30th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090186290 | NON-MAGNETIC TONER - Provided is anon-magnetic toner including toner particles each containing at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a wax component, and an inorganic fine powder, in which: (1) when a temperature in a temperature range of 50 to 80° C. at which a loss tangent (tan δ) shows a maximum is represented by T1, a storage elastic modulus of the toner at the temperature T1 (G′(T1)) satisfies a relationship of 5.00×10 | 2009-07-23 |
20090186291 | NON-MAGNETIC TONER FOR ONE-COMPONENT DEVELOPMENT AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE TONER, AND IMAGE DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A non-magnetic toner including a binder resin including a first resin, a second resin, a third resin; a colorant; and a wax, wherein the first resin is a hybrid resin including an amorphous condensation polymerization unit and a radical polymerization unit in its molecular frame, and the second and third resins are non-hybrid resins including condensation polymerization units, wherein each of the first, second and third resins has a glass transition temperature (Tg) and a softening point (Tm) satisfying the following relationships: | 2009-07-23 |
20090186292 | CARRIER, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, DEVELOPER AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided a method for producing a carrier, which includes depositing a resin coating layer on the surface of a magnetic material; adding a treatment agent for a conductor precursor to the resin coating layer so as to treat the resin coating layer with the treatment agent; and exposing the treatment agent-added resin coating layer to a conductor precursor in a supercritical or subcritical fluid so as to form a conductor in the resin coating layer. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186293 | DRY FILM PROTORESIST FOR A MICRO-FLUID EJECTION HEAD AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for making a dry film photoresist layer for a micro-fluid ejection head and a micro-fluid ejection head made by the method. The method includes applying a photoimageable liquid to a moving web of release material to provide a photoimageable layer on the release material using a slot die coater. The layer on the release material has a coating thickness ranging from about 8 to about 25 microns with a thickness variation of no more than about one micron. The photoimageable layer on the web is dried to provide a dry film photoresist layer. A protective web is then applied to the dry film photoresist layer. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186294 | ORGANIC GRADED SPIN ON BARC COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH NA LITHOGRAPHY - An antireflective coating that contains at least two polymer components and comprises chromophore moieties and transparent moieties is provided. The antireflective coating is useful for providing a single-layer composite graded antireflective coating formed beneath a photoresist layer. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186295 | Photosensitive Ink Composition for Screen Printing and Method of Forming Positive Relief Pattern with Use Thereof - Disclosed is a photosensitive ink which can form a coated film that is excellent in insulation properties, heat resistance, low warping, low elasticity and adhesion with the substrate, when used as an ink for screen printing, and with which clogging of the screen, bleeding, blur, chipping and the like are unlikely to occur even when the screen printing is repeatedly carried out, so that which has an excellent ease of handling in printing. The ink composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide block copolymer(s), and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a photoacid generator(s). The polyimide block copolymer(s) and the photoacid generator(s) are dissolved in an organic solvent. The polyimide block copolymer(s) contain(s) in its molecular skeleton a diamine having a siloxane bond, and an aromatic diamine having a hydroxyl group(s) and/or carboxyl group(s) at ortho-position with respect to an amino group. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186296 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising specific recurring units, represented by formula (1). The acid generator (B) is a specific sulfonium salt compound. When processed by lithography, the composition is improved in resolution and forms a pattern with a satisfactory mask fidelity and a minimal LER. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186297 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising specific recurring units, represented by formula (1). The acid generator (B) is a specific sulfonium salt compound. When processed by lithography, the composition is improved in resolution and forms a pattern with a minimal LER. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186298 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITIONS AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A positive resist composition comprises (A) a resin component which becomes soluble in an alkaline developer under the action of an acid and (B) an acid generator. The resin (A) is a polymer comprising specific recurring units, represented by formula (1). The acid generator (B) is a specific sulfonium salt compound. When processed by lithography, the composition is improved in resolution and forms a pattern with a satisfactory mask fidelity and a minimal LER. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186299 | Methods for imaging and processing negative-working imageable elements - An imaged and developed element, such as a lithographic printing plate, is provided by infrared radiation imaging of a negative-working imageable element having a free radically polymerizable component, a free radical initiator composition, an infrared radiation absorbing compound, and adhesion promoter that is an organic compound having an ethylenically unsaturated carbon-carbon double bond that is connected to an alkoxysilyl or hydroxysilyl group. The use of the adhesion promoter provides increased printing durability for the imaged and developed element, especially those having sulfuric acid-anodized aluminum substrates. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186300 | RESIST COMPOSITION FOR LIQUID IMMERSION LITHOGRAPHY, METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN, AND FLUORINE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER - A resist composition for immersion exposure including a base component (A) that exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under the action of acid, an acid generator component (B) that generates acid upon exposure, and a fluorine-containing copolymer (C) containing a structural unit (c1) represented by general formula (c1-1) shown below. In the formula, R | 2009-07-23 |
