled, the hydrophobic filler material displaces the liquid and drives it out of the canal spaces, towards the crown of the tooth, where it can be removed. The hydrophobic filler material may comprise magnetically responsive particles having a hydrophobic surface coating that are compacted into the root canal spaces by application of a magnetic force field. In other embodiments, hydrophilic filler material in a flowable phase is introduced into the canal spaces where it partly displaces and partly absorbs the irrigating liquid before solidifying. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044631 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENDODONTIC TREATMENT - An apparatus for endodontic treatment, comprising: a nozzle connected to a fluid source comprising: a tip small enough to be inserted into a pulp chamber of a tooth; an inner geometry which forms a flow parameters including non-axial flow direction of nozzle fluid flowing through the inner geometry such that discharge fluid discharged from the inner geometry increase rotation of root canal fluid within a root canal sufficiently to remove tissue from the root canal. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044632 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING TEETH - Various embodiments for cleaning carious regions of a tooth are disclosed herein. For example, a dental apparatus can include a fluid platform having a chamber sized and shaped to retain fluid. The chamber can be configured to be coupled to the tooth over the carious region. A pressure wave generator having a distal end may be configured to be positioned in the chamber. The pressure wave generator may be configured to generate pressure waves in the retained fluid sufficient to clean the carious region. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044633 | WATER KIT ASSEMBLY - A water kit assembly is disclosed which comprises a pouch having a first compartment for storing a volume of water therein and an openable second compartment for storing a tubing therein for connection to the first compartment, a port having a seal extending out of the first compartment into the second compartment, the tubing for insertion into the port and for connection to a dental unit for providing water from the first compartment through the tubing to the dental unit, and an adapter connected to the first compartment, the adapter for being connected to a source of compressed air for facilitating movement of the quantity of water in the first compartment through the tubing to the dental unit. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044634 | Root Canal Probe Tool and Method of Removing a Broken Instrument Fragment from a Root Canal - In endodontic therapy, a probe tool is disclosed which enables the removal of a broken file or instrument fragment wedged in a root canal of a tooth. A shank portion of the probe tool is made at least in part from flexible planar sheet material such as stainless spring steel. In a preferred method of use, a dental handpiece transfers oscillations or other cyclical rapid motions through the inventive probe tool to the root canal wall at the juncture with the embedded fragment. A portion of the shank end of the probe tool may be coated with abrasive material. The rapid motions or oscillations imparted to the flexible probe abrade the area where the fragment is wedged and yet minimize collateral damage to adjacent dentinal surfaces. Other types of dental handpieces can be used to transfer vibrational, reciprocating, hammering or circulatory motion to the probe tool when necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the abrading process. Another embodiment of the probe tool comprises a hook type barb to catch the loosened instrument fragment facilitating its removal from a root canal. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044635 | ABUTMENT CAPABLE OF ACCOMMODATING CORE CROWNS MANUFACTURED AT VARIOUS ANGLES AND FUNCTIONING AS A HEALING ABUTMENT HAVING A CAP ATTACHED THERETO, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENTAL IMPLANT PROSTHESES USING THE ABUTMENT, AND METHOD FOR IMPLANT SURGERY USING THE ABUTMENT - The present invention relates to an abutment capable of accommodating core crowns manufactured at various angles and functioning as a healing abutment having a cap attached thereto, to a method for manufacturing dental implant prostheses using the abutment, and to a method for implant surgery using the abutment wherein the abutment consists of an artificial tooth crown (core crown) for an abutment formed in an upper portion of a fixture and is directly bonded using cement rather than using a healing abutment, and grooves are further formed in the upper portion of the abutment and the lower portion of the crown so as to widen the contact area between the abutment and the crown, and the abutment has a protrusion at a side surface thereof. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044636 | BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIAL BARS APT TO PREVENT THE INTERDENTAL BONE PEAK RESORPTION FOLLOWING DENTAL PROCEDURES AND / OR PERIODONTAL DISEASES - Biocompatible material bars adapted to prevent the interdental bone peak resorption following dental procedures and/or periodontal diseases are described. The biocompatible material bars have different shapes, are made out of biocompatible material and have different surface treatments, which avoid the interdental bone peaks resportion following dental procedures and/or periodontal diseases. The bars of biocompatible material are thin and likewise small-sized in length and width in order to fit the interdental bone size. The bars may have different shapes which make them suitable to be completely inserted into the interdental home, thus matching its shape and size without portions external to the bone. The bars may have surface treatments which favour their implantation and osseointegration. