23rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 46 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120141904 | LOW MASS SOLID OXIDE FUEL DEVICE ARRAY MONOLITH - According to one embodiment of the invention a fuel cell device array monolith comprises at least three planar electrolyte sheets having two sides. The electrolyte sheets are situated adjacent to one another. At least one of the electrolyte sheets is supporting a plurality of anodes situated on one side of the electrolyte sheet; and plurality of cathodes situated on the other side of the electrolyte sheet. The electrolyte sheets are arranged such that the electrolyte sheets with a plurality of cathodes and anodes is situated between the other electrolyte sheets. The at least three electrolyte sheets are joined together by sintered fit, with no metal frames or bipolar plates situated therebetween. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141905 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL - A solid oxide fuel cell is provided that includes an anode current collecting layer, a cathode, an electrolyte layer, and an anode active layer. The anode current collecting layer contains Ni or NiO, and an oxide represented by a general formula AEZrO | 2012-06-07 |
20120141906 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR FUEL CELL, FUEL CELL COMPRISING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FUEL CELL - There are provided an electrode material for a fuel cell, a fuel cell comprising the same, and a method of manufacturing the fuel cell. The electrode material for a fuel cell comprises an electrode base material and spherical polystyrene particles forming pores on the electrode base material through heat treatment. In the case of the electrode material according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the average particle size and content of the spherical polystyrene particles may be controlled to form pores having a uniform size on a sintering body formed of the electrode base material, and the control of the porosity thereof may be facilitated. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141907 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes PtRu active species supported on mesoporous carbon nitride materials for use in the anode of direct methanol fuel cells. The fuel cell membrane electrode assembly includes an anode plate, a gas diffusion layer, and a catalyst adjacent a PEM membrane. The composition of the catalyst is about 30 wt % active species and 70 wt % support materials. The nitrided PtRu on a mesoporous carbon support provides enhanced hydrogen adsorbing capacity to accelerate the rate of oxidation of methanol at the anode of a direct methanol fuel cell, resulting in greater efficiency of the fuel cell. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141908 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELLS WITH IMPROVED LIFETIME - The present invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly comprising at least two electrochemically active electrodes separated by at least one polymer electrolyte membrane, the aforementioned polymer electrolyte membrane having fibrous reinforcing elements which at least partly penetrate the polymer electrolyte membrane, wherein at least some of the fibrous reinforcing elements have functional groups which have a covalent chemical bond between the fibers and the polymer of the polymer electrolyte membrane. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141909 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES AND HIGHLY DURABLE FUEL CELLS - The invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly which comprises two gas diffusion layers, each contacted with a catalyst layer, which are separated by a polymer-electrolyte membrane. Said polymer electrolyte membrane has an inner area which is contacted with a catalyst layer, and an outer area which is not provided on the surface of a gas diffusion layer. The inventive assembly is characterized in that the thickness of all components of the outer area is 50 to 100%, based on the thickness of all components of the inner area. The thickness of the outer area decreases over a period of 5 hours by not more than 5% at a temperature of 80° C. and a pressure of 5 N/mm | 2012-06-07 |
20120141910 | Multiple Membrane Layers in a Fuel Cell Membrane-Electrode Assembly - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to PEM fuel cells comprising membrane-electrode assemblies having plural membrane layers. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and a multi-layer membrane disposed between the anode and the cathode, the multi-layer membrane comprising two or more polymer membranes layers. The fuel cell further comprises an electrolyte within the multi-layer membrane. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141911 | POROUS ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, PRECURSOR SHEET, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - The provision of a porous electrode substrate that has large sheet strength, low production costs, high handling properties, high thickness precision and surface smoothness, and sufficient gas permeability and electrical conductivity. A porous electrode substrate including a three-dimensional entangled structure including short carbon fibers (A) dispersed in a three-dimensional structure, joined together via three-dimensional mesh-like carbon fibers (B). A method for producing a porous electrode substrate, including a step (1) of producing a precursor sheet including short carbon fibers (A), and short carbon fiber precursors (b) and/or fibrillar carbon fiber precursors (b′) dispersed in a two-dimensional plane; a step (2) of subjecting the precursor sheet to entanglement treatment; and a step (3) of subjecting this sheet to carbonization treatment at 1000° C. or higher. It is preferable to include a step (4) of subjecting the sheet to hot press forming at lower than 200° C. between step (2) and step 3), and to further include a step (5) of subjecting the sheet after hot press forming to oxidation treatment at 200° C. or higher and lower than 300° C. between step (4) and step (3). | 2012-06-07 |
20120141912 | FUEL CELL STACK COMPRISING AN IMPERMEABLE COATING - A fuel cell comprises a substantially contaminant free and contaminant impermeable coating disposed on at least one of a cathode, an anode, a gasket, an insulator plate, a cooler plate, a bipolar plate, a gas diffusion media layer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, an end plate, a tie-bolt, and a gas flow manifold. A process of producing a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack component are also disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141913 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A polymer electrolyte membrane for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell, a method of manufacturing the same, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell system including the same are disclosed, and the polymer electrolyte membrane includes a hydrocarbon-based proton conductive polymer membrane. The polymer membrane has a surface contact angle ranging from 80° to 180°. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141914 | Gas Diffusion Layer Member For Solid Polymer Fuel Cells, and Solid Polymer Fuel Cell - To provide a gas diffusion layer member with a good RH balance. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141915 | Process for the Preparation of Sol-Gel Modified Alternative Nafion-Silica Composite Membrane Useful for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell - The present invention provides a process for the preparation of sol-gel modified alternative Nafion-Silica composite membrane useful for polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The said composite membrane is made by embedding silica particles in perfluorosulfonic acid ionomer by a process that circumvents the use of added acid while using acidic characteristics of Nafion and polymerization reaction through a sol-gel route. The composite membrane has high affinity for water with capability to exchange protons. The approach may be used to manufacture polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells operating at elevated temperatures under near-zero humidity. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141916 | Structured Body for an Anode Used in Fuel Cells - The structured body intended for use for an anode ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120141917 | PROTON CONDUCTING SOLID OXIDE ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEA AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE MEMBRANE, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE MEMBRANE - A proton-conducting solid oxide electrolyte membrane includes a nanoporous layer including a plurality of nanopores that penetrate from one surface to the other, and at least one proton conducting layer that fills the plurality of nanopores to have an interface in a direction perpendicular to either surface of the nanoporous layer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141918 | FUEL SUPPLY APPARATUS, FUEL CARTRIDGE, AND JOINT - A fuel supply apparatus for supplying a liquid fuel to a device having a fuel cell which uses the liquid fuel is provided. The fuel supply apparatus includes: a container containing the liquid fuel and being configured to be detachably attached to the device; and a joint for connecting the container and the device. The joint has a double tube structure including an outer tube and an inner tube. One of the outer tube and the inner tube forms a flow path through which the liquid fuel in the container flows into the device by gravity, while the other tube forms a flow path through which a replacement fluid spontaneously flows into the container to replace the liquid fuel. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141919 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a fuel cell electrode, which has increased physical and chemical durability, and a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) using the same. According to the present invention, the fuel cell electrode is manufactured by controlling the amount of platinum supported on a first carbon support used in an anode to be smaller than that used in a cathode to increase the mechanical strength of a catalyst layer and maintain the thickness of the catalyst layer after prolonged operation and by adding carbon nanofibers containing a radical scavenger to a catalyst slurry to decrease deterioration of chemical durability. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141920 | MANUFACTURING A FUEL CELL MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY - The present invention provides an apparatus and method for manufacturing a fuel cell membrane-electrode assembly by forming a catalyst layer, which has uniform distribution, excellent porosity, and excellent bondability to a polymer electrolyte membrane, on a metal roll by an electrospray process and transferring the catalyst layer to a polymer electrolyte membrane. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141921 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention provides a joining method of a gas diffusion layer and an electrode membrane including a catalyst layer, a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a sub-gasket. In particular, the method provides a way to join the gas diffusion layer with the sub-gasket without hot-pressing the them together by forming a groove at a junction portion of the gas diffusion layer and the sub-gasket and inserting a stopper into this groove which is made of a material which hardens after being formed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141922 | Method and Apparatus for EUV Mask Having Diffusion Barrier - A photomask is provide. The photomask includes a substrate having a multi-layer stack disposed over the substrate. The multilayer stack has alternating first second and third layers disposed over each other, wherein the first, second and third layers are composed of first, second and third materials, respectively, and wherein at least the second layer is formed through an atomic layer deposition process. A capping layer is disposed over the multilayer stack; and an absorber layer disposed over the capping layer. A method for evaluating materials, unit processes, and process sequences for manufacturing a photomask is also provided. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141923 | Protective Cap for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Masks - An extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography mask is provided. The EUV lithography mask includes a reflective layer and an absorptive layer deposited over the reflective layer. The absorptive layer is patterned so as to define absorptive regions of the mask for absorbing EUV radiation and reflective regions of the mask for reflecting EUV radiation. The EUV lithography mask further includes a protective capping layer which is deposited over both the absorptive regions and the reflective regions of the mask. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141924 | Multiresolution Mask Writing - Mask writing techniques that employ multiple masking writing passes. A first writing pass is made to write a first shot pattern having a first resolution. A second writing pass is then made to write a second shot pattern having a second resolution finer than the first resolution, such that the second shot pattern substantially overlaps with the first shot pattern on the mask substrate. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141925 | Photo-Mask and Method for Manufacturing Liquid Crystal Display Device Using the Same - A photo-mask is capable of preventing stain defects and a method for fabricating a liquid crystal display device using the photo-mask which achieves the same capability. The photo-mask includes a transparent substrate configured to transmit ultraviolet light and a light shielding layer configured to block ultraviolet light on a surface of the transparent substrate. The light shielding layer includes an absorption layer configured to absorb ultraviolet light. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141926 | LCD PANEL PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY PROCESS AND MASK - Disclosed is an LCD panel photolithography process, employed in a lithography system for manufacturing a plurality of LCD panel, comprising steps of: performing photolithography to a glass substrate with a first mask, and the first mask comprises a plurality of sets of alignment marks corresponding to a plurality of following masks thereafter, and a plurality of sets of alignment marks corresponding to the plurality of following masks thereafter are formed on the glass substrate; and employing the plurality of sets of alignment marks on the glass substrate respectively, to perform alignment procedure and photolithography for the plurality of following masks with the plurality of sets of alignment marks on the glass substrate to form patterns; wherein corresponding to the same LCD panel area, the plurality of sets of alignment marks on the glass substrate have different position coordinates respectively. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141927 | REFLECTIVE MASK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a reflective mask includes producing a reflective mask includes a substrate, a reflection layer provided on a front surface of the substrate and configured to reflect exposure light, an absorption layer provided on the reflection layer and configured to absorb the exposure light, and a conductive layer provided on a back surface of the substrate and held on an electrostatic chuck of an exposure apparatus, transferring a mask pattern of the reflective mask to a wafer, measuring misalignment between a basic pattern of the wafer and a transfer pattern transferred to the wafer, and recessing the conductive layer within a range smaller than a thickness of the conductive layer so as to reduce the misalignment. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141928 | METHOS AND DEVICE FOR KEEPING MASK DIMENSIONS CONSTANT - The present application describes a method and a device for keeping the mask dimensions of a mask ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120141929 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HALF-TONE MASK, AND HALF-TONE MASK - Provided is a method of manufacturing a half-tone mask that can reduce the number of film forming steps. The method according to the present invention is for manufacturing a half-tone mask to be interposed between a light source and a photosensitive layer so as to form plural kinds of exposure patterns that have different exposure levels on the photosensitive layer, the half-tone mask including a transparent substrate | 2012-06-07 |
