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Barrel crash cushions
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-10-03)
Apparatus and methods are described relating to barrel crash cushions which readily collapse when impacted from a substantially end-on direction, and are more capable than conventional designs of substantially redirecting ...
Method of identification of animals resistant or susceptible to disease such as ruminant brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-09-05)
The present invention relates to materials and methods for identifying animals that are resistant or susceptible to diseases associated with intracellular parasites such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and ...
Method for conversion of biomass to chemicals and fuels
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-03-28)
This invention provides a method for thermally converting volatile fatty acid (VFA) salts to ketones by mixing dry calcium salts of VFAs with hot heat transfer agent in an evacuated container, thereby causing thermal ...
Frame catcher adaptation for guardrail extruder terminal
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-07-18)
Apparatus and methods for preventing penetration of vehicles by causing the guardrail extruder terminal to contact and engage the frame or chassis of vehicles in a collision. In preferred embodiments, a guardrail extruder ...
Slot jet reattachment nozzle and method of operation
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-11-07)
The invention comprises a slot (20) operable to direct a substance through the slot (20), the slot (20) having a maximum inner width (23) and a maximum inner length (22), the ratio of the maximum inner length (22) to the ...
Method and system for an improved converter output filter for an induction drive system
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-09-19)
A converter output filter for an induction drive system is provided. The converter output filter (40) comprises an L-R-C network (41) that can be coupled between each converter output (38a, 38b, and 38c) of a converter ...
Methods for enhanced resolution of hydrocarbon continuous emulsions or dispersions with conductivity modifiers
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-09-05)
A method of increasing the efficiency of the electrostatic separation of a continuous hydrocarbon emulsions or dispersion by increasing the electrical conductivity of the emulsion or dispersion. An increase in electrical ...
Method and system for estimating particle motion
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-09-19)
A method [40, 70] for estimating particle motion is provided. The method includes a plurality of processing nodes of a parallel processor [12] accessing in parallel data related to an estimate of cell exiting particle ...
Advanced law enforcement and response technology
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-12-12)
Improvements for an ALERT®-type vehicle-based control system are described. The improvements encompass the use of a multiple control unit architecture for more efficient processing of user interface functions and device ...
Unique nucleotide and amino acid sequence and uses thereof
(United States. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000-01-25)
Provided are hydrophobic targeting sequences, which may serve to target heterologous proteins to a variety of cellular membranes. In particular, the structural components of the nuclear envelope, or those components which ...