Patents Issued in March 20, 2007
  • Patent number: 7193110
    Abstract: An aldehyde-containing oily solution and an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution are reacted in the presence of a catalyst comprising a polymer compound having a sulfonic acid group in a side chain thereof in a heterogeneous solution system. According to such a reaction process, carboxylic acid can be efficiently produced under mild conditions having very little influence and toxicity on the environment and a human body, with simple operations, without requiring the operation for removing a solvent after the completion of the reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Sato, Yoko Usui
  • Patent number: 7193111
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel class of polymeric compounds having specific quaternized amine based upon a dimer acid reacted with an dimethyl amino propyl amine to make an amido amine, which is subsequently reacted to make a polymeric quaternary compound. Dimer acid is a C-36 diacid having a cyclic structure and two amine groups that allow for the synthesis of a high molecular weight cationic compound which is extremely substantitive to human skin and are well tolerated by human tissue making them suitable for use preparation of barrier products for personal care applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Surfa Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas G. O'Lenick, Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7193112
    Abstract: The invention describes a process for the production of aromatic amines by the catalytic hydrogenation of aromatic nitro compounds, with the process being characterized by at least one catalytic hydrogenation step and the catalyst consists at least of a monolithic support and a catalytically active coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Peter Lehner, Thomas Turek, Matthias Brandt, Susanne Buchholz
  • Patent number: 7193113
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing various types of arylbis(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)methane having a bulky aryl group and an electron-accepting aryl group in which synthesis was conventionally considered to be difficult, at high efficiency; a novel arylbis(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)methane that can be widely applied to asymmertric catalyst, various types of functional materials and the like; and a metallic salt thereof. In addition, excellent catalysts are also provided. An aryl halomethane is reacted with a sodium trifluoromethane sulfinate, the arylmethyl triflone produced thereby is reacted with a t-BuLi and the like, the lithium salt of the arylmethyl triflone obtained is reacted with a trifluoromethane sulfonic acid anhydride, and an arylbis(trifluoromethylsulfony)methane such as pentafluorophenylbis(triflyl)methane, {4-(pentafluorophenyl)-2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl}bis(triflyl)methane and the like are obtained at a high yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Ishihara, Hisashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 7193114
    Abstract: The present invention attaches a molecule that contains a hydroxyl group (OH) attached to a carbon chain which is attached to a coordinating atom or atoms, the acidity of which is greater than that of silica (i.e., pKA <10). The condensation is achieved by mixing silica gel, appropriate amount of ligand, and a drop of conc. sulfuric acid in toluene in a flask attached to a Dean-Stark tube. Heating of the mixture is continued until the amount of water, obtained by azeotropic distillation and condensation, reaches a constant value. Toluene is filtered off, and recycled. The supported ligand is dried under reduced pressure to remove residual toluene. The composite (ligand attached to silica) can then be used by batch or column method to remove heavy metal ions from aqueous solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Dean F. Martin, Craig A. Bowe
  • Patent number: 7193115
    Abstract: In an aqueous formaldehyde solution comprising formaldehyde in the form of monomeric formaldehyde, methylene glycol and polyoxymethylene glycols in a total concentration x of ?65% by weight, the mean molar mass M of the polyoxymethylene glycols is, as a function of the formaldehyde concentration, equal to or less than the values given by equation I: ( M _ g ? / ? mol ) = 48 + 6.589 · 10 - 1 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) + 4.725 · 10 2 · ? ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 2 - 3.434 · 10 - 3 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 3 + ? 9.625 · 10 - 5 · ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 4 - 1.172 · 10 6 · ? ( x % ? ? by ? ? weight ) 5 + 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Eckhard Ströfer, Martin Sohn, Hans Hasse, Klemens Schilling