20090186301 | METHOD OF MAKING LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATES - A multi-layer, positive-working lithographic printing plate precursor can be imaged with infrared radiation and processed in a single step using a single processing solution that has a pH greater than 6 and up to about 11. This single processing solution both develops the imaged precursor and provides a protective coating that need not be rinsed off before lithographic printing. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186302 | METAL OR METAL COMPOUND PATTERN AND FORMING METHOD OF PATTERN, AND ELECTRON EMITTING DEVICE, ELECTRON SOURCE, AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS USING THE PATTERN - The present invention is to provide a method for forming various patterns such as a metal or metal compound pattern, in which the amounts of the materials constituting the pattern which are removed during the formation step can be suppressed to the minimum. The method comprises a resin pattern forming step of forming on the surface of a substrate a resin pattern capable of absorbing a solution containing metal components, an absorbing step of dipping the resin pattern in the solution containing metal components to make the resin pattern absorb the solution containing metal components, a washing step of washing the substrate having formed thereon the resin pattern that has absorbed the solution containing metal components, and a burning step of burning the resin pattern after washing. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186303 | Method of Creating a Digital Mask for Flexographic Printing Elements In Situ - A method of creating a digital mask in situ for use in a process of making digital flexographic printing elements. The digital mask is created by laminating the negative image that is the by-product of a thermal proofer to a photosensitive printing plate. Thereafter, the photosensitive printing element can be imaged, exposed, and developed in the usual manner. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186304 | GRAVITY AND PRESSURE ENHANCED REFLOW PROCESS TO FORM LENS STRUCTURES - A lens structure and methods of forming the lens structure are disclosed. The method includes attaching a lens block to a substrate such that gravitational force acts to push the lens block against the substrate. The substrate is positioned such that gravitational force acts to pull the lens block from the substrate. The lens block is then heated such that gravity and surface tension of the block forms the lens structure. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186305 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE - A method of manufacturing an optical waveguide device which is capable of connecting light-receiving and light-emitting elements mounted on a board and an optical waveguide to each other with high accuracy. Insulation layers are formed on a first surface of a metal substrate. A first photomask is positioned by using an alignment mark formed in the metal substrate, and exposure to light and development are performed to form conductor layers. A second photomask is positioned on a second surface of the metal substrate opposite from the first surface by similarly using the above-mentioned alignment mark, and exposure to light and development are performed to form an opening for optical coupling between a light-emitting element and an optical waveguide film. The light-emitting element is mounted on pads of the conductor layers, and the optical waveguide film is fixed to the metal substrate using the optical coupling opening. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186306 | Polymeric microfluidic devices from liquid thermoset precursors - A method and apparatus for the fabrication of polymeric microfluidic devices through sequential photolithographic polymerization of micropatterned polymeric layers. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186307 | HYDROGENATED RING-OPENING METATHESIS POLYMER, RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - Resist compositions comprising a hydrogenated ring-opening metathesis polymer bearing an alicyclic structure in its backbone and comprising structural units having an oxygen atom incorporated as part of the cyclic structure exhibit a high resolution and minimal proximity bias upon ArF excimer laser lithography and have high etching resistance. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186308 | METHOD FOR PRINTING A PATTERN ON A SUBSTRATE - The invention provides a method for printing a pattern of ink on a substrate, such as corrugated paperboard, with a relief printing form made from a photosensitive element. The method includes forming an in-situ mask for the photosensitive element, exposing the element to actinic radiation through the in-situ mask in an environment having an inert gas and a concentration of oxygen between 190,000 and 100 ppm, and treating the exposed element to form the relief printing form having a pattern of printing areas. Printing is accomplished by securing the relief printing form to a print press, applying the ink to the printing areas on the printing form, and contacting the ink from the printing areas to the substrate to transfer the pattern of ink onto the substrate. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186309 | INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF COMBUSTION PROCESSES - The invention provides a method of increasing the efficiency of a combustion process by adding bentonite to the flame, fireball or burner region combustion zone of the combustion process. Also provided is a combustion chamber that includes a bentonite feed system and a fuel additive composition of a bentonite such as sodium bentonite having a particle size range that may be employed in the method of the present invention. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186310 | GAS BURNER NOZZLE - The invention relates to a gas burner nozzle for flame work, with a central oxygen supply consisting of several pipes ( | 2009-07-23 |
20090186311 | SEAL STRUCTURE, COOLING TREATMENT APPARATUS, MULTI-CHAMBER HEAT TREATMENT APPARATUS, PRESSURE REGULATING METHOD, OPERATING METHOD - This shaft seal structure has at a fitting portion between a container wall of a pressurized container in which high pressure gas is enclosed and a rotating shaft that passes through the container wall: O-rings that are disposed at least two locations in the axial direction of the rotating shaft; and grease that is pressurized. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186312 | Apparatus having rotating chains or rings for carrying vertically hanging trays - An apparatus for carrying a plurality of vertically hanging trays includes a vertical rotating means comprising a first pair of rotating chains carrying the plurality of trays at respective top bars thereof and a second pair of rotating chains coupled to each top bar through linking bars, the first and second pairs of rotating chains being operatively coupled. The apparatus may be used in a furnace, a cleaning apparatus and a combined furnace/cleaning apparatus as well as in medical and other applications. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186313 | Metallic dental devices with tooth colors and their preparation methods - Metallic devices are frequently used in dental treatments, such as orthodontic archwires, rackets, or dental mini-screws. This invention provides metallic dental devices with a color of tooth or close to tooth, and their preparation methods. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186314 | DENTAL DISTRACTOR - This invention comprises an orthodontic dental distractor for rapid orthodontic tooth movement, particularly into a fresh extraction socket. The rapid movement can occur from the effect of distraction osteogenesis. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186315 | DENTAL ARTICULATORS - A dental articulator has upper and lower cast models of a patient's upper and lower teeth in shells ( | 2009-07-23 |
20090186316 | Double sided dental articulating paper forceps - ABSTRACT: A double sided dental articulating paper forceps that has two pairs of opposed jaws ( | 2009-07-23 |