20120141930 | Low Torque Overcoat for Imaging Device - An overcoat containing a copolymer of a first propylene monomer and a second hydrophilic monomer provides superior wear resistance and low torque to a photoreceptor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141931 | Polymerized Toner Comprising Cyclic Phenol Sulfide - A negatively charged polymerized toner having high charging performance, which comprises a charge control agent particularly useful for color toners and polymerized toners, the charge control agent comprising a cyclic phenol sulfide as an active ingredient, which speeds up charging risetime, has a high charge amount and charging characteristics particularly excellent in environmental stability, and is safe since it does not have any problem with the waste regulations. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141932 | DEVELOPER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A method for producing a developer, the method includes aggregating first fine particles and second fine particles in a dispersion liquid, said dispersion liquid containing the first fine particles which contain at least a binder resin, and the second fine particles which contain a coloring compound, a color developer and a decolorizing agent and have been subjected to a master batch treatment; and forming aggregate particles. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141933 | LIQUID DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - The present invention provides a liquid developer including an insulating carrier liquid and toner particles containing a binder resin, the binder resin including a styrene-based thermoplastic elastomer and a styrene thermoplastic resin, and the toner particles being dispersed in the insulating carrier liquid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141934 | Toners Made from Latexes - A toner comprising toner particles which comprise binder resin and colorant, wherein the binder resin is made from latexes which comprise a low molecular weight (LMW) latex of resin particles having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) less than 50,000 and a medium molecular weight (MMW) latex of resin particles having a Mw from 50,000 to 500,000, wherein the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the resin particles of the LMW latex is not greater than 52° C. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141935 | DEVELOPER AND ITS USE TO PREPARE LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - A developer solution can be used to prepare lithographic printing plates from negative-working precursors. The developer solution has a pH of at least 4 and up to and including 11. It also comprises both an ethylene/propylene glycol block copolymer and either or both of a sugar alcohol or a mono- or oligosaccharide. This combination of components provides desired processing to provide lithographic printing plates that can be used for printing without any post-development treatments with other solutions. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141936 | PHOTO-CURING POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION AND PROTECTIVE FILM FORMED FROM THE SAME - A photo-curing polysiloxane composition includes a polysiloxane, an o-naphthoquinonediazidesulfonate compound, and a solvent. The polysiloxane contains 25 wt % to 60 wt % of a polysiloxane fraction having a molecular weight ranging from 10,000 to 80,000 based on a total weight of the polysiloxane when calculated from an integral molecular weight distribution curve obtained by plotting cumulative weight percentage versus molecular weight falling within a range between 400 and 100,000 measured by gel permeation chromatography. The amount of oligomers in the polysiloxane having a molecular weight less than 800 is from 0 wt % to 10 wt % based on a total weight of the photo-curing polysiloxane composition. A protective film formed from the photo-curing polysiloxane composition and an element containing the protective film are also disclosed. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141937 | Photosensitive Composition and Photoresist - A photosensitive composition and a photoresist are provided. The photoresist is formed by compounding a photosensitive composition. The photosensitive composition comprises a binder agent, a photomonomer and a photoinitiator. The binder agent is formed by polymerizing a binder composition. The binder composition comprises a lactic oligomer. The photomonomer has an amount of about 25-95 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of a solid content of the binder agent. The photo initiator has an amount of about 0.5-15 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the solid content of the binder agent. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141938 | BASIC COMPOUND, CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A chemically amplified resist composition comprising a base polymer, an acid generator, and an amine quencher in the form of a β-alanine, γ-aminobutyric acid or 5-aminovaleric acid derivative having an acid labile group-substituted carboxyl group has a high contrast of alkaline dissolution rate before and after exposure and forms a pattern of good profile at a high resolution, minimal roughness and wide focus margin. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141939 | PHOTOACID GENERATORS - A photoacid generator compound has formula (I): | 2012-06-07 |
20120141940 | CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION FOR THICK FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THICK FILM RESIST PATTERN - A chemically amplified positive-type photoresist composition for a thick film capable of forming a thick film resist pattern having superior resolving ability and controllability of dimensions, and being favorable in rectangularity, as well as a method for producing a thick film resist pattern using such a composition. The photoresist composition comprises an acid generator including a cationic moiety and an anionic moiety, and a resin whose alkali solubility increases by the action of an acid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141941 | DEVELOPING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSORS IN SIMPLE MANNER - Imaged lithographic printing plates are processed using a developer that is replenished with only water, but replenishment is at a rate to allow developer volume to slowly decrease from a developer reservoir. This allows for a longer processing cycle especially when the developer is supplied from a container having a defined amount and applied using spray devices where water evaporation from the developer can be significant. Water lost by evaporation is replenished while water carried out by lithographic printing plates is not replenished. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141942 | METHOD OF PREPARING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - Lithographic printing plates are prepared by imaging and developing negative-working lithographic printing plate precursors that include certain particulate polymeric binders in the photosensitive imageable layer. Such particulate polymeric binders are poly(urethane-acrylic) hybrids. Development is carried out using a working strength developer that includes one or more organic solvents in a total amount of at least 7 weight % and an anionic surfactant in an amount of at least 5 weight %. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141943 | Methods Of Forming Patterns - Some embodiments include methods of forming patterns of openings. The methods may include forming spaced features over a substrate. The features may have tops and may have sidewalls extending downwardly from the tops. A first material may be formed along the tops and sidewalls of the features. The first material may be formed by spin-casting a conformal layer of the first material across the features, or by selective deposition along the features relative to the substrate. After the first material is formed, fill material may be provided between the features while leaving regions of the first material exposed. The exposed regions of the first material may then be selectively removed relative to both the fill material and the features to create the pattern of openings. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141944 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including: forming a resist film | 2012-06-07 |
20120141945 | LIGHTER WITH PIEZOELECTRIC IGNITION - A gas lighter that includes a valve that connects to a nozzle, a lever for controlling the opening of the valve, a piezoelectric system that includes a first and second electrode, where the first electrode is arranged downstream and on the side in relation to the nozzle, and a control member adapted to drive the opening of the valve and the creation of an electric arc when it is actuated. The second electrode is formed by a projection integral with the lever, the projection being made of electrically-conductive material. The top of the projection is arranged downstream of the nozzle and is substantially opposite the first electrode in relation to the central axis (Z) of the nozzle during the actuation of the control member in order to be at a distance from the first electrode. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141946 | COUNTER-FLOW COMBUSTOR - Counterflow burner having a combustion chamber ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120141947 | METHOD FOR CONVEYING HYDROCARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - A method of heating and conveying hydrocarbonaceous material in a retort structure having an internal volume, an outlet, a grate, a gas injector, and an auger. In the method the hydrocarbonaceous material is introduced into the internal volume through the inlet. The inlet substantially prevents gaseous transfer between the inner volume and the exterior of the retort structure. The hydrocarbonaceous material is passed through the grate. A gas heated to a first temperature is injected through the gas injector to heat the hydrocarbonaceous material while the hydrocarbonaceous material is atop the grate. The hydrocarbonaceous material is collected after passing through the grate. The hydrocarbonaceous material is then removed through the outlet. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141948 | AESTHETIC SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET - A self-ligating orthodontic bracket for captivating an archwire with a tooth. The bracket includes a bracket body mountable to a tooth and a self-ligating mechanism having an archwire slot and a ligating slide. The ligating slide is movable between an open position in which an archwire is insertable into the archwire slot and a closed position in which the archwire is retained in the archwire slot. The bracket body may be formed from a non-metallic material, such as a polymer, a filled polymer composite, or a ceramic, and the self-ligating mechanism may be formed from a metal. The bracket may include a resilient engagement member with a detent positioned to engage an aperture or throughhole extending through the ligating slide when the ligating slide is in the closed position. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141949 | System and Apparatus for Haptically Enabled Three-Dimensional Scanning - Described herein is a three-dimensional scanning system that features a camera integrated with a user-guided haptic interface device. The system allows an operator, through the sense of touch, to intuitively and interactively identify optimum locations for obtaining images or scans of an object. The system then assembles these scans to produce a virtual three-dimensional representation of the object with a high degree of accuracy and with a minimum of data artifacts. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141950 | TRACK LIGHTING SYSTEM - A pendant mounted track lighting system includes an electronic display for use in an operatory environment. In particular, the invention is directed towards a pendant mounted track lighting system that incorporates and integrates intraoral illumination for illuminating a patient's mouth area, general room or ambient lighting in the operatory environment for patients and practitioners, directional task lighting for work surface areas, and electronic display for patient stimulation. The track lighting system includes a housing assembly attached to one or more elongated members for attachment within the operatory environment, one or more ambient lighting assemblies, an intraoral light assembly having a carriage mechanism, an electronic display, and one or more directional task lighting assemblies in a single track lighting system. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141951 | UNIVERSAL SCANNING MEMBER FOR USE ON DENTAL IMPLANT AND DENTAL IMPLANT ANALOGS - A scanning member includes a head portion and a body portion. The head portion has an at least partially flat top surface indicative of a first characteristic of a dental implant, an at least partially flat first side surface indicative of a second characteristic of the dental implant, and a second non-flat side surface that opposes the first side surface. The body portion has a non-rotational feature configured to non-rotationally couple the body portion to the dental implant. The body portion is physically attached to a bottom surface of the head portion to form a generally “T” shape. The scanning member has an internal through hole for receiving a screw to threadably couple with a threaded bore within the dental implant. A set of scanning members includes scanning members having different body portions configured to couple to dental implants from different manufacturers. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141952 | IRRIGATING DEVICE WITH REED VALVE - An irrigating device including a reservoir for storing fluid, a tip fluidly connected to the reservoir, and a pump operative to draw fluid from the reservoir and propel the fluid to the tip. The irrigating device further includes at least one reed valve positioned to regulate fluid between at least one of an inlet port or an exhaust port of the pump. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141953 | System for Dental Cleaning - A dental hygiene system includes a feed line for a liquid that engages and dissolves a dental cleansing compound before being discharged from a nozzle connected to the feed line and sprayed on the teeth for cleaning. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141954 | HANDS-FREE ORAL CLEANING APPLIANCE - The hands-free dental appliance includes upper and lower tray members ( | 2012-06-07 |
