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| Nucleic acid probe-based diagnostic assays targeting ssra genes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms | 20110111398 | 20110512 |
| Use of the ssrA gene or tmRNA, an RNA transcript of the ssrA gene, or fragments thereof as target regions in a nucleic acid probe assay for the detection and identification of prokaryotic and/or eukaryotic organisms is described. Nucleotide sequence alignment of tmRNA sequences from various organisms can be used to identify regions of homology and non-homology within the sequences which in turn can be used to design both genus specific and species specific oligonucleotide probes. These newly identified regions of homology and non-homology provide the basis of identifying and detecting organisms at the molecular level. Oligonucleotide probes identified in this way can be used to detect tmRNA in samples thereby giving an indication of the viability of non-viral organisms present in various sample types.
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| Novel substance fki-3864 and method for preparation thereof | 20110105769 | 20110505 |
| This invention relates to substance FKI-3864 represented by the following formula [I] having an inhibitory activity on the synthesis of triacylglycerols and a method for preparing the same. The substance FKI-3864 can be prepared by a method comprising culturing a microorganism which belongs to the genus Penicillium and is capable of producing the substance FKI-3864, and particularly Penicillium pinophilum FKI-3864 (FERM BP-11093) so as to accumulate the substance FKI-3864 in the culture and collecting the substance FKI-3864 from the culture. The substance has an inhibitory activity on the synthesis of intracellular triacylglycerols and is useful for prevention or treatment of obesity.
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| Means and methods for controlling commensales | 20110105442 | 20110505 |
| wherein represents a single bond or double bond; R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkenyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkinyl, and linear or branched C1 to C4 alkanoyl; R4 is selected from H, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkenyl, and linear or branched C1 to C4 alkinyl; and R3 and R5 are independently selected from H, OH and halogen, or R3 and R5 together are O to form an epoxid, wherein represents a single bond in case R3 and R5 together are O. Also provided are means and methods for the prevention or reduction of biofilm formation on an... |
| Aminosugar compound and process for production thereof | 20110105420 | 20110505 |
| [Solution] An investigation has been made on a compound having an α-amylase inhibitory activity among the compounds produced by Streptomyces sp. strain 6982, which is a actinomycetes belonging to the genus Streptomyces, and it was confirmed that an aminosugar compound has an α-amylase inhibitory activity, thus completing the invention. The aminosugar compound of the present invention has an α-amylase-inhibitory activity, and therefore can be used as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetes, obesity, NASH (non-alcoholic steatohepatitis), particularly as an ameliorating agent for postprandial blood glucose elevation.
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| Use of bacteria for the production of bioenergy | 20110104766 | 20110505 |
| The present invention relates to composition and methods of producing bioenergy. More specifically, the invention relates to the use of bacterium of the genus Deinococcus and/or related genera for the modification of biomass or biomass derivatives with a view to producing bioenergy products and metabolites.
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| Method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoate (phas) using halobacterium and halobacterium | 20110104767 | 20110505 |
| Disclosed are a method for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) using a halobacterium belonging to the genus Halomonas, wherein the halobacterium can grow in a medium consisting of an inorganic salt and a single organic carbon source and having a pH of 8.8 to 11, and produce PHAs in an amount of 20 wt. % or more based on the dry cell weight, and the halobacterium is cultured in an alkaline medium containing an inorganic salt and one or more organic carbon sources to produce PHAs in an amount of 20 wt. % or more based on the dry cell weight; and the halobacterium belonging to the genus Halomonas, which can grow in a medium consisting an inorganic salt and a single organic carbon source and having a... |
| Novel lactic acid bacterium having high immunoglobulin-a-inducing ability | 20110104134 | 20110505 |
| A novel lactic acid bacterium strain is found, which has a high IgA production-inducing ability and a high immunostimulating activity, and belongs to the genus Enterococcus. Thus, provided is an excellent lactic acid bacterium preparation for foods or feeds, which has a high enteric colonization rate. Specifically disclosed are: a novel lactic acid bacterium Enterococcus faecium NHRD IHARA (FERM BP-11090) which has a high IgA production-inducing ability and a high immunostimulating activity; and a lactic acid bacterium preparation for enhancing the production of immunoglobulin A, which comprises a culture of the bacterium strain, an extract of the bacterium strain, or a product of any treatment of cells of the bacterium strain.
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| Authentication of source, plus, for goods and services system, method, and components | 20110101087 | 20110505 |
| A unique identifier is created for each article (clothing, accessories, jewels, fragrances, manufactures, etc.) for which the provider of the article desires to authenticate its Brand source to the party acquiring the article to substantiate to that acquiring party that they are receiving a genuine article. The unique identifier is so provided from a secure third party that also stores the unique identifier, possibly with other historical information, in a secure data base accessible only by authorized parties. The unique identifier may be provided on tags to be carried by the respective article or it may be applied directly to the article as by direct part marking from the material of the article and when so provided it includes a brand source identifier of the party... |
| Method for money transfer using a mobile device | 20110099107 | 20110428 |
| A method and system to mobile based money transaction across different transaction entity. A non-repudiable message, using a first mobile device, is sent to a first transaction entity expressing to provide a token wherein the mobile device is registered with the first transaction entity. The first transaction entity provides a generated token to the first mobile device using non-repudiable messaging services. The first mobile, in turn, transfers the non-repudiable message to a second mobile device of a second user including a token and a transaction entity code. The second mobile device sends the non-repudiable message to a second transaction entity, indicating a token number, a transaction entity code, and sum of money being transferred. The second transaction entity advances the token number, via a non-repudiable message,... |
| Cellulase-free enzyme compositions and host cells for producing the same | 20110098207 | 20110428 |
| The present invention provides recombinant bacterial cells for producing a detergent-additive protein. In some embodiments, the cells are of the genus Bacillus. In additional embodiments, the cells comprise a genome comprising an inactivated bglC gene, as well as a recombinant nucleic acid for production of at least one secreted detergent-additive protein. In some preferred embodiments, the secreted detergent-additive protein is a protease. The present invention also provides methods of using the bacterial cells to produce at least one detergent-additive protein, as well as cellulase-free compositions containing at least one detergent-additive protein.
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| Production of butanol | 20110097775 | 20110428 |
| The present invention relates to methods for making recombinant thermophilic bacteria of the family Bacillaceae. In particular, recombinant thermophilic Bacillaceae are provided which have been engineered to produce butanol and/or butyrate. Preferably, heterologous nucleic acid molecules encoding one or more butanol or butyrate biosynthetic pathway enzymes are introduced into a thermophilic Bacillaceae in order to produce a recombinant thermophilic Bacillaceae which is capable of producing butanol. The Bacillaceae is preferably of the genus Geobacillus or Ureibacillus. The invention also relates to a method of producing butanol using the Bacillaceae of the invention.
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| High-purity purification method for omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids | 20110091947 | 20110421 |
| The present invention relates a high-purity purification method for omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids. More specifically, it relates to a high-purity purification method for omega-3 highly unsaturated fatty acids which is both environmentally friendly and easy to implement and comprises the steps of: a) preparing a fatty acid ethyl ester (FAEE) by ethanolysis of a natural oil or fat, using ethanol, in the presence of an enzyme catalyst extracted from at least one microorganism selected from the group consisting of Candida genus, Rhizopus genus, Mucor genus, Aspergillus genus and Pseudomonas genus; b) subjecting the said prepared fatty acid ethyl ester to preliminary distillation using short-path distillation (SPD) device between 100 and 200° C. and between 0.001 and 10 mmHg; c) forming a concentrated fatty acid by... |
| Methods of increasing biomass productivity, lipid induction, and controlling metabolites in algae for production of biofuels using biochemical stimulants | 20110091945 | 20110421 |
| The present disclosure provides methods of enhancing the biofuel potential of an algal culture, the ability of an algal culture to provide a biofuel such as a lipid or to be processed to a biofuel, the method comprising: contacting an algal culture with a composition selected to enhance the biofuel potential of an algal culture; and allowing the algal culture to incubate to the point where the potential of the algal culture to provide a biofuel product or be processed to a biofuel product is enhanced compared to when the algal culture is not in contact with the composition. The selected algal species can be a species of a genus selected from the group consisting of: Gloeocystis, Limnothrix, Scenedesmus, Chlorococcum, Chlorella, Anabaena, Chlamydomonas, Botryococcus, Cricosphaera, Spirulina,... |
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| Methods of stimulating an immune response against prostate specific antigen | 20110091498 | 20110421 |
| The invention provides a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide (PSA-OP) that is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer and in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-specific cytotoxic T-cell lines. In particular, the invention provides methods for eliciting an immune response against PSA comprising administering (i) a priming inoculation of a first recombinant virus encoding PSA-OP and (ii) one or more boosting inoculations of a second recombinant virus encoding PSA-OP, wherein the first and second recombinant viruses are from a different genus.
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| Medium discrimination apparatus and discrimination method thereof | 20110089939 | 20110421 |
| Disclosed are a medium discrimination apparatus and a discrimination method thereof. If a paper money is introduced through a paper money inlet, first and second magnetic sensors 110a and 110b sense a magnetic component printed on a specific position of the paper money, and delivers analog signals for the magnetic component to first and second amplifier/band-pass filters 120a and 120b. The first and second amplifier/band-pass filters 120a and 120b receive and amplify the analog signals and filter noises contained in the analog signals. A differential AD converter 130 performs a subtraction operation based on two filtered analog signals and then converts a result signal into a digital signal. One digital signal in which most noise is canceled is obtained. A controller 140 reads the digital signal... |
| Polypeptide extracted from plants of the genus lupinus or produced in recombinant form, nucleotide sequence encoding it and its use in animal nutrition, as a plant growth promoter and in the fight against pathogenic fungi | 20110088128 | 20110414 |
| This invention is related to a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing the protein in recombinant form and of expressing the protein in genetically modified plants. The invention relates to methods of its use, or of any modification of the protein that maintains its biological properties, as a supplement in human or animal nutrition and as a fungicide, insecticide, growth promoter, fertilizer or in the preparation of genetically modified organisms.
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| Reproductive cell maintenance system | 20110086336 | 20110414 |
| Extracts obtained from the genus Hippophae or other plant sources or compositions produced by chemical or molecular biological techniques each having in common certain moieties in amounts effective when combined with reproductive cells to reduce the loss of function.
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| Method and agent for controlling plant disease using bacteria of genus bacillus | 20110076745 | 20110331 |
| This invention provides a control agent or material for biologically controlling plant diseases caused by plant pathogenic bacteria, fungi, or viruses, a method for controlling plant diseases using the same, and bacteria that can be used therefor. Also, this invention relates to a control agent or material for plant diseases comprising bacteria of the genus Bacillus capable of inhibiting infection with or proliferation of plant pathogenic bacteria, fungi, or viruses, the method for applying the same to plants, and bacteria that can be used therefor.
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| Composition containing hot-water extract of plant of the genus hemerocallis and having antidepressant-like effects or fatigue-relieving effects based on sleep improvement | 20110076349 | 20110331 |
| A composition is provided, containing an extract of a plant of the genus Hemerocallis as an active ingredient and having antidepressant-like effects or fatigue-relieving effects based on sleep improvement. A composition is also provided, containing a hot-water extract of a plant of the genus Hemerocallis as an active ingredient and having antidepressant-like effects or fatigue-relieving effects based on sleep improvement.
