Patents Issued in February 26, 2008
  • Patent number: 7335368
    Abstract: Group B streptococcus polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding them are disclosed. Said polypeptides may be useful for the prophylaxis, diagnostic and/or therapy of streptococcal infection in mammals. Also disclosed are recombinant methods of producing the polypeptide antigens as well as diagnostic assays for detecting streptococcal infections, particularly GBS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: ID Biomedical Corporation
    Inventors: Denis Martin, Stephane Rioux, Martine Boyer, Josée Hamel, Bernard R Brodeur
  • Patent number: 7335369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fusion proteins containing at least two Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens. In particular, it relates to bi-fusion proteins which contain two individual M. tuberculosis antigens, tri-fusion proteins which contain three M. tuberculosis antigens, tetra-fusion proteins which contain four M. tuberculosis antigens, and penta-fusion proteins which contain five M. tuberculosis antigens, and methods for their use in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis infection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Corixa Corporation
    Inventors: Steven G. Reed, Yasir A. Skeiky, Davin C. Dillon, Mark Alderson, Antonio Campos-Neto
  • Patent number: 7335370
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of immunizing a host against disease caused by infection by a strain of Chlamydia, specifically C. pneumoniae. The method involves nucleic acid immunization, including DNA immunization, and employs a vector containing a nucleotide sequence which encodes an ATP/ADP translocase of a strain of Chlamydia pneumoniae. The nucleotide sequence is operably linked to a promoter to effect expression of the ATP/ADP translocase in the host. The host may be a human host. Modifications are possible within the scope of this invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Aventis Pasteur Limited
    Inventors: Andrew D. Murdin, Raymond P. Oomen, Joe Wang, Pamela Dunn
  • Patent number: 7335371
    Abstract: The invention features methods and compositions for the treatment of immunonflammatory disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: CombinatoRx, Incorporated
    Inventors: Robyn Sackeyfio, Jason Fong, Nicole Hurst, Palaniyandi Manivasakam, Edward Roydon Jost-Price, Grant Zimmermann, Curtis Keith, Alexis Borisy
  • Patent number: 7335372
    Abstract: The hair wax product for treating or setting up a human hairstyle has a composition containing more than 20% by weight of one or more waxy polyethylene glycol, which is solid at at 25° C., and at least one additive substance that prevents crystallization of the waxy solid polyethylene glycol. This additive substance preferably is a hydrophobic wax, a hydrophobic soft waxy material or hydrophobic oil and is contained in the product in an amount of more than 5% by weight. Preferred embodiments of the waxy product can contain an emulsifier and/or an additional polyethylene glycol, which is liquid at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Wella AG
    Inventors: Manuela Hannich, Michael Franzke
  • Patent number: 7335373
    Abstract: N-halamine compounds which contain hindered amine and amide functional groups. Compounds include wherein X, X?, and X? independently are H, Cl, or Br, wherein no more than two of X, X?, and X? are H and wherein R, R?, and R? are independently alkyl groups containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms or hydrogen, and X and X? are independently H, Cl, or Br. Compositions comprising the compounds are also described. The compounds and/or compositions can be used, for example, for the purpose of constructing biocidal coatings and materials. The biocidal activity can inactivate pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and yeasts, as well as, virus particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Auburn University
    Inventors: Shelby D. Worley, Yongjun Chen, Jie Liang, Rong Wu, Kevin Barnes, Royall M. Broughton, Unchin Cho, Jaewoong Lee
  • Patent number: 7335374
    Abstract: A method and device are disclosed which prevent the intrusion of insects onto wood structures by using a barrier capable of retaining pesticide. In the disclosed method, the barrier maintains a minimal effective level of insecticide for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute K1-53
    Inventors: Peter Van Voris, Dominic A. Cataldo, Frederick G. Burton
  • Patent number: 7335375