  • Patent number: 7193116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing aldehydes by hydroformylation catalyzed by metals of groups 8 to 10 of the Periodic Table of the Elements in the presence of cyclic carbonic esters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: OXENO Olefinchemie GmbH
    Inventors: Oliver Moeller, Klaus-Diether Wiese, Dieter Hess, Cornelia Borgmann, Alfred Kaizik, Dirk Fridag
  • Patent number: 7193117
    Abstract: A method wherein a methanol-containing gas stream is passed in contact with a catalyst comprising a supported or unsupported bulk vanadate catalyst in the presence of an oxidizing agent for a time sufficient to convert at least a portion of the methanol to formaldehyde (CH2O).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Lehigh University
    Inventors: Israel E Wachs, Laura E Briand
  • Patent number: 7193118
    Abstract: A method for producing a fluoroalkyl ether, which comprises reacting a fluoroalkyl alcohol with a fluorinated olefin in the presence of a solvent and a catalyst, wherein the fluoroalkyl alcohol and the fluorinated olefin are continuously supplied into a reactor, a reaction product containing the fluoroalkyl ether is continuously withdrawn from the reactor, and the reaction is carried out while the concentration of the fluoroalkyl alcohol present in the reactor is maintained to be at most 7 mass % based on the total organic component present in the reactor. According to the present invention, a fluoroalkyl ether having a high purity can be produced in an industrial scale and at a high reaction rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hidekazu Okamoto, Masazumi Nagai, Kazuya Oharu
  • Patent number: 7193119
    Abstract: To provide a process for producing a fluorinated alkyl ether, whereby a sufficient reaction rate can be attained even under mild reaction conditions, and a post-process such as distillation after the reaction can be efficiently carried out. A process for producing a fluorinated alkyl ether, which comprises introducing an aprotic polar solvent, a fluorinated ether, a catalyst, a fluorinated alkyl alcohol and a fluorinated olefin into a reactor, and then, reacting the fluorinated alkyl alcohol with the fluorinated olefin, characterized in that the ratio of the two components of the aprotic polar solvent and the fluorinated ether introduced into the reactor is the aprotic polar solvent/the fluorinated ether=5/95 to 80/20 by mass ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Masazumi Nagai, Hidekazu Okamoto, Kazuya Oharu
  • Patent number: 7193120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for hydrogen transfer to chemical compounds, wherein hydrogen transfer is carried out in a supercritical or subcritical phase using stabilized and dispersed metal particles. The invention further provides for the use of metal colloids stabilized by organic compounds or embedded in organic compounds as catalysts in a process for hydrogen transfer to chemical compounds in a supercritical or subcritical phase so as to avoid the formation of free-radical intermediates during hydrogen transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Heiko G. Niessen, Klaus Woelk, Andreas Eichhorn, Joachim Bargon
  • Patent number: 7193121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing 4-vinylcyclohexene, which comprises the steps (A) providing an n-butane-containing feed gas stream, (B) feeding the n-butane-containing feed gas stream into at least one dehydrogenation zone and dehydrogenating n-butane to butadiene to give a product stream comprising butadiene, n-butane, possibly 1-butene and 2-butene and possibly water vapor and other secondary constituents, (C) feeding the product stream from dehydrogenation, if appropriate after separating off water vapor and secondary constituents, into a dimerization zone and catalytically dimerizing butadiene to give a product stream comprising 4-vinylcyclohexene, n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene, and (D) separating off 4-vinylcyclohexene from the product stream from the dimerization and recirculating n-butane and possibly 1-butene, 2-butene and unreacted butadiene to the dehydrogenation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Christian Walsdorff, Götz-Peter Schindler, Klaus Harth, Hartmut Hibst
  • Patent number: 7193122