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| System and method for generating and employing short length iris codes | 20110075892 | 20110331 |
| A system and method for generating compact iris representations based on a database of iris images includes providing full-length iris codes for iris images in a database, where the full-length iris code includes a plurality of portions corresponding to circumferential rings in an associated iris image. Genuine and imposter score distributions are computed for the full-length iris codes, and code portions are identified that have a contribution that provides separation between imposter and genuine distributions relative to a threshold. A correlation between remaining code portions is measured. a subset of code portions having low correlations within the subset is generated to produce a compact iris representation.
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| System and method for verifying delivery and integrity of electronic messages | 20110072077 | 20110324 |
| In order to provide third party verification of the content and delivery of an electronic message such as an e-snail, a server receives the e-mail intended to be sent or forwarded to a specified addressee, and “tags” the message to indicate that it is “registered” with the provider of the service. The server then establishes a direct telnet connection with the addressee's Mail User Agent (MUA), and transmits the tagged email to the addressee's MUA, as well as to the MUA's of any other addressees. After receiving responses from the receiving MUA's that the message was successfully received, the server then creates and forwards to the message originator an electronic receipt. The receipt includes one or more, and preferably all of, the following: the original message... |
| Method for obtaining a sequoyitol-containing extract from genus nephrolepis and uses thereof | 20110071225 | 20110324 |
| A method for obtaining a sequoyitol-containing extract from a plant of genus Nephrolepis, comprising extracting with a solvent, recovering the solvent to give an extractum, subjecting the extractum to two-phase extraction and column chromatography, collecting the fractions containing sequoyitol, concentrating, filtration and drying. The main active ingredient of the extract obtained is sequoyitol, which can be used for treating diabetes and its complications.
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| Composition for the cultivation of sophisticated bacteria | 20110070627 | 20110324 |
| The present invention relates to a composition for the cultivation of sophisticated bacteria, preferably of the genus Bartonella, and to a method for the cultivation of these bacteria.
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| Polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase gene | 20110070579 | 20110324 |
| The objective is to provide a method for rapidly, and highly accurately performing genetic detection of the cyclopiazonic acid-producing ability in a strain belonging to genus Aspergillus, etc. as well as a transformant (strain), etc. that does not produce cyclopiazonic acid or a precursor thereof, cycloacetoacetyl L-tryptophan (CAT). A polynucleotide encodes the following polypeptides: (1) a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 2; (2) a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence with one or several amino acids deleted, substituted or added in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO: 2 and having a polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase activity; or (3) a polypeptide having 90% or more homology (identity) as an overall average with the amino acid sequence depicted in... |
| Process for the preparation of active principles on thermal water and compositions comprising them | 20110064835 | 20110317 |
| The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a cosmetic or dermatological active principle, comprising the culturing of at least one nonphoto-synthetic and nonfruiting filamentous bacterium on a medium comprising at least one nonsulphurous mineral and/or thermal water. It also relates to a cosmetic or dermatological composition comprising at least one bacterium of the genus Vitreoscilla or one of its extracts.
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| Methods and compositions for the dietary management of autoimmune disorders | 20110064708 | 20110317 |
| The present invention describes the use of lactic acid bacteria, particularly lactic acid producing members of the genus Bacillus, in treating digestive-related immune disorders by downregulating of cytokines and by inhibiting pathogenic or deleterious microorganisms in the gastrointestinal tract. Specific formulations of Bacillus coagulans for various immune disorders are elaborated.
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| Manipulation of an alternative respiratory pathway in photo-autotrophs | 20110059495 | 20110310 |
| Exemplary methods for increasing TAG production in an algal cell during imbalanced growth conditions are provided. Some methods comprise knocking out an AOX gene, wherein the AOX gene produces an amino acid sequence having substantial similarity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. NO. 2. In further methods, the algal cell may be of genus Nannochloropsis. The AOX gene may be replaced by a construct having a nucleotide sequence having substantial similarity to SEQ ID. NOS. 3 through 5 (inclusive), wherein each of the sequences are next to or in close proximity to one another in a linear fashion. In some methods, the AOX gene may be replaced via homologous recombination. As a result, lipid production by the selected recombinant algal cell may be increased... |
| Method for obtaining an extract of cranberry marc that can be used in particular in the prevention and treatment of conditions such as caries, gingivitis or sore throats | 20110059193 | 20110310 |
| A a method for obtaining an extract prepared from cranberry (genus Vaccinium macrocarpon and/or Vaccinium oxycoccus) marc, with a view to obtaining a product that, provided in various galenical forms or other, has, owing to the high concentration of proanthocyanidins, in particular type A proanthocyanidins, therein, many therapeutic qualities and properties that can be exploited in particular in the field of dental care and prevention and oral hygiene, and also in the field of the prevention of viral or bacterial infections of the oropharynx in humans and animals. It also relates to this extract and to uses thereof.
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| Detection of bioagents using a shear horizontal surface acoustic wave biosensor | 20110053139 | 20110303 |
| Viruses and other bioagents are of high medical and biodefense concern and their detection at concentrations well below the threshold necessary to cause health hazards continues to be a challenge with respect to sensitivity, specificity, and selectivity. Ideally, assays for accurate and real time detection of viral agents and other bioagents would not necessitate any pre-processing of the analyte, which would make them applicable for example to bodily fluids (blood, sputum) and man-made as well as naturally occurring bodies of water (pools, rivers). We describe herein a robust biosensor that combines the sensitivity of surface acoustic waves (SAW) generated at a frequency of 325 MHz with the specificity provided by antibodies and other ligands for the detection of viral agents. In preferred embodiments, a lithium tantalate... |
| Tv user interface with recommended content entry in favorites menu | 20110047568 | 20110224 |
| A “recommendation” genus entry is added to the list of other genre in a TV “favorites” menu. Entries in the recommendation genus entry are depicted in a stack and sorted by recommendation strength and channel number. A user can elect to hide the recommendation entry from the favorites menu.
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| Inhibitor for growth of bacteria of genus legionella, bath agent and cleaning agent | 20110015411 | 20110120 |
| A growth inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Legionella contains as an active ingredient a Macaranga tanarius extract extracted from Macaranga tanarius with an extraction solvent including at least an organic solvent. Alternatively, the growth inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Legionella contains as an active ingredient at least one selected from nymphaeol-A, nymphaeol-B, and nymphaeol-C. The growth inhibitor of bacteria of the genus Legionella is used by being blended to, for example, a bath agent or a cleaning agent.
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| Blood vessel maturation, normalization or stabilization agent and wrinkle preventer/improver | 20110014307 | 20110120 |
| A vascular maturation, normalization or stabilization agent, or a Tie-2 activation agent, is provided comprising an extract derived from a plant belonging to the genus Cinnamomum.
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| Probiotics spore-forming lactic acid bacteria sl153 | 20110014166 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to the novel Sporolactobacillus vineae SL153 strain (Accession No: KCTC 11493BP) having probiotic activity, precisely Sporolactobacillus vineae SL153 having antimicrobial activity against Vibrio genus pathogenic microorganisms and other pathogens. The Sporolactobacillus vineae SL153 strain of the present invention has excellent intestinal adherence and growth inhibitory effect on pathogenic microorganisms including Vibrio genus microorganisms, so that it can be effectively used as a composition for the prevention and treatment of disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms.
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| Banknote storing cassette and banknote handling machine | 20110011778 | 20110120 |
| A banknote storing cassette (30) includes: a banknote inlet (38a) provided to a cassette casing; one or more first banknote storing units (34, 36), at least one of the first banknote storing units storing therein genuine banknotes; and a second banknote storing unit (32) provided for storing therein counterfeit banknotes or suspicious banknotes about the authentication. A banknote handling machine (10) includes: a main-body casing (11a, 11b); a banknote inlet unit (12); a transport unit (22) adapted for transporting each banknote inserted in the banknote inlet unit (12); a recognition unit (18) adapted for recognizing each banknote transported by the transport unit (22); and the aforementioned banknote storing cassette (30) provided for receiving the banknotes respectively transported from the transport unit (22), the banknote storing cassette... |
| Clarification of sphingans and compositions thereof | 20110009611 | 20110113 |
| The invention relates to mutant strains of the genus Sphingomonas which have a mutation in at least one gene encoding a protein involved in polyhydroxybutyrate (“PHB”) synthesis that allows the mutant strains to produce PHB-deficient sphingans. The invention is also directed to a process for preparing a clarified sphingan solution comprising heating aqueous sphingan solution, in particular PHB-deficient sphingan solution, to a clarification temperature of about 30° C. to about 70° C., and treating the solution with a clarification agent and enzymes. In addition, the invention is directed to a food or industrial product comprising a PHB-deficient and/or clarified sphingan. One particular embodiment of the invention is directed to a clarified, PHB-deficient high-acyl gellan and the processes of making thereof.
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| Process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid | 20110009491 | 20110113 |
| A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.
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| Protective device and method for preventing skimming on a card reader | 20110006112 | 20110113 |
| Skimming modules can be attached at self-service terminals, such as an automated teller machine or account statement printer, by manipulation with fraudulent intent by third parties who attempt to read the data from a magnetic stripe card introduced into the card reader (10). In order to counteract this problem effectively, a protective device (26, 28) is proposed that contains a protective generator (26) and an inductor (28) operatively connected thereto to generate an electromagnetic protective field (29) that is suitable for compromising the function of the spying device (SM), wherein the protective device (26, 28) generates an electromagnetic protective field (29) with a protective signal that simulates the type of signal that occurs when magnetic stripe cards are read. Through the protective field a special protective... |
| Inosine producing microorganism belonging to the genus corynebacterium and process of producing inosine using the same | 20110003342 | 20110106 |
| A microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium having the ability to produce inosine in which the inosine catabolic pathway is blocked and that has a leaky adenine auxotrophic phenotype and further has a leaky guanine auxotrophic phenotype and a method of producing inosine, the method including culturing the microorganism of the genus Corynebacterium are disclosed.
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| Treatment of plants of the genus musa | 20110000129 | 20110106 |
| Methods of treating agricultural fruit crops of the genus Musa having a mother plant and an adjoined offspring, or daughter plant, involve implanting at least one nutrient component into a pseudo stem of the mother plant after harvesting fruit from the mother plant. The nutrients implanted into the pseudo stem of the mother plant after harvesting are then available to the daughter plant more efficiently than nutrients applied to the soil.
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| Optimized oligonucleotides and methods of using same for the detection, isolation, quantification, monitoring and sequencing of bordetella | 20100330573 | 20101230 |
| Described herein are oligonucleotides useful for detecting, isolating, quantitating, monitoring and sequencing B. pertussis, B. parapertussis and/or the genus Bordetella, and methods of using the described oligonucleotides.
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| Vaccine compositions and methods of use to protect against infectious disease | 20100330124 | 20101230 |
| The present invention provides a novel immunogenic composition, vaccine and methods for making and using the immunogenic composition and vaccine. The immunogenic composition is capable of providing an immune response and/or a protective immunity into subjects, preferably mammals, against microorganism-associated disease. The immunogenic composition includes one or more extracellular proteins isolated from a microorganism capable of providing an immune response and/or a protective immunity into subjects against microorganism-associated disease. The isolated extracellular proteins range in molecular weight from about 10,000 Da to about 220,000 Da. Suitable microorganisms may include members of the genus Salmonella, Listeria, Pseudomonas, Staphylococcus, and Vibrio. Kits are also encompassed for detection, diagnosis and prevention of microorganism-associated disease.
