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20140039115 | SULFONIC ACID MONOMER BASED COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a composition which comprises a stable aqueous dispersion of discrete polymer particles and a water-soluble dispersant adsorbed onto the surfaces of pigment particles, wherein the polymer particles comprise structural units of a sulfonic acid monomer or a salt thereof. The present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a way to improve the hiding efficiency of compositions containing pigment such as TiO | 02-06-2014 |
20140039117 | SULFONIC ACID MONOMER BASED COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a composition comprising a water-soluble dispersant comprising structural units of a sulfonic acid monomer or a salt thereof and a co-monomer. The dispersant of the present invention addresses a need in the art by providing a way to improve the hiding efficiency of coatings compositions. | 02-06-2014 |
20140121305 | COMPOSITION CONTAINING ASSOCIATIVE RHEOLOGY MODIFIER AND POLYMER ENCAPSULATED PIGMENT PARTICLES - The present invention relates to a composition comprising an associative thickener, a binder, polymer encapsulated opacifying pigment particles, and water. The composition of the present invention shows an improvement in opacity and S/mil over similar compositions that do not include polymer encapsulated opacifying pigment particles. | 05-01-2014 |
20140194566 | AMPHOTERIC POLYMER COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a composition comprising an amphoteric polymer having pendant acid groups, or salts thereof, and pendant mono- or dialkylamino ethylene oxide groups or alkylammonium ethylene oxide groups characterized by either of the following formulas: | 07-10-2014 |
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20080284293 | FREESTANDING WORKSTATION - A freestanding workstation includes a desk assembly and a supported hutch assembly, wherein the desk assembly includes a privacy screen that is telescopingly adjustable, thereby allowing adjustment of the overall length thereof and use within desk assemblies of varying lengths. The hutch assembly includes a drop-in tackboard extending along a rear wall thereof, and wire routing assemblies extending along support members for supporting a storage bin, and for housing communication and electrical lines associated with the workstation. | 11-20-2008 |
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20090070081 | PREDICTIVE MODELING IN A GAMING SYSTEM - Methods and systems for performing comprehensive predictive analysis and modeling in a wager gaming environment are provided. Statistical calculations for deriving predictive values for a patron behavior in a casino or gaming environment may include various criteria, including but not limited to wager gaming activities, resort/hotel usage, dining/meals, non-gaming point of sale transactions, entertainment expenditures, coupon/prize redemption, “comps” provided, etc. In some implementations, a plurality of predictive models may be used. One or more criteria may be used to evaluate and/or rank the predictive models. For example, such an evaluation and/or ranking may be based, at least in part, on a correlation coefficient or a function thereof. In some such implementations, an evaluation and/or ranking may be based, at least in part, on a comparison of the coefficient of determination, R | 03-12-2009 |
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20110017406 | Applicator for Automatically Dispensing Self-Adhesive Products - A device employed by a user for applying a self-adhesive product to a surface may include an outer housing configured for gripping by a single hand of the user, the outer housing having a distal end, and a volume of self-adhesive product disposed within the outer housing. An automatic dispensing mechanism is disposed within the outer housing and operatively coupled to the outer housing and the volume of self-adhesive product, the automatic dispensing mechanism configured to advance at least a portion of the volume of self-adhesive product through the outer housing distal end in response to a manual actuation force applied to the outer housing. | 01-27-2011 |
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20080274522 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-BUTANONE - A method for the production of 2-butanone by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanone product. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274524 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1-BUTANOL - A method for the production of 1-butanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274525 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-BUTANOL - A method for the production of 2-butanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product. | 11-06-2008 |
20080274526 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOBUTANOL - A method for the production of isobutanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product. | 11-06-2008 |
20090203097 | STRAIN FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION - Screening of fatty acid fed bacteria which are not natural butanol producers identified increased membrane cyclopropane fatty acid as providing improved butanol tolerance. Increasing expression of cyclopropane fatty acid synthase in the presence of the enzyme substrate that is either endogenous to the cell or fed to the cell, increased butanol tolerance. Bacterial strains with increased cyclopropane fatty acid synthase and having a butanol biosynthetic pathway are useful for production of butanol. | 08-13-2009 |