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044637 | DENTAL ABUTMENT SYSTEM - A dental implant screw for holding an abutment on a dental implant includes a head and a shaft. A proximal end of the shaft is coupled to the head. The shaft includes a threaded section, an outwardly tapered section leading into a recessed section, and a stop section directly between the outwardly tapered section and the recessed section. The recessed section is directly between the head and the stop section. The threaded section is directly adjacent a distal end of the shaft and is configured to engage threads of an internally threaded bore in the dental implant to hold the abutment on the dental implant. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044638 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant is provided configured to reduce micro-vibrational forces when in use, the implant having a first end with a plurality of threads, a first helical thread having an angle of about 5 degrees with respect to the transverse axis, and a set of threads having an angle of greater than about 50 degrees with respect to the transverse axis; each helical thread of the plurality of threads having a cross section that is arcuate in profile with non-planar flanks and a non-planar root. The implant also includes a second end configured as an abutment to accept a prosthetic device thereon, where the abutment has at least one annular groove positioned generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to mate with an internal projection on a prosthetic device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044639 | Arrangement for Obtaining Reliable Anchoring of a Threaded Implant in a Bone - In an arrangement for obtaining reliable anchoring of a threaded implant in dentine, a hole is made in the bone substance. In the side wall of the hole it is possible to establish an internal threading which can cooperate with an external threading on the implant. The implant threading is arranged to force the bone substance out in essentially radial directions as a function of the extent to which the implant is screwed into the hole. The threading is arranged to effect greater forcing out of the bone substance at the outer parts of the hole than at the inner parts of the hole. The degree of forcing out is adapted in relation to the softness of the bone in order to achieve the reliable anchoring. Along at least part of the longitudinal direction of the implant, the implant threading can be given a non-circular configuration for the purpose of obtaining improved rotational stability in soft/weak bone. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044640 | ENDODONTIC POST ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING THE SAME - An endodontic post assembly includes a connecting member and a plurality of post structures. The connecting member includes a base and a plurality of connecting nodes connected to the base. Each of the post structures has a root portion connected to a respective one of the connecting nodes, and an apical portion opposite to the root portion. A method of producing the endodontic post assembly and a method of using a sterilization package in endodontic treatment are also provided. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IN-VEHICLE OPERATOR TRAINING - An on-vehicle system for assessing an operator's efficiency of a vehicle, include sensors, an audiovisual display device, a processor and a data storage. The sensors measure or detect conditions of components of the vehicle, and convert the detected conditions into analog or digital information. The data storage stores program instructions, the analog or digital information from the sensors, and other data. The program instructions, when executed by the processor, control the on-vehicle system to determine a state of the vehicle within a vehicle's environment based on the analog or digital information from the sensors, determine whether one or more of a predetermined set of behaviors has occurred based on the determined state of a vehicle, assess performance of the determined one or more of the predetermined set of behaviors, and present the operator, via the audiovisual display device, a feedback based on the assessment. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044642 | Methods and Systems for Learning Computer Programming - A computer-implemented method for providing output(s) of machine readable instructions comprises providing software comprising one or more lines of machine-readable instructions. The one or more lines are associated with an output upon execution by a computer processor, and the output comprises at least one visual and/or audible component. Next, the software is executed using a computer processor to generate the output. The one or more lines of machine-readable instructions and the output are then displayed on an electronic display of the user. In some cases, the one or more lines of machine-readable instructions and the output are displayed on a web-based user interface on the electronic display. Based on one or more edits received from the user, the one or more lines of machine-readable instructions and the output are then updated. In some cases, the machine-readable instructions are updated without re-executing the software. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044643 | Nutrient Value Loss Tracking System and Method - A system and method include exploding a recipe via a computer system for a process to make an end food product into a set of hierarchical process steps, obtaining nutrient values for each input material to be used in making the end food product, obtaining loss profiles for input materials, the nutrient loss profiles including a process loss profile for steps in the process to make the end food product and a storage loss profile for storing intermediate food product resulting during the process, and performing a hierarchical based nutrient loss calculation using the nutrient values and loss profiles to quantify nutrients remaining in the end food product. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044644 | Training Apparatus and Method for Language Learning - A training method for language learning is provided, which includes: building user data of a user in a storage unit; retrieving target contents from a CTC database to a UTC database of the storage unit in accordance with difficulty levels of the target contents and the acquired level; setting a test by selecting test contents of the target contents in the UTC database as questions of the test; scoring the user's answers to the questions; performing an AL adjustment for the acquired level in accordance with a score of the test; performing a DL adjustment for the difficulty levels in accordance with correctness of each answer to the respective question in the test; and uploading the target contents with changed difficulty levels to the CTC database to update the target contents in the CTC database. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044645 | PERUSING DETERMINATION DEVICE PERUSING DETERMINATION METHOD - A perusing determination device includes a processor; and a memory which stores a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to execute, detecting a movement direction of a line-of-sight of a user reading a document; measuring time for the user to read each line of the document based on a detection result of the detecting; and determining whether the user has perused the document based on variation of time for reading the each line. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044646 | TABLETOP TEACHING DEVICE - A tabletop teaching device may include a box having an interior housing, a top and a floor. The box may include within the interior housing, at least one printout of a scene placed on the floor of the box, at least one printout of a grid placed over the at least one printout of a scene, and at least one miniature item placed above the at least one printout of a grid. A transparent top may cover the top of the box. A cover may be placed under the at least one miniature item and overlay the at least one printout of the grid. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044647 | OPERATION LEARNING LEVEL EVALUATION SYSTEM - There is provided a system that can evaluate an operation learning level of a trainee quantitatively and accurately, with a temporal element taken into account. A learning level evaluation system | 2015-02-12 |
20150044648 | ACTIVITY RECOGNITION WITH ACTIVITY REMINDERS - An athletic performance monitoring system, for motivating a user to reach a goal level of athletic activity. The system may motivate the user by calculation a deficit between a current total level of activity and the goal level of athletic activity, and suggesting activity types that the user may carry out an order to reach the goal level, wherein the suggested activity types may be based on activities that are geographically close to the user, or sporting equipment worn by, or in possession of, the user. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF BEHAVIOR CORRELATED WITH OUTSIDE DISTRACTIONS IN EXAMINATIONS - Techniques for behavior detection in electronic examinations may be realized as a method including: collecting sensor data of an examinee taking an electronic examination, the sensor data including visual image data of the examinee taken over time; automatically detecting from the collected sensor data a pattern of behavior correlated with potential misconduct; and providing an alert to an administrator of the electronic examination based on the detected pattern of behavior. The techniques may further be realized as a system configured to collect visual image data of the examinee and one or more processors configured to carry out the method. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044650 | POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT MESSAGES TO USERS BASED ON ANALYTICS OF PRIOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS - Described herein are systems and methods to utilize factual information based on stored analyte or physiological data to allow for positive reinforcement of behaviors that are conducive to managing a chronic disease. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044651 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SELF-CARE AND ACCLIMATION RECOMMENDATIONS TO A CLIENT DEVICE BASED ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - Computer implemented methods and systems to provide self-care and acclimation recommendations to a client device based on a unique health profile and environmental conditions. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044652 | ANALYZING OR EMULATING A DANCE PERFORMANCE THROUGH DYNAMIC POINT REFERENCING - The systems and methods taught herein are generally directed to a dynamic point referencing of an audiovisual performance for an accurate and precise selection and controlled cycling of portions of the performance. The dynamic point referencing can be used by a learning artist, for example, in analyzing or performing a portion of the work through an accurate and precise digital audio/video instructional method having the controlled cycling feature. Such systems and methods will be appreciated, for example, by musicians, dancers, and other enthusiasts of the performing arts. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044653 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TRAINING AND TESTING MEDICAL PROCEDURES ON MOBILE DEVICES - Systems, methods, and devices for providing interactive medical procedure testing are provided. One method includes providing a medical training and/or testing prompt on the device indicating equipment and/or procedures for one or more of: administering oxygen to a patient, performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), performing airway management, managing shock, managing spinal cord injury, managing fracture, and performing triage. The method further includes receiving a medical training and/or testing interaction in response to the medical training and/or testing prompt. The method further includes evaluating the medical training and/or testing interaction. The method further includes adjusting a characteristic of the device based on said evaluating. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044654 | Crowd-Sourced Assessment of Technical Skill (C-SATS.TM./CSATS.TM.) - Methods and apparatus are provided for evaluating surgical skills. A computing device can receive a request to evaluate media content of surgical skills with an evaluation form for evaluating the surgical skills. The computing device can determine evaluator groups. The computing device can provide the media content and the evaluation form to each evaluator group. The computing device can receive evaluations of the surgical skills from at least one evaluator of each evaluator group. Each evaluation can include at least one partially-completed evaluation form. The computing device can determine, for each evaluator group, one or more per-group scores of the surgical skills, where the per-group scores for a designated evaluation group are based on an analysis of the evaluations of the surgical skills from the evaluators in the designated evaluation group. The computing device can provide the one or more per-group scores. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044655 | DRUG SIMULANT RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF EMPLOYING - A system for identifying a drug simulant includes an electronic sensing system structured to measure the value of an inherent property of the drug simulant; a processing unit in electrical communication with the electronic sensing system; and a memory unit in communication with the processing unit, the memory unit having a look-up table including a range of values of the inherent property of a given fluid and corresponding names of simulated drugs associated with each value. The processor is structured to identify a name of the simulated drug corresponding to the drug simulant by receiving signals indicative of the value of the measured inherent property from the sensing system and comparing the value to the look-up table in the memory. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044656 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE NANOTUBE COMPOSITE SENSOR FOR MEDICAL APPLICATION - A sensor and method of sensing dimensional changes, stress changes or pressure changes on a substrate uses a sensor in the following manner. Temporarily and non-destructively attach a piezoresistant sensor to a surface. The piezoresistant sensor has an electrically conductive elastic body having at least one pair of opposed ends, and the elastic body contains conductive nanotubes homogeneously distributed therein. The elastic body has at least one surface with two opposed ends and electrodes at each of the opposed ends. A current is passed through the elastic body between the two electrodes. The current passing through the elastic body is sensed (e.g., a voltmeter). A mechanical step is performed with or on the substrate, and the sensor measures changes in the current between the electrodes, indicating strain or pressure on the sensor. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044657 | VIDEO-BASED TEACHER ASSISTANCE - A video-based teaching aid system and method. Video images are recorded of at least some of a plurality of people in a classroom setting by use of a video camera arrangement. Expressions of the people in the video images are identified by use of an expression recognition module configured to receive the video images from the video camera arrangement. The identified expressions of the people in the video images are correlated with at least one of an event or an outcome of an event occurring in a classroom setting by use of a correlation module. The results of the correlating are outputted by an output device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044658 | Presentation Capture with Automatically Configurable Output - A device and method for simultaneously capturing a combination of content video, content audio, presenter video and presenter audio, as well as distributing a combination of content video, content audio, presenter video and presenter audio to a digital sink via an HDMI connection. Video sources are automatically routed to the digital sink depending on the source configuration. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044659 | CLUSTERING SHORT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS - A method, computing system, and one or more computer-readable storage media for clustering short answers to questions are provided herein. The method includes receiving, at a computing device, a number of short answers to a question from a number of remote computing devices. The method also includes automatically grouping the short answers into a number of clusters based on features corresponding to the short answers using a specified clustering technique. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044660 | Caching Natural Language Questions and Results in a Question and Answer System - Mechanisms are provided for answering an input question. An input question to be answered from a source is received and processed to one or more extract features of the input question. The extracted one or more features are compared to cached features stored in one or more entries of a question and answer (QA) cache. A determination is made as to whether there is a matching entry in the one or more entries of the QA cache based on results of the comparing and, if so, candidate answer information is retrieved from the matching entry. The retrieved candidate answer information is returned to the source of the input question as candidate answer information for answering the input question. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044661 | APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CONSUMER RESEARCH AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - Apparatuses for performing consumer testing and methods for using same are provided. Methods for administering consumer research are also provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides apparatuses having a rotatable platform with at least one divider separating the platform into at least two sections, where each of the at least two sections includes a life-like scenario configured for use by a consumer participant during a consumer research test. Such apparatuses provide flexibility and efficiency of time, space and cost for performing consumer research since the research may be performed in a timely fashion, in a number of different life-like scenarios, in a limited amount of space, and may be directly observed from one location or using one set of audio/visual equipment. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044662 | ACCELERATION SENSATION PRESENTATION DEVICE, ACCELERATION SENSATION PRESENTATION METHOD, AND ACCELERATION SENSATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM - An acceleration sensation presentation device which is attached to a vicinity of head of a user, the device including one or a plurality of spindles; and a spindle driving unit which generates a force in a direction different from a predetermined direction by moving the spindle in the predetermined direction. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044663 | TECHNIQUE FOR REGULATING REGENERATION OF TISSUE OR FAULTY OR ABNORMAL PART IN ORGAN USING NELL-1 - The object aims to form and maintain a cell, a tissue or an organ induced by differentiation. Disclosed is a composition for inducing the differentiation of a cell capable of being differentiated in a given direction to thereby produce a cell, a tissue or an organ through the further induction of the differentiation in the given direction. The composition comprises NELL-1 or a substance which can be altered so as to act as NELL-1 upon the differentiation. Also disclosed is a composition for maintaining a cell, a tissue or an organ produced by the induction of the differentiation. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044664 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE IN A MOVING FLUID IN A LABORATORY SAMPLE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A temperature control device and method are provided for an analytical system for performing laboratory protocols. The device includes a well within a housing configured to receive a biological specimen according to a predetermined sample process. The specimen is suspended by a holding device in the well. A thermal element is provided in heat exchange communication with fluid in the well. A temperature sensor is located in the well at a location to be covered and uncovered by rocking motion of fluid in the well. A controller, in communication with the thermal element, the temperature sensor, and an agitation system, is operative to control the thermal element in correlation with temperature data, for example, peak temperature data, from the temperature sensor. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044665 | TARGET-SPECIFIC PROBE COMPRISING T7 BACTERIOPHAGE AND DETECTING FOR BIOMARKER USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a target-specific probe containing T7 bacteriophage with a targeting antibody, and a detection method or a detection kit for a biomarker using the target-specific probe. The biomarker can be detected by using the genetically-modified T7 bacteriophage expressing various heterogeneous proteins and peptides on its surface and antibody-antigen specific reaction which can make the probe targeted to a biomarker or bacteria; and a detectable labeling agent, for example a quantum dot. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044666 | NON-EQUILIBRIUM TWO-SITE ASSAYS FOR LINEAR, ULTRASENSITIVE ANALYTE DETECTION - Methods and kits related to non-equilibrium, ultrasensitive two-site assays for detecting analytes are provided. In one aspect, a two-site assays for detecting analytes under non-equilibrium analyte binding conditions, using low concentrations of reporter specificity molecule (e.g., reporter antibody) and kits for performing the same is provided. In another aspect, methods for selecting antibodies or specificity molecules with low dissociation constants for use as reporter antibodies in non-equilibrium two-site immunoassays, including two-site immuno-PCR assays, and assays performed with those antibodies, are also provided. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044667 | HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS 16 (HPV16) - RELATED EPILEPSY - Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) is identified as a cause of epilepsy. This application is directed to HPV16-related epilepsy, methods of detection and prenatal prevention, and immunogenic, therapeutic and prophylactic compositions for same. The methods of predicting or detecting human papillomavirus (HPV16)-associated epilepsy may comprise contacting a biological sample obtained from a human subject, said human subject having experienced one or more seizures, with a diagnostic reagent that can detect HPV16 or an antigen thereof, or a humoral or cell-mediated response to HPV16 or an antigen thereof, in said biological sample, wherein the presence of HPV16 or an antigen thereof or a humoral or cell-mediated response to HPV16 or an antigen thereof, is indicative of HPV16-associated epilepsy. Also provided are parallel methods of diagnosing a structural brain defect in a subject having one or more seizures. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044668 | METHODS FOR DETECTION OF ANTI-CYTOMEGALOVIRUS NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES - The present disclosure provides methods useful for determining levels of HCMV infection in host cells and, by extension, determining levels of neutralizing antibodies present in a sample. The present disclosure encompasses the recognition that HCMV viruses that have a fluorescent moiety permit detection of viral infection (e.g., by assessing fluorescence in cells after contacting the host cell with the virus). In some embodiments, levels of HCMV infection are determined by fluorescence detection where the virus has been preincubated with a test sample (e.g., a serum sample) from a subject. In some embodiments, the subject has been administered a candidate HCMV vaccine. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044669 | METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF BIOLOGICAL MOLECULES USING A TWO PARTICLE COMPLEX - Methods, compositions and kits for detecting analytes of interest in a sample using electrogenerated chemiluminescence are provided. Compositions comprising at least one solid support that entraps or contains an electrogenerated chemiluminescent moiety also provided. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044670 | PROSTATE CANCER-SPECIFIC ALTERATIONS IN ERG GENE EXPRESSION AND DETECTION AND TREATMENT METHODS BASED ON THOSE ALTERATIONS - The disclosure describes alterations in ERG gene expression. ERG isoforms and promoter sequence of the ERG gene that are involved in, or associated with, prostate cancer are provided. The disclosure further provides therapeutic compositions and methods of detecting, diagnosing, prognosing, and treating prostate cancer, including biomarkers for detecting the expression of two or more of the following genes: PSA/KLK3, PMEPA1, NKX3.1, ODC1, AMD1, and ERG. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044671 | PROBES TARGETING THE GENE ENCODING THE SHIGA TOXIN AND USE THEREOF FOR DETECTION OF ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI (EHEC) - The invention relates to a method for detection of enterohemorrhagic | 2015-02-12 |
20150044672 | STREPTAVIDIN COMPLEXES AND USES THEREOF - Provided are compositions including a streptavidin composition in which a plurality of biotin binding sites are blocked by tethered biotins. Also provided are methods of using such compositions, including cell imaging, nucleic acid analysis or detection, or biotinylation quantification. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044673 | DIAGNOSIS OF STEATOHEPATITIS - The invention discloses the use of the methylation of the keratin 23 (KRT23) gene as a marker for distinguishing between steatosis and steatohepatitis. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044674 | Hyperthermophilic Polymerase Enabled Proximity Extension Assay - The present invention relates to a proximity probe based detection assay (“proximity assay”) for an analyte in a sample, specifically a proximity probe extension assay (PEA), an in particular to an improvement in the method to reduce non-specific “background” signals, wherein the improvement comprises the use in such assays of a hyperthermophilic polymerase, said method comprising: (a) contacting said sample with at least one set of at least first and second proximity probes, which probes each comprise an analyte-binding domain and a nucleic acid domain and can simultaneously bind to the analyte; (b) allowing the nucleic acid domains of the proximity probes to interact with each other upon binding of said proximity probes to said analyte, wherein said interaction comprises the formation of a duplex; (c) extending the 3′ end of at least one nucleic acid domain of said duplex to generate an extension product, wherein the extension reaction comprises increasing the temperature of assay above room temperature and uses a polymerase enzyme which is characterised as having less than 20% of its maximal enzyme activity at 40° C. and having less than 10% of its maximal enzyme activity at 25° C., wherein the optimum temperature for maximal activity of the polymerase is more than 40° C. and wherein the polymerase is selected from | 2015-02-12 |
