43rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 42 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090264225 | GOLF TEE - A golf tee made of an elastomeric material includes a base section for positioning on a ground surface, and a concave head section for supporting a golf ball thereon. The tee can be made of a polymeric foam, such as polyurethane foam orethylene vinyl acetate foam. The tee can have a generally frusto-conical shape, with the base section having a larger diameter than the head section. A notch can be formed in the tee for exposing the ball to a golf club head. The tee can include a pointing member extending outwardly from, such that the pointing member points in a direction of a golf green and provides a visual cue to a user of the tee as to the direction of the golf green while swing at the ball. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264226 | BASKETBALL HOOP ASSEMBLY - A basketball hoop assembly and kit is described with the assembly comprising a flexible sheet which has the shape of a backboard, a hoop mount which is secured to the front face of the sheet, a hoop which is secured to the hoop mount and a net which is secured to the hoop. The basketball hoop assembly of this invention may be mounted on a wall surface by means of the adhesive backing on the sheet and may be removed therefrom without leaving marks on the wall or residue thereon. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264227 | OFFSET LACROSSE HEAD - An embodiment of the present invention provides an offset lacrosse head comprising a shaft, a collar, and a head. The collar defines an opening that receives the shaft. The head has a juncture. The juncture defines a socket that receives the collar, and the socket and the shaft are non-concentric. In a further aspect of this embodiment, the shaft has a shaft axis, the opening of the collar has an opening axis, the socket of the juncture has a socket axis, and at least one of the socket axis, the opening axis, and the shaft axis is offset, when viewed from a side elevation of the lacrosse stick facing an exterior of a sidewall of the head. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264228 | HANDLE WITH AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR RACKET, PADDLE OR TOOL - A striking device such as a racquet or tool has a head portion for striking an object and an elongate handgrip with an exterior shell defining an elongate ventilation chamber having a set of air holes for ventilation purposes and to create enhanced gripping ability. An air scoop section is connected to a head end of the shell and forms two air inlets on opposite sides of the handgrip. The air scoop section includes a partition separating the two air inlets, this partition having airflow directing surfaces on opposite sides thereof. These surfaces can direct outside air in a longitudinal direction into the ventilation chamber. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264229 | BLADE FOR A STICK - The invention is for a blade for a stick, such as a hockey stick or a floor hockey stick comprising: an attachment means for a shaft close to an essentially elongated blade in turn comprising a first and a second surface surrounded by an upper and a lower longitudinal edge as well as a first and a second short side. Said first and second surfaces comprise a shooting and a dribbling surface as well as at least one hole, whereby said hole extends between the first and the second surfaces of the blade. The hole is a ball hole and comprises at least one diameter adapted such that it can hold the ball both during floor and air dribbling. Moreover, the ball hole is located in close proximity to the other short side, while the attachment means are located close to the short side. The ball hole is also enclosed by shooting and dribbling surfaces, the upper longitudinal edge and the lower longitudinal edge as well as the second short side. The blade provides the user with unusually good control of the ball during dribbling and facilitates a more air-based play than previously known blades. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264230 | COMPOSITE BAT - A bat has a barrel with a multi-wall construction. The handle can be formed integrally with the inner wall. A damping device can be installed between the handle and the outer wall of the barrel. The damping device can dampen vibrations transmitted from the outer wall to the handle. The damping device can also separate the outer wall from the inner wall adjacent the handle section. The inner and outer walls can be bonded together adjacent the end of the bat. Alternatively, the inner and outer walls can be entirely free of bonding to one another. Additionally, a damping device can separate the outer wall from the inner wall adjacent the end of the bat. Furthermore, the bat can include a pair of damping devices that separate the inner wall from the outer wall both adjacent the handle section and at the end of the bat. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264231 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL SYSTEM - A hydraulic control system of a vehicle power train having a belt-type continuously variable transmission, and a hydraulic lock-up clutch, includes: a line pressure control valve; first and second control valves; first, second and third electromagnetic valves; and a fail-safe valve. The fail-safe valve is switched to a fail position in which a line pressure is supplied to one of a drive pulley and a driven pulley when a rapid deceleration state is likely to occur in the belt-type continuously variable transmission, the fail-safe valve is switched to a normal position in which a hydraulic pressure output from the first control valve is supplied to the one of the drive pulley and the driven pulley during times other than the above, and the fail-safe valve is switched by a combination of a hydraulic pressure controlled by the second electromagnetic valve and a hydraulic pressure controlled by the third electromagnetic valve. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264232 | TENSIONER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A DISPLACEABLE TENSIONING RAIL - The invention relates to a tensioner assembly for a traction medium drive, specifically a chain drive, with at least two traction medium wheels and a flexible traction medium, comprising a tensioning rail which can be pressed against the traction medium by means of a tensioning device, wherein the tensioning rail is applied against at least one sliding guide and can be displaced along the at least one sliding guide by means of the tensioning device. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264233 | NON-PROFILED RUNNING SURFACE OF A BELT PULLEY - The invention relates to an assembly drive or traction mechanism drive, which is designed as a belt drive, of an internal combustion engine, with one tensioning roller and/or one deflecting roller which encloses in each case one belt pulley. In the operating state of the belt pulley, a traction mechanism, which is designed as a V-ribbed belt, is guided on the running surface of the belt pulley. Here, the belt pulley of the deflecting roller has a smooth running surface against which the V-ribbed belt is supported with the profiled inner side. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264234 | Electric rotary machine - An AC generator for vehicles as an electric rotary machine, a pulley is fixed to a rotating shaft, and a belt transmits a driving force from outside to the rotating shaft via the pulley. The pulley comprises a cylindrical portion in contact with the belt, an attachment part screwed and fixed to the rotating shaft by fitting, a supporting part which joins the attachment part and the cylindrical portion, and a reinforcement part having its form projected to an inner diameter side of the cylindrical portion that is located in the opposite side of the supporting part to the direction against the center position of an axis of the belt | 2009-10-22 |
