| 11th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
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| 20120064151 | ENHANCED IMMUNE RESPONSE IN AVIAN SPECIES - The present invention relates to a method of immune activation which is effective for eliciting a non-antigen-specific immune response in a member of the avian species. The method is particularly effective for protecting a member of the avian species from infectious disease and treating animals inflicted with infectious disease. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064152 | Analgesic and Anti-Inflammatory Compositions Comprising Domperidone and Methods of Using Same - The present invention provides a method for eliciting an onset hastened analgesic and anti-inflammatory response and combating nausea in acute migraine attacks. This method comprises administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising more than one active ingredient, wherein said more than one active ingredient consist essentially of: | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064153 | Compositions and Methods for Treating Centrally Mediated Nausea and Vomiting - Provided are compositions and methods for treating or preventing nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064154 | SOLID DRUG FOR ORAL USE - The present invention provides a solid oral dosage form pharmaceutical for the treatment of dysuria, which comprises, as an active ingredient, an indoline compound having an α | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064155 | ORAL PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR USE IN RESPIRATORY DISEASES - A modified-release oral pharmaceutical composition in capsules with microspheres contains loratadine, phenylephrine and pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The composition has immediate bioavailability, with plasmatic concentration values within the therapeutic window with a uniform, continuous release. A method for the production of the composition and a method for treatment as a nasal decongestant and an antihistamine are included. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064156 | Pharmaceutical Compositions for the Coordinated Delivery of NSAIDs - The present invention is directed to drug dosage forms that release an agent that raises the pH of a patient's gastrointestinal tract, followed by a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. The dosage form is designed so that the NSAID is not released until the intragastric pH has been raised to a safe level. The invention also encompasses methods of treating patients by administering this coordinated release, gastroprotective, antiarthritic/analgesic combination unit dosage form to achieve pain and symptom relief with a reduced risk of developing gastrointestinal damage such as ulcers, erosions and hemorrhages. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064157 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION AND ADMINISTRATIONS THEREOF - The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing a solid dispersion of N-[2,4-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-5-hydroxyphenyl]-1,4-dihydro-4-oxoquinoline-3-carboxamide including formulations of the solid dispersions into powders, granules and mini-tablets, methods for manufacturing and processing the powders and mini-tablets and methods for treating cystic fibrosis employing the pharmaceutical composition. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064158 | DISSOLUTION PROPERTIES OF DRUG PRODUCTS CONTAINING OLMESARTAN MEDOXOMIL - A pharmaceutical tablet containing olmesartan medoxomil and amlodipine besylate, which has improved dissolvability. Said composition contains (A) olmesartan medoxomil and (B) amlodipine besylate as active ingredients and (C) a calcium-containing additive. A method of improving the dissolution properties of a pharmaceutical composition containing olmesartan medoxomil and amlodipine besylate by using said composition is also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064159 | Multilayer Oral Tablets Containing a Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug and/or Acetaminophen - Multilayer tablets of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and/or acetaminophen for oral administration containing an immediate release layer or layers containing a NSAID and/or acetaminophen and/or a second therapeutic agent and an extended release layer containing a NSAID and/or acetaminophen are provided. Multilayer tablets containing an additional immediate and/or extended release layer of a second therapeutic agent are also provided. Methods for production of these multi-layer tablets and methods for their use in treating a subject in need of a NSAID and/or acetaminophen are also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064160 | Fibrate-statin Combinations with Reduced Fed-fasted Effects - This invention discloses an orally administered pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of elevated levels of cholesterol and related conditions comprising a statin and fenofibrate in the form of microparticles of solid fenofibrate that are stabilized by phospholipid as a surface active substance, wherein a therapeutically effective amount of the composition provides the statin and a quantity of fenofibrate to a fasted human patient that is greater than 80% of the quantity of fenofibrate provided by the same amount of the composition when administered to the same patient who has been fed a high fat meal. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064161 | MODIFIED RELEASE NIACIN PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS - Pharmaceutical formulations comprising niacin in a matrix comprising a hydrophobic polymer that modifies release of niacin. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064162 | DRY-COATED ORALLY-DISINTEGRATING TABLET - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a press-coated orally-disintegrating tablet characterized by containing an inner core which has an excellent disintegratability in oral cavity and a suitable hardness as a whole tablet. The present invention relates to a press-coated orally-disintegrating tablet with an outer layer surrounding an inner core wherein the inner core has a thickness in the range of 10 to 90% per that of the whole tablet, and the outer layer comprises (a) microcrystalline cellulose, (b) an inorganic excipient, and (c) one or more particular ingredients selected from the group consisting of crospovidone, starches, low substituted hydroxypropylcellulose and carmellose. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064163 | ANTI-TUMOR/CANCER HETEROLOGOUS ACELLULAR COLLAGENOUS PREPARATIONS AND USES THEREOF - Disclosed are mammalian tumor and/or cancer cell conditioned substrate preparations having tumor inhibiting activity. In some embodiments, the mammalian tumor and/or cancer cell conditioned substrate preparations are essentially free of cellular components. These preparations comprise a conditioned heterologous acellular collagenous tissue preparation, and may be prepared using a mammalian extracellular matrix substrate. The conditioned substrates include many different anti-tumor and/or anti-cancer biomolecules, such as that population of anti-tumor biomolecules that are secreted and/or produced by mammalian tumor and/or cancer cells as they grow on a substrate, thus imparting the anti-tumor and/or anti-cancer properties to the conditioned substrates of the invention. The present disclosure also provides methods for preparing the mammalian tumor and/or cancer cell conditioned substrates, as well as methods for using the preparations to inhibit tumor growth, such as in a vaccine or wound dressing. Methods for inhibiting prostate tumors and melanoma with the described conditioned substrates are also described. The conditioned mammalian tumor and/or cancer cell substrate preparations are essentially free of viable and/or carcinogenic or invasive tumor and/or cancer cells. The conditioned substrates and substrate preparations include anti-tumor and anti-cancer properties that may be used in preparations and formulations for the treatment of cancer. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064164 | EXTENDED RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS - The present invention provides extended release pharmaceutical compositions structured for once a day administration comprising skeletal muscle relaxant such as cyclobenzaprine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof that extends the release of the drug under in-vitro conditions for at least 8 to 12 hours. The invention also provides process for the preparation of such structured compositions. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064165 | TREATMENT OF TISSUE ADHESION - Dry powder compositions are useful in the treatment or prevention of tissue adhesions during or after surgery or during wound therapy. The dry powder compositions may contain trehalose. The dry powder compositions may be fibrin sealant compositions comprising fibrinogen and/or thrombin. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064166 | FORMULATION COMPRISING DROSPIRENONE FOR SUBCUTANEOUS OR INTRAMUSCULAR ADMINISTRATION - The present invention relates to a composition comprising Drospirenone dispersed in a liquid or semi-solid lipophilic vehicle. The present invention further relates to the use of such compositions as contraceptives and for treatment of diseases, disorders and symptoms associated with deficient endogenous levels of estrogen in women. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064167 | MODIFIED-RELEASE PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG COMPOSITION - The present invention provides compositions and methods for a modified-release pharmaceutical drug composition having a first charged active agent and a second charged active agent at least partially surrounded by a rate controlling membrane. The first charged active agent and the second charged active agent interact to form a modified release pharmaceutical complex within the rate controlling membrane and the modified release pharmaceutical complex has a release characteristic different from the release characteristic of the first active agent or the second active agent alone. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064168 | METHODS OF TREATMENT USING A GASTRIC RETAINED GABEPENTIN DOSAGE - A method of treatment for epilepsy and other disease states is described, which comprises delivery of gabapentin in a gastric retained dosage form. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064169 | MULTIPLE ANTIGEN DELIVERY SYSTEM USING HEPATITIS E VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLE - This invention provides a peptide/nucleic acid composition for oral/mucosal, dual-modal activation of immune protection systems. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064170 | Gallium-Doped Phosphocalcic Compounds - The present invention relates to a gallium-doped phosphocalcic compound of formula (I): Ca | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064171 | Pesticide Composition - Stable non-toxic pesticide composition having fungicidal and insecticidal properties including a pesticide that is nontoxic to mammals; one or more disinfectants; a vegetable oil; and one or more stabilizing agents. In one example, one or more stabilizing agents are selected and are present in an amount in combination with the selection and amount of a pesticide, one or more disinfectants, and a vegetable oil to provide the composition with a stability upon application to a substrate effective to allow lethality against one or more target pests. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064172 | BONE FILLING MATERIAL COMPRISING SINTERED TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND DEXTRIN AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING BONE DEFECTS USING THE SAME - A bone filling material comprising sintered titanium dioxide and dextrin and a method for reconstructing bone defects which comprises filling the bone defects in an animal with the bone filling material. The bone filling material of the invention has excellent cell compatibility, biocompatibility and shape-imparting property. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064173 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING SIGNS OF SKIN AGING - The invention relates to methods and compositions for treating skin aging, said compositions comprising at least one tropoelastin promoter and at least one tropoelastin crosslinker. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064174 | METHOD FOR STIMULATING HAIR GROWTH - The present teachings provide methods for stimulating the hair growth on a human head including simultaneous administration:
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| 20120064175 | HSP90 Inhibitors for Treating Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer in Wild-Type EGFR and/or KRAS Patients - Provided is a method for treating non-small cell lung cancer with wild-type EGFR gene and/or KRAS gene by administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a triazolone compound according to the following formula: | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064176 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING FATTY LIVER - A composition for preventing and treating fatty liver is disclosed. The composition includes a lactoferrin and a trivalent chromium compound. The trivalent chromium compound of the present invention is selected from the group consisting of chromium (III) chloride hexahydrate, chromium (III) chloride, chromium (III) acetate, chromium (III) sulfate, chromium picolinate, chromium nicotinate, chromium GTF, chromium yeast extract, other inorganic salts of trivalent chromium, other organic salts of trivalent chromium, and combinations thereof. The composition of the present invention can provide a beneficial effect in preventing and treating fatty liver by effectively reducing multiple risk factors of fatty liver disease. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064177 | METHOD OF PREPARING AN INTRANASAL COMPOSITION AND INTRANASAL COMPOSITIONS OBTAINABLE THEREBY - The present invention relates to a method of preparing an intranasal composition including from about 0.0010-0.0040% by weight capsaicin, from about 0.50-0.90% by weight hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, from about 0.010-0.080% by weight n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (Quat), and various moisturizing and irrigation agents, wherein the method includes dissolving the above components in water to form an aqueous solution; and filtering the aqueous solution to form an intranasal composition. The present invention further relates to an intranasal drug delivery composition, which includes from about 0.0010-0.0040% by weight capsaicin, from about 0.50-0.90% by weight hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, from about 0.010-0.080% by weight n-alkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride (Quat), and various moisturizing and irrigation agents. The present invention further relates to a method to increase tolerability and reduce burning from capsaicin when applied to nasal mucosa in the form of an intranasal composition, which includes combining capsaicin with the materials as noted above. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064178 | Cell-8 Solution - Cell-8 Solution is an intravenous solution introduced into the veins of the patient. Cell-8 Solution provides the cells of the body with highly absorbed minerals as well as new RNA information which changes the relationship of the body to the cancer in question. Treatment with Cell-8 Solution will prevent the body from accepting the existence of cancer cells so that cancer cell replication will no longer occur. Although intravenous Cell-8 Solution is superior, other applications include nebulized, transdermal and oral. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064179 | BICARBONATE SOLUTION FOR BIOAVAILABLE MAGNESIUM AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a method of prevention or treatment of a condition such as magnesium deficiency or deficit or abnormality, creatine or creatine phosphate (phosphocreatine) deficiency or abnormality, parathyroid hormone (PTH) excess or abnormality, sodium deficiency or abnormality, potassium deficiency or abnormality, antidiuretic hormone excess or abnormality or a condition characterised by abnormal levels of parathyroid hormone related protein (PTHrP). In the method, a therapeutic quantity of a neutral to mildly alkaline solution of a magnesium salt comprising bicarbonate ions is administered to the patient. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064180 | USE OF NO AND NO DONORS FOR TERMINATING DORMANCY IN INVERTEBRATES - The present invention relates to a method for terminating dormancy in an invertebrate, wherein said invertebrate is brought in contact with nitric oxide and/or a nitric oxide donor. The method can be used in pest management of unfavourable species, in eliminating dormant stages of aquatic invertebrates in ballast water in promoting termination of dormancy in beneficial species and/or in stimulating production of live food in aquacultures. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064181 | P2X3 Receptor Antagonists for Treatment of Pain - The subject invention relates to novel P2X3 receptor antagonists that play a critical role in treating disease states associated with pain, in particular peripheral pain, inflammatory pain, or tissue injury pain that can be treated using a P2X3 receptor subunit modulator. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064182 | COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL PREPARATION COMPRISING COLLAGEN, CHITOSAN, GLYCOSYLAMINOGLYCAN AND CELL GROWTH PROMOTING PEPTIDE AND/OR CELLULAR COMPLEX - A cosmetic or dermatological preparation that is obtainable by combining collagen and/or a derivative thereof, chitosan and/or a derivative thereof, glycosylaminoglycan and/or a derivative thereof with a peptide which is capable of promoting skin cell growth and/or with a composition which comprises glycoproteins 1 and 2 and ginseng and horsetail extracts. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064183 | FORMING MACHINE FOR FABRIC SLATS - A forming machine for fabric slats provides a strip material to be formed with hot ironing and cold ironing according to temperature in a complete procedure of hot working, wherein an entire surface of the strip material is contacted and the strip material moves linearly. The forming machine stably forms a slat of a curved cross section and includes a hot ironing module and a cold ironing module which are assembled as a linear hot-working assembly. The fabric strip impregnated with an adhesive agent is fed in at an end of the hot-working assembly through a feed device. The strip material is first thermally fused and ironed with surface contact when passing through the hot-working assembly and then is executed with cold ironing and shaping, thereby stably forming the slat of the curved cross section, which is outputted from a take-up device at the other end of the hot-working assembly. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064184 | Device for Processing Preforms - Fast Changer - A device for processing performs may include at least a holder device for holding at least one preform and for at least temporary contacting arrangement of at least one wall part of the preform on at least one contact device. By the at least one contact device, a temperature of the first wall part can be prespecified, which at least temporarily differs from the temperature of a second wall part that is always spaced from the contact device. The contact device may be releasably held by a carrier device forming at least in parts a holding zone for the contact device. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064185 | MOULD FOR FORMING MEAT AND IN WHICH MEAT CAN BE COOKED - A mould for forming meat, comprising a bottom die formed as a recipient, a concavity of which faces in an upwards direction and is configured to contain the meat, a cover for closing and sliding internally of the mouth of the concavity, and elastic pusher that pushes the cover in order to compress the meat contained in the concavity of the bottom die; the elastic pusher being located externally of and by a side of the bottom die, and being singly interposed between an opposing element fixed to the bottom die and a vertically-mobile hook element fixed to the bottom die, which hook element is configured to hook the cover in order to create a constraint preventing the cover from separating from the hook element in an upwards vertical direction. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064186 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ELECTROSPUN FIBERS AND FIBERS PRODUCED THEREBY - Electrospinning nozzles include novel constructs for providing spinning pores that define the origin of jets of fiber-forming media. In some embodiments, a film covers relatively large holes in a nozzle body and provides spinning pores aligned with such large holes. In some embodiments, conductive tubes are secured at or about relatively large holes in a nozzle body and provide spinning pores fluidly communicating with fiber-forming media at such large holes. In yet other embodiments, nozzle bodies are provided with circular or semi-spherical surfaces having a plurality of spinning pores. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064187 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING AND EJECTING NOODLES, AND NOODLE SCRAPER - A noodle scraper including a plate body having a bent section extending along a longitudinal direction; a plurality of first scraping tines having a longest tine-length; and a plurality of second scraping tines having a tine-length which is shorter than that of the first scraping tine, wherein the plurality of first and second scraping tines are alternately provided at one of the long sides of the plate body in a comb form; the second scraping tine including a tine-base or tine-middle section; and the tine-base or tine-middle section is formed in a folded or curved shape, a tine-edge section of the first or second scraping tine including a face that is sloped in a vertical cross-section orthogonal to a direction in which the tine-edge section extends. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064188 | Replication Tools and Related Fabrication Methods and Apparatus - Durable seamless replication tools are disclosed for replication of seamless relief patterns in desired media, for example in optical recording or data storage media. Methods of making such durable replication tools are disclosed, including preparing a recording substrate on the inner surface of a support cylinder, recording and developing a relief pattern in the substrate, creating a durable negative relief replica of the pattern, extracting the resulting durable tool sleeve from a processing cell, and mounting the tool sleeve on a mounting fixture. Apparatus are disclosed for fabricating such seamless replication tools, including systems for recording a desired relief pattern on a photosensitive layer on an inner surface of a support cylinder. Also disclosed are electrodeposition cells for forming a durable tool sleeve having a desired relief pattern. The replication tool relief features may have critical dimensions down to the micron and nanometer regime. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064189 | METHOD OF HANDLING LIQUID TO PREVENT MACHINE CONTAMINATION DURING FILLING - A mold device for injecting a fluid into a container where the mold device comprises a first mold portion having a first mating surface and a second mold portion having a second mating surface. The second mating surface is shaped complementary to the first mating surface. A mold cavity is disposed within the first mold portion and the second mold portion. The mold device further comprises an interlocking mating surface system disposed between or made a part of the first mold portion and second mold portion to define a fluid seal therebetween and align the first mold portion to the second mold portion in at least a first direction. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064190 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERMENTED MALT BEVERAGE USING CEREALS TREATED WITH THIOPHANATE-METHYL - Disclosed is a method for preventing a so-called “gushing” phenomenon of a fermented malt beverage such as beer, that is, simultaneous overfoaming of the beverage when opening bottled or canned beer or the like. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a fermented malt beverage, wherein the method uses cereal treated with thiophanate-methyl or wheat treated with prothioconazole. It is preferable that the cereal treated with thiophanate-methyl is cereal which has been treated with thiophanate-methyl after flower formation stage and before harvesting, and preferred type of the cereal is barley. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064191 | Nutritionally Enhanced Isolate From Stabilized Rice Bran And Method of Production - Provided is a nutritionally enhanced derivative (isolate) from Stabilized Rice Bran (SRB) with improved antioxidant, fat and protein levels enhancing both the nutritional and yield values over existing techniques. Also provided is an improved method that utilizes certain enzyme combinations under various time and temperature conditions for extracting these nutritionally enhanced isolates from SRB. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064192 | Enzymatic Oil-Degumming Method - A process of enzymatic degumming edible oils, comprising treating edible oil with a lipid acyltransferase so as to transfer an acyl group from a major part of the phospholipid to one or more acyl acceptors, wherein the acyl acceptor may be any compound comprising a hydroxyl group. In one embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is water and in another embodiment preferably the acyl acceptor is one or more sterols and/or stanols. When the acyl acceptor is a stanol and/or sterol, one or more sterol esters and/or stanol esters are produced. The lipid acyltransferase for use in the process of the present invention may comprise one or more of the following amino acid sequences: SEQ ID NO: 1, SEQ ID NO: 3, SEQ ID NO: 4, SEQ ID NO: 5, SEQ ID NO: 6, SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, SEQ ID NO: 9, SEQ ID NO: 10, SEQ ID NO: 11, SEQ ID NO: 12, SEQ ID NO: 13, SEQ ID NO: 14, or SEQ ID NO: 15, SEQ ID NO: 16, SEQ ID NO: 17, SEQ ID NO: 18, SEQ ID NO: 36, SEQ ID NO: 38, SEQ ID NO: 40, SEQ ID NO: 41, SEQ ID NO: 45, SEQ ID NO: 47, SEQ ID NO: 50 or an amino acid sequence which has 75% or more identity thereto. A novel lipid acyltransferase comprising the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO: 16 is also taught. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064193 | SHORTENING PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - The invention relates to shortening particle compositions that are suitable for use in preparing batter or dough products such as biscuits, pizza crusts, pot pie crusts, cinnamon rolls, or dry mixes for same. Typically, the shortening compositions are low in trans fatty acids and in saturated fatty acids. For example, the shortening particle composition may comprise less than about 3% wt. total trans fatty acids and a total of about less than about 61% wt. saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064194 | ENZYMES - The present invention relates to enzymes and processes. In particular, there is described a host 3140 cell transformed or transfected with a nucleic acid encoding a bacterial phytase enzyme and variants thereof. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064195 | SHORTENING PARTICLE COMPOSITIONS AND DOUGH PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - The invention relates to shortening particle compositions that are suitable for use in preparing baked goods such as biscuits, pizza crusts, pot pie crusts, and cinnamon rolls. Typically, the shortening compositions are low in trans fatty acids and in saturated fatty acids. For example, the shortening particle composition may comprise less than about 3% wt. total trans fatty acids and a total of about less than about 61% wt. saturated fatty acids and trans fatty acids. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064196 | MINCED FISH MEAT AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION OF MINCED FISH MEAT - The purpose of the present technology is to provide a frozen minced fish meat of high quality while effectively using a natural resource. During production of minced fish meat, after removal of the head, guts, and kidney tissue (kidneys), meat is harvested to produce a minced fish meat characterized in that gelation strength is not lowered. Specifically, this production method includes as essential steps a step of washing the fish body; a step of removing the head, guts, and kidney tissue; a washing step; and a meat harvesting step. Protease specific activity of the minced fish meat, as measured by the peptide quantitative analysis method using phenol test solution, is less than or equal to 0.001. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064197 | INTERACTIVE ASSEMBLY OF CUSTOMIZED NUTRITIONAL MEALS AND SNACKS - A method for assembling a nutritional meal and snack, and a package for the same, are presented. The method includes defining nutritional food and beverage groups within a recommended nutritional meal or snack, and providing food and beverage item options within each of the food and beverage groups. The method further includes associating a portion of a character image with each of the groups, and associating pictorial or graphic expressions of each of the character image portions to the food and beverage item options such that one expression of the character portion corresponds to one of the food and beverage options. A customer is allowed to choose one of the expressions such that a food and beverage item option for each of the food and beverage groups is chosen to form both of the nutritional meal or snack and a unique expression of a character image. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064198 | LABELS FOR PRODUCE - Described herein is a label for produce wherein the label comprises a facestock and a heat-activated adhesive having a viscosity at 100° C. of less than 4.5×10 | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064199 | STABILIZED FOAM - The present invention comprises a gel-stabilized foam for use in food products. Foam bubbles are stabilized by either a continuous gel coating or a particulate gel coating created under high shear conditions. The foam is viscous and shelf-stable, and can be combined with a viscous food product to lower its caloric density and improve its organoleptic properties. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064200 | Method For Producing A Confectionery Product - The disclosure provides a method for producing a confectionery product comprising forming a chocolate shell in a mould cavity; depositing a cake component into the chocolate shell; and forming a chocolate layer over the cake component so as to enclose the cake component. A confectionery product obtainable from the above method is also provided. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064201 | GALVANIC PACKAGE FOR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND PRESERVATION METHOD - A package for fruits and vegetables having galvanic functionality is formed by using two or more metals with different galvanic activity properties on the surface of a nonmetallic substrate. The metals may be deposited electrolytically, by vacuum, autocatalytically, or by other methods. The metals are selected to create a galvanic reaction after the package is filled with a low pH food product and its associated liquids, juices, brine, etc. The package may extend the shelf-life of the food product contained therein, for example, by making metal ions available to the food product. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064202 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING PUREED FOOD - A method, device, and knife system for producing purëed, cooked foodstuffs from piece-form raw material. The method includes pre-chopping of the piece-form raw material in a pre-chopping unit, cooking of the pre-chopped raw material in a cooking plant, and final processing of the cooked product in a final-processing unit. Before cooking, the piece-form raw material is cut into small pieces by the pre-chopping unit such that a pumpable mass is produced from the piece-form raw material. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064203 | Method And Apparatus For The Energy-Saving Production Of Confectionery Masses - A method and an apparatus ( | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064204 | ONLINE DECORATING SYSTEM FOR EDIBLE PRODUCTS - A web-enabled standalone application may, in selected implementations, prevent received license-controlled image data from unauthorized re-use, editing, or distribution, and permits image processing, such as applying the International Color Consortium's color correction process, at the local control device. The web-enabled standalone application may further generate a printer specific byte stream based on post-image processed data, providing a color managed workflow independent of local control device operating system print drivers. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064205 | IMPREGNATED FOOD - An impregnated food in which a solid edible material is impregnated with a liquid food having a viscosity of 10,000 to 100,000 mPa·s at 35° C. has a good taste of the liquid food, has nevertheless a not hard texture, and achieves a sense of unity between the solid edible material and the liquid food. The impregnated food can be produced by a process for producing an impregnated food, wherein in a hermetically closed system, the system is pressurized in a state where a solid edible material is made contact with a liquid food, and then, the pressure in the system is returned to the atmospheric pressure. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064206 | NOVEL COATING COMPOSITIONS, USES THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - The present invention relates to a composition for coating a food product, particularly cheese, and more particularly firm paste cheese, and in particular pressed paste cheese, including coating wax and a bulking agent. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064207 | FOOD COOKING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND FOOD MADE USING THE METHOD - A food cooking method and a device in which a combustion chamber and a food cooking vessel are separated by a surface having fine holes or slits, and a fuel or a substance which gives off an aroma produced in the combustion chamber while the combustion chamber is screened from the atmosphere, such that heat and aroma are transmitted to the food as the aromatic and hot combustion gasses are discharged to the exterior through the food in the food cooking vessel. In the cooking method, flavor is enhanced as a smoky aroma is directly added to the foods in forms of pastes and the foods in a solid phase which is distributed by mixing into a liquid phase or semi-liquid phase. The method also can be used to remove unwanted smells and to cook rice. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064208 | AZEOTROPIC POST-HARVEST FUMIGATION COMPOSITIONS OF METHYL IODIDE - The present technology relates to fumigant compositions and fumigation processes, and particularly to processes for the fumigation of perishable products. The fumigant compositions comprise an azeotropic and azeotrope-like composition of methyl iodide and at least one fluorocarbon or hydrofluorocarbon. The fumigation methods include providing a fumigant composition and applying the fumigant composition to a perishable product. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064209 | Protein Ingredient Selection and Manipulation for the Manufacture of Snack Foods - Methods for the incorporation of dairy proteins into extruded snack products to provide a good source of protein are presented. In a first aspect, direct expanded, puffed products are obtained by selecting at least one filtered protein derived from milk and controlling unwanted reactions with one or more expansion controlling agents. Through the addition of expansion controlling agents such as a calcium carbonate, the thermally-treated, dairy protein-containing dough surprisingly results in a crunchier puffed snack food product. In a second aspect, the present invention provides for the manipulation of whey protein by ensuring the protein is denatured prior to combining with additional dry ingredients to form a sheetable whey-based dough suitable for cold extrusion-type processes. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064210 | Enhanced Preservation of Processed Food - The present invention included compositions and methods for treating | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064211 | MULTIPURPOSE CHEF BASKET - A chef basket is disclosed. The basket includes a ring, a plurality of overhangs, the overhangs coupled to the ring and juxtaposed over each neighboring overhang, a plurality of interlocking wires forming a straining surface, the straining surface coupled to the ring; and at least two handles, the at least two handles rotatably coupled to the ring, wherein at least five different reversible configurations or orientations, including a collapsed configuration, a first standing configuration, a second standing configuration, a first configuration, and a second configuration, are formed. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064212 | Method and Devices for Forming Articles - The present invention is predicated upon methods and devices for forming numerous articles for various applications including nutritional applications, medicinal applications, or other useful applications for plants, animals or otherwise. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods and devices for forming high quality pellets using alginates as a retention agent for the ingredients. This may be achieved through the creation or modification of pre-existing forming devices, wherein an alginate applicator is provided for applying the alginate to the ingredients, before, during or after formation of the articles, or combinations thereof, to retain the ingredients of the articles together. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064213 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A HIGH PROTEIN CORN MEAL FROM A WHOLE STILLAGE BYPRODUCT AND SYSTEM THEREFORE - The present invention relates generally to corn dry-milling, and more specifically, to methods for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct produced in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol and a system therefore. In one embodiment, a method for producing a high protein corn meal from a whole stillage byproduct includes, in a corn dry-milling process for making ethanol, separating the whole stillage byproduct into an insoluble solids portion and a thin stillage portion. The thin stillage portion is separated into a protein portion and a water soluble solids portion. Next, the protein portion is dewatered then dried to define a high protein corn meal that includes at least 40 wt % protein on a dry basis. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064214 | Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device - An Avocado Cutting and Splitting Device. The device uses a single cutting blade to cut through both the seed and meat of incoming avocados. In order to increase uptime, the device had a feature that allows for the cutting blade to be sharpened while in operating condition (without the need for removing the blade from the machine). To increase the uniformity in the orientation of the cut in the avocados, there are a series of guides, elements and other apparatus that will place the incoming avocados in a consistent orientation relative to the cutting blade before they are cut. In order to improve throughput and reduce the need for human operator involvement, the device includes a set of custom-shaped ramps designed to guide and transport the cut avocado halves down to the moving exit conveyor so that the halves land face-down on the exit conveyor. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064215 | Portable towable stove for outdoor use - A portable stove for outdoor enthusiasts has, in one embodiment, a tow bar ( | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064216 | COOKING GRILL - A cooking grill uses infrared radiant top-down heat from burning a solid carbonaceous fuel to cook food. The cooking grill includes a grill body having sidewalls, a fuel rack disposed substantially horizontally within the grill body and adapted to hold a carbonaceous solid fuel, and a food rack disposed substantially horizontally within the grill body below the fuel rack. A method of grilling a food item includes placing the food item in a food rack and inserting the food rack into a grill body in a substantially horizontal orientation, placing a solid carbonaceous fuel in a food rack in a substantially horizontal position above the food rack in the grill body, igniting the solid carbonaceous fuel, and removing the food rack from the grill body when the food is cooked. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064217 | FOOD ADDITIVE - The present invention relates to a food additive, and more particularly to a food additive that provides antimicrobial properties, and extends shelf life while maintaining the flavor profile of the foodstuff. The food additive may include 85 to 95 percent by weight sodium or potassium salt, 1 to 10 percent by weight of at least one compound having antioxidant properties, 0.1 to 10 percent by weight of at least one mustard family based compound, and 0 to 1 percent by weight of at least one tea based compound. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064218 | OPTIMIZED SUGAR SUBSTITUTE COMPOSITION - An optimized sugar substitute composition with low glycemic index (GI) and low caloric content is disclosed for substituting for sugar and conventional artificial sweeteners. The sugar substitute composition contains | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064219 | EXTRUDED PARTICLES - An extruded particle for use in a foodstuff, such as chewing gum, the extruded particle including a carrier matrix of ethyl cellulose and a hydrophobic plasticizer, and a sweetening component having a clogP of from -0.5 to 1.0 dispersed throughout the matrix. The extruded particle prolongs or sustains the perception of a flavor during chewing or consumption of the foodstuff. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064220 | NUTRITIONAL FORMULA CONTAINING OCTENYL SUCCINATE ANHYDRIDE-MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH - The present invention relates to a nutritional formulation comprising a lipid source, a carbohydrate source, a protein equivalent source, and an emulsifying agent comprising OSA-modified tapioca starch which contains less than about | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064221 | INCREASING THE CONCENTRATION OF TERPENE COMPOUNDS IN LIQUIDS - A method for increasing the concentration of terpene compounds in liquids. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064222 | FOOD ADDITIVE - The present invention relates to a food additive, and more particularly to a food additive that can be used to reduce the sodium content of a food additive or foodstuff. The food additive may include potassium and/or sodium citrate, sodium gluconate, potassium chloride, and optionally disodium inosinate or guanylate. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064223 | Drug Coated Balloon Surface Relaxation Process To Minimize Drug Loss - Method of coating an expandable member is provided. The method comprises providing an expandable member having deflated and fully expanded configurations, and inflating the expandable member with a select amount of inflation medium, the select amount of inflation medium applied at a nominal pressure, disposing a therapeutic agent on at least a portion of the expandable member; and partially deflating the expandable member, wherein partially deflating includes releasing an initial amount of inflation medium from the expandable member such that the expandable member partially re-folds. The therapeutic agent can be dried on the expandable member, and a remaining amount of inflation medium can be withdrawn such that the expandable member resumes the completely folded configuration. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064224 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COATING APPARATUS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL COATING METHOD - The present invention provides a liquid crystal (LC) coating apparatus and an LC coating method. The LC coating apparatus comprises a plurality of liquid crystal coating devices, at least one real-time detector and a controller. The LC coating method comprises the following steps: utilizing the LC coating devices to coat a LC on a substrate; utilizing the real-time detector to real-time detect the LC coated on the substrate and outputting a detection signal; and utilizing the controller to control the LC coating devices according to the detection signal. The present invention can real-time monitor the coating status of the LC for coating and forming a uniform LC film. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064225 | SPRAY DEPOSITION MODULE FOR AN IN-LINE PROCESSING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, an apparatus for simultaneously depositing an anodically or cathodically active material on opposing sides of a flexible conductive substrate is provided. The apparatus comprises a chamber body defining one or more processing regions in which a flexible conductive substrate is exposed to a dual sided spray deposition process, wherein each of the one or more processing regions are further divided into a first spray deposition region and a second spray deposition region for simultaneously spraying an anodically active or cathodically active material onto opposing sides of a portion of the flexible conductive substrate, wherein each of the first and second spray deposition regions comprise a spray dispenser cartridge for delivering the activated material toward the flexible conductive substrate and a movable collection shutter. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064226 | Cantilever Microprobes For Contacting Electronic Components and Methods for Making Such Probes - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to compliant probe structures for making temporary or permanent contact with electronic circuits and the like. In particular, embodiments are directed to various designs of cantilever-like probe structures. Some embodiments are directed to methods for fabricating such cantilever structures. In some embodiments, for example, cantilever probes have extended base structures, slide in mounting structures, multi-beam configurations, offset bonding locations to allow closer positioning of adjacent probes, compliant elements with tensional configurations, improved over travel, improved compliance, improved scrubbing capability, and/or the like. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064227 | Cantilever Microprobes For Contacting Electronic Components and Methods for Making Such Probes - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to compliant probe structures for making temporary or permanent contact with electronic circuits and the like. In particular, embodiments are directed to various designs of cantilever-like probe structures. Some embodiments are directed to methods for fabricating such cantilever structures. In some embodiments, for example, cantilever probes have extended base structures, slide in mounting structures, multi-beam configurations, offset bonding locations to allow closer positioning of adjacent probes, compliant elements with tensional configurations, improved over travel, improved compliance, improved scrubbing capability, and/or the like. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064228 | FORMING METHOD OF LIGHT EXTRACTING STRUCTURE, LIGHT-EMITTING SUBSTRATE HAVING LIGHT EXTRACTING STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light extracting structure which can efficiently extract light emitted from a light-emitting layer. A capture layer is formed onto a first translucent material film formed on a substrate. A dispersion liquid obtained by dispersing particles into a dispersion medium is coated onto the capture layer. The dispersion medium is volatilized. A particle sediment layer is formed onto the capture layer. The particles in the lowest layer of the sediment layer are captured into the capture layer at a filling rate of 93% or more for the 2-dimensional closest packing. The non-captured particles are removed. An etching is performed by using the captured particles as a mask. Concave portions are formed in the first translucent material film. The particles remaining after the etching and the capture layer are removed. Thereafter, the concave portions are embedded with a second translucent material having a different refractive index. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064229 | POLYMER ACIDS AS BINDER AND PH REDUCING AGENT FOR AQUEOUS LITHIUM-ION CELLS - A positive electrode for an electrochemical cell. The positive electrode includes a current collector that is coated with a slurry comprising a positive active material, a water-soluble polymer which acts as a binder and pH adjuster, a conductive additive and water. The positive active slurry was then coated on to the current collector and dried. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064230 | METHOD FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE VIA IN A SUBSTRATE - The steps of the present invention are as follows: (a) a detachable film is formed on both sides of a substrate, respectively; (b) a number of vias running through both sides of the detachable films are formed in the substrate; (c) the vias are filled with a conductive paste; (d) the detachable films are peeled off; (e) a metallic conductive layer is deposited on both sides of the substrate, respectively; (f) a specific mold pattern is formed on the metallic conductive layers, respectively, by a photolithographic process; (g) a metallic circuit layout layer is formed on the patterns, respectively, by an electrochemical process; and (h) the mold patterns and the metallic conductive layers are removed. As such, the substrate is not contaminated by the conductive paste. Further, by using deposition, metallic conductive layers are directly adhered to the substrate and, by using photolithography, layouts with small linewidth could be formed. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064231 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INCLUDING FLAME RETARDANT INSULATION LAYER - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a printed circuit board including a flame retardant insulation layer. The printed circuit board of the present invention exhibits excellent thermal stability and excellent mechanical strength, is suitable for imprinting lithography process, provides improved reliability by reducing coefficient of thermal expansion, and has excellent adhesion between circuit patterns and an insulation layer. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064232 | Method of treatment for imparting conductivity to surface of separator-use base member of solid polymer type fuel cell - The present invention provides a method of treatment for imparting conductivity to a surface of a separator-use base member resulting in little distortion and superior conductive performance for a separator-use base member of a solid polymer type fuel cell made of any of a sheet of stainless steel, titanium, or titanium alloy, comprising a step of spray coating and drying on the surface of the separator-use base member a suspension prepared by mixing conductive compound particles | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064233 | Apparatus And Method For Manufacturing MMO Anode Using Continuous Coating And Heat Treatment Process - Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an MMO anode using reel-to-reel continuous coating and heat treatment, including continuously coating a surface of a metal substrate with an MMO (Mixed Metal Oxide) coating solution using a continuous coater and passing the metal substrate through a heat pretreatment furnace and a heat treatment furnace to form an MMO coating layer on the surface of the metal substrate. When a long wire type MMO anode is manufactured, a uniform coating layer is formed thanks to the use of reel-to-reel continuous coating and heat treatment under uniform conditions, thus increasing durability and quality of the long wire type MMO anode. The exposure time of the metal substrate to the outside between the processes is minimized, and productivity is increased, thus decreasing the manufacturing cost to result in high product competitiveness. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064234 | ITO-COATED ARTICLE FOR USE WITH TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY ASSEMBLIES, AND/OR METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for making a coated article including a transparent conductive indium-tin-oxide (ITO) film supported by a heat treated glass substrate. A substantially sub-oxidized ITO or metallic indium-tin (InSn) film is sputter-deposited onto a glass substrate at room temperature. The glass substrate with the as-deposited film thereon is subjected to elevated temperatures. Thermal tempering or heat strengthening causes the as-deposited film to be transformed into a crystalline transparent conductive ITO film. Advantageously, this may reduce the cost of touch panel assemblies, e.g., because of the higher rates of the ITO deposition in the metallic mode. The cost of touch-panel assemblies may be further reduced through the use of float glass. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064235 | Non-Fouling Surfaces for Reflective Spheres - The present invention relates to treating of reflective surfaces to prevent fouling. The present invention also relates to reflective materials treated to prevent fouling, as well as methods of using such reflective materials. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064236 | PROCESS OF FABRICATING PREPREG SHEET FOR PRINTED-WIRING BOARD AND DEVICE OF FABRICATING PREPREG SHEET FOR PRINTED-WIRING BOARD - The present invention has been aimed to propose a process and a device of fabricating a prepreg for a printed circuit board which are capable of controlling respective thicknesses of resin layers on the opposite surfaces of a resultant prepreg, removing air bubbles from the resultant prepreg, and improving productivity. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064237 | FILM FORMING METHOD - There is disclosed a film forming method of spraying an aerosol jetted from a nozzle on a film formation object, while continuously changing a spraying position of the aerosol, to form a film which continuously covers an upper surface, an outer surface and a curved surface, which enables continuous formation of a high-quality film by a simple process. This film forming method includes a first film forming step of continuously spraying the aerosol on an upper surface W | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064238 | Methods of Making Powder Coating Compositions, Powder Coating Compositions Made Thereby, and Powder Coating Systems - Methods for making powder coating compositions are disclosed in which at least one first powder coating composition and at least one second powder coating composition are mixed. The at least one first powder coating composition, when deposited upon a substrate and cured, provides a cured coating having a first hue and a first L* value, and includes opaque particulates. The at least one second powder coating composition includes translucent or opaque particulates that have external colorant particles removably adhered thereto. In the methods, the mixture, when deposited upon a substrate and cured, produces a coating having an L* value within 20 units of the L* value of a coating formed from the at least one first powder coating composition alone. Also disclosed are powder coating compositions produced by the disclosed methods, powder coating systems, related kits, methods for matching a preselected hue, coated substrates, and method for coating a substrate. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064239 | ACTIVATED PH CONTROL FOR PROTEIN GLUES - A glue composition can include: one or more glue proteins selected to undergo a conformational change responsive to a pH change; and one or more pH components selected to change the pH of the one or more glue proteins in response to a change in one or more conditions. The glue can be prepared by: providing one or more glue proteins selected to undergo a conformational change in response to a pH change; and combining the glue proteins with one or more pH components selected to change the pH of the one or more glue proteins in response to a change in one or more conditions. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064240 | TRANSPARENT AQUA-BASED NANO SOL-GEL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF APPLYING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a transparent aqua-based nano sol-gel composition and method of applying the same to transparent substrates without decreasing the visible light and sunlight transmittance thereof. The transparent aqua-based nano sol-gel can be applied to a surface of a transparent substrate to form a porous film which will not reduce the visible light and sunlight transmittance of the transparent substrate and will impart a self-cleaning function to the transparent substrate. The transparent aqua-based nano sol-gel composition contains a transparent aqua-based zeolite sol-gel having a particle size of less than 100 nm, a polysiloxane derivate, a surfactant, a transparent aqua-based photocatalytic sol-gel of titanium dioxide having a particle size of less than 100 nm, and deionized water. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064241 | METHOD OF SURFACE-TREATING ALUMINUM HEAT EXCHANGERS FOR VEHICLES, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE HEAT EXCHANGERS - The present invention relates to a method of surface-treating an aluminum heat exchanger for vehicles in which a sufficient amount of photocatalytic metal oxide particles are retained on a surface of the heat exchanger in a state capable of exhibiting a photocatalytic activity thereof to remove VOC in a compartment of the vehicles by irradiating an ultraviolet ray thereto in an efficient manner. The method of surface-treating an aluminum heat exchanger for vehicles according to the present invention includes (1) a step of dispersing photocatalytic metal oxide particles whose surface is modified with apatite in an aqueous solution in which a low-temperature heat-decomposable resin is dissolved, to prepare a slurry; (2) a step of applying the slurry onto a surface of the heat exchanger; and (3) a step of drying the heat exchanger at a temperature of from 150 to 280° C. to decompose and remove a part of the low-temperature heat-decomposable resin on the surface of the photocatalytic metal oxide particles. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064242 | METHOD FOR MONITORING CORROSION PROTECTION IN POWER PLANT - According to one embodiment, there is provided a method for monitoring corrosion in a power plant, including: forming a film with a composition of M1FeO | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064243 | PREPARATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED MICROPOROUS COMPOSITE FOAMS - A method of producing a monolithic metal or metal composite having a hierarchic pore structure, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a template material, said template material having a porous structure; contacting the template material with a solution of the or each metal to be structuralised; depositing the or each metal onto the template; washing the metal coated template before deposition of further metal; isolating the metal coated template material; removing, thermally, at least a portion of the template material. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064244 | VEGETABLE OIL-BASED COATING AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION - A method of applying a urethane material to a vehicle substrate that includes the steps of: providing a vehicle substrate; and applying a urethane material to the vehicle substrate where the urethane material typically includes the reaction product of an A-side that includes an isocyanate and a B-side that typically includes a blown soy oil, at least one polyol at least partially derived from petroleum, and a cross-linker. A vehicle composite that typically includes the vehicle substrate and the urethane material. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064245 | ALD SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A gas deposition system ( | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064246 | GROWTH AND APPLICATIONS OF ULTRALONG CARBON NANOTUBES - Ultralong carbon nanotubes can be formed by placing a secondary chamber within a reactor chamber to restrict a flow to provide a laminar flow. Inner shells can be successively extracted from multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) such as by applying a lateral force to an elongated tubular sidewall at a location between its two ends. The extracted shells can have varying electrical and mechanical properties that can be used to create useful materials, electrical devices, and mechanical devices. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064247 | METHOD FOR FORMING CU FILM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A film-forming source material composed of a Cu complex is supplied to a wafer, which is kept at a relatively high first temperature and has a Ru film as a film-forming base film, and initial nuclei of Cu are formed on the wafer. Then, the film-forming source material composed of the Cu complex is supplied to the wafer kept at a relatively low second temperature, and Cu is deposited on the wafer having the initial nuclei of Cu formed thereon. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064248 | METHOD FOR FORMING CU FILM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a method for forming a Cu film, a substrate is loaded in a processing chamber and a gaseous film-forming source material including monovalent amidinate copper and a gaseous reducing agent including a carboxylic acid are introduced into the processing chamber. Then, a Cu film is deposited on the substrate by reacting the film-forming source material and the reducing agent together on the substrate. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064249 | Texture Material for Covering a Repaired Portion of a Textured Surface - A texturing system for applying a desired texture pattern on a patched portion of a surface. The texturing system comprises texture material, a dispensing system for dispensing the texture material, and a selecting system. The texture material comprises a carrier, a binder, a filler, and a change material. The texture material changes from a wet form to a solidified form when exposed to air. The change material changes appearance when the texture material changes from the wet form to the solidified form. The selecting system is supported by the dispensing system such that texture material dispensed from the dispensing system is dispensed through an outlet opening in the desired texture pattern. The dispensing system is used to deposit the texture material onto the patched portion of the surface in the desired texture pattern. | 2012-03-15 |
| 20120064250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING A PRINT SUPPORT - The present invention generally relates to a transport unit for transporting a print support, or substrate, through a plant that deposits print tracks on a surface of the print support. The plant has at least one print station having at least one print head to deposit the print track onto the print support according to a predetermined pattern. The transport unit comprises a transport element having a transport surface facing, during use, toward the print head and on which the print support is disposed during processing. The transport surface comprises a portion covered with an adhesive surface layer upon which the print support is positioned. | 2012-03-15 |
