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8172998 Ionic solvents used in ionic polymer transducers, sensors and actuators  
Ionic liquids are incorporated into transducers, actuators or sensors which employ the ionic polymer membranes. The ionic liquids have superior electrochemical stability, low viscosity and low...
8172040 Active/passive distributed absorber for vibration and sound radiation control  
Vibration or acoustic sound control is achieved using an elastic layer of thermal or insulation material in which a plurality of discrete masses are distributed throughout. The elastic layer may be...
US20120085649 DIELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES AND METHODS THEREFOR  
Devices and methods for performing dielectrophoresis are described. The devices contain a sample channel which is separated by physical barriers from electrode channels which receive electrodes....
8148360 Supramolecular metallic complexes exhibiting both DNA binding and photocleavage  
Supramolecular complexes that target and cleave DNA are provided. The supramolecular complexes include at least one metal-to-ligand charge transfer (MLCT) light absorbing unit, at least one Pt...
US20120063659 EXACT LOCAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY BASED ON COMPRESSIVE SAMPLING  
A system and method for tomographic image reconstruction using truncated projection data that allows exact interior reconstruction (interior tomography) of a region of interest (ROI) based on the...
US20120056570 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CHARACTERISTIC INFORMATION OF A MOTOR, NEURAL NETWORK AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING REGIONS OF MOTOR OPERATION FROM INFORMATION CHARACTERIZING THE MOTOR, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTOR OPERATION USING THE CHARACTERISTIC INFORMATION, THE NEURAL NETWORK, OR BOTH  
A method for collecting operational parameters of a motor may include controlling the energization of a phase winding of the motor to establish an operating point, monitoring operational parameters...
8129428 Insecticidal carbamates exhibiting species-selective inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE)  
The present invention includes insecticidal carbamates that are useful, for example, for the control of insects, such as mosquitoes, which can be used in applications where exposure to and/or...
8125291 Electromagnetic interference noise separator  
Improved performance of a noise separator circuit capable of separating common mode (CM) and differential mode (DM) components of electromagnetic interference (EMI) noise are provided by...
8121249 Multi-parameter X-ray computed tomography  
The present invention relates to the field of x-ray imaging. More particularly, embodiments of the invention relate to methods, systems, and apparatus for imaging, which can be used in a wide range...
8094610 Dynamic cellular cognitive system  
High quality communications among a diverse set of cognitive radio (CR) nodes is permitted while minimizing interference to primary and other secondary users by employing Dynamic Spectrum Access...
8080964 Neural network and method for estimating regions of motor operation from information characterizing the motor  
A method for collecting operational parameters of a motor may include controlling the energization of a phase winding of the motor to establish an operating point, monitoring operational parameters...
US20110280905 LIVE ATTENUATED CHIMERIC PORCINE CIRCOVIRUS VACCINE  
The present invention provides a novel chimeric porcine circovirus infectious DNA clone and live attenuated chimeric virus with the PCV2, preferably of subtype PCV2b, capsid gene integrated into a...
8058048 Chimeric infectious DNA clones, chimeric porcine circoviruses and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to infectious DNA clones, infectious chimeric DNA clones of porcine circovirus (PCV), vaccines and means of protecting pigs against viral infection or postweaning...
US20110275558 LANTHIONINE SYNTHETASE COMPONENT C-LIKE PROTEINS AS MOLECULAR TARGETS FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DISEASES AND DISORDERS  
The present invention relates to the field of medical treatments for diseases and disorders. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of the lanthionine synthetase component...
US20110252248 Systems, Devices, and/or Methods for Managing Energy Usage  
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or user interface adapted for, and/or a method and/or machine-readable medium comprising...
8028842 Chlorine resistant desalination membranes based on directly sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymers  
The present invention provides a membrane, kit, and method of making a hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer membrane. The hydrophilic-hydrophobic random copolymer membrane includes a...