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| Ethernet device and lane operating method | 20100329112 | 20101230 |
| An Ethernet device having multiple lanes and a method of operating the lanes are provided. In one general aspect, it is possible to allocate a dummy block to each of one or more lanes such that the lanes do not selectively participate in communications. In addition, on a receiving side, the dummy block can be removed from among the genuine data blocks to enable data to be decoded. In this case, an Ethernet device on a transmission side and an Ethernet device on a receiving side can exchange information of a lane to which the dummy block is allocated by use of a lane status message, and the lane status message may be based on a link fault message specified by Ethernet standards.
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| system and method for establishing correspondence, matching and repairing three dimensional surfaces of arbitrary genus and arbitrary topology in two dimensions using global parameterization | 20100328311 | 20101230 |
| A system, method and computer program product for parameterizing a 3D surface of genus g and arbitrary topology to the 2D plane. The method includes receiving an input 3D mesh of genus g; computing n discrete harmonic one-forms on the surface of the mesh to obtain n numbers for every edge in the graph represented by an input mesh; selecting two compatible linearly independent discrete harmonic one-forms for parameterization; assigning an arbitrary vertex in the mesh as an origin, and then summing each of the two harmonic one-forms along the edges of the graph using a traversal strategy to form 2D coordinates for every other vertex of the mesh to form the 2D parameterization of the 3D surface; detecting all singularities in the 2D parameterization; and,... |
| Autonomous system state tolerance adjustment for autonomous management systems | 20100325472 | 20101223 |
| In general, the techniques of this invention are directed to determining whether a component failure in a distributed computing system is genuine. In particular, embodiments of this invention analyze monitoring data from other application nodes in a distributed computing system to determine whether the component failure is genuine. If the component failure is not genuine, the embodiments may adjust a fault tolerance parameter that caused the component failure to be perceived.
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| Method of exchanging money to people for their ingenuity, in order to stimulate the economy and creative learning | 20100325068 | 20101223 |
| An arrangement of money is organized and managed to award the projects (10) users for their ingenuity online; thus overall stimulating the economy and creative learning. Users submit pieces of artwork relative to the daily verbs (18) for their fair chance at making money each day. Any type of artists may apply.
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| Means and methods of controlling commensales | 20100323996 | 20101223 |
| wherein represents a single bond or double bond; R1 and R2 are independently selected from H, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkenyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkinyl, and linear or branched C1 to C4 alkanoyl; R4 is selected from H, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkyl, linear or branched C1 to C4 alkenyl, and linear or branched C1 to C4 alkinyl; and R3 and R5 are independently selected from H, OH and halogen, or R3 and R5 together are O to form an epoxid, wherein represents a single bond in case R3 and R5 together are O. Also provided are means and methods for the prevention or reduction of biofilm formation on an... |
| Method for producing vaccinal viral strain of a virus of the reoviridae family | 20100322971 | 20101223 |
| The invention relates to a method for producing a modified viral strain of a virus which is a member of the Reoviridae family and, in particular, relates to vaccinal viral strains of the Orbivirus genus.
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| Novel carbonyl reductase, gene thereof and method of using the same | 20100317075 | 20101216 |
| Using the polypeptide or transformant of the present invention, optically active alcohols such as (2R,3S)-1-chloro-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-2-butanol and the like can be produced efficiently.
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| Management and treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia | 20100316748 | 20101216 |
| The invention provides the use of an extract of a plant of the genus Elephantorrhiza and at least one compound selected from quercitin-3′-O-glucoside, trans-3-O-galloyl-3,3′,5,5′,7-pentahydroxyflavan, taxifolin-3′-O-glucoside, catechin and epicatechin in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The mode of action is by a route selected from blocking the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone by inhibiting the 5α-reductase enzyme or by reducing oxidative stress or both.
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| Method for producing an l-amino acid using bacterium of the enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of a gene coding for small rna | 20100311129 | 20101209 |
| The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of a gene coding for sRNA.
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| Malonate decarboxylases for industrial applications | 20100311037 | 20101209 |
| The present invention relates to a method for the enzymatic decarboxylation of malonic acid (propanedioic acid) derivatives catalyzed by enzymes structurally and/or functionally related to arylmalonate decarboxylase (AMDase) as isolated from microorganisms of the genus Bordetella. The present invention also relates to novel enzymes with a decarboxylase activity, useful for performing the claimed method, mutants thereof, corresponding coding sequences and expression systems, methods of preparing said novel enzymes, and screening methods for obtaining further suitable enzymes also having said decarboxylase activity.
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| Bifidobacterial species | 20100310513 | 20101209 |
| New bacterium GC61 belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium, probiotic compositions comprising said bacterium, particularly food products, and use of said bacterium in the treatment of diseases, such as gastrointestinal diseases.
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| Novel arabinose-fermenting eukaryotic cells | 20100304454 | 20101202 |
| The present invention relates to eukaryotic cells which have the ability to convert L-arabinose into D-xylulose 5-phosphate. The cells have acquired this ability by transformation with nucleotide sequences coding for an arabinose isomerase, a ribulokinase, and a ribulose-5-P-4-epimerase from a bacterium that belongs to a Clavibacter, Arthrobacter or Gramella genus. The cell preferably is a yeast or a filamentous fungus, more preferably a yeast is capable of anaerobic alcoholic fermentation. The may further comprise one or more genetic modifications that increase the flux of the pentose phosphate pathway, reduce unspecific aldose reductase activity, confer to the cell the ability to directly isomerise xylose into xylulose, increase the specific xylulose kinase activity, increase transport of at least one of xylose and arabinose into the host cell, decrease... |
| Standardized plant extract, process for obtaining the same and uses thereof | 20100303907 | 20101202 |
| The present invention refers to a process for obtaining a standardized extract having antinociceptive, anti-inflammatory and antipyretic properties, from at least one part of a plant of genus Aleurites. Furthermore, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active ingredient of a pharmaceutically efficient quantity of standardized extract from at least one part of the plant of genus Aleurites. Finally, the present invention describes a method of treatment and use of the said extract, isolated or in a pharmaceutical composition, for the prevention, control or treatment of painful, inflammatory or febrile affections.
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| Method for decreasing abdominal girth by administering a bifidobacterium bacteria | 20100303763 | 20101202 |
| A method for decreasing abdominal girth in a subject by administering a probiotic, preferably a bacteria of the Bifidobacterium genus, the method being on one aspect of the invention a non therapeutic method, and according to another aspect of the invention being a method for treating IBS.
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| Identifying self-conscious program | 20100299299 | 20101125 |
| Let me make it clear that this methodology deals with artificial programming of self-consciousness, not intended to investigate if artificially programmed self-consciousness is the genuine phenomena of life.
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| Primer for amplification of rrna or bacterium belonging to the genus legionella, detection method, and detection kit | 20100297637 | 20101125 |
| To detect a bacterium belonging to the genus Legionella rapidly, with high sensitivity, and specifically. Disclosed are: a primer set for amplifying ribosomal RNA of a bacterium belonging to the genus Legionella specifically and highly efficiently; and a method for detecting ribosomal RNA of a bacterium belonging to the genus Legionella by using the primer set.
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| Agent for increasing blood adiponectin quantity | 20100297268 | 20101125 |
| An agent for increasing blood adiponectin quantity is provided, the agent including: a pulverized product or extract of a plant of the genus Salacia.
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| Closed loop analog signal processor ("clasp") system | 20100296673 | 20101125 |
| A system, device, and method for recording audio with the character and sonic benefits of a genuine analog recording is disclosed. More specifically, an electro-mechanical-software controlled closed loop analog signal processor (“CLASP”) system which is comprised of a CLASP unit containing firmware, a latency detection module, and CLASP hardware display and controls. The CLASP system further comprises CLASP software operably running on a digital audio workstation (“DAW”) which is also in operable communication with the CLASP unit. The CLASP unit is also in operable communication with an analog recordable medium. An analog audio signal is recorded on the analog recordable medium, which may consist of a coated tape, cup, cylinder, drum, or disk, and then immediately played back and routed to the DAW via an analog... |
| Novel glucose dehydrogenase and method for producing the dehydrogenase | 20100291655 | 20101118 |
| A novel glucose dehydrogenase, which is an enzyme that has high substrate specificity, can be produced at a low cost, is not affected by oxygen dissolved in a measurement sample and, in particular, has superior thermal stability is obtained by culturing a microorganism belonging to the genus Burkholderia and having glucose dehydrogenase producing ability in a medium and collecting glucose dehydrogenase from the medium and/or cells of the microorganism.
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| Method and apparatus for generating one-time passwords | 20090328165 | 20091231 |
| A method and apparatus are provided to allow a user of a communications device to utilize one-time password generators for two-way authentication of users and servers, i.e., proving to users that servers are genuine and proving to servers that users are genuine. The present invention removes the need for a user to have a separate physical device, e.g., token, per company or service, reduces the cost burden on the companies and allows for two-way authentication via multiple access methods, e.g., telephone, web interfaces, automatic teller machines (ATMs), etc. Also, the present invention may be utilized in consumer and enterprise applications.
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| Information-processing device and information management program | 20090327755 | 20091231 |
| [Means for Solving Problems] It is judged whether or not read control information stored in a predetermined read control information storage area of an external storage is proper. If the judgment result shows that it is invalid, virtualized data stored in the external storage is decrypted, and genuine read control information virtualized in the virtualized data is extracted. It is judged whether or not the extracted genuine read control information is proper. If the extracted genuine read control information is proper, the virtualized genuine data in the virtualized data along with the genuine read control information is made usable by decrypting and creating the virtualized data, and improper read control information is stored in the read control information storage area. The proper genuine read control information... |
| Pharmaceutical composition comprising an extract of pseudolysimachion longifolium and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having antiinflammatory, antiallergic and antiasthmatic activity | 20090324750 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract of Pseudolysimachion genus plant, and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and anti-asthmatic activity. The extract of Pseudolysimachion genus plant and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom shows potent suppressing effect on elevated IgE, IL-4 and IL-13 levels and cosinophilia in the plasma and BALF, and mucus overproduction in the lung tissues in an OVA-induced asthmatic mouse model. Therefore, it can be used as the therapeutics or functional health food for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic and asthmatic disease.
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| Biaryl pde4 inhibitors for treating inflammatory, cardiovascular and cns disorders | 20090324569 | 20091231 |
| A particular embodiment is
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| Method for producing an l-amino acid by fermentation using a bacterium having an enhanced ability to utilize glycerol | 20090317876 | 20091224 |
| The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to have glycerol kinase in which feedback inhibition by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate is desensitized, thereby having enhanced ability to utilize glycerol.
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| Method for preventing and treating the disease caused by vascular damage and the use thereof | 20090317496 | 20091224 |
| The present invention relates to compositions containing an extract of processed Panax genus plant and saponin compounds isolated therefrom for treat the diseases caused by vascular injury in human or mammal, the method for treating said diseases using thereby and the use thereof. The extract of processed Panax genus plant and saponin compounds isolated therefrom shows suppressive effect on endothelial dysfunction and damage of blood-retinal on HUVEC and retinal vascular endothelial cell. Therefore, it can be used as the therapeutics or functional health food for treating and preventing the diseases caused by vascular injury.