20150044675 | MODIFIED GENE OF HUMAN ACTIVATION-INDUCED CYTIDINE DEAMINASE (AID), A METHOD OF MODIFICATION OF HUMAN AID GENE, A COMPOSITION SHOWING AID ACTIVITY, A METHOD OF PREPARATION OF SUCH COMPOSITION IN A BACTERIAL SYSTEM AND USE OF THE COMPOSITION IN THE ANALYSES OF DNA/RNA AMINATION/DEAMINATION AND/OR METHYLATION/DEMETHYLATION - The subject of the invention is a modified gene of human activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), a method of modification of human AID gene, a composition showing AID activity, and a method of preparation of such composition. In particular, the invention concerns a modified gene of human AID for the production of an active enzyme in a bacterial system and use of the composition in the analyses of DNA/RNA amination/deamination and/or methylation/demethylatiori. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044676 | MULTIPLEX METHODS TO ASSAY MIXED CELL POPULATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY - Methods to simultaneously test and screen multiplexed, mixed cell populations, e.g., populations comprising genetically heterogeneous cancer cells, in common conditions. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044677 | CLEM2, ACTIVE RETROTRANSPOSON OF COFFEE PLANTS - The present invention relates to Clem2, the first active LTR retrotransposon identified in the coffee plant, and its use in the clonal and/or varietal identification of coffee plants. The invention provides PCR primers, kits comprising such PCR primers, and methods using such kits and/or PCR primers for the clonal and/or varietal identification of several coffee species. The primers, kits and methods are particularly useful for coffee certification and traceability. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044678 | COMPOSITIONS, METHODS, AND PLANT GENES FOR THE IMPROVED PRODUCTION OF FERMENTABLE SUGARS FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION - Described herein are compositions comprising at least one auxin transport inhibitor for pre-treating a plant or seed to increase saccharification, or saccharide release by hydrolysis, the at least one auxin transport inhibitor being in an amount effective to increase sugar release from a plant tissue by hydrolysis. Also described are plant mutations, and methods to screen for such plant mutations, having an improved sugar release phenotype. The described compositions, methods and plant mutations are particularly useful for producing biofuel crops, such as maize, to improve sugar extractability from lignocellulosic biomass and hence, the efficiency of bioethanol production overall. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044679 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING ONBOARD REAGENTS IN A DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein are systems, devices, and methods for detecting the presence of a pathogen in a biological host, such as in a point of care setting. In certain aspects, materials and methods improve point of care devices by providing pre-loaded, preferably dried, agents for performing one or more of sample lysis and signal enhancement inside the device. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044680 | PROBES FOR IMPROVED MELT DISCRIMINATION AND MULTIPLEXING IN NUCLEIC ACID ASSAYS - Methods and compositions for the detection and quantification of nucleic acids are provided. In certain embodiments, methods involve the use of primers or probes that comprise a non-natural nucleotide linked to a reporter. Target nucleic acids are detected by the polymerization of a complementary probe or primer that incorporated a cognate non-natural nucleotide linked to a quencher. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044681 | METHOD TO PREDICT THE PATTERN OF LOCOMOTION IN HORSES - The present invention provides methods for predicting the pattern of locomotion in a horse including the ability of a horse to use different gaits and the ability to trot at a fast speed. The methods comprise determining in a sample of DNA obtained from a horse the presence or absence of at least one genetic marker, wherein said at least one genetic marker is located on horse chromosome 23, said marker being associated with the ability to use different gaits. The invention further provides primers that amplify markers being associated with the ability to use different gaits and hybridization probes to detect markers being associated with the ability to use different gaits and the ability to trot at a fast speed. | 2015-02-12 |
20150044682 | Multiplex amplification reaction method for determination of Campylobacter jejuni Penner/capsule type - The inventive method and associated reagents relate to a molecular approach to determining | 2015-02-12 |
20150044683 | COMPOSITION FOR HOT-START REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION REACTION OR HOT-START REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION - A composition for hot-start reverse transcription reaction and a composition for reverse transcription PCR are disclosed. The composition is obtained by adding pyrophosphate and pyrophosphatase to an aqueous solution containing reaction buffer solution, MgCl | 2015-02-12 |