50th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120315555 | High Temperature Fuel Cell System for Operation with Low Purity Ethanol - A fuel purification system includes a fuel cell stack and a fuel purification unit, such as a distillation unit. The fuel cell stack is adapted to provide heat to the fuel purification unit, and the fuel purification unit is adapted to provide a purified fuel to the fuel cell stack. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315556 | FUEL CELL REACTANT INLET HUMIDIFICATION - In a proton exchange membrane fuel cell power plant ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315557 | OXYGEN REMOVAL SYSTEMS DURING FUEL CELL SHUTDOWN - A purging system for removing oxygen from a fuel cell system during a shutdown period for the fuel cell system. The purging system includes a separator having an inlet and an outlet; a first exhaust line for communicating a first exhaust gas stream from an outlet of the fuel cell system to the separator inlet during the shutdown period of the fuel cell system; and a second exhaust line for communicating a second exhaust gas stream to an inlet of the fuel cell system for delivering the second exhaust gas stream to the fuel cell system during the shutdown period. The separator removes oxygen from the first exhaust gas stream such that the first stream nitrogen molar volume is lower than the second steam nitrogen molar volume and the first stream oxygen molar volume is higher than the second stream oxygen molar volume. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315558 | HYDROGEN PASSIVATION SHUT DOWN SYSTEM FOR A FUEL CELL POWER PLANT - The invention is a hydrogen passivation shut down system for a fuel cell power plant ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315559 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HYDROGEN SUPPLY OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention provides an apparatus for controlling hydrogen supply of a fuel cell system and a method for controlling the same. The apparatus includes a jet pump, a proportional control solenoid valve, and a controller. The jet pump is disposed at the side of an inlet of a fuel cell stack and performs supply and recirculation of hydrogen into the fuel cell stack. The proportional control solenoid valve is connected to a hydrogen supply line and fluidly communicates with a nozzle inlet of the jet pump to control the hydrogen supply to the jet pump. The controller controls an operation of the proportional control solenoid valve according to a power of the fuel cell system. Here, the controller controls the operation of the proportional control solenoid valve according to a pulse flow control method at a low power section in which a current power is lower than a predetermined reference power. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315560 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM, FUEL CELL CONTROL METHOD, AND FUEL CELL DETERMINATION METHOD - A fuel cell system includes: an input-amplitude-value obtain unit that obtains an amplitude value of an input value given to a fuel cell; an output-amplitude-value obtain unit that obtains an amplitude value of an output value output from the fuel cell; and an operation condition change unit that changes an operation condition of the fuel cell according to a comparison of an amplitude value of an input value obtained by the input-amplitude-value obtain unit and an amplitude value obtained by the output-amplitude-value obtain unit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315561 | SMART IN-VEHICLE REACTIVE RECOVERY STRATEGY - A method for determining when to operate a voltage recovery process for recovering a reversible voltage loss of a fuel cell stack in a fuel cell system. The method includes estimating an irreversible voltage loss of the fuel cell and an actual voltage of the fuel cell stack, and determining whether a difference between the estimated irreversible voltage loss and the estimated actual voltage exceed a threshold, and if so, the voltage recovery process is performed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315562 | COMPLEX POWER GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING HEATED WATER THEREOF - A complex power generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a fuel cell module having a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger configured to generate a direct current by means of an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen, a first cycle configured to receive hot water in a first temperature range from the first heat exchanger to supply to a heat pump, and receive hot water in a second temperature range from the heat pump to supply to the first heat exchanger, and a second cycle configured to receive hot water in a third temperature range from the heat pump to discharge hot water in a fourth temperature range through the second heat exchanger, thereby enhancing a heating performance and increasing a thermal efficiency of the overall system. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315563 | LARGE-AREA DEMINERALIZER FOR FUEL CELL - A coolant demineralizer is disclosed for a fuel cell, which removes ions released from coolant for cooling a fuel cell stack to pipes. In particular the demineralizer reduces the occurrence of differential pressure due to an ion resin layer such that the coolant smoothly flows through the demineralizer, thereby maximizing the effect of filtering ions and, at the same time, the utilization of the ion resin. To this end, the demineralizer includes a housing having an inlet port, through which coolant is introduced to pass through an interior space of the housing, and an outlet port through which the coolant is discharged; and a filter member having a plate-shape such that the coolant introduced through the inlet port passes through the filter member in a direction perpendicular to the filter member. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315564 | Composite Body, Collector Member, Gas Tank, and Fuel Cell Device - A composite body includes a substrate containing Cr; and a first composite oxide layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the substrate, the first composite oxide layer having a spinel type crystal structure, a first largest content and a second largest content among constituent elements excluding oxygen of the first composite oxide layer being Zn and Al in random order. Accordingly, the composite body can suppress diffusion of Cr from the substrate containing Cr to the first composite oxide layer, and has improved long-term reliability. A collector member and a gas tank, each of which is formed of the composite body, can have improved long-term reliability. A fuel cell device having excellent long-term reliability can be obtained using the collector member and the gas tank. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315565 | Fuel Cell Stack Components - An interconnect for a fuel cell stack includes a first set of gas flow channels in a first portion of the interconnect, and a second set of gas flow channels in second portion of the interconnect. The channels of the first set have a larger cross sectional area than the channels of the second set | 2012-12-13 |
20120315566 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY UNIT AND SPACER - The invention relates to an electrical energy unit ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315567 | MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell including an anode, a cathode, and an electrolyte membrane disposed therebetween. The anode includes an anode catalyst layer laminated on one principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode diffusion layer laminated on the anode catalyst layer. The cathode includes a cathode catalyst layer laminated on the other principal surface of the electrolyte membrane, and a cathode diffusion layer laminated on the cathode catalyst layer. At least one of the anode and cathode diffusion layers includes a conductive porous substrate, a porous composite layer laminated on the conductive porous substrate at the catalyst layer side, and a modified layer disposed on the porous composite layer at the catalyst layer side. The porous composite layer includes a conductive carbon material, and a first water-repellent resin material. The modified layer includes a second water-repellent resin material having a needle-like shape. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315568 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING TRANSITION METAL OXYCARBONITRIDE, FUEL CELL ELECTRODE CATALYST AND USES THEREOF - Provided is a process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst having high catalytic activity which uses a transition metal, e.g., titanium, which process comprises thermal treatment at relatively low temperature, i.e., not including thermal treatment at high temperature (calcining) step. The process for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst comprises a step ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315569 | Filament Winding Method and Apparatus, and Tank - In a filament winding method, while a rotating tank relatively reciprocates in a tank axial direction to a helical winding head, fibers are fed from yarn-feeding sections to the tank. After the tank turns back in the tank axial direction, a large number of fibers are wound around one domed portion and a trunk portion of the tank, and trailing ends of the large number of fibers are located at one end portion of the trunk portion. Then a piece or a small number of fibers are fed from a rotating hoop winding head to the trunk portion, and hoop winding is performed on helical winding layers formed around the trunk portion. Then, at the one end portion of the trunk portion, the large number of fibers pulled from the yarn-feeding sections of the helical winding head are cut off. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315570 | COLLECTOR FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL USING THE SAME - A collector for a fuel cell and a fuel cell are provided. The collector for a fuel cell comprises a conductive material and silicon carbide, wherein the conductive material is disposed in the silicon carbide. The collector for a fuel cell according to the present invention has excellent electrical conductivity both at a high temperature of 850° C. or more and at room temperature because it includes a conductive material and silicon carbide. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315571 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANE - According to a method for producing a catalyst-coated membrane in the present invention, in order to prevent a polymer electrolyte membrane | 2012-12-13 |
20120315572 | METHOD OF PREPARING CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A method of preparing carrier for electrophotography, which includes a core material and a coating material layer formed on the surface of the core material, including coating a coating material of the coating material layer on the core material; and burning the coating material by an induction heater, wherein the induction heater applies an alternative current to parallely-located plural coil circuits including a conductive wire including the shape of a coil to generate a magnetic line changing its direction and intensity for inductively heating the core material to heat the coating material. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315573 | CHARGE CONTROL AGENT COMPOSITION AND TONER UTILIZING THE SAME - The present invention provides a modified charge control agent composition exhibiting a high charge-imparting effect, and an electrostatic image developing toner containing such a charge control agent composition and having a high electrostatic charge amount and an environmental stability. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315574 | TONER - A toner is provided that exhibits a high long-term image stability even during high-speed printing and that also exhibits an excellent environmental stability. The toner comprises a binder resin, a colorant, and a nonionic surfactant, wherein the nonionic surfactant has an oxyethylene group (EO) and an oxypropylene group (PO) and has a ratio of the number of moles of the oxypropylene group to the number of moles of the oxyethylene group (PO/EO) of at least 0.01 and not more than 5.00; and when A (μg/g) is defined as a nonionic surfactant content on the surface of the toner that can be extracted by methanol from 1 g of the toner and B (m | 2012-12-13 |
20120315575 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGES - The present invention is to provide a toner for developing electrostatic images having excellent fixability, peelability, shelf stability (blocking resistance), printing durability, printing durability after being left at high temperature and thin line reproducibility. A toner for developing electrostatic images, comprising colored resin particles comprising a binder resin, a colorant and a wax, wherein the wax contains a natural sunflower wax, and wherein the natural sunflower wax has an acid value of 10 mg KOH/g or less, and a content of the natural sunflower wax is in the range from 1 to 10 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the binder resin. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315576 | CHARGE CONTROLLING AGENT AND TONER USING SAME - The present invention provides a charge control agent containing, as an active substance(s), one or two or more rhodanine compounds represented by the following formula (1). | 2012-12-13 |
20120315577 | Liquid Developer - A liquid developer includes toner particles, an insulating liquid, and a dispersant, and is characterized in that the toner particles includes a resin and a pigment dispersed in the resin, the resin includes a polyester resin, the dispersant includes a basic polymeric dispersant, and a solid obtained by drying the liquid developer has a melting point of at least 55° C. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315578 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SPIN-COATING, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE HAVING STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for spin coating, and a method for manufacturing a substrate having a structure. The spin-coating apparatus includes a support to support a substrate having a structure, a motor to rotate the support to perform spin-coating with respect to the structure, and a heat source to heat a coating material which is subjected to the spin-coating to perform pre-baking. The method for spin-coating a substrate having a structure includes preparing the substrate having the structure of a predetermined height formed on an upper portion thereof, coating the structure of the substrate with photoresist, and performing spin-coating of the photoresist in a place in which a heat source is provided, while performing pre-baking of the photoresist. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315579 | COLORED CURABLE COMPOSITION, COLOR FILTER AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND DIPYRROMETHENE METAL COMPLEX COMPOUND AND TAUTOMER THEREOF - A colored curable composition is provided which has good developability, has excellent color purity, can be formed into a thin film, and has a high absorption coefficient. The colored curable composition includes at least one of specific dipyrromethene metal complex compounds and tautomers thereof. Also, a colored curable composition suitable for forming a color filter which is used in a liquid crystal display device or a solid-state imaging device, and a color filter using the colored curable composition and a method of producing the same are provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315580 | SALT, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PHOTORESIST PATTERN - A salt represented by formula (I): | 2012-12-13 |
20120315581 | PATTERNING PROCESS AND RESIST COMPOSITION - A negative pattern is formed by applying a resist composition onto a substrate, prebaking, exposing to high-energy radiation, baking (PEB), and developing the exposed resist film in an organic solvent developer to dissolve the unexposed region of resist film. The resist composition comprising a polymer comprising recurring units of (meth)acrylate having two adjacent hydroxyl groups substituted with acid labile groups, an acid generator, and an organic solvent displays a high dissolution contrast between the unexposed region of promoted dissolution and the exposed region of inhibited dissolution. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315582 | PATTERNED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - Disclosed is a patterned substrate having a conductor pattern. The conductor pattern is obtained by forming a layer (B) containing an organic polysilane on a conductive substrate (A), irradiating a certain region of the layer (B) with a radiation for oxidizing the organic polysilane constituting the layer (B) in the certain region, and then applying a solution containing a conducting polymer, water and/or a hydrophilic solvent over at least the certain region of the layer (B) for forming a layer (C) composed of the conducting polymer while impregnating the layer (B) in the certain region with the conducting polymer for electrically connecting the layer (C) and the substrate (A). | 2012-12-13 |