20120141955 | HYBRID DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention provides for a hybrid dental implant having a screw body with at least one external thread, which comprises an upper portion with an open ceiling configured to receive an unhardened cement, a middle portion having an inner cavity and one or more side openings extending from the inner cavity, wherein the open ceiling is in communication with the inner cavity to form a hollow inner channel, which allows the unhardened cement to move through the side openings and to penetrate the surrounding bone; and a lower portion with a closed floor. It also provides for a method of installing a hybrid dental implant into a bone. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141956 | METHOD FOR FIXED CROWN AND BRIDGE RESTORATIVE CASES USING ENDO-POST DENTAL IMPLANT SYSTEM (I-LOC) WITH SCREWLESS ABUTMENT FASTENING WITHIN IMPLANT AND WITH MULTIPLE IMPLANTS WITH TRY-IN HEADS - A dental implant system with screwless abutment fastening within an implant includes an implant having a tubular implant side wall and an implant bottom wall sealingly secured to the implant side wall for surgical insertion into the jaw of a patient; and an abutment having a cylindrical abutment anchor portion for insertion into the tubular implant side wall having a lateral projection for engaging the tubular implant side wall and thereby retaining the abutment against rotation relative to the implant, and having a prosthetic tooth abutment mounting portion. The implant side wall has an implant side wall inward surface which includes a circumferential series of spline receiving grooves registering with the series of splines for receiving the series of splines upon insertion of the abutment anchor portion into the implant. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141957 | TRAINING FIREARM WITH TRIGGER FINGER POSITION SENSING - A training firearm including a body that has or replicates the look and feel of a real firearm where the body includes handle, trigger and barrel portions. The training firearm includes at least one sensor for sensing separate ready and trigger positions of a trainee's trigger finger and at least one indicator for providing distinguishable indications of the ready and trigger positions of the trainee's trigger finger sensed by the sensor. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141958 | Automated Pattern Generation Processes - An automated system for generating large numbers of digitally-defined patterns suitable for printing on textiles wherein each pattern is individually different but shares one or more unifying design motifs with all other patterns. In the general case, each pattern is comprised of at least two components in the form of separately configurable pattern layers that are digitally superimposed to form a composite pattern that is unique but visually related to all other unique patterns that use pattern layers taken from the same pattern sources. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141959 | CROWD-SOURCING THE PERFORMANCE OF TASKS THROUGH ONLINE EDUCATION - A method and system of crowd-sourcing the performance of tasks through online education. In some embodiments, a method accesses content in a first language and identifies multiple segments within the content. Each of the multiple segments are provided to multiple users, who are requested to translate the segment from the first language to a second language. Multiple translations are received for each of the multiple segments. A correct translation is determined for each segment based on the multiple translations associated with the segment. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141960 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOOLS FOR MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTION - In a computer-implemented educational environment, four particular features are provided, which may be used separately or in combination, to drive the instruction of a particular curriculum, e.g. the instruction of fractions. In another implementation, educators and authors may use permutations and combinations of such features to construct in a graphical user interface a progression of interactive elements which help guide a student from visual concepts to procedures, such as equations and formulas. In a particular implementation, by using these features carefully, a curriculum author may design instructional sequences that provide careful, step-by-step sequences that help students progress from understanding the visual concepts, e.g. of fractions, to mastering procedures, e.g. fractions equations. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141961 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTIVATING A USER BASED ON PERSONALIZED AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCES - A system and a method for motivating a user to achieve a goal, based on customized video sequences. The customization is performed by integrating personal elements (images, phrases, voice . . . ) in a video-base that is suitable for the goal. The user watches the customized video according to an established calendar in dependence upon the type of goal and his personal characteristics. The visual effect produces a moment of emotional impact, which is maintained in the long term by periodical visualization of modified customized videos, according to the user's progress. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING A PATIENT WITH A MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER - Systems and methods to match a user to a mental health care provider. Answers to user and provider assessment questionnaires are used to generate a bond index score. The bond index score indicates the strength of a potential therapeutic bond formed between the user and the provider. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141963 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MEDICAL INFORMATION - A device and method for providing medical information to patients admitted in health care facilities such as hospitals, comprising a container with medical information relating to a medical condition provided on a display panel thereof, wherein the container can be used to store and transport a patient's personal items, wherein the container and medical information thereon is provided to the patient upon admission to the health care facility, the patient is educated regarding the information during the course of the patient's stay, and the patient is encouraged to take the container upon discharge from the facility. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141964 | HEALTH CARE DEVICE, METHOD AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR HEALTH CARE - A health care management method and device which display information on a health state of a patient related to first bio-information and second bio-information of the patient, display information that requests the patient to obtain a second measurement of the first bio-information or the second bio-information based on a schedule, and display a bio-information measurement view to assist the patient in obtaining the second measurement. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141965 | SURGICAL TRAINING DEVICE - To provide a compact surgical training device for enabling skills of techniques to be improved efficiently and effectively before acquiring clinical experiences in surgeries with high degrees of difficulty, particularly, vascular anastomosis, the surgical training device | 2012-06-07 |
