Patents Assigned to A/S
  • Patent number: 7265772
    Abstract: Images are transferred to printing plates by illuminating light-responsive materials with patterns corresponding to the images to be printed. The present invention provides for the transferring of an image by the combined flux from two or more beams of light. Particular embodiments ablate the mask printing plates for CTP systems by the combined illumination from a first, broad beam and a plurality of controllable, pulsed beams that co-illuminate the plate with the first beam. The resulting system and method is less expensive than the prior art and produces a printing plate more efficiently and with improved productivity than the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Esko Graphics A/S
    Inventor: Wolfgang Sievers
  • Patent number: 7263925
    Abstract: The invention concerns a hydraulic axial piston machine (1) with a cylinder body (3), at least one piston (9) to be axially displaceable in the cylinder body (3), said piston (9) resting on a swash plate (13) by way of a slide shoe (11), with a pressure plate (14) loading the slide shoe (11) in the direction of the swash plate (13), and a hold-down part (16), which bears with a contact surface (18) on a counter surface (20) of the pressure plate(14) facing away from the swash plate (13). It is endeavored to operate the machine with as little wear as possible. For this purpose, it is ensured that the contact surface (18) is formed by a circumferential surface section of a cone, whose peak (19) is directed towards the swash plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Ove Thorboel Hansen, Lars Martensen
  • Patent number: 7264954
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an isolated lipoxygenase which is: a) a polypeptide encoded by the DNA sequence cloned into plasmid pUC19 present in Escherichia coli deposited as DSM 14139; b) a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of the mature peptide shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; c) a polypeptide which has at least 80% homology with the polypeptide of a) or b); or d) a polypeptide encoded by DNA that hybridizes under high stringency conditions to a complementary strand of: i) the DNA sequence cloned into plasmid pUC19 present in Escherichia coli deposited as DSM 14139; or ii) the DNA sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 encoding the mature polypeptide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Novozymes A/S
    Inventors: Akiko Sugio, Shinobu Takagi
  • Patent number: 7265151
    Abstract: Use of escitalopram (the S-(+)-enantiomer of citalopram) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for the preparation of a medicament useful in the treatment of neurotic disorders is provided, including anxiety states, in particular generalised anxiety disorder and social anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder and panic attacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: H. Lundbeck A/S
    Inventors: Connie Sanchez, Sandra Hogg
  • Patent number: 7266275
    Abstract: An optical fiber having a longitudinal direction and a cross-section perpendicular thereto, said fiber in a cross-section comprising: (a) a core region (11) having a refractive index profile with a highest refractive index nc, and (b) a cladding region comprising cladding features (10) having a center-to-center spacing, ?, and a diameter, d, of around 0.4? or larger, wherein nc, ? and d are adapted such that the fiber exhibits zero dispersion wavelength of a fundamental mode in the wavelength range from 1530 nm to 1640 nm; a method of producing such a fiber; and use of such an optical fiber in e.g. an optical communication system, in an optical fiber laser, in an optical fiber amplifier, in an optical fiber Raman amplifier, in a dispersion compensator, in a dispersion and/or dispersion slope compensator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Crystal Fibre A/S
    Inventors: Kim Per Hansen, Jacob Riis Folkenberg
  • Patent number: 7264263
    Abstract: Ski binding, in particular a touring, telemark or cross-country binding, with a front retaining element associated with the front end of the sole, a back retaining element designed to engage the front part of the sole of a ski boot or the heel of the boot and a tensioning device connecting the front and back retaining elements to one another, which allows the front and back retaining elements to be locked to the ski boot and, in particular, allows the heel of the boot to be raised from the ski while in the locked state, such that at least one spring-loaded release mechanism is associated with the tensioning device in order to release the lock between ski binding and ski boot under the action of a torque that exceeds a specified threshold magnitude and is exerted on the ski or boot about an upright axis of rotation, and/or of a force manually exerted on an essentially only positive-fit locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Rottefella A/S
    Inventors: Tilo Riedel, Bernt-Otto Hauglin
  • Publication number: 20070202120
    Abstract: This invention relates to mosquito multisubstrate deoxyribonucleoside kinases and their use in gene therapy. More specifically the invention provides novel deoxyribonucleoside kinases derived from Aedes aegypti. In further aspects the invention provides novel polynucleotides encoding the mosquito deoxyribonucleoside kinases, vector constructs comprising the polynucleotide, host cells carrying the polynucleotide or vector, methods of sensitising cells to prodrugs, method of inhibiting pathogenic agents in warm-blooded animals, methods of synthesizing monophosphates, imagining applications and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the mosquito deoxyribonucleoside kinases of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: ZGENE A/S
    Inventor: Zoran Gojkovic
  • Publication number: 20070200626
    Abstract: The invention relates to an amplifier comprising amplification means (AM) comprising an input and an output, said amplification means (AM) comprising a switching output stage delivering at least one output signal (OUS) via said output, said amplification means being fed by power supply means (PSM) said amplifier further comprising compensation means (CM) providing a compensation signal (CS) derived from the power supply voltage (PSV) of the power supply means (PSM), said compensation signal (CS) comprising a substantially inverse representation of said power supply voltage (PSV) and said compensation signal (CS) being fed to said amplification means (AM). According to the invention, an effective error compensation of the output switching stage may in practice be implemented by establishment of a compensation, which on a run-time basis is based on the voltage of the power supply currently applied in the output switching stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: TC ELECTRIC A/S