    Abstract: The resorption of a medical implant can be controlled with the use of particles embedded in a resorbable bulk material forming the implant or portion thereof. The implant can be removed from a body of a mammal by natural biological mechanisms after use. The resorption of the implant can involve swelling and/or hydrolyzing of the particles within the implant upon contact with a body fluid such that porosity and flow of fluid within the bulk material of the implant is increased. Resorption of the implant may also involve the use of particles with magnetic properties embedded within the implant such that an applied magnetic field causes the particles to vibrate within the bulk material thereby increasing the porosity and thus the flow of fluid, hence facilitating resorption of the implant. The resorption rate of the implant can be controlled by modulating swelling, hydrolysis, or movement of the embedded particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianmin Li, Samuel Baldwin, Tim Harrah
  • Patent number: 7335376
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medicine, more concretely to photodynamic therapy, and may be used in oncology and dermatology. A method is proposed for photodynamic therapy of pathological surface formations, which comprises sensitizing a surface of the pathological area by superposing an applicator containing 5-aminolevulinic acid, and irradiating the sensitized area with therapeutic optical radiation in the spectral range of 625-700 nm, wherewith an applicator is used which is transparent in the spectral range of at least 625-700 nm, and irradiation is carried out through the applicator. Wherewith therapeutic irradiation is carried out under control of the intensity of fluorescence of the tissues of the pathological area by irradiation of the tissues in the spectral range of 625-635 nm and measurement of the intensity of fluorescence in the range of 635-700 nm through the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Federalnoe Gosudarstvennoe Unitarnoe Predpriyatie “Gosudarstvenny Nauchny Tsentr Nauchno-Issledovatelsky Institut Organicheskikh Poluproduktov I Krasitelei” (FGUP “GNTTS NIOPIK”)
    Inventors: Georgy Nikolaevich Vorozhtsov, Anatoly Borisovich Davydov, Sergei Georgievich Kuzmin, Viktor Borisovich Loschenov, Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov, Evgeny Antonovich Lukyanets, Gennady Alexandrovich Meerovich, Gennady Lvovich Khromov
  • Patent number: 7335377
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for transdermal delivery of dried or lyophilized pharmaceutical compositions and methods using thereof. The system comprises an apparatus for facilitating transdermal delivery of an agent that generates hydrophilic micro-channels, and a patch comprising a therapeutically active agent. The present invention is useful for transdermal delivery of hydrophilic agents, particularly of high molecular weight proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: TransPharma Medical Ltd.
    Inventors: Meir Stern, Galit Levin
  • Patent number: 7335378
    Abstract: Active substance-containing therapeutic system for application on the skin, comprising at least two polymer-containing layers, characterized in that the-polymers used for the different layers differ in their glass transition temperature (see FIG. 1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann Therapie-Systeme AG
    Inventor: Achim Berthold
  • Patent number: 7335379
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel transdermal or transmucosal pharmaceutical formulation which reduces the occurrences of contamination of other individuals and the transference to clothing of the user. The novel formulation includes at least one pharmacologically active ingredient, and a solvent system having a monoalkylether of diethylene glycol and a glycol present in specified ratios, and a mixture of water and alcohol. The invention also relates to a method for inhibiting or delaying crystallization of an active agent in a pharmaceutical formulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Antares Pharma IPL AG
    Inventors: R. Dario Norberto Carrara, Arnaud Grenier, Celine Besse
  • Patent number: 7335380
    Abstract: Amlodipine free base can be formulated into a convenient oral dosage form, especially a tablet, without excessive stickiness or tablet punch residue. The amlodipine free base can be crystalline Form I or a novel Form II. Methods of making and using the amlodipine free base are set forth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Synthon IP Inc.
