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7636038 Fault-tolerant timeout communication protocol with sensor integration  
A fault-tolerant timeout protocol for distributed sensor arrays and networks in which each sensor has a plurality of backup nodes, each of which is operable to send priority information which...
7632505 Treatment of macrophage mediated disease  
The invention relates to a method of treating or monitoring/diagnosing a disease state mediated by activated macrophages. The method comprises the step of administering to a patient suffering from...
7631508 Apparatus and method for determining refrigerant charge level  
A method and apparatus for non-invasively determining a charge level of a refrigerant in a vapor-compression cycle system. The method and apparatus monitor the system while the system is operated...
7628099 Machining method to controllably produce chips with determinable shapes and sizes  
A method of controllably producing chips with a desired shape and size. The method generally entails machining a body with a cutting tool while superimposing modulation on the cutting tool so as to...
7626236 Transistor including paramagnetic impurities and having anti-parallel ferromagnetic contacts  
A transistor device may comprise a source having a first ferromagnetic contact thereto, a drain having a second ferromagnetic contact thereto, an electrically conductive gate positioned over a...
7622129 Nano-structured polymers for use as implants  
Polymeric materials and processes for making the same are provided herein wherein said polymeric materials have nano-sized topological features or textures. These features have dimensions in...
US20090282728 Crawling arthropod intercepting device and method  
An intercepting device (e.g. a furniture coaster device) is placed under furniture (bed, sofa, chair. etc.), other climbable object, or the floor adjacent an object to intercept crawling arthropods...
7619217 High power laser induced acoustic desorption probe  
A high power laser-induced acoustic desorption (LIAD) probe is provided for desorbing neutral molecules from a sample analyte on a target into a mass spectrometer for subsequent ionization.
7617750 Process of producing nanocrystalline bodies  
A process by which nanostructured monolithic bodies can be produced in a single continuous operation, as opposed to multi-stage deformation processing. The process generally entails continuously...
US20090268840 MULTIPLE ANTENNA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING ADAPTIVE UPDATING AND CHANGING OF CODEBOOKS  
Communication between a base station with multiple transmission antennas and a mobile station is provided. The base station and the mobile station may recognize or estimate, respectively, a channel...
7610074 Multi-functional plasmon-resonant contrast agents for optical coherence tomography  
A method of forming an image of a sample, comprising: forming an image of a mixture, by exposing the mixture to electromagnetic radiation; wherein the mixture comprises the sample and...
7608454 Vascularization enhanced graft constructs  
A tissue graft construct for use in repairing diseased or damaged tissues is provided. The tissue graft construct comprises a matrix composition selected from the group consisting of liver basement...
7607900 Multi-cylinder reciprocating compressor  
A multi-cylinder reciprocating compressor includes a cylinder block provided with a plurality of pistons each for performing a working fluid suction stroke and a working fluid compression/discharge...
PP20437 Apple tree named ‘Co-op 31’  
A new apple variety distinguished by the following unique combination of characteristics: It is field-immune to apple scab disease, has good resistance to the bacterial disease fire blight, and...
7601797 Method of controlled alcoholysis and regeneration of a borohydride  
Methods of controlled hydrolysis/alcoholysis and regeneration of a borohydride are disclosed. Examples of the present invention show that hydrolysis of sodium borohydride or lithium borohydride...
7598374 Processes for the production of xylitol  
Methods of producing xylitol comprising the oxidative decarboxylation of a reactant substrate are provided herein. The oxidative decarboxylation is performed in one of two ways. In the first, the...
US20090246857 STABLE RECOMBINANT YEASTS FOR FERMENTING XYLOSE TO ETHANOL  
Described are recombinant yeast which ferment xylose to ethanol and which maintain their ability to do so when cultured for numerous generations in non-selective media. The preferred yeast contain...
US20090246074 System and method for sterilizing a processing line  
The invention comprises a system and method for sterilizing an aseptic processing line comprising the steps of generating chlorine dioxide gas, introducing the chlorine dioxide gas inside the...
7595494 Direction-sensitive radiation detector and radiation detection method  
A radiation detection system and method suitable for use by a first responder to detect a radiological source. The system includes a container that encloses a chamber containing a pressurized inert...
7587965 Tool holder assembly and method for modulation-assisted machining  
A tool holder assembly and method for intentionally inducing modulation in a machining process. The tool holder assembly is configured for mounting in a tool block on a machining apparatus and...
US20090219154 Fingerprint acquisition system and method using force measurements  
An apparatus and method of optimizing performance of a fingerprint sensor includes determining whether a force applied to a sensing portion of the sensor is within an optimal force range for the...
7583780 Systems and methods for improving a resolution of an image  
A method for reconstructing an image in a tomographic imaging system is described. The method includes improving a spatial resolution of the image by iteratively reconstructing the image.
7583272 Methods for retrieving shapes and drawings  
There are disclosed methods to provide stable pose determinations of various three dimensional shapes. Methods are also disclosed for determining multiple, unique drawing descriptors for two...
7582680 Methods and compositions for treating mammalian spinal cord injuries  
Methods of treating an injured vertebrate spinal cord are described. In one aspect of the invention, a method of treating an injured vertebrate spinal cord includes contacting the spinal cord with...
US20090214848 FABRICATION OF NANOWIRE ARRAY COMPOSITES FOR THERMOELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS AND MICROCOOLERS  
Methods for fabricating a nanowire array epoxy composite with high structural integrity and low effective thermal conductivity to achieve a power conversion efficiency goal of approximately 20% and...
