Patents Represented by Attorney Hodgson Russ LLP

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  • Method and apparatus for the maintenance of pipelines
    Patent number: 7845881
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for the maintenance of pipelines. The method includes selecting a number of points along the pipeline and raising the pipeline at these points by an amount that the height difference between these points does not exceed the international flexibility standards. The apparatus includes at least one lifting frame, telescopic lifting arms and a flexible device connected to the lifting arms for engaging the pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Kline Tsaneret Delek Ltd.
    Inventor: Shlomo Kline
  • Digital data false alteration detection program and digital data false alteration detection apparatus
    Patent number: 7840007
    Abstract: A digital data false alteration detection program causes a computer to execute (a) a step (S1) of dividing digital data into a plurality of smaller block data, (b) a step (S2) of extracting noise inherent to a digital data acquisition device for each of the small block data, (c) a step (S3) of calculating correlation of the noise between adjacent small block data, and (d) a step (S4) of detecting small block data having noise correlation lower than a level predetermined for the surrounding small block data, as falsely altered data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignees: Fuso Precision Co., Ltd., Naigai Process Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Takeda, Masamichi Taniguchi, Kunio Taniguchi, Kiyotaka Yamamoto
  • Device for vibration-free mounting of a spindle in a stand of a surgical microscope
    Patent number: 7839584
    Abstract: A device for mounting a drive shaft driven by a drive motor is described, in which device a carriage is driven via the drive shaft. The drive motor is embodied as a stepper motor (1), and the drive shaft (6) is joined to the carriage (8; 9) via an elastomeric damper (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrzej Metelski
  • Radius chain modular conveyor
    Patent number: 7837028
    Abstract: A radius chain conveyor structure and method for traveling along curved paths in both left and right directions and having the capability to carry very small and delicate articles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Habasit AG
    Inventor: Dietmar Elsner
  • Guide tube end-piece, assembly and method
    Patent number: 7829010
    Abstract: An end-piece for an additive guide tube is disclosed. Such an end piece may have a durable sleeve and a sloughable sleeve. The sloughable sleeve may have a channel through which an additive may be delivered, and the sloughable sleeve may reside in the through-hole of the durable sleeve and may be secured to the durable sleeve. When molten metal contacts the sloughable sleeve, the sloughable sleeve burns or melts and sloughs off, thereby preventing the molten metal and slag from sticking to the end-piece, which in turn prevents buildup of metal and slag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Affival, Inc.
    Inventors: James Timothy Schwadron, Leslie Wade Niemi, Gregory P. Marzec
  • Apparatus for retaining a component that transfers solid-borne sound
    Patent number: 7823691
    Abstract: An apparatus for retaining a component that transfers solid-borne sound includes a solid-borne sound damper having at least one spacer made of brake lining material arranged in association with the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Leica Instruments (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrzej Metelski
  • Plasma-coated conveyor belt
    Patent number: 7824742
    Abstract: Conveyor belt bodies having a plastic material or having an upper plastic layer that typically has an elasticity module of between approximately 200 and approximately 900 N/mm2 , the bodies being coated by means of a plasma coating, especially in a plasma produced by microwaves or high frequency, whereby conveyor belts with covering layers are obtained. The covering layer provides the conveyor belts, for example, with increased chemical or scratch resistance or reduces the abrasion thereof. Suitable monomers for the plasma coating are, for example, tetrafluorethylene, 1, 2-difluorethylene, acetylene or hexamethyldisiloxane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Habasit AG
    Inventors: Edgar Von Gellhorn, Rainer Dahlmann, Brigitte Velten
  • Stable compositions containing OMVs
    Patent number: 7820185
    Abstract: An OMV preparation comprises OMVs having a sufficiently positive or negative surface charge to substantially prevent aggregation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Health Protection Agency
    Inventors: Andrew R. Gorringe, Phillip Vincent, Denise Halliwell, Karen M. Reddin
  • MCT-1, a human oncogene
    Patent number: 7811561
    Abstract: A novel gene, designated MCT-1 (for Multiple Copies in T-cell malignancy), is provided. A protein encoded by MCT-1, designated MCT-1, is also provided. Antisense oligonucleotides complementary to or homologous with a portion of MCT-1, substantially purified MCT-1, and methods of determining whether a cell is a tumor cell are also provided. The invention also includes monoclonal and polyclonal antibody preparations which bind with specificity to MCT-1. The invention further includes methods of determining whether a compound or a gene product is a modulator of MCT-1 expression, a method of reducing MCT-1 expression in a cell, and a method of conferring a growth advantage on a cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Ronald B. Gartenhaus
  • Method for identifying progressive rod-cone degeneration in dogs
    Patent number: 7811761
    Abstract: Provided is a method for identifying dogs as likely to be genetically normal, carriers of, or affected with progressive rod-cone degeneration comprising analyzing nucleic acids from a dog and determining the presence or absence of one or more prcd polymorphisms in the nucleic acids. Representative prcd polymorphisms characteristic of a prcd haplotype are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory M. Acland, Gustavo D. Aguirre, Orly Goldstein, Barbara Zangerl, Susan Pearce-Kelling, Duska J. Sidjanin, Jeanette S. Felix
  • Respirator
    Patent number: 7810492
    Abstract: A respirator helmet (10?) or other helmet adapted to receive, by means of a plug (66) and socket arrangement (70), a pivotable bar (62) carrying a protective screen (63) such that the screen may be moved between a lowered position in front of the face of the wearer of the helmet and a raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Helmet Integrated Systems Limited
    Inventors: Colin Church, Ian Dampney
  • Method for stimulating immune response against
    Patent number: 7811589
