Abrégé

An amorphous thin metal film can comprise a combination of three metals or metalloids including: 5 at% to 90 at% of a metalloid selected from the group of carbon, silicon, and boron; 5 at% to 90 at% of a first metal selected from the group of titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, osmium, iridium, and platinum; and 1 at% to 90 at% of cerium. The three elements may account for at least 50 at% of the amorphous thin metal film.

Classes IPC  ?

• C23C 30/00 - Revêtement avec des matériaux métalliques, caractérisé uniquement par la composition du matériau métallique, c.-à-d. non caractérisé par le procédé de revêtement
• C22C 45/00 - Alliages amorphes
• C23C 4/04 - Revêtement par pulvérisation du matériau de revêtement à l'état fondu, p. ex. par pulvérisation à l'aide d'une flamme, d'un plasma ou d'une décharge électrique caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
• C23C 14/06 - Revêtement par évaporation sous vide, pulvérisation cathodique ou implantation d'ions du matériau composant le revêtement caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
• B41J 2/335 - Structure des têtes thermiques

Abrégé

An amorphous thin metal film can include a combination of metals or metalloids including: 5 at% to 74 at% of a metalloid selected from the group of carbon, silicon, and boron; 5 at% to 74 at% of a first metal; 5 at% to 74 at% of a second metal; and 5 at% to 70 at% of a dopant. The first and second metals can be independently selected from the group of titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, hafnium, tantalum, tungsten, osmium, iridium, or platinum, wherein the first metal and the second metal can be different metals. The dopant can be selected from the group of oxygen, nitrogen, or combinations thereof. The metalloid, first metal, second metal, and dopant can account for at least 70 at% of the amorphous thin metal film.

Classes IPC  ?

• C23C 30/00 - Revêtement avec des matériaux métalliques, caractérisé uniquement par la composition du matériau métallique, c.-à-d. non caractérisé par le procédé de revêtement
• C22C 45/00 - Alliages amorphes
• C23C 4/04 - Revêtement par pulvérisation du matériau de revêtement à l'état fondu, p. ex. par pulvérisation à l'aide d'une flamme, d'un plasma ou d'une décharge électrique caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
• C23C 14/06 - Revêtement par évaporation sous vide, pulvérisation cathodique ou implantation d'ions du matériau composant le revêtement caractérisé par le matériau de revêtement
• B41J 2/335 - Structure des têtes thermiques

Abrégé

An amorphous thin film stack can include a first layer including a combination metals or metalloids including: 5 at% to 90 at% of a metalloid; 5 at% to 90 at% of a first metal and a second metal independently selected from titanium, vanadium, chromium, iron, cobalt, nickel, niobium, molybdenum, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, tantalum, tungsten, osmium, iridium, or platinum. The three elements may account for at least 70 at% of the amorphous thin film stack. The stack can further include a second layer formed on a surface of the first layer. The second layer can be an oxide layer, a nitride layer, or a combination thereof. The second layer can have an average thickness of 10 angstroms to 200 microns and a thickness variance no greater than 15% of the average thickness of the second layer.

Classes IPC  ?

• B32B 15/04 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement de métal comprenant un métal comme seul composant ou comme composant principal d'une couche adjacente à une autre couche d'une substance spécifique

Abrégé

The present disclosure is drawn to an oxygen conducting bismuth perovskite material, a method of conducting oxygen through the material, and a method of making the material. The oxygen conducting bismuth perovskite material can include two components selected from the group consisting of NBT, KBT, BZT, BMT, and BNiT. The material can also have a sufficient degree of non-stoichiometry to provide oxygen vacancies to conduct oxide ions.

Classes IPC  ?

• C04B 35/453 - Produits céramiques mis en forme, caractérisés par leur compositionCompositions céramiquesTraitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques à base d'oxydes à base d'oxydes de zinc, d'étain ou de bismuth ou de leurs solutions solides avec d'autres oxydes, p. ex. zincates, stannates ou bismuthates
• C04B 35/01 - Produits céramiques mis en forme, caractérisés par leur compositionCompositions céramiquesTraitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques à base d'oxydes

Abrégé

An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01J 49/40 - Spectromètres à temps de vol
• H01J 49/14 - Sources d'ionsCanons à ions utilisant un bombardement de particules, p. ex. chambres d'ionisation
• H01J 49/08 - Sources d'électrons, p. ex. pour produire des photo-électrons, des électrons secondaires ou des électrons d'Auger
• H01J 49/26 - Spectromètres de masse ou tubes séparateurs de masse

Abrégé

Systems and methods for synthesizing high-quality nanocrystals via segmented, continuous flow microwave-assisted reactor were developed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 19/12 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage utilisant des radiations électromagnétiques
• C07F 15/04 - Composés du nickel
• C01G 19/00 - Composés de l'étain
• C01G 15/00 - Composés du gallium, de l'indium ou du thallium
• C01B 19/00 - SéléniumTellureLeurs composés
• C01B 19/04 - Composés binaires
• C01G 9/08 - Sulfures

Abrégé

The present disclosure is drawn to a piezoelectric thin film stack and method of preparing the same. The piezoelectric thin film stack can comprise a substrate with an oxide application surface, a metal oxide adhesive blend layer applied to the oxide application surface, and a piezoelectric film applied directly to the metal oxide adhesive blend layer.

Classes IPC  ?

• B41J 2/045 - Machines à écrire ou mécanismes d'impression sélective caractérisés par le procédé d'impression ou de marquage pour lequel ils sont conçus caractérisés par la mise en contact sélective d'un liquide ou de particules avec un matériau d'impression à jet d'encre caractérisés par le procédé de formation du jet en produisant à la demande des gouttelettes ou des particules séparées les unes des autres par pression, p. ex. à l'aide de transducteurs électromécaniques
• B41J 2/145 - Leur agencement

Abrégé

An amorphous metal thin-film non-linear resistor (AMNR) is provided. The AMNR is an electronic device possessing symmetric non-linear current-voltage (I-V) characteristics, an exemplary configuration of which may comprise three sequentially deposited layers which include a lower amorphous metal thin-film (AMTF) interconnect, a thin-film insulator located on top of the AMTF interconnect, and two upper conductive contacts located on top of the insulator and disposed in the same physical plane.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01C 1/142 - Bornes ou points de prise spécialement adaptés aux résistancesDispositions de bornes ou points de prise sur les résistances les bornes ou points de prise étant constitués par un revêtement appliqué sur l'élément résistif
• H01C 1/14 - Bornes ou points de prise spécialement adaptés aux résistancesDispositions de bornes ou points de prise sur les résistances
• H01C 7/00 - Résistances fixes constituées par une ou plusieurs couches ou revêtementsRésistances fixes constituées de matériaux conducteurs en poudre ou de matériaux semi-conducteurs en poudre avec ou sans matériaux isolants
• H01C 17/12 - Appareils ou procédés spécialement adaptés à la fabrication de résistances adaptés pour déposer en couche le matériau résistif sur un élément de base par des techniques de film mince par pulvérisation
• H01L 49/02 - Dispositifs à film mince ou à film épais

Abrégé

Novel compounds having a formula M 1 dM2 eM 3 1Chg where M 1 is a transition metal, a group III, group IV, or group V element, M2 is a group 13, group 14, or group 15 element, and M3 and Ch independently are group 15 or group 16 elements, and a method for making the same are disclosed. The compounds may have a tetrahedrite crystal structure. Also disclosed are novel compounds having a formula A13MCh4 where A1, is a transition metal, M is a transition metal, a group 14 element, a group 15 element or a combination thereof, and Cha is a group 16 element. Also disclosed are methods of making and using the compounds. The compounds may form part of a device. Some devices may comprise both a tetrahedrite and a A13MCh34 compound. Some devices may have an electrical output, for example a photovoltaic device, such as a thin film solar cell.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 31/0248 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails caractérisés par leurs corps semi-conducteurs
• H01L 31/0264 - Matériaux inorganiques
• H01L 31/04 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails adaptés comme dispositifs de conversion photovoltaïque [PV]

Abrégé

The present application relates to apparatus and methods of reducing the cost of microchannel array production and operation. In a representative embodiment, a microchannel array can comprise a first lamina having one or more flanges and a plurality of elongated bosses. The one or more flanges can extend along a perimeter of the first lamina, the plurality of elongated bosses can at least partially define a plurality of first flow paths, and the first lamina can define at least one opening. The microchannel array can also comprise a second lamina having a plurality of second flow paths, and can define at least one opening. The second lamina can be disposed above the first lamina such that the second lamina encloses the first flow paths of the first lamina and the at least one opening of the first lamina is coaxial with the at least one opening of the second lamina.

Classes IPC  ?

