Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck
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Patent number: 8334245Abstract: The present invention relates to a cylinder lubricant having a BN determined according to standard ASTM D-2896 greater than or equal to 15, preferably greater than 20, preferably greater than 30, advantageously greater than 40 milligrams of potash per gram of lubricant, comprising: one or more lubricating base oils for marine engines, at least one detergent based on alkali or alkaline-earth metals, overbased with metallic carbonate salts, optionally in combination with one or more neutral detergents, one or more fatty amines and/or derivatives of oil-soluble fatty amines having a BN determined according to standard ASTM D-2896 comprised between 150 and 600 milligrams of potash per gram, preferably comprised between 200 and 500 milligrams of potash per gram. This lubricant has sufficient neutralization power vis-à-vis the sulphuric acid formed during the combustion of high-sulphur fuel oils, while limiting the formation of deposits during the use of low-sulphur fuel oils.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Total Raffinage MarketingInventors: Denis Lancon, Jean-Marie Bourmaud
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Patent number: 8334427Abstract: The present invention generally provides a method to generate broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight disease in plants. More specifically, the present invention provides a method to generate broad-spectrum resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the causal agent of bacterial blight disease of rice, and enhanced resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, the causal agent of bacterial leaf streak of rice. Xa27, an inducible bacterial blight R gene in rice, was induced by the cognate avrXa27 gene expressed in host. Rice plants carrying the avrXa27 transgene and wild-type Xa27 gene conferred resistance to incompatible and compatible pathogens, and enhanced resistance to X. oryzae pv. oryzicola strain L8. The Xa27-mediated enhanced resistance to X. oryzae pv. oryzicola was also observed in the interaction between IRBB27 and L8 harboring pHM1avrXa27. This was further verified by the fact that the Xa27 gene in IRBB27 was induced by the avrXa27 gene in bacteria.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2008Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Temasek Life Sciences LaboratoryInventors: Zhongchao Yin, Dongsheng Tian
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Patent number: 8327962Abstract: The invention relates to an electric vehicle, especially an industrial truck comprising at least one securing brace (28) for a battery block (24) that is accommodated in the vehicle (10). The securing brace (28) encompasses an engaging section (30) that can be inserted into a first frame part (34) of the vehicle (10), a fastening element (38, 56) that can be hooked into a second frame part (40), and a retaining section (44) that extends therebetween. A supporting section (70) of the securing brace (28) at least partly rests against the battery block (24) in a securing position in which the securing brace (28) is inserted in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stefan Bergmeier, Carsten Schöttke
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Patent number: 8329050Abstract: A substrate processing method for processing a substrate, on which a processing target layer, an intermediate layer, and a mask layer having an opening to expose a part of the intermediate layer are stacked in this order, includes a shrink etching step. In the shrink etching step, an opening width of the opening of the mask layer is reduced by depositing deposits on a sidewall surface thereof by a plasma generated from a gaseous mixture of depositive gas expressed by a general formula CxHyFz (x, y and z being positive integers) and SF6 gas. Also, there is formed in the intermediate layer an opening having an opening width corresponding to the reduced opening width of the opening of the mask layer by etching the intermediate layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Takashi Sone, Eiichi Nishimura
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Patent number: 8329685Abstract: The invention provides a method of enhancing the action of a pharmaceutical agent selected from the group consisting of the anti-infective agents, the group comprising of the antimicrobial agents, the anthelmintic agents and the anti-ectoparasitic agents, but excluding coal tar solution and H1-antagonist antihistamines, and from the group consisting of the CPNS agents selected from the group of compounds acting on the central or peripheral nervous system, but excluding coal tar solution and H1-antagonist antihistamines and also excluding anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic agents and also provides an enhanced method for the administration of a nucleic acid substance to the cells of an animal, a plant or a micro-organism.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: North West UniversityInventor: Petrus Johannes Meyer