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| Immediate ready implementation of virtually congestion free guaranteed service capable network: external internet nextgentcp nextgenftp nextgenudps | 20090316579 | 20091224 |
| Various increment deployable techniques of direct simple source code modifications to TCP/FTP/UDP based protocol stacks & other susceptible protocols, or other related network's switches/routers configurations, are presented for immediate ready implementations over external Internet of virtually congestion free guaranteed service capable network, without requiring use of existing QoS/MPLS techniques nor requiring any of the switches/routers softwares within the network to be modified or contribute to achieving the end-to-end performance results nor requiring provision of unlimited bandwidths at each and every inter-node links within the network.
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| Tachyonized material test method | 20090316154 | 20091224 |
| Many suppliers claimed their products have been Tachyonized™ since the discovery and commercialization of Tachyonized™ products by Advanced Tachyon Technologies International. Genuine materials that have been Tachyonized have demonstrated a range of beneficial properties to biological organisms and processes. However, the market has been saturated with competitors making such claims without any foundation. Accordingly, the inventive process provides a simple and rapid test method to confirm the authenticity of Tachyonized materials.
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| Method of establishing an endogenous futures market for pollutant emission fees | 20090313164 | 20091217 |
| The method of reducing emissions of a pollutant by relying on a novel endogenous futures market to set the pollutant emission fees. The individual marginal cost (m1) is known by actors, companies, individuals or actors for reducing one emission unit of the pollutant. The current market rate of the futures price (n1) for an emission unit is determined by the market. The emission fee (s1) during a certain time period (for instance; month) in the future is set by law or decree to be the same as the price of the futures contract on a certain expiry date in advance of the above mentioned time period to ensure genuine uncertainty of (s1).
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| Process for producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid | 20090312425 | 20091217 |
| A composition containing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid at a high concentration is obtained by intracellularly and extracellularly producing 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoic acid using a bacterium belonging to the genus Propionibacterium and collecting it. This composition is efficacious in improving intestinal flora, alleviating abdominal ailments in association with the intake of milk, and preventing metabolic bone diseases.
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| Method for producing l-arginine using corynebacterium glutamicum | 20090311757 | 20091217 |
| Disclosed herein are a microorganism producing L-arginine and a method of producing L-arginine using the same. The microorganism is a mutant strain of the genus Corynebacterium, Corynebacterium glutamicum CJR0500. The method for L-arginine production comprises activating the mutant strain C. glutamicum CJR0500 in a fermentation medium at 30° C. for 16 hours and then culturing the activated mutant strain for 72 hours with shaking.
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| Method for generating cryptographic key from biometric data | 20090310779 | 20091217 |
| Data from biometric images such as minutiae of a fingerprint are represented in coordinates x- and y-, and the direction of the ridge flow of the minutia θ; in vector sets of (x1, y1, θ1) are used in generating a 256-bit secret key in a secure manner in enrolling the fingerprint in the Enrolment Phase. The key generation algorithm includes random key generation, threshold signature scheme using polynomial functions, generating random fake minutiae vector sets to form a locked representation of the fingerprint. In the Query Phase, the fingerprint image used to re-generate the secret key is matched against the locked template representation through automatic alignment process using geometric hash table to compare the enrolled minutiae (genuine and fake) with the vector set extracted from the... |
| Method to identify disease resistant quantitative trait loci in soybean and compositions thereof | 20090307799 | 20091210 |
| The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and genetics, particularly as it pertains to the genus, Glycine. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for screening soybean plants containing one or more quantitative trait loci for disease resistance, species of Glycine having such loci and methods for breeding for and screening of Glycine with such loci. The invention further relates to the use of exotic germplasm in a breeding program.
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| Compositions for improving the flavor of alcoholic beverage made from grape | 20090304859 | 20091210 |
| It is intended to provide novel compositions usable in improving the flavor of an alcoholic beverage made from grapes typified by wine. Namely, a composition usable in improving the flavor of an alcoholic beverage made from grapes which contains the culture of a strain belonging to a genus Aspergillus, Penicillium, Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Talaromyces, Mortierella, Cryptococcus, Microbacterium, Corynebacterium or Actinoplanes and being capable of producing diglycosidase.
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| Use of a lepechinia caulescens extract as a cosmetic agent, and cosmetic composition containing same | 20090304829 | 20091210 |
| he invention relates to the use of a plant extract of a plant belonging to the Lepechinia genus, in particular an extract of the plant species Lepechinia caulescens, as a cosmetic agent or as an active agent in cosmetic compositions.
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| Use of a limnophila extract as a cosmetic agent, and cosmetic composition containing same | 20090304613 | 20091210 |
| The invention relates to the use of a plant extract of a plant of the Limnophila genus, in particular an extract of the plant species Limnophila conferta, as a cosmetic agent or as an active agent in cosmetic compositions.
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| Method to verify integrity of promotional billing data while preserving privacy | 20090299832 | 20091203 |
| Systems and methods are described that facilitate capturing promotional information details such as the number of promotional material items printed for a given vendor supported by a marketing agency, item size, placement details, price, and authentication information to prove that a print log or summary is genuine. The authentication information can include a timestamp, printer identity, job identity and run-length. This information is summarized in a message digest and is signed by the printing system using digital signatures, which are then verified by the marketing agency through a public key counterpart of a private key used to generate the signatures.
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| Aminoalkylphenols, methods of using and making the same | 20090298949 | 20091203 |
| The present invention relates to Mannich base antimalarial aminoalkylphenol compounds and their use against protozoa of the genus Plasmodium, particularly emerging strains of drug-resistant Plasmodia. This invention further relates to compositions containing such compounds and a process for making the compounds. This and other aspects of the invention are realized upon review of the entire specification.
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| Method for producing purine nucleosides and nucleotides by fermentation using a bacterium belonging to the genus escherichia or bacillus | 20090298127 | 20091203 |
| A method is provided for producing a purine nucleoside, such as inosine and guanosine, and a method for producing a 5′-purine nucleotide such as 5′-inosinic acid or 5′-guanylic acid, using a bacterium belonging to the either genus Escherichia or genus Bacillus, wherein purine nucleoside productivity of said bacterium is enhanced by enhancing an activity of a protein encoded by the yeaS (leuE) gene.
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| Novel strain of the genus lactobacillus and topical pharmaceutical formulations containing it | 20090291069 | 20091126 |
| This invention relates to a novel strain of lactobacillus, called Lactobacillus acidophilus EUVAG, and topical vaginal pharmaceutical formulations containing it, for use in all forms of dysbiosis and variations in vaginal pH which can cause recurrent bacterial or fungal vaginal infections.
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| Algorithms for generating parameters for genus 2 hyperelliptic curve cryptography | 20090290705 | 20091126 |
| An exemplary method includes defining a CM field, representing coefficients of a Frobenius element of a hyperelliptic curve over a prime field as non-linear polynomials that are functions of an integer x and selecting a value for x whereby the product of the Frobenius element and its complex conjugate is a prime number. Such a method may further include determining the order of the Jacobian of the hyperelliptic curve, for example, where the order is an almost prime number. Various other methods, devices, systems, etc., are also disclosed, which may be optionally used for cryptography.
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| Oligonucleotide for detection of bacteria associated with sepsis and microarrays and method for detection of the bacteria using the oligonucleotide | 20090286691 | 20091119 |
| According to the present invention, the present invention can provide an antibiotics therapy for accurately removing infectious agent related to sepsis by detecting existence of sepsis-causing bacteria and identifying gram positive- and gram negative-bacteria and genus and species of the bacteria, at once. And, the present invention can prevent a patient from abuse and misuse of antibiotics and decrease time of hospital treatment and medical cost of the patient. Further, the present invention has advantage of preventing complications and reducing mortality rate.
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| Portable communication device and method of processing embedded visual cues | 20090286570 | 20091119 |
| A portable communication device is equipped with a camera and visual cue detection circuitry. The visual cue detection circuitry is configured to detect visual cues embedded into images and/or products. Upon detection of an embedded visual cue, the portable communication device is configured to initiate a secondary action, such as launching a game for playing or a media file for viewing, or reporting non-genuine or counterfeit products.
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| Feed composition and method for breeding animals | 20090283050 | 20091119 |
| The present invention relates to a feed composition which contains silver-carrying zeolite and an animal-breeding method comprising the step of administering, to an animal, the foregoing silver-carrying zeolite-containing feed composition. The feed composition has almost no influence on the useful lactobacillus, but exerts an antimicrobial effect on various kinds of harmful microorganisms, in particular, bacteria belonging to the genus Salmonella or the like. Accordingly, the feed composition would permit the improvement of the healthiness of enteric canal of domestic animals, domestic fowls and cultivated fishes and the composition would in thus permit the acceleration of their growth, while maintaining their good healthiness.
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| Isomeric purinones and 1h-imidazopyridinones as pkc-theta inhibitors | 20090281075 | 20091112 |
| A chemical genus of purinones and 1H-imidazopyridinones, which are useful as PKCθ inhibitors, and their methods of use are disclosed. The genus is represented by the formula I:
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| Cellooligosaccharide-fermentative zymobacter transformed microorganisms | 20090280547 | 20091112 |
| This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from cellooligosaccharide, by introducing β-glucosidase gene by recombinant DNA method, into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize cellooligosaccharide.
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| Isomeric purinones and 1h-imidazopyridinones as pkc-theta inhibitors | 20090281075 | 20091112 |
| A chemical genus of purinones and 1H-imidazopyridinones, which are useful as PKCθ inhibitors, and their methods of use are disclosed. The genus is represented by the formula I:
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| Cellooligosaccharide-fermentative zymobacter transformed microorganisms | 20090280547 | 20091112 |
| This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from cellooligosaccharide, by introducing β-glucosidase gene by recombinant DNA method, into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize cellooligosaccharide.
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| Organic compounds | 20090275560 | 20091105 |
| The invention relates to organic compounds which have interesting pharmaceutical properties. In particular, the compounds are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of infections such as those caused by Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium malariae, Plasmodium ovale, Trypanosoma cruzi and parasites of the Leishmania genus such as, for example, Leishmania donovani. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, as well as processes for their preparation.
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| Extracts and compounds from "tulbaghia violacea" and their use as biological plant protecting agents | 20090275472 | 20091105 |
| The invention provides extracts and preparations based on the species Tulbaghia violacea (Harv.) (wild garlic), which elicits a significant antimicrobial, preferably antifungal activity in vitro and in vivo, even under field and glasshouse conditions. Moreover, these extracts deriving from the soil parts as well as of the aerial parts of the plant elicit a significant bio-stimulatory activity, expressed, above all, by an increased growth metabolism supporting seed growth. Furthermore, combined extracts or preparations from Tulbaghia violacea and species of the genus Agapanthus show a higher antifungal and bio-stimulatory efficacy as compared to the extracts or preparations of the single species, indicating that synergism is participated in the involved biological processes.
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| Angle nut runner | 20080314207 | 20081225 |
| In the angle nut runner having an output shaft 2 pivotally supported approximately perpendicular to the rotating shaft 1 of the drive source, a strain measuring mechanism 3 for measuring a strain generated in the output shaft 2 is disposed on the output shaft 2.
