Patents Issued in August 7, 2007
  • Patent number: 7253312
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing carboxylic acids. It relates more particularly to a process for producing carboxylic acids by oxidation of a hydrocarbon with oxygen or a gas containing oxygen, and even more particularly to the oxidation of cyclohexane to adipic acid. It relates to a process comprising a step consisting of hydrolysis of the esters formed during the oxidation step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Rhodia Polyamides Intermediates
    Inventors: Didier Bonnet, Tania Ireland, Jean-Pierre Simonato
  • Patent number: 7253313
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for purifying (meth)acrylic acid obtained by oxidizing propane, propylene, acrolein, isobutane, isobutene, ter-butyl alcohol, (meth)acrolein and mixtures thereof by sending the gaseous reaction mixture to the bottom of a countercurrent absorption column (C1) which is supplied at the top with at least one type of hydrophobic heavy solvent, sending the flow (2) from the bottom of column (C1) to a light component separation column (C2) and sending the flow from the base of column (C2), stream (4) to a separation device made up of three sections, exhaustion (S1), concentration (S2) and rectification (S3) respectively in order to extract pure (meth)acrylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Arkema France
    Inventors: Michel Fauconet, Jean-Marie Destenay
  • Patent number: 7253314
    Abstract: A method for refining an easily polymerizable matter while preventing an easily polymerizable matter-containing substance from being polymerized and an apparatus for use in the method are disclosed. The method and apparatus for refining and separating the easily polymerizable matter-containing substance by the use of a distillation column provided with a heat exchanger set the linear velocity of a vapor in a connecting line intervening between the distillation column and the heat exchanger at a level of not less than 5 m per second and the retention time of the vapor at a level of not more than 3 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Takeshi Nishimura, Yukihiro Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7253315
    Abstract: A fluorocarboxylic acid preparation process which includes hydrolyzing fluorocarboxylic acid fluoride in the presence of an aqueous sulfuric acid solution to form a reaction product containing a fluorocarboxylic acid and hydrogen fluoride (present as hydrofluoric acid); and removing at least some of the hydrogen fluoride from the reaction product by washing the reaction production with aqueous sulfuric acid solution. The hydrolyzing and washing are carried out at a temperature at which the fluorocarboxylic acid is a liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Daikin Industries, Ltd., E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ta-Wei Fu, Steven H. Swearingen, Takuya Ichida, Shigeyuki Yoshii
  • Patent number: 7253316
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for jointly producing (i) formic acid (III); (ii) a carboxylic acid comprising at least two carbon atoms (II) and/or the derivatives thereof; and (iii) a carboxylic acid anhydride (VII). According to said method, (a) a formic acid ester (I) is transesterfied to formic acid (III) and the corresponding carboxylic acid ester (IV) by means of a carboxylic acid comprising at least two carbon atoms (II); (b) at least one portion of the carboxylic acid ester (IV) formed in step (a) is carbonylated in order to obtain the carboxylic acid anhydride (V); and (c) at least one portion of the carboxylic acid anhydride (V) formed in step (b) is further dehydrated by means of a carboxylic acid (VI) so as to form a carboxylic acid anhydride (VII) and the carboxylic acid (II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jörg Pastre, Kai Michael Exner, Wolfram Stüer, Elke Geissler, Otto Machhammer
  • Patent number: 7253317
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fluorination process for producing fluorinated compounds. The process consists in reacting a compound (I) corresponding to the formula with an ionic fluoride of a monovalent cation. M represents H, an alkali metal, a quaternary phosphonium group or a quaternary ammonium group. Y represents SO2 and m is 1, or else Y is PO and m is 2. Z represents CR2, N or P. R1 represents an electron-withdrawing group which has a Hammet ?P parameter of greater than 0.4. R2 represents a carbonaceous and/or electron-withdrawing group. X represents a halogen other than a fluorine. The fluorinated compounds obtained are of use in particular as electrolytes in lithium batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Hydro-Quebec
    Inventors: Milos Cernik, Antonin Ruzicka, Zdirad Zak, Virginie Pevere, Christophe Michot
  • Patent number: 7253318
    Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the formula and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, n, m, and o are as defined in the specification. The compounds are selective monoamine oxidase ? inhibitors and are useful for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer's disease and senile dementia, as well as other CNS disorders. The invention also relates to processes for preparing such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Hoffman-La Roche Inc.