20100136641 | STRAIN FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION WITH INCREASED MEMBRANE UNSATURATED TRANS FATTY ACIDS - Bacteria that are not natural butanol producers were found to have increased tolerance to butanol when the membrane content of unsaturated trans fatty acids was increased. Feeding cells with unsaturated trans fatty acids increased their concentration in the membrane, which may also be accomplished by expressing a fatty acid cistrans isomerase. | 06-03-2010 |
20100221801 | YEAST WITH INCREASED BUTANOL TOLERANCE INVOLVING A MULTIDRUG EFFLUX PUMP GENE - Increasing tolerance to butanol in yeast has been accomplished by decreasing activity of Pdr5p encoded by an endogenous PDR5 gene. A deletion mutation of the PDR5 gene led to improved growth yield in the presence of butanol. Yeast cells with reduced Pdr5p activity, or other multidrug resistance ATP-binding cassette transporter protein activity encoded by CDR1 or BFR1, and a butanol biosynthetic pathway may be used for improved butanol production | 09-02-2010 |
20110136190 | RECOMBINANT BACTERIA FOR PRODUCING GLYCEROL AND GLYCEROL-DERIVED PRODUCTS FROM SUCROSE - Recombinant bacteria capable of producing glycerol and glycerol-derived products from sucrose are described. The recombinant bacteria comprise in their genome or on at least one recombinant construct: a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transporter activity; a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having fructokinase activity; and a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose hydrolase activity. These nucleotide sequences are each operably linked to the same or a different promoter. These recombinant bacteria are capable of metabolizing sucrose to produce glycerol and/or glycerol-derived products such as 1,3-propanediol and 3-hydroxypropionic acid. | 06-09-2011 |
20110144377 | PROCESS FOR THE BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION OF 3-HYDROXYPROPIONIC ACID WITH HIGH YIELD - The present invention provides a microorganism useful for biologically producing 3-hydroxypropionic acid from a fermentable carbon source. Further, the microorganism comprises disruptions in specified genes and alterations in the expression levels of specified genes that are useful in a higher yielding process to produce 3-hydroxypropionic acid, compositions comprising renewably sourced 3-hydroxypropionic acid provided by said microorganism, and industrial relevant products made using such renewably sourced 3-hydroxypropionic acid. | 06-16-2011 |
20110195505 | BACTERIAL STRAINS FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION - Bacteria that are not natural butanol producers were found to have increased tolerance to butanol when the saturated fatty acids content in bacterial cell membrane was increased. Methods for increasing the concentration of saturated fatty acids in the membranes of bacteria that are not natural butanol produces are described whereby tolerance of the bacterial cell to butanol is increased. Saturated fatty acids concentration in the bacterial cell membrane increased upon exogenously feeding saturated fatty acids to cells. Bacterial strains useful for production of butanol are described herein having modified unsaturated fatty acid biosynthetic pathway. | 08-11-2011 |
20120142064 | RECOMBINANT BACTERIA HAVING THE ABILITY TO METABOLIZE SUCROSE - Recombinant bacteria capable of metabolizing sucrose are described. The recombinant bacteria comprise in their genome or on at least one recombinant construct: a nucleotide sequence from | 06-07-2012 |
20130217060 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 1-BUTANOL - A method for the production of 1-butanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product. | 08-22-2013 |
20130224728 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF 2-BUTANOL - A method for the production of 2-butanol by fermentation using a microbial production host is disclosed. The method employs a reduction in temperature during the fermentation process that results in a more robust tolerance of the production host to the butanol product. | 08-29-2013 |
20130230892 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 09-05-2013 |
20130230893 | RECOMBINANT BACTERIA COMPRISING NOVEL SUCROSE TRANSPORTERS - Recombinant bacteria capable of metabolizing sucrose are described. The recombinant bacteria comprise in their genome or on at least one recombinant construct, a novel nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transporter activity and a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose hydrolase activity. These nucleotide sequences are each operably linked to the same or a different promoter. Recombinant bacteria capable of metabolizing sucrose to produce glycerol and/or glycerol-derived products such as 1,3-propanediol and 3-hydroxypropionic acid are also described. | 09-05-2013 |
20140147899 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 05-29-2014 |
20140155578 | VARIANT SUCROSE TRANSPORTER POLYPEPTIDES - Variant sucrose transporter polypeptides that enable bacterial growth over a wide range of gene expression levels and sucrose concentrations are described. Additionally, recombinant bacteria comprising these variant sucrose transporter polypeptides, and methods of utilizing the bacteria to produce products such as glycerol and glycerol-derived products are provided | 06-05-2014 |
20150064755 | RECOMBINANT BACTERIA COMPRISING NOVEL SUCROSE TRANSPORTERS - Recombinant bacteria capable of metabolizing sucrose are described. The recombinant bacteria comprise in their genome or on at least one recombinant construct, a novel nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose transporter activity and a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having sucrose hydrolase activity. These nucleotide sequences are each operably linked to the same or a different promoter. Recombinant bacteria capable of metabolizing sucrose to produce glycerol and/or glycerol-derived products such as 1,3-propanediol and 3-hydroxypropionic acid are also described. | 03-05-2015 |