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US20120034661 STRAINS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLAVONOIDS FROM GLUCOSE  
The invention relates to the production of flavonoids and flavonoid precursors in cells through recombinant expression of tyrosine ammonia lyase (TAL), 4-coumarate:CoA ligase (4CL), chalcone...
US20120034296 PROLONGED DURATION LOCAL ANESTHESIA WITH MINIMAL TOXICITY  
Compositions containing site 1 sodium channel blockers for use as local anesthetics with rapid nerve block, improved potency and efficacy, and no local toxicity have been developed. Liposomes were...
US20120034153 ELECTROLYTIC RECYCLING OF COMPOUNDS  
An electrolytic recycling method recovers two or more component elements of one or more compounds simultaneously. A compound, such as a compound semiconductor, to be recycled is dissolved in a...
US20120033810 AUTHENTICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS  
A group of devices are fabricated based on a common design, each device having a corresponding plurality of measurable characteristics that is unique in the group to that device, each device having...
US20120033697 WAVELENGTH BEAM COMBINING OF QUANTUM CASCADE LASER ARRAYS  
A laser source based on a quantum cascade laser array (QCL), wherein the outputs of at least two elements in the array are collimated and overlapped in the far field using an external diffraction...
US20120031984 Personalized Building Comfort Control  
In exemplary implementations of this invention, control apparatus for a HVAC system provides personalized comfort control. It can adjust local conditions in different rooms within a building in...
8112146 Three-dimensional imaging using a luminescent surface and a differentially attenuating medium  
The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements...
8111994 Balanced bypass circulators and folded universally-balanced interferometers  
The invention generally relates, in one aspect, to an interferometer system. The interferometer system includes a splitter/combiner element (SCE), a first bi-directional optical path, and a second...
8111125 Niobium-tin superconducting coil  
A Nb3Sn superconducting coil can be formed from a wire including multiple unreacted strands comprising tin in contact with niobium. The strands are wound into a cable, which is then heated to react...
8110672 Promoter engineering and genetic control  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes libraries of expression vectors comprising the same, wherein each vector comprises at least one gene of interest and a promoter operatively...
8110339 Multi-tone resist compositions  
Multi-tone resists can enhance the resolution limit of a lithographic process by advantageously using the changeable solubility of a resist composition as a function of lithographic radiation...
8110213 Method of forming a tissue structure by introducing cells into an implanted matrix  
Polymeric materials are used to make a pliable, non-toxic, injectable porous template for vascular ingrowth. The pore size, usually between approximately 100 and 300 microns, allows vascular and...
8109146 Measurement of bowed string dynamics  
There are disclosed systems and methods for measuring the bowing parameters and the bowed string dynamics of a player playing a bowed string instrument. A system for measuring the bowing parameters...
US20120027858 Methods and Compositions for Managing Cancer Cell Growth  
The invention relates to composition and a method of using the composition for modulating proliferation, invasiveness, the expression of a biomarker of an abnormal cell, of reducing the risk of a...
US20120027837 MULTILAYER COATING COMPOSITIONS, COATED SUBSTRATES AND METHODS THEREOF  
The present invention provides, among other things, multilayer film coating compositions, coated substrates and methods thereof In some embodiments, a structure, comprising a substrate and a...
US20120027808 NICOTINE IMMUNONANOTHERAPEUTICS  
The present invention provides compositions and systems for delivery of nanocarriers to cells of the immune system. The invention provides nanocarriers capable of stimulating an immune response in...
US20120027786 GENETICALLY PROGRAMMABLE PATHOGEN SENSE AND DESTROY  
Aspects of the invention relate to compositions and methods for using recombinant cells to sense and destroy specific pathogens.
US20120027744 MODIFIED HEPARINASE III AND METHODS OF SEQUENCING THEREWITH  
The invention relates to heparinase III and mutants thereof. Modified forms of heparinase III having reduced enzymatic activity which are useful for a variety of purposes, including sequencing of...
US20120025868 Asynchronous Logic Automata  
A family of self-timed, charge-conserving asynchronous logic elements that interact with their nearest neighbors permits design and implementation of circuits that are asynchronous at the bit...
US20120025671 ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS, DEVICES, AND STRUCTURES  
The present invention provides devices and structures and methods of use thereof in electrochemical actuation. This invention provides electrochemical actuators, which are based, inter-alia, on an...
US20120025195 Confined Lateral Growth of Crystalline Material  
In a structure for crystalline material growth, there is provided a lower growth confinement layer and an upper growth confinement layer that is disposed above and vertically separated from the...
US20120024776 Mesostructured Zeolitic Materials, and Methods of Making and Using the Same  
One aspect of the present invention relates to mesostructured zeolites. The invention also relates to a method of preparing mesostructured zeolites, as well as using them as cracking catalysts for...
8108810 Synchronous circuit synthesis using an asynchronous specification  
A method for specifying and synthesizing a synchronous digital circuit by first accepting a specification of an asynchronous system in which stored values are updated according to a set of state...
8107086 Three-dimensional imaging using absorption  
The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements...
8106944 Adaptive illumination for color-corrected underwater imaging  
Described are a method and an apparatus for color-corrected underwater imaging. A range to an underwater object to be imaged is determined and control values are selected according to the range....
