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Production of iron using environmentally-benign renewable or recycled reducing agents
To produce metallic iron from iron ore, a composition comprising a mass of material formed from a mixture of iron ore particles and particles of a reductant that is either a biomass material in...
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7619518 |
Intrusion detection methods and apparatus that use a building's infrastructure as part of a sensor
Intrusion detection methods and apparatus exploit the infrastructure of the building itself. The preferred embodiments use the existing power line infrastructure to provide power, data, and sensor...
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US20090153015 |
SELF-REGENERATING NANOTIPS FOR LOW-POWER ELECTRIC PROPULSION (EP) CATHODES
Spindt-type field-emission cathodes for use in electric propulsion (EP) systems having self-assembling nanostructures that can repeatedly regenerate damaged cathode emitter nanotips. A nanotip is...
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US20090151438 |
WRIST PIN SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD
A method, and a system employing the method, for determining a position of a rotational part in a reciprocating machine. The system includes a quadrature encoder and an interrupter coupled to the...
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7514596 |
Methods for simultaneous control of lignin content and composition, and cellulose content in plants
The present invention relates to a method of concurrently introducing multiple genes into plants and trees is provided. The method includes simultaneous transformation of plants with multiple genes...
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US20090060411 |
PLANAR MAGNETIZATION LATCHING IN MAGNETO-OPTIC FILMS
A latching magnetic structure in the resonant cavity of magneto-photonic crystal films with in-plane magnetization. Also disclosed is a method for the fabrication and observation of a latching...
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7489935 |
Wireless local positioning system
A method of locating mobiles via a dynamic base station. The method includes transmitting a first wireless signal from the dynamic base station at a first time, and receiving the first wireless...
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7446138 |
Wood particle filled polyvinyl chloride composites and their foams
Extruded composite compositions of PVC and wood particles containing chitosan or chitin as a coupling agent are described. The composite compositions have improved physical and mechanical properties.
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US20080222752 |
Methods for Enhancing Expression of Secondary Cell Wall Cellulose Synthases in Plants
Described are methods for making transgenic plants capable of expressing secondary cell wall cellulose synthases and methods of enhancing expression of secondary cell wall cellulose synthases in...
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7415347 |
Combustion knock detection and control through statistical characterization of knock levels
A method of statistically characterizing combustion knock events includes receiving signals from a sensing device such as an accelerometer, estimating at least one parameter of a probability...
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US20080193805 |
Water removal from gas flow channels of fuel cells
An apparatus for water management in a fuel cell. The apparatus includes a fuel cell having a first porous electrode layer, a second porous electrode layer, a proton-conducting membrane positioned...
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7399139 |
Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring
A device and method for contouring three-dimensionally curved surfaces includes an elongated contouring assembly that is supported at two locations by height adjustment mechanisms that raise and...
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7371362 |
Catalytic wet oxidation of lactose
A process for converting lactose into carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide using catalytic wet oxidation. Oxygen gas and an aqueous solution of lactose are fed to a reactor comprising a Pt/Al 2 O...
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US20080066855 |
ANTI-ICING COATINGS AND METHODS
A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the...
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US20080051981 |
COMBUSTION KNOCK DETECTION AND CONTROL THROUGH STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF KNOCK LEVELS
A method of statistically characterizing combustion knock events includes receiving signals from a sensing device such as an accelerometer, estimating at least one parameter of a probability...
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7288696 |
Genetic engineering of syringyl-enriched lignin in plants
The present invention relates to a novel DNA sequence, which encodes a previously unidentified lignin biosynthetic pathway enzyme, sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (SAD) that regulates the...
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7288409 |
Method of introducing a plurality of genes into plants
A method of concurrently introducing multiple genes to plants and trees is provided. The method includes an Agrobacterium -mediated gene delivery system by which multiple genes together with a...
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7279197 |
Anti-icing coatings and methods
A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the...
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7278262 |
Control system for suppression of boom or arm oscillation
A control for a working apparatus having a boom arm. The apparatus includes a controller operable to receive signals from at least one pressure sensor. The at least one pressure sensor detects...
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US20070219132 |
BLACK BEAR PARATHYROID HORMONE AND METHODS OF USING BLACK BEAR PARATHYROID HORMONE
Black bear parathyroid hormone (PTH) and functional fragments thereof are provided. Also provided are methods of using black bear PTH and functional fragments for increasing cAMP in a bone-forming...
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US20070209480 |
Production of iron using environmentally-benign renewable or recycled reducing agents
To produce metallic iron from iron ore, a composition comprising a mass of material formed from a mixture of iron ore particles and particles of a reductant that is either a biomass material in...
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RE39834 |
Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring
A contouring device and method for contouring three-dimensionally curved surfaces includes an elongated contouring assembly that is supported at opposite ends by a pair of fluid cylinders. The...
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7267651 |
Method and apparatus for blood flow measurement using millimeter wave band
A system and method that determines a blood flow rate in an area of a subject. The system includes a transmitter operable to transmit an electrical signal in the range of about 20 GHz to about 300...
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US20070197825 |
Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Lactose
A process for converting lactose into carbon dioxide and/or carbon monoxide using catalytic wet oxidation. Oxygen gas and an aqueous solution of lactose are fed to a reactor comprising a Pt/Al 2 O...
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US20060293418 |
Wood particle filled polyvinyl chloride composites and their foams
Extruded composite compositions of PVC and wood particles containing chitosan or chitin as a coupling agent are described. The composite compositions have improved physical and mechanical properties.