    Inventors: Jacobus M. Lemmens, Theodorus H. A. Peters, Franciscus B. G. Benneker, Rolf Keltjens
  • Patent number: 7335381
    Abstract: A particulate bone of defined sizes which has a unique property of direct bone osteoinduction without going through endochondral ossification stage is disclosed. The bone is not subjected to chemical extraction or decalcification. This allows for the retention of all physiologically active components of native bone. The invention hinges on the newly discovered ability of bone particles of defined sizes to exert osteoinduction by a pathway superior to and distinct from demineralized bone matrix and similar preparations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Losec, Inc
    Inventors: Theodore I. Malinin, H. Thomas Temple, Alvaro Flores, Billy E. Buck
  • Patent number: 7335382
    Abstract: The present invention relates to new classes of anti-cancer agents. In particular, the present invention provides materials derived from natural sources as anti-cancer agents, alone, or in combination with other anti-cancer agents or therapies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Northwestern University
    Inventors: Xian-Zhong Ding, Thomas E. Adrian, Peter D. Collin
  • Patent number: 7335383
    Abstract: A material includes a surface and a reactive agent that is located at the surface of the material, covalently attached to a backbone of the material, and/or located within the material. The reactive agent has nitrite reductase activity, nitrate reductase activity, and/or nitrosothiol reductase activity. The reactive agent also converts at least one of nitrites, nitrates and nitrosothiols to nitric oxide when in contact with blood. A reproducible nitrosothiol sensor is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of Michigan
    Inventors: Mark E. Meyerhoff, Melissa M. Reynolds, Bong K. Oh
  • Patent number: 7335384
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a novel composition for the treatment and/or prevention of neurogenic inflammation. Such composition is also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disease states and conditions associated with neurogenic inflammation. Such disease states and conditions include, but are not limited to, migraine headache, arthritis and fibromyalgia. The composition comprises nutrient compounds in a novel combination and formulation to treat and/or prevent neurogenic inflammation and disease states and conditions associated therewith. By reducing neurogenic inflammation, the compositions of the present disclosure reduce the symptoms associated with neurogenic inflammation, such as pain and systemic inflammation in general.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: 4K Nutripharma International
    Inventor: F. Mahnaz Khaled
  • Patent number: 7335385
    Abstract: Phytic acid is added to wine to chelate polyvalent iron cations. A calcium salt is added to co-precipitate the complex that subsequently is removed by filtration. This method effectively, inexpensively and safely removes excessive levels of iron in wine, sparkling wine, and other beverages without changing the pH, color or taste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Inventors: Brent Corey Trela, Ernst Graf
  • Patent number: 7335386
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel treatment composition and process for use thereof in treating food products and food intermediates to prevent acrylamide formation therein. The treatment composition may be used in single, home use settings as well as commercial applications for larger scale treatment of food products in the course of manufacture. The treatment composition of the present invention uses at least one of alpha-cyclodextrin, beta-cyclodextrin, gamma-cyclodextrin or combinations and modified derivatives thereof along with a suitable carrier such as in an aerosol, liquefied mister and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Gerneral Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Plank, Daniel J. Lewandowski, Douglas J. Novak
  • Patent number: 7335387
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for the preparation of a foamed drink comprising the steps of: providing a capsule containing a foamable ingredient; providing a receptacle positioned to collect fluid escaping from the capsule; injecting liquid into the capsule to mix with the foamable ingredient; allowing the foamable ingredient mixed with the liquid to escape from the capsule into the receptacle; followed by injecting further liquid into the receptacle in a jet having a diameter of from about 0.5 to about 2 mm to produce foamed liquid in the receptacle. The invention also provides capsules, apparatus and systems specifically adapted for use in the method. Preferably, the food ingredient is a milk powder, and the method produces a hot foamed beverage such as a cappuccino coffee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Mars, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Hayes, David A. Hester, Jon W. Shaw, Martin E. Colston, Geoffrey Furneaux, Elizabeth C. Charman, Glenn Harrison, John C. Cooke, David Hay, Michael Wright
  • Patent number: 7335388