• B81B 1/00 - Dispositifs sans éléments mobiles ou flexibles, p. ex. dispositifs capillaires microscopiques
• F28D 9/02 - Appareils échangeurs de chaleur comportant des ensembles de canalisations fixes en forme de plaques ou de laminés pour les deux sources de potentiel calorifique, ces sources étant en contact chacune avec un côté de la paroi d'une canalisation les sources de potentiel calorifique se déplaçant l'une par rapport à l'autre suivant un angle
• F28F 3/12 - Éléments construits sous forme d'un panneau creux, p. ex. comportant des canaux

Abrégé

This application concerns systems and methods for compressing natural gas with an internal combustion engine. In a representative embodiment, a system for compressing a gas comprises a reciprocating internal combustion engine including at least one piston-cylinder assembly comprising a piston configured to travel in a cylinder and to compress gas in the cylinder in multiple compression stages. The system can further comprise a first pressure tank in fluid communication with the piston-cylinder assembly to receive compressed gas from the piston-cylinder assembly until the first pressure tank reaches a predetermined pressure, and a second pressure tank in fluid communication with the piston-cylinder assembly and the first pressure tank. The second pressure tank can be configured to receive compressed gas from the piston-cylinder assembly until the second pressure tank reaches a predetermined pressure. When the first and second pressure tanks have reached the predetermined pressures, the first pressure tank can be configured to supply gas to the piston-cylinder assembly, and the piston can be configured to compress the gas supplied by the first pressure tank such that the compressed gas flows into the second pressure tank.

Classes IPC  ?

• F02B 43/00 - Moteurs caractérisés par leur fonctionnement avec des combustibles gazeuxEnsembles fonctionnels comportant de tels moteurs
• F02M 21/02 - Appareils pour alimenter les moteurs en combustibles non liquides, p. ex. en combustibles gazeux stockés sous forme liquide en combustibles gazeux
• F02D 13/06 - Mise hors circuit des cylindres
• F02D 19/02 - Commande des moteurs caractérisés par l'emploi de combustible non liquide, de combustibles multiples ou de substances non combustibles ajoutées au mélange carburant particulière aux moteurs fonctionnant avec des combustibles gazeux
• F02B 3/06 - Moteurs caractérisés par la compression d'air et l'addition subséquente de combustible avec allumage par compression
• F02B 1/04 - Moteurs caractérisés par la compression d'un mélange air-combustible avec allumage commandé avec admission dans le cylindre d'un mélange air-combustible
• F02M 25/00 - Appareils spécifiques conjugués aux moteurs pour ajouter des substances non combustibles ou de petites quantités de combustible secondaire, à l’air comburant, au combustible principal ou au mélange air-combustible
• F02B 43/10 - Moteurs ou ensembles fonctionnels caractérisés par l'utilisation d'autres gaz spécifiques, p. ex. l'acétylène, le gaz oxhydrique
• F02D 19/08 - Commande des moteurs caractérisés par l'emploi de combustible non liquide, de combustibles multiples ou de substances non combustibles ajoutées au mélange carburant particulière aux moteurs fonctionnant avec des combustibles multiples, p. ex. alternativement du fuel léger et du fuel lourd, et autres que les moteurs indifférents au combustible utilisé utilisant simultanément des combustibles multiples

Abrégé

Acoustically assisted magnetic recording can be used in a hard disk drive or a solid state medium. In the described embodiments, otherwise unwriteable high-coercivity media are made amenable to recording by lowering their coercivity via strain induced by acoustic waves. The use of acoustic waves temporarily and locally reduces the magnetic field required to record information on a magnetic recording medium. The process makes use of the magnetostrictive property of a magnetic material by which the magnetic anisotropy of the material is changed by strain. The result of such a change is a reduction in the coercive field, i.e., the magnetic field required to reverse the magnetization direction. Because acoustic waves cause strain, the passage of an acoustic wave through a magnetic material can be used to reduce its coercive field.

Classes IPC  ?

• G11B 5/027 - Enregistrement analogique
• G11B 5/012 - Enregistrement, reproduction ou effacement sur des disques magnétiques

Abrégé

A composition comprising a diatom frustule and a metal coating, and a method for making the same, are disclosed herein. The metal coating may comprise a metal film or metal nanoparticles, which may be attached to the surface via a linker. The composition has a surface coverage ratio of from about 1% to about 100%. The composition may also comprise an antibody. Also disclosed is a method for using the composition comprising contacting the composition with a target molecule, exposing the composition to light, and measuring the resulting Raman scattering.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01M 2/16 - Séparateurs; Membranes; Diaphragmes; Eléments d'espacement caractérisés par le matériau
• H01B 1/02 - Conducteurs ou corps conducteurs caractérisés par les matériaux conducteurs utilisésEmploi de matériaux spécifiés comme conducteurs composés principalement de métaux ou d'alliages

Abrégé

Compositions for making amorphous semiconductors are disclosed. Cations for the amorphous semiconductors are selected based on particular criteria, such as to form spherically symmetric 4s-, 5s- or 6s-derived conduction bands and/or to preclude, or at least substantially preclude, crystallization and facilitate formation of an amorphous microstructure. For certain disclosed embodiments the cations (C) typically are selected from C = Zn+2, Ga+3, As+3, As+5, In+3, Sn+2, Sn+4, Sb+3, Sb+5, Bi+3, and Bi+5, and the anions typically are selected from A = P-3, As-3, Sb -3, S -2, Se -2, Te -2, and Βi-3. Additives (W), such as glass formers, dopants, or spectators, also can be incorporated into disclosed amorphous semiconductors. Suitable additives typically are selected from W = Mg+2, Ca+2, Sr+2, Ba+2, B+3, Al+3, Sc+3, Y+3, La+3, Ce+3, Ce+4, O-2, and F-1. Amorphous semiconductors can be used to make a various electronic devices, or components thereof, such as thin-film transistors and photovoltaic devices.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 21/20 - Dépôt de matériaux semi-conducteurs sur un substrat, p. ex. croissance épitaxiale
• H01L 29/786 - Transistors à couche mince

Abrégé

21 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 384.095 and ‘Delta’, and from one parent at an additional 6 marker loci.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01H 5/00 - Angiospermes, c.-à-d. plantes à fleurs, caractérisées par leurs parties végétalesAngiospermes caractérisées autrement que par leur taxonomie botanique

Abrégé

An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 29/72 - Dispositifs du type transistor, c.à d. susceptibles de répondre en continu aux signaux de commande appliqués
• H01L 29/861 - Diodes
• H01L 29/73 - Transistors bipolaires à jonction
• H01L 29/66 - Types de dispositifs semi-conducteurs
• H01L 29/732 - Transistors verticaux

Abrégé

12 in the styles, and DNA fingerprints at 14 of 24 microsatellite marker loci differ from both parents OSU 309.074 and ‘Delta’, and from one parent at an additional 9 marker loci.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01H 5/00 - Angiospermes, c.-à-d. plantes à fleurs, caractérisées par leurs parties végétalesAngiospermes caractérisées autrement que par leur taxonomie botanique

Abrégé

A micronozzle device can include at least one layer having a plurality of nozzle exits for delivering a mixture of a first fluid and a second fluid, at least one first-fluid header layer having a plurality of first microchannels for receiving the first fluid, at least one first-fluid via layer adjacent the at least one first- fluid header layer to receive the first fluid and direct it to respective ones of the plurality of nozzle exits, at least one second- fluid header layer having a plurality of second microchannels for receiving the second fluid, at least one second-fluid via layer adjacent the at least one second- fluid header layer to receive the second fluid and direct it respective ones of the plurality of nozzle exits, and a plurality of first curtain-gas nozzles located at a first side of the micronozzle device and a plurality of second curtain-gas nozzles located at a second side of the micronozzle device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B05B 1/10 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour produire un jet, un pulvérisat ou tout autre écoulement de forme ou de nature particulière, p. ex. sous forme de gouttes individuelles sous forme d'un jet fin, p. ex. pour lave-glace d'automobiles
• B05B 1/34 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour influencer la forme de l'écoulement du liquide ou d'autre matériau fluide, p. ex. pour produire une turbulence

Abrégé

Embodiments of a system for storing and providing electrical energy are disclosed. Also disclosed are embodiments of a system for purifying fluid, as well as embodiments of a system in which energy storage and fluid purification are combined. The system may comprise a latent heat storage device, a sensible heat storage device, a vapor expander/compressor device mechanically coupled to a motor/generator device, a heat-exchanger, and a liquid pressurization and depressurization device. The devices are fluidly coupled in a closed-loop system, and a two-phase working fluid circulates therein. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to store and generate energy also are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to purify fluid, as well as embodiments of a method for operating a combined energy storage and fluid purification system are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to service an external thermal load are disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• F28F 3/04 - Éléments ou leurs ensembles avec moyens pour augmenter la surface de transfert de chaleur, p. ex. avec des ailettes, avec des évidements, avec des ondulations les moyens faisant partie intégrante de l'élément

Abrégé

An electron source for electron-induced dissociation in an RF-free electromagnetostatic cell for use installation in a tandem mass spectrometer is provided. An electromagnetostatic electron-induced dissociation cell may include at least one magnet having an opening disposed therein and having a longitudinal axis extending through the opening, the magnet having magnetic flux lines associated therewith, and an electron emitter having an electron emissive surface comprising a sheet, the emitter disposed about the axis at a location relative to the magnet where the electron emissive surface is substantially perpendicular to the magnetic flux lines at the electron emissive surface.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01J 49/08 - Sources d'électrons, p. ex. pour produire des photo-électrons, des électrons secondaires ou des électrons d'Auger
• H01J 49/26 - Spectromètres de masse ou tubes séparateurs de masse