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| System controled by data bearing records including check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine | 20080314972 | 20081225 |
| A banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records includes an automated banking machine which includes a deposit accepting device. Data read from a user card through operation of a card reader in the machine is used to determine if the data on the card corresponds to an account of an authorized machine user. The deposit accepting device is operative to receive a stack of sheets and to separate each sheet from the stack through operation of a picker. Each sheet is aligned with the sheet path and analyzed by analysis devices including at least one magnetic read head, an imager and/or a validation device. Sheets determined not to have at least one property of a genuine sheet are returned to a user of the machine.... |
| Method for ensuring quality of a sample carrier | 20080317326 | 20081225 |
| A method is provided for ensuring the quality of a sample carrier in connection with performing an analysis of a sample in the sample carrier in an analysis instrument for in vitro diagnosis, wherein the sample carrier is provided with a symbol for confirming the compatibility of the sample carrier with the analysis instrument. The method comprises bringing the sample carrier to an imaging position in the analysis instrument, acquiring an image of the sample carrier, and analysing the acquired image to detect the presence of a symbol for identifying the genuineness of the sample carrier. Where the sample carrier is identified as genuine, the sample carrier is approved for use in the analysis instrument and the analysis instrument is enabled to perform an analysis of... |
| Novel aldolase and production process of substituted alpha-keto acids | 20080318290 | 20081225 |
| 4-(Indol-3-ylmethyl)-4-hydroxy-2-oxoglutarate, which is useful as an intermediate in the synthesis of monatin, may be synthesized from indole pyruvic acid and pyruvic acid (and/or oxalacetic acid) by using a novel aldolase derived from the genus Pseudomonas, Erwinia, Flavobacterium, or Xanthomonas.
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| Method for production of optically active (1s)-3-chloro-1-(2-thienyl)-propan-1-ol | 20080319208 | 20081225 |
| reducing this compound to the compound of the formula I by means of an alcohol dehydrogenase from the Thermoanaerobacter genus, and isolating the product formed in substantially enantiomerically pure form.
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| Clearing system for an electronic-based market | 20080319891 | 20081225 |
| A system for an electronic-based market is disclosed. The system operates with a model where a trader is designated to enter orders for contracts on behalf of a subscriber. The model uses assets of the subscriber that are placed into an account that is accessible by the electronic market to cover risks associated with trades initiated by the trader. The system includes a plurality of client stations for entering orders into the electronic market by traders and a server to receive the orders and match the orders in accordance with matching criteria. The server maintains for the subscriber and the subscriber's associated traders a trading account that is accessible by the electronic market. The server also includes offsetting, clearing, default, and margin protocols functions to administer... |
| Method for producing optically active alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid | 20080311636 | 20081218 |
| An efficient method for producing an optically active α-hydroxycarboxylic acid represented by the following general formula (I) [A represents a residue of a 5- or 6-membered cyclic compound, * indicates a carbon atom in the S- or R-configuration, X represents hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms], which comprises the step of treating a corresponding ester compound (not optically pure) with cell bodies or a culture, or a processed product or an extract thereof of a microorganism of the genus Leifsonia, genus Cylindrocarpon, genus Verticillium, or the like.
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| Composition and method for supporting cancer treatments | 20080305188 | 20081211 |
| The present invention relates to a novel composition comprising geranium oil and extracts from the roots of the plants of the genus Sophora, preferably Sophora tonkinesis. Said composition can be administered to mammalian animals undergoing cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy and radiation therapy, that would induce the side effect of bone marrow suppression. The administration can be made before, during and or after the cancer treatment.
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| Isolation, purification and synthesis of procyanidin b2 and uses thereof | 20080306142 | 20081211 |
| Methods for the synthesis, isolation, and purification of procyanidin B2 are disclosed. The synthetic methods utilize epicatechin as a starting material and produce procyanidin B2 in high yields. The isolation methods extract procyanidin B2 from a sample of bark powder from plant matter of the genus Uncaria. The isolated and/or synthesized procyanidin B2 is used to treat amyloid disease, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease as well as improve cognitive performance and increase learning and memory in Alzheimer's patients. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the synthesized and/or isolated procyanidin B2 are also disclosed.
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| Isolation, purification and synthesis of procyanidin b2 and uses thereof | 20080306286 | 20081211 |
| Methods for the synthesis, isolation, and purification of procyanidin B2 are disclosed. The synthetic methods utilize epicatechin as a starting material and produce procyanidin B2 in high yields. The isolation methods extract procyanidin B2 from a sample of bark powder from plant matter of the genus Uncaria. The isolated and/or synthesized procyanidin B2 is used to treat amyloid disease, such as Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease as well as improve cognitive performance and increase learning and memory in Alzheimer's patients. Pharmaceutical compositions containing the synthesized and/or isolated procyanidin B2 are also disclosed.
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| Digital-invisible-ink data hiding schemes | 20080307227 | 20081211 |
| A novel steganographic approach analogous to the real-world secret communication mechanism, in which messages to be concealed are written on white papers using invisible ink like lemon juice or milk and are revealed only after the papers are heated, is proposed. Carefully designed informed-embedders now play the role of “invisible ink”; some pre-negotiated attacks that can be provided by common content processing tools correspond to required “heating” process. Theoretic models and feasible implementations of the proposed digital-invisible-ink (DII) watermarking approach are provided. The proposed DII watermarking schemes can prevent the supervisor from interpreting secret messages even the watermark extractor, decryption tool, as well as session keys are available to the supervisor. Furthermore, under certain steganographic application scenarios, secret communication systems employing the DII watermarking schemes can... |
| Strain composition of the lactobacillus genus and the application of strain composition of the lactobacillus genus | 20080299099 | 20081204 |
| A subject of the invention is a composition containing strains Lactobacillus fermentum 57A, Lactobacillus plantarum 57B and Lactobacillus gasseri 57C of special characteristics such as a feature of strong diversified affinity for the digestive tract and vaginal epithelia enabling the colonization of the vagina and anus after the crossover through intestines as well as the feature of co-aggregation enabling for synergetic activity. The subject of the invention is also the application of the composition for restoration of the natural bacterial flora of the vagina and anus.
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| Olfactory receptors for isolvaleric acid and related malodorants and use thereof in assays for identification of blockers | 20080299586 | 20081204 |
| A subgenus of olfactory receptors (ORs) that are activated by isovaleric acid (IVA) are identified as well as assays that utilize one or more of these ORs. These assays are useful for identifying potential anti-odorants which may be used in deodorants, air and carpet fresheners, fabric deodorizers, and other compositions for camouflaging odor attributable to IVA and related carboxylic acids.
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| Polypeptide extracted from plants of the genus lupinus or produced in recombinant form, nucleotide sequence encoding it and its use in animal nutrition, as a plant growth promoter and in the fight against pathogenic fungi | 20080300137 | 20081204 |
| This invention is related to the extraction of a protein from the seeds, cotyledons or plantlets of Lupinus genus, as well as to the way of producing it in recombinant form and of expressing it in genetically modified plants. Due to the exceptional characteristics exhibited by this protein in what concerns: its potent antifungal and anti-Oomycete activity, which confers great potential to the protein as a fungicide, (2) its strong plant growth promoter activity, particularly notorious on unhealthy or naturally weakened plants, (3) its extreme resistance to denaturation, which allows the use of the protein under field conditions, (4) its great susceptibility to proteolytic attack, which makes it harmless to the environment and nontoxic for man, and (5) its well balanced amino acid composition. It is... |
| Use of extracts of the genus cimicifuga as organoselective medicines for treating diseases of the genitourinary tract caused by sex hormones | 20080300230 | 20081204 |
| The present invention relates to extracts from Cimicifuga species and particularly from Cimicifuga racemosa, which are suited for producing a ready-formulated drug for the selective treatment and/or prophylaxis of sexual hormone-related disorders of the uro-genital tract. The extracts in accordance with the invention are moreover suited for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of post-menopausal urinary bladder infections. They are furthermore indicated for the treatment of benign and malignant prostate hyperplasies.
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| Image forming apparatus and image forming method | 20080292336 | 20081127 |
| In an image forming apparatus of the present invention, a developing unit for magenta contains magenta-type toner for pseudo full-color image forming whose chromaticity point is shifted closer to yellow hue on a chromaticity diagram, in comparison with genuine-magenta toner for full-color image forming, and likewise, a developing unit for cyan contains cyan-type toner for the pseudo full-color image forming whose chromaticity point is shifted closer to yellow hue on the chromaticity diagram, in comparison with genuine-cyan toner for the full-color image forming.
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| Canine probiotic lactobacilli | 20080292604 | 20081127 |
| According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacilli obtainable by isolation from resected and washed canine gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Lactobacilli of the present invention are also provided.
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| Human bocavirus and methods of diagnosis and treatment | 20080292654 | 20081127 |
| Human parvovirus, genus Bocavirus, associated with respiratory tract infections in children. Nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences of the virus. Methods and products for diagnosing presence of bocavirus in a sample using nucleic acid probes or primers, or specific binding members such as antibodies. Methods and products for diagnosing past or present infection of bocavirus in an individual e.g. by serology testing. Viral nucleic acid, polypeptide and/or viral particles for generating immune response in an individual, including vaccine compositions.
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| Aromatization of a milk product using at least one bacterium producing a bacteriocin and belonging to the pediococcus genus | 20080292749 | 20081127 |
| The invention relates to the use of at least one bacteria producing a bacteriocin and belonging to the Pediococcus genus for aromatizing a milk product.
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| Aromatization of a milk product using at least one bacterium producing a bacteriocin and belonging to the pediococcus genus | 20080292750 | 20081127 |
| The invention relates to a method of preparing a food ingredient conferring angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibiting properties to the food product comprising the ingredient, which method comprises providing a preparation of one or more protein hydrolysates having angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibiting properties, optionally together with one or more other constituents; adding one or more microorganism species to the preparation thus provided; and fermenting the preparation. The ingredient thus obtained has ACE-inhibiting properties and is no longer bitter tasting. The de-bittering can also take place directly in the food product for which the ingredient is intended.
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| System and method for authenticating sports identification goods | 20080293052 | 20081127 |
| A method for authenticating and verifying garment to be genuine is described. The method for authenticating a garment comprises applying a particular nucleic acid material/marker associated with a particular sequence of nucleic acid bases to a dye or paint and applying the marker to the garment. The method also comprises collecting a sample from the garment and verifying the garment is genuine by detecting the particular nucleic acid material on or within the garment.
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| Biological production of zeaxanthin and carotenoid biosynthesis control | 20080293097 | 20081127 |
| The present invention relates to the isolation of carotenoids and in particular the xanthophyll zeaxanthin (zeaxanthin-β,β-Carotene-3,3′-diol) and optionally other carotenoids such as lycopene, β,β-carotene, 3′-hydroxyechinenone β-cryptoxanthin and the colourless carotenoids, phytoene and phytofluene from a marine bacterium belonging to the genus Algibacter which is capable of producing the aforementioned compounds. The present invention also provides a strain of Algibacter which is capable of producing significant levels of carotenoids, especially zeaxanthin at high purity, as well as methods of using the Algibacter strain and uses of the carotenoids produced.
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| Device and method for checking banknotes | 20080283451 | 20081120 |
| The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for checking bank notes wherein measuring values of the bank note to be checked are obtained and a classification of the bank note is carried out by evaluation of the measuring values in a plurality of checking steps, whereby the classification distinguishes in particular at least the classification categories, counterfeit, suspect and genuine bank notes, or acceptable or redispensable, and a linkage of a plurality of measuring values is formed at least in one checking step for deciding whether the checked bank note corresponds to a given classification category and this linkage term is compared with a corresponding tolerance range during evaluation.
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| Lactic acid bacteria | 20080286406 | 20081120 |
| Lactobacillus delbrueckii having antifungal activity is provided as novel lactic acid bacteria having antifungal activity. The Lactobacillus delbrueckii is Lactobacillus delbrueckii ANTI MUFFA (FERM P-19705). The Lactobacillus delbrueckii has antifungal activity against mold of genus Penicillium and is excellent in probiotic activity even when used solo.
