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Carl W. Birks, Seattle, WA US
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20090280562 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR PREPARING DIMERIC GROWTH FACTORS - Proteins consisting of, from amino to carboxyl terminus, a first PDGF-D growth factor domain polypeptide, a linker polypeptide, and a second PDGF-D growth factor domain polypeptide, and materials and methods for making the proteins are disclosed. Each of the first and second PDGF-D growth factor domain polypeptides consists of a sequence of amino acid residues as shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:4 from amino acid x to amino acid y, wherein x is an integer from 246 to 258, inclusive, and y is an integer from 365-370, inclusive. The linker polypeptide consists of from 11-40 amino acid residues. The proteins can be used to stimulate the production of bone and/or connective tissue in both humans and non-human animals. | 11-12-2009 |
20110217291 | SOLUBLE HYBRID FCT RECEPTORS AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are soluble hybrid Fcγ receptor (FcγR) polypeptide compositions and related methods of using such polypeptides to treat IgG-mediated and immune complex-mediated inflammation. Also disclosed are related compositions and methods for producing the soluble hybrid FcγR polypeptides. | 09-08-2011 |
20120134993 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING MULTISPECIFIC-BINDING PROTEINS COMPRISING AN ANTIBODY-RECEPTOR COMBINATION - Disclosed are bispecific binding proteins comprising a antibody/soluble receptor bispecific binding protein that reduces the biological activity of both VEGF-A and FGF. The FGF binding moieties are generally soluble FGFR3 or FGFR2. An Fc polypeptide is fused to the C-terminus of the FGF binding moiety and VEGF-A binding moiety are polypeptides fused using peptide or polypeptide linker sequences, and can be expressed as single bispecific binding protein. The bispecific antibody/soluble receptor binding proteins can be used to treat cancers characterized by solid tumor growth as well as other diseases. | 05-31-2012 |
20140107034 | SOLUBLE HYBRID FCGAMMA RECEPTORS AND RELATED METHODS - Disclosed are soluble hybrid Fcγ receptor (FcγR) polypeptide compositions and related methods of using such polypeptides to treat IgG-mediated and immune complex-mediated inflammation. Also disclosed are related compositions and methods for producing the soluble hybrid FcγR polypeptides. | 04-17-2014 |
David Birks, New Egypt, NJ US
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20090124193 | Program and Data Alerts and Auxiliary Datastreams in a Multichannel Broadcast System - A system and method ( | 05-14-2009 |
20110118966 | Traffic data services without navigation systems - A non-navigation data system for providing traffic data service in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, location determining means (such as GPS or cellular location determining schemes) for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying traffic data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the traffic data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. | 05-19-2011 |
20130289860 | Traffic Data Services Without Navigation Systems - A non-navigation data system for providing traffic data service in a mobile environment can include a data decoder for decoding a digital data stream from a digital audio radio transmission source, location determining means (such as GPS or cellular location determining schemes) for determining a current location of a mobile receiver receiving the digital data stream, a display for displaying traffic data corresponding to the current location, and a plurality of static maps wherein the traffic data corresponding to the current location is overlaid at least over a portion of the static maps. | 10-31-2013 |
David Andrew Birks, New Egypt, NJ US
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20140099879 | Hybrid Satellite and Internet Mobile Broadcast System - Satellite audio and video broadcasting systems for concurrent, near-simultaneous broadcast to mobile and fixed receivers of satellite broadcast audio information and of internet streaming of at least the same audio information, and of video and data information, too. | 04-10-2014 |
John Brian Birks, Toronto CA
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20100047127 | Conditioning slurry samples for quantitative instrumental analysis - A method and system to consistently and automatically conditioning and delivering a solid-free liquid (filtrate) sample suitable for instrumental analysis is disclosed. A slurry, preferably a slurry produced by a sub-atmospheric pressure chlorate dioxide generating process, is fed through a filter to remove the solid phase and to provide the liquid phase on the downstream side of the filter, where the concentration of at least one dissolved component is determined. | 02-25-2010 |