Abrégé

A fluid micro-mixer apparatus includes a plurality of first microchannels for receiving a first fluid and a plurality of second microchannels for receiving a second fluid. A mixing chamber flow path is disposed to receive the first and second fluids after the first and second fluids exit their respective output ports. The mixing chamber flow path can include a first mixing chamber in the vicinity of the respective output ports, and the mixing chamber flow path can separate into at least two different flow paths downstream from the first mixing chamber.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01F 5/00 - Mélangeurs à écoulement; Mélangeurs pour matériaux tombants, p.ex. particules solides
• B01F 5/06 - Mélangeurs dans lesquels les composants du mélange sont pressés ensemble au travers de fentes, d'orifices, ou de tamis
• B01F 15/02 - Mécanismes d'alimentation ou d'évacuation
• B01J 19/00 - Procédés chimiques, physiques ou physico-chimiques en généralAppareils appropriés

Abrégé

A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 15/82 - Vecteurs ou systèmes d'expression spécialement adaptés aux hôtes eucaryotes pour cellules végétales
• C12N 15/11 - Fragments d'ADN ou d'ARNLeurs formes modifiées
• C12N 15/113 - Acides nucléiques non codants modulant l'expression des gènes, p. ex. oligonucléotides anti-sens

Abrégé

Disclosed herein are embodiments of an essential oil extraction apparatus. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a container configured to hold an essential oil-containing material, an essential oil extract receiver contained in the container, a condenser having an outlet fluidly coupled to the receiver and located relative to the container so as to receive essential oil-containing vapor emitted by the essential oil-containing material; and at least one microwave reflection structure associated with at least one of the container, the receiver or the condenser. The apparatus can have an overall dimension that is sufficiently small so that the apparatus fits inside a standard-sized kitchen microwave oven.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 3/02 - Distillation ou procédés d'échange apparentés dans lesquels des liquides sont en contact avec des milieux gazeux, p. ex. extraction dans des cornues ou bouilleurs
• B01D 11/02 - Extraction par solvants de solides
• B01D 8/00 - Pièges réfrigérésChicanes réfrigérées
• B01D 5/00 - Condensation de vapeursRécupération de solvants volatils par condensation
• B01D 3/40 - Distillation extractive
• B01J 19/12 - Procédés utilisant l'application directe de l'énergie ondulatoire ou électrique, ou un rayonnement particulaireAppareils à cet usage utilisant des radiations électromagnétiques

Abrégé

A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Acides nucléiques non codants modulant l'expression des gènes, p. ex. oligonucléotides anti-sens
• C12N 15/63 - Introduction de matériel génétique étranger utilisant des vecteursVecteurs Utilisation d'hôtes pour ceux-ciRégulation de l'expression
• C12N 15/82 - Vecteurs ou systèmes d'expression spécialement adaptés aux hôtes eucaryotes pour cellules végétales
• C12N 15/11 - Fragments d'ADN ou d'ARNLeurs formes modifiées

Abrégé

A sensing assembly (10), including a body (12) and one or more first indicating electrodes disposed on the body (26). The first indicating electrodes include an electrochemically active layer (32) and a layer (38) of an active functioning enzyme of a first enzyme type on top of the electrochemically active layer. Also, one or more second indicating electrodes (24) are disposed on the body and include an electrochemically active layer (32) and a layer (36) of an inactivated enzyme of the first enzyme type on top of the electrochemically active layer. A reference electrode (22) is also disposed on the body. Finally, an electrical and data processing system (18) is adapted to bias the electrodes and measure electrical signals from the electrodes, and uses said signals to determine an analyte concentration and communicates the analyte concentration to a location apart from the first and second indicating electrodes.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61B 5/145 - Mesure des caractéristiques du sang in vivo, p. ex. de la concentration des gaz dans le sang ou de la valeur du pH du sang

Abrégé

A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting (i) at least one dibasic acid or anhydride thereof with (ii) at least one epoxide having at least two epoxy groups, one diol or polyol, or one diamine at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive carboxylic acid groups relative reactive epoxy groups, hydroxyl groups or amine groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group; and (b) curing the resulting carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one polyfunctional epoxy to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive, wherein the polyfunctional epoxy is not an epoxidized vegetable oil. A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) reacting at least one dibasic acid or anhydride thereof with at least one epoxide having at least two epoxy or oxirane groups at a stoichiometric molar excess of reactive epoxy or oxirane groups relative reactive carboxylic acid groups to produce a thermoplastic prepolymer or oligomer capped with an epoxy or an oxirane group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a thermoplastic branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with an epoxy or oxirane group; and (b) (i) curing the resulting epoxy-capped prepolymer or oligomer with at least one polybasic acid, or (ii) thermally curing the resulting epoxy-capped prepolymer or oligomer, to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 163/00 - Adhésifs à base de résines époxyAdhésifs à base de dérivés des résines époxy
• C09J 191/00 - Adhésifs à base d'huiles, de graisses ou de ciresAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports

Abrégé

A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising:(a) making at least one epoxidized fatty acid from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or a mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the at least one epoxidized fatty acid to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive. A method for making a pressure sensitive adhesive comprising: (a) making epoxidized oleic acid, an epoxidized linoleic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linoleic acid), or an epoxidized linolenic acid (including fully and partially epoxidized linolenic acid) from at least one plant oil, marine oil, other ester of unsaturated fatty acid, or making mixture thereof; and (b) polymerizing the epoxidized oleic acid, the epoxidized linoleic acid, the epoxidized linolenic acid, or the mixture thereof to produce a pressure sensitive adhesive.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 163/00 - Adhésifs à base de résines époxyAdhésifs à base de dérivés des résines époxy
• C09J 191/00 - Adhésifs à base d'huiles, de graisses ou de ciresAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports

Abrégé

One embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a product made from (i) at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and; (ii) a dimer acid or anhydride thereof, a trimer acid or anhydride thereof, a polymerized fatty acid or anhydride thereof, or a mixture thereof. A further embodiment is a pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (A) a backing substrate; and (B) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive composition includes a product made from (i) at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and; (ii) a prepolymer or oligomer capped with a carboxylic acid group at both prepolymer or oligomer chain ends, or a branched prepolymer or oligomer with at least two of the prepolymer or oligomer branches and chain ends capped with a carboxylic acid group, wherein the carboxylic acid-capped prepolymer or oligomer is made from (a) a dibasic acid reacted with (b) a glycidyl or an epoxidized compound having at least two epoxy groups, a diol or polyol, a diamine, or a combination thereof.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 163/00 - Adhésifs à base de résines époxyAdhésifs à base de dérivés des résines époxy
• C09J 191/00 - Adhésifs à base d'huiles, de graisses ou de ciresAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports

Abrégé

3).

Classes IPC  ?

• B05D 5/12 - Procédés pour appliquer des liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides aux surfaces pour obtenir des effets, finis ou des structures de surface particuliers pour obtenir un revêtement ayant des propriétés électriques spécifiques
• C09D 1/00 - Compositions de revêtement, p. ex. peintures, vernis ou vernis-laques, à base de substances inorganiques
• H01L 31/0216 - Revêtements
• H01L 31/18 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
• C23C 18/12 - Revêtement chimique par décomposition soit de composés liquides, soit de solutions des composés constituant le revêtement, ne laissant pas de produits de réaction du matériau de la surface dans le revêtementDépôt par contact par décomposition thermique caractérisée par le dépôt sur des matériaux inorganiques, autres que des matériaux métalliques

Abrégé

Disclosed embodiments concern a microfluidic device comprising a bonding agent and two or more components. In particular disclosed embodiments, the microfluidic device is made out of the disclosed bonding agent. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method for making a microfluidic device, wherein the method includes using the disclosed bonding agent to couple two or more components together.

Classes IPC  ?