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method of stabilizing metalloaluminophosphate molecular sieves and catalysts derived therefrom. In particular, the invention is directed to a method of treating such molecular sieves with chemisorbed ammonia, which may be easily desorbed before or during use and after storage. The invention is also directed to formulating the molecular sieve into a catalyst useful in a process for producing olefin(s), preferably ethylene and/or propylene, from a feedstock, preferably an oxygenate containing feedstock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Filip Mees, Etienne Vansant, Marcel Johannes Janssen, Luc R. M. Martens
  • Patent number: 7193123
    Abstract: A process for cracking hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid comprising: heating the feedstock, mixing the heated feedstock with a fluid and/or a primary dilution steam stream to form a mixture, flashing the mixture to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase which collect as bottoms and removing the liquid phase, separating and cracking the vapor phase, and cooling the product effluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Richard C. Stell, Jennifer L. Bancroft, Arthur R. DiNicolantonio, Subramanian Annamalai, James N. McCoy, Paul F. Keusenkothen, George Stephens, John R. Messinger, James Mitchell Frye, Nick G. Vidonic, George J. Balinsky
  • Patent number: 7193124
    Abstract: A dispensing device and method for forming a least partially solid or gel-like material from a liquid. At least one liquid issuing from an outlet is subjected to an electric field causing the liquid to form at least one electrically charged jet which, after formation, forms a fiber (F) or breaks up into fiber fragments (FF) or particles (D). The thus formed at least partially solid or gel-like material may be directly deposited, by virtue of the energy in the electrical field, onto a surface area, for example an area of skin enabling, for example, formation of a dressing for a wound or burn which is of high specific area and extremely absorbent. A biologically active ingredient such as a pharmaceutical ingredient or biological matter such as DNA may be incorporated into the fibers (F), fragments (FF) or particles (D). Fibrils, particles or microcapsules incorporating a biologically active ingredient may be supplied for oral or nasal administration to an animal such as a human being.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventor: Ronald Alan Coffee
  • Patent number: 7193125
    Abstract: The present invention provides mice having reduced CAR receptor activity and mice expressing a human CAR receptor. These mice are useful in screening methods to identify compounds that modulate CAR receptor activity, compounds likely to have CAR-mediated toxicity, and analogs of these compounds with less potential toxicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Baylor College of Medicine
    Inventors: David D. Moore, Ping Wei
  • Patent number: 7193126
    Abstract: Methods for generating and using novel overexpression activity alleles of a gene in any organism, especially Drosophilia, are provided. Such alleles may be utilized in screening assays, and used to generate dominant-negative forms of bacterial toxins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ethan Bier, Annabel Guichard, Shaila Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 7193127
    Abstract: The present invention concerns codeinone reductase from alkaloid poppy plants, the polynucleotides encoding the enzyme, transgenic plants transformed or transfected with polynucleotide(s) encoding codeinone reductase and to the production of alkaloids from transformed or transfected poppy plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Research Pty. Limited
    Inventors: Toni M. Kutchan, Meinhard H. Zenk, David G. Atkins, Anthony J. Fist
  • Patent number: 7193128
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods of doing business and providing services. For example, methods of increasing the revenue of crops are provided. To this end, the method includes the use of a nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and mini chromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Chromatin, Inc., University of Chicago
    Inventors: Gregory P. Copenhaver, Kevin Keith, Daphne Preuss
  • Patent number: 7193129
    Abstract: The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference plant. Sequence information related to these polynucleotides and polypeptides can also be used in bioinformatic search methods and is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Mendel Biotechnology, Inc.