20090186317 | IMPLANT AND A METHOD FOR USING SAME - A novel dental implant for coupling an artificial tooth to a jawbone of a patient is provided and a method for using same. The implant comprises an elongated body having an apical end threaded bone-engaging portion for engaging the dental implant with said jawbone and preferably a coronal end that serves as a post or prothetic platform. The implant further comprises a skirt shaped semi-permeable membrane attached to the elongated body and is capable of being positioned in a first upwardly raised position and in a second downwardly spread position to provide a cover for a site surrounding the location at which said artificial tooth is to be implanted. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186318 | Laser Surgical Methods - Methods, systems, and apparatus for programmable selective ablating or cutting of a targeted area of a material with a laser, producing a succession of pulses of the generated radiation with an energy level, pulse duration, and repetition rate specified to ablate or cut the material without causing harmful side effects; and concentrating the radiation pulses on the targeted material to a spot sufficiently small to cause ablating or cutting of the material; and means to direct the said spot to cover the programmed selected targeted area of a material. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186319 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING CUSTOM CROWN COPINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURES - A method of manufacturing custom crown coping and infrastructures is provided. A metal portion (base) of an abutment is located in a model of a patient's mouth and the model is scanned. The data from the scan is then utilized to manufacture the ceramic portion of the abutment and the coping. In one embodiment, the coping and infrastructure is designed by first determining the shape and orientation of the final crown, subtracting a thickness for the crown from the shape to determine the shape and orientation of a coping, and subtracting a thickness for the coping to form the shape and orientation of an abutment. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186320 | MODULES AND METHODS FOR BIASING POWER TO A MULTI-ENGINE POWER PLANT SUITABLE FOR ONE ENGINE INOPERATIVE FLIGHT PROCEDURE TRAINING - A system and method for conducting flight procedures training in a rotary-wing aircraft with a multi-engine powerplant includes determining a variable bias relative an available power margin to simulate a reduced power available flight condition; and displaying symbology indicative of the simulated reduced power available flight condition. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186321 | Reading Device for Blind or Visually Impaired Persons - A reading device for blind or visually impaired persons for recognizing and reading text passages comprises an image capturing unit being configured to capture an image of an environment of a blind or visually impaired person and to output image data corresponding thereto, an image processing unit being configured to process the image data such that text is recognized and extracted from the image data and to output text data corresponding thereto, a text outputting unit being configured to output data corresponding to the text data in a form noticeable or convertable to be noticeable by the blind or visually impaired person, and a housing comprising a first part and a second part, the first part having the image capturing unit attached thereto and the second part accommodating the image processing unit and the text outputting unit. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186322 | Method and system for situational language translation - The present invention is a method and apparatus for facilitating an interview where the interviewer and interviewee speak different languages. An important application is to first responder situations during an emergency. The invention implements several improvements over the prior art. A method is provided whereby the interviewee who cannot read can nevertheless specify her language to the interviewer and system. Choices of topics about which the interviewer might want to communicate with the interviewee are ranked by associated probabilities or risks, thereby assisting the interviewer in selecting next steps in the interview and treatment process; the interviewer, nevertheless, retains the discretion to choose other options. Information communicated to the interviewee in detail can be presented to the interviewer in summary form, so that the interviewer can concentrate on higher priority matters. Ordinarily, the interviewer and interviewee wear headsets, but an interviewee headset that can be conveniently converted into speakers allows the interviewer to communicate in the interviewee language to third parties at the scene, such as family members. Other implementations allow the headset to serve as a hub for sensor (e.g., camera, audio recorder, thermometer) data collection, storage, and dissemination. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186323 | Vertical English Character and Calligraphy - The present invention provides a method to create Vertical English Character (VEC) and calligraphy. The Characters including one-block structure, two-block structure, up elbow structure, down elbow structure and three-block structure are disclosed. The invention is suitable to build up fine art scripts, calligraphies and artworks. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186324 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR INTRAORAL TACTILE FEEDBACK - The present invention is directed to methods and devices for teaching the proper configuration of the oral articulators, particularly the tongue, corresponding to particular speech sounds by providing intraoral tactile feedback. Intraoral tactile feedback is achieved by placing nodes in the oral cavity of the patient in locations corresponding to the proper lingual position required to produce a target sound. These nodes facilitate identification of the appropriate lingual position corresponding to a target speech sound by providing tactile differentiation when the target sound is properly produced. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186325 | System, Method, and Computer Software Code for Instructing an Operator to Control a Powered System Having an Autonomous Controller - A method for training an operator to control a powered system is disclosed including operating the powered system with an autonomous controller, and informing an operator of a change in operation of the powered system as the change in operation occurs. A system and a computer software code are also disclosed for training the operator to control the powered system. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186326 | Training and Educational System and Method for Training with Improved Follow Through - A system and method for delivering a training course includes dividing the course up into training segments of manageable lengths for taking in by recipients on regular and/or frequent bases. The training segments are included with email or other electronic messages. The messages may include hyperlinks representing options for responding to an invitation to run the training segments associated with the messages. When the recipient chooses to run and complete a training segment, the system moves to a subsequent message and segment. If the recipient refuses to run the training or delays doing so, the system sends increasingly urgent messages and/or initiates personal contacts to require accountability. Status messages may also be sent to others, including supervisors, for example. A measure of flexibility in timing is made available to the recipient while requiring a heightened level of accountability so that the recipient has a greater probability of completing the training courses. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186327 | Unified Web-Based System For The Delivery, Scoring, And Reporting Of On-Line And Paper-Based Assessments - A hardware and software implemented, standardize testing, scoring and reporting system has a network interface, being either LAN or the Internet. A test is selected from a library, assigned to a group of examinees, and a record is made of the assignment. The test is available on-line, or downloaded, or both. Downloaded tests are saved as PDF files and printed into booklets. Examinees record answers on bubble sheets, which are scanned at the customer site or shipped to a processing plant. Individual scanned answer sheets provided data for individual scanned records. Scanning software performs an initial auto-correct and then performs an initial check for errors in scanned records. Tests are batched for later inspection. Scanned records with errors are classified as invalid and the test papers are separated. Prompts are generated for a human test paper inspection and scanned record editing. Accepted batches of scanned records are sent to a scanned records server where a second scanned records error check is performed. Prompts are sent to the appropriate scanning station for further human editing of invalid scanned records. Once all records are valid they are scored and the test results stored in a database, which is accessed by a reporting subsystem associated with an on-line server. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186328 | Method for teaching rapid recall of facts - An internet-based method for teaching rapid recall of facts uses a grid system to deliver facts (i.e. problems) from a teacher-selected pool of facts to individual students in student sessions. Each student session includes a fact practice portion, wherein the student engages in the somewhat mundane, repetitive steps, required to master the particular set of facts and a game practice portion, whereby the student earns game practice time in arcade-style games as a reward for the student's efforts. The method permits a teacher or administrator to track the performance of a single student or a group of students through on-demand reports. Selected reports are also available, on demand, to the student and the student's parents. The method identifies each student's mastered and un-mastered facts based on each student's performance. The teacher can then provide each student with supplemental, individualized materials. The Method automatically notifies teachers and administrators when intervention is needed. The present Method permits teachers and parents to obtain, on demand, customized and individualized work sheets, activity sheets, and flash cards. The present Method delivers math facts in multiple formats, including pre-algebraic and algebraic views, and tracks each student's progress by use of fractions and a pie chart, thereby exposing students to fractions and charts at an early age. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186329 | METHOD FOR RECOMMENDING A TEACHING PLAN IN LITERACY EDUCATION - In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the method for recommending teaching plan for literacy education includes obtaining learning patterns from a teaching plan database that includes the following steps: collecting results of a first literacy test of a first group of students, gathering teaching plan data, collecting results of a second literacy test of a first group of students, and identifying learning patterns based on the student profile data and teaching plan data, and implementing a recommendation engine. The implementation of the recommendation engine includes the following steps: collecting results of a third literacy test of a second group of students, matching a student profile of a student of the second group of students with an identified learning pattern, and recommending a teaching plan for a student of the second group of students. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186330 | REUSABLE AD HOC SELF-POSED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR SOCIAL NETWORK PROFILES - Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to profile generation for social networking systems and provide a method, system and computer program product for reusable ad hoc self-posed questions and answers for social network profiles. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for managing reusable ad hoc self-posed questions and answers for social network profiles can be provided. The method can include receiving a free form specification of a question and a corresponding answer by a particular user in a social network, posting the received question and corresponding answer onto a user profile for the particular user, selecting the received question for the particular user on behalf of a different user in the social network and prompting the different user to provide a different answer to the selected question, and posting the selected question and the different answer onto a user profile for the different user. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186331 | System and method for correlating curricula - A system and method for correlating learning objectives, curriculum items or elements or competency expectations between multiple curricula, or between a curriculum and established national, industry or governmental standards, includes multiple steps. A first curriculum, including multiple curriculum items, is selected. A second curriculum or standard, containing multiple elements, is selected. A curriculum item from within the first curriculum is selected. A filter is applied to the elements of the second curriculum or standard to produce a visible display of a subset of elements from within the second curriculum. Individual elements, from within the subset of elements, are identified as correlating to the curriculum item. The individual elements that correlate to the curriculum item are tagged, or cross-walked, to create a link between the curricula. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186332 | PREPARATION AND STORAGE OF STABLE, ANTIMICROBIALLY ACTIVE MATERIALS - A method for the preparation of antimicrobially active materials is presented. The invention involves taking a base material such as allografts, xenografts, polymers, metals, and ceramics and combining it with an antimicrobially active agent, such as antibiotics, antibacterials, antifungals, antivirals, disinfectants, and polypeptides, after which it is irradiated with ionizing radiation to sterilize and stabilize the combined material. The resulting antimicrobially active material may then be stored at ambient temperature while maintaining its antimicrobial activity and the structural integrity of the base material. The invention is particularly useful for both preventing and treating a variety of infections and for increased safety in reconstructive procedures. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186333 | Cyclic Implant Perfusion, Cleaning and Passivation Process and Implant Produced Thereby - This invention is a novel method for perfusion of a porous implant which achieves efficient interpenetration of desired factors into and removal of undesirable factors from the pores of the implant, cleaning of the implant, efficient passivation of the implant (inactivation of pathogens, microorganisms, cells, viruses and the like and reduction in antigenicity thereof), and the novel implant produced by such treatment. The process presents a system wherein the rate of pressure cycling, the fact of pressure cycling, and the amplitude of pressure cycling, results in highly cleaned tissues and other implants for implantation. Target decontamination goals for this process include between about a one (1) to twelve (12) log reduction in bacterial contamination, between about a one (1) to fifteen (15) log reduction in enveloped virus contamination, up to about a five (5) log reduction in non-enveloped virus contamination, between about a two (2) to ten (10) fold reduction in endotoxin, maintenance of implant or graft biologic and biomechanical properties, absence of tissue toxicity due to cleaning solutions used, and reduced implant antigenicity. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186334 | Non-Embryonic Totipotent Blastomere-Like Stem Cells And Methods Therefor - Human non-embryonic adult totipotent and pluripotent stem cells are isolated in a simplified serum-free and feeder cell-free process. Most remarkably, certain stem cells, and especially BLSCs, are extremely small, fail to exclude trypan blue, but are nevertheless able to proliferate from even high dilutions. Therefore, so obtained stem cells can be used to prepare true monoclonal stem cell populations, which are useful in numerous uses, including therapeutic, prophylactic, diagnostic, and research uses. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186335 | METHOD OF PREPARING UNILAMELLAR VESICLES FOR THE CRYOPRESERVATION AND CULTURE OF GERM CELLS AND EMBRYOS - In order to prepare the unilamellar low-density lipid vesicles, a presolution of vegetable lipids is first prepared; a suitable quantity of lipids, between 4 and 12 mg/ml, mixed with pure water, heated and stirred for about 30 minutes; the suspension obtained is kept at 50-60° C. for one hour and stirred for 2 minutes every 20 minutes. The high molecular weight hyaluronan is added to the lipidic suspension until a final concentration of 1 mg/ml is obtained, and the suspension of lipids and hyaluronan is emulsified by sonication, pumped using a homogenising valve and immediately made to go through a polycarbonate membrane, to obtain a final suspension with 70% of the particles in suspension having a size between 5 and 15 nm, which makes it possible to use the monolayer vesicles of HA and LDL for the cryopreservation and culture of different mammalian cells, specially germ cells. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186336 | Immuno-PCR method for detecting nasopharyngeal carcinoma markers and kit thereof - The present invention is related to an immuno-PCR method for detecting nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and kit thereof, especially related to an immuno-PCR method for detecting markers of early stage NPC and kit thereof. The present invention includes providing a substrate whereon protein markers immobilized; applying a patient's specimen to the substrate; adding a solution which has biotinylated anti-human IgA secondary antibody and incubating the solution; adding a solution with a linker and biotinylated target DNA; proceeding a polymerase chain reaction; and finally, detecting the target DNA fragments via electrophoresis. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186337 | N PROTEIN OF A VIRUS OF THE PARAMYXOVIRIDAE FAMILY-PROTEIN OF INTEREST FUSION PROTEINS - The invention relates to N protein-protein of interest fusion proteins, optionally in the form of soluble N protein-protein of interest/P protein complexes, the N and P proteins being proteins of a virus of the Paramyxoviridae family. When the protein of interest is an antigen, the invention relates also to vaccinal compositions and diagnostic reagents comprising those N protein-antigen fusion proteins or those N protein-antigen/P protein complexes. The N protein-protein of interest fusion protein can also be used as a “vector” for transporting into cells therapeutic molecules of interest, such as antivirals or anticancer agents. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186338 | OLIGONUCLEOTIDES ORIGINATING FROM SEQUENCES CODING FOR THE SURFACE COMPONENT OF PTLV ENVELOPE PROTEINS AND THEIR USES - The invention relates to the use of oligonucleotides from the nucleotide sequences coding for the amino-terminal region of the surface component (SU) of envelope proteins of PTLV viruses in order to perform methods of detecting every PTLV strain or PTLV-related viruses, e.g. for the detection of novel PTLV variants or viruses comprising sequences related to PTLV SUs. The invention also relates to primer pairs which are used to perform said detection methods and the novel PTLV variants thus detected. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186339 | Human transcriptomes - Global gene expression patterns have been characterized in normal and cancerous human cells using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE). Cancer cell-specific, cell-type specific, and ubiquitously expressed genes have been identified. This information can be used to provide combinations of cell type- and cancer-specific gene probes, as well as methods of using these probes to identify particular cell types, screen for useful drugs, reduce cancer-specific gene expression, standardize gene expression, and restore function to a diseased cell or tissue. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186340 | Gene Analysis - This invention relates to a series of PCR primers that will allow the simultaneous amplification of regions of the clinically significant ABO and RHD genes. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186341 | Receptacle for the Separation of Tumor Cells - The invention describes a container ( | 2009-07-23 |
20090186342 | Methods of producing competitive aptamer fret reagents and assays - Methods are described for the production and use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based competitive displacement aptamer assay formats. The assay schemes involve FRET in which the analyte (target) is quencher (Q)-labeled and previously bound by a fluorophore (F)-labeled aptamer such that when unlabeled analyte is added to the system and excited by specific wavelengths of light, the fluorescence intensity of the system changes in proportion to the amount of unlabeled analyte added. Alternatively, the aptamer can be Q-labeled and previously bound to an F-labeled analyte so that when unlabeled analyte enters the system, the fluorescence intensity also changes in proportion to the amount of unlabeled analyte. The F or Q is covalently linked to nucleotide triphosphates (NTPs), which are incorporated into the aptamer by various nucleic acid polymerases, such as Taq or Deep Vent Exo | 2009-07-23 |
20090186343 | METHODS FOR PREPARING MODIFIED BIOMOLECULES, MODIFIED BIOMOLECULES AND METHODS FOR USING SAME - A novel and efficient single pot synthetic schemes are disclosed for preparing modified nucleotides, nucleotide analogs, nucleotide polyphosphates, and nucleotide polyphosphate analogs. The novel method is used to prepare nucleotides, nucleotide analogs, nucleotide polyphosphates, and nucleotide polyphosphate analogs having non-persistent or persistent and non-persistent modifications. Novel biomolecular reactions are also disclosed using the novel modified biomolecules disclosed herein. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186344 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND QUANTITATING NUCLEIC ACIDS USING SIZE SEPARATION OF AMPLICONS - Devices and methods are described for detecting and quantifying nucleic acids using a sealed system that minimizes contamination. In particular, provided herein are devices for and methods using nucleic acid amplification that permit multiple sampling of an amplification reaction mixture and quantitation and identification of amplicons during the course of an amplification reaction. Methods involving the transfer of samples from an amplification reaction mixture into a separation network, separation of nucleic acids based on size, and identification and quantitation of nucleic acids are disclosed. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186345 | Instrument and method for nucleic acid isolation - According to the present invention, purified nucleic acids are isolated without the complete removal of components of a washing reagent. Also, nucleic acids are isolated in an elution reagent by allowing a washing reagent comprising at least one component constituting a reaction solution that can be applied to a reaction involving nucleic acids to come into contact with a nucleic-acid-adsorbing solid phase so as to wash the solid phase, separating the washing reagent from the solid phase in a manner such that a certain amount of the washing reagent is allowed to remain in the solid phase, and allowing an elution reagent to come into contact with the nucleic-acid-adsorbing solid phase. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186346 | Method for Detecting the Presence or Absence of a Target Cell in a Sample - The present invention relates to a method for detecting the presence or absence of a target cell in a sample, said method comprising (a) binding cells in said sample to a particulate and mixable solid support; (b) eluting the cells from the solid support without the use of competitor molecules to disrupt the interaction between the cell and the solid support; (c) after lysis of said cells, detecting the presence or absence of nucleic acid characteristic of said target cell, wherein said solid support does not have antibodies or antibody fragments immobilised thereon. Kits for carrying out the method of the invention are also provided. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186347 | Markers for metabolic syndrome - Correlations between polymorphisms and metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, diabetes and/or myocardial infarction are provided. Methods of diagnosing and treating metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, diabetes and/or myocardial infarction are provided. Systems and kits for diagnosis and treatment of metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, obesity, high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, diabetes and/or myocardial infarction are provided. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186348 | MICRORNAS DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED IN CERVICAL CANCER AND USES THEREOF - The present invention concerns methods and compositions for identifying a miRNA profile for a particular condition, such as cervical disease, and using the profile in assessing the condition of a patient. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186349 | DETECTION OF NUCLEIC ACID REACTIONS ON BEAD ARRAYS - The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for the use of microsphere arrays to detect and quantify a number of nucleic acid reactions. The invention finds use in genotyping, i.e. the determination of the sequence of nucleic acids, particularly alterations such as nucleotide substitutions (mismatches) and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). Similarly, the invention finds use in the detection and quantification of a nucleic acid target using a variety of amplification techniques, including both signal amplification and target amplification. The methods and compositions of the invention can be used in nucleic acid sequencing reactions as well. All applications can include the use of adapter sequences to allow for universal arrays. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186350 | Muitiforms suspension microgranular bioreactor and methods of use - A Multiform Suspension Microgranular Bioreactor (MSMB) is used to detect nucleic acids or peptides/proteins in molecular and biological samples. Polymer-based microgranules, coupled with biomass molecule probes, are constructed with different features. The biomass molecule probes include cDNA probes, oligonucleic acid probes, peptide or protein probes. These microgranules are differentiated according to their features including shape, size, color, fluorescence intensity, magnetic property, gravity, chemical luminal intensity, radioactivity, and other labels. The above microgranules are suspended in a sample solution and are used collectively as a microarray-like bioreactor device. Such MSMB-based microarrays are particularly useful in complicated biological detection assays with flow cytometry. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186351 | NUCLEOTIDE ANALOGS - The invention provides for nucleotide analogs and methods of using the same, e.g., for sequencing nucleic acids. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186352 | DNA Conformation - Method of detection or diagnosis of abnormal gene expression in an individual comprising determining in a sample from the individual the presence or absence of a chromosome structure in which two separate regions of the gene have been brought into close proximity, to thereby detect or diagnose whether the individual has abnormal gene expression. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186353 | CANCER-RELATED NUCLEIC ACIDS - Described herein are polynucleotides associated with specific types of cancers. The polynucleotides are miRNAs, miRNA precursors, and associated nucleic acids. Methods and compositions are described that can be used for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of various cancers. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186354 | METHODS AND TOOLS FOR THE SCREENING OF FACTORS AFFECTING PROTEIN MISFOLDING - The present invention relates in general to the fields of chemical, pharmaceutical and genetic screening and to diseases associated with protein misfolding. In particular, it discloses engineered cells and a system based thereon that can be used to screen for substances that affect protein misfolding. The engineered cells of the invention comprise one or more reporter genes under transcriptional control of a promoter that is responsive to protein misfolding. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186355 | Method for determination and quantification of radiation or genotoxin exposure - The present invention discloses methods for detecting exposure of a living subject to genotoxic agents, testing sensitivity to a genotoxic agent, and determining DNA damage caused by exposure to an agent, comprising detecting the presence of FANCD2-containing foci from a sample collected from said subject. The presence of concentrated foci is indicative of DNA damage, and the degree of foci formation is correlated with degree of exposure. Diagnostic reagents contain a ligand that binds to human FANCD2 associated with a detectable label. Kits for detecting DNA damage in a biological sample contain such diagnostic reagents and signal detection components. The invention further discloses methods for identifying agents which modulate the ability of FANCD2-containing foci to form. Among other things, such agents are potentially useful chemosensitizing agents or may confer protection against damage caused by genotoxic agents. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186356 | DEVICE AND SUBSTANCE FOR THE IMMOBILIZATION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS (MSCs) - The invention relates to a device comprising at least one surface which comes into contact with biological tissue and/or liquid, which is at least partially coated with a substance which mediates the binding of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a method for the binding and/or isolation of MSCs from biological tissue and/or liquid, a nucleic acid molecule which selectively and highly specifically binds to MSCs, the use of the nucleic acid molecule for the binding and/or isolation of MSCs from biological tissue and/or liquid, as well as a method for the production of a device mentioned at the outset. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186357 | Integrated PCR Reactor for Cell Lysis, Nucleic Acid Isolation and Purification, and Nucleic Acid Amplication Related Applications - Disclosed are integrated devices capable of performing a polymerase chain reaction within a single vessel. Also disclosed are related methods of sample analysis. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186358 | Pathway Analysis of Cell Culture Phenotypes and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides methods for systematically identifying genes, proteins and/or related pathways that regulate or indicative of cell phenotypes. The present invention further provides methods for manipulating the identified genes, proteins and/or pathways to engineer improved cell lines and/or to evaluate or select cell lines with desirable phenotypes. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186359 | DETECTING PROSTATE CANCER - An assay for detecting prostate cancer includes reagents for detecting the methylation of GSTP1 and HIC-1 genes. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186360 | Detection of GSTP1 hypermethylation in prostate cancer - An assay for detecting prostate cancer includes reagents for detecting multiple methylation markers from within one gene such as GSTP1. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186361 | METHODS OF PREDICTING THE PHARMACEUTICAL TOXICITY OF TAXANES - The present disclosure relates to methods of identifying a recipient subject who has an elevated risk of an adverse or toxic reaction to a taxane. The predictive methods of the present disclosure allow for the recipient subject most at risk of adversely reacting to the taxane, to be administered alternative treatments or to have the dosage modified to reduce or eliminate toxic reactions. It has been discovered that recipient subjects bearing certain SNPs of the cytochrome CYP2C8 and TUBB genes have an elevated risk of toxicity from a taxane. The methods of the present disclosure encompass methods of calculating a Toxicity Index for a recipient subject based on clinical data from the recipient subject as it relates to the administration and reaction to treatment with taxane. This Toxicity Index value is then correlated to the presence of polymorphisms at a site in each of the gene loci CYP2C8 and TUBB, or a combination of both sites. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186362 | FUNGAL DELTA-12 DESATURASE AND DELTA-15 DESATURASE MOTIFS - The present invention relates to fungal Δ12 desaturases (responsible for conversion of oleic acid to linoleic acid (18:2, LA)) and Δ15 fatty acid desaturases (responsible for conversion of LA to α-linolenic acid (18:3, ALA)). Amino acid motifs diagnostic of Δ12 desaturases and Δ15 desaturases are also provided. Methods of altering enzyme specificity towards Δ12 desaturation or towards Δ15 desaturation and/or increasing production of specific ω-3 and ω-6 fatty acids by over-expression of the fungal desaturases are also described. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186363 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF TUMOR - The present invention is directed to compositions of matter useful for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor in mammals and to methods of using those compositions of matter for the same. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186364 | Method of Constructing Recombinant Proteoliposome for Diagnostic Use - [PROBLEMS] To provide a method for preparation of recombinant proteoliposomes suitable for diagnostic applications, a detection plate coated with the recombinant proteoliposomes, a detection kit and so on. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186365 | Use of 14-3-3- Proteins in Treatment and Prevention of Neurodegeneration - The present disclosure is directed to methods for treatment and prevention of disease states characterized by a decreased 14-3-3 polypeptide expression or activity. In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides methods for the treatment and/or prevention of Parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration and/or diseases characterized, at least in part, by neurodegeneration, by increasing a 14-3-3 polypeptide activity. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186366 | METHOD OF DETECTING INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PROTEIN COMPONENTS - A method of detecting protein interactions in a biological sample. Protein components in a first aliquot of a sample are labelled with a first bifunctional dye which cross-links any-interacting components. A second aliquot of said sample functions as a control sample, in which protein components are labelled with a different, mono functional dye. Thereafter, the two aliquots are mixed and all components are separated by electrophoresis. Finally, differences in luminescence of the separated dye-labelled components are detected. The two dyes should match one another with regard to charge and/or molecular weight but should emit different kinds of fluorescent light. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186367 | DIAGNOSIS OF FERTILITY CONDITIONS USING A SERINE PROTEASE - The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing an infertility condition in a human female subject, the method comprising detecting pregnancy-related serine protease (PRSP) protein in a test sample taken from said subject at between 7 and 20 weeks into pregnancy; detecting PRSP protein in a test sample from a fertile control mammal taken within the same period; and comparing the PRSP protein in the test sample with the PRSP protein detected in the control sample, wherein a change in PRSP protein in the sample compared to the control sample is indicative of an infertility condition. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186368 | Assay with reduced background - In an assay, an analyte in a sample is contacted with a thermostable reporter adenylate kinase coupled to a binding agent specific for the analyte, wherein a complex is formed. ADP is added, and then formation of ATP is monitored. Prior to the addition of ADP, endogenous kinase and uncomplexed thermostable reporter adenylate kinase is substantially removed by washing and residual endogenous kinase is inactivated by heating. Prior to contacting the analyte with the thermostable reporter adenylate kinase, the sample has a background activity of at least 300,000 Relative Light Units per mg protein per ml sample when measured in the presence of luciferin/luciferase by a luminometer. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186369 | POLYSACCHARIDE-PROTEIN BINDING MODEL AND NANO-FIBRIL FORMATION OF A STARCH BINDING DOMAIN - The present invention relates to a polysaccharide-protein binding model of SBD, and a fibril-forming 14-residue peptide consisting of X | 2009-07-23 |
20090186370 | DIAGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS FOR VASCULAR ANEURYSM - Biomarkers for diagnosis and monitoring of vascular aneurysms are described in the context of the use of assays to measure a plurality of these biomarkers. Tissue degeneration, particularly elastin and/or collagen degradation, can be monitored within patient blood (serum) and/or urine to diagnose the presence, the progression, or the likelihood of rupture of aneurismal disease. Additionally, enzymes responsible for this degradation and other biomarkers responsible for the activation or inhibition of these enzymes can be monitored additionally or alternatively. Prompt diagnosis can provide the opportunity for intervention and potentially increase the health of patients by tempering the development of debilitating and life-threatening vascular aneurysms. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186371 | METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE - The instant invention provides a method for the differential diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease which comprises, | 2009-07-23 |
20090186372 | Reagent Compositions For Use In Electrochemical Detection - Biological reagent compositions with improved sensitivity to the concentration of blood glucose in patient samples for use in measuring systems and methods. The reagent compositions comprise a glucose oxidoreductase enzyme, a flavin nucleoside coenzyme and a mediator formulation. The mediator formulation comprises at least one electroactive organic molecule and at least one coordination complex. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186373 | Pyrimidines reacting with O6-Alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase - The invention relates to pyrimidines suitable as substrates for O | 2009-07-23 |