• C08G 63/08 - Lactones ou lactides
• B32B 37/12 - Procédés ou dispositifs pour la stratification, p. ex. par polymérisation ou par liaison à l'aide d'ultrasons caractérisés par l'usage d'adhésifs
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports
• C09J 167/04 - Polyesters dérivés des acides hydroxycarboxyliques, p. ex. lactones
• B01L 3/00 - Récipients ou ustensiles pour laboratoires, p. ex. verrerie de laboratoireCompte-gouttes
• B29C 65/50 - Assemblage d'éléments préformésAppareils à cet effet en utilisant des adhésifs utilisant des rubans adhésifs
• B29C 65/00 - Assemblage d'éléments préformésAppareils à cet effet
• B29C 65/48 - Assemblage d'éléments préformésAppareils à cet effet en utilisant des adhésifs
• F16K 99/00 - Matière non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
• B29C 65/52 - Application d'un adhésif
• B29L 31/00 - Autres objets particuliers
• B29C 65/14 - Assemblage d'éléments préformésAppareils à cet effet par chauffage, avec ou sans pressage par énergie ondulatoire ou rayonnement corpusculaire
• B29K 705/10 - Cuivre
• B29K 705/04 - Plomb
• B29K 705/14 - Métaux nobles, p. ex. argent, or ou platine
• B29K 705/02 - Aluminium

Abrégé

A robot for legged locomotion incorporating passive dynamics with active force control and method are provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06N 3/00 - Agencements informatiques fondés sur des modèles biologiques
• B62D 57/02 - Véhicules caractérisés par des moyens de propulsion ou de prise avec le sol autres que les roues ou les chenilles, seuls ou en complément aux roues ou aux chenilles avec moyens de propulsion en prise avec le sol, p. ex. par jambes mécaniques
• B62D 57/032 - Véhicules caractérisés par des moyens de propulsion ou de prise avec le sol autres que les roues ou les chenilles, seuls ou en complément aux roues ou aux chenilles avec moyens de propulsion en prise avec le sol, p. ex. par jambes mécaniques avec une base de support et des jambes soulevées alternativement ou dans un ordre déterminéVéhicules caractérisés par des moyens de propulsion ou de prise avec le sol autres que les roues ou les chenilles, seuls ou en complément aux roues ou aux chenilles avec moyens de propulsion en prise avec le sol, p. ex. par jambes mécaniques avec des pieds ou des patins soulevés alternativement ou dans un ordre déterminé

Abrégé

Nanolaminates comprised of alternating layers of amorphous, multi-component metallic films (AMMFs) and metal oxide films are disclosed as metamaterials whose physical properties can be engineered to customize the resulting electrical, average dielectric, and thermal properties. In certain configurations using AMMFs, the construct may be an optical or an electronic element, such a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode, for example.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 29/06 - Corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par les formes, les dimensions relatives, ou les dispositions des régions semi-conductrices

Abrégé

The present disclosure concerns a compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having a formula: 4 substituents independently are aliphatic, substituted aliphatic, amine, substituted amine, aryl, substituted aryl, cyclic, substituted cyclic, halide, heteroaryl, substituted heteroaryl, heterocyclic, substituted heterocyclic, hydrogen or hydroxyl. A method for treating a subject also is provided comprising administering a disclosed compound or compounds, or a prodrug that is converted into the disclosed compound or compounds, or a composition comprising the compound, compounds, or prodrugs thereof, to a subject. A method for making disclosed compounds also is provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61K 31/381 - Composés hétérocycliques ayant le soufre comme hétéro-atome d'un cycle ayant des cycles à cinq chaînons
• C07D 333/16 - Radicaux substitués par des hétéro-atomes, autres que les halogènes, liés par des liaisons simples par des atomes d'oxygène

Abrégé

Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of anti-reflective films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate to form a nanostructured, anti-reflective coating. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. In some embodiments, a scratch-resistant, anti-reflective coating is applied to a polycarbonate substrate, such as a lens. In certain embodiments, an anti-reflective coating is applied to a surface of a solar catalytic microreactor suitable for performing endothermic reactions, where energy is provided to the reactor by absorption of solar radiation. The composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate can be tailored. The process can be used at low temperatures as a post-deposition, high-temperature annealing step is obviated.

Classes IPC  ?

• G02B 27/10 - Systèmes divisant ou combinant des faisceaux
• B32B 5/16 - Produits stratifiés caractérisés par l'hétérogénéité ou la structure physique d'une des couches caractérisés par le fait qu'une des couches est formée de particules, p. ex. de copeaux, de fibres hachées, de poudre

Abrégé

Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using the materials as positive or negative resists or as functional device components also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope.

Classes IPC  ?

• G03F 7/20 - ExpositionAppareillages à cet effet

Abrégé

A formaldehyde-free aqueous adhesive composition comprising (a) soy protein and (b) magnesium oxide or a mixture of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide, wherein components (a) and (b) together constitute at least 50 weight percent of the composition, excluding the weight of the water.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 189/00 - Adhésifs à base de protéinesAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés
• B27D 1/00 - Assemblage du placage de bois avec n'importe quel matériauFabrication d'objets à partir de tels assemblagesTraitements préparatoires des surfaces à assembler, p. ex. entaillage
• B27N 3/00 - Fabrication d'objets sensiblement plats, p. ex. panneaux, à partir de particules ou de fibres
• D21J 1/00 - Panneaux de fibres

Abrégé

A formaldehyde-free aqueous adhesive composition comprising (a) soy protein and (b) magnesium oxide or a mixture of magnesium oxide and magnesium hydroxide, wherein components (a) and (b) together constitute at least 50 weight percent of the composition, excluding the weight of the water.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 189/00 - Adhésifs à base de protéinesAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés
• B27N 3/00 - Fabrication d'objets sensiblement plats, p. ex. panneaux, à partir de particules ou de fibres
• B27D 1/00 - Assemblage du placage de bois avec n'importe quel matériauFabrication d'objets à partir de tels assemblagesTraitements préparatoires des surfaces à assembler, p. ex. entaillage
• D21J 1/00 - Panneaux de fibres

Abrégé

Embodiments of a system for storing and providing electrical energy are disclosed. Also disclosed are embodiments of a system for purifying fluid, as well as embodiments of a system in which energy storage and fluid purification are combined. One disclosed embodiment of the system comprises a latent heat storage device, a sensible heat storage device, a vapor expander/compressor device mechanically coupled to a motor/generator device, a heat-exchanger, and a liquid pressurization and depressurization device. The devices are fluidly coupled in a closed-loop system, and a two-phase working fluid circulates therein. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to store and generate energy also are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for operating the system to purify fluid, as well as embodiments of a method for operating a combined energy storage and fluid purification system are disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• F28D 20/02 - Appareils ou ensembles fonctionnels d'accumulation de chaleur en généralAppareils échangeurs de chaleur de régénération non couverts par les groupes ou utilisant la chaleur latente

Abrégé

An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode. In other embodiments, the construct is a amorphous multi-component metallic thin film nanolaminate.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 29/72 - Dispositifs du type transistor, c.à d. susceptibles de répondre en continu aux signaux de commande appliqués
• H01L 29/861 - Diodes

Abrégé

The disclosure provides compositions that can be used to make films to increase the efficiency of producing plants and plant parts. The films are designed in part to be environmentally friendly and/or edible. Also provided are methods of using such compositions as well as plants and plant parts comprising such compositions.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 3/00 - Conservation de végétaux ou de parties de ceux-ci, p. ex. par inhibition de l'évaporation, avec amélioration de l'aspect des feuillesMastic à greffer
• A01N 61/00 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux, contenant des substances de composition non connue ou indéterminée, p. ex. des substances caractérisées uniquement par leur mode d'action
• A23B 7/157 - Composés inorganiques
• A23B 7/16 - Recouvrement à l'aide d'une couche protectriceCompositions ou appareils à cet effet

Abrégé

An isotope production target may include an outer diameter wall and an inner diameter wall. An isotope source may be located between the inner diameter wall and the outer diameter wall, and the isotope source may comprise fissile material interspersed with one or more voided regions. A central region may be located within the inner diameter wall, and the central region may be configured to house a neutron thermalization volume.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21C 3/00 - Éléments combustibles pour réacteur ou leurs assemblagesEmploi de substances spécifiées pour utilisation comme éléments combustibles pour réacteurs

Abrégé

Embodiments of a continuous-flow injection reactor and a method for continuous material synthesis are disclosed. The reactor includes a mixing zone unit and a residence time unit removably coupled to the mixing zone unit. The mixing zone unit includes at least one top inlet, a side inlet, and a bottom outlet. An injection tube, or plurality of injection tubes, is inserted through the top inlet and extends past the side inlet while terminating above the bottom outlet. A first reactant solution flows in through the side inlet, and a second reactant solution flows in through the injection tube(s). With reference to nanoparticle synthesis, the reactant solutions combine in a mixing zone and form nucleated nanoparticles. The nucleated nanoparticles flow through the residence time unit. The residence time unit may be a single conduit, or it may include an outer housing and a plurality of inner tubes within the outer housing.

Classes IPC  ?

• B29B 9/00 - Fabrication de granulés

Abrégé

An aqueous inorganic coating precursor solution comprising a mixture of water, polynuclear aluminum hydroxide cations, and polyatomic ligands selected from nitrate (NO3-), nitrite (NO2-), or combinations thereof. The composition has a molar concentration ratio of polyatomic ligands to aluminum of less than 3; an aluminum cation concentration of from about 0.01 M to about 3.5 M; and/or a polyatomic anion concentration of from about 0.1 to about 2.5 times the aluminum cation concentration. Compositions are useful for forming electronic devices by forming a thin film of AI2O3 on a suitable substrate. A particular embodiment comprises forming a coating on a crystalline silicon solar cell. The coating may be a passivation coating or an optical coating. The dielectric coating film limits electron-hole recombination rates in silicon, and may function as an internal-reflection coating film. Exemplary devices that can be made by the method further include field effect transistors and capacitors.