7571676 Apparatus and method for reducing microorganisms on produce using chlorine dioxide gas  
This invention provides an apparatus and method for processing produce to reduce microorganisms thereon by treating the produce in a treatment chamber. The treatment chamber comprises a produce...
7570851 Ultrashort photonic waveform measurement using quasi-phase-matched non-linear optics  
A short-pulse measurement and detection apparatus utilizing an aperiodic non-linear quasi-phase matched (A-QPM) material. The bandwidth of the A-QPM non-linear material is such that an interaction...
7569746 Method for delivery of proteins to plant cells  
The invention relates to the use of a modified Agrobacterium to deliver proteins directly to plant cells. Proteins of interest are delivered to the plant host in the form of a fusion protein with...
7569018 Apparatus and method for noninvasively detecting the quality of cardiac pumping  
An auditory pulse monitor for noninvasively detecting the amplitude of arterial pulses on a beat-by-beat basis. A light-weight optical sensor including a light source and photodetector is adapted...
US20090189616 POLYMERIC STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND MONITORING POLYMERIC STRUCTURES  
A method for monitoring a component formed of a polymer material, and the polymer component. The component includes an electrically-conductive polymer sensing element integrally incorporated into...
7566383 Heat recovery from a biomass heat source  
A method and system for recovering heat from a pretreated hot biomass stream is described. The method and system for heat recovery includes a flash cooler connected to a direct contact condenser. A...
7555936 Hydraulic hose with integral life-sensing capability and method therefor  
A system and method for predicting structural failure of a wall of a fluid containment vessel, such as a hydraulic hose or other type of pressurized conduit of types used in mobile machinery,...
7555432 Audio steganography method and apparatus using cepstrum modification  
Audio steganography methods and apparatus using cepstral domain techniques to make embedded data in audio signals less perceivable. One approach defines a set of frames for a host audio signal,...
7553776 Patterned functionalized silicon surfaces  
The present invention provides a method for preparing a silicon substrate and a silicon substrate having a silicon surface comprising a pattern of covalently bound monolayers. Each of the...
7550718 Process for increasing ionic charge in mass spectrometry  
Processes and apparatus are described for the analysis of molecules or fragments thereof, which are capable of carrying multiple charges, by reacting the multiply charged molecules or fragments...
7548473 Apparatus and methods for determining memory device faults  
A test circuit used for determining a fault in a memory device. The test circuit includes a read circuit configured to read memory cell contents in a memory device at a first time instant and...
7547526 Cell concentration and pathogen recovery  
Methods and kits for the isolation of organisms. Such methods and kits are particularly useful for concentrating and recovering viable organisms from food material. The recovered organisms are of...
US20090149389 Kinase Inhibitors And Uses Thereof  
The present invention relates to kinase inhibiting compositions and uses thereof. The invention further provides isolated kinase inhibiting peptides and uses thereof for inhibiting hyperplasia, for...
US20090148952 Materials and methods for controlling isotope effects during fractionation of analytes  
Compositions and methods for controlling or eliminating isotope effects during fractionation of chemically equivalent but isotopically distinct compounds. Isotope coding agents contain heavy...
7545894 Method and apparatus for detecting and processing global positioning system (GPS) signals  
A method acquires a location system signal that includes second data signals superimposed on the first data signals. The method includes iterating Doppler frequency offset values and time offsets...
7544933 Method and system for desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization  
A desorption atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (DAPCI) system delivers a primary ion beam composed of an inert, high velocity gas and solvent ions to a surface to effect desorption and...
US20090138115 INTELLIGENT OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR  
A method and system of optimizing a complex manufacturing process performed by an apparatus on a subject to achieve at least one processing objective. The system includes a graphical user...
US20090137881 Linked animal-human health visual analytics  
Coordinated animal-human health monitoring can provide an early warning system with fewer false alarms for naturally occurring disease outbreaks, as well as biological, chemical and environmental...
7539872 Method and system for rights assessment over digital data through watermarking  
A system and method that provide resilient watermarking of digital data, including numeric and categorical relational data. The method and system are premised upon a framework considering the...
US20090132003 Wireless Electrical Stimulation of Neural Injury  
An apparatus for wireless electrical stimulation of a neural injury includes a first electronic implant ( 102 ) is configured to generate a first potential difference relative to a body of a...
7534365 Ultra-violet assisted anisotropic etching of PET  
A method for etching a substrate is described wherein a substrate is positioned in a solution of solvent and the substrate is exposed to excitation energy. The method may be applied to the...
US20090123511 BIOMATERIAL DERIVED FROM VERTEBRATE LIVER TISSUE  
A tissue graft composition comprising liver basement membrane is described. The graft composition can be implanted to replace or induce the repair of damaged or diseased tissues.
7527927 Stable recombinant yeasts for fermenting xylose to ethanol  
Described are recombinant yeast which ferment xylose to ethanol and which maintain their ability to do so when cultured for numerous generations in non-selective media. The preferred yeast contain...
7527803 PLGA substrate with aligned and nano-sized surface structures and associated method  
A substrate for promoting growth of chondrocytes to repair articular cartilage is disclosed. The substrate comprises a polymeric material comprising aligned and nano-sized surface structures. An...
US20090102061 Self-Aligned Wafer Level Integration System  
A polymer-based, self-aligned wafer-level heterogeneous integration system, SAWLIT, for integrating semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) chips to a substrate is presented. The system includes a...