20120315583 | METHODS OF GENERATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PROCESS WINDOW QUALIFICATION - In a method of generating a three-dimensional process window qualification, a photoresist layer is coated on a substrate including an underlying structure. A plurality of circular-shaped regions of the substrate are distinguished into 1 to n regions to partition the substrate into a center portion and an edge portion, n being a natural number greater than 2. 1 to n exposing ranges are set, including a common exposing condition for the 1 to n regions. A photoresist pattern is fox led by exposing each shot portion in the 1 to n regions using a split exposing condition in the 1 to n exposing ranges. The photoresist pattern is detected, and a normal photoresist pattern with respect to each of the 1 to n regions is selected to generate the three-dimensional process window qualification. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315584 | INDUSTRIAL BURNER AND RELATED COMBUSTION PROCESS FOR HEAT TREATMENT FURNACES - A high speed burner having very low polluting emissions, suitable for the process for heat treatment furnaces of a load in free atmosphere. The burner is capable of creating a compact and lean flame with the peculiarity of keeping the NOx emissions at very low levels at any chamber temperature and at any excess combustion air. The burner requires a single inlet for the comburent air and a single inlet for the combustible gas. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315585 | Match and Striker Method and Apparatus - A match having the striker member directly over and integrated with the ignition member of the match, so that when the two members are separated, the match ignites. It is preferred that the striker member is pinched in order to increase friction between the members. Further, the striker member can be integrated with a waterproof coating, glow in the dark, or scented. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315586 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW-NOx DUAL-FUEL COMBUSTION OF LIQUID AND/OR GASEOUS FUELS - A method and apparatus for combustion in which a pressurized preheated liquid fuel is atomized and a portion thereof flash vaporized, creating a mixture of fuel vapor and liquid droplets. The mixture is mixed with primary combustion oxidant, producing a fuel/primary oxidant mixture which is then injected into a primary combustion chamber in which the fuel/primary oxidant mixture is partially combusted, producing a secondary gaseous fuel containing hydrogen and carbon oxides. The secondary gaseous fuel is mixed with a secondary combustion oxidant and injected into the second combustion chamber wherein complete combustion of the secondary gaseous fuel is carried out. The resulting second stage flue gas containing very low amounts of NO | 2012-12-13 |
20120315587 | SYSTEM FOR FLARE GAS RECOVERY - The system fulfils the requirements for safety with its active opening device and with its two levels of different independent mechanical protections against overpressure including a BD with block valves and the BPV without any block valves. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315588 | Lighter Accessory for a Cigarette Lighter and Smoking Device Using Same - A lighter accessory for a cigarette lighter and a smoking device using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment of the lighter accessory, a shell includes a side wall and a bottom wall defining an open chamber sized to slidably and frictionally receive the cigarette lighter. The opened chamber has an opening opposite the bottom wall that is configured to accept the cigarette lighter. A housing is coupled to the shell to define an interior chamber configured to accept a supply of fibrous wick. A conduit connects the housing to another opening, a wick opening, and a dispenser advances the fibrous wick from the interior chamber through the conduit to the wick opening. In use, the cigarette lighter may light the wick which in turn is used to ignite tobacco or other smokable herb. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315589 | REUSABLE MUSICAL CANDLE - A melody candle for reproducing sounds recorded as digital sound files includes a candle having a flammable wick having a free end and at least one optic fiber that is fastened thereto and oriented along a long dimension of said wick; a candle base having an upper surface configured to hold said candle securely; a chip group including at least one flash memory chip configured so that digital sound files can be downloaded thereto or erased therefrom; a photo sensor configured so as to activate said chip group upon receiving light emanating from a source of illumination by means of said optic fiber, said optic fiber being arranged so as to detect light emanating from said candle; and a speaker means for converting electric signals generated by said chip group into audible signals. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOX EMISSIONS IN ROTARY KILNS BY SNCR - A method of operating a mineral processing kiln includes introducing a quantity of a selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) reducing agent into the kiln. The SNCR reducing agent may be a solid, liquid, or a gas. A mineral processing kiln modified for the implementation of SNCR is also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315591 | DECOLORIZNG APPARATUS - An erasing apparatus of embodiments has a color erasing device, the color erasing device has: a first heating member; a second heating member provided at a position facing the first heating member so as to form a nip portion therebetween through which the sheet is passed; a halogen lamp configured to heat the second heating member from outside thereof; and a reflector provided at a position opposite to the second heating member with the halogen lamp interposed therebetween and having a reflective surface configured to reflect heat received from the halogen lamp toward the second heating member, the reflector forming a guiding section configured to be in sliding contact with the sheet being conveyed so as to guide the sheet to the nip portion, the guiding section being heated by the halogen lamp. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315592 | TIERED FURNACE - A tiered furnace includes a plurality of decks in superimposed disposition for receiving flat or at least partly shaped plates which are made of steel. Each of the decks has at least one heater to thereby provide each deck with at least two heating zones that are operating at different temperatures. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315593 | ADJUSTABLE ORTHODONTIC BRACKET - An adjustable orthodontic bracket comprising: a fixed support base having a circular housing and an inferior surface for attaching to the surface of a tooth; a rotating base, rotary housed inside the circular housing, having a superior surface for receiving a bracket; and locking means for the rotating base, for locking the rotary movement of the base at a specific rotational position, wherein said locking means can be disabled to allow the rotation of the rotating base. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315594 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ORTHODONTIC ELEMENT - The invention relates to a method for producing an orthodontic element with a ceramic main body, which has a base surface for fixing the element to a tooth. In order to develop the method in such a way that the main body can, on the one hand, be fastened to the tooth with a high adhesive force and, on the other hand, can easily be detached from the tooth at the end of an orthodontic treatment, it is proposed according to the invention that a laser beam is guided along the base surface in an impingement area, the base surface in the impingement area is superficially heated locally by means of the laser beam and microscopic particles are broken free from the base surface by means of crack development. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315595 | BRACKET WITH FRONT OPENING AND ORTHODONTIC INTER-BRACKET ADJOINING MECHANISM - An orthodontic bracket for an orthodontic system has a rear base for being mounted to a tooth and first and second portions extending from the rear base. The first and second portions are spaced apart to provide a slot for positioning an arch wire therein. The first and second portions define a front face with an opening for receiving the arch wire. At least one of the first and second portions includes an adjustable tightening element for adjusting the pressure on the arch wire. An orthodontic bracket system comprises a plurality of brackets for being mounted to the teeth of a patient and at least one inter-bracket adjoining assembly mounted to a pair of adjacent brackets and interposed therebetween. The length of said inter-bracket adjoining assembly is modifiable so as to correspondingly modify the distance between the pair of adjacent brackets. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315596 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING SUBSTANCES INTO NANOPOROUS MINERALIZED TISSUES - Methods and systems are provided for transporting a therapeutic or cosmetic substance into nanoporous mineralized tissue structures, such as teeth. The method may include contacting the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure with an ionic solution including the therapeutic or cosmetic substance; and simultaneously applying to the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure an electrical potential effective to transport the therapeutic or cosmetic substance into the nanopores of the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure. The system may include at least one pair of electrodes which includes a first electrode configured for contacting the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure and a second electrode; and a power source and control circuitry for generating an electrical potential between the first electrode and the second electrode effective to transport a therapeutic or cosmetic substance, in an ionic solution in contact with a surface of the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure, into the nanopores of the nanoporous mineralized tissue structure. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315597 | DENTAL DEVICE HAVING A VISUAL INDICATOR - A medical manual dental device enables a precise assessment of the quality of the periodontal tissue and peri-implant tissue of mammals, and of human beings in particular. The dental device ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315598 | DENTAL HANDPIECE - A dental handpiece having a head comprising a headshell and an arm portion comprising an upper body and a lower body is presented. The head rotatably couples to the upper body, and the upper body pivotally couples to the lower body. An air turbine or a gear assembly may be included in the headshell whereby a dental bur attached to the air turbine or gear assembly protrudes from the headshell. In the case of using an air turbine, flexible tubing provides fluid to spin the air turbine, thereby rotating the bur. Alternatively, a flexible shaft may connect the gear assembly to a rotary source to communicate rotary motion to the bur. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315599 | FIXED DETACHABLE DENTAL ATTACHMENT DEVICE, ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - A fixed, detachable dental attachment device comprising a cap for securing a dental appliance, a ring, and an abutment to attachment to a tooth root or implant. Also described herein are methods of securing a dental appliance in a subject's mouth by means of the dental attachment device. Further described herein is a dental attachment device for immediate load on a provisional denture and then incorporated into the final restoration | 2012-12-13 |
20120315600 | CERAMIC IMPLANT - A ceramic implant, in particular a dental implant, is provided, which has a ceramic, endosseous surface region, in other words, which is to say a region that is intended to be embedded into the bone tissue and that is made of a ceramic material. The surface region has at least one first zone having a surface modification, in which first zone the surface is roughened or porous, and at least one second zone, in which the surface is not roughened or porous. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315601 | LONG LASTING DENTAL RESTORATIONS AND METHODS FOR PREPARATION THEREOF - The invention is directed to methods for the preparation of a long-lasting dental restoration, a kit for the preparation of a long-lasting dental restoration comprising one or more containers containing: a first polymerizable compound; a second polymerizable compound; a curing agent for a first polymerization process; a curing agent for a second polymerization process; an inorganic filler; and a pigment; and optionally containing instructions for use thereof. The invention is further directed to a long-lasting dental restoration comprising: a polymeric matrix comprising at least two polymeric systems; an inorganic filler; and a pigment, wherein said long lasting dental restoration is formed by at least two curing processes of said polymeric systems, and to methods for the preparation of a dental restoration, wherein said dental restoration is either fully or partially structured chair-side or it is fully structured in a dental laboratory. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315602 | AIRCRAFT PNEUMATICS TRAINING AID AND METHODS - A vehicle pneumatic system training aid comprises simulated controls and indicators and a pneumatic circuit. The simulated controls and indicators correspond to at least a portion of controls and indicators on an actual vehicle. The pneumatic circuit comprises a connection to a source of pressurized fluid, and at least one fluid flow control device. The fluid flow control device is positionable in at least two different positions corresponding to different actual vehicle conditions that are simulatable. The simulated controls are actuatable to change a condition of the pneumatic circuit and the simulated indicators are operable to display an indication of the condition of the pneumatic circuit. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315603 | GENERATING IMAGES FOR DETECTION BY NIGHT VISION DEVICES - Methods, apparatuses, and flight simulators are disclosed to present infrared images detectable by night vision devices. A video signal may be received. The video signal may be configured to generate a viewable image substantially within a human visible spectrum. The video signal may include one or more of a red component, a green component, and a blue component. The video signal also may be configured to generate one or more infrared images. The one or more infrared images may be substantially outside the human visible spectrum and may have an infrared component detectable by a night vision device. In response to the video signal, the red and green components may be separately modulated to generate red and green portions of the viewable image. The blue component and the infrared component may be collectively modulated to generate a blue portion of the viewable image and the one or more infrared images. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315604 | KIT FOR DECORATING SNOW - A kit for decorating snow that comprises a plurality of uniquely-colored volumes of particulate matter and a plurality of containers for storing and dispensing the particulate matter. Each container has an opening for dispensing the matter, and the opening can be a plurality of holes, an elongated nozzle, or the like. The particulate matter comprises a non-toxic powderized chalk, and can be provided in any number of colors, including the primary colors of red, blue, and yellow. There is also disclosed a method for using the kit to decorate the snow. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315605 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LEARNING INFORMATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE BASED ON HAPTIC ELECTRONIC BOARD - A system and method for providing learning information for visually impaired people based on a haptic electronic board is disclosed. The system for visually impaired people includes a learning information server in conjunction with a lecture and authoring program; a first information output device (PC) for receiving learning information for people with low vision from the learning information server through a wired/wireless network (LAN or WLAN) and having a viewer program for people with low vision, which is install therein, for providing functions of enlarging and reducing a screen; and a second information output device (haptic electronic board) for accessing to the learning information server through a local wireless network (ZigBee or Bluetooth) by using unique device IDs, converting learning information for blind people received from the learning information server to the haptic electronic board into haptic information, and transferring the haptic information to blind people. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315606 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING BRAILLE IN DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for inputting Braille in a device having a touch screen are provided. In the method, flicking motion that occurs on the touch screen is detected. At least one of predetermined flicking patterns included in the flicking motion is determined. Braille input is configured by filling a dot of a position corresponding to at least one flicking pattern determined inside the Braille input. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315607 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERFACE IN A DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - In one embodiment, an apparatus and method for providing an interface in a device with a touch screen. The method includes displaying on a screen, a directory including a plurality of names and phone numbers corresponding to the names. When a touch event takes place, focusing a region in screen where the touch event occurs, and converting a name and phone number in the focusing region into Braille data and transmitting the Braille data to a Braille display through the interface. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315608 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WEIGHT CONTROL BY UTILIZING VISUAL TRACKING OF LIVING FACTOR(S) - A non-therapeutic method for assisting a person to control weight of the person that includes receiving, by a programmed computer system, input data, calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one actual RCV(t) value over a period of time based, at least in part, on the food data of the input data and stored food data; calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one potential RCV(t) value over a period of time; displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one first graphical indicator representative of the at least one actual RCV(t) value over the period of time; and displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one second graphical indicator representative of the at least one potential RCV(t) value over the period of time. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315609 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR WEIGHT CONTROL BY UTILIZING VISUAL TRACKING OF LIVING FACTOR(S) - A non-therapeutic method for assisting a person to control weight of the person that includes receiving, by a programmed computer system, input data, calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one actual RCV(t) value over a period of time based, at least in part, on the food data of the input data and stored food data; calculating, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one potential RCV(t) value over a period of time; displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one first graphical indicator representative of the at least one actual RCV(t) value over the period of time; and displaying, in real-time, by the programmed computer system, at least one second graphical indicator representative of the at least one potential RCV(t) value over the period of time. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315610 | International Alphabet Board and Method for Learning Languages with the Same - An alphabet board designed to facilitate learning one of several languages includes pockets organized in rows on the front side of the board with each pocket bearing a removable letter of the chosen language and made to receive a set of letter cards bearing a letter matching the letter on the pocket. An area on the front side of the board is designed to receive and display letter cards pulled and placed to spell at least one word in the language. The board further includes pockets for larger diacritical cards which may be placed behind respective letter cards in words to enable reading the diacritical mark and the letter at the same time. Picture cards for each letter of the alphabet are also included for forming words and/or sentences with a picture on the front and a word on the back describing the picture and starting with the respective letter. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPORTS OFFICIALS TRAINING - The present invention is a system to train sports officials that includes a server system with a processor system, a communications interface, a communications system, an input system, an output system and a input and output system having access to a communications network and a memory system with an operating system, a communications module, a web browser module, a web server application and a sports official training application to train sports officials. The system also includes a method for training sports officials that includes a client system establishing communication with a server system provided with a sports official training application, the client system receiving information from the sports official training application, the client system receiving the sports official training application and the client system utilizing the sports official training application to train sports officials. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315612 | MOBILE MEDICAL TRAINING PLATFORM AND METHOD OF USE - A mobile medical simulation platform for training medical emergency personnel comprises a mobile base movable between remote geographical locations. The mobile base may include a main enclosure having a forward end and a rearward end and defining an interior space. The base may also include medical equipment in the interior space of the main enclosure and usable in medical simulation training for treating a human patient, and simulation apparatus configured to provide simulation of medical events and conditions of a human patient. The interior space is separated into an ambulance simulation area and an emergency room simulation area contained in the main enclosure to permit simultaneous simulation training exercises to occur in each of the simulation areas. A method of utilizing the platform may include conducting training at a first location, moving the platform to a second location, and conducting training at the second location. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315613 | ONLINE PLATFORM FOR LIFESTYLE MANAGEMENT - An online lifestyle management platform designed to address and manage the multiple factors affecting an individual's lifestyle is discussed. The lifestyle management platform may include an assessment evaluation tool used to establish a profile for an individual by assessing the individual's lifestyle factors. The lifestyle factors being assessed may include an individual's physical and mental condition, occupational and personal stress factors and goal satisfaction. Based on the profile, the lifestyle management platform generates a customized lifestyle management program such as a stress management program for the individual. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315614 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING TRAINING EFFECTIVENESS - The present invention provides methods for exercise training to improve exercise performance in an individual using low-resistance positive airway pressure and specialized gas mixtures during or immediately after exercise. The methods include wearing an interface, i.e. mask, connected by a tubing circuit to a positive airway pressure (PAP) assist ventilator device. The PAP device is connected to flexible tubing connected through a pressure regulator to a liquid gas source which supplies the gas mixture. The methods also include simulating high altitude exercise training by using the PAP device with a hypoxic level of oxygen in the gas mixture. The methods of the present invention reallocate oxygen between muscle groups, reduce fatigue, lessen episodes of dyspnea, improve conditioning levels and overall improve training to extreme levels of performance. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315615 | MULTI-SENSORY METHOD FOR LEARNING NAMES - A method for assisting individuals with learning the names of others is characterized by the display and recognition of information relating to the person whose name is to be learned. Such information is stored in a database and then provided incrementally to the person who is trying to learn the names. The person is prompted to identify a selected individual from other individuals and an indication is provided when the person correctly identifies the selected individual. The method is particularly suitable for teachers seeking to learn the names of their students, for businesses seeking to learn the names of their customers and for organizations seeking to learn the names of their members. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315616 | E-LEARNING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A system for delivering e-learning in ways that support many of the teaching and learning practices of interactive classroom training through electronic interactions. In a first aspect, an embodiment provides Dynamic Learning Groups, i.e., peer groups of students who will have social learning interactions as they go through a course. These groups can be used to provide fine-grained access control to student-generated content. In a second aspect, an embodiment provides Dynamic Mentor Groups which enable mentoring (i.e., “teaching”) interactions between students and defined sets of mentors or teachers. In a third aspect, an embodiment provides Structured Notes Management which allows users to make notes in situ as they go through a course, and have those notes presented back to them in structured forms that summarize their notes in a graphical presentation that both captures their notes and reinforces the key learnings of the course. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315617 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR USING A THEMATICALLY ORGANIZED MAP - A system, methods, and apparatus for using a thematically organized map are disclosed. In an example embodiment, elements of a first subject and a second subject are stored. The elements include local elements and non-local elements, and each element includes at least one element connection relationship. A thematically organized map representative of the elements connected according to the respective element connection relationships is displayed with the non-local elements and local elements are distinguishable from each other. The thematically organized map dynamically updates in response to a user interaction with a non-local element of the first subject to display the elements of the second subject, which are connected according to the respective element connection relationships. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315618 | ASSESSING, MAINTAINING AND/OR RESTORING VIABILITY OF ORGANS/TISSUES - Methods for ex vivo perfusion of organs (and/or tissues) with a perfusate designed to condition the organ with the desired effect being that upon transplant, said organ, having been administered said perfusate, is less likely to experience delayed graft function, deleterious effects of ischemia/reperfusion injury, including inflammatory reactions, and/or other detrimental responses that can injure the organ or recipient including precipitating or enhancing an immunological reaction from the recipient with the potential of compromising the graft's and/or recipients short teen and/or long term health and proper functionality while monitoring, sustaining and/or restoring the viability of the organ and preserving the organ for storage and/or transport. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315619 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING PLATELETS - The present invention relates to methods for removing antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants from a platelet preparation. In one embodiment, the method includes the step of flowing the platelet preparation through a filtering tube comprising a filtering membrane and separating the antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants from the platelet preparation by tangential flow filtration. In another embodiment, the method includes the step of passing the platelet preparation through porous material that specifically binds to the antiplatelet agents and anticoagulants. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315620 | Method and Apparatus for Discriminating Undifferentiated Pluripotent Stem Cells, and Automated Culture Method and System - Provided are a method capable of discriminating between a colony of differentiated pluripotent stem cells and a colony of undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells, and a method for automatically culturing undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells and a system thereof. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315621 | PERSONAL GLUCOSE METERS FOR DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF A BROAD RANGE OF ANALYTES - A methodology for developing highly sensitive and selective sensors that can achieve portable, low-cost and quantitative detection of a broad range of targets using only a personal glucose meter (PGM) is disclosed. The method uses recognition molecules specific for a target agent, enzymes that can convert an enzyme substrate into glucose, and a PGM. Also provided are sensors, which can include a solid support having attached thereto a recognition molecule that permits detection of a target agent, as well as an enzyme that can catalyze the conversion of a substance into glucose, wherein the enzyme is attached directly or indirectly to the recognition molecule, and wherein in the presence of the target agent the enzyme can convert the substance into glucose. The disclosed sensors can be part of a lateral flow device. Methods of using such sensors for detecting target agents are provided. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315622 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND ENUMERATING BIOLOGICAL PARTICLES - The invention discloses a system to detect and enumerate diverse biological particles through the use of microbial spores that in the presence of a redox substrate rapidly respond to germination signals by forming discrete intracellular fluorescent formazan granules. The disclosed system enables ultrasensitive detection and enumeration of different analytes including microorganisms, viruses, nucleic acids, polypeptides, and natural or man-made particles bearing analytes. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315623 | DETECTION OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMER-LABELED ANALYTES - The disclosure relates to the detection of analytes (e.g., biological pathogens such as bacteria or viruses) using a conductive polymer label. The disclosed detection system utilizing the conductive polymer label generally involves the formation of an analyte conjugate between the target analyte and a conductive polymer moiety conjugated to the target analyte. The conductive polymer portion of the analyte conjugate is electrically activated to form an electrically activated analyte conjugate having an increased electrical conductivity relative to the analyte conjugate as originally formed. The electrically activated analyte conjugate can then be detected by any suitable means, such as by conductimetric or electrochemical detection. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315624 | Using LNA Flow-Fish to Quantitatively Monitor Viral Infections in Infected Cells and Test the Efficacy of Antiviral Medications - As described herein, locked nucleic acids are used with flow cytometric-fluorescence in situ hybridization (LNA flow-FISH) detection of viral RNA in infected cells. This technique represents a straightforward way to monitor viral infection in cells and can be used to measure efficacy of potential antiviral compounds. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315625 | SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME IN BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS - Cross-linked amphiphile constructs that form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on metal surfaces such as gold surfaces are disclosed. These new SAMs generate well packed and highly oriented monolayer films on gold surfaces. A method for using the SAMs in the fabrication of biomolecule sensors is also disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315626 | METHOD OF EVALUATING ELIMINATION OF MICROOGANISMS AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING ELIMINATION OF MICROORGANISMS - The sterilizing effect of particle irradiation on microorganisms for the sterilizing treatment thereof can be evaluated. The evaluation can be done by supplying microorganisms in the space inside a container ( | 2012-12-13 |