RE42675 Method of transferring and/or receiving data in communication system and apparatus thereof  
The present invention relates to Walsh Code Allocation (WCA) field in the Packet Data Control Channel. One of the embodiments of the WCA field is use of the WCA field as Last Walsh Code Index...
RE42672 Wideband compact planar inverted-F antenna  
An improved low profile antenna of the PIPA PIFA style is formed from a single piece of useful conductive material and includes a first plate spaced apart from an elongated ground plate. The first...
US20110213188 PRODUCTION OF PYROLYSIS OIL  
Methods for fractional catalytic pyrolysis which allow for conversion of biomass into a slate of desired products without the need for post-pyrolysis separation are described. The methods involve...
US20110212541 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO PROTECT CELLS BY BLOCKING ENTRY OF PATHOGEN PROTEINS  
Pathogenic effector proteins include one or more virulence motifs of amino acid consensus sequence BXZ, where B=RK or H; X=any amino acid or is absent; Z=L, M, I, W, Y or F) which bind to target...
US20110210294 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING MICROPOROUS FRAMEWORKS  
Electrically conducting vanadium arsenate or vanadium phosphate materials are described. The materials include a vanadium arsenate or vanadium phosphate framework structure about organic template...
8003856 Low phytic acid, low stachyose, high sucrose soybean lines  
The present invention provides novel soybean lines having high sucrose content and low phytic acid and low stachyose content. The soybeans are easily digested and provide high energy content for...
7972611 Fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation  
This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal...
US20110113960 BIODEGRADABLE LITTER AMENDMENT MATERIAL FROM AGRICULTURAL RESIDUES  
The present invention relates to a biodegradable material for controlling ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, odor, and/or volatile organic compounds emissions from organic wastes. The biodegradable...
7938894 Hybrid organic-inorganic gas separation membranes  
The invention discloses a composition comprising a hybrid composite organic-inorganic membrane. The hybrid organic-inorganic membrane according to the present invention may comprise an amorphous...
7932800 Method and apparatus for three-dimensional integration of embedded power module  
A modified planar Low Temperature Co-Fired Ceramic (LTCC) high conductance inductor, embedding a large cross section conductor, supports a stacked arrangement of heat spreader, inductor and active...
7931838 Method for making oriented single-walled carbon nanotube/polymer nano-composite membranes  
Nano-composite membranes and methods for making them are described. The nano-composite membranes a made from a layer of oriented carbon nanotubes fixed in a polymeric matrix. Methods for efficient,...
7919675 Marker mapping and resistance gene associations in soybean  
The invention provides novel molecular genetic markers in soybean, where the markers are useful, for example, in the marker-assisted selection of gene alleles that impart disease-resistance,...
7902866 Wires on demand: run-time communication synthesis for reconfigurable computing  
A method, and system, for reconfiguring an FPGA which has a static region and a dynamic region is provided. The method includes the steps of: (a) providing a dynamic module library having...
US20110054033 METHODS OF USING ABSCISIC ACID FOR AMELIORATING HYPERTENSION AND VASCULAR INFLAMMATION  
Methods and compositions for treating or preventing hypertension or vascular inflammation are described. These methods of the invention involve the administration of abscisic acid (ABA) to subjects...
US20110045019 PORCINE TORQUE TENO VIRUS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSIS  
The present invention provides four purified preparation containing a polynucleic acid molecule encoding porcine Torque teno virus (PTTV) genotypes or subtypes PTTV1a-VA, PTTV1b-VA, PTTV2b-VA, and...
7887820 Fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation  
This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal...
7877621 Detecting software attacks by monitoring electric power consumption patterns  
Software attacks such as worms and viruses are detected in an electronic device by monitoring power consumption patterns. In a first embodiment, software attacks are detected by an increase in...
7872886 Quasi-parallel voltage regulator  
Improved regulation and transient response are provided by a power supply architecture providing both unregulated and regulated voltage converters in parallel but deriving input power from separate...