20090264235 | Device For Activating A Cogged Flexible Transmission Organ - The device is designed for a drive transmission system for activating a cogged flexible transmission organ and comprises: at least a support pulley borne idle on a drive shaft and destined to contact, at a calibrated circumference thereof, a top of cogs for of the flexible transmission organ in order to define a predetermined winding radius of the flexible transmission organ; a cogged drawing pulley, interposed between the support pulleys and keyed on the drive shaft and provided with cogs destined to enmesh with bottoms of the flexible transmission organ in order to cause advancement of the flexible transmission organ, the cogs of the drawing pulley being sized such that during the enmeshing the respective tops are displaced from the bottom of the recesses of the flexible transmission organ and such that the tops of the cogs of the flexible transmission organ are displaced from the bottom of the recesses of the drawing pulley. The drawing pulley therefore cannot drag on the flexible transmission organ while the support pulleys are not subject to the drive torque. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264236 | FRICTION DRIVING BELT AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - In a friction drive belt B, at least a contact part | 2009-10-22 |
20090264237 | Automatic transmission - A first element of a duplex planetary gear set is selectively coupled to an input shaft via a third clutch, or is selectively fixed via a first brake. A second element is selectively coupled, via a second clutch, to an intermediate shaft that is directly coupled to a speed-increasing element of a simplex planetary gear set which increases the rotational speed of the input shaft, or is selectively fixed via a second brake. A third element is directly coupled to an output shaft. A fourth element is selectively coupled to the input shaft via a first clutch. Therefore, by increasing the speed of the rotation of the input shaft by the simplex planetary gear set and transferring it to the duplex planetary gear set, it is possible to reduce the torques on individual components of an automatic transmission and therefore to reduce the sizes of the individual components and the capacities of the individual friction engagement elements. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264238 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE FOR A FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and brakes arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264239 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having a transmission input member, a transmission output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264240 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264241 | MULTI-GROUP TRANSMISSION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a multi-group transmission of a motor vehicle with at least two transmission groups ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090264242 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having a transmission input member, a transmission output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264243 | ANNULAR ACTUATOR HAVING PLUNGER CONFIGURED TO TRANSLATE THROUGH A VISCOUS LIQUID - An actuator having a linear motor and a plunger that is movable by the linear motor along an axis. The plunger includes an annular flange and a rim that is coupled to an outer periphery of the flange. The annular flange is oriented generally perpendicular to the axis. A plurality of apertures is formed through at least one of the flange and the rim. A locking differential and an axle assembly are also provided. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264244 | EIGHT SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - A transmission is disclosed having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes first, second and third members. The torque transmitting devices may include clutches and brakes. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264245 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having a transmission input member, a transmission output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264246 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having a transmission input member, a transmission output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264247 | MULTI-SPEED TRANSAXLE - A front wheel drive transmission is provided having a transmission input member, a transmission output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the planetary gear sets includes a sun gear member, a planet carrier member, and a ring gear member. The torque transmitting devices include clutches and a brake arranged within a transmission housing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264248 | Power Development for Rapid Start in Full-Hybrid Drives with Optimized Traction Control - A launch control system for a hybrid vehicle is described. The system includes overcharging an electrical energy storage unit of the hybrid vehicle, operating an internal combustion engine at an increased power level, and operating an electric motor at an increased power level with the overcharged electrical energy storage unit. The transmission during the launch is configured to connect the electric motor and the internal combustion engine to a drivetrain of the hybrid vehicle, and to selectively slip friction clutches to store energy and release it for the launch. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264249 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVETRAIN - A method of operating a motor vehicle drivetrain having, along a power flow, an internal combustion engine, a clutch, an electric motor, a transmission and a drive output. The transmission is associated with a main and auxiliary hydraulic pumps, and an internal or an external starting element. When the engine is at rest and the clutch and starting element are both disengaged, to start with the electric motor, with the brake pedal actuated, the auxiliary hydraulic pump is operated at a first power level to supply the transmission with pressure for maintaining a defined gear. Then, upon recognizing a desire to start, the auxiliary hydraulic pump is changed from a first to a second power level to supply pressure to the transmission to produce starting torque and, only after lapse of a time interval, is the speed of the motor increased to produce the desired starting power or torque. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264250 | SHIFT CONTROL METHOD OF AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND SHIFT CONTROL SYSTEM THEREOF - A shift control method of an automatic transmission may include: detecting a slope of a turbine speed in a case in which a shift is performed; quickly reducing an electric throttle opening by a jumping amount of an electric throttle opening according to the slope of a turbine speed; gradually reducing the electric throttle opening; and gradually increasing the electric throttle opening. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264251 | Machine control system with directional shift management - A method is provided for operating a power system. The method includes receiving an operator request for a propulsion direction change. The method also includes selecting a power boost map in response to the propulsion direction change request. The power boost map increases the power rating of a power source of the power system. In addition, the method includes directing power into the power source. The method further includes regulating the power system and accelerating a power source speed according to the power boost map when the power is no longer being directed into the power source. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264252 | Machine control system with directional shift management - A method is provided for operating a power system. The method includes receiving an operator request for a propulsion direction change. The method also includes directing power into a power source and reducing a supply of fuel to the power source while directing power into the power source. The method further includes basing a first threshold speed on a speed of the power source produced by directing power into the power source and increasing the supply of fuel to the power source when the speed of the power source falls below the first threshold speed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264253 | Clutch control system - A clutch control system is interposed between an engine and a piece of driven equipment. The clutch control system includes a clutch assembly with input and output speed sensors for providing signals corresponding to the shaft rotational speeds of the engine and the driven equipment, respectively. A pressure sensor is connected to the clutch assembly and provides an output signal corresponding to clutch pressure. A temperature sensor is also associated with the clutch assembly and provides a temperature signal corresponding to the operating temperature of the clutch assembly. Transducers of various types are also employed to sense operating conditions such as shock loads or the like. Also included is a machine control system connected to the driven equipment and an engine control module connected to the engine, both of which are interconnected through an SAE J1939 CAN to the clutch control unit. These signals are passed to a clutch control unit that employs the signals to assess the operating conditions of the system and accordingly adjust the clutch pressure through a pressure control valve. A vast array of operating data is available from the system and is employed by the clutch control unit to ensure optimum operation, by tailoring the clutch pressure to the engine and driven equipment, thus minimizing clutch slippage and avoiding or instantaneously correcting shock load situations. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264254 | Process for controlling a twin clutch - The invention relates to a process for controlling a twin clutch transmission with two partial drive trains with respectively a friction clutch interposed between an internal combustion engine and the partial drive train. If the transmission capacity of a friction clutch falls below the engine torque, engine intervention takes place. If the clutch temperature rises further above a default value, an emergency operation is initiated, in which the affected partial drive train is deactivated by opening the affected friction clutch, a preselection strategy used in the other partial drive train is changed and the other partial drive train is activated. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264255 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING ENDURANCE OF INSPIRATORY MUSCLES - Training the inspiratory muscles using a training device includes evaluating the endurance of the inspiratory muscles of the patient, including the time to the onset of exhaustion, setting parameters of the training device, directing an monitoring endurance training sessions using the training device, providing feedback to the patient during the training and repeating the testing, setting, directing and providing steps as periodically. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264256 | BREATHING EXERCISE APPARATUS - A breathing exercise apparatus comprises a chamber having a vent open to the atmosphere, a mouthpiece having an opening, a first member having a plurality of apertures positioned in the chamber between the opening in the mouthpiece and the vent, a second member having a plurality of apertures positioned in the chamber adjacent the first member, and a motor coupled to the second member and operable to move the second member with respect to the first member such that the apertures in the second member intermittently align with the apertures in the first member to vary the resistance a user experiences when both inhaling and exhaling through the apparatus. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264257 | Stride adjustment mechanism - In an elliptical step exercise apparatus a dynamic link mechanism can be used to vary the stride length of the machine. A control system can also be used to vary stride length as a function of various exercise and operating parameters such as speed and direction as well as varying stride length as a part of a preprogrammed exercise routine such as a hill or interval training program. In addition the control system can use measurements of stride length to optimize operation of the apparatus. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264258 | Buffering Apparatus - A treadmill includes an external frame, an internal frame connected to the external frame, a belt in the form of a loop supported on the internal frame and a buffering apparatus for buffering the internal frame. The buffering apparatus includes a crossbar and two buffer sets. The crossbar is rotationally provided on the external frame between various positions. Each of the buffer sets includes a plurality of buffering blocks made with different elastic coefficients so that a selected one of the buffering blocks is brought into contact with the internal frame when the crossbar is in a related one of the positions. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264259 | INTEGRATED ROLLER FOR A TREADMILL, METHOD FOR MAKING AND A SPECIAL-PURPOSE EXTRUSION TOOL - An integrated roller for a treadmill is comprised of rollers, the said rollers are of integrated structure with the outer end and the inner end integrated, the outer diameter surface of the said inner end and the inner hole surface of the said outer end form close fit or clearance fit, and the tip of the inner end extends inward along the inner diameter direction for a distance to form a plateau shape. The making method thereof comprises an extrusion and an inverted extrusion by a mold. This utility model features material saving, simple structure and less process steps in making and makes up the drawback of prior art rollers of high raw materials consumption, complicated structure and complicated making process. This invention is used for treadmill rollers. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264260 | EXERCISE DEVICE WITH TREADLES - An exercise device employing side-by-side pivotally supported moving surfaces. In one particular example, an exercise device employs a first belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller and an adjacent second belt deployed about a front roller and a rear roller. The rear of the belts in the area of the rear rollers are pivotally secured and the front of the belts in the area of the front roller are adapted to reciprocate in an up and down motion during use. In some implementations, the moving surfaces include an interconnection structure such that a generally downward movement of one surface is coordinated with a generally upward movement of the other surface. In other implementations, the moving surfaces are operably associated with one or more resistance elements that effect the amount of force required to pivot or actuate the moving surfaces. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264261 | Roller trainer assembly with safeguards - Bicycle rollers that include a frame and front and rear rollers mounted in the frame, each having two lateral ends. Also, a pair of bumper/rollers are mounted on the frame adjacent both sides of the front roller. They are mounted so as to be horizontally rotatable, thereby acting to constrain a wheel of a bicycle supported by the front roller from moving laterally off the roller, while not stopping rotation of the bicycle wheel. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264262 | Portable Training Stand - A training device is provided comprising a collapsible stand having a central support and a plurality of legs. In a first position, the legs and central support fold into a compact package. In a second position, the legs and central support extend perpendicular to each other into a self-supporting stand having the central support in a substantially vertical position. The training device may further include a plurality of striking pads attachable to the central support. The collapsible stand may include one or more telescoping shafts that slide into and out of the central support to a desired height. The training device may further comprise a horizontal support bar attachable to the central support, wherein horizontal support bar serves to couple additional striking pads. At least one striking pad may be shaped as a human head and attached to the upper portion of the central support. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264263 | STRIKE TRAINER - A strike trainer has an attachment assembly, a shock absorber, a target mount and a target. The attachment assembly has an attachment body, an outer stabilizer being mounted on the attachment body, a metal sleeve being mounted through the attachment body and the outer stabilizer and an inner stabilizer being formed inside the metal sleeve. The shock absorber is connected to the metal sleeve of the attachment assembly. The target mount is mounted in the shock absorber and has an inner disk, an outer disk, a metal sleeve and a plastic tube being mounted inside the metal sleeve. The outer disk is mounted on an outer surface of the inner disk, the metal sleeve of the target mount is mounted through the inner and outer disks and the plastic tube is mounted in the metal sleeve. The target is mounted on the target mount. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264264 | TRAINING OR EXERCISE APPARATUS - An Invention for martial arts and boxing training but it can be used for many other sports as well. It addresses the problem of how to train using a multiple of suspended targets ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090264265 | Exercise Apparatus and Methods of Use - The present invention relates to an exercise apparatus and method of use adapted to exercise a user's gluteus muscles. The exercise apparatus and method of use allow the user to focus on and exercise gluteus muscles with specificity. Embodiments of the exercise apparatus comprise an upper body support, a foot support, an exercise space, and a way of applying a loading force to a user's hips. The exercise space is typically disposed substantially between an upper body support and a foot support, and permits substantial movement of a user's hips in both a forward direction and a rearward direction, substantially in or parallel to a user's sagittal plane. The loading force has a direction approximately perpendicular to a user's spine, directed rearwardly and substantially in or parallel to a user's sagittal plane. The exercise apparatus and method of use are adapted to load a user's gluteus muscles throughout a generally large range of gluteus muscle flexion and extension. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264266 | STACKABLE EXERCISE CHAIR - An exercise chair of the type wherein a user can sit on a seating platform and extend and retract his legs while his feet are resting on a spring-resisted foot rod includes a movable bar for pivotally supporting the foot rod and which is positionable in an operative position or a storage position. In the operative position, the foot bar is positioned for desired use in pre-determined exercises while in the storage position it is positioned so as to permit nestable stacking of a plurality of the chairs. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264267 | Exercise Rod and Exercise Methods - An exercise rod device comprises an elongate, flexible body portion and a pair of grip sections positioned on opposite ends of the rod. At least one of the grip sections is configured to allow a user to grasp an end of the rod when performing exercises. At least one of the grip sections includes indicia associated therewith, the indicia dividing the grip section into at least two distinct force zones, the force zones providing differing force responses when engaged by a user when flexing the rod. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264268 | Method and arrangement for controlling the temperature of two cylinders - Method and arrangement for controlling the temperature of two cylinders forming a nip. The temperature of at least one point on each cylinder is sensed by sensors, forming a point of measuring, wherein the highest sensed temperature is used as set point and wherein the cylinders are heated in areas where the sensed temperature is below the set point. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264269 | Apparatus For Erecting Ribbed Cardboard For Protecting Packed Products - The apparatus for erecting ribbed cardboard for protecting packed products comprises a collecting device provided with gripping means which are mobile between a gripping station of a single blank sheet of ribbed cardboard from a collecting store and a folding station of the sheet. A folding matrix is destined to receive a single sheet of ribbed cardboard supplied by the collecting device. The forming punch is destined to cooperate with the folding matrix in order to fold opposite lateral flaps of the sheet by contact with the folding means. The forming punch is destined to retain the sheet on completion of the folding stage. A transfer device hingedly bearing the forming punch and destined to move the forming punch between the folding station and a release station of the sheet, which sheet is retained in a folded configuration by the forming punch and a packing line of the products. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264270 | Method for Production of Cut-Outs Made From Cardboard or Cardboard-Like Materials - This invention relates to a method for the production of blanks made of cardboard or of cardboard-like material and a device suitable for it. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264271 | Folding unit - A folding unit for corrugated cardboard sheets ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090264272 | METHOD FOR ENCAPSULATING REACTIVE METAL HYDRIDES - A process for encapsulating a metal hydride within a hollow glass sphere is provided. The process includes providing a hollow glass sphere, the hollow glass sphere having a shell enclosing an inner volume. The hollow glass sphere is placed within an enclosed chamber and the chamber is evacuated such that a negative pressure is present therewithin. The hollow glass sphere within the evacuated enclosed chamber is subjected to an external element such that the shell affords for molecules to diffuse therethrough. In some instances, the external element is heat, infrared light and combinations thereof. Thereafter, a metal hydride is provided in the form of a vapor and the evacuated enclosed chamber with the hollow glass sphere is exposed to metal hydride vapor and molecules of the metal hydride diffuse through the shell into the inner volume. Thereafter, the external element is removed from the hollow glass sphere such that diffusion of molecules through the shell is generally prohibited and the metal hydride within the hollow glass sphere is in a dense state. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264273 | CERAMIC MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR REPAIR OF A SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENT IN A MICROGRAVITY AND VACUUM ENVIRONMENT, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, AND METHOD OF REPAIRING A SPACE VEHICLE COMPONENT - A precursor of a ceramic adhesive suitable for use in a vacuum, thermal, and microgravity environment. The precursor of the ceramic adhesive includes a silicon-based, preceramic polymer and at least one ceramic powder selected from the group consisting of aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, boron carbide, boron oxide, boron nitride, hafnium boride, hafnium carbide, hafnium oxide, lithium aluminate, molybdenum silicide, niobium carbide, niobium nitride, silicon boride, silicon carbide, silicon oxide, silicon nitride, tin oxide, tantalum boride, tantalum carbide, tantalum oxide, tantalum nitride, titanium boride, titanium carbide, titanium oxide, titanium nitride, yttrium oxide, zirconium, diboride, zirconium carbide, zirconium oxide, and zirconium silicate. Methods of forming the ceramic adhesive and of repairing a substrate in a vacuum and microgravity environment are also disclosed, as is a substrate repaired with the ceramic adhesive. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264274 | SILICON CARBIDE FIBER DISPERSION-REINFORCED COMPOSITE REFRACTORY MOLDING - A silicon carbide fiber dispersion-reinforced composite refractory molding includes an aggregate part and a bonding part which are obtained by compounding an plastic refractory composition containing at least SiC, with SiC fiber chops, in an amount of 0.1 to 3% by weight based on the plastic refractory composition, wherein fiber bundles each including a plurality of SiC inorganic fibers containing 50% or more SiC in their main component and having a length of 10 mm to 100 mm and a fiber diameter of 5 μm to 25 μm were bundled via an organic binder, kneading the resulting mixture with water and then drying and solidifying it, wherein the aggregate part contains at least SiC, the bonding part is constructed by hydration reaction, and monofilaments comprising SiC inorganic fibers containing 50% or more SiC in their main component, having a fiber diameter of 5 μm to 25 μm, a fiber length of 50 μm to 2,000 μm and an aspect ratio of 5 to 200 are dispersed in the bonding part. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264275 | Materials Comprising Barium Zirconate and Methods for Manufacturing Thereof - A method for manufacturing barium zirconate particles includes providing a mixture of materials that includes barium, zirconium and a sintering aid, wherein the sintering aid includes at least one of barium tungstate, potassium niobate, tungsten oxide, barium molybdate, molybdenum oxide, potassium tantalate, potassium oxide, sodium niobate, sodium tantalate, sodium oxide, lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, lithium oxide, copper oxide, manganese oxide, zinc oxide, calcium zirconate and strontium zirconate; and heating the mixture of materials to produce barium zirconate particles that include the sintering aid. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264276 | Production method of dielectric particles - A method of producing fine and uniform barium titanate particles having high crystallinity by performing a heat treatment on titanium dioxide and barium carbonate having a specific surface area of at least 20 m | 2009-10-22 |
20090264277 | Picoscale catalysts for hydrogen catalysis - A catalyst for hydrogen generation from an alkaline aqueous solution of hydrogen containing salts comprising a silicon-based ceramic surface covered with a mixture of metals known as transition metals and noble metals. The silicon-based ceramic surface may be self-supporting or may be deposited as a thin film on a carbonaceous substrate. The carbonaceous surface may be self-supporting or be in the form of a film that is supported on a substrate of a fourth material, where the fourth material has the function of providing physical support to the substrate. The said carbonaceous substrate can be made from a solid material or from a porous structure, of which carbon nanotube paper, also known as Bucky paper, is one example. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264278 | Method and Apparatus for Addition of an Alkali Metal Promoter to a Dehydrogenation Catalyst - An apparatus and method for adding an alkali metal promoter into steam and contacting the solution with a dehydrogenation catalyst during a dehydrogenation reaction is disclosed. The apparatus has a first conduit capable of transporting an alkali metal salt solution and a second conduit in fluid communication with the first conduit, the second conduit capable of transporting steam so that the alkali metal salt is dissipated into the steam prior to entry into a dehydrogenation reaction zone. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264279 | Three-Stage Counter-Current FCC Regenerator - This invention is directed to a method and apparatus for regenerating a catalyst used in an FCC unit, including providing a spent catalyst into an upper portion of a regenerator, maintaining a calcination phase, a gasification phase, and a combustion phase of fluidized catalyst in the regenerator, combusting carbon in the combustion phase and producing a combustion flue gas, reacting carbon in the gasification phase with the combustion flue gas to form a carbon monoxide rich flue gas, and calcining the spent catalyst with the carbon monoxide rich flue gas. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264280 | SORBENT FOR REMOVING HEAVY METAL IONS FROM WATER - The invention relates to sorption materials for removing of heavy metal ions from ground water and surface aquifer systems, and can be used by enterprises in chemical and metallurgical industry which utilize etching and galvanic technologies. The sorbent for removing of heavy metal ions from water is composed of ground zeolite and nanophase material, where the nanophase material consists of nanophase iron hydroxide and nanophase boehmite in the following ratio, mass %: | 2009-10-22 |
20090264281 | Metal alloy for electrochemical Oxidation reactions and method of production thereof - A method of production of highly alloyed supported or unsupported platinum-ruthenium catalysts by simultaneous precipitation of the corresponding hydrous oxides or hydroxides and subsequent reduction wherein the simultaneous precipitation of platinum and ruthenium hydrous oxides is made possible by mixing two separate precursor solutions of the two metals, one in acidic and the other in basic environment, until reaching a near-neutral pH at which both hydrous oxide species are insoluble. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264282 | Magnesium-titanium-hafnium for high temperature polymerization - A magnesium titanium olefin polymerization procatalyst is prepared by A) reacting a diorganomagnesium compound with a source of active chlorine, (with the proviso that the amount of chlorine is insufficient to completely convert the diorganomagnesium to magnesium dichloride); then B) removing unreacted diorganomagnesium from the reaction product; then C) adding a tetravalent hafnium species to the washed MgCl | 2009-10-22 |
20090264283 | Stabilized Iridium and Ruthenium Catalysts - Provided herein is a non-single phase perovskite-type bulk material comprising one or more of Ru and Ir. In one embodiment, the surface region of the material is enriched with one or more of Ru and Ir relative to the bulk material. Also provided are methods for preparing the non-single phase, surface enriched perovskite-type material, catalytic articles comprising the non-single phase, surface enriched perovskite-type material and methods for their preparation, and methods for treating exhaust emissions using the non-single phase, surface enriched perovskite-type material. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264284 | SULFUR-TOLERANT CATALYST SYSTEMS - Methods for improving the sulfur-tolerance of nickel-based catalyst systems, as well as the improved catalyst systems, are disclosed. The methods can include adding praseodymium alone, or in combination with ruthenium and/or cerium, to a nickel-based catalyst system, thereby inhibiting sulfur poisoning of the catalyst system. Improved catalyst systems can have an added amount of praseodymium alone, or in combination with ruthenium and/or cerium, sufficient to inhibit poisoning of the system by sulfur. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264285 | Catalyst and process for the synthesis of C2-oxygenates by the hydrogenation of carbon monoxide - A catalyst is invented for the synthesis of C | 2009-10-22 |
20090264286 | PRODUCTION PROCESS OF COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE - A process for producing a composite metal oxide of an acidic metal oxide and a basic metal oxide, wherein the process comprises (a) providing an aqueous solution containing a colloidal particle of the acidic metal oxide and a salt of the basic metal, (b) adjusting the pH of the aqueous solution to a pH at which a part of the basic metal dissolves in the aqueous solution, the remaining of the basic metal precipitates as a hydroxide and has a positive zeta potential, and the colloidal particle of the acidic metal oxide is not dissolved and has a negative surface potential, and then maintaining this pH over a predetermined time to obtain a precursor of the composite metal oxide, and (c) drying and firing the precursor of the composite metal oxide obtained. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264287 | Processes for Reducing Beer Soluble Iron in Diatomaceous Earth Products, Diatomaceous Earth Products and Compositions Thereof, and Methods of Use - Processes for preparing diatomaceous earth filter aids having a reduced beer soluble iron content, diatomaceous earth filter aids and compositions comprising the same, and methods for using the improved diatomaceous earth filter aids are disclosed herein. Further disclosed herein are processes for reducing beer soluble iron content by saturated steam treatment of a diatomaceous earth material in an enclosed vessel. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264288 | THERMAL RECORDING MATERIAL - In the present invention, a dispersion that has excellent dispersion efficiency, shows hardly any premature graying, and exhibits excellent dispersion stability and storage stability when heated is prepared, and the thermal recording material excellent in color developing sensitivity and whiteness of the background is provided. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264289 | Use of Arylcarboxylic Acid Biphenylamides for Seed Treatment - The invention relates to the use of arylcarbonic acid biphenylamides of formula (I) | 2009-10-22 |