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| Means and method of using cryptographic device to combat online institution identity theft | 20080288790 | 20081120 |
| Whereas smartcards and similar cryptographic devices may customarily be used to protect against personal identity theft, this invention stores Public Keys of an institution in cryptographic devices issued by the institution to its customers, in order to protect the institution's identity from being stolen. The invention improves the security of electronic business applications using Secure Sockets Layer, Secure E-mail, Object Signing and similar low level electronic business security functions by storing various Public Keys of the institution within the cryptographic device. The invention thereby helps to reduce the likelihood of “ghosting” an institution's web site (where an illegitimate web site seeks to mimic a genuine web site in order to defraud customers), and provides a means to overcome the problem of “phishing” (where illegitimate e-mails purporting... |
| Process for production of soybean puff | 20080280020 | 20081113 |
| A process for producing a soybean puff comprising the steps of heating under pressure a water-bearing raw material comprising a soybean-derived defatted material and a starchy material and then extruding and expanding the resulting product to give the soybean puff, which process is characterized by the followings: (a) defatted soybean milk is the essential component of the soybean-derived defatted material; (b) the soybean-derived defatted material and the starchy material are used at the fractional ratios of 5 to 80 wt % (dry basis) and 20 to 95 wt % (dry basis), respectively; (c) the water-bearing raw material has a water content of 15 to 40 wt %; and (d) the temperature for the extrusion falls within the range of 130 to 200° C. The puff has... |
| Method for detecting target plant genus | 20080280304 | 20081113 |
| The method for detecting species in a target plant genus, particularly an allergenic plant genus such as the genus Fagopyrum, can make it possible to detect with high sensitivity, for example, about 1 ppm of the plant(s) in cases where the plant(s) is contained in a food ingredient or food product.
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| Ascophyllum compositions and methods | 20080280994 | 20081113 |
| The invention provides extracts of brown seaweed of the genus Ascophyllum that have valuable pharmacological properties. In particular, compositions of the invention are useful for e.g.: inhibiting alpha-glucosidase activity; preventing or treating conditions mediated by alpha-glucosidase activity; reducing blood glucose levels; preventing or treating diabetes; modulating glucose uptake in adipocytes; preventing or treating obesity; scavenging free radicals; stimulating the immune system; activating macrophages; preventing or treating condition mediated by macrophage activation; and modulating nitric oxide production by macrophages. Methods for using the Ascophyllum extracts of the invention are provided, as are kits comprising Ascophyllum extracts of the invention and instructions for using the extracts.
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| Mite fusion proteins | 20080274059 | 20081106 |
| The present invention relates to fusion proteins comprising a Group I allergen and a Group II allergen from the genus Dermatophagoides, isolated nucleic acid coding for them and their use for the manufacture of a medicament to prevent or treat a mite allergic reaction.
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| Method, composition, and delivery mode for treatment of prostatitis and other urogenital infections using a probiotic rectal suppository | 20080274162 | 20081106 |
| This invention is a probiotic composition using the delivery mode of a rectal suppository for the treatment and relief of symptoms of urogenital infections including prostatitis. This invention is unique in both mode of delivery and in enabling the treatment of such urogenital infections as prostatitis. The present invention discloses compositions, methodologies, and delivery mode for the utilization of probiotic organisms in therapeutic compositions for treatment and relief from the symptoms of urogenital infections by maintaining and restoring normal flora in humans. The composition includes one or more bacteria selected from the genus Lactobacillus. More specifically, the invention relates to the utilization of one or more species or strains of Lactobacillus producing bacteria for the control of urinary tract bacteria and pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant urinary tract... |
| Multi-chart geometry images | 20070296719 | 20071227 |
| Techniques and tools for mesh processing are described. For example, a multi-chart geometry image represents arbitrary surfaces on object models. The multi-chart geometry image is created by resampling a surface onto a regular 2D grid, using a flexible atlas construction to map the surface piecewise onto charts of arbitrary shape. This added flexibility reduces parameterization distortion and thus provides greater geometric fidelity, particularly for shapes with long extremities, high genus, or disconnected components. As another example, zippering creates a watertight surface on reconstructed triangle meshes. The zippering unifies discrete paths of samples along chart boundaries to form the watertight mesh.
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| Image forming apparatus | 20070297815 | 20071227 |
| The image forming apparatus comprises a replaceable consumable, a determination unit for determining whether the consumable is non-genuine (S12), a first image-quality adjustment unit, and a second image-quality adjustment unit. When the determination unit determines that the consumable is non-genuine (YES in S12), the first image-quality adjustment unit performs an image-quality adjustment suitable for the non-genuine consumable (S13). When the determination unit determines that the consumable is genuine (No in S12), the second image-quality adjustment unit performs an image-quality adjustment suitable for the genuine consumable (S14).
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| Pentose-fermentative transformed zymobacter microorganisms | 20070298476 | 20071227 |
| This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from pentose, by introducing pentose metabolizing enzymes into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize pentose.
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| Cryptographic processing apparatus | 20070291937 | 20071220 |
| An apparatus and a method for performing a hyperelliptic curve cryptography process at a high speed in a highly secure manner are provided. A base point D is produced such that the base point D and one or more of precalculated data in addition to the base point used in a scalar multiplication operation based on a window algorithm are degenerate divisors with a weight smaller than genus g of a hyperelliptic curve. An addition operation included in the scalar multiplication operation based on the window algorithm is accomplished by performing an addition operation of adding a degenerate divisor and a non-degenerate divisor, whereby a high-speed operation is achieved without causing degradation in security against key analysis attacks such as SPA.
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| Method for detecting and/or identifying bacteria of the genus staphylococcus | 20070292846 | 20071220 |
| C. the presence of bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus is determined by detecting said amplicons.
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| Genes associated to sucrose content | 20070292874 | 20071220 |
| Modern sugarcane cultivars are complex hybrids resulting from crosses among several species of the Saccharum genus. Traditional breeding methods have been extensively employed in different countries along the past decades to develop varieties with increased sucrose yield, and resistant to plagues and diseases. Conventional varietal improvement is, however, limited by the narrow pool of suitable markers. In this sense, molecular genetics is seen as a promising tool to assist in the process of molecular marker identification. The present invention concerns the identification of 348 genes associated with sucrose content in sugarcane plants. The genes were found to be differentially expressed when high sucrose and low sucrose plants and populations of plants were compared and/or when high and low sucrose internodes were compared. The expression data was... |
| Composition for tobacco substitute | 20070283974 | 20071213 |
| Compositions and methods for making same are presented that act as substitutes for tobacco and tobacco products. Use is made of a genus of plants called pueraria, and more specifically the kudzu species, which is processed and packaged to taste and feel similar to natural tobacco. Various enhancers and flavors are added to appeal to various tastes.
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| Autonomous system state tolerance adjustment for autonomous management systems | 20070288791 | 20071213 |
| In general, the techniques of this invention are directed to determining whether a component failure in a distributed computing system is genuine. In particular, embodiments of this invention analyze monitoring data from other application nodes in a distributed computing system to determine whether the component failure is genuine. If the component failure is not genuine, the embodiments may adjust a fault tolerance parameter that caused the component failure to be perceived.
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| Check accepting and cash dispensing automated banking machine | 20070278287 | 20071206 |
| An automated banking machine that is activated responsive to data read from user cards which accepts checks and dispense cash to users. The automatic banking machine is operated to acquire image and magnetic data from deposited checks to determine the genuineness of checks and the authority of a user to receive cash for such checks. Cash may be dispensed to the user from the automatic banking machine in exchange for a deposited check. The automatic banking machine dispenses cash responsive to communications with a transaction host.
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| Live attenuated bacterial vaccine | 20070280968 | 20071206 |
| A live, attenuated bacterium of the genus Escherichia, Yersinia or Salmonella, that does not have a functional tRNA5leu, and vaccines comprising the live, attenuated bacterium.
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| Chemically reactive security ink, a method of use of such ink, and security documents incorporating such ink | 20070281139 | 20071206 |
| A document uses a chemically reactive security ink to facilitate security, making it more difficult to alter a genuine security document. The chemically reactive security ink masks a warning word or message on a security document. The hidden warning word or message is revealed when the document is subjected to chemical washing.
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| Monitoring a status of a database by placing a false identifier in the database | 20070282723 | 20071206 |
| Embodiments include a system, an apparatus, a device, and a method. An embodiment provides an apparatus that includes a manager module operable to plant a fake financial transaction card identifier in a customer database that includes at least one genuine financial transaction card identifier. The apparatus also includes a control module operable to maintain the fake financial transaction card identifier in a hidden state. The apparatus further includes a security assessment module operable to periodically monitor a usage state of the fake financial transaction card identifier.
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| Verification method of goods using ic tags and equipment using the method | 20070273512 | 20071129 |
| A goods genuineness/counterfeit discrimination method using a plurality of IC tags each having functions of storing genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information and transmitting the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information and a genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment for receiving the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information from the IC tags to use it for genuineness/counterfeit discrimination, the method including: reading, by means of the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment, information stored in one or more IC tags mounted on goods on which a first predetermined number of IC tags are mounted; and discriminating genuineness/counterfeit of the goods by determining, by means of the genuineness/counterfeit discrimination equipment, whether or not partial information is identical to each other among genuineness/counterfeit discrimination information read from IC tags equal to or more than a second predetermined number of IC tags mounted on... |
| Plant germination inhibitor and method of use thereof | 20070274956 | 20071129 |
| A novel plant germination inhibitor that without any hazardous effects on cultivated crop and without the danger of environmental pollution, can exert high efficacy with an extremely small dosage. There is provided a plant germination inhibitor comprising as an active ingredient a pigment produced in woody parts by fungi of the chlorosplenium aeruginosum genus or a pigment contained in cells of fungi of the chlorosplenium aeruginosum genus. Through the application of this plant germination inhibitor to a plant growth area during the germination period of the plant, the germination of the plant can be inhibited and the formation of rootstock tissue can be inhibited to thereby enable control of plant tissue formation.
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| Method and device for registering a handwritten personal signature and for recognizing the authenticity of the signature | 20070269083 | 20071122 |
| A method and device for registering a handwritten personal signature and for judging its authenticity by comparison with previously registered measured values and data derived therefrom. Signature data is acquired by registering a signature handwritten on a surface by a three-dimensional inertial sensing system having rate-of-rotation sensors and linear acceleration sensors. The data is subjected to a subsequent procedure of recognition or verification or comparison with other signatures. Hence not only tracking is performed with reference to the tip of a writing implement, but the dynamics of the signature are registered and evaluated by numerical calculation and adopted as the basis for the subsequent comparison, effectively ruling out the possibility of fraudulent duplication or tracing-over of a signature by an unauthorized third party. The dynamics i.e.... |
| Onboard controller system | 20070271022 | 20071122 |
| A system and method for safely slowing or stopping a vehicle by selectively replacing a genuine engine control signal with a spoofed engine control signal to slow or stop a vehicle in a gradual or stepped manor. The operator is allowed control of the vehicle (e.g. genuine engine control signal) if the speed is below a threshold speed and the operator is denied control of the vehicle (e.g. spoofed engine control signal) if the speed is above the threshold speed, thus forcing the vehicle to slow to the threshold speed. The threshold is gradually reduced over time, causing the operator to stop the vehicle.