    Inventors: Synese Jolidon, Rosa Maria Rodriguez-Sarmiento, Andrew William Thomas, Wolfgang Wostl, Rene Wyler
  • Patent number: 7253319
    Abstract: Compounds of the formula where the variables have the values described in the specification are antagonists of RAR? retinoid receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Allergan, Inc.
    Inventors: Kwok Yin Tsang, Santosh Sinha, Xiaoxia Liu, Smita Bhat, Roshantha A. Chandraratna
  • Patent number: 7253320
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new process for preparing sertraline hydrochloride form II.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sandoz AG
    Inventors: Johannes Ludescher, Josef Wieser
  • Patent number: 7253321
    Abstract: The invention provides a process for the preparation of polyamines of the diphenylmethane series. This process comprises a) reacting aniline and formaldehyde in a molar ratio of 1.5:1 to 6:1, in the presence of an acid catalyst at temperatures of 20° C. to 100° C., in which the water content in the acid reaction mixture is <20 wt. % and a degree of protonation of <15% is established, and b) increasing the temperature of the reaction to a temperature of 110° C. to 250° C. when the ratio of the weight contents of p-aminobenzylaniline to 4,4?-MDA in the reaction mixture falls below a value of 1.00.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Bayer MaterialScience AG
    Inventors: Torsten Hagen, Daniel Koch, Hans-Georg Pirkl, Fritz Pohl, Stefan Wershofen, Rudolf Uchdorf, Richard Adamson
  • Patent number: 7253322
    Abstract: The present invention describes a process for the preparation of ethyldimethylamine and triethylamine with the following steps: (i) reaction of a mixture of diethylamine and dimethylamine with ethylene in the presence of a catalyst from the group of alkali metal dimethylamides, alkali metal diethylamides and alkali metal hydrides (ii) removal of the catalyst (iii) distillation separation of the resulting mixture in triethylamine and ethyldimethylamine and optionally diethylamine and dimethylamine (iv) optional return of the catalyst and of the starting amines to the reaction. The process according to the invention permits the coproduction of ethyldimethylamine and diethylamine in a simple process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Basf Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Böhling, Ulrich Steinbrenner, Frank Funke, Günter Müller, Günter Gaus, Christoph Benisch
  • Patent number: 7253323
    Abstract: A process for preparing benzophenones of the formula I, where X may be chlorine, hydroxyl, methoxy or C1-C6-alkylcarbonyloxy, and Y may be chlorine or bromine, by reacting an acid chloride of the formula II where X and Y are as defined above with 3,4,5-trimethoxytoluene, which comprises carrying out the reaction in the presence of a) an aromatic hydrocarbon as a diluent and b) from 0.01 to 0.2 mol % of an iron catalyst, based on the acid chloride, c) at a temperature between 60° C. and the boiling point of the particular diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Volker Maywald, Nico Hoffmann, Michael Keil, Uwe Josef Vogelbacher, Jan Hendrik Wevers
  • Patent number: 7253324
    Abstract: Alkoxy aromatic compounds are conveniently dealkylated to the corresponding phenolic compounds by treatment with aluminum chloride/N,N-dimethyl aniline complex. Aromatic poly O-demethylation is a unique feature of this invention. This process is applicable to the manufacture of polyphenols such as Resveratrol, Oxyresveratrol, Gnetol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Sami Labs Limited
    Inventors: Muhammed Majeed, Samuel Manoharan Thomas, Kalyanam Nagabhushanam, Sivaprakash Kurumanghat Balakrishnan, Subbalakshmi Prakash
  • Patent number: 7253325
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of alkylene glycols from the corresponding alkylene oxide, such as ethylene glycol from ethylene oxide, in the presence of water, a catalyst and, optionally, carbon dioxide. The catalyst is a SALEN-type compound which contains an amino group and an oxy or hydroxy group connected by a hydrocarbon, such as an alkyl or an alkylaryl. The SALEN-type compounds may be Schiff bases, i.e., a condensate product of a primary amine with an aldehyde, ketone or an alcohol. The SALEN-type compound may be a mono or bis compound and may be complexed with a Group 4-14 metal, such as aluminum, tin, vanadium, chromium, manganese, iron, cobalt or platinum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