7870736 Premixing injector for gas turbine engines  
A premixing injector for use in gas turbine engines assists in the lean premixed injection of a gaseous fuel/air mixture into the combustor of a gas turbine. The premixing injector is designed to...
7867974 Induction of tolerance by oral administration of factor VIII and treatment of hemophilia  
Disclosed herein is a simple method for the treatment of antigen-deficiency diseases, by orally administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the deficient antigen, wherein the...
7862648 Hydrothermally-stable silica-based composite membranes for hydrogen separation  
Thin layers of a mixed composition are deposited on a porous substrate by chemical vapor deposition in an inert atmosphere at high temperature. The resulting membrane has excellent stability to...
US20100317054 PORCINE DC-SIGN, ICAM-3 AND LSECtin AND USES THEREOF  
The present invention relates to the cloning, identification and characterization of the unique and entire genomic sequences encoding new porcine DC-SIGN and LSECtin proteins, including the novel...
7842298 Avian hepatitis E virus, vaccines and methods of protecting against avian hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome and mammalian hepatitis E  
The present invention relates to a novel isolated avian hepatitis E virus having a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or its complementary strand. The invention further concerns...
7821375 Multiphase voltage regulator having coupled inductors with reduced winding resistance  
A multiple phase buck converter or boost converter, or buck-boost converter has an inductor in each phase. The inductors are inversely coupled. In a first embodiment, the converter includes a...
7815919 Fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation  
This document relates to methods and materials involved in fungus-induced inflammation and eosinophil degranulation. For example, isolated nucleic acids encoding fungal polypeptides, fungal...
7804281 Reducing common mode noise of power factor correction converters using general balance concept  
Common mode (CM) noise is substantially canceled in a switching power supply circuit such as a boost converter by providing a split inductor and analyzing the switching power supply circuit as a...
7801228 Analog fourier transform channelizer and OFDM receiver  
An OFDM receiver having an analog multiplier based I-Q channelizing filter, samples and holds consecutive analog I-Q samples of an I-Q baseband, the I-Q basebands having OFDM sub-channels. A...
US20100224493 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS DIELECTROPHORESIS FOR CELL OR PARTICLE MANIPULATION  
Devices and methods for performing dielectrophoresis are described. The devices contain sample channel which is separated by physical barriers from electrode channels which receive electrodes. The...
7791321 Coupled-inductor multi-phase buck converters  
In a multi-phase power converter, efficiency is increased and ripple reduced while maintaining transient response and dynamic performance improved by electrically coupling secondary windings of...
7790837 Ion-conducting sulfonated polymeric materials  
Sulfonated polymers are made by the direct polymerization of a sulfonated monomer to form the sulfonated polymers. The types of sulfonated polymers may include polysulfones or polyimides. The...
7790314 Sulfonated polymer composition for forming fuel cell electrodes  
A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is described. The materials for the membrane electrode assembly are formed from sulfonated polymers. A polymer dispersion ink containing the sulfonated...
US20100222279 COMPOSITION FOR ANIMAL CONSUMPTION AND METHOD FOR REDUCING MAP KINASE ACTIVITY  
This invention is directed generally to compositions (including foods nutritional supplements, treats, and toys) for animal consumption, particularly compositions that comprise omega-3 and omega-6...
US20100216883 METHOD OF USING ABSCISIC ACID TO TREAT AND PREVENT DISEASES AND DISORDERS  
Methods and compositions for treating inflammatory bowel disease, gastrointestinal inflammation and maintaining normal gut health are described. These methods of the invention involve the...
US20100212215 PRODUCTION OF STABLE BIOMASS PYROLYSIS OILS USING FRACTIONAL CATALYTIC PYROLYSIS  
Methods for fractional catalytic pyrolysis which allow for conversion of biomass into a slate of desired products without the need for post-pyrolysis separation are described. The methods involve...