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| Extract of a plant belonging to the genus plukenetia volubilis and its cosmetic use | 20070264221 | 20071115 |
| The invention relates to a preparation containing an extract of a plant of the family Euphorbiaceae genus Plukenetia and cosmetic and pharmaceutical preparations containing the extract. The extract contains proteins which when applied to the skin can provide an anti-inflammatory effect, a skin tightening effect, an antiaging effect and a substantivity effect. The preparations can also contain an oil of the plant. The preferred plant is Plukenetia volubilis. The extract, protein or mixture of proteins in the extract can be modified by hydrolysing, grafting or crosslinking.
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| Cysteine protease from ginger (zingiber) as a food improver and anti-inflammatory | 20070264311 | 20071115 |
| The present invention relates generally to plant extracts and/or components isolated therefrom which exhibit desirable properties in relation to therapy and/or food technology. More particularly, the present invention relates to extracts and components isolated thereof from the plant genus Zingiber and in particular from the rhizome of the species Zingiber officinale (also known as ginger) which comprise activities having broad applicability in the fields of research reagents, inter alia pharmaceutical and/or nutraceutical product development, manufacture of improved high-value food and feed products, production of alcohol from cereals and waste treatment.
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| Composition for suppressing cyclooxygenase and/or 5-lypoxygenase | 20070264361 | 20071115 |
| The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention or treatment of physiological and pathological disorders mediated by cyclooxygenase (COX) and/or 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) comprising Uncaria genus plant, in particular, Uncaria gambir, or its extract, and to a combined composition of said Uncaria genus plant extract and Scutellaria baicalensis extract and/or Camellia sinensis extract. The present composition shows excellent COX and/5-LO inhibition effects, and thus can be used for the prevention or treatment of disease and disorders mediated by various COX pathway and/or 5-LO pathway, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
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| Microorganism and method for leaching mineral sulphides | 20070264703 | 20071115 |
| The present invention relates to a method of bioleaching mineral sulphides at high temperatures and extremely low pH. In particular, the invention relates to a method which employs a microorganism of the genus Acidianus which is a thermophile and an extreme acidophile.
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| Metalloproteinase inhibotory agent | 20070258914 | 20071108 |
| The present invention relates to an active agent, in particular a metalloproteinase inhibitory agent of casein-derived peptides obtained by hydrolysis of casein by a food grade bacteria. The invention also relates to the manufacture of an active agent, in which a food grade bacteria of the genus Lactobacillus helveticus is contacted with casein in order to perform a hydrolysis and obtain casein-derived peptides exhibiting metalloproteinases inhibitory property. The present invention also includes isolated and purified inhibitory peptides obtained by hydrolysis of casein by the bacteria.
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| Seeds of the genus lecythis as nutritional selenium carrier | 20070259061 | 20071108 |
| extracting seeds of selenium containing plants with an apolar organic solvent yielding an extract wherein the selenium containing plants are selected from the group consisting of Lecythis ollaria Loeffling, Lecythis minor Jacquin, Lecythis usitata Miers, and Lecythis tuyrana Pittier, collecting the extract and substantially removing the apolar organic solvent yielding an oily phase having an insoluble residue, isolating the oily phase and the insoluble residue. Subject to the invention are further a method of cold pressing selenium containing plant seeds, selenium containing compositions and nutritional supplements.
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| Method of decomposing polyhydroxyalkanoate resin | 20070259413 | 20071108 |
| A novel microorganism that directly and biologically degrades a polyhydroxyalkanoate resin and plastic containing the resin and a method therefor are provided. A method for degrading the polyhydroxyalkanoate resin, which comprises degrading the resin using a thermophile belonging to the genus Streptomyces, is provided.
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| Dihydroxyphenyl isoindolylmethanones | 20070259886 | 20071108 |
| are disclosed as inhibits or modulators of the activity of the heat shock protein Hsp90. As such they are useful for treating cancer, particularly hematopoietic tumors of lymphoid or myeloid lineage, prostate cancer, lung cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, breast cancer and melanoma.
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| Novel strains belonging to the genus paenibacillus and method of controlling plant disease by using these strains or culture thereof | 20070248583 | 20071025 |
| Novel strains Paenibacillus sp. BS-0048, Paenibacillus sp. BS-0074, Paenibacillus polymyxa BS-0105 and Paenibacillus sp. BS-0277 and Fusaricidin A, Fusaricidin B and novel compounds 3 and 4 produced thereby have an activity of inducing resistance to plant diseases. Thus, they can protect plants from infections with fungi, bacteria, viruses and so on and, as a result, effectively control plant diseases.
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| Blind slat | 20070240835 | 20071018 |
| A blind slat includes a thin and elongated slat body covering by a skin layer made from genuine leather, manmade leather or fabrics by stitching or bonding. The skin layer is printed with selected patterns and colors. Thus the blind slat has a versatile colored and patterned surface. The skin layer may be replaced and the patterns and colors may be changed. Practicality is enhanced.
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| Method of accessing data on a copy protected data carrying disc | 20070242581 | 20071018 |
| The method and apparatus described utilise the fact that CDs manufactured from the same master will have distinctive physical characteristics attributable to the physical manufacturing process of the master to distinguish counterfeit CDs from genuine discs. For a genuine disc, the relative angular orientation of specified sections of the recorded data are determined and recorded. The relative angular orientation of the same sections of data on a test disc are also determined. Where the relative angular orientations are the same it is concluded that the test disc derives from the same source as the genuine disc and is therefore bona fide. Where there is no correlation, the test disc may be identified as counterfeit. The relative angular orientations, or other physical characteristics of the discs, may... |
| True/false determining apparatus, image forming apparatus, true/false determining method, and image forming method | 20070242857 | 20071018 |
| A true/false determining apparatus that can determine the genuineness of a material with high accuracy. Coherent light is radiated onto a surface of an object. Reflected light of the coherent light reflected by the object detecting unit is detected. A part to be used as a pattern sample from intensity distribution of the reflected light detected by the detecting unit is selected. Pattern data is generated from the intensity distribution of the reflected light in selected the part. The generated pattern data is matched against reference pattern data.
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| Process for producing protein a-like protein with use of brevibacillus genus bacterium | 20070243582 | 20071018 |
| The present invention relates to an efficient and economical process for producing a protein A-like protein. Hosts such as Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis have been used in the production of a protein A-like protein using a genetic recombination technique and however, their low productivity has been a big cause of high cost. Thus, it has been desired strongly to immediately establish a technique enabling the inexpensive, large-scale production of a protein A-like protein using recombinant DNA techniques other than Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. The present invention provides a process for producing a protein A-like protein in large amounts, for example, a process comprising allowing a recombinant Brevibacillus genus bacterium to express and secrete the protein in large amounts into a culture solution and separating... |
| Oxidoreductase from pichia capsulata | 20070243594 | 20071018 |
| The invention relates to a NADH-dependent oxidoreductase obtained from yeasts, for example, of the genus Pichia, more particularly from Pichia capsulata. The oxidoreductace used in an enzymatic process for enantioselective reduction of organic ketocompounds to the corresponding (S)-hydroxy compounds and in an enzymnatic process for anantioselective preparation of (S)-hydroxy compounds in a two phase system using the isolated, recombinantly overexpressed oxidoreductacse from Pichia capsulata.
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| Method and apparatus for sequential authentication using one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge | 20060294390 | 20061228 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for sequential authentication of a user that employ one or more error rates characterizing each security challenge. According to one aspect of the invention, a user is challenged with at least one knowledge challenge to obtain an intermediate authentication result; and the user challenges continue until a cumulative authentication result satisfies one or more criteria. The intermediate authentication result is based, for example, on one or more of false accept and false reject error probabilities for each knowledge challenge. A false accept error probability describes a probability of a different user answering the knowledge challenge correctly. A false reject error probability describes a probability of a genuine user not answering the knowledge challenge correctly. The false accept and false reject error... |
| Card receiving device | 20060283946 | 20061221 |
| The invention relates to a card receiving device (1) provided with the flat design comprising at least one locking element (30r, 301). The invention also relates to a method for receiving a card (2). Particular difficulties arise due to the small installation space, legal rules, the inexactnesses of the cards to be used, the environment that is often dirty, and to the ingenuity of manipulation attempts. The aim of the invention is to fulfill the legal requirements and to ensure a good functioning under adverse operating conditions. To this end, the invention provides that the locking element (30r, 301) has at least one contact surface (39r, 391) that touches the card (2) and presses it, at least occasionally, in the direction of insertion (9). The invention... |
| Processing of teff flour | 20060286240 | 20061221 |
| The invention relates to flour of Eragrostis tef and to products comprising this flour. The invention provides flour of a grain belonging to the genus Eragrostis, preferably Eragrostis tef, characterized in that the falling number of the grain at the moment of grinding is at least 250, preferably at least 300, more preferably at least 340, most preferably at least 380. The invention further provides a food product or luxury food product comprising a flour according to the invention.
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| Method for producing l-amino acid using bacterium of enterobacteriaceae family having expression of yafa gene attenuated | 20060286643 | 20061221 |
| The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the yafA gene.
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| Substances k01-0509 and process for producing the same | 20060287252 | 20061221 |
| A microorganism belonging to the genus Streptomyces and being capable of producing substance K01-0509-A1 and/or substance K01-0509-A2 is cultured in a medium. Then, the substance K01-0509-A1 and/or the substance K01-0509-A2 having been thus accumulated in the liquid culture medium are collected from the medium. It is expected that the obtained substances are efficacious as drugs which are selectively effective on pathogenic gram-negative bacteria having the type III secretion system.
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| Inspection device | 20060279817 | 20061214 |
| An inspection device in accordance with the present invention is configured so that a light source used for irradiating light, and a reflection-type prism that irradiates the light from the light source to a hologram provided on an inspection target that is placed downward and that diffracts light rays in different directions that are reflected from the hologram upward in the same or substantially the same direction are housed in a case. With such an arrangement, it becomes possible to provide an inspection device that can positively conduct an inspection process for identifying the genuineness of an inspection target having a hologram quickly, and is also advantageous in costs.
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| Multi-parameter biometric authentication | 20060282671 | 20061214 |
| Authenticating an identity of a user claiming to be a genuine-user includes receiving from the user biometric data pertaining to a plurality of biometric parameters. The received biometric data are compared with corresponding authentic biometric data which have previously been obtained from the genuine-user. The user's identity is authenticated if the received biometric data meet qualification criteria when compared with the corresponding authentic biometric data.
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| Method of and apparatus for nuclear quadrupole resonance testing a sample | 20060273786 | 20061207 |
| A method of nuclear quadrupole resonance testing a sample is disclosed in which the excitation applied to the sample is arranged so that phase and amplitude information may be obtained from the response signal, and in which the signal is resolved into two components. Particularly if a parameter such as radio-frequency field strength varies with position, this may give an indication of the distribution of nuclei in the sample, preferably from the phase of the response signal. Positional information can also be obtained by measuring from two or more reference points. This may be employed in imaging. The phase information may be employed to improve the signal to noise ratio obtainable in other methods where only amplitude information was previously available, for example in distinguishing genuine... |
| Process for the preparation of ferutinine from ferula genus plants | 20060275246 | 20061207 |
| The invention relates to a process for the preparation of ferutinine (Ia) from Ferula spp extracts comprising basic hydrolysis of the extracts and treatment with p-pivaloyloxybenzoic acid. The invention relates also to the use of the extracts and ferutinine in the cosmetic and dermatological field.
