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  • In vitro methods of detecting cells sensitive to sweet tastants by detecting expression of hetero-oligomeric T1R2/T1R3 taste receptors
    Patent number: 8206938
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that the T1R receptors assemble to form functional taste receptors. Particularly, it has been discovered that co-expression of T1R1 and T1R3 results in a taste receptor that responds to umami taste stimuli, including monosodium glutamate. Also, it has been discovered that co-expression of the T1R2 and T1R3 receptors results in a taste receptor that responds to sweet taste stimuli including naturally occurring and artificial sweeteners. Also the present invention relates to the use of hetero-oligomeric taste receptors comprising T1R1/T1R3 and T1R2/T1R3 in assays to identify compounds that respectively respond to umami taste stimuli and sweet taste stimuli. Further, the invention relates to the constitutive of cell lines that stably or transiently co-express a combination of T1R1 and T1R3; or T1R2 and T1R3; under constitutive or inducible conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Senomyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Zoller, Xiaodong Li, Lena Staszewski, Shawn O'Connell, Sergey Zozulya, Jon Elliot Adler, Hong Xu, Fernando Echeverri
  • System and method for providing web-based management solutions
    Patent number: 8209206
    Abstract: A centralized web-based system and method for managing appointments having a user interface that interacts with one or more users to display one or more items based on user input, a management module connected to the user interface and configured to receive data related to scheduling an appointment, determine one or more possible appointments based on the data, present the one or more possible appointments, receive a user selection from the one or more possible appointments, and schedule the appointment based on the user selection, and one or more databases configured to store appointment information, wherein the one or more databases are connected to the management module and wherein the data comprises a date and time slot and at least one of a facility, a service, and a servicer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Gramercyone Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Ellis, Daniel Lizio-Katzen
  • Catalytic gas phase fluorination of 243db to 1234yf
    Patent number: 8207384
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for preparing 1234yf, comprising: (i) contacting 243db with hydrogen fluoride HF in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a reaction mixture; (ii) separating the reaction mixture into a first stream comprising HCl, 1234yf and a second stream comprising HF, 1233xf and 245cb; (iii) recycling at least a part of the second stream at least in part back to step (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Laurent Wendlinger, Anne Pigamo, Dominique Deur-Bert
  • Chemical detection system and method using a capacitive trans impedance amplifier
    Patent number: 8207492
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a method, system, and device for identifying chemical species in a sample. According to one embodiment, the method, system, and device may include introducing a sample gas into a differential ion mobility device, ionizing at least a portion of the sample gas to generate at least one ion species, filtering the at least one ion species between a pair of filter electrodes, generating a detection signal in response to the at least one ion species depositing a charge on a collector electrode, and detecting a spectral peak associated with the at least one ion species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Chemring Detection Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Todd Griffin, John Michael Alfred Petinarides, Paul Joseph Rauch, Jerome Paul Dahl, Robert Francis McAtee
  • Chemical detection system and method using a prediction methodology
    Patent number: 8207493
    Abstract: The exemplary embodiments provide a method, system, and device for identifying chemical species in a sample. According to one embodiment, the method, system, and device may include introducing a sample gas into a differential ion mobility device, ionizing at least a portion of the sample gas to generate at least one ion species, filtering the at least one ion species between a pair of filter electrodes, generating a detection signal in response to the at least one ion species depositing a charge on a collector electrode, and detecting a spectral peak associated with the at least one ion species.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Chemring Detection Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Todd Griffin, John Michael Alfred, Paul Joseph Rauch, Jerome Paul Dahl, Robert Francis McAtee
  • Catalytic gas phase fluorination of 1233xf to 1234yf
    Patent number: 8207383
    Abstract: The present invention provides a process for preparing 1234yf, comprising: (i) contacting 1233xf with hydrogen fluoride HF in gas phase in the presence of a fluorination catalyst under conditions sufficient to produce a reaction mixture; (ii) separating the reaction mixture into a first stream comprising HCl, 1234yf and a second stream comprising HF, unreacted 1233xf and 245cb; (iii) recycling at least a part of the second stream at least in part back to step (i).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Dominique Deur-Bert, Laurent Wendlinger, Anne Pigamo
  • Orally disintegrating layered compositions
    Patent number: 8202538
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to multi-layered compositions for oral administration having at least one orally disintegrating layer and capable of maintaining layer cohesion. The present invention is also directed to methods of manufacturing such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Capricorn Pharma, Inc.