20090264290 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PROVIDING TOLERANCE TO MULTIPLE HERBICIDES - Methods and compositions are provided related to improved plants that are tolerant to more than one herbicide. Particularly, the invention provides plants that are tolerant of glyphosate and are tolerant to at least one ALS inhibitor, and methods of use thereof. The glyphosate/ALS inhibitor-tolerant plants comprise a polynucleotide that encodes a polypeptide that confers tolerance to glyphosate and a polynucleotide that encodes an ALS inhibitor-tolerant polypeptide. In specific embodiments, a plant of the invention expresses a GAT polypeptide and an HRA polypeptide. Methods to control weeds, improve plant yield, and increase transformation efficiencies are provided. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264291 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING ANTI-PROLIFERATIVE AGENTS AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to anti-proliferative aqueous extracts derived from plants, the extracts comprising compounds capable of inducing a plant organ into a state of dormancy or maintaining the organ in the state of dormancy. The invention further discloses cosmetic, pharmaceutical and agricultural compositions comprising the anti-proliferative extracts and use thereof. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264292 | HERBICIDAL COMPOSITION - Many herbicidal compositions have been developed and practically used. However, types of weeds to be controlled are also many, and their emergence extends over a long period. Accordingly, it is desired that a herbicidal composition be developed which has a wider herbicidal spectrum and which is highly active and has a long lasting effect. As a result of a research to solve such problems, the present inventors have found it possible to obtain a highly practical herbicidal composition by a combined use of (A) 2-(4,6-dimethoxypyrimidin-2-ylcarbamoylsulfamoyl)-N,N-dimethylnicotinamide or its salt and (B) N | 2009-10-22 |
20090264293 | 2-(SUBSTITUTED PHENYL)-6-HYDROXY OR ALKOXY-5-SUBSTITUTED-4-PYRIMIDINECARBOXYLATES AND THEIR USE AS HERBICIDES - 2-(Substituted phenyl)-6-hydroxy or alkoxy-5-substituted-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acids and their derivatives are herbicides demonstrating a broad spectrum of weed control. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264294 | SUPERCONDUCTING CURRENT LIMITER DEVICE OF THE RESISTIVE TYPE HAVING A HOLDING ELEMENT - The superconducting current-limiting device contains at least one coil ( | 2009-10-22 |
20090264295 | SUPERCONDUCTING COIL HAVING A GRANULAR SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTION - A superconducting coil comprises a plurality of windings. Each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance. A junction electrically connects at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one superconducting segment of another winding. The junction is formed by coupling the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding. In an embodiment, the exposed areas are positioned to face each other. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264296 | CONNECTION ARRANGEMENT FOR TWO SUPERCONDUCTOR CABLES - A connection arrangement for connecting together two superconductor cables, each having a central conductor comprising at least one superconductive part, a dielectric layer surrounding said central conductor, a shield surrounding said dielectric layer and a cryogenic enclosure surrounding said shield, the connection arrangement has an electrical splicing device for splicing together the central conductors and stripped dielectric layers of the corresponding shields. This connection arrangement has a covering made of semi-conductive material that is placed between the two shield ends and an electrical connection device for connecting together the two shield ends, the connection device surrounding the covering, being contained in the cryogenic enclosure, and comprising two junction elements each electrically and mechanically joined to a respective one of the shield ends, and an electrical splicing arrangement for splicing together the two junction elements. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264297 | GRANULAR SUPERCONDUCTING JOINT - A superconducting joint that structurally binds a first superconducting segment to a second superconducting segment. The first and second superconducting segment each include corresponding areas containing a granular superconducting substance formed by a first element and a second element. The superconducting joint includes a solid non-superconducting binding formed from a source of the first element and a source of the second element combined to produce the granular superconducting substance around the solid non-superconducting binding to permit for the flow of superconducting current through the first superconducting segment and the second superconducting segment. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264298 | Methods for enriching subpopulations - Methods of enriching a subpopulation of beads are described. In one embodiment, first beads comprise immobilized first amplified product, said first amplified product encoding a truncated version of a first protein, and second beads comprise immobilized second amplified product, said second amplified product encoding an untruncated version of said first protein. Both first and second beads are exposed to a translation system under conditions such that said truncated and untruncated versions of said first protein are generated from at least a portion of said first and second immobilized amplified products, and these protein products are captured on the first and second beads, respectively. Using a ligand (e.g. with affinity for the untruncated version of said first protein), a portion of the second beads is separated from the mixture, thereby enriching a subpopulation of beads comprising truncated protein. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264299 | High throughput genome sequencing on DNA arrays - The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for acquiring nucleotide sequence information of target sequences using adaptors interspersed in target polynucleotides. The sequence information can be new, e.g. sequencing unknown nucleic acids, re-sequencing, or genotyping. The invention preferably includes methods for inserting a plurality of adaptors at spaced locations within a target polynucleotide or a fragment of a polynucleotide. Such adaptors may serve as platforms for interrogating adjacent sequences using various sequencing chemistries, such as those that identify nucleotides by primer extension, probe ligation, and the like. Encompassed in the invention are methods and compositions for the insertion of known adaptor sequences into target sequences, such that there is an interruption of contiguous target sequence with the adaptors. By sequencing both “upstream” and “downstream” of the adaptors, identification of entire target sequences may be accomplished. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264300 | ENZYMATIC ENCODING METHODS FOR EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF LARGE LIBRARIES - Disclosed is a method for obtaining a bifunctional complex comprising a molecule linked to a single stranded identifier oligonucleotide, wherein a nascent bifunctional complex comprising a chemical reaction site and a priming site for enzymatic addition of a tag is a) reacted at the chemical reaction site with one or more reactants, and b) reacted enzymatically at the priming site with one or more tag(s) identifying the reactant(s). | 2009-10-22 |