    Abstract: A bread maker including a main body having an oven compartment with a front opening, a door to open and close the front opening of the oven compartment, a pair of kneading drums spaced apart from each other inside the oven compartment and winding a mixing bag filled with ingredients for bread thereon, a drum driver driving the kneading drums to rotate, a heater heating the inside of the oven compartment, and a heater driver driving the heater to operate. The bread maker includes a door sensor sensing whether the door is open or closed; and a controller controlling the drum driver and the heater driver to suspend the kneading drum and the heater, respectively, when the door sensor senses that the door is open. With this configuration, the bread maker and a method of controlling the same, suspends heaters and kneading drums when a door is open while the bread maker operates, thereby increasing safety and decreasing loss of heat and electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-ryong Park, Yong-hyun Kwon, Chul Kim, Tae-uk Lee, Han-jun Sung, Jang-woo Lee, Dong-bin Lim
  • Patent number: 7335389
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a substantially stable dispersion without manufacturing aids, where the dispersion consists essentially of a hydrophobic plant sterol and an aqueous material, wherein the plant sterol is selected from plant sterols and plant stanols. The process comprises mixing the plant sterol with the aqueous material to form a first dispersion The next steps involve heating the first dispersion to form a heated mixture, followed by homogenizing the heated mixture to obtain a second dispersion of particles wherein the particle size of the hydrophobic plant sterol particles in the first dispersion and the second dispersion is from about 0.1 micron to about 30 microns. In one embodiment, the aqueous material consists essentially of a beverage concentrate, which includes a juice concentrate, such as a citrus juice concentrate, e.g., an orange juice concentrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
    Inventors: Erich P. Lerchenfeld, Donald E. Striegel
  • Patent number: 7335390
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising a mixture of full fat, enzyme active, dehulled soybean flakes and potato flakes, for making a soy protein enriched and soy oil containing mashed potato product having excellent nutritional, taste and texture properties. Additionally, the invention relates to method for making said soy protein enriched and soy oil containing mashed potato product from said composition; and to said soy protein enriched and soy oil containing mashed potato product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: MicroSoy Corporation
    Inventors: Itaru “Terry” Tanaka, Safir Moizuddin, Bruce H. T. Liu
  • Patent number: 7335391
    Abstract: A method of forming a coating for an implantable medical device, such as a stent, is provided which includes applying a composition to the device in an environment having a selected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen D. Pacetti
  • Patent number: 7335392
    Abstract: The objectives of the present invention are to provide a stable and simple method for producing a rare earth metal-based permanent magnet having on the surface thereof a corrosion-resistant film containing fine zinc particles dispersed therein, a corrosion-resistant rare earth metal-based permanent magnet produced by the method, a dip spin coating method being suitable for forming a coating film on thin type work pieces having various shapes, and a method for forming a coating film on a work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Neomax Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kohshi Yoshimura, Tomoiku Otani
  • Patent number: 7335393
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing a magnetic particle including forming a layer containing an alloy particle that can form CuAu type or Cu3Au type hard magnetic order alloy phase on a support, oxidizing the layer, and annealing the layer in non-oxidizing atmosphere. The invention also relates to a method of producing a magnetic particle including producing an alloy particle that can form hard magnetic order alloy phase, oxidizing the alloy particle, and annealing the particle in non-oxidizing atmosphere, and a magnetic particle produced by the foregoing production method. Further, the invention relates to a magnetic recording medium comprising a magnetic layer containing a magnetic particle and a method of producing a magnetic recording medium including forming a layer containing an alloy that can form the foregoing hard magnetic order alloy phase, oxidizing the layer, and annealing the layer in non-oxidizing atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Yasushi Hattori, Koukichi Waki, Keizo Ogawa
  • Patent number: 7335394
    Abstract: A substrate supporting frame, a substrate supporting frame assembly including the frame, a method of framing a substrate using the frame, a method of fabricating a donor substrate using the substrate supporting frame assembly, and a method of fabricating an Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) using the donor substrate each include a substrate supporting frame having a main body having an opening, a plurality of pins protruding from at least two sides of a top surface of the main body, and outer pressing units for respectively pressing the plurality of pins outward from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae-Min Kang
  • Patent number: 7335395