20120141966 | Useable Electromagnetic Blueprint of the Structure of Space - A useable electromagnetic blue print of the structure of space is disclosed. The blue print comprises an irregular tetrahedral arrangement comprising of four isosceles triangular faces each having two angles of approximately 54.73561 degrees and one of approximately 70.5 degrees, the four triangles being arranged in two pairs, the paired triangles being connected along the longer edges of each of the triangles, the included angle between the two faces of the paired triangles being 90 degrees, the long edges of the two pairs of triangles being of the approximate ratio of 100:86.6 relative to the four shorter edges, and the long edges being located perpendicularly with respect to each other on opposite sides of the tetrahedral arrangement. The tetrahedral arrangement provides a modular component which is close-packable with three other similar adjoining modular irregular tetrahedral arrangements defining a specifically dimensioned octahedral arrangement. The outermost points of each tetrahedral and octahedral arrangement define nodal points such as the positions of four elementary particles wherein the magnetic and the electrical fields within certain materials and circuits can be constructively organised to perform a number of specific functions. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE WORKSHEETS - A system and a method for generating individualized academic worksheets are provided. The method includes accessing a database of problems and student data relating to at least one student, including evaluation data associated with practice worksheets that were previously administered to the students. The method further includes selecting problems from the database using the evaluation data for each student and generating an individualized practice worksheet file including the selected problems. Each practice worksheet file includes instructions for printing a presentation of each problem and at least one evaluation area. The method further includes updating the evaluation data, wherein after a printed copy of a practice worksheet file is administered to the student, the evaluation areas of the printed copy are marked with evaluation marks by a human evaluator in accordance with the human evaluator's evaluation, and the updated evaluation data is based on the evaluation marks. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141968 | Evaluation Assistant for Online Discussion - Discussion evaluation may be provided. First, an assignment page including an evaluation link may be displayed and a user initiated input corresponding to the evaluation link may be received. Next, an evaluation view may be displayed in response to the received user initiated input. The displayed evaluation view may comprise an evaluation assistant data section and a raw discussion data section. Evaluation data may then be received in response to the displayed evaluation view. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141969 | Answering Terminal, Answering Method and Answer Counting System - Provided herein are an answering terminal, an answer counting system and a question-and-answer session method, which do not force answerers to perform complicated operations of an answering terminal when one questioner and a multiplicity of answerers have a question-and-answer session. The answer counting system comprises a receiving part; a grouping part; a result storing part; an answering action differentiating part; a differentiation result counting and analyzing part; and a displaying part. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141970 | Systems and Methods for Aiding Computing Users Having Sub-Optimal Ability - Computer-implemented systems and methods create a user environment tailored to a user's computer abilities. A series of baseline tests are administered to new users for accumulating user metric data, and a database collects and stores the user metrics. Program logic is responsive to data from the data base, where the program logic is programmed to adapt the user environment to correspond to abilities measured through the baseline tests. The program logic is further programmed to adapt user interface controls to compensate for user dexterity abilities. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141971 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE ACCESS TO TREATMENT PLANS - Computer-based methods and systems for providing individuals access to automatically generated and individualized ABA-based programs of instruction based on the needs of children with developmental disorders. Such access is provided via applications (“apps”) deployed to mobile computing platforms (e.g., smart phones, table computers, and the like). Thus, behavioral educators of children with developmental disorders, parents of and care givers for said children, as well as said children themselves, all may have access to aspects of the instruction programs. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141972 | Untangled Euler Diagrams - A modified Euler diagram may use multiple convex shapes to display sets or members of sets. In one embodiment, a compact Euler diagram may represent members once, with the sets split into separate regions that may form a containment hierarchy over the members. The split set regions may be drawn with simple convex shapes and joined with connecting lines, which may be concave shapes. In another embodiment, each set may be illustrated with a single convex shape and the members of more than one set may be duplicated. In such an embodiment, the members may be drawn with convex shapes and joined with connectors, which may be concave shapes. The modified Euler diagrams may be deterministically created by grouping the elements into sets, organizing the sets by size, placing elements in the sets, and creating connections between the elements using a set of constraints. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141973 | PERFUSION AND/OR PRESERVATION SOLUTION FOR ORGANS - The present invention relates to a solution for preservation, perfusion, and/or reperfusion of an organ, especially the heart, for transplantation. The solution contains peptide inhibitor(s) of protein kinase C βII (PKC βII) and/or of protein kinase C ζ (PKC ζ) and/or peptide activator(s) of protein kinase C δ (PKCδ). Methods for using the inventive solution are also disclosed, including methods for preserving an organ for transplantation, for protecting an ischemic organ from damage, for attenuating organ dysfunction after ischemia, for maintaining nitric oxide release and/or inhibiting superoxide release in an ischemic organ, and for protecting an organ from damage when isolated from the circulatory system. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141974 | CRYOPRESERVATION OF HUMAN RED BLOOD CELLS - A red blood cell storage composition includes a composition of red blood cells and biochemistry altering reagents, the biochemistry altering reagents being present at a concentration so as to reduce the percent hemolysis of the red blood cells during the freeze-thaw cycle below that of the percent hemolysis of the red blood cells in the absence the biochemistry altering reagents. The red blood cell storage composition preferably includes reagents selected from: modifiers of glycolytic/metabolic components, modifiers of antioxidant potential, effectors of intracellular ionic distribution, modifiers of membrane fluidity, modifiers of cytoskeletal structure, effectors of the cyclooxygenase second messenger pathway, effectors of the lipoxygenase second messenger pathway, effectors of the hexose monophosphate second messenger pathway, effectors of the phosphorylation second messenger pathway, modifiers of specific messenger molecules, and combinations thereof. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141975 | BLOOD COMPONENT SEPARATION SYSTEM AND SEPARATION MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a separation system and a separation material for easily and rapidly separating a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid containing these blood cell components without the necessity of performing centrifugation. The separation of a red blood cell-rich fraction, a white blood cell-rich fraction, and/or a platelet-rich fraction from a biological fluid can be accomplished by capturing white blood cells and platelets on a blood cell separation material by contacting the biological fluid with the blood cell separation material, thereby providing a red blood cell-rich fraction; and recovering a white blood cell-rich fraction by separating white blood cells captured from the resulting blood cell separation material using a separation solution. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141976 | METHOD FOR DETECTING VIABLE CELLS IN A SAMPLE BY USING A VIRUS - A method for detecting viable cells such as bacterial cells, within a sample, said method comprising (i) incubating said sample with a virus which is able to infect said cells under conditions which allow said virus to infect and replicate within any such cells which are viable; and (ii) detecting any nucleic acid obtained by replication of the virus in said cell. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141977 | HEPATITIS B VIRUS MUTATION STRAIN WITH RESISTANCE TO ADEFOVIR DIPIVOXIL AND THE USES THEREOF - A HBV mutation strain is provided, wherein rtE218G mutation occurs at the polymerase region of the mutation strain. The use of the HBV strain in screening anti-HBV drugs and related detection reagents used to detect rtE218G mutation are also provided. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141978 | PRRSV GP5 BASED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The disclosure includes compositions and methods for the production of an immune response against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus, or PRRSV. The disclosure is based in part on the use of two or more peptide domains, each with a different sequence, from the PRRSV GP5 protein ectodomain. Compositions and methods comprising polypeptides containing the two or more domains, or nucleic acids encoding them, are described. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141979 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES FOR DETECTING CHICKEN ASTROVIRUS - There is provided an oligonucleotide sequence capable of binding to a portion of a CAstV genome, wherein the oligonucleotide sequence has binding specificity to the precapsid region of CAstV or to cDNA of the precapsid region. The oligonucleotide sequence can be one of a primer pair for use in a method for detecting the presence of CAstV in a biological sample by reverse transcription followed by amplification of the reverse transcription products using such primer pair, or a method for amplifying CAstV cDNA using such primer pair. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141980 | METHOD FOR ISOLATING VIRUSES - The present invention relates to a method and kit for the isolation of viruses from a sample. The sample is treated with an extraction solution that comprises at least a divalent chloride salt and/or an ionic liquid. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141981 | SECOND HARMONIC IMAGING NANOPROBES AND TECHNIQUES FOR USE THEREOF - Second harmonic nanoprobes for imaging biological samples and a method of using such probes to monitor the dynamics of biological process using a field resonance enhanced second harmonic (FRESH) technique are provided. The second harmonic generating (SHG) nanoprobes are comprised of various kinds of nanocrystals that do not possess an inversion symmetry and therefore are capable of generating second harmonic signals that can then be detected by conventional two-photon microscopy for in vivo imaging of biological processes and structures such as cell signaling, neuroimaging, protein conformation probing, DNA conformation probing, gene transcription, virus infection and replication in cells, protein dynamics, tumor imaging and cancer therapy evaluation and diagnosis as well as quantification in optical imaging. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141982 | Culture Method for Obtaining a Clonal Population of Antigen-Specific B Cells - The present invention relates to methods of isolating antigen-specific cells and producing antibodies therefrom. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141983 | Quantitative Aggregation Sensors - Composition, systems and methods are provided for quantifying the amount of protein aggregation occurring in a cell in vitro and in vivo. These compositions, systems and methods find use in a number of applications, including in screening candidate agents for activity in modulating intracellular and extracellular protein aggregation in vitro and in vivo; in the generation of in vivo data for modeling aggregation processes in the cellular environment; for the validation of in vitro data, e.g. the effect of point mutations on the aggregation of amyloidogenic proteins; for the proteomic analysis of interacting partners so as to identify new therapeutic targets; for the analysis of changes in gene expression that are induced by intracellular versus extracellular aggregation; and for the evaluation of changes in the activity of the cellular network that controls protein folding and aggregation, the so-called proteostasis network. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141984 | METHODS OF ISOLATING STEM CELLS - The present inventors discovered for the first time that labeling cell nuclei makes it possible to efficiently isolate stem cells. Namely, it was elucidated that stem cells with labeled nuclei remained labeled even after cell division, and showed self-renewing and long-living abilities characteristic of stem cells. Efficient isolation of stem cells is possible, for instance, by labeling the nuclear of each cell in a heterogeneous cellular group followed by selecting those cells that maintain a labeled state even after cell division. The present invention provides methods for enabling visualization of stem cells of animal tissues in a living state by labeling using the essential functions of the stem cells, and methods for simply and easily isolating the stem cells in a fresh state without using at all genetic manipulation or artificial markers. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141985 | REAL-TIME MONITORING OF DEPLETION OF HIGH-ABUNDANCE BLOOD PROTEINS OR RECOVERY OF LOW-ABUNDANCE BLOOD PROTEINS BY UV SPECTROMETRY - Disclosed is a method for monitoring depletion of high-abundance and/or recovery of low-abundance proteins from blood in real time, comprising: (a) labeling high-abundance and/or low-abundance proteins of a blood specimen with a fluorescent or UV marker; and (b) passing blood samples containing the fluorescent or UV marker-labeled high-abundance and/or low-abundance proteins through a removal column. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141986 | Multivalent substrate elements for detection of nucleic acid sequences - The invention provides a method of detecting multiple nucleic acid sequences using multiplex substrate elements, each having predetermined sets of independent probes, and using mistures of distinguishably labeled nucleotides. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141987 | METHOD AND PROBES FOR THE DETECTION OF CANCER - Probe sets and methods of using probes and probe sets for the detection of cancer are described. Methods for detecting cancer that include hybridizing a set of chromosomal probes to a biological sample obtained from a patient, and identifying if cancer cells are present the sample. Also included are methods of selecting a combination of probes for the detection of cancer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141988 | METHOD OF CELL-LINE IDENTIFICATION - The present invention discloses a method of cell-line identification comprising one or more of the following steps: (a) analysis of the calmodulin gene; (b) analysis of the Axl receptor tyrosine kinase gene; (c) analysis of an attacin gene; or a combination thereof. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141989 | KIT AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY DETECTING A TARGET NUCLEIC ACID FRAGMENT - The invention provides a kit for rapidly detecting a target nucleic acid fragment comprising a magnetic bead; an inner primer pair and an outer primer pair suitable for loop-mediated isothermal amplification; and reagents for loop-mediated isothermal amplification. The invention also provides a kit for detecting a pathogen in fish, a method for rapidly detecting a target nucleic acid fragment, and a method for detecting a pathogen in fish. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141990 | METHODS, COMPOSITIONS AND KITS FOR DETECTION AND ANALYSIS OF ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA - The present invention relates generally to detection of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in a sample. In particular, the invention provides methods, compositions and kits for detecting and analyzing methicillin-resistant | 2012-06-07 |