    Inventors: Jaap W. Van Hal, John S. Ledford, Xiankuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 7253326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing trimethylolpropane (TMP) comprising the steps of: 1) synthesizing trimethylolpropane by using n-butyl aldehyde, an aqueous solution of formaldehyde and an aqueous solution of alkali metal hydroxide through aldol condensation reaction and Cannizzaro reaction; 2) extracting trimethylolpropane from a resultant mixture of the step 1) by contacting the resultant mixture with an alcohol having 6 to 10 carbons; 3) removing alkali metal ion from a resultant extract of the step 2) by contacting the resultant extract with water; and 4) distilling the alkali metal ion-removed extract obtained from the step 3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Shik Eom, Dong Hyun Ko, Ji Joong Moon, Jae Hoon Choe, Dae Sun Rew
  • Patent number: 7253327
    Abstract: Method of manufacture of a hydrofluoroalkane comprising the use of a Lewis base as stabilizer of the hydrofluoroalkane. No drawings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Solvay S.A.
    Inventors: Francine Janssens, Veronique Mathieu
  • Patent number: 7253328
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing vinyl chloride monomer from methyl chloride and methylene chloride. In the method, methyl chloride is reacted with methylene chloride in the vapor phase in the presence of a catalyst to produce vinyl chloride and hydrogen chloride. The reaction temperature is in the range of from about 300° C. to 500° C. The catalyst is selected from the group alumina gel, gamma-alumina, zinc chloride on active alumina, silica-alumina, zeolite, and silicon-aluminum-phosphorus oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: John Stauffer
  • Patent number: 7253329
    Abstract: A process for preparing cyclododecene by selective gas-phase hydrogenation of at least one starting material selected from cyclododecatriene, cyclododecadiene and mixtures thereof, wherein the starting material present in the gas phase is hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst in a fixed-bed reactor and the Bodenstein number for the process is greater than 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Degussa AG
    Inventors: Juergen Herwig, Norbert Wilczok, Martin Roos, Rudolf Burghardt, Johann Gaube, Georg Oenbrink, Bernd Guenzel
  • Patent number: 7253330
    Abstract: In a process for oligomerizing an olefinic hydrocarbon feedstock comprising sulfur-containing molecules, the feedstock is contacted in the absence of hydrogen with a first metal oxide catalyst at a temperature in excess of 150° C. and then is contacted under olefin oligomerization conditions with a second catalyst comprising a crystalline molecular sieve, such as ZSM-22 or ZSM-57.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Jihad Mohammed Dakka, Hans K. T. Goris, Georges M. K. Mathys, Stephen Harold Brown, Bruce R. Cook
  • Patent number: 7253331
    Abstract: The invention relates to a molecular sieve catalyst composition, to a method of making or forming the molecular sieve catalyst composition, and to a conversion process using the catalyst composition. In particular, the invention is directed to a conversion process for producing olefin(s), preferably ethylene and/or propylene, from a feedstock, preferably an oxygenate containing feedstock in the presence of a molecular sieve having been synthesized in the presence of a flocculant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Luc R. M. Martens, Marcel J. Janssen, Machteld M. Mertens, An Verberckmoes, Guang Cao
  • Patent number: 7253332
    Abstract: A highly reliable detoxifying method of the cyano matters is provided. The waste-liquor, which contains at least one of free cyano material, a cyano complex and a reducing compound exhibiting volatility in alkaline aqueous solution, is heated under an alkaline condition to a temperature range, which lies within a range of from room temperature to the boiling point, and which includes a high temperature range of 80° C. or more, followed by holding the temperature; oxidation-reduction potential of the waste liquor is measured from the room temperature; and, hypochlorite is intermittently or continuously added to the waste liquor from the room temperature, until the oxidation-reduction of the hypochlorite is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd., Parker Netsushorikogyo K.K.