Classes IPC  ?

• C01F 7/30 - Préparation de l'oxyde ou de l'hydroxyde d'aluminium par décomposition thermique ou par hydrolyse ou oxydation de composés de l'aluminium
• C23C 16/40 - Oxydes

Abrégé

A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double -stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Acides nucléiques non codants modulant l'expression des gènes, p. ex. oligonucléotides anti-sens
• C12N 15/63 - Introduction de matériel génétique étranger utilisant des vecteursVecteurs Utilisation d'hôtes pour ceux-ciRégulation de l'expression
• C12N 15/82 - Vecteurs ou systèmes d'expression spécialement adaptés aux hôtes eucaryotes pour cellules végétales

Abrégé

A dialysis system includes a filtration system capable of filtering a water stream, a water purification system capable of purifying said water stream in a non-batch process, a mixing system capable of producing a stream of dialysate from mixing one or more dialysate components with the water stream in a non-batch process, and a dialyzer system. The dialyzer may be a microfluidic dialyzer capable of being fluidly coupled to the stream of dialysate and a blood stream.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 61/32 - Commande ou régulation
• B01D 61/24 - Dialyse

Abrégé

A pressure sensitive adhesive construct comprising: (a) a backing substrate; and (b) a pressure sensitive adhesive composition disposed on the backing substrate, wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive includes a product made from at least one epoxidized vegetable oil and at least one dibasic acid or anhydride, or a combination of a dibasic acid or anhydride and a monobasic acid or anhydride.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 7/02 - sur supports

Abrégé

Photochromic materials that are useful for a variety of applications, including for making various unit functions of fluidic devices, particularly microfluidic devices, such as microchannels, valves and gates, using spiropyran materials, such as a polymeric composition comprising a spiropyran. In certain disclosed embodiments the spiropyran is admixed with a polymeric material. For example, the spiropyran may be intercalated into a polyalkylene or polyalkylene phthalate. The spiropyran also may be polymerized with at least one additional monomer to form a heteropolymer, such as by polymerization with styrene, styrene derivatives, acrylate and acrylate derivatives. The spiropyran compositions can be used to make, for example, a photoactuatable valve, a fluidic channel, etc. The valve may be associated with a microchannel, including photochromic microchannel. In certain disclosed embodiments, the valve, at least one microchannel, or both, are re-patternable by light exposure. Embodiments of a method for using a photochromic material in a microfluidic device also are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment concerns providing a microfluidic device comprising at least one re-patternable microchannel defined by a spiropyran photochromic material, at least one photoactuatable valve comprising the same or a different spiropyran photochromic material, or both. Spiropyran photochromic material is serially exposed to light of different wavelengths to move a fluid, to actuate a gate or valve, or both.

Classes IPC  ?

• G02B 5/23 - Filtres photochromiques
• C07D 487/00 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant des atomes d'azote comme uniques hétéro-atomes dans le système condensé, non prévus par les groupes
• C07D 491/00 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant dans le système cyclique condensé, à la fois un ou plusieurs cycles comportant des atomes d'oxygène comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle, et un ou plusieurs cycles comportant des atomes d'azote comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle, non prévus dans les groupes , , ou
• C07D 495/00 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant dans le système condensé au moins un hétérocycle comportant des atomes de soufre comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle

Abrégé

A micronozzle device can include at least two layers stacked together to form a nozzle array. Each layer can include a plurality of microchannels that have inlet ports and exit ports. The exit ports can be oriented substantially perpendicular, parallel, or in the general direction of a central fluid flow pathway.

Classes IPC  ?

• B05B 1/10 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour produire un jet, un pulvérisat ou tout autre écoulement de forme ou de nature particulière, p. ex. sous forme de gouttes individuelles sous forme d'un jet fin, p. ex. pour lave-glace d'automobiles
• B05B 1/34 - Buses, têtes de pulvérisation ou autres dispositifs de sortie, avec ou sans dispositifs auxiliaires tels que valves, moyens de chauffage agencés pour influencer la forme de l'écoulement du liquide ou d'autre matériau fluide, p. ex. pour produire une turbulence

Abrégé

Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using the materials as positive or negative resists or as functional device components also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope.

Classes IPC  ?

• G03F 7/00 - Production par voie photomécanique, p. ex. photolithographique, de surfaces texturées, p. ex. surfaces impriméesMatériaux à cet effet, p. ex. comportant des photoréservesAppareillages spécialement adaptés à cet effet
• G03F 7/004 - Matériaux photosensibles
• G03F 7/028 - Composés photopolymérisables non macromoléculaires contenant des doubles liaisons carbone-carbone, p. ex. composés éthyléniques avec des substances accroissant la photosensibilité, p. ex. photo-initiateurs
• G03F 7/20 - ExpositionAppareillages à cet effet

Abrégé

The present disclosure relates to the development and use of Closterovirus-based vectors for the delivery of nucleotides to plants. Specifically, the present disclosure provides viral vectors based on Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-2 for the delivery and expression of genes in plants, particularly grape plants. Methods of making and using these vectors, as well as the plants transformed by these vectors, are also contemplated.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 15/83 - Vecteurs viraux, p. ex. virus de la mosaïque du chou-fleur
• C12N 5/14 - Cellules végétales
• C12N 15/33 - Gènes codant pour des protéines virales

Abrégé

The present disclosure concerns embodiments of a microfluidic transfer device. The device mitigates risk of cross contamination between working fluids and is amenable to high-volume, low-cost manufacturing techniques. The device may be configured for mass transfer, heat transfer, or both. For instance, certain disclosed embodiments incorporate semi-permeable membranes to transfer target substances from one fluid to another. Moreover, the device may incorporate both heat and mass transfer components.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01D 63/08 - Modules à membranes planes

Abrégé

3, x is greater than 0.0 and less than 0.75, and the material exhibits a surprisingly intense blue color.

Classes IPC  ?

• C04B 14/00 - Emploi de matières inorganiques comme charges, p. ex. de pigments, pour mortiers, béton ou pierre artificielleTraitement de matières inorganiques spécialement prévu pour renforcer leurs propriétés de charge, dans les mortiers, béton ou pierre artificielle

Abrégé

Particular aspects provide methods for converting glucosinolate in a glucosinolate-containing plant material to glucosinolate breakdown products (GBPs), comprising: providing an amount of processed glucosinolate-containing plant material, the processed material being depleted of oil and glucosinolate converting enzyme activity by virtue of said processing; providing an amount of glucosinolate converting enzyme activity; mixing the processed material with the amount enzyme activity; hydrating the mixture; and incubating the hydrated mixture, wherein the glucosinolates are enzymatically converted to GBPs. Preferably, the processed plant material comprises a oilseed-derived seedmeal material (e.g., meadowfoam seedmeal) from which the oil has been removed by the processing (e.g., solvent extraction and/or heat treatment). In particular embodiments, the glucosinolate converting enzyme activity comprises at least one of a myrosinase activity and a nitrile-forming activity. Additional aspects provide low-fat compositions (e.g., herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, bacteriostatic or bactericidal, cosmetic, cosmeceutical or pharmaceutical) comprising GBPs derived from a glucosinolate-containing plant material.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 25/32 - Ingrédient réduisant l'effet nocif des substances actives vis-à-vis d'organismes autres que les animaux nuisibles, p. ex. réducteurs de toxicité, compositions autodestructrices
• A01N 25/08 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux, caractérisés par leurs formes, ingrédients inactifs ou modes d'applicationSubstances réduisant les effets nocifs des ingrédients actifs vis-à-vis d'organismes autres que les animaux nuisibles contenant des solides comme supports ou diluants
• A01N 25/28 - Microcapsules
• A01N 65/00 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux contenant du matériel provenant d'algues, de lichens, de bryophytes, de champignons multicellulaires ou de plantes, ou leurs extraits

Abrégé

An electronic structure comprising: (a) a first metal layer; (b) a second metal layer; (c) and at least one insulator layer located between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, wherein at least one of the metal layers comprises an amorphous multi-component metallic film. In certain embodiments, the construct is a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) diode.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 29/72 - Dispositifs du type transistor, c.à d. susceptibles de répondre en continu aux signaux de commande appliqués
• H01L 21/02 - Fabrication ou traitement des dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou de leurs parties constitutives

Abrégé

The disclosure provides compositions that can be used to make films to increase the efficiency of producing plants and plant parts. The films are designed in part to be environmentally friendly and/or edible. Also provided are methods of using such compositions as well as plants and plant parts comprising such compositions.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 3/00 - Conservation de végétaux ou de parties de ceux-ci, p. ex. par inhibition de l'évaporation, avec amélioration de l'aspect des feuillesMastic à greffer
• A23B 7/16 - Recouvrement à l'aide d'une couche protectriceCompositions ou appareils à cet effet

Abrégé

Disclosed embodiments provide a solution-based process for producing useful materials, such as semiconductor materials. One disclosed embodiment comprises providing at least a first reactant and a second reactant in solution and applying the solution to a substrate. The as-deposited material is thermally annealed to form desired compounds. Thermal annealing may be conducted under vacuum; under an inert atmosphere; or under a reducing environment. The method may involve using metal and chalcogen precursor compounds. One example of a metal precursor compound is a metal halide. Examples of suitable chalcogen precursor compounds include a chalcogen powder, a chalcogen halide, a chalcogen oxide, a chalcogen urea, a chalcogen or dichalcogen comprising organic ligands, or combinations thereof. Certain disclosed embodiments concern a method for making a solar cell from I-III-VI semiconductors.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 21/00 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou de dispositifs à l'état solide, ou bien de leurs parties constitutives

Abrégé

Streptomyces pactum ATCC 27456, characterization of individual genes in the gene cluster and the proteins encoded thereby as well as uses thereof. The pactamycin gene cluster is located within an 86.35 kilobases genetic locus and includes 53 open reading frames, 26 of which are considered to be the core cluster directly involved in the biosynthesis of pactamycin. The present disclosure also relates to the use of the pactamycin biosynthetic genes located within the identified gene cluster for drug design and development purposes, including the development of pactamycin analogs that are more efficacious and less toxic. Also provided are drugs and antibiotics so produced, as well as methods of their use.

