Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Kurz
  • Compositions and methods for treating viral infections
    Patent number: 6043347
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for treatment, diagnosis, and prevention of a virus comprise administering to a patient antibodies which react with regions of viral proteins and result in neutralization of infectivity and inactivation of functionally essential events in the life cycle of the virus. The antibodies recognize viral epitopes which fail to elicit an immune response in man when encountered through infection or naturally through the environment. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides compositions and methods useful in the treatment and diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Probe International Inc.
    Inventor: Frank B. Gelder
  • Atomic layer deposition apparatus for depositing atomic layer on multiple substrates
    Patent number: 6042652
    Abstract: An atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus capable of depositing a thin film on a plurality of substrates. The atomic layer deposition apparatus includes: a vacuum chamber, a reactor installed in the vacuum chamber, having a plurality of modules which can be assembled and disassembled as desired, a plurality of stages as spaces partitioned by assembling the plurality of modules, and openings which allow each stage to receive one substrate; a gas supply portion installed in the reactor, for supplying reaction gases and a purging gas to the reactor; and a plurality of gas supply lines installed in the modules, for injecting the gases from the gas supply portion into the stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: P.K. Ltd
    Inventors: Kwang-Soo Hyun, Kyung-ho Park, Neung-goo Yoon, Kang-jun Choi, Soo-hong Jeong
  • Cationic dispersions of fortified and modified rosins for use as paper sizing agents
    Patent number: 6042691
    Abstract: A paper sizing agent is a rosin stabilized with a rosin-stabilizing amount of a cationic polyamidoamine-ethyleneimine-epichlorohydrin polymer resin, which is mixed with an aqueous dispersion containing paper pulp in a method for the production of paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: Plasmine Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan F. Nitzman, Yosuhiro Morimoto
  • Assembly for positioning an implant in an internal passageway of a body
    Patent number: 6039744
    Abstract: The invention is an assembly for positioning an implant that has an axis and at least one axial tubular region having an inside diameter. More specifically, the assembly positions the implant into an internal passageway in a body, such as a blood vessel. The assembly has two removable elements, both having a predetermined cross-section. At the distal end of the first element of the assembly is a lateral protuberance having a radial length. The assembly is further characterized in that the cumulative cross-section dimension of the two elements away from their distal ends and the radial length of the lateral protuberance are both smaller than the inside diameter of the axial tubular region of the implant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: B. Braun Celsa
    Inventor: Simon John Forber
  • Laser cell purification system
    Patent number: 6040139
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for cell purification and ablation is disclosed. The present invention comprises a laser system which directs radiant energy at computer or manually selected individual cells thereby disrupting DNA, RNA and protein structure in those cells. The present invention produces a purified tissue section containing relatively intact DNA, RNA or protein from only the untreated cells. This purified sample is suitable for amplification of material by PCR or other techniques for the analysis of molecular genetic features in the selected cells of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Inventor: G. Steven Bova
  • Gamma-ray compensated neutron ionization chamber
    Patent number: 6040581
    Abstract: To eliminate deterioration in the saturation characteristics of gamma-rays, the total area of holes formed in a signal electrode which is arranged within a high-voltage electrode concentrically is set to a value equal to or smaller than 5% of the surface area of the signal electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toyokazu Gotou, Shinji Fukakusa
  • Soybean cultivar 943347632294
    Patent number: 6040499
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated 943347632294, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 943347632294, to the plants of soybean 943347632294 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 943347632294 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 943347632294 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Monsanto Corporation
    Inventor: Craig K. Moots
  • Inbred corn line HX621
    Patent number: 6040506
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated HX621, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line HX621, to the plants of inbred corn line HX621 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line HX621 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line HX621 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hoegemeyer Hybrid
    Inventor: Thomas Hoegemeyer
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: 6039484
    Abstract: A writing instrument comprises a barrel provided with a tip element at the front thereof, a writing mechanism provided longitudinally movably within the barrel, a resilient element for biasing the writing mechanism backward, a knock member detachably mounted on the rear end of the writing mechanism, and a rattle-preventive means provided between a knock member and the barrel. The rattle of the knock member can be completely eliminated despite the presence of a clearance between parts such as between the knock member and the barrel or the tail crown.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshihide Mitsuya
  • Inbred corn line HX622
    Patent number: 6040507
    Abstract: An inbred corn line, designated HX622, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line HX622, to the plants of inbred corn line HX622 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line HX622 with itself or another corn line. The invention further relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line HX622 with another corn line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hoegemeyer Hybrid
    Inventor: Thomas Hoegemeyer
  • MTS1 gene mutations
    Patent number: 6037462
    Abstract: The present invention relates to somatic mutations in the Multiple Tumor Suppressor (MTS) gene in human cancers and their use in the diagnosis and prognosis of human cancer. The invention further relates to germ line mutations in the MTS gene and their use in the diagnosis of predisposition to melanoma, leukemia, astrocytoma, glioblastoma, lymphoma, glioma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, CLL, and cancers of the pancreas, breast, thyroid, ovary, uterus, testis, kidney, stomach and rectum. The invention also relates to the therapy of human cancers which have a mutation in the MTS gene, including gene therapy, protein replacement therapy and protein mimetics. Finally, the invention relates to the screening of drugs for cancer therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Myriad Genetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Kamb
