| 42nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights (10-16-08/10-16-08_62) part 62 |
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| 20080256638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK PENETRATION TESTING - A system and method for providing network penetration testing from an end-user computer is provided. The method includes the step of determining at least one of a version of a Web browser of a target computer, contact information associated with an end-user that uses the target computer, and applications running on the target computer. The method also includes the steps of determining exploits that are associated with the running applications and that can be used to compromise the target computer, and launching the exploits to compromise the target computer. Network penetration testing may also be provided by performing the steps of determining an operating system of a target computer, selecting one of a group of modules to use in detecting services of the target computer, and detecting the services of the target computer. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256639 | Verification Method, Information Processing Device, Recording Medium, Verification System, Certification Program, and Verification Program - A virtual machine can be implemented by anyone because the interface and other information necessary for implementation are publicly available. Hence, if virtual machine is implemented maliciously, a program operating thereon can be made to operate maliciously instead of operating legitimately. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256640 | PLAYBACK APPARATUS AND PLAYBACK METHOD - According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a data read-out unit which reads out digital content from a storage medium, a copy control information update process unit which executes, if a second copy control information is defined in a file stored in the storage medium, a process of replacing a first copy control information which is embedded in the digital content that is read out of the storage medium, with the second copy control information, and a copy restriction process unit which analyzes the digital content that is output from the copy control information update process unit and executes a copy restriction process for restricting copy of the digital content, in accordance with one of the first copy control information and the second copy control information, which is embedded in the digital content. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256641 | MOBILE UNIT PARENTAL CONTROL - Parents can desire to limit content viewable upon a mobile device and a universal integrated circuit card can be programmed to limit viewing upon the mobile device. A user completes a service request form that includes an allowable view threshold for content upon the mobile device. The request can transfer to a service provider, sometimes via a base station. A subscription manager can forward the threshold back to the mobile device and the mobile device can program the threshold upon secure storage. When content is received, it can be compared against the threshold and a determination can be made on if the content is allowable to view in light of the threshold. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256642 | Anti-Interrogation For Portable Device - A portable consumer device is disclosed. One or more contact regions in the portable consumer device may be provided on the contactless portable consumer device. The user may be required to place a finger on the one or more contact regions while holding the portable consumer device proximate to the interrogation device to enable it to be interrogated. The user's fingers may be used to electrically bridge an open portion of a circuit so as to enable operation of the portable consumer device. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256643 | MULTIPLE ENTITY AUTHORIZATION MODEL - An authorization framework is provided that protects data records in a platform, such as a service-based platform, by requiring multiple level entities to be authorized with respect to the data records. For example, the data records can have an associated owner user that can grant access to other users with respect to the data. Additionally, however, the user can also grant access to certain applications that access the platform such that the data records can be initially closed for a user requiring the user to explicitly grant desired access to applications and/or users. In this regard, applications can be forbidden from accessing the data, even on behalf of the user, unless expressly authorized to do so by the user. Thus, the user can make informed decisions regarding who is to have access to its data. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256644 | Real-time detail information display method of digital rights management contents and portable terminal using the same - A real-time detail information display method of digital rights management (DRM) contents and a portable terminal for practicing that downloads digital rights management (DRM) content information from a server, in real-time. The portable terminal extracts address information of the DRM contents indicated on the display, accesses the server based on the extracted address information, and receives the DRM content information from the server and displays it on the display. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256645 | Digital rights management method and digital rights management-enabled portable device - A DRM method and DRM-enabled portable device for controlling playback of DRM content on the basis of content usage log is disclosed. A digital rights management method for a portable device of the present invention includes playing a content item recording, when an abnormal playback stop event is detected, a stop time point in a playback session of the content item on a usage log and controlling a next playback of the content item with reference to the recorded stop time point. The DRM method and DRM-enabled portable device of the present invention further manages the licenses issued for the DRM content stored in the portable device by updating the licenses even when the DRM content are abnormally closed during its playback session. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256646 | Managing Digital Rights in a Member-Based Domain Architecture - Techniques enable seamless movement and consumption of licensed digital content amongst multiple devices. In some embodiments, these techniques allow establishment of a domain capable of having multiple member devices. Each member device of the domain typically comprises a content-consuming device such as a personal computer, a portable media player, or the like. These techniques enable a license associated with digital content to bind to a domain rather than an individual device. As such, each member device of the domain may contain a domain identity and, with the identity, may consume the content with use of the license and in accordance with policy described in the license. These tools may also enable a member device to join multiple domains and to contain an identification of each of these multiple domains. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256647 | System and Method For Tracing Illegally Copied Contents on the Basis of Fingerprint - Disclosed is a system and method for tracing illegally copied contents on the basis of fingerprint. Purchaser information is inserted into digital contents that include image, audio or video data using a fingerprinting system when the digital contents are sold in the distribution process of the digital contents. If the contents purchaser has illegally copied and distributed the contents through the Internet or a P | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256648 | Secure portable computer and security method - A computer includes a processor, position determining means for determining the location of the computer, and control means for controlling the operation of the processor. The control means are in communication with the position determining means and control the operation of the processor in response to location information provided to the control means by the position determining means. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256649 | Novel Acetylcholinesterase Gene Responsible for Insecticide Resistance and Applications Thereof - The invention relates to a novel acetylcholinesterase gene (ace-1) responsible for resistance to organophosphorus and/or carbamates in mosquitoes, which is non-homologous to the | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256650 | Human chronic lymphocytic leukemia modeled in mouse by targeted TCL1 expression - Transgenic animals containing a nucleic acid sequence encoding TCL1 operably linked to transcriptional control sequences directing expression to B cells are described. Such transgenic animals provide a useful animal model system for human B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256651 | SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 6408448 - A soybean cultivar designated 6408448 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6408448, to the plants of soybean 6408448, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6408448 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6408448 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 6408448, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 6408448 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 6408448 with another soybean cultivar. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256652 | SOYBEAN CULTIVAR 6326393 - A soybean cultivar designated 6326393 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6326393, to the plants of soybean 6326393, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6326393 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6326393 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 6326393, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 6326393 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 6326393 with another soybean cultivar. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256653 | CANOLA CULTIVAR DN040847 - The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN040847. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN040847, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN040847 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN040847 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN040847. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256654 | CANOLA CULTIVAR DN040844 - The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN040844. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN040844, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN040844 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN040844 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN040844. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256655 | CANOLA CULTIVAR DN040856 - The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN040856. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN040856, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN040856 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN040856 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN040856. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256656 | CANOLA CULTIVAR DN041100 - The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola cultivar, designated DN041100. Also included are seeds of canola cultivar DN041100, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola DN041100 and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola DN041100 with itself or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola DN041100. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256657 | Soybean cultivar Q0073801 - A soybean cultivar designated Q0073801 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar Q0073801, to the plants of soybean Q0073801, to plant parts of soybean cultivar Q0073801 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar Q0073801 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety Q0073801, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar Q0073801 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar Q0073801 with another soybean cultivar. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256658 | Petunia Mutant Allele - The present invention relates to a | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256659 | Eg8798 and Eg9703 Polynucleotides and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides methods for identifying polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences which may be associated with a commercially relevant trait in plants, specifically, so-identified polynucleotides and polypeptide sequences for yield-related genes EG9703 and EG8798 for rice, corn, wheat, barley, sorghum, and sugarcane. Sequences thus identified are useful in enhancing commercially desired traits in domesticated plants or wild ancestor plants, identifying related polynucleotide sequences, genotyping a plant, and marker assisted breeding. Sequences thus identified may also be used to generate heterologous DNA, transgenic plants, and transfected host cells. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256660 | Utility of SNP markers associated with major soybean plant maturity and growth habit genomic regions - The invention includes methods and compositions of genomic regions for screening and selecting plants and seeds from the genus | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256661 | Reduced Susceptibility Towards Pathogens, In Particular Oomycetes, Such as Downy Mildew In Lettuce and Spinach - The present invention relates to a for obtaining a plant showing a reduced susceptibility towards infection with a pathogen, in particular an oomycete, comprising treating MO seeds of a plant species to be modified with a mutagenic agent to obtain M1 seeds and growing plants therefrom the thus obtained M1 seeds to obtain M1 plants, inoculation of the thus obtained M1+n plants with the pathogen and selecting plants that show a reduction or absence of sporulation of the pathogen as plants having a reduced susceptibility phenotype. The invention further relates to plants, seeds, pollen, cells and tissues that have the reduced susceptibility towards oomycetes. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256662 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256663 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants - Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed ESTs have particular utility in isolating genes and promoters, identifying and mapping the genes involved in developmental and metabolic pathways, and determining gene function. Sequence homology analyses using the ESTs provided in the present invention, will result in more efficient gene screening for desirable agronomic traits. An expanding database of these select pieces of the plant genomics puzzle will quickly expand the knowledge necessary for subsequent functional validation, a key limitation in current plant biotechnology efforts. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256664 | Means and Method for Modifying the Biomass of Plants - The present invention relates to means and methods for modifying biomass yield and/or plant growth and/or plant architecture of plants. In particular, it concerns transgenic plants exhibiting an increased biomass yield and plant growth rate compared to the corresponding wild-type plants. The plants according to the present invention are characterized by containing altered levels of a microRNA, in particular microRNA that targets members of the SPL family of genes encoding SPL transcription factors. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256665 | Method for changing seed productivity of plant by controlling the level of AtSPF3 in plant - Disclosed is a method of changing the seed productivity of a plant by controlling the level of AtSPF3 in the plant. More specifically, disclosed is a method of changing the seed productivity of a plant by controlling the intracellular level of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1. The AtSPF3 gene has the effect of changing the seed productivity of a plant through an increase or decrease in the expression thereof in the plant. Accordingly, the AtSPF3 gene will be useful for increasing the production of plants and breeding plants. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256666 | METHODS OF IDENTIFYING AND CREATING RUBISCO LARGE SUBUNIT VARIANTS WITH IMPROVED RUBISCO ACTIVITY, COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Methods for identifying one or more amino acid substitutions in a Rubisco large subunit polypeptide (variant) that confer increased Rubisco activity in a unicellular photosynthetic organism and transferring those substitutions to a Rubisco large subunit polypeptide of a higher plant cell are described herein. Methods and compositions for modulating plant productivity using the modified Rubisco large subunit polypeptide variants are provided. The Rubisco large subunit sequences are used in a variety of methods including increasing plant productivity in a plant. Transformed plants, plant cell, tissues, seed, and expression vectors are also provided. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256667 | METHOD OF MERISTEM EXCISION AND TRANSFORMATION - The present invention relates to excision of explant material comprising meristematic tissue from cotton seeds. Methods for tissue preparation, storage, transformation, and selection or identification of transformed plants are disclosed, as are transformable meristem tissues and plants produced by such methods, and apparati for tissue preparation. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256668 | Non-Transgenic Herbicide Resistant Plants - The present invention relates to the production of a non-transgenic plant resistant or tolerant to a herbicide of the phosphoniorethylglycine family, e.g., glyphosate. The present invention also relates to the use of a recombinagenic oligonucleobase to make a desired mutation in the chromosomal or episomal sequences of a plant in the gene encoding for 5-enol pyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS). The mutated protein, which substantially maintains the catalytic activity of the wild-type protein, allows for increased resistance or tolerance of the plant to a herbicide of the phophonomethylglycine family, and allows for the substantially normal growth or development of the plant, its organs, tissues or cells as compared to the wild-type plant irrespective of the presence or absence of the herbicide. The present invention also relates to a non-transgenic plant cell in which the EPSPS gene has been mutated, a non-transgenic plant regenerated therefrom, as well as a plant resulting from a cross using a regenerated non-transgenic plant having a mutated EPSPS gene. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256669 | Plants with Multiple Transgenes on a Chromosome - A transgenic seed or plant of a corn, cotton, rapeseed or soybean species having a recombinant chromosome with multiple transgenes for imparting traits to said seed or its plant. Useful traits include herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, nematode resistance, viral resistance, tolerance to water deficit, tolerance to nitrogen deficit, enhanced amino acid level in seed, enhanced starch level in seed, enhanced oil level in seed, modified oil composition, and increased yield. Useful recombinant chromosomes are produced with centromere DNA from the plant targeted for transformation or from truncated native chromosomes. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256670 | AtRSp gene promoters - This invention describes novel DNA sequences that function as promoters of transcription of associated nucleotide sequences. More specifically, this invention describes DNA sequences conferring constitutive expression to an associated nucleotide sequence. The invention also describes recombinant sequences containing such promoter sequences. The said recombinant DNA sequences may be used to create transgenic plants, but especially transgenic plants expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest at all times and in most tissues and organs. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256671 | Musa plant named '0714' - A new cultivar of | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256672 | Strawberry plant named 'Tamir' - This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named ‘TAMIR’. This new strawberry plant named ‘TAMIR’ is primarily adapted to the climate and growing conditions of the growing conditions of the Sharon coastal plain, at 32° latitude, located in Israel, and is primarily characterized by low amounts of runners (stolons) production in the propagating nursery; no chilling requirement for flower induction; very early fruit production from the first week of November in Israel; moderate plant size with open, flattened habit; fruiting trusses position level with foliage; large fruit size, orange-red in color; high fruit firmness even in high temperatures; juicy fruit texture with strong flavor; very nice appearance with yellowish achenes over bright red fruit skin; and high field tolerance to powdery mildew. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256673 | EXOTIC ORCHID 'White Knight' - A new variety of orchid plant of the Oncidiinae Intergeneric group, | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080256674 | Monarda plant named 'ACrade' - A new cultivar of bee balm, | 10-16-2008 |