20090264301 | METHODS UTILIZING DIFFERENTIAL SPLICING EVENTS IN BLOOD CELLS FOR THE DETECTION OF PATHOLOGICAL EVENTS - The present invention concerns new compositions and methods for the detection of pathological events. It more specifically concerns methods for the detection in vitro of the presence of a pathology or a pathological event in a subject, comprising taking a sample of blood cells from the subject and determining, in this sample, the presence of blood cells presenting a physiological state characteristic of the pathology. The invention also concerns the tools, kits and compositions for the implementation of such methods, as well as their uses in the field of human and animal health, or in experimental research for example. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264302 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING TREATMENT RESPONSE BIOMARKERS - The invention relates to methods for the identification of biomarkers suitable for determining patient treatment response as well as systems and computer program products of use in such methods. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264303 | Polypeptides having a functional domain of interest and methods of identifying and using same - Novel polypeptides having functional domains of interest are described, along with DNA sequences that encode the same. A method of identifying these polypeptides by means of a sequence-independent (that is, independent of the primary sequence of the polypeptide sought), recognition unit-based functional screen is also disclosed. Various applications of the method and of the polypeptides identified are described, including their use in assay kits for drug discovery, modification, and refinement. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264304 | NORMALIZED NUCLEIC ACID LIBRARIES AND METHODS OF PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to methods for producing normalized nucleic acid libraries in which each member of the library can be isolated with approximately equivalent probability. In particular, the present methods comprise subtractive hybridization of a nucleic acid library with haptenylated (e.g., biotinylated, avidinated or streptavidinated) nucleic acid molecules that are complementary to one or more of the nucleic acid molecules of the library, such that the variation in the abundances of the individual nucleic acid molecules in the library is reduced. The invention also relates to production of normalized nucleic acid libraries (particularly cDNA libraries) in which contaminating nucleic acid molecules have been reduced or eliminated, and to normalized nucleic acid libraries produced by such methods. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264305 | Polynucleotide Marker Genes and their Expression, for Diagnosis of Endotoxemia - The present invention discloses disease-associated molecules and assays, which are useful for diagnosing and assessing those animals with endotoxemia, and determining those animals at risk of developing endotoxemia or its sequelae. The invention has practical use in the early diagnosis of disease, in monitoring an animal's immune response to the disease, and in enabling better treatment and management decisions to be made in clinically and sub-clinically affected animals. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264306 | DNA METHYLATION BIOMARKERS IN LYMPHOID AND HEMATOPOIETIC MALIGNANCIES - Differential Methylation Hybridization (DMH) was used to identify novel methylation markers and methylation profiles for hematopoieetic malignancies, leukemia, lymphomas, etc. (e.g., non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), small B-cell lymphomas (SBCL), diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), follicular lymphoma (FL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma (B-CLL/SLL), chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma (MM), acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), etc.). Particular aspects provide novel biomarkers for NHL and subtypes thereof (e.g., MCL, B-CLL/SLL, FL, DLBCL, etc.), AML, ALL and MM, and further provide non-invasive tests (e.g. blood tests) for lymphomas and leukemias. Additional aspects provide markers for diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring responses to therapies, relapse, etc., and further provide targets and methods for therapeutic demethylating treatments. Further aspects provide cancer staging markers, and expression assays and approaches comprising idealized methylation and/or patterns” (IMP and/or IEP) and fusion of gene rankings. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264307 | ARRAY-BASED POLYMORPHISM MAPPING AT SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE RESOLUTION - Disclosed herein is a system useful for detecting sequence differences (e.g., single-nucleotide polymorphisms) between genomes using data from a single hybridization with a genomic DNA microarray, such as a whole-genome array. The methods described herein can be used to detect, simply and inexpensively, differences in sequence among the genomes of individual members of a species, for example. In examples described herein, the system and methods were used to detect a variety of spontaneous single base-pair substitutions, insertions and deletions, and most (>90%) of the approximately 30,000 known single-nucleotide polymorphisms between two | 2009-10-22 |
20090264308 | BIOSENSOR SOLID SUBSTRATE WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE CONTROL AND A METHOD TO MAKE THE SAME - This invention provides a biosensor solid or hydrogel substrate comprising one or more temperature indicating agents, each of said one or more temperature indicating agents operating by changing its optical properties and being deposited in and/or at the surface of the biosensor solid or hydrogel substrate as one or more layers and/or spots | 2009-10-22 |
20090264309 | Methods for Screening for Compounds that Modulate Insulin Promoter Activity - Compositions and methods are provided for screening for compounds that modulate insulin promoter activity. Vectors that express green fluorescent protein under the control of the human insulin promoter are introduced into mouse and human cells in which the insulin promoter is expressed in a glucose-responsive manner. Such cells are then used to screen for compounds that modulate insulin promoter activity. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264310 | SCREENING METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF CENTROSOMAL CLUSTER-INHIBITORS AS ANTI-CANCER AGENTS - Described is a method of screening for therapeutic agents useful in the treatment of a disease characterized by centrosome aberrations, preferably a solid neoplasia or a haematological malignancy, comprising the steps of (a) contacting a cell from a cell which harbours extra copies of centrosomes and divides in a bipolar fashion (centrosomal clustering) with a test compound; and (b) detecting an effect of said test compound on spindle polarity, wherein (i) induction or (ii) increase of the frequency of multipolar mitoses indicate that the test compound is effective as a drug for specific chemotherapy. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264311 | Thermostable peroxide-driven cytochrome P450 oxygenase variants and methods of use - The invention relates to novel variants of cytochrome P450 oxygenases. These variants have at least one mutation improving their ability to use peroxide as an oxygen donor as compared to the corresponding wild-type enzyme. The variants also have at least one mutation improving thermostability as compared to the parent enzyme or corresponding wild-type enzyme. Preferred variants include cytochrome P450 BM-3 heme domain variants having L52I, I58V, F87A, H100R, S106R, F107L, A135S, M145A/V, A184V, N239H, S274T, L324I, V340M, I366V, K434E, E442K, and/or V446I amino acid substitutions. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264312 | METHOD FOR REMOVING DESIRED CHROMOSOME AND TAILOR-MADE MEDICAL TREATMENT UTILIZING THE SAME - It is intended to provide a regenerable cell in which a desired chromosome has been deleted, a method for producing the cell, and a gene cassette and a kit to be used for the method. More particularly, it is intended to obtain an individual corresponding pluripotent stem cell easily and simply. More specifically, it is intended to efficiently establish a cell, tissue or organ that can be a donor for treating a disease without causing immune rejection response, without newly obtaining and establishing a stem cell such as ES cell from the individual, and without using an ovum as a material. It was achieved by a gene cassette in which not two recombinase recognition sites in a cis orientation are inserted, but one recombinase recognition site or two recombinase recognition sites in an opposite orientation is/are inserted and a marker gene is connected, and by application of the gene cassette to a cell fusion technique. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264313 | Oligonucleotide library encoding randomised peptides - The invention relates to a method of producing an oligonucleotide library comprising a plurality of oligonucleotides, each oligonucleotide in the library having at least one predetermined position, a randomisation codon selected from a defined group of codons, the codons within said defined group coding for different amino acids. Vector, host cells containing such libraries and kits for the production of such libraries are also provided. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264314 | Optical Detection of Label-Free Biomolecular Interactions Using Microreplicated Plastic Sensor Elements - Methods and compositions are provided for detecting biomolecular interactions. The use of labels is not required and the methods can be performed in a high-throughput manner. The invention also provides optical devices useful as narrow band filters. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264315 | DIPEPTIDE MIMICS, LIBRARIES COMBINING TWO DIPEPTIDE MIMICS WITH A THIRD GROUP, AND METHODS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF - Monovalent compounds having moieties comprising at least one amino acid side chain are bound to a core molecule, which also comprises a nucleophilic moiety bound to said core molecule. Monovalent compounds also comprise a macrocyclic ring, a nucleophilic moiety, and a spacer group. Monovalent compounds may be combined into bivalent and trivalent compounds, some of which may have a labeling tag. Methods of production of bivalent compounds and contemplated uses thereof are disclosed. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264316 | Ultraviolet/Ozone Patterned Organosilane Surfaces - UV/ozone treatment can be used to alter the hydrophobicity of organosilane coated surfaces. Methods are contemplated for producing micropatterned surfaces by coating a surface with an organosilane to produce an organosilane surface; and exposing the organosilane surface to ultraviolet light in the presence of oxygen, wherein the micropatterned organosilane surface is produced without the use of photoresist. Methods for producing substrate-micropatterned surfaces further are also contemplated. Suitable substrates include nucleotides, proteins, carbohydrates, and cells. The organosilane coated devices of the present invention may be used in, for example, arrays. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264317 | Functionalized nanostructure, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same - Disclosed is a method comprising disposing a functionalized patternable material on a substrate, wherein the functionalized patternable material comprises a first click chemical moiety; patterning the functionalized patternable material; and reacting the first click chemical moiety with a complementary reactant to form an functionalized patterned surface, the complementary reactant comprising a second click chemical moiety that reacts with the first click chemical moiety; the complementary reactant comprising an functional group. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264318 | Analyzing Blood Type with Identification of Patient by Genotyping - This invention provides compositions and methods for genetic testing of an organism and for correlating the results of the genetic testing with a unique marker that unambiguously identifies the organism. The markers may be internal markers, such as for example single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), short tandem repeats (STRs), or other sites within a genomic locus. Alternatively, the markers may be external, such that they are separately added to the genetic sample before testing. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264319 | Method for the analysis of exclusive gene expression profile using a trace amount of sample - The purpose of the present invention is to prepare a cellular gene expression profile from an extremely small number of cells so as to realize its application to pathological samples, microtissues, microanimals, etc, whose handling has been infeasible because of a limited sample amount, and further to realize a gene expression profile as to cells of peripheral blood for use in pathological diagnosis, etc. There is provided a method attaining improvement of the high coverage expression profiling analysis (HiCEP) disclosed in the pamphlet of WO 02/48352, characterized in that an amount of mRNA contained in a starting material is increased through obtaining amplified RNA complementary to double-stranded cDNA sequence by the action of RNA polymerase, and that the number of double-stranded cDNAs having X primer and Y primer added thereto is increased by the use of PCR. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264320 | Methods for transforming yeast - This invention is directed to the transformation of yeast, and mutants thereof, by electroporation, which result in stably transformed yeast host cells that express recombinant products. This invention also is directed to transformed yeast cells and libraries. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264321 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR - This invention is directed to a composition comprising encapsulated expandable polymeric microparticles including expandable base microparticles encapsulated in a shell of at least one layer of a labile or degradable encapsulation material. The encapsulated microparticles have an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns. The invention is further directed to the use of the composition for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264322 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR - This invention is directed to a composition comprising expandable polymeric microparticles comprising hydrophobic polymers having a backbone with labile pendant groups, the microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns. Labile pendant groups on the backbone are subject to hydrolysis under a change in environmental conditions that results in expansion of the microparticle. The invention is further directed to the use of the composition for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264323 | CONSOLIDATED PROPPANTS HAVING HIGH MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF - A process for the preparation of hydrolytically and hydrothermally stable consolidated proppants is described, in which (A) a consolidating agent comprising (A1) a hydrolysate or precondensate of at least one functionalized organosilane, a further hydrolyzable silane and at least one metal compound, the molar ratio of silicon compounds used to metal compounds used being in the range of 10 000:1 to 10:1, and (A2) an organic crosslinking agent are mixed with a proppant and (B) the consolidating agent is cured at elevated pressure and elevated temperature. | 2009-10-22 |
20090264324 | COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM A SUBTERRANEAN RESERVOIR - This invention is directed to a composition comprising crosslinked expandable polymeric microparticles comprising structured polymers having labile crosslinks or having a labile core and non-labile crosslinks. The starting configuration of the structured polymers constrains the microparticle to an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns. Labile crosslinks or the labile core of the structured polymers are subject to degradation which results expansion of the microparticle. The invention is further directed to the use of the composition for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. | 2009-10-22 |