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US20060272325 |
Control system for suppression of boom or arm oscillation
A control for a working apparatus having a boom arm. The apparatus includes a controller operable to receive signals from at least one pressure sensor. The at least one pressure sensor detects...
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US20060234372 |
Cell culture method and apparatus for mechanically stimulating cells
A cell culture assembly and a method for culturing cells that provide mechanical stimulation to cells. The cell culture assembly can include a flow chamber positioned in a fluid path and a support...
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US20060217639 |
Musculosketal loading device
A device for non-invasively mechanically stimulating bone or muscle includes a vibrational energy generator for applying vibrational energy to a first end of a length of a tissue which includes...
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US20060206964 |
Method for enhancing cellulose and modifying lignin biosynthesis in plants
This invention relates to polynucleotide molecules encoding cellulose synthase, promoters of cellulose synthase and cellulose synthase polypeptides, methods for genetically altering cellulose and...
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US20060185441 |
System for and method of performing evaluation techniques on a log or round timber
A system for and method of evaluating a log. The system includes an analysis module having at least one input terminal connectable to the at least one input device. The at least one input terminal...
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US20060150161 |
Methods and systems for ordering instructions using future values
A method of ordering instructions. The method can include placing a first instruction that consumes a value of an object before a second instruction that produces the value of the object such that...
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US20060024583 |
Nickel hydroxide impregnated carbon foam electrodes for rechargeable nickel batteries
A novel nickel-carbon electrode, and methods for making the same, have been developed. The nickel-carbon electrode comprises an active mass (e.g., a nickel oxyhydroxide, hydroxide or oxide)...
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US20050265785 |
Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring
A device and method for contouring three-dimensionally curved surfaces includes an elongated contouring assembly that is supported at two locations by height adjustment mechanisms that raise and...
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US20050250919 |
Free radical retrograde precipitation copolymers and process for making same
The present invention is directed to a single stage free radical precipitation polymerization process for producing a copolymer involving admixing a solvent, a free-radical-forming agent,...
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US20050233551 |
Method for depositing silicon by pulsed cathodic vacuum arc
A method of depositing a silicon layer on a substrate includes the steps of placing a doped silicon (or silicon composite) target and a substrate in a vacuum chamber. An arc discharge is initiated...
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US20050181126 |
Magnetic annealing of ferromagnetic thin films using induction heating
A method of performing magnetic annealing of a ferromagnetic thin film applied to a substrate includes applying an oscillating magnetic field to the ferromagnetic thin film to induce a current...
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US20050177754 |
Password management peripheral system and method
A password management system. The password management system includes a host computing processor that encrypts a list of passwords, and a portable access device. The portable access device stores...
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US20050166283 |
Methods for simultaneous control of lignin content and composition, and cellulose content in plants
The present invention relates to a method of concurrently introducing multiple genes into plants and trees is provided. The method includes simultaneous transformation of plants with multiple genes...
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US20050147467 |
Apparatus and method for three-dimensional contouring
A contouring machine control system, contouring/smoothing method, and kit for enabling a contouring machine to automatically contour three-dimensional surfaces includes a contouring member, such as...
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US20050116197 |
Anti-icing coatings and methods
A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method includes applying an adhesive to the substrate, broadcasting an aggregate onto the adhesive, the...
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US20050086926 |
Thruster apparatus and method
A thruster for use with an external power supply. The thruster includes a propellant that exists in a non-gaseous state at standard temperature and pressure and has a melting point T m , a boiling...
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US20050079567 |
Modified luciferase
The invention comprises modified luciferase proteins which are more resistant to inhibition by test chemicals than wild type luciferase. The modified luciferases also contain greater...
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US20050051755 |
Anti-icing coatings and methods
A method of inhibiting or preventing bonding between snow or ice and a substrate. The method may include applying an adhesive to a substrate, applying aggregate onto the adhesive and applying an...
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US20050050585 |
Genetic engineering of syringyl-enriched lignin in plants
The present invention relates to a novel DNA sequence, which encodes a previously unidentified lignin biosynthetic pathway enzyme, sinapyl alcohol dehydrogenase (SAD) that regulates the...
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US20040235497 |
Wireless local positioning system
A method of locating mobiles via a dynamic base station. The method includes transmitting a first wireless signal from the dynamic base station at a first time, and receiving the first wireless...
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US20040215086 |
Method and apparatus for blood flow measurement using millimeter wave band
A system and method that determines a blood flow rate in an area of a subject. The system includes a transmitter operable to transmit an electrical signal in the range of about 20 GHz to about 300...
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US20040183408 |
Actuator
An actuator including a piezoelectric film. The film has a first side, a second side, and a thickness between the first side and the second side. The actuator also includes a first electrode...
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US20040019933 |
Application of aspen MADS-box genes to alter reproduction and development in trees
The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a transgenic plant that exhibits altered characteristics resulting from over expression or under expression of a novel...
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US20030172395 |
Genetic engineering of plants through manipulation of lignin biosynthesis
The invention pertains to the genetically down regulating a lignin pathway p-coumarate Co-enzyme A ligase (CCL) in trees.
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US20030171457 |
Wood-based composite board and method of manufacture
A wood composite board or panel, such as particleboard, fiberboard, oriented strand board or waferboard and a method of producing the same. The composite board or panel comprises a plurality of...
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