    Inventors: T. Lynne Reuber, Jose Luis Riechmann, Jacqueline E. Heard, Cai-Zhong Jiang, Luc J. Adam, Arnold N. DuBell, Oliver Ratcliffe, Omaira Pineda, Guo-Liang Yu, Pierre E. Broun
  • Patent number: 7193130
    Abstract: The invention discloses a transgenic method for enhancing sink strength in female reproductive organs. It involves the expression of nucleic acids encoding acid invertase or ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase floral tissue. The invention also includes expression constructs used in the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight T. Tomes, Christopher Zinselmeier, Jeffrey E. Habben
  • Patent number: 7193131
    Abstract: A process for producing multicellular plants, plant organs or plant tissues transformed on their plastome by the following steps is provided: (a) altering or disrupting the function of a gene in a plastid genome for producing a selectable or recognizable phenotype; (b) separating or selecting plants or cells having plastids expressing said phenotype; (c) transforming said plastid genome of said separated or selected plant, plant organ or plant tissue with at least one transformation vector having a restoring sequence capable of restoring said function; and (d) separating or selecting said transformed plant, plant organ or plant tissue having plastids expressing said restored function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Icon Genetics AG
    Inventors: Christian Eibl, Fong-Chin Huang, Sebastian Klaus, Stefan Mühlbauer, Stefan Herz, Hans-Ulrich Koop
  • Patent number: 7193132
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Joan T. Odell
  • Patent number: 7193133
    Abstract: The present invention provides novel plastid transit peptides that direct localization of attached moieties (e.g., polypeptides) into plant plastids. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for localizing polypeptides to plant plastids including, but not limited to, transgenic plant production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Lassner, Jack Q. Wilkinson
  • Patent number: 7193134
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to promoters of flax conlinin and ?-3 desaturase genes. The promoters guide high levels of the expression exclusively in flax developing seeds. This specific expression pattern concomitant with the biosynthesis of storage lipids and proteins make these promoters particularly useful for seed-specific modification of fatty acid and protein compositions in plant seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Bioriginal Food & Science Corp.
    Inventors: Xiao Qiu, Martin Truksa, Zhiyuan Hu
  • Patent number: 7193135
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for an inducible promoter for the gene encoding a maize 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the root-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Scott Diehn, Albert L. Lu, Billy F. McCutchen, Lynne E. Sims, Kim R. Ward
  • Patent number: 7193136
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a root-preferred and inducible promoter for the gene encoding a soybean dirigent protein. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is provided. The method comprises stably incorporating into the genome of a plant cell a nucleotide sequence operably linked to the root-preferred promoter of the present invention and regenerating a stably transformed plant that expresses the nucleotide sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Xu Hu, Guihua Lu
  • Patent number: 7193137
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to the novel soybean variety designated 0037209. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 0037209. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 0037209 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 0037209 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Floyd, Jeffrey Hall
  • Patent number: 7193138
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated DP 5634 RR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar DP 5634 RR, to the plants of soybean DP 5634 RR and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar DP 5634 RR with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar DP 5634 RR with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: D&PL Technology Holding Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher N. Tinius
  • Patent number: 7193139
    Abstract: A novel soybean cultivar, designated 927013, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 927013, to the plants of soybean 927013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 927013 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar 927013 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7193140
    Abstract: Soybean cultivar designated 5741081 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 5741081, to the plants of soybean 5741081, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 5741081 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 5741081 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 5741081, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 5741081 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 5741081 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Stine Seed Farm, Inc., Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: William H. Eby
  • Patent number: 7193141
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB31H06. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB31H06, to the plants of soybean XB31H06 to plant parts of soybean variety XB31H06 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of the soybean variety XB31H06 with another soybean plant, using XB31H06 as either the male or the female parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Debra Kay Steiger
  • Patent number: 7193142
    Abstract: A new variety of celery given the name “Command” and whose seed has an ATCC number PTA-6627 is presented. Command exhibits a set of characteristics that is different from its parents, Matador and 85-6-3. In addition to the Command plant and its seed, a method of producing a hybrid celery plant by crossing a Matador plant with an 85-6-3 plant is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pybas Vegetable Seed Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Keith W Trammell, Robert E. Pybas