20120141991 | METHODS AND PROBES FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL CANCER - Probe sets and methods of using probes and probe sets for selectively detecting high grade dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma or low grade dysplasia from biologic samples are described. Methods of the invention include contacting a biological sample obtained from a subject with a set of chromosomal probes to selectively detect an esophageal carcinoma or precursor lesion in the sample, if any, under conditions for specifically hybridizing the probes to their nucleic targets present in the sample. The presence or absence of high grade dysplasia and esophageal adenocarcinoma or low grade dysplasia is thereafter specifically determined from the hybridization pattern detected for the set of chromosomal probes to the biological sample. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141992 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS DIAGNOSTIC TESTING - The invention provides methods, reagents and kits for determining the presence of | 2012-06-07 |
20120141993 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE DIAGNOSTIC TESTING - The invention provides methods, reagent, and kits for detecting the presence of | 2012-06-07 |
20120141994 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROGNOSING AND DETECTING AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION - The invention provides methods and compositions for determining whether a subject is at risk of developing age-related macular degeneration, for example, the wet or neovascular form of age-related macular degeneration. The method involves determining whether the subject has a protective variant and/or a risk variant at a polymorphic site in the RORA gene. A protective or risk variant may be defined by a haplotype in the RORA gene. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141995 | Method for the Detection of Multiple Single Nucleotide Variations or Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in a Single Tube - The present invention discloses a method for detecting multiple single nucleotide variations or polymorphisms in a single reaction tube, and the oligonucleotide, the probe, the set of probes, the kit used, as well as the use thereof. Specifically, it relates to a method for identifying the genotype of multiple single nucleotide variation or SNP sites from the melting temperature of a kind of artificial melting temperature tag sequence (AMTS) and the type of fluorescence labels. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141996 | CYSTIC FIBROSIS TRANSMEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE REGULATOR GENE MUTATIONS - The present invention provides novel mutations of the CFTR gene related to cystic fibrosis or to conditions associated with cystic fibrosis. Also provided are probes for detecting the mutant sequences. Methods of identifying if an individual has a genotype containing one or more mutations in the CFTR gene are further provided. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141997 | Compositions And Methods For Free-Solution Conjugate Nucleic Acid Analysis - The present invention provides compositions and methods for performing free-solution conjugate analysis of nucleic acid molecules. For example, the present invention provides multiplexed single-base extension assays for genotyping. In particular, the present invention provides a series of disperse polyamide “drag tags” for use in achieving high-resolution separation of nucleic acid reaction products. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141998 | ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELL POPULATIONS AND THEIR USE AS REAGENTS FOR ENHANCING OR REDUCING IMMUNE TOLERANCE - The present invention is based on the discovery antigen-presenting cells (APCs) may be generated to have predetermined levels of expression of the intracellular enzyme, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Because expression of high levels of IDO is correlated with a reduced ability to stimulate T cell responses and an enhanced ability to induce immunologic tolerance, APCs having high levels of IDO may be used to increase tolerance in the immune system, as for example in transplant therapy or treatment of autoimmune disorders. For example, APCs having high levels of IDO, and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a donor tissue may be used to increase tolerance of the recipient to the donor's tissue. Alternatively, APCs having reduced levels of IDO expression and expressing or loaded with at least one antigen from a cancer or infectious pathogen may be used as vaccines to promote T cell responses and increase immunity. | 2012-06-07 |
20120141999 | GENE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND GENE ANALYSIS METHOD USING THE SAME - A gene analysis apparatus includes a sample preparation chip in which a polymerase chain reaction (“PCR”) sample is prepared, a PCR chip in which a PCR is performed on the PCR sample, and a package layer on which the sample preparation chip and the PCR chip are mounted. The package layer includes a channel through which a material flows from the sample preparation chip to the PCR chip. The sample preparation chip and the PCR chip are on a same side or on opposing sides of the package layer. | 2012-06-07 |
20120142000 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR ASSESSMENT OF PULMONARY FUNCTION AND DISORDERS - The present invention is concerned with methods for the assessment of pulmonary function and/or disorders, and in particular for diagnosing predisposition to and/or severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in smokers and non-smokers usins analysis of genetic polymorphisms and altered gene expression, particularly with regard to genes involved in matrix remodeling, anti-oxidant defence and the inflammatory response. | 2012-06-07 |
20120142001 | METHOD FOR ISOLATION OF NUCLEIC ACID CONTAINING PARTICLES AND EXTRACTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS THEREFROM - A method for extracting nucleic acids from a biological sample by isolating nucleic acid-containing particles from the biological sample by one or more centrifugation procedures, performing one or more steps to mitigate adverse factors that prevent or might prevent high quality nucleic acid extraction, and extracting nucleic acids from the isolated particles. The centrifugation procedures are performed at a speed not exceeding about 200,000 g. The extracted nucleic acids contain both 18S and 28S rRNA. | 2012-06-07 |
20120142002 | SPONTANEOUSLY IMMORTALIZED MULTICOMPONENT MESENCHYMAL CELL-LINE DERIVED FROM MOUSE SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUE: TOOL FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND BIOACTIVE MOLECULES AND/OR DRUGS SCREENING - Disclosed is a spontaneously immortalized multipotent mesenchymal cell-line, wherein the cell-line has been isolated from mouse subcutaneous adipose tissue, and wherein the cell-line presents fibroblastoid morphology and expresses Sca-1, c-Kit/CD117, nestin, nucleostemin, CD44 and CD106 markers. | 2012-06-07 |
20120142003 | TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS TESTING USING TV5.8S AS A TARGET - The invention provides methods, reagents and kits for determining the presence of | 2012-06-07 |