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| 20080220979 | Rapid Method To Detect Nucleic Acid Molecules - This invention relates to the field of detecting nucleic acid molecules using microarrays. The invention provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule in a biological sample by hybridizing a cell lysate directly probes immobilized on microarrays without any nucleic acid purification. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080267828 | Micro-Volume Liquid Ejection System - The present invention relates to a micro-volume liquid ejection system, including an air pressure module, a micro-ejection unit which is connected with the air pressure module by means of pipes, and a control circuit which is connected with the air pressure module and the micro-ejection unit respectively. In the present invention, due to air is used as the pressure medium, on one hand, as the sample does not contact with the pressure regulating module, the efficiency of cleaning process is improved, on the other hand, the volume of the sample needed in the sample ejecting process is only equal to the cavity-dimension of the micro-ejection unit by not need to fill the whole pipe with liquid. During the sample ejecting process, it is not need to regulate the pressure. After the sample ejecting is finished, the sample can be put into its original place, so as to greatly save the sample. The present invention is connected with the manipulator, so as to sample from the sample plate, eject sample and clean the pipes automatically, and it can also dispense a multiplicity of samples to micro-array substrate conveniently. The present invention can be used for transferring or dispensing the micro volume liquid of nL grade and L grade widely, and all kinds of the micro-volume liquid including biological liquid. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20090094213 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCH ENGINE OF SAME RESOURCE INFORMATION BASED ON DEGREE OF ATTENTION - A composite display method and system for a search engine of same resource information based on the degree of attention. The search engine finds all the target stations that correspond to some conditions as original results. The original results are combined to a title search result depending on the content, quality, and information of a user, etc. The title search result is displayed on the browser of the user as a search result, and can be expanded when being viewed. The system uses a statistic server and network browser, and all operations of user are converted into the degree of attention for the web pages. The grade value for the degree of attention is sent to the statistic server as the standard of arrangement for the presentation of content and quality. Another method capable of judging the status of the user automatically and providing the suitable web page is also disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090143245 | MICROARRAYS FOR GENOTYPING AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides a microarray for detecting a genotype at a polymorphic site in a plurality of nucleic acid samples, comprising a first set of nucleic acid fragments derived from the samples and a second set of nucleic acid fragments derived from a plurality of references immobilized thereon. The invention also provides a microarray comprising a set of nucleic acid fragments immobilized on the surface of the microarray, wherein the nucleic acid fragments are derived from the samples by amplifying a region in the sample containing the polymorphism through asymmetric PCR amplification. Methods of using and making the microarrays are also provided. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090156419 | HYBRIDIZATION METHODS USING NATURAL BASE MISMATCHES - The present invention provides an improved nucleic acid hybridization process employing a modified oligonucleotide probe comprising naturally occurring nucleotide bases. At least one nucleotide in the modified oligonucleotide is artificially mismatched relative to the control nucleic acid in addition to any mismatches arising from a variant nucleic acid target containing a sequence variation. The artificial mismatch and the sequence variation positions are separated from one another on the oligonucleotide by six to nine nucleotide positions. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090257682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DIGITAL IMAGE ORIENTATION DETECTION - Described is a system for automatic digital photo orientation detection. We leverage online public photos with great content variation to extract effective features with layout information. Classification proceeds using an approximate nearest neighbors approach which scales well to massive training sets, hardly compromising efficiency. We have tested the method successfully on the largest data set to date of nearly 30,000 Flickr photos as well as both difficult and typical consumer usage scenarios. Though limited data are available for comparison across different systems, the proposed system significantly outperforms a state of the art system on a common data set. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090301231 | Microvalve Controlled Precision Fluid Dispensing Apparatus with a Self-Purging Feature and Method for use - An apparatus and methods for the precise, repeatable dispensing of small, sample fluid volumes, especially as related to the printing of microarrays for biological and/or chemical testing. A pressure tuning module meters fluid volumes for aspiration and dispensation and builds pressure for fluid dispensation, in conjunction with a microvalve that precisely controls the volume of the fluid dispensed under the built pressure. A pressure source can be switched in line to efficiently purge the apparatus of residual sample fluid. A working fluid can be optionally aspirated into the system, prior to aspirating the sample fluid, in order to maximize sample fluid recovery. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100177956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE MEDIA CATEGORIZATION - Systems and methods for automating digital file classification are described. The systems and methods include generating a plurality of classifiers from a plurality of first features of a plurality of first digital files, each of the plurality of first digital files having one or more associated annotations. A plurality of second features extracted from a plurality of second digital files is sorted according to the plurality of classifiers. A distance vector is determined between the second features and respective first features for the corresponding ones of the classifiers and the determined distances are ranked. A subset of matched files is selected based on the ranking. The subset of matched files correspond to respective one or more associated annotations. One or more annotations associated with the subset of matched files are associated to subsequently received digital files using the corresponding ones of the classifiers. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100214870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC EXTRACTION OF EXTREMA-BASED GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES IN 3D VOXEL VOLUMES - Methods and systems for investigating subterranean formations are disclosed. A method for extracting geological horizon on-demand from a 3D seismic data set, comprises collecting 3D seismic data and generating 3D seismic extrema cubes; obtaining a user-defined seed point in the 3D seismic data set; determining a starting extrema point for extracting the geological horizon, wherein the starting extrema point is associated with the seed point; growing an extrema patch consisting of multiple extrema points from multiple traces, wherein the growth begins from the starting extrema point; capturing statistics of the growing extrema patch; and outputting the extrema patch as the geological horizon, including spatial and attribute statistics. The geological horizon is incorporated into a collection with other geological horizons for subsequent analysis and interpretation for areal extent through combining geological horizon segments and geochronologic ordering based on positional overlapping of geological horizon segments. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100228486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - The present invention relates to methods for data processing, particularly seismic data represented in three dimensions (3D). A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes identifying extrema points from the 3D seismic data set; removing artificial distortion from 3D seismic data set; generating extrema cubes and derivatives along extrema points; estimating a class number associated with the extrema points; and determining number of classes and dynamically classifying extrema points. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110106805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING MULTILINGUAL DOCUMENTS - A method, system and computer program product for searching multilingual documents. The method includes the steps of: receiving a search request based on at least one language; searching a first relevant document using the search request where the first relevant document (1) is written in a first language and (2) has a first image; finding a second relevant document having a second image which is similar to the first image and is written in a second language; and searching a second relevant document using the search request. | 05-05-2011 |