    Abstract: Methods of Using Preformed Nanotubes to Make Carbon Nanotube Films, Layers, Fabrics, Ribbons, Elements and Articles are disclosed. To make various articles, certain embodiments provide a substrate. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to create a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes. Portions of the non-woven fabric are selectively removed according to a defined pattern to create the article. To make a nanofabric, a substrate is provided. Preformed nanotubes are applied to a surface of the substrate to create a non-woven fabric of carbon nanotubes wherein the non-woven fabric is substantially uniform density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nantero, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan W. Ward, Thomas Rueckes, Brent M. Segal
  • Patent number: 7335396
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, and systems for controlling mass flow rates and pressures in passageways coupled to reaction chambers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes controlling a mass flow rate in a passageway in response to a first condition by modulating a valve of a mass flow and pressure control unit, and controlling a pressure in the passageway in response to a second condition different than the first condition by modulating the valve of the mass flow and pressure control unit. In another embodiment, an apparatus includes a mass flow measurement device, a pressure sensor, a modulating valve in the passageway, and a controller operably coupled to the mass flow measurement device, the pressure sensor, and the modulating valve. The controller has a computer-readable medium containing instructions to perform the above-mentioned method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Carpenter, Danny Dynka
  • Patent number: 7335397
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for densifying porous structures inside a furnace using pressure gradient CVI/CVD. The apparatus includes a stack of porous structures where each porous structure has an aperture therethrough. The apparatus also includes at least one ring-like spacer disposed within the stack of porous structures between neighboring porous structures. The ring-like spacer encircles the apertures of the neighboring porous structures. The stack of porous structures and the at least one ring-like spacer define an enclosed cavity including each porous structure aperture. A channel provides fluid communication between the enclosed cavity and an outer volume defined by the interior surface of the furnace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Rudolph, Paul T. Perea, John S. Linck, Chris T. Kirkpatrick, Richard Jones
  • Patent number: 7335398
    Abstract: Systems and methods are used to modify a layer on a substrate that is used to form a pattern generator, so that light reflecting from the modified substrate has a trapezoidal or other custom profile. The layer is modified using various vapor deposition techniques in conjunction with moving or positioning the substrate a desired distance from a blocking device and/or at a desired rate or speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: ASML Holding N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Lipson, Ronald A. Wilklow
  • Patent number: 7335399
    Abstract: A kit and a process for using it to impart wood grain appearances are provided. According to the method, a base coat comprising an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion is applied to a wood-grain textured substrate and dried. Then, a pigmented, water-based graining coat (most preferably a crosslinkable urethane/acrylic) is applied sparingly, preferably by use of a dampened foam/sponge pad or sprayed, in an amount sufficient to overcoat the base coat and color at least a majority of texture recesses in the substrate and drying. According to the kit aspect of the invention, the kit will comprise: an opaque, pigmented, water-based paint emulsion; a pigmented, water-based graining coat emulsion, optionally packaged in a bottle, such as one with a spray. Optionally, the kit can include an applicator or surface cleaner, a scraper, brush, cloth, sponge, or combination. The process of the invention can be completed within 3 to 12 hours at temperatures ranging from just over 55° F. up to over 85° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Grafted Coatings, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Bolton, Timothy J. Bolton, Louis R. Zayas
  • Patent number: 7335400
    Abstract: A method of irreversibly immobilizing an enzyme in a polyurethane and an enzyme-containing polyurethane having a degree of immobilization of the enzyme of approximately 100%. The synthesis of waterborne polyurethanes in the presence of enzyme has enabled the irreversible attachment of the enzyme to the polymeric matrix. The distribution of immobilized enzyme as well as activity retention are homogeneous within the polyurethane. Decreasing ECC hydrophobicity, via the use of a less hydrophobic polyisocyanate prepolymer during polymerization, significantly enhanced the intrinsic activity of the ECC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignees: University of Pittsburgh, Bayer Material Science, LLC
    Inventors: Alan J. Russell, Geraldine F. Drevon, Douglas A. Wicks, Karsten Danielmeier
  • Patent number: 7335401
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a method for producing microparticles loaded with proteins which is characterized in that the microparticles are loaded in suspension under strongly alkaline conditions. The invention also concerns microparticles which can be produced using this method and their use in a binding test e.g. in an immunoassay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Roche Diagnostic Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Finke, Ursula Klause, Federic Donie, Rupert Herrmann, Herbert Von Der Eltz, Peter Sluka, Wolfgang Jona