    Inventors: Kim Pedersen, Lars Arknes-Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20070203459
    Abstract: A flexible piston rod includes a piston and a row of elements, the top surface of one element being connected to the bottom surface of an adjacent element by a hinge that allows the two adjacent elements to pivot from a first position, where a portion of the top surface of one element abuts a corresponding portion of the bottom surface of the adjacent element and corresponding to a rectilinear, relatively stiff configuration of the piston rod, to a second position wherein the top surface of one element is spaced from the bottom surface of the adjacent element and corresponding to a curved configuration of the piston rod. Each element has cylindrical surface portions incorporating a thread for meshing with a corresponding thread of an actuator for displacing the piston rod longitudinally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: M2 MEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Morten Mernoe
  • Publication number: 20070203058
    Abstract: Novel polypeptide derivatives having protracted profile of action. The present invention relates to a compound which comprises a therapeutic polypeptide linked to an albumin binding residue via a hydrophilic spacer. The present invention also relates to a compound which comprises a therapeutic polypeptide linked to an albumin binding residue via a hydrophilic spacer that separates the polypeptide and the albumin binding residue with a chemical moiety comprising at least 5 non-hydrogen atoms where 30-50% of these atoms are either N or O.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: NOVO NORDISK A/S
    Inventors: Jesper Lau, Thomas Hansen, Kjeld Madsen, Paw Bloch, Florencio Dorwald, Nils Johansen
  • Publication number: 20070203068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for increasing the number and/or the size of beta cells, for stimulating beta cell proliferation and for preventing diabetes. The invention is based on the recognition that GLP-1 acts as a beta cell growth factor. The invention also relates to a method for preventing or curing Type I or Type II diabetes, a method for obtaining a less severe disease stage in a subject suffering from Type II diabetes as well as methods of delaying the progression of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or non-insulin requiring Type II diabetes to insulin requiring Type II diabetes. The invention also relates to a cure for diabetes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: Novo Nordisk A/S
    Inventor: Hoiriis Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20070201992
    Abstract: An infusion pump unit includes a housing sized to allow the pump unit to be carried as a portable unit. The housing contains a controllable pumping system for pumping fluid. The pump actuator is lighter, smaller, quieter and less power consuming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: M2 MEDICAL A/S
    Inventor: Morten Mernoe
  • Publication number: 20070202229
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for portion cutting of food items, especially meat products, into pieces of predetermined shape, such as quadratic meat pieces, where the method comprises the following steps: feeding of the items in a first cutting device in a first feeding direction, in which device the items are cut into strips in a cutting unit, transfer of the strips from the first cutting device to at least one additional cutting device with another feeding direction different from that of the first feeding direction, and cutting in at least the one additional cutting device, in which by a cutting unit the strips are cut into pieces of predetermined shape, such as quadratic meat pieces. Furthermore, there is disclosed the use of a cutting device in an arrangement according to the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2005
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Applicant: SCANVAEGT INTERNATIONAL A/S
    Inventor: Ulrich Nielsen
  • Patent number: 7261630
    Abstract: An apparatus (1) for cutting up the belly of a slaughtered animal has a cutter for performing a cutting function in a cutting direction (SR), and a displacement element (5) which applies a forces on a predetermined area of the outer surface of the belly of the animal and at a distance from the cutter. The apparatus (1) further has a suspension element (40) to which the displacement element (5) is pivotally attached around an axis of rotation (28). The axis of rotation (28) forms an obtuse or an acute angle with the cutting direction (SR), so that rotation of the displacement member, oriented by the inclined axis of rotation, displaces the animal skin laterally away from the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: SKF Systems A/S
    Inventor: Knud Krogh
  • Patent number: PP17954
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventor: Mogens N. Olesen
  • Patent number: D550403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: A/S Niels Stennevad
    Inventor: Niels J. Mortensen
  • Patent number: PP17973
    Abstract: A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata interspecific hybrid plant named ‘AFRICAN PEARL’ characterized by a large number of petals per flower resulting in the double-type or multi-petalled trait; large petal size resulting in a large flowers; the hastate and dissected young and mature leaves; the different yellow-orange colors of petals; and the large number of flowers on each plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Knud Jepsen A/S
    Inventors: Knud Jepsen, Ellen Christensen
  • Patent number: PP17974
    Abstract: A new and distinct Schlumbergera plant named ‘THOR-KIRI’ particularly characterized by large upright to vertical flowers; freely flowering white, light-purple and red-purple colored flowers; large quantity of flowers per plant; and slow growth rate and freely branching growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Gartneriet Thoruplund A/S
    Inventor: Jørgen Kurt Andersen
  • Patent number: PP17975
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant which has abundant, white flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventor: Mogens N. Olesen
  • Patent number: PP17980
    Abstract: A new and distinct K. blossfeldiana×K. laciniata. interspecific hybrid plant named ‘JODIE’ characterized by a large number of petals per flower resulting in a double-type or multi-petalled trait; the large size of petals resulting in a large flower; a unique soft pink color with a touch of yellow; and a large number of flowers per plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Knud Jepsen A/S
    Inventors: Knud Jepsen, Ellen Christensen