20120315627 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STERILIZATION AND/OR DISINFECTION PROCESS - A method for determining the effectiveness of a sterilization and/or disinfection process is disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315628 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING ONCOGENE, METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING ONCOGENE-EXPRESSING CELL, AND METHOD OF SCREENING ONCOGENE TARGETING DRUG - The present invention provides a methodology that can develop a more excellent anti-cancer drug than conventional ones for various cancers. Specifically, the present invention provides a method for establishing an artificial cell, comprising treating a cancer cell with an expression vector for a foreign oncogene and then culturing the cancer cell treated with the expression vector under a condition which inhibits an expression or function of an oncogene that is inherent to the cancer cell, and an established artificial cell; a method of screening an anti-cancer drug, comprising evaluating whether or not a test substance inhibits a proliferation of the artificial cell; as well as a method for identifying an oncogene, comprising treating a cancer cell with an expression vector for a test gene and then culturing the cancer cell treated with the expression vector under a condition which inhibits an expression or function of an oncogene that is inherent to the cancer cell. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315629 | Cloning and Expression of arNOX Protein Transmembrane 9 Superfamily (TM9SF), Methods and Utility - Described are cell surface and circulating markers for aging related disorders (specific isoforms of NADH oxidase (arNOX)). Recombinant age-related NADH oxidase isoforms and their coding sequences and methods for detecting arNOX isoform presence and quantitation in tissues and in blood, sera, urine, saliva, perspiration and in other body fluids, are provided. Recombinant arNOX proteins are useful in preparing antigens for use in the generation of monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies as well as immunogenic compositions for diagnosis and treatment of aging disorders. DNA probes based on the DNA sequence information provide may be used to identify individuals at risk for aging disorders and for development of therapeutic interventions or anti-aging cosmetic or other formulations of benefit in slowing the aging process in mammals. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315630 | METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME - The invention provides novel biomarkers, kits, and methods of diagnosing, prognosing, and subtyping IBS. Also provided are methods for aiding in the diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome by detecting the serum level of novel IBS biomarkers identified herein. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315631 | TUMOR SUPPRESSOR DESIGNATED TS10Q23.3 - A specific region of chromosome 10 (10q23.3) has been implicated by series of studies to contain a tumor suppressor gene involved in gliomas, as well as a number of other human cancers. One gene within this region was identified, and the corresponding coding region of the gene represents a novel 47 kD protein. A domain of this product has an exact match to the conserved catalytic domain of protein tyrosine phosphatases, indicating a possible functional role in phosphorylation events. Sequence analyses demonstrated the a number of exons of the gene were deleted in tumor cell lines used to define the 10q23.3 region, leading to the classification of this gene as a tumor suppressor. Further analyses have demonstrated the presence of a number of mutations in the gene in both glioma and prostate carcinoma cells. Methods for diagnosing and treating cancers related to this tumor suppressor, designated as TS10q23.3, also are disclosed. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315632 | DETECTION OF E. COLI STRAINS TY2482 AND LB226692 - The present invention relates generally to strain typing of | 2012-12-13 |
20120315633 | METHODS OF ENRICHING AND DETECTING FETAL NUCLEIC ACIDS - The present invention relates to a method of enriching free fetal nucleic acids from a cervical sample. The enriched fetal nucleic acids can be used in a variety of procedures including, detection of a trait of interest such as a disease trait, or a genetic predisposition thereto, gender typing and parentage testing. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315634 | DISTINGUISHING PCA3 MESSENGER RNA SPECIES IN BENIGN AND MALIGNANT PROSTATE TISSUES - This invention concerns the discovery of two distinct PCA3 mRNA sequences. One of these sequences corresponds to a short PCA3 mRNA molecule whereas the other PCA3 RNA molecule is longer as it comprises an additional sequence between exon 3 and exon 4a. The short RNA is associated with prostate cancer whereas the long RNA sequence is associated with a non-malignant state of the prostate. Based on the differential expression levels of these two PCA3 RNA sequences, protocols for the diagnosis of prostate disease are provided. The invention also relates to therapeutic approaches to prostate cancer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315635 | Universal Sample Preparation System And Use In An Integrated Analysis System - The invention provides for devices and methods for interfacing microchips to cartridges and pneumatic manifolds. The cartridges, microchips, and pneumatic manifolds can be integrated with downstream preparation devices, such as thermal regulating devices and separation and analysis devices. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315636 | METHOD FOR AUXILIARY IDENTIFICATION OF INBRED LINE OF WUZHISHAN MINIATURE PIG AND ITS SPECIAL PRIMER - An auxiliary method for identification of WZSP inbred line and its special primers are provided. The method is to test if DNA at site 1273 from 5′ end of genomic DNA SEQ ID NO: 1 in test pig is A or G, measure the test pig genotype is GG, GA or AA; GG or AA genotype is homozygote that DNA at site 1273 is G or A; GA genotype is their heterozygote; test pig of GG genotype is candidate for the WZSP inbred line; test pigs of GA and AA genotypes are not WZSP inbred line. The method can be applied to breed WZSP inbred line, can preliminarily screen all the pigs in test pig group, eliminate non WZSP inbred line, find out candidate WZSP inbred line, combine with other methods for further confirmation. The method can also be used to judge whether WZSP on market is counterfeiting or not. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315637 | METHOD AND KIT FOR THE CLASSIFICATION AND PROGNOSIS OF CHRONIC WOUNDS - A method and kit are provided for identifying non-healing or healing chronic mammalian wound tissue or for determining the prognosis of chronic mammalian wound tissue based upon the identification of at least one key set of molecular markers or genes whose expression pattern is indicative of a given wound type and so representative of a given prognosis. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315638 | Moisture-Activated Self-Heating Analysis Device - Provided are disposable, moisture-activated, self-heating cartridges useful for, e.g., isothermal nucleic acid amplification, incubation, and thermal actuation, and visual fluorescent detection of the amplification products. These devices may be self-contained and do not require any special instruments to operate. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SINGLE CELL ISOLATION AND ANALYSIS - A method and apparatus are disclosed here for rare target cell enrichment and isolation, where the captured target cells can be individually picked up and used for downstream analysis. This method and apparatus utilize antibodies conjugated microbeads to isolate target cells, use ON/OFF controls for the target cell capturing magnet and the release magnet, such that there is no need to change the cap of the capturing magnet and thus enabling automatic multiple rounds of capturing, washing and releasing cycles to increase the target cell detection sensitivity and reproducibility. A special filter is utilized to effectively remove more than 95% of free unbound microbeads, thus significantly improving the purity of the collected target cells and increasing the data quality of downstream analysis of the single target cells. Lastly, RNA expression patterns are proposed for identifying of certain target cells (e.g. circulating tumor cells and white blood cells). | 2012-12-13 |