Classes IPC  ?

• C07C 275/26 - Dérivés d'urée, c.-à-d. composés contenant l'un des groupes les atomes d'azote ne faisant pas partie de groupes nitro ou nitroso ayant des atomes d'azote de groupes urée liés à des atomes de carbone de cycles autres que des cycles aromatiques à six chaînons
• C07C 273/00 - Préparation d'urée ou de ses dérivés, c.-à-d. de composés contenant l'un des groupes les atomes d'azote ne faisant pas partie de groupes nitro ou nitroso
• C07D 263/52 - Composés hétérocycliques contenant des cycles oxazole-1, 3 ou oxazole-1, 3 hydrogéné condensés avec des carbocycles ou avec des systèmes carbocycliques
• C12P 13/02 - Amides, p. ex. chloramphénicol
• C12N 15/52 - Gènes codant pour des enzymes ou des proenzymes

Abrégé

Embodiments of the present system and method are useful for chemical deposition, particularly continuous deposition of anti-reflective films. Disclosed systems typically comprise a micromixer and a microchannel applicator. A deposition material or materials is applied to a substrate, such as aluminum, glass, silicon, or polycarbonate, to form a nanostructured, anti-reflective coating. Uniform and highly oriented surface morphologies of films deposited using disclosed embodiments are clearly improved compared to films deposited by a conventional batch process. In some embodiments, an anti-reflective coating is applied to a surface of a solar catalytic microreactor suitable for performing endothermic reactions, where energy is provided to the reactor by absorption of solar radiation. The process can be used to tailor the composition and morphology of the material deposited on a substrate. The present process can be used at low temperatures as a post-deposition, high-temperature annealing step is obviated.

Classes IPC  ?

• G02B 1/11 - Revêtements antiréfléchissants
• B32B 27/08 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement de résine synthétique comme seul composant ou composant principal d'une couche adjacente à une autre couche d'une substance spécifique d'une résine synthétique d'une sorte différente
• C09D 5/32 - Peintures absorbant les radiations
• C03C 17/32 - Traitement de surface du verre, p. ex. du verre dévitrifié, autre que sous forme de fibres ou de filaments, par revêtement par des matières organiques avec des résines synthétiques ou naturelles
• C09J 7/02 - sur supports

Abrégé

Streptomyces fungicidicus, and characterization of individual genes in the gene cluster and the proteins encoded thereby. An enduracidin gene cluster is located within a 116 kilobases genetic locus and includes 25 open reading frames (ORFs). An additional 23 ORFs flank the disclosed enduracidin biosynthetic gene cluster. Enduracidin analogs and a method for producing them by manipulation of the enduracidin gene cluster and specific genes therein are also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• C07H 21/02 - Composés contenant au moins deux unités mononucléotide comportant chacune des groupes phosphate ou polyphosphate distincts liés aux radicaux saccharide des groupes nucléoside, p. ex. acides nucléiques avec le ribosyle comme radical saccharide
• C07C 49/04 - Composés saturés comportant des groupes cétone liés à des atomes de carbone acycliques
• C12P 19/62 - Préparation d'O-glucosides, p. ex. glucosides avec un atome d'oxygène du radical saccharide lié directement à un hétérocycle autre que saccharide ou à un système cyclique condensé contenant un hétérocycle autre que saccharide, p. ex. coumermycine, novobiocine l'hétérocycle comportant au moins huit chaînons et uniquement l'oxygène comme hétéro-atome du cycle, p. ex. érythromycine, spiramycine, nystatine

Abrégé

Mass spectrometry cells include one or more interleaved magnetostatic and electrostatic lenses. In some examples, the electrostatic lenses are based on electrical potentials applied to magnetostatic lens pole pieces. In other alternatives, the electrostatic lenses can include conductive apertures. Applied voltages can be selected to trap or transport charged particles, and photon sources, gas sources, ion sources, and electron sources can be provided for various dissociation processes.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01J 49/28 - Spectromètres statiques

Abrégé

A micromixer device has at least one fluid inlet channel and at least one fluid outlet channel. A plurality of pathways extend between the fluid inlet channel and the fluid outlet channel. The width of at least some of the plurality of pathways varies in a substantially parabolic manner along at least one dimension of the micromixer device.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01F 13/00 - Autres mélangeurs; Installations pour effectuer des mélanges comportant des combinaisons de mélangeurs de types différents

Abrégé

Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using the materials as positive or negative resists or as functional device components also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope.

Classes IPC  ?

• H01L 21/00 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou de dispositifs à l'état solide, ou bien de leurs parties constitutives

Abrégé

A catalyst is provided, where the catalyst has an active surface that includes at least one nodular-structured (particulate) catalyst layer disposed on a support substrate, where the nodular-structured catalyst layer partially coats a surface of the support substrate. The invention further includes a fabrication method of the catalyst. The method includes depositing a catalyst precursor coating on a support substrate by heating a catalyst precursor solution on the support substrate, and further heating the catalyst precursor-coated substrate until a nodular-structured (particulate) catalyst is formed, where the nodular-structured catalyst layer partially coats a surface of the support substrate.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01J 35/04 - Structures non pleines, p.ex. tamis, grilles, nids d'abeilles
• B01J 35/10 - Catalyseurs caractérisés par leur forme ou leurs propriétés physiques, en général solides caractérisés par leurs propriétés de surface ou leur porosité
• C10L 1/02 - Combustibles carbonés liquides à base essentielle de composants formés uniquement de carbone, d'hydrogène et d'oxygène

Abrégé

A power module assembly includes a reactor vessel containing a reactor core surrounded by a primary coolant. A containment vessel is adapted to be submerged in a containment cooling pool and to prohibit a release of the primary coolant outside of the containment vessel. A secondary cooling system is configured to remove heat generated by the reactor core. The heat is removed by circulating liquid from the containment cooling pool through the primary coolant.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21C 1/32 - Réacteurs du type intégré, c.-à-d. réacteurs dans lesquels des parties associées de façon fonctionnelle avec le réacteur, mais non essentielles à la réaction, p. ex. des échangeurs de chaleur, sont disposées à l'intérieur de l'enveloppe avec le cœur
• G21C 15/18 - Dispositions pour le refroidissement d'urgenceMise hors circuit de la chaleur

Abrégé

A nuclear reactor module includes a reactor vessel containing coolant, a reactor core submerged in the coolant, and a heat exchanger configured to remove heat from the coolant. The nuclear reactor module further includes one or more heaters configured to add heat to the coolant during a startup operation and prior to the reactor core going critical.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21C 1/08 - Réacteurs hétérogènes, c.-à-d. dans lesquels le combustible et le modérateur sont séparés le modérateur étant hautement pressurisé, p. ex. réacteur à eau bouillante, réacteur à surchauffe intégrale, réacteur à eau pressurisée
• G21C 15/26 - Cyclage du fluide réfrigérant par convection, p. ex. utilisant des cheminées, utilisant des canaux divergents

Abrégé

A power module assembly includes a reactor core immersed in a coolant and a reactor vessel housing the coolant and the reactor core. An internal dry containment vessel submerged in liquid substantially surrounds the reactor vessel in a gaseous environment. During an over-pressurization event the reactor vessel is configured to release the coolant into the containment vessel and remove a decay heat of the reactor core through condensation of the coolant on an inner surface of the containment vessel.

Classes IPC  ?

• G21C 15/18 - Dispositions pour le refroidissement d'urgenceMise hors circuit de la chaleur
• G21C 9/012 - Suppression de la pression par accumulation thermique ou condensation de vapeur, p. ex. condenseurs à glace
• G21C 13/02 - Enceintes sous pressionEnceintes d'enveloppeEnveloppes en général Détails

Abrégé

Molten metal or molten metal alloy catalysts for transesterification reactions are provided. In particular, readily available molten tin is used as a catalyst for biodiesel production. Catalysts comprising tin alloys with low melting point temperatures to allow for low operation temperatures are also provided. The molten catalysts remain in the reaction zone and do not contaminate the product stream, thereby product separation and recovery are manageable. By using molten tin catalysts, it is possible to produce a high quality glycerol as a second valuable product. Furthermore, wide quality ranges of reactants (alcohol and oil) are available for biodiesel production with molten tin catalysts.