  • Free-piston internal combustion engine
    Patent number: 6035637
    Abstract: This invention is an efficient free-piston internal-combustion engine having an expansion ratio greater than the compression ratio and preferably with gas bearings supporting the piston. The use of gas bearings in combination with high-temperature ceramic materials allows the engine to be nearly adiabatic and with exhaust temperatures in excess of 600.degree. C. These high exhaust temperatures in turn allow the engine to operate as a topping cycle for gas turbines, Stirling engines, steam engines, etc. An improved valving system for flexible control of the engine may include the use of a valve actuator in a piston. In one embodiment, a pair of oppositely disposed combustion chamber passageways extending between the combustion chamber and the earth's atmosphere, each have a combustion-chamber valve for controlling the passage of gas through the passageways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Sunpower, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Beale, William L. Kopko
  • Surgically anastomosable transcutaneous vascular prothesis and set comprising the same
    Patent number: 6036723
    Abstract: A vascular prosthesis to be implanted by the percutaneous endoluminal route is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The vascular prosthesis includes a flexible sleeve to channel blood therein, and a tubular armature (or stent) to which the sleeve is connected essentially coaxially, the armature being capable of having a first diameter or a second diameter larger than the first, so that the prosthesis is in the form of a single tube or bifurcated tube assuming a radially constricted state for its percutaneous vascular implantation, or a radially opened out state, once it is vascularly implanted, additionally including a vascularly anastomosable terminal portion of sleeve which extends, or is added onto, the flexible sleeve, beyond the armature, this portion being therefore suitable to be anastomosed, in particular by suture, to at least one vessel or vessel substitute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: B. Braun Celsa
    Inventors: Samy Anidjar, Gerard Chevillon
  • Soybean cultivar 9525889614912
    Patent number: 6037529
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated 9525889614912, is closed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean multivar 9525889614912, to the plants of soybean 9525889614912 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 9525889614912 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 9525889614912 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Monsanto Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Michael Luzzi
  • Butt-welding process using an automatically controlled electro-welding machine
    Patent number: 6036795
    Abstract: It concerns butt-welding of parts made of plastics material(s). For this purpose, the invention proposes correcting, according to an ambient temperature which is measured in the environment of the parts at the moment of welding, at least one of the following parameters: pressure(s) for contact and/or welding of the parts, electrical energy to be supplied to means for displacement of the said parts, stroke(s) of relative displacement of the parts, time for obtaining beads at the end of the parts during the phase of heating the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignees: Gaz de France (G.D.F.) Service National, Societe Joseph Sauron Material Industriel
    Inventors: Jean Sauron, Gil Gaunt, Jean-Claude Hugueny
  • Peat bale filtration element
    Patent number: 6036851
    Abstract: A peat bale for use in a peat water filtration system, wherein the peat bale has a permeable wrapping to maintain the bale of peat at a predetermined density and which allows for the inflow and outflow of water through the bale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventors: Stephen G. Simmering, Dennis Martin
  • Labels and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 6037029
    Abstract: A self-adhesive label comprising a multilaminar label portion, a self-adhesive laminar material extending over, and adhered by its self-adhesive surface to, the multilaminar label portion thereby to form two self-adhesive edge portions thereof on opposed sides of the multilaminar label portion, a backing of release material to which one of the edge portions is releasably adhered and an unadhesive portion which is located on the rear surface of the said one edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventor: David John Instance
  • Soybean cultivar 941010613896
    Patent number: 6034299
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated 941010613896, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 941010613896, to the plants of soybean 941010613896 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 941010613896 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 941010613896 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Monsanto Corporation
    Inventor: Roger Lussenden
  • Corrugated board manufacturing system
    Patent number: 6032713
    Abstract: A first tension adjustor for adjusting the tension of a liner and a pitch measuring device for measuring the corrugation pitch of a first core board of a single-faced corrugated board are used. A first tension controller operates so that the tension acting on the liner is adjusted on the basis of the corrugation pitch of the first core board of the single-faced corrugated board. Further, a second tension adjustor for adjusting the tension of the single-faced corrugated board and a phase shift measuring device for measuring a phase shift between the corrugations of the first core board of the single-faced corrugated board and the corrugations of a second core board to be laminated to the first core board are used. A second tension controller operates so that the tension acting on the single-faced corrugated board is adjusted on the basis of the phase shift measured by the phase shift measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ishibuchi, Kazukiyo Kouno, Kuniaki Wakusawa, Kouji Hattori, Yukuharu Seki, Makoto Ando
  • Soybean cultivar 943172627001
    Patent number: 6034302
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated 943172627001, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 943172627001, to the plants of soybean 943172627001 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 943172627001 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 943172627001 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Monsanto Corporation
    Inventor: Beth Annice Holmes