20090186374 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING EFFECT OF TEST COMPOUNDS ON BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for real-time measurement of an effect of different concentrations of a test compound or series of test compounds on living cells, in which a flow of cell suspension is combined with a flow of the test compound and a cellular response of the living cells is repeatedly measured by a detector along a length of a detection zone where the cell suspension-test compound mixture is situated. The apparatus may be used in automated screening of libraries of compounds, and is capable of real-time variation of concentrations of test compounds and generation of three-dimensional dose/response/time profiles within a short timespan. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186375 | Method for Determining Bioactivity of Molecules - The present invention relates to a method for determining activity of a molecule, wherein the molecule comprises at least two active parts, and wherein the first part is capable of modulating the activity of cells, and the second part can specifically bind to a target, and kits useful for performing the method. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186376 | sVEGFR-2 AND ITS ROLE IN LYMPHANGIOGENESIS MODULATION - Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence of sVEGF-2, proteins encoded by those sequences and antibodies that bind to the protein. Also disclosed are methods for inhibiting or enhancing expression or activity of sVEGFR-2 and methods for inhibiting graft rejection, particularly cornea graph rejection. Also described are methods for inhibiting lymphangiogenesis and lymphatic endothelial cell proliferation by administering an effective amount of sVEGFR-2 and methods for treating lymphedema by inhibiting the activity of sVEGFR-2. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186377 | MODIFICATIONS OF CST-II FOR INCREASED PROTEIN EXPRESSION - The present invention provides modified | 2009-07-23 |
20090186378 | Polynucleotides encoding the fkbB gene of the FK-520 polyketide synthase gene cluster - Host cells comprising recombinant vectors encoding the FK-520 polyketide synthase and FK-520 modification enzymes can be used to produce the FK-520 polyketide. Recombinant DNA constructs comprising one or more FK-520 polyketide synthase domains, modules, open reading frames, and variants thereof can be used to produce recombinant polyketide synthases and a variety of different polyketides with application as pharmaceutical and veterinary products. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186379 | ERK ligands and polynucleotides encoding ERK ligands - The invention relates to kinase inhibitor ligands and polyligands. In particular, the invention relates to ligands and polyligands that modulate ERK activity. The ligands and polyligands are utilized as research tools or as therapeutics. The invention includes linkage of the ligands and polyligands to a cellular localization signal, epitope tag and/or a reporter. The invention also includes polynucleotides encoding the ligands and polyligands. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186380 | METHOD OF SECRETORY EXPRESSION OF LYSOSTAPHIN IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AT HIGH LEVEL - A method of secretory expression of lysostaphin in | 2009-07-23 |
20090186381 | CELLULASE VARIANTS WITH REDUCED INHIBITION BY GLUCOSE - A Family 6 cellulase variant enzyme comprising one or more than one amino acid substitution selected from a basic, polar or non-polar amino acid at position 103, a valine or isoleucine at position 136, a tyrosine at position 186, a glutamic acid or glutamine at position 365 and a glutamine at position 410 is provided (said position determined form alignment of the parental Family 6 with SEQ ID NO: 1). Genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes comprising DNA sequences encoding the Family 6 cellulase variant are also provided. Family 6 cellulases of the invention display reduced inhibition by glucose relative to the parent Family 6 cellulases. Such cellulases find use in a variety of applications in industry, e.g., in the hydrolysis of pretreated lignocellulosic feedstock, that require cellulose activity in the presence glucose concentrations that would otherwise inhibit the activity of the parental enzyme. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186382 | Preparation of Romidepsin - The invention provides an improved process for preparing romidepsin. The process involves producing, purifying, or storing romidepsin under conditions that prevent the formation of undesired adducts. Purifying romidepsin at an apparent pH lower than approximately 6.0 (e.g., between an apparent pH of 4.0 and 6.0) has been discovered to prevent the reduction of the disulfide bond of romidepsin and the subsequent formation of dimerized, oligomerized, or polymerized adducts. The invention also provides compositions of monomeric romidepsin free of dimerized, oligomerized, or polymerized adducts. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186383 | Method of Extracting Starches and Sugar from Biological Material Using Controlled Cavitation - A method of extracting sugar, starch, and/or carbohydrates from feed material such as corn or corn stover is disclosed. The feed material is mixed with liquid and perhaps accelerants to form a mixture. The mixture is pumped through a controlled cavitation reactor, where it is exposed to shockwaves from cavitation events. The shockwaves open pores in the feed material and force liquid in and out of the pores to liberate trapped sugars and starches, which are dissolved in the liquid for subsequent removal. | 2009-07-23 |
20090186384 | Purine-Derived Substance-Producing Bacterium and a Method for Producing Purine-Derived Substance - A purine-derived substance is produced by culturing a | 2009-07-23 |
20090186385 | RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING NUCLEIC ACIDS HAVING RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s). | 2009-07-23 |
20090186386 | RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING NUCLEIC ACIDS HAVING RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s). | 2009-07-23 |
20090186387 | RECOMBINATIONAL CLONING USING ENGINEERED RECOMBINATION SITES - Recombinational cloning is provided by the use of nucleic acids, vectors and methods, in vitro and in vivo, for moving or exchanging segments of DNA molecules using engineered recombination sites and recombination proteins to provide chimeric DNA molecules that have the desired characteristic(s) and/or DNA segment(s). | 2009-07-23 |
20090186388 | LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING Y-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID - The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterium which can produce γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) even under a coexisting condition of lactic acid and common salt in a medium at time of commencement of culturing, and a method for producing a culture mixture comprising GABA. Specifically, a culture mixture comprising GABA can be obtained by isolating from unrefined soy a lactic acid bacterium, | 2009-07-23 |
20090186389 | MICROORGANISM WHOSE ACTIVITY OF ASPARTATE SEMIALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE IS ENHANCED AND THE PROCESS FOR PRODUCING L-THREONINE USING THE MICROORGANISM - The present invention relates to a microorganism producing L-threonine with increased L-threonine production efficiency by the increased activity of aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase in L-threonine biosynthesis pathway, | 2009-07-23 |