20120315640 | SENESCENCE MARKER, METHOD FOR EVALUATING SENESCENCE INHIBITOR, AND CANCER INHIBITOR - The present invention aims to elucidate a miRNA involved in cellular senescence and to provide a method of use thereof. The senescence marker of the present invention comprises a gene transcript of miR-22. Further, the method for evaluating a senescence inhibitor of the present invention comprises the step of measuring the expression level of a gene transcript of miR-22 in a sample in the presence of a test compound and in the absence of the test compound; and the step of comparing the expression level of the gene transcript of miR-22 in the sample in the presence of the test compound with the expression level of the gene transcript of miR-22 in the sample in the absence of the test compound. Further, the cancer inhibitor of the present invention comprises as an effective component a gene transcript of miR-22, which cancer inhibitor promotes cellular senescence and inhibits invasion and/or metastasis of cancer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315641 | Protein Markers for Lung Cancer Detection and Methods of Using Thereof - Disclosed herein are methods, devices and kits for detecting, diagnosing, or categorizing a subject as having lung cancer. As disclosed herein, at least three of the following protein biomarkers: VEGF, CGSF, MIG, RANTES, IL-2, IL-3 and MDC, are used to determine whether a subject at high-risk for lung cancer likely has lung cancer, such as stage I non-small cell lung cancer. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315642 | Primers and Methods for Nucleic Acid Amplification - A primer and method for amplification of a target nucleic acid, the primer adapted to conform into a conformation that dissociates from a complementary strand of DNA duplex. The conformation may have a free energy with more favorable thermodynamics than a corresponding DNA duplex, such as a B-DNA duplex. The dissociation may occur during an extension step of an amplification method, such as polymerase chain reaction. The method can proceed isothermally, and the primers may include intrinsic fluorescence. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315643 | Alternative Splicing Constructs and Methods of Use - Provided are alternative splicing constructs and methods for their use. In particular, CD44 based alternative splicing constructs are provided that include CD44 exon 5. These alternative splicing constructs are useful in high-throughput assays for testing the effects of compounds on splicing and for achieving targeted cell death. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315644 | ANTI-NPC2 MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES AND A METHOD OF DETECTING FATTY LIVER TISSUE, CANCER CELLS OR CANCER TISSUE BY USING THEM - The present invention is related to anti-NPC2 monoclonal antibodies, which against NPC2 or glycosylated-NPC2; and is related to a method of detecting fatty liver tissues, cancer cells or cancer tissues by evaluating the expression level of NPC2 or glycosylated-NPC2 in the cells or tissues. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315645 | MULTIPLE REACTION MONITORING LC-MS/MS METHOD TO DETECT THERAPEUTIC ANTIBODIES IN ANIMAL SAMPLES USING FRAMEWORK SIGNATURE PEPTIDES - Methods are disclosed to detect, characterize, measure, and quantitate human and humanized antibodies, and their conjugates, present in pre-clinical animal biological samples, including plasma/serum and tissue samples. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315646 | OLIGOTHIOPHENE DERIVATE AS MOLECULAR PROBES - The present invention relates to oligothiophene derivatives binding specifically to neural stem cells and neural cancer stem cells. More specifically, the invention relates to methods for detecting neural stem cells or neural cancer stem cells using said oligothiophene derivatives in a biological sample, as well as uses and kits relating thereto. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315647 | Immunoassay Reagent Composition - An apparatus and method for sealing a fluid sample collection device, comprising loading a fluid sample collection device with a fluid sample, said device comprising a housing having at least one substantially planar surface that includes an orifice in fluid communication with an internal fluid sample holding chamber which terminates at an internal capillary stop; and slidably moving a sealing element over at least a portion of said substantially planar surface in a way that displaces any excess fluid sample away from the orifice, seals the fluid sample within said holding chamber, and inhibits the fluid sample from prematurely breaking through the internal capillary stop. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315648 | METHOD OF IDENTIFICATION OF CELLS THAT SHOW SENSITIVITY TO MODULATION OF SIGNALING MEDIATED BY A FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR OR A VARIANT THEREOF - The invention is based on the finding that cells that show (especially tyrosine) phosphorylation of FGF-R substrate 2 (FRS-2), in contrast to cells that lack such phosphorylation, allow a prediction that treatment with a modulator, especially an inhibitor, of Fibroblast Growth Factor-Receptor signaling will be successful in cells e.g. from biological samples from patients that show such phosphorylation. Therefore, the phosphorylation of FRS-2 can serve as a biomarker for the possibility of successful treatment. The invention relates to various methods, uses, kits and reagents useful in applying this biomarker. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315649 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF RENAL INJURY AND RENAL FAILURE - The present invention relates to methods and compositions for monitoring, diagnosis, prognosis, and determination of treatment regimens in subjects suffering from or suspected of having a renal injury. In particular, the invention relates to using assays that detect one or more biomarkers selected from the group consisting of Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 10B, Cadherin-16, Caspase-9, Bcl2 antagonist of cell death, Caspase-1, Cadherin-1, Poly [ADP-ribose] polymerase 1, Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1, Cadherin-5, Myoglobin, Apolipoprotein A-II, Mucin-16, Carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 5, and Cellular tumor antigen p53 as diagnostic and prognostic biomarker assays in renal injuries. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315650 | DETECTION OF CIRCULATING ADAMTS13-ANTIBODY COMPLEXES - The present invention relates to methods and means for detecting ADAMTS13 immune complexes in a sample. The methods include the steps of capturing and labelling immune complexes of anti-ADAMTS13 antibodies. Capturing and labelling may be achieved by two different binding units targeting the immune complexes. The invention further relates to diagnosing diseases associated with immunologic ADAMTS13 dysfunction like TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura). | 2012-12-13 |
20120315651 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR AUTOLOGOUS GERMLINE MITOCHONDRIAL ENERGY TRANSFER - Oogonial stem cell (OSC)-derived compositions, such as nuclear free cytoplasm or isolated mitochondria, and uses of OSC-derived compositions in autologous fertility-enhancing procedures are described. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315652 | SWEET TASTE RECEPTOR-EXPRESSING CONSTRUCT, CELL BODY EXPRESSING THE SAME, AND UTILIZATION THEREOF - [Object] An object of the present invention is to provide a sweet taste receptor-expressing construct which can functionally stably express both of a sweet taste receptor (T1R2+T1R3) and a G protein α subunit at a high expression efficacy, and a stable expression cell body expressing the construct. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315653 | SEPSIS TEST - There is provided a method for determining whether a subject has a bacterial infection comprising: identifying an abnormal expression of one or more of CD49e, CD 14, CD11c, CD49f, and CD29 on leucocytes in a sample obtained from the subject; wherein an abnormal expression of CD49e, CD 14, CD11c, CD49f or CD29 is indicative of the subject having a bacterial infection. | 2012-12-13 |
20120315654 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CARDIOTOXICITY - The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for detecting the presence and activity of creatine transporter proteins (CrT) in biological samples comprising screening the samples for CrT using antibodies that bind to the CrT. The methods are useful to detect the onset of cardiotoxicity in subjects undergoing treatment with anthrocyclines or those susceptible to heart-related conditions. The methods and compositions described herein in can be practiced with diagnostic kits. | 2012-12-13 |