Classes IPC  ?

• C11C 3/00 - Graisses, huiles ou acides gras obtenus par transformation chimique des graisses, huiles ou acides gras, p. ex. ozonolyse
• C10L 1/02 - Combustibles carbonés liquides à base essentielle de composants formés uniquement de carbone, d'hydrogène et d'oxygène

Abrégé

A fluid micro-mixer and micro-reactor array is provided having at least two bonded layers of micro-channels. The micro-mixer can include at least one input port and one output port, and a mixing and/or reaction port. At least one inlet stream separator layer can isolate the inlet ports from one another.

Classes IPC  ?

• B01F 13/00 - Autres mélangeurs; Installations pour effectuer des mélanges comportant des combinaisons de mélangeurs de types différents

Abrégé

Embodiments of techniques for remediating soil contaminated with compounds, particularly nitro-based explosives, are disclosed. Plants capable of taking up the compounds are grown within contaminated soil for a period of time. The plants are exposed to anaerobic microbes in the rumen of a ruminant animal. The ruminal anaerobic microbes degrade the remediable compounds and render them substantially nontoxic to the animal. In some embodiments, the remediable compounds are nitroaromatic compounds, and are degraded by nitroreductases. In other embodiments, microbes are transferred from a consortium enriched in microbes capable of degrading the remediable compounds to a ruminant animal that lacks microbes capable of degrading the remediable compounds. In other embodiments, methods for isolating and identifying ruminal anaerobic microbes capable of degrading remediable compounds are disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• B09C 1/10 - Régénération de sols pollués par des procédés microbiologiques ou utilisant des enzymes
• A62D 3/02 - Procédés pour rendre les substances chimiques nuisibles inoffensives ou moins nuisibles en effectuant un changement chimique dans les substances par des procédés biologiques, c.-à-d. des procédés utilisant des enzymes ou des micro-organismes

Abrégé

The invention is based on the recognition that known antimicrobial compounds, such as nisin or other lantibiotics, can be made to form a long lasting antimicrobial surface coating by linking the peptide with a block polymer, such as PLURONIC® F108 or an end group activated polymer (EGAP) in a manner to form a flexible tether and/or entrap the peptide. The entrapped peptide provides antimicrobial action by early release from entrapment while the tethered peptide provides longer lasting antimicrobial protection. Antimicrobial gels and foams may be prepared using the antimicrobial peptide containing block copolymers.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 25/10 - Composés macromoléculaires
• A61L 2/16 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contactAccessoires à cet effet utilisant des substances chimiques
• C08G 65/32 - Polymères modifiés par post-traitement chimique
• C08K 13/08 - Ingrédients de constitution inconnue et ingrédients prévus dans les groupes principaux

Abrégé

A method of preserving fruit-bearing cut-limbs from cutting at an orchard to receiving by a remote consumer includes cutting a live, fruit- bearing limb off a fruit tree in an orchard and bagging the cut limb with perforated film substantially to seal the limb therein substantially continuously from the time of cutting at the orchard to the time of receiving by the remote consumer. A coating and a shipping container also are described and claimed.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01G 17/00 - Culture du houblon, de la vigne, des arbres fruitiers ou des arbres similaires

Abrégé

Certain disclosed embodiments of the present invention concern a method for making biaryl compounds by combining a diene with a dienophile under reaction conditions that facilitate a Diels-Alder reaction. Certain embodiments are particularly directed to making a tetra-ortho-substituted biaryl compounds. The disclosed method may involve using novel dienes, dienophiles, or both. Similarly, certain of the biaryl compounds are novel compounds too. Additional disclosed embodiments concern a method for making useful compounds by first making a Diels-Alder adduct. The Diels-Alder adduct is then further modified or coupled to other compounds. The method can be used to make carbazoles, such as Siamenol. Disclosed biaryl compounds are useful for a number of applications, such as pharmacophores and organocatalysts.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 43/38 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux, contenant des composés hétérocycliques comportant des cycles avec un atome d'azote comme unique hétéro-atome du cycle des cycles à cinq chaînons condensés avec des carbocycles
• A61K 31/40 - Composés hétérocycliques ayant l'azote comme hétéro-atome d'un cycle, p. ex. guanéthidine ou rifamycines ayant des cycles à cinq chaînons avec un azote comme seul hétéro-atome d'un cycle, p. ex. sulpiride, succinimide, tolmétine, buflomédil
• C09F 1/04 - Modification chimique, p. ex. estérification

Abrégé

This disclosure describes the molecular cloning of a pactamycin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces pactum ATCC 27456, characterization of individual genes in the gene cluster and the proteins encoded thereby as well as uses thereof. The pactamycin gene cluster is located within an 86.35 kilobases genetic locus and includes 53 open reading frames, 26 of which are considered to be the core cluster directly involved in the biosynthesis of pactamycin.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12P 21/06 - Préparation de peptides ou de protéines préparés par hydrolyse d'une liaison peptidique, p. ex. hydrolysats

Abrégé

A first variant of an adhesive composition for making a lignocellulosic composite includes soy protein and/or lignin; at least one substantially formaldehyde-free curing agent that includes at least one amine, amide, imine, imide, or nitrogen-containing heterocyclic functional group that can react with at least one functional group of the soy protein; and at least one compound selected from a boron compound, a group IA oxide or hydroxide, or a group IIA oxide or hydroxide. A second variant of an adhesive composition includes a first component selected from soy protein and/or lignin; and at least one substantially formaldehyde-free curing agent selected from a reaction product of epichlorohydrin with ethylenediamine, a reaction product of epichlorohydrin with bis-hexamethylenetriamine, or a reaction product of epichlorohydrin with hexamethylenediamine.

Classes IPC  ?

• C09J 197/00 - Adhésifs à base de matériaux contenant de la lignine
• C09J 189/00 - Adhésifs à base de protéinesAdhésifs à base de leurs dérivés

Abrégé

Devices having a thin film or laminate structure comprising hafnium and/or zirconium oxy hydroxy compounds, and methods for making such devices, are disclosed. The hafnium and zirconium compounds can be doped, typically with other metals, such as lanthanum. Examples of electronic devices or components that can be made include, without limitation, insulators, transistors and capacitors. A method for patterning a device using a positive or negative resist also is described. For example, a master plate for imprint lithography can be made. An embodiment of a method for making a device having a corrosion barrier also is described. Embodiments of an optical device comprising an optical substrate and coating also are described. Embodiments of a physical ruler also are disclosed, such as for accurately measuring dimensions using an electron microscope.

Classes IPC  ?

• C08F 10/00 - Homopolymères ou copolymères d'hydrocarbures aliphatiques non saturés contenant une seule liaison double carbone-carbone
• H01L 21/00 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de dispositifs à semi-conducteurs ou de dispositifs à l'état solide, ou bien de leurs parties constitutives

Abrégé

This disclosure describes the molecular cloning of an enduracidin biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces fungicidicus, and characterization of individual genes in the gene cluster and the proteins encoded thereby. An enduracidin gene cluster is located within a 116 kilobases genetic locus and includes 25 open reading frames (ORFs). An additional 23 ORFs flank the disclosed enduracidin biosynthetic gene cluster. Enduracidin analogs and a method for producing them by manipulation of the enduracidin gene cluster and specific genes thereinare also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 9/00 - Enzymes, p. ex. ligases (6.)ProenzymesCompositions les contenantProcédés pour préparer, activer, inhiber, séparer ou purifier des enzymes
• C07H 21/02 - Composés contenant au moins deux unités mononucléotide comportant chacune des groupes phosphate ou polyphosphate distincts liés aux radicaux saccharide des groupes nucléoside, p. ex. acides nucléiques avec le ribosyle comme radical saccharide
• C12P 21/06 - Préparation de peptides ou de protéines préparés par hydrolyse d'une liaison peptidique, p. ex. hydrolysats

Abrégé

One aspect of the disclosure herein contemplates a composite film comprising lysozyme incorporated within a chitosan polymer matrix. In another aspect, there is disclosed a film that includes chitosan, and about 10 to about 200 weight percent lysozyme, based on the weight of the chitosan. Also disclosed is a method for making a film that includes dissolving or dispersing chitosan and lysozyme in an aqueous medium resulting in a film-forming solution or dispersion; applying the film-forming solution or dispersion to a substrate surface; and converting the film-forming solution or dispersion into a film. In a particularly useful application, the film is an antimicrobial protectant for a food article.

Classes IPC  ?

• B32B 9/04 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une substance particulière non couverte par les groupes comprenant une telle substance comme seul composant ou composant principal d'une couche adjacente à une autre couche d'une substance spécifique
• B32B 9/02 - Produits stratifiés composés essentiellement d'une substance particulière non couverte par les groupes comprenant des substances animales ou végétales

Abrégé

The present invention provides a method of isolating shikimic acid from a plant. First, a plant is provided. Next, the plant is grown in the absence of glyphosate for a first time period. The plant is then treated with glyphosate for a second time period. This second time period is sufficient for the glyphosate to increase the amount of shikimic acid in the plant. The plant with increased amounts of shikimic acid is then harvested and the shikimic acid is isolated from the plant.