    Inventors: Ryuji Kojima, Humihide Nakamura, Yoshiyasu Yoneyama, Kuniji Yashiro, Toshiko Totsuka
  • Patent number: 7253333
    Abstract: Provided is a special Drosophila strain having a Bradeion gene artificially incorporated therein to exclusively express the gene in the compound eyes and thus to exhibit rough eye. The Drosophila strain has the following properties: (a) a human-derived Bradeion gene has been transferred in the strain to express the human-derived protein Bradeion in the compound eyes from the developmental period; (b) the compound eyes show morphological abnormality due to the expression of Bradeion; and (c) the morphological abnormality occurring in the compound eyes is multiplied according to the number of transferred Bradeion genes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Manami Tanaka, Masamitsu Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 7253334
    Abstract: The invention provides methods for cloning mammals that allow the donor chromosomes or donor cells to be reprogrammed prior to insertion into an enucleated oocyte. The invention also features methods of inserting chromosomes or nuclei into recipient cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Aurox, LLC
    Inventors: Philippe Collas, James M. Robl, Eddie Sullivan, Poothappillai Kasinathan
  • Patent number: 7253335
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding fructosyltransferases. More specifically, this invention relates to polynucleotides encoding 1-FFTs, 6-SFTs, or 1-SSTs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructs encoding all or a portion of the fructosyltransferases, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the fructosyltransferases in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, Perry G. Caimi, Johan M. Stoop
  • Patent number: 7253336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel, polynucleotides isolated from dwarf plants. The dwf4 polynucleotides that encode all, or a portion of, a DWF4 polypeptide, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that mediates multiple steps in synthesis of brassinosteroids. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides that encode regulatory regions of dwf4. Uses of the dwf4 polypeptides and polynucleotides are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: The Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
    Inventors: Ricardo Azpiroz, Sunghwa Choe, Kenneth A. Feldmann
  • Patent number: 7253337
    Abstract: Nucleic acid sequence capable of regulating transcription during embryogenesis in plants is provided. This sequence may be used in transgenic plants to promote high levels of expression of foreign and endogenous genes in developing seeds to affect seed lipid metabolism, protein or carbohydrate composition and accumulation, or seed development. In addition, these sequences may be useful for the production of modified seed containing novel recombinant proteins which have pharmaceutical, industrial or nutritional value, or novel products like plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: The University of British Columbia
    Inventors: Ljerka Kunst, Mark Andrew Smith, Hangsik Moon
  • Patent number: 7253338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining polynucleic acids comprising coding sequences and/or genes involved in environmental stress resistance in plants, comprising the preparation of a cDNA library comprising coding sequences from siliques, introducing said coding sequences in yeast cells in a functional format and screening for polynucleic acids leading to an enhanced tolerance or resistance to environmental stress conditions in said transformed yeast cells. The present invention further relates to an isolated polynucleic acid obtainable by such a method as listed in Table 1 as well as recombinant polynucleic acid comprising the same. The present invention further relates to an isolated polypeptide encoded by a polynucleic acid of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Cropdesign N.V.