8106420 Light emitting device including semiconductor nanocrystals  
A light emitting device can have a layered structure and include a plurality of semiconductor nanocrystals. The layers of the device can be covalently bonded to each other. The device can include...
8105758 Microphotonic maskless lithography  
A maskless lithography system and method to expose a pattern on a wafer by propagating a photon beam through a waveguide on a substrate in a plane parallel to a top surface of the wafer.
8105652 Methods of making decomposable thin films of polyelectrolytes and uses thereof  
A decomposable thin film comprising a plurality of polyelectrolyte layers of alternating charge, wherein decomposition of the thin film is characterized by degradation of at least a portion of the...
8105270 Measuring properties of an anatomical body  
A medical device includes a sensor that is configured to measure a property of an outer layer of an anatomical body surface. The sensor includes a source probe configured to stimulate a local...
US20120019941 SYSTEM FOR DISCRETELY ACTUATED SOLAR MIRRORS  
System for establishing a surface shape. The system includes a compliant substrate including the surface and having a reverse side, and a plurality of discrete actuators engaging the reverse side...
8102837 Network coding approach to rapid information dissemination  
A method, apparatus and computer program product for providing rapid information dissemination using network coding is presented. A coded message including a payload and a code vector, is...
8101904 Compliant tactile sensor for generating a signal related to an applied force  
Tactile sensor. The sensor includes a compliant convex surface disposed above a sensor array, the sensor array adapted to respond to deformation of the convex surface to generate a signal related...
8101430 Fluorescent sensor based on two fluorescent moieties one of which is a semiconductor nanocrystal and methods of using and making  
Binding an analyte can cause a change in fluorescence emission of a sensor. The change in fluorescence can be related to the amount of analyte present. The sensor can include a semiconductor...
8101234 Highly luminescent color-selective nanocrystalline materials  
A nanocrystal capable of light emission includes a nanoparticle having photoluminescence having quantum yields of greater than 30%.
8101021 Flow method and reactor for manufacturing nanocrystals  
A population of nanocrystals having a narrow and controllable size distribution and can be prepared by a segmented-flow method.
US20120016209 FETAL ECG MONITORING  
A method for fetal monitoring includes acquiring electrical signals from a set of electrodes, for example, a set of surface electrodes applied to a maternal abdominal region. The electrical signals...
US20120016051 RADIATION AND MELT TREATED ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE PROSTHETIC DEVICES  
A medical prosthesis for use within the body which is formed of radiation treated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having substantially no detectable free radicals, is described. Preferred...
US20120015824 Method For Diagnosing Allergic Reactions  
The invention provides a method for multiple cytokine detection from single cells for the purpose of generating immunological profiles of diseases.
US20120015104 Method and Apparatus for Depositing LED Organic Film  
In one embodiment the disclosure relates to an apparatus for depositing an organic material on a substrate, including a source heater for heating organic particles to form suspended organic...
US20120014397 CONTINUOUS WAVE OR ULTRAFAST LASERS  
A laser system comprises: a seed oscillator, having a seed output; dispersive optics, operative to receive the seed output and divide the seed output into spectrally separate seed components; an...
US20120013494 Time Varying Quantization-based Linearity Enhancement of Signal Converters and Mixed-signal Systems  
A signal-linearization system and method reduces nonlinear distortions in a digitized signal generated by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) when converting an analog input signal from analog to...
US20120013139 DEXTEROUS AND COMPLIANT ROBOTIC FINGER  
A robotic finger that includes multiple phalanges, each phalange configured to be compliantly actuated. The robotic finger also includes compliant touch sensors that, in combination with the...
US20120012894 PERFORMANCE OF NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES  
A method of forming a transistor over a nitride semiconductor layer includes surface-treating a first region of a nitride semiconductor layer and forming a gate over the first region....
US20120012877 Quantum Dot White and Colored Light-Emitting Devices  
A light-emitting device comprising a population of quantum dots (QDs) embedded in a host matrix and a primary light source which causes the QDs to emit secondary light and a method of making such a...
8098966 Thermal sensing fiber devices  
There is provided a thermal sensing fiber grid, including a plurality of rows and columns of thermal sensing fibers, each of which includes a semiconducting element that has a fiber length and that...
8097983 Wireless energy transfer  
Disclosed is an apparatus for use in wireless energy transfer, which includes a first resonator structure configured to transfer energy non-radiatively with a second resonator structure over a...
US20120010768 HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF PATH DEPENDENT RECEDING HORIZON CONTROL  
A path-dependent control of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes segmenting an original route into segments. A virtual route based on the remaining portion of the original route is generated...
US20120010767 HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROL USING PATH FORECASTING  
A path-dependent control of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) includes segmenting a route into segments, generating a sequence of battery state-of-charge (SoC) set-points for the segments, and...
US20120010140 SELF-ASSEMBLING PEPTIDES FOR REGENERATION AND REPAIR OF NEURAL TISSUE  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing regeneration and/or repair of neural tissue. One method include providing a nanoscale structured material at the site of...
US20120009390 GUIDED SELF-ASSEMBLY OF BLOCK COPOLYMER LINE STRUCTURES FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTERCONNECTS  
Complex self-assembled patterns can be created using a sparse template and local changes to the shape or distribution of the posts of the template to direct pattern generation of block copolymer....