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A Process for 3-Dimensional Micro Mechanisms
Published Sunday, July 9, 2000Many curent technologies for producing non-planar microstructures such as LIGA, deep reactive ion etching and laser etching result in simple extrusions of 2-dimensional planar surfaces. Some prior art methods that do generate 3-dimensional micro-devices, such as component bonding and hinged structure fabrication, require manual assembly and thus...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): MEMS, micrelectronic devices, micro structures
Docket: PS-98-007
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KidPad: A Collaborative Storytelling Environment for Children
Published Wednesday, July 5, 2000KidPad is an end-user application for children to create stories by working together. KidPad allows the children to see an overview of the entire story they created by leaving an individual “page” and zooming out to view all pages at once. Individual areas can be zoomed in on, and more detail can be added. A typical use is to draw something...
Categories: Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): story creation, zoomable, educational tool
Docket: IS-2000-019
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Fisheye Menus For Selecting an Item From a Long List
Published Wednesday, May 10, 2000This invention relates to software code enabling the selection of an item from a long list, using, for instance, long linear menus. Such menus might include a list of the top 100 web sites, or 200 countries that the user must select from. As suggested, a fisheye menu would allow the user to view entries of a list appearing on a computer screen in...
Categories: Education/Training/Multimedia, Information Technology
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2000-025
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PETS: Personal Electronic Teller of Stories
Published Tuesday, May 9, 2000This invention relates to a kit comprising a container of fluffy stuffed animal body parts, a robotic infrastructure and a PC-compatible software package.The software loaded onto a PC provides a dual function. 1) The software assists the child in creating a story featuring the robot as a central player. The story is to include dramatic...
Categories: Education/Training/Multimedia
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: IS-2000-026
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Olefin Polymerization Catalysts with High Activity for the Polymerization of alpha-Olefins and in a Living and Stereoselective Manner
Published Tuesday, November 2, 1999Ziegler-Natta polymerization of alpha-olefins by an ultimate catalyst (i.e. a single catalyst) that carries out polymerization of alpha olefins with high activities, and that can prepare polymers in an isotactic manner and produce living polymers with high molecular weights and narrow polydispersities, has not been found.Researchers at...
Categories: Chemical
Keyword(s): Ziegler-Natta, olefin, polymerization
Docket: LS-99-103
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Method and Apparatus for All-Optical Regeneration
Published Monday, August 9, 1999Fiber-optic communication has become a very important technology fueled by the Internet and driven by a massive demand for bandwidth. The ability to transmit a vast amount of information at high-speed over long distances of fiber is becoming more and more essential from an economical and technological standpoint. However, one of the major...
Categories: Imaging devices, Microelectronics
Keyword(s): all optical
Docket: PS-99-011
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Monoclonal Antibody Diagnostics for IBDV
Published Sunday, July 25, 1999It has been reported that researchers at the University of Maryland, College of Veterinary Medicine and the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute’s Center for Agricultural Biotechnology, discovered a new type of Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) virus. In identifying this new virus, a new bank of monoclonal antibodies was developed. These...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: 02-88-033
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RS-593 Variant Infectious Bursal Disease Virus
Published Sunday, July 11, 1999Infectious Bursal Disease (IBD) has been identified as a significant economic drain in the poultry (chiefly, chicken) industry. Estimated costs due to damage caused by IBDV infection are several million dollars annually. IBD is caused by virulent field viruses that cause highly contagious immunosuppressant disease condition, which exacerbates...
Keyword(s): 525
Docket: UM-93-040
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Restriction Enzyme Hae IV
Published Monday, April 19, 1999Restriction and modification (R/M) systems are found in a wide variety of prokaryotes and serve as a means to protect the host bacterium from foreign DNA. R/M systems are categorized based on the subunit structure of the enzyme, cofactor requirements, substrate specificity, and other properties. There are many enzymes that can be classified as...
Categories: Research Tools, Antibodies, & Reagents
Keyword(s): DNA restriction enzyme, tangible research product
Docket: LS-98-095
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CO2 Heat Pump Hot Water Heater
Published Monday, April 19, 1999The present invention is a combined CO2 heat pump and hot water heater that achieves remarkable energy efficiencies wherever large quantities of hot water are needed. In addition to increased efficiencies, the present CO2 system is more compact and can be manufactured at lower cost than conventional heat pumps. The invention is ideal for use in...
Categories: Industrial Processing
Keyword(s): co2, water, heating, refrigeration
Docket: PS-98-033