    Inventor: Nathalie Verbruggen
  • Patent number: 7253339
    Abstract: A rice photosensitivity gene Hd1 is successfully isolated by linkage analysis. It is found out that the photosensitivity of a plant can be modified by transferring this gene or controlling the expression thereof. It is further found out that the photosensitivity of a plant can be evaluated by examining the presence/absence of this functional gene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Society for Techno-Innovation of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, National Agriculture and Bio-Oriented Research Organization
    Inventors: Masahiro Yano, Yuichi Katayose, Takuji Sasaki, Risa Ishimaru, Takuichi Fuse, Motoyuki Ashikari
  • Patent number: 7253340
    Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for the production of transgenic plants, plant cells, embryos, and seeds that produce plants with floral organs that have increased mass and/or size as compared to wild-type plants. The transgenic plants can be transformed with a genetic construct comprising an ipt gene under the control of an APETAL3 promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation
    Inventors: David Grayson Clark, Holly Marie Loucas
  • Patent number: 7253341
    Abstract: Novel denaturant-stable, protease resistant, homo-oligomeric proteins, also referred to herein as stable proteins (SPs), having chaperone-like activity; methods of production and purification of SPs; nucleic acids encoding SPs; methods of isolating nucleic acids encoding SPs; antibodies recognizing SPs; the use of SPs for stabilizing, refolding, repairing, preventing aggregation and de-aggregating macromolecules such as proteins; fusion proteins including SPs; nucleic acid constructs encoding the fusion proteins; and their uses in a variety of methods and applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Fulcrum SP Ltd.
    Inventors: Wangxia Wang, Dan Pelah, Tal Alegrand, Yehonathan Pouny, Ira Marton, Amnon Wolf, Oded Shoseyov, Arie Altman
  • Patent number: 7253342
    Abstract: The invention provides genes that activate wax biosynthesis in plants. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. The invention allows the modification of plants for increased wax production, particularly in leaves. The inventors have demonstrated increased drought tolerance in connection with increased leaf wax production engineered in plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
    Inventors: Jiyi Zhang, Zengyu Wang
  • Patent number: 7253343
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or 4, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or 3, as well as variants thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Athenix Corporation
    Inventors: Nadine Carozzi, Tracy Hargiss, Michael G. Koziel, Nicholas B. Duck, Brian Carr
  • Patent number: 7253344
    Abstract: A soybean cultivar designated 4189010 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4189010, to the plants of soybean 4189010, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4189010 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4189010 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 4189010, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 4189010 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 4189010 with another soybean cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: D&PL Technology Holding Company, LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey M. Tyler
  • Patent number: 7253345
    Abstract: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 450001G. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 450001G. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 450001G and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 450001G with itself or another cotton variety and plants produced by such methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: James F. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 7253346
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I116412. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I116412, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety I116412 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. This invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety I116412 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line, and to crosses with related species. This invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety I116412, and also to the genetic marker profiles of corn variety I116412.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Monsanto Technology LLC
    Inventor: Francis L. Garing
  • Patent number: 7253347
    Abstract: A novel rice cultivar, designated ‘Trenasse,’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Trenasse,’ to the plants of rice ‘Trenasse,’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Trenasse’ with itself or another rice variety, and to single gene conversions of such plants. The invention further relates to hybrid rice seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Trenasse’ with another rice cultivar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College
    Inventor: Steven D. Linscombe
  • Patent number: 7253348