    Abstract: Provided is a method for stimulating in an individual an immune response against M. catarrhalis. The method is performed by administering to an individual a composition that contains at least one isolated M. catarrhalis protein in an amount effective to stimulate an immune response against M. catarrhalis in the individual. The M. catarrhalis proteins used in the method of the invention are M. catarrhalis proteins Msp22, Msp75, Msp78, Protein 28, Protein 99, Protein 238, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Timothy F. Murphy, Alan J. Lesse, Charmaine Kirkham
  • Production of flavonoids by recombinant microorganisms
    Patent number: 7807422
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are provided for production of flavonoids in microbial hosts. The compositions comprises a set of genes which encode for enzymes involved in one or more steps in the biosynthetic pathway for the conversion of phenylpropanoids to various flavonoids. The method comprises the steps of introducing the set of genes into a heterologous host cell, allowing growth of the cells in a suitable medium such that the expression of the genes results in production of enzymes. When specific substrate(s) is/are provided to the transformed cell, the enzymes act on the substrate(s) to produce the desired flavonoids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: The Research Foundation of State University of New York
    Inventors: Mattheos Koffas, Effendi Leonard, Yajun Yan, Joseph Chemler
  • Clamping assembly for a cutting insert
    Patent number: 7806632
    Abstract: The clamping assembly includes a cutting insert with a lower passage housing a screw with a head for clamping the cutting insert against a bearing surface provided on a tool holder and comprising a screwing hole, wherein the screw head is shaped and arranged so as to press only on one side, with a flared opening, of the screw hole, the passage has a template incompatible with a template of the head in the clamping position, and, outside of the clamping, the cutting insert and the screw can change mutually relative positions so as to harmonize the two templates and thus release the cutting insert without having to entirely unscrew the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Safety Production
    Inventor: Richard Fouquer
  • Gear pump
    Patent number: 7806673
    Abstract: A nonmetallic pump with a gear pump assembly having an adapter spool mounted to an electric motor. The pump assembly is designed to reduce manufacturing costs and to provide access for many service and maintenance tasks to be performed without breaking any of the pipe connections. The pump assembly also includes a splined shaft system and a lubricating fluid circulation system with spiral grooves located inside a pair of bearings disposed on opposite sides of the gear flights. The assembly also includes a replaceable precision liner that surrounds the gear flights to maintain a tight tolerance for optimal performance of the pump. Also, an O-ring disposed inside the front cover of the assembly provides for operation of the pump over a wide temperature variation with relatively loose manufacturing tolerances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Pulsafeeder, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen B. Muscarella, Philip T. Pascoe
  • Conveyor belt module with high friction conveying surface
    Patent number: 7802676
    Abstract: A belt module having a grid geometry including cavities and ribs associated with an outer surface for attaching a high friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Habasit AG
    Inventors: Dieter Guldenfels, Dietmar Elsner
  • Hydrogenation processes
    Patent number: 7803974
    Abstract: Disclosed are heterogeneous processes (i) for the hydrogenation of a compound containing at least one unsaturated carbon-carbon bond, and (ii) for the hydro-dehalogenation of a compound containing at least one C—Cl, C—Br or C—I bond. The processes comprise reacting said compound with a hydrogenating agent and a heterogeneous hydrogenation catalyst in the presence of an ionic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: The Queen's University of Belfast
    Inventors: Kris Anderson, Peter Goodrich, Christopher Hardacre, Sarah Elizabeth Jane McMath
  • Topping tool
    Patent number: 7802763
    Abstract: A topping tool assembly comprises a bag support defining a tapered receptacle having an open bag receiving end and an open dispensing end narrower than the bag receiving end, a mounting bracket fixed to the bag support, and an anchor bracket, wherein the mounting bracket and the anchor bracket are adapted such that the mounting bracket removably mounts onto the anchor bracket. The topping tool assembly is installed in a kitchen or other food preparation area by attaching the anchor bracket to a suitable supporting surface, and it receives and supports a pastry bag in a generally vertical orientation such that a top of the pastry bag is exposed through the bag receiving end of the bag support and a bottom decorative tip of the pastry bag protrudes from the bottom dispensing end of the bag support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Rich Products Corporation
    Inventors: James Faller, Christopher V. Tirone, Gerald Oehman
  • Combined use of enzyme inhibitors and of pharmaceutical compositions thereof
    Patent number: 7803776
    Abstract: Provided are combinations of inhibitors of dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DP IV) and of enzymes having the same substrate specificity (DP IV-analogous enzymatic activity) and inhibitors of alanyl aminopeptidase (aminopeptidase N, APN) and of enzymes having the same substrate specificity (APN-analogous enzymatic activity) and use of the same to obtain a more than additive to superadditive inhibition for the treatment of arteriosclerosis, for the treatment of allergic reactions of the type I according to the Gell and Coombs classification and for the treatment of dermatological diseases with follicular and epidermal hyperkeratoses and an enhanced proliferation of keratinocytes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Institut fur Medizintechnologie Magdeburg (IMTM) GmbH
    Inventors: Siegfried Ansorge, Uwe Lendeckel, Klaus Neubert, Dirk Reinhold, Robert Vetter, Harald Gollnick
  • Method and apparatus for measuring corneal resistance
    Patent number: 7798962
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring corneal resistance to deformation use an empirically derived function wherein an inward applanation pressure P1 and an outward applanation pressure P2 obtained during a corneal deformation cycle caused by a fluid pulse are separately weighted so as to minimize dependence of the calculated corneal resistance factor (CRF) on intraocular pressure. In one embodiment, the function is optimized, at least in part, to maximize statistical correlation between the calculated corneal resistance factor (CRF) and central corneal thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Reichert, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Luce