Classes IPC  ?

• C07C 62/32 - Composés non saturés contenant des groupes hydroxyle ou O-métal

Abrégé

The present invention provides a method of simultaneously screening at least two candidate agents for an activity affecting regeneration of an embryonic teleost. According to this method, for each agent, a fin of the embryonic teleost is amputated. Next, the amputated teleost is incubated with the candidate agent for a specified period of time. After this period of time, the amputated teloeost is imaged. This image is compared to an image of an amputated teleost that was incubated for the specified period of time in the absence of the candidate agent. When comparing the images, a change in morphology of the amputated fin of the embryonic teleost incubated in the presence of the candidate agent compared to the amputated fin of the embryonic teleost raised in the absence of the candidate agent indicates that the candidate agent affects regeneration.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01N 1/00 - Conservation de corps humains ou animaux, ou de parties de ceux-ci
• A01N 43/04 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux, contenant des composés hétérocycliques comportant des cycles avec un ou plusieurs atomes d'oxygène ou de soufre comme uniques hétéro-atomes du cycle avec un hétéro-atome
• C12N 5/00 - Cellules non différenciées humaines, animales ou végétales, p. ex. lignées cellulairesTissusLeur culture ou conservationMilieux de culture à cet effet

Abrégé

Embodiments of a method for using a microreactor to produce biodiesel. For example, the method may comprise flowing a first fluid comprising an alcohol and a second fluid comprising an oil to the microreactor. Alcohols typically, but not necessarily, are lower aliphatic alcohols, including methanol, ethanol, amyl alcohol or combinations thereof. Biodiesel production can be under supercritical conditions, where such conditions typically are determined relative to the alcohol component. Suitable sources of oil products include soy, inedible tallow and grease, corn, edible tallow and lard, cotton, rapeseed, sunflower, canola, peanut, safflower, and combinations thereof. Catalysts can be used to facilitate biodiesel production, such as metal oxides, metal hydroxides, metal carbonates, alcoholic metal carbonates, alkoxides, mineral acids and enzymes. Oil conversion to biodiesel typically increases with increasing mean microreactor residence time. Certain embodiments of the present invention can include blending biodiesel produced by the method with petroleum-based products.

Classes IPC  ?

• C10L 1/18 - Composés organiques contenant de l'oxygène

Abrégé

A method for assisting multi-tasking computer users includes receiving from a user a specification of a task being performed by the user or an indication of completion of a task, collecting state changes in multiple executing programs, predicting a current task being performed by the user based on a recent state change event, a past specification of a task being performed by the user, and past events and associated tasks. Based on the predicted current task, user interface elements in multiple executing programs are adapted to facilitate performance of the task. The method may also allow a user to specify a new task based on a task template derived from a completed task to facilitate completion of the new task. The task templates also may be shared among users, and active tasks may also be team tasks shared among users.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06F 9/44 - Dispositions pour exécuter des programmes spécifiques
• G06N 7/02 - Agencements informatiques fondés sur des modèles mathématiques spécifiques utilisant la logique floue
• G06N 7/06 - Simulation sur des calculateurs universels

Abrégé

A method of fabricating nanotubes or nanofibers uses catalytic chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of hydrocarbons (e.g., methane) on support materials (e.g., powders of SiO) impregnated with a catalyst (e.g., Ni and/or Fe metal salts). After the CVD process, the nanotubes may be purified by sublimating the support material at a temperature higher than the CVD process temperature. In one embodiment, carbon nanotubes are obtained by sublimating a SiO support at 1200 °C. In an alternate embodiment, silicon carbide nanotubes, or a mixture of silicon carbide and carbon nanotubes, are fabricated using a sublimation temperature of 1350 °C or higher.

Classes IPC  ?

• B05D 1/36 - Applications successives de liquides ou d'autres matériaux fluides, p. ex. sans traitement intermédiaire

Abrégé

The present disclosure provides methods that decrease the interaction between tannins found in wine (such as polymeric tannins) and lysozyme added to wine as an antimicrobial agent, for example by adding a tannin-binding agent to the wine prior to adding lysozyme to the wine. In particular examples, such methods increase lysozyme antimicrobial activity (for example by increasing the effective lysozyme concentration) in the wine, since lysozyme bound to tannin is not available for providing antimicrobial activity. Also provided are methods for making wine. Compositions that include wine, lysozyme, and one or more tannin-binding agents that decrease the interaction between tannins and lysozyme are also disclosed.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12G 1/00 - Préparation du vin ou du vin mousseux

Abrégé

Oxidative stress, resulting from the generation of reactive oxygen species, contributes to the development of a multitude of age-related diseases. Current methods of assessing oxidative stress levels range from the detection of lipid peroxidation products, such as F2-isoprostanes and malondialdehyde, to monitoring the redox status of glutathione. While useful, traditional biomarkers of oxidative stress are not without their drawbacks, including low in vitro concentrations and possible artifact formation. Disclosed herein are new marker compounds, including ascorbylated 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, that are useful as biomarkers of oxidative stress.

Classes IPC  ?

• G01N 33/00 - Recherche ou analyse des matériaux par des méthodes spécifiques non couvertes par les groupes

Abrégé

A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.

Classes IPC  ?

• C12N 15/113 - Acides nucléiques non codants modulant l'expression des gènes, p. ex. oligonucléotides anti-sens
• C12N 15/63 - Introduction de matériel génétique étranger utilisant des vecteursVecteurs Utilisation d'hôtes pour ceux-ciRégulation de l'expression
• C12N 15/82 - Vecteurs ou systèmes d'expression spécialement adaptés aux hôtes eucaryotes pour cellules végétales

Abrégé

A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method depends on constructs that yield single-stranded RNA transcripts, and exploits endogenous or in vivo-produced miRNAs or siRNAs to initiate production of siRNAs. The miRNAs or siRNAs guide cleavage of the transcript and set the register for production of siRNAs (usually 21 nucleotides in length) encoded adjacent to the initiation cleavage site within the construct. The method results in specific formation of siRNAs of predictable size and register (phase) relative to the initiation cleavage site. The method can be used to produce specific siRNAs in vivo for inactivation or suppression of one or more target genes or other entities, such as pathogens.

Classes IPC  ?

• A01H 1/00 - Procédés de modification des génotypes
• C07H 21/02 - Composés contenant au moins deux unités mononucléotide comportant chacune des groupes phosphate ou polyphosphate distincts liés aux radicaux saccharide des groupes nucléoside, p. ex. acides nucléiques avec le ribosyle comme radical saccharide
• C12N 5/04 - Cellules ou tissus végétaux
• C12N 15/82 - Vecteurs ou systèmes d'expression spécialement adaptés aux hôtes eucaryotes pour cellules végétales

Abrégé

Compositions and methods for controlling an arthropod pest population that include an eremophilane sesquiterpene pest control agent (such as, nootkatone or 13-hydroxy-valencene) and a dialkyl-substituted phenol pest control agent (such as, carvacrol) are disclosed. The compounds present in the compositions may be isolated from natural sources, semi-synthesized from naturally occurring compounds, or completely synthesized. The pest control compositions may be applied directly to a pest or the locus of a pest, and function as topical or ingestible pest toxins.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61K 31/12 - Cétones
• C07C 49/00 - CétonesCétènesDimères de cétèneChélates de cétone
• C07C 39/00 - Composés comportant au moins un groupe hydroxyle ou O-métal lié à un atome de carbone d'un cycle aromatique à six chaînons

Abrégé

Compounds, compositions, and methods for controlling an arthropod pest population that employ an eremophilane sesquiterpene parent structure are presented. The compounds have minimal adverse or toxic effects on humans, non-human animals, and the natural environment. The compounds may be isolated from natural sources, semi-synthesized from naturally occurring compounds, or completely synthesized. The compounds may be applied directly to a pest, or the locus of a pest, and function as topical or ingestible toxins. Eremophilane sesquiterpenes 13-hydroxy-valencene, valencene-11,12-epoxide, valencene-13-aldehyde, and nootkatone-1,10-11,12-diepoxide are exemplary compounds.

Classes IPC  ?

• A61K 31/12 - Cétones
• A01N 25/00 - Biocides, produits repoussant ou attirant les animaux nuisibles, ou régulateurs de croissance des végétaux, caractérisés par leurs formes, ingrédients inactifs ou modes d'applicationSubstances réduisant les effets nocifs des ingrédients actifs vis-à-vis d'organismes autres que les animaux nuisibles

Produits et services

Education hardware device, namely computer hardware comprising electronic devices in the nature of programmable on-board electronic control, motors and sensors, digital cameras, interface electronics in the nature of computer software used for allowing control of the educational device and computer hardware to allow communication between hardware, and customizable computer hardware for customizing the educational device