    Inventor: Subraman Rao Cherukuri
  • Tuned rolling wave energy extractor
    Patent number: 8198745
    Abstract: An apparatus for extracting wave energy may include a watercraft, a pendulum and an energy converter. The watercraft may be configured to roll in response to wave action and may have roll characteristics that are tunable to characteristics of the wave action. The pendulum may be supported by the watercraft to enable the pendulum to swing in response to the wave action. An energy converter may be configured to convert the relative movement of the pendulum and watercraft into electrical energy. The pendulum may also be tunable to characteristics of the wave action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Huntington Ingalls Incorporated
    Inventors: William J. Laz, Todd L. Sedler
  • Financing information processing system and method
    Patent number: 8200574
    Abstract: A method and system which uses a communication network to facilitate financing-related activities is provided. A list of financing functions is provided to a user terminal across the communication network. The list of financing functions corresponds to those functions available to a user of the user terminal. The financing functions include at least one of a status function, a report generation function and a financing program function. A financing function request is received from the user terminal. The financing function request corresponds to a selected one of the financing functions provided to the user terminal. A database is accessed to retrieve data corresponding to the received financing function request. The retrieved data is arranged into a predetermined format and transmitted across the communication network to the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Craig E. Stokum, Charles J Giglia
  • Object authentication using embossed hidden images
    Patent number: 8199913
    Abstract: An authenticatable object comprises a surface having a latent hidden image embossed therein. The latent image is an encoded version of an authentication image and comprises a plurality of elements applied to the surface with a predetermined frequency. The latent hidden image is configured for optical decoding by a decoder having a decoder frequency corresponding to the predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Graphic Security Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Alfred V. Alasia, Alfred J. Alasia, Thomas C. Alasia
  • Inulin of very high chain length
    Patent number: 8193341
    Abstract: The invention relates to a long-chain inulin and its preparation from artichoke roots, to its use in foodstuffs and cosmetic preparations and to foodstuffs and cosmetic preparations which comprise the long-chain inulin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventors: Friedrich Meuser, Ingo Bauer, Elke Hellwege, Jens Pilling
  • Mixed gas method for filling aerosol containers and aerosol formulas for improved environmental profile by VOC/HFC reduction
    Patent number: 8191739
    Abstract: An aerosol dispenser that is pressurized by both compressed gas and liquefied gas is able to retain desired spray characteristics, such as foaming, while reducing volatile organic compound content or hydrofluorocarbon content. A minimal amount of liquefied gas allows the product to retain its desired spray characteristics, and the compressed gas causes higher internal pressures while reducing the amount of liquefied gas needed as a propellant. The aerosol container may be filled by first placing a desired aerosol product in the container, followed by introducing liquefied gas followed by compressed gas, or by introducing compressed gas followed by liquefied gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: AMREP, Inc.
    Inventors: Randy S. Cash, Ian R. Gecker, Jeffrey J. Miller, David L. Patterson, Stephen A. Thomas
  • Detergent composition comprising a block copolymer
    Patent number: 8192552
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detergent composition, suitable for use in dish washing or laundry, comprising at least 15% of a detersive surfactant(s), and a block copolymer, selected from the group consisting of (block A)-(block B) diblock copolymers, (block A)-(block B)-(block A) triblock copolymers, and (block B)-(block A)-(block B) triblock copolymers, wherein block A and block B derive from alpha ethylenically unsaturated monomers, at least one block being water-soluble. The detergent compositions provide an increased cleaning, and/or a decreased redeposition of the fatty substances once they are removed from a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Rhodia Chimie
    Inventor: Jeanne Chang
  • 3-amino-6-(1-amino-ethyl)-tetrahydropyran derivatives
    Patent number: 8193179
    Abstract: Antibacterial compounds including 3-amino-6-(1-amino-ethyl)-tetrahydropyran derivatives are provided, and methods of treatment or prevention of bacterial infection with such compounds are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Actelion Pharmaceuticals, Ltd
    Inventors: Christian Hubschwerlen, Georg Rueedi, Jean-Philippe Surivet, Cornelia Zumbrunn-Acklin
  • Cotton variety FM 9180B2F
    Patent number: 8188344
    Abstract: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 9180B2F, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9180B2F with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 9180B2F and to plants of FM 9180B2F reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 9180B2F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer Cropscience AG
    Inventor: Michael Swindle
  • System and method for providing borrowing schemes
    Patent number: 8190522
    Abstract: A system and method providing a borrowing scheme. The method comprises the steps of: establishing an interest-free revolving amount or account using the computer processor; establishing a periodic payment for maintaining the interest-free revolving amount or account using the computer processor; and automatically revising the interest-free revolving amount or account or the periodic payment using the computer processor based upon at least one user performance metric over a predetermined period of time; wherein the interest-free revolving amount or account or the periodic payment for maintaining the interest-free revolving amount is determined by the user via the network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
    Inventors: Maria Teresita Vicente, Frank Cawley Dragotta, Manning R. Field, Joy Lynn Koppenhaver, James Samuel Moed, Ryan Alan Jacoby, Ian Michael Groulx, Kevin Thomas Dame, Heather Margaret Emerson, Jennifer C. McGarry
  • Light-blocking layer sequence having one or more metal layers for an integrated circuit and method for the production of the layer sequence
    Patent number: 8187908
    Abstract: In an integrated circuit, a light sensitive area is protected against radiation by arranging a light blocking layer sequence (504) on top of the light sensitive area. The light blocking layer sequence comprises one or several metal layers (504a) and a silicon layer (503b, 1) for the purpose of absorption. A moth eye structure is provided on the silicon layer. Thereby, a radiation incident by reflection is minimized in such a way that also stray light can effectively be kept from the light sensitive area below the light blocking layer sequence (504).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: X-Fab Semiconductor Foundries AG
    Inventor: Daniel Gaebler
  • Imidazole derivatives, preparation and user thereof as medicine
    Patent number: 8188133
    Abstract: The invention concerns novel imidazole derivatives of general formula (I), wherein Z? and Z represent different variable groups. Said products have an antitumoral activity. The invention also concerns pharmaceutical compositions containing said products and their use for preparing antitumoral medicine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Ipsen Pharma S.A.S.
    Inventors: Anne-Marie Liberatore, Dennis Bigg, Dominique Pons, Grégoire Prevost
  • Cotton variety ST 4498B2RF
    Patent number: 8188346
    Abstract: The cotton variety ST 4498B2RF is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety ST 4498B2RF with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of ST 4498B2RF and to plants of ST 4498B2RF reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from ST 4498B2RF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Bayer CropScience LP
    Inventors: Michael Robinson, Randy Wood
  • Oil pan
    Patent number: D660892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Holley Performance Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Tomlinson, James D. Dralle, Corey Spainhoward