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Patent number: 8329191Abstract: The present invention relates to three-branched PEG-G-CSF conjugate of general formula (1) in which the bonding ratio of three-branched polyethylene glycol (PEG) and G-CSF is 1:1 (mol/mol), wherein PEG has an average molecular weight of from 200 to 45,000 daltons; a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and a preparing method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Dong-A-Pharm. Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeong-Woo Jo, Won-Young Yoo, Hyun-Kyu Jeon, Yun-Kyu Choi, Hye-In Jang, Byong-Moon Kim, Sung-Hee Lee, Soo-Hyung Kang, Moo-Hi Yoo
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Patent number: 8331115Abstract: In one aspect, the invention provides a power system for providing power to a load.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Ameritherm, Inc.Inventors: David L. Fenton, Ian A. Paull, Leslie L. Thompson, Kenneth J. Westveer
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Patent number: 8332276Abstract: Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a cross channel fulfillment system that enables consumers to purchase and receive items using different transmission mediums. The fulfillment system is a centralized distribution system that maintains information relating to consumers and has access to multiple transmission mediums. Specifically, the fulfillment system contains a database of consumer contact information relating to each transmission medium. The fulfillment system uses a remote device to provide information to consumers. The remote device transmits and receives broadcast messages including information relating to purchasable items. The fulfillment system may deliver a purchased item to the consumer using a medium different from that used to purchase the item.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Music ChoiceInventor: Jeremy C. Rosenberg
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Patent number: 8328997Abstract: This invention relates to the design of a process by intermittent dielectric heating combined with a recycling system. This process consists in subjecting reagents to electromagnetic waves selected in the frequencies ranging between 300 GHz and 3 MHz intermittently using a recycling system. This process enables the treatment of oils that are hardly absorbent as well as great investment savings. This process enables operation on different scales, whether in laboratories, on a semi-industrial or industrial scale, without forfeiting the advantages of continuous dielectric heating.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2009Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Aldivia SAInventors: Pierre Charlier De Chily, Mikaële Raynard
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Patent number: 8328943Abstract: A film forming apparatus includes a processing chamber inside which a vacuum space is maintained and to which a film forming gas is supplied, a substrate supporting unit which is disposed inside the processing chamber and supports a substrate, and a heater which is made of a compound material comprising a high-melting point metal and carbon, is disposed inside the processing chamber, and heats the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2007Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventors: Eisuke Morisaki, Hirokatsu Kobayashi, Masayuki Harashima
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Patent number: 8328981Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus includes a vacuum processing chamber; a lower electrode, i.e., a mounting table for mounting the substrate, provided in the vacuum processing chamber; an upper electrode provided to face the lower electrode; a gas supply unit for supplying a processing gas to the vacuum processing chamber; a high frequency power supply unit for supplying a high frequency power to the lower electrode; and a focus ring provided on the lower electrode to surround a periphery of the substrate. In a method for performing a plasma etching on a substrate by using the plasma etching apparatus, a plasma is generated in the vacuum processing chamber to perform the plasma etching on the substrate by using the plasma after the focus ring is heated by supplying a high frequency power from the high frequency power supply unit to the lower electrode under a condition that no plasma is generated.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Tokyo Electron LimitedInventor: Hiroshi Tsujimoto
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Patent number: 8324353Abstract: The present invention relates to chimeric transmembrane immunoreceptors, named “zetakines,” comprised of an extracellular domain comprising a soluble receptor ligand linked to a support region capable of tethering the extracellular domain to a cell surface, a transmembrane region and an intracellular signalling domain. Zetakines, when expressed on the surface of T lymphocytes, direct T cell activity to those specific cells expressing a receptor for which the soluble receptor ligand is specific. Zetakine chimeric immunoreceptors represent a novel extension of antibody-based immunoreceptors for redirecting the antigen specificity of T cells, with application to treatment of a variety of cancers, particularly via the autocrin/paracrine cytokine systems utilized by human maligancy.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: City of HopeInventor: Michael Jensen