  • Patent number: 7335402
    Abstract: Disclosed are radiation curable putty compositions that include (a) a radiation curable material, (b) a radiation cure initiator, and (c) a filler comprising a polymer, such as a polymer that is transparent to ultraviolet radiation. Also disclosed are methods for refinishing a coated substrate utilizing such putty compositions, and articles coated with such putty compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracy A. Shamray, Albert C. Zadroga
  • Patent number: 7335403
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy, which comprises at least one compound of the formula (I) in which R0, R1, A1, Z1 and m have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, and to the use thereof for an active-matrix display based on the ECB, PALC or IPS effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent GmbH
    Inventors: Melanie Klasen-Memmer, Matthias Bremer, Lars Lietzau
  • Patent number: 7335404
    Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of a liquid crystal composition in a bistable liquid crystal device and especially in a single polariser reflective or transflective zenithal bistable nematic liquid crystal device as well as a bistable liquid crystal device comprising the liquid crystal composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
    Inventors: Mark John Goulding, Matthew Francis, John Clifford Jones, Stephen Beldon
  • Patent number: 7335405
    Abstract: A method of using a liquid crystal composition in a bistable liquid crystal device having a weak zenithal anchoring comprising at least 40% by weight of compounds with strong molecular polarisability and strong dipole moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: NEMOPTIC
    Inventors: Jean-Claude Dubois, Didier Gallaire, Stephane Joly, Ivan N. Dozov, Philippe Martinot-Lagarde, Daniel N. Stoenescu
  • Patent number: 7335406
    Abstract: Surfaces and methods for producing surfaces that may support an artificial playing surface are disclosed herein. An example of a surface according to the invention includes a first layer with soil and a plurality of fibers, and a second layer with soil and an organic binder. At least a portion of the second layer is above the first layer. Both layers should be water permeable to some degree. The organic binder may include material from plants of one or more of the plantago family (such as dried and ground plantago husk) and/or guar family.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Stabilizer Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan W. Hubbs
  • Patent number: 7335407
    Abstract: The present invention comprises an inkjet recording element comprising a support having thereon at least two ink receiving layers capable of accepting an inkjet image, at least one of said layers comprising porous polyester particles. The present invention also includes a method of forming an inkjet print comprising providing an inkjet recording element comprising at least two ink receiving layers capable of accepting an inkjet image, at least one of said layers comprising porous polyester particles and printing on said inkjet recording element utilizing an inkjet printer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Christine J. Landry-Coltrain, Jeffrey W. Leon, Linda M. Franklin, Xiaoru Wang
  • Patent number: 7335408
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube composite material contains a carbon nanotube and a continuous layer of a metal covering the inner surface of the carbon nanotube. It is produced by forming a metallic matrix layer and treating the metallic matrix layer to form plural nanoholes in the metallic matrix layer to thereby form a nanohole structure, the nanoholes extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of the metallic matrix layer; forming carbon nanotubes inside the nanoholes; and covering inner surfaces of the carbon nanotubes with a continuous layer of a metal. It has a well controlled small size, has excellent and uniform physical properties, is resistant to oxidation of the metal with time, is highly chemically stable, has good durability enabling repetitive use, has good coatability, high wettability and dispersibility with other materials, is easily chemically modified, is easily handled and is useful in various fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignees: Fujitsu Limited, Tohoku University
    Inventors: Takashi Kyotani, Tomonori Ogawa, Kenichi Ito, Hideyuki Kikuchi, Hiroshi Nakao, Tsugio Kumai
  • Patent number: 7335409
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manufacturing method of a heat-sealable packaging material, a polymer-coated packaging material manufactured using the method, and a sealed package to be manufactured of the material. The packaging material comprises a fibre base, such as a packaging board (5), and an inner, extruded water vapour barrier layer (2, 9) on both sides, containing high-density polyethylene (HDPE), and an outer heat sealing layer (1, 10), the material of which is, for example, low-density polyethylene (LDPE). Further, polymeric oxygen barrier layers (7) can be incorporated in the packaging material, the material of the oxygen barrier layers being, for example, ethyl vinyl alcohol copolymer (EVOH) or polyamide (PA). With the HDPE layer, the permeation of water vapour is prevented to both directions, and the location of the extruded layers on both sides of the fibre base reduces the curling of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Stora Enso Oyj