  • Patent number: 7193143
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated LH332. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety LH332, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety LH332 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety LH332 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety LH332.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Scott Williams
  • Patent number: 7193144
    Abstract: A novel inbred maize line designated PHCJP and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHCJP with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHCJP through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the inbred line PHCJP or a trait conversion of PHCJP with another maize line. Inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHCJP, methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PHCJP and the inbred maize lines and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin Michael Grote
  • Patent number: 7193145
    Abstract: An inbred maize line, designated PH8KG, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH8KG, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH8KG with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line PH8KG with another maize line or plant and to methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic maize plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH8KG, to methods for producing other inbred maize lines derived from inbred maize line PH8KG and to the inbred maize lines derived by the use of those methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Edwin Michael Grote, David Bernard Fischer
  • Patent number: 7193146
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH877148. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH877148, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH877148 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH877148.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Roderick D. Lee
  • Patent number: 7193147
    Abstract: A keystroke device of a piano capable of increasing an area for the adjustment of static loads applied to the tips of keys on the playing sides, wherein a first weight lever (31) rotating according to the movement of the keys (21) is installed above the keys (21) and near an action part (25) and a second weight lever (41) rotating according to the movement of the first weight lever (31) is installed above the first weight lever. Since the second weight lever (41) can be separated from the action part (25), the degree of freedom of the shape and installation of the second weight lever (41) can be increased. Accordingly, the area for the adjustment of the static loads applied to the tips of the keys (21) on the playing sides can also be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Kawai Gakki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Muneo Ishida
  • Patent number: 7193148
    Abstract: An encoded rhythmic pattern has several groups of velocity values, wherein the velocity values are sorted, such that the groups are included in sequence in an encoded rhythmic pattern. Now, the velocity values concentrated at the beginning of the encoded rhythmic pattern have a higher importance for characterizing the rhythmic gist of a piece of music than velocity values included in additional groups of velocity values. By using such an encoded rhythmic pattern, an efficient database access can be performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Markus Cremer, Matthias Gruhne, Jan Rohden, Christian Uhle
  • Patent number: 7193149
    Abstract: The system integrates a CCTV system including one or more video source units into the structured cabling system (“SCS”) of a building by combining video signals, control signals and power for each video source unit over a single multipair cable made up of plural twisted pairs of insulated copper conductors, so that one twisted pair of the cable carries the video signals, one pair carries the control signals and one or two pairs carry the power. The system includes combiners and distributors which can interface with the SCS cable through standard modular, multi-pin plug and jack connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignees: Northern Information Technology, Inc., Anixter, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L. Polanek, James P. Hertrich, Peter D. Lockhart, Andrew C. Jimenez, Lawrence J. Roberts
  • Patent number: 7193150
    Abstract: A submersible pump cable includes a conductive wire and an air line. The air line is structured to determine the depth at which the submersible pump cable lies beneath a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Paul Bello
  • Patent number: 7193151
    Abstract: A pedestal enclosure for electronic components is provided. The pedestal enclosure includes a base section and a cover engageable with the base section so as to define an interior space. The base section has a generally rectangular configuration and having a plurality of longitudinally extending channels formed therein such that the base section is substantially self-supporting in the ground. The cover has a generally cylindrical configuration and is engageable with a cylindrical neck on the base section so as to define an interior space. A bracket system is supported on the base section and arranged in the interior space. The bracket system includes a pair of legs. The base section comprises front and rear housing sections that can be selectively assembled together and split apart without removal of the bracket system. A lock mechanism is arranged near the top or near the bottom of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Charles Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Walter Harwood
  • Patent number: 7193152
    Abstract: A fire resistant assembly, which may include a first layer having a lumen therein, a second layer adjacent the first layer, a first structural member disposed between the first and second layers, and a box having a cavity defined by a wall, a first opening in the wall, a second opening in the wall, a panel having a panel opening fastened to the box about the second opening, and a fixture installed in the cavity and having conduit extending through the second opening and the panel opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Inventor: Happy Moselle