    Abstract: Apparatus to grip a guitar with a hand of a user and a guitar including such apparatus are disclosed. The guitar includes a main body and a horn extending from the main body. The horn includes at least one feature adapted to conform to the hand of the user. The features of the horn may be formed as part of the guitar or may be added to the horn of the guitar after formation of the guitar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Paul Stanley
  • Patent number: 7253349
    Abstract: A 2 manual musical keyboard with the pitch progression on one of the manuals reversed. The keys on these manuals are segregated into 2 groups of 2 different heights in the same way as a standard musical keyboard. The key configurations on these manuals have 12 semi-tones linearly distributed across 12 keys of alternating heights. Instead of the traditional 7 lower keys (white) and 5 upper keys (black), this arrangement has 6 lower keys and 6 upper keys. The notation system for this unique keyboard is a dual character set. Six unique characters for the upper keys and six unique characters for the lower keys. The musical staff for this unique keyboard will have six lines assigned to one character set and the six spaces assigned to the other character set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Joseph Clay Saltsman
  • Patent number: 7253350
    Abstract: A vibration source driving device that realizes various vibration functions on portable telephones. The vibration source driving device includes a sound source for generating musical tone signals in response to music data. A vibration source to generate vibration, a driver to drive the vibration and a control circuit are further included such that the vibration source may be driven in synchronization with the rhythm signal within the music data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Masao Noro, Takahiro Tanaka, Nobukazu Toba, Kiyoshi Yamaki
  • Patent number: 7253351
    Abstract: An electronic organ 1 and a personal computer 2 are connected with a MIDI cable. The personal computer 2 is connected to a server 4 via a communication network 3. The personal computer 2 downloads a controlling program from the server 4. The electronic organ 1 is set to be a listening trial mode by an operation of the personal computer 2. In the listening trial mode, an output of a data in a temporary storage area is prohibited. The server 4 provides a first encoded performance data to the personal computer 2, and the personal computer 2 decodes the received first encoded performance data. The electronic organ 1 generates a key, and the personal computer 2 secondary encodes the performance data with the key and transmits it to the electronic organ 1. The electronic organ 1 deletes the data stored in the temporary storage area after the listening trial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventors: Norihisa Aoki, Horiyuki Torimura, Akira Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7253352
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a music playing/processing device for playing a musical file in a wireless communication device and determining the playing order of a plurality of tones of the musical file. The music playing/processing device comprises: an analysis module for receiving the musical file and analyzing a waveform corresponding to each of the tones to generate a plurality of order parameters of each of the tones; a sorting module for arranging a playing order to play the tones according to the order parameters of each of the tones; and a playing module for playing the tones according to the playing order. The music playing/processing device of the present invention is provided to reduce the tone commands to be executed and to make the digital signal processor use less memory to execute the wavetable synthesis operation, and to make the performance of the music as perfect as possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Mediatek Inc.
    Inventors: I-Hung Hsieh, Hung-Ming Chang, Hsi-Wen Nien
  • Patent number: 7253353
    Abstract: A thermoelectric augmented hybrid electric propulsion system for a hybrid electric vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a combustion engine and an electric motor for rotating wheels of the vehicle. A thermoelectric device having a hot side provided in thermal contact with the combustion engine is electrically connected to the electric motor. In operation, the thermoelectric device receives waste heat from the combustion engine and generates electrical power for the electric motor to augment the vehicle propulsion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Francis R. Stabler
  • Patent number: 7253354
    Abstract: Liquid-containing photovoltaic element, comprising a platelike work electrode and a platelike counter-electrode adhered thereto by means of a vapour and liquid-tight peripheral edge, wherein the work electrode and the counter-electrode are each formed on a flat substrate provided with an electrically conductive layer and wherein a liquid is received into a space between the work electrode, the counter-electrode and the peripheral edge, wherein a system of mutually connected electrical conductors is provided on the conductive layer of each of the substrates for the work electrode and the counter-electrode, which conductors are provided with a layer of an electrically insulating material, in which layer there is provided at least one recess for an electrical contact on a conductor, and which systems of conductors have a mirror-symmetrical form relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland
    Inventors: Johannes Adrianus Maria Van Roosmalen, Danny Roberto Mahieu
  • Patent number: 7253355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for constructing a layer structure on an especially fragile flat substrate. In order for thin, fragile flat substrates to be able to be subjected to refinement or construction of semiconductor components, a process is proposed with the steps: Applying an inorganic ceramic phase to the fragile substrate and subsequent heat treatment for hardening and sintering the inorganic ceramic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: RWE Schott Solar GmbH
    Inventors: Ingo Schwirtlich, Wilfried Schmidt, Hilmar von Campe
  • Patent number: 7253356
    Abstract: A waterproof housing of a junction box has at least one vent piece penetrating through a wall of the housing for ventilation of the junction box. The vent piece has an inner wall formed with a baffle projection to prevent invasion of a splashing water. The waterproof housing has a plurality of the vent pieces. The waterproof housing also has a drain hole provided in the housing. The vent piece has an inside opening positioned higher than the drain hole when the junction box is mounted at a usage position. The baffle projection is positioned at an axial inner end portion of the vent piece. The vent piece has a central axis inclined relative to an invasion direction of an expected splashing water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kiyota, Yoshihiko Nakahama, Kazuhiro Kusuyama
  • Patent number: 7253357
    Abstract: A magnet wire including at least one conductor and at least one insulating layer. The insulating layer includes (a) at least a polymeric resin; (b) at least a fluorinated organic filler; and (c) at least a non-ionic fluorinated surfactant. The magnet wire is endowed with high resistance to pulsed voltage surges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: PPE Invex Produtos Padronizados E Epeciais Ltda.
    Inventors: Celso Luiz Cipelli, Hideo Ichise, Claudemir Fernando Furlan
  • Patent number: 7253358
    Abstract: A grounding apparatus for a distribution device having a functional element and a grounding contact point includes a grounding rail having opposed end sections provided with a holding part for fitting the grounding rail to the functional element. An electrically conductive contact spring on each of the end sections extends outwardly beyond the holding part to make contact with the grounding contact point. A safety plug for use with the grounding apparatus includes an overvoltage protection device connected to a conductive contact tongue for contacting an electrical cable connected to the functional element. The overvoltage protection device has a grounding electrode and a conductive fitting in electrical contact with the grounding electrode is provided with an insulation-displacement terminal for connecting the safety plug to the grounding apparatus. A handling apparatus having a base body with a retaining groove is provided for installing the grounding apparatus to the distribution device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: CCS Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Jurgen Matthies, Mike Breuer
  • Patent number: 7253359
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a chassis (30), a side panel (10), a clip piece (25) and a button (21). The chassis includes an elastic tab (353) with a free end titled. The side panel is mounted on the chassis. The clip piece is attached to the side panel. The clip piece defines an opening (253) therein. The clip piece engages with the free end of the elastic tab for securing the side panel on the chassis. The button is disposed on the side panel. The button has a post (213) extending through the opening of the side panel for disengaging the elastic tab from the clip piece, thereby moving the side panel away from the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Lin Ding
  • Patent number: 7253360
    Abstract: A computer enclosure includes a cage (10) and a front bezel (20). The cage includes a top panel (18), a bottom panel (17), and a pair of side panels (11). The top panel, the bottom panel, and the side panels are connected with each other to define an opening (15). The front bezel has securing structures (222) at opposite sides thereof for securing the front bezel to the cage. The front bezel is secured to the cage for covering the opening. The computer enclosure with direct-mounting front bezel has simple structures and is inexpensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Da-Long Sun
  • Patent number: 7253361
    Abstract: In a corrugate tube as a flexible tube formed of ridges and grooves alternately arranged in a line, a rib is extended across the grooves in a longitudinal direction of the corrugate tube. A curved wall is formed on both sides of the ribs in each groove. A curved bottom wall is formed at a bottom of each groove. Electric wires are inserted into the corrugate tube. The folding corrugate tube is arranged in a case of a power-supplying device. The rib is disposed between outer and inner bending edges of the corrugate tube and extended in the longitudinal direction of the corrugate tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masataka Nishijima, Naomi Kisu