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| Random-type identifying material, 3-d identifying system and method using the same | 20060268259 | 20061130 |
| The present invention relates to a random type recognition object for an identification apparatus wherein identification particles are distributed irregularly within a 3D shape and a positional value and a characteristic value of the identification particles distributed within the 3D shape in one or plural directions are recognized by separate recognition means, and an identification apparatus and method using a random type recognition object whose reproduction is impossible. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a product authentication system and method in which a purchaser transmits data extracted from a recognition object distributed together with a product using a recognition apparatus to an authentication system in order to determine whether purchased product is genuine, the authentication system transmits information on a product coincident with the received data... |
| Feline probiotic bifidobacteria | 20060269534 | 20061130 |
| According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Bifidobacteria obtainable by isolation from resected and washed feline gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria of the present invention are also provided.
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| Isolation of a dual cox-2 and 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor from acacia | 20060269627 | 20061130 |
| The present invention provides a novel method for simultaneously inhibiting the cyclooxygenase COX-2 and 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) enzymes. The method for the simultaneous dual inhibition of COX-2 and 5-LO is comprised of administering a composition containing an individual and/or a mixture of multiple flavans isolated from a single plant or multiple plants in the Acacia genus of plants to a host in need thereof. The present also includes novel methods for the prevention and treatment of COX-2 and 5-LO mediated diseases and conditions. The method for preventing and treating COX-2 and 5-LO mediated diseases and conditions is comprised of administering to a host in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising an individual and/or a mixture of multiple flavans isolated from a single plant or... |
| Remedies for allergic diseases and process for producing the same | 20060269632 | 20061130 |
| Remedies for allergic diseases obtained by mixing shoots of plants belonging to the family Pinaceae with water and saccharides followed by spontaneous fermentation. As the plants belonging to the family Pinaceae, it is preferable to use plants belonging to the genus Pinus. These remedies, which enable complete recovery in a short administration time without showing any side effects, are useful as remedies for allergic diseases, in particular, asthma and atopic dermatitis. Also, a yeast isolated from these remedies for allergic diseases is provided.
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| Method for identifying listeria monocytogenes and culture medium | 20060269984 | 20061130 |
| A substrate which can be used for the direct identification of pathogenic bacteria belonging to the genus Listeria by detecting an esterase activity other than Phosphatidyl Inositol-specific Phospholipase C (PI-PLC), an esterase which is specific to the species Listeria monocytogenes. The use of two substrates, one as described above and the other specific for all or some members of the genus Listeria, and a reaction medium containing such a substrate or such a combination of substrates are disclosed. An identification method which exploits such culture media is also disclosed. The invention is particularly applicable in the field of diagnosis.
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| Method for producing lactic acid bacterium culture containing bacteriocin and a method for preserving food products for by using it | 20060270019 | 20061130 |
| The present invention provides a lactic acid bacterium culture containing protease-resistant bacteriocin, which can be produced by cultivating lactic acid bacteria (e.g., from the genus Weissella). As such, the shelf stability of a food can be improved by incorporating the culture of the present invention therein.
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| Feline probiotic lactobacilli | 20060270020 | 20061130 |
| According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the genus Lactobacilli obtainable by isolation from resected and washed feline gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Lactobacilli of the present invention are also provided.
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| Source throttling using cpu stamping | 20060271708 | 20061130 |
| A method and system for managing one or more web requests provided to a web application from a client computer. An application is responsive to a web request to generate verification data. The application sends a reply to the client to calculate a stamp as a function of the generated verification data. The application is responsive to an additional request from the client including the calculated stamp to determine if it corresponds to the generated verification data. If the calculated stamp corresponds to the generated verification data, the additional web request is submitted to the web application for processing. A Web server subject to a DOS attack will be able to distinguish between genuine users(who generate stamps) and malicious users(who will not generate stamps) and over... |
| Species-specific, genus-specific and universal dna probes and amplification primers to rapidly detect and identify common bacterial and fungal pathogens and associated antibiotic resistance genes from clinical specimens for diagnosis in microbiology labor | 20060263810 | 20061123 |
| DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample DNA from (i) any bacterium, (ii) the species Streptococcus agalactiae, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Enterococcus faecium, Neisseria meningitidis, Listeria monocytogenes and Candida albicans, and (iii) any species of the genera Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, Enterococcus, Neisseria and Candida are disclosed. DNA-based methods employing amplification primers or probes for detecting, identifying, and quantifying in a test sample antibiotic resistance genes selected from the group consisting of blatem, blarob, blashv, blaoxa, blaZ, aadB, aacC1, aacC2, aacC3, aacA4, aac6′-IIa, ermA, ermB, ermC, mecA, vanA, vanB, vanC, satA, aac(6′)-aph(2″), aad(6), vat, vga, msrA, sul and int are also disclosed. The above microbial species, genera and resistance genes are all clinically relevant and commonly encountered in a variety of... |
| Rhodococcus - e. coli shuttle vector | 20060263868 | 20061123 |
| A novel Rhodococcus-E. coli shuttle vector comprising an origin of replication of a novel plasmid derived from Rhodococcus erythropolis IAM1484 and an origin of replication derived from E. coli, is disclosed. This shuttle vector replicates bidirectionally in E. coli and Rhodococcus. Also disclosed is a recombinant vector in which a target gene is operably linked to the shuttle vector, and microorganisms transformed with the recombinant vector. The shuttle vector is relatively small in size, can replicate in a variety of species of the genus Rhodococcus and has high replication stability in a host cell. Therefore, this shuttle vector is useful for cloning a variety of genes.
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| Compounds, compositions and methods for inhibiting or treating hiv-1 | 20060264475 | 20061123 |
| There is disclosed a structural genus of compounds, defined according to coordinates in three-dimensional space, that bind amino moieties on neighboring residues in a tyrosine residue 29 pocket of the matrix protein component of the HIV-1 preintegration complex (PIC), thereby preventing the PIC from binding to karyopherin α and preventing nuclear importation and integration of the HIV-1 viral genome into the host cell DNA, thereby preventing viral infection. The compounds may be utilized alone or in combinations with known inhibitors for preventing or inhibiting HIV-1 infection.
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| Identifying products | 20060255132 | 20061116 |
| There is disclosed a method of identifying a product involving generating a code unique to the product, said code being provided by a multitude of individual identifiers, applying the multitude of the identifiers of the code to the packaging of the product as a pattern to identify the product. The method also involves applying a sub-set of two or more of the multitude of the identifiers of said code to the product, said sub-set of the multitude of the identifiers of the code being applied so they will be presented in the same pattern order as they appear in the pattern order of the multitude of the identifiers of the code applied to the packaging. The product can be identified with a reasonable likelihood of being... |
| Manufacture of plastic containers having internal identifying indicia molded on a container wall | 20060255235 | 20061116 |
| A method of making a container preform includes providing a mold core having at least one surface recess in the form of negative-mold indicia, and molding a preform around the core such that the preform has internal raised indicia formed by the at least one recess in the core. The preform preferably subsequently is blow-molded to form a container having the raised indicia on an inside surface of the container. This raised indicia on the inside surface of the container may be viewed from outside of the container to confirm that the container is genuine. In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosure, the raised internal indicia may be on the bottom wall, sidewall, shoulder and/or neck of the container.
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| Method for seamless bit rate adaptation for multicarrier dsl | 20060256846 | 20061116 |
| A method of mitigating transmission delay fluctuations in a communication system having a variable data rate and block-oriented subsystems, such as interleavers. The method comprises interspersing dummy data with genuine data to form a combined data stream for the subsystems. When the data rate decreases, the rate at which dummy data is supplied increases to stabilize the delay. In one embodiment, the dummy data is discarded prior to transmission and may be reintroduced as needed on the receiving end. In another embodiment, the dummy data is transmitted and only discarded after processing at the receiving end. For this later embodiment in a multi-tone system, the dummy data can be sorted onto separate sub-carriers for transmission and the power levels for those carriers can be dropped to... |
| Yeast compositions and starter cultures | 20060257529 | 20061116 |
| The present invention aims at solving the problem of how to provide a starter culture, including a mixed starter culture, capable of fermenting e.g. grape juice without losing the desirable characteristics of less competitive non-Saccharomyces yeast species early on in the fermentation process. In order to solve this problem there is provided in one aspect of the invention a composition comprising at least one first yeast organism selected from the family of Saccharomycetaceae excluding the genus of Saccharomyces. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a composition comprising at least one first yeast organism selected from the family of Saccharomycetaceae excluding the genus of Saccharomyces and at least one second yeast organism selected from the family of Saccharomycetaceae excluding the genus of Saccharomyces. In... |
| Molecules comprising linked organic moieties as flavor modifiers for comestible compositions | 20060257543 | 20061116 |
| The inventions disclosed herein relate to genuses of non-naturally occurring small molecule compounds which comprise two or optionally three organic moieties of limited size “linked” by certain structurally related “linker” functional groups. Suitable linker groups include ester, amine, ether, keto, imino, thioamide, thioether, sulfonamide, sulfonate ester, sulfone, guanidine, and thiourea groups. The compounds are capable, when contacted with comestible food or drinks or pharmaceutical compositions, at concentrations preferably on the order of about 100 ppm or lower, of serving as savory (“umami”) or sweet taste modifiers, savory or sweet flavoring agents and savory or sweet flavor enhancers, for use in foods, beverages, and other comestible or orally administered medicinal products or compositions, optionally in the presence of or in mixtures with conventional flavoring agents such as... |
| Methods for determining contamination of fluid compositions | 20060257969 | 20061116 |
| Methods and systems for determining the contamination of a fluid composition are provided. The methods include both viability and species or genus determinations and are particularly well suited for use with metalworking fluid compositions. Methods of performing quality control services utilizing such methods, as well as kits that contain components utilized in such methods, are also provided.
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| Chlorohydrin and hydroxycarboxylic ester asymmetric hydrolase gene | 20060257988 | 20061116 |
| The present invention is to provide a gene having asymmetric hydrolase activity which is useful for synthesis of an optically active carboxylic acid, its antipode ester, and lactone, and a hydroxycarboxylic ester asymmetric hydrolase enzyme (EnHCH) derived from Enterobacter sp. DS-S-75 strain (FERM BP-5494) which is bacteria belonging to the genus Enterobacter, a EnHCH gene shown by base sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 1, a gene encoding a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 2, and E. coli DH5α (pKK-EnHCH) deposited to International Patent Organism Depositary, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology as a deposition No. FERM BP-08466.
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| High resolution analysis of genetic variation within cryptosporidium parvum | 20060258855 | 20061116 |
| An oligonucleotide selected from at least one of the DNA sequences designated SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, and/or SEQ ID NO: 6, or annealing equivalents thereof is described. Also disclosed is a method for the genotypic and subgenotypic identification of the genus Cryptosporidium in a sample.
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| Method for obtaining recombinant plants of the cichorium genus and plants thus obtained | 20060260001 | 20061116 |
| The present invention relates to a method for obtaining recombinant plants of the Cichorium type, adapted to forcing culture and having a phenotype determined through the expression of a combination of phenotype characters derived from Cichdrium intybus L and of Cichorium endivia L, respectively.
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| Composition and method for treating autoimmune disease and mucosal disorder | 20060251739 | 20061109 |
| The present invention provides the composition and the method for treating autoimmune diseases and a mucosal disorder via oral-tolerance induction and innate immunity promotion. The composition for treating the autoimmune disease and mucosal disorder includes the polysaccharide prepared from a plant, wherein the plant belongs to Genus Dendrobium.
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