  • Patent number: 7193153
    Abstract: Fire Stop devices, for walls having cables that run through a wall opening, are provided on exposed ends of a conduit placed in the wall opening. Each fire stop device has a hollow housing fitted to the exposed end of the conduit, and a front wall of the housing has moveable cable clamping jaws to minimize the size of the slot through which the cables are provided. Intumescent material is provided inside the hollow housing. The rear wall of the housing has a separable back plate that contacts the conduit at only limited abutment surface to minimize heat transfer from the conduit to the housing. In a retro-fit version of the device the housing has a separable top and bottom housing portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Wiremold Company
    Inventors: Jeffery Hemingway, Brian Takiff
  • Patent number: 7193154
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) and a method (M) for mechanically shimming an electrical socket comprising: a generally planar member (10) having a front surface (11) and a rear surface (12); a pair of shims (13) being formed on the rear surface (12); and a pair of primary orifices (14) being formed through the generally planar member (10) for accommodating an electrical plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Socket Saver Corporation
    Inventors: Barry R. Connelly, Jessica Haynes
  • Patent number: 7193155
    Abstract: A communications apparatus for transmitting various communication signals is described. The communications apparatus contains at least two conductors or fibers where the first conductor or fiber comprises a first color and the second conductor or fiber comprises a second color having a lighter tint of the first color. In an embodiment of the invention, using this scheme of a dark shade of a color for one of the conductors or fibers and a lighter color for the other conductor or fiber, the conductors or fibers can always be identified as a pair even after they have been untwisted (and even when the remaining pairs in the cable become untwisted). The invention does not use bandmarks or stripes in the insulation of the second conductor, thereby avoiding the accompanying limitations associated with bandmarks and stripes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Superior Essex Communications LP
    Inventors: T. Mike McMillan, Scott Dillon
  • Patent number: 7193156
    Abstract: A cable bushing which is small, simple and cost-effective as possible, having a cable, a housing, through which the cable is led, and which has a radially inwardly extending step at its first end, a first sleeve, which engages around the cable and which has a first section arranged inside the housing. The first sleeve is held by the step in the housing, the first sleeve bearing in a seal-forming fashion against the cable and there being a sealing means between the step in the housing and the fist sleeve. A second sleeve is arranged in the interior of the housing and has a first cylindrical section which engages closely around the cable, the first sleeve having a second section which adjoins an end of the first section which faces the step, said second section bearing on the first section of the first sleeve, and an attachment element by means of which the second sleeve is pressed against the first sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co., KG
    Inventors: Miroslaw Alznauer, Frank Gutmann
  • Patent number: 7193157
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board is provided to prevent unsuccessful interconnection between the wirings of the flexible circuit board and the output terminals of a semiconductor chip, the flexible circuit board having a plurality of sections of wirings of different sizes, each section including a pattern of wirings of the same size. The flexible circuit board has predetermined patterns of wirings on an insulating material base, and the wirings are electrically connected to the output terminals of a semiconductor chip. A pattern of the wirings of the same size forms a first wiring section, while another pattern of the wirings of the same size form a second wiring section. The flexible circuit board is provided with a pattern transition region between the neighboring wiring sections with wirings of different sizes to avoid unsuccessful interconnection which would be otherwise caused by the difference in size between the wirings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Atsusi Matsuda, Hidetaka Ohazama
  • Patent number: 7193158
    Abstract: At the tip of a marginal land of a wiring board corresponding to a marginal electrode of a QFP is provided a partly projecting area that projects in a direction away from another land. The partly projecting area and the marginal land can be formed simultaneously and in a block by applying solder through a mask (not shown) on which openings are formed in the shape of the partly projecting area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shigehiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 7193159
    Abstract: A raceway base has a T-shaped configuration that mounts to a flat surface so that the stem of the T defines a divider wall for isolating adjacent wire-ways with low voltage data/com cabling and high voltage power cabling. L-shaped raceway covers are separately secured to the raceway base, and allow for outlet devices to be mounted in one of these raceways in a gap between spaced L-shaped raceway covers. A U-shaped device bracket is adapted to be snapped in place one of these wire-ways, and a housing or shroud cooperates with the device bracket to define a pathway for cables crossing through openings in the dividing wall of the base, for connection to outlet devices oriented perpendicular to the flat surface. This geometry provides a generous radius of curvature for data/communication cabling carried in one wire-way, and connected to downwardly facing outlet jacks in the lower wall of the other L-shaped raceway cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Wiremold Company
    Inventors: Mark Makwinski, Richard R. Picard, Shawn Stempinski, Jeffery Hemingway