John W. Birks, Boulder, CO US
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20090302230 | Use of a Broad Band UV Light Source for Reducing The Mercury Interference in Ozone Measurements - The present disclosure provides a means of greatly reducing the interference of mercury vapor in the UV absorbance measurement of ozone. Currently, commercial ozone monitors make use of a low pressure Hg lamp as the radiation source. Because the lamp spectral lines are extremely narrow and resonant with the Hg vapor absorption spectrum, ozone monitors typically detect Hg with approximately three orders of magnitude greater sensitivity than ozone itself. The replacement of the low pressure mercury lamp with a broad band UV source centered near 254 nm greatly reduces the Hg interference. The optimal band width (FWHM) for the radiation source is approximately 1-10 nm. For band widths in this range, the Hg interference is reduced by a factor of 140 (for 1 nm) to 1,400 (for 10 nm) with minimal effect on the sensitivity toward ozone and linear dynamic range. Although conventional broad band sources such as medium and high pressure Hg lamps, hydrogen lamps, deuterium lamps and xenon arc lamps could be used in conjunction with a monochromator and/or band pass filter to produce radiation of the desirable band width, recently developed UV LEDs are used in the disclosed embodiments because of their small size and low power consumption. | 12-10-2009 |
20100027016 | Ozone Monitor with Gas-Phase Ozone Scrubber - The present invention provides a means of greatly reducing or eliminating the interferences of UV-absorbing compounds, mercury, water vapor and particulates in the UV absorbance measurement of ozone by replacing the internal solid-phase ozone scrubber with a gas-phase scrubber. Reagent gases well suited as a gas-phase scrubber of ozone include nitric oxide and bromine atoms. Nitric oxide may be supplied by a gas cylinder or by photolysis of either N | 02-04-2010 |
20100108489 | METHOD TO PRODUCE A CALIBRATION, REAGENT OR THERAPEUTIC GAS BY EXPOSING A PRECURSOR GAS TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT - The present invention provides a means of producing nitric oxide (NO) by photolysis of nitrous oxide (N | 05-06-2010 |
Joseph Michael Birks, Lancashire GB
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20140283339 | LOCKING CLIP - The following invention relates to a locking clip ( | 09-25-2014 |
Patricia Margaret Birks, Fremont, CA US
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20110119595 | Apparatus and Method for Browser Based Integration of Broadcast Television and Internet Content - A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to adapt live broadcast content for display within a browser. The live broadcast content is displayed within the browser. Internet content related to the live broadcast is also supplied within the browser. Television events that include live broadcast content and corresponding internet content are shared by a group of users. Broadcast content and internet content consumption is tracked. | 05-19-2011 |
Tim Birks, Bath GB
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20110141757 | ALL SOLID PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBER - All solid photonic bandgap optical fiber comprising a core region and a cladding region is disclosed. The cladding region surrounding the core region includes a background optical material having a first refractive index and elements arranged in a two-dimensional periodic structure. In one embodiment, each of the elements comprises a center part and peripheral part having a higher refractive than the central part. In other embodiments, each element comprises a plurality of rods having a higher refractive index higher than the fist, the rods of each element arranged in a circle or polygon. Light transmission apparatus and methods of using the fiber are also disclosed. | 06-16-2011 |
Timothy Adam Birks, Bath GB
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20110121474 | METHOD OF DRAWING MICROSTRUCTURED GLASS OPTICAL FIBERS FROM A PREFORM, AND A PREFORM COMBINED WITH A CONNECTOR - A method of manufacturing a microstructured fibre, includes: providing a preform having a plurality of elongate holes; mating at least one, but not all, of the holes with a connector to connect the hole(s) to an external pressure-controller; drawing the preform into the fibre whilst controlling gas pressure in the hole(s) connected to the pressure-controller. | 05-26-2011 |