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Patent number: 8323715Abstract: The complementary parts of food products destined to be coupled together are located on the frontal surfaces of half-moulds travelling on two different loop conveyor lines. The first conveyor line extends, at least partially, above the second, so to be included within the surface area occupied by the second line itself. Spatial occupation is further reduced since, downstream to the coupling station, the coupled half-moulds travel with the same spacing step that they had before coupling, with additional advantages in terms of energy absorption and advancing velocity in a successive thermal conditioning station, such as a refrigerating tunnel. One of the half-moulds can be removed upstream to the thermal conditioning station, resulting in an additional reduction in energy absorption since needless subjecting of the half-mould to the thermal cycle to which the products are subjected is avoided.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2008Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Soremartec S.A.Inventors: Luciano Massa, Giovanni Sobrero
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Patent number: 8323346Abstract: The invention reduces wear in total joint articulations by modifications of the shape of either component of the kinematic pair, so as to result in an annular surface contact between the two components. Fluid trapped between the two components within the inner contour of the annular contact area is pressurized under load due to elastic deformation of the components and exuded out through inter-articular gap over the surface of contact, aiding in lubrication and reducing the wear. Reduced to practice for a total hip joint with UHMWPE-metal pair, the wear rate tested in a hip joint simulator up to five million cycles was reduced by factor seven to fifteen compared to conventionally shaped components.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2007Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Scyon Orthopaedics AGInventor: Slobodan Tepic
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Patent number: 8323417Abstract: A method of treatment for inhibiting sulfur-based corrosion or scaling or for removing scaling from a surface including inhibiting corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, reducing corrosion caused by sulfur-containing materials, inhibiting scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials in gas, liquid or solid phase or any combination of multiple phases of materials, reducing scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials, and removing scaling caused by sulfur-containing materials. The method involves contacting sulfur-containing materials with a composition containing a turpentine liquid. The method also involves contacting corrodible surfaces or surfaces prone to scaling with a composition containing a turpentine liquid.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Green Source Energy LLCInventors: Liang-tseng Fan, Mohammad Reza Shafie, Julius Michael Tollas, William Arthur Fitzhugh Lee
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Patent number: 8316522Abstract: A slider having an outer guide that closes a zipper by sliding movement of the slider and an inner guide that opens the zipper by the sliding movement and is formed revolvable on the outer guide. A method for supplying sliders provides sliders that are not entangled with each other and are not clogged when supplied with the inner guide revolved to the outside. The slider has a groove formed by the inner guide protruding upwards from the upper surface of a slider body. A flat guide plate disposed between a slider supplying machine and a slider assembling machine engages with the groove so that the upper surface directs in a vertical direction and, at the same time, side surfaces of adjacent sliders support the slider facing each other in a hanging down condition, and align and guide them in a line in a fixed direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Inventor: Juichi Kasai
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Patent number: 8318500Abstract: An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2007Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Gen-Probe, IncorporatedInventors: Kelly G. Ammann, Robert E. Schneider, Robert J. Smith
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Patent number: 8314241Abstract: Process for the preparation of crystalline anhydrous (R)-2-[[[3-methyl-4-(2,2,2-trifluoroetoxy)-2-piridyl]methyl]sulphinyl]benzimidazole (dexlansoprazole).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Dipharma Francis S.r.l.Inventors: Chiara Vladiskovic, Alessandro Restelli, Gabriele Razzetti
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Patent number: 8313906Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and systems for microfluidic DNA sample preparation. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to methods and systems for the isolation of DNA from patient samples on a microfluidic device and use of the DNA for downstream processing, such as performing amplification reactions and thermal melt analysis on the microfluidic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Weidong Cao, Hiroshi Inoue, Kevin Louder
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Patent number: D671006Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: Martin Presche, Heinrich Deters