    Inventors: Tapani Penttinen, Kimmo Nevalainen, Jalliina Järvinen
  • Patent number: 7335410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composition suitable for catalysis in a process for the manufacture of polyester containing as Component I a carrier substance on which catalytically effective metal compounds are adsorbed and as Component II a phosphonic acid compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Zimmer AG
    Inventors: Brigitta Otto, Eckhard Seidel, Thomas Steinbrecher
  • Patent number: 7335411
    Abstract: Vulcanizable elastomeric compositions and vulcanizates are prepared by employing a strong acid. The strong acid is believed to enhance the reaction between a silica particle and a silica-reactive compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Bridgestone Corporation
    Inventors: Chenchy Jeffrey Lin, William L. Hergenrother
  • Patent number: 7335412
    Abstract: Block seals of pile weatherstripping (6), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs (15), are provided by hinged segments (16-21) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping folded against each other. The pile may have an infiltration barrier providing a fin (4) which extends along a continuous serpentine path having loops (8) bridging the hinges (3). The hinged sections are connected by an adhesive-backed sheet (5). The block seals are adapted to be manufactured by a continuous process where the backing or base strip (7) of a continuous length of pile weatherstripping (1) is slit or notched from opposite spaced edges, leaving sufficient material in the backing to provide the hinges (3). The continuous serpentine barrier fin (4) allows the dust plug (15) to be installed oriented either with the ends or sides of the pile facing the moving member of the door or window to be sealed, while maintaining the fin infiltration barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Ultrafab, Inc.
    Inventor: Grant E. Wylie
  • Patent number: 7335413
    Abstract: A foam filling member having simplified structure is provided that may be produced with improved working efficiency and at low cost. Additionally, the invention enables a reduction in a quantity of foaming material of the foaming base used for filling an interior space of a structure. The foam filling member has an annular wall formed on a supporting plate and an annular foaming portion of the foaming base supported on an outer supporting portion located at the outside of the annular wall on the supporting plate. A plurality of openings are formed in the annular wall and also lugs are formed that project into an inner closed portion at the inside of the annular wall through the respective openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventors: Takehiro Ui, Shinji Muto, Kazuhiko Kinpara
  • Patent number: 7335414
    Abstract: A printed circuit board has a flexible portion where a covering layer is exposed, and a rigid portion provided by forming a resistant layer on a part of the covering layer. To produce a camera module, a lens unit and a CCD are affixed to the printed circuit board through an adhesive, wherein the CCD is located inside the lens unit. The rigid portion has a top surface that is substantially equal in shape and size to an outline of a bottom surface of the lens unit, so the top surface of the rigid portion serves as a coating area for the adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Setsu Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 7335415
    Abstract: The invention concerns a nonwoven support, in the form of a felt or needle punched product, having a thickness ranging between 0.3 and 1 mm and a surface mass of fibres ranging between 70 and 120 g/m2, and the fibres are embedded in the adhesive over part of the support thickness. The tear strength of the adhesive tape is less than 15 N. The invention is useful for strapping bundles of cables in motor vehicle construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Scapa France
    Inventors: Alain Goux, Rémi Barnet
  • Patent number: 7335416
    Abstract: A mouldable pressure-sensitive hydrocolloid adhesive composition, particularly useful as a medical adhesive, comprising a dispersion of a discontinuous phase of one or more water-soluble and/or water swellable absorbent polymers in a continuous phase comprising a thermoplastic elastomer, a compatible liquid rubber, a polyisobutylene and a low-molecular weight polybutene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
    Inventor: Roger D. A. Lipman
  • Patent number: 7335417
    Abstract: A novel olefin textile fabric knitted woven and non-woven that in one aspect of the invention is disperse dyed to a light, medium or deep solid shade. In another aspect, the textile fabrics of the present invention are manufactured using olefin yarns that contain variable amounts of dye acceptor additives. A fabric with more than one tone of a color is dyed in a single dye bath. The fabrics and yarn using this invention can be processed using conventional spinning, weaving, knitting, web forming machines and will dye using existing dyeing and finishing systems. This invention is of particular value in the apparel and home furnishings industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Aquadye Fibers, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward J. Negola