Detection of bacterial activity
We claim: 1. A method of detecting bacterial activity comprising inoculating the bacteria into a suitable nutrient medium; maintaining this culture at a substantially constant temperature; and monitor... Read More
Inventors: Hobbs, Geoffrey; Jason, Alfred C.; Richards, John C. S.;, Assignee: National Research Development Corporation (London, GB2) |
Indirect microbial detection
It is thus seen that there is a definite need in the art for an improved, indirect microorganism detection and growth monitoring system. Accordingly, one object of the present invention is to provide ... Read More
Inventors: Wilkins, Judd R.;, Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the (Washington, DC) |
Electrical detection of the immune reaction
OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIG. 1, there is illustrated a measuring device to determine changes in impedance on electrode 2 comprising support 4 which can be metal, glass, mica, fused silica, quar... Read More
Inventors: Giaever, Ivar; Keese, Charles R.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Composting system and composting method
What is claimed is: 1. A composting system for the production of compost of different degrees of ripeness by repeated rearrangement of layers of a tabular stack, comprising: a controlled layer rearran... Read More
Inventors: Weber, Heinrich; Lehrmann, Falko; Hofer, Hermann; Vogel, Werner; Mueller, Peter;, Assignee: Buehler AG (Uzwil, CH) |
Method and apparatus for detecting molecules in solutions
We claim: 1. Apparatus for detecting complexing of substrate molecules with surface-bound enzyme molecules in an enzymatic reaction, comprising: a bath of said substrate molecules in solution; a first... Read More
Inventors: Bean, Charles P.; Giaever, Ivar;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY) |
Method of obtaining and recording seismic and geochemical data
Commercially significant deposits of hydrocarbons are typically found in an anticlinal reservoir or trapped within a geological fault referred to as a fault trap. In commercially recoverable hydrocar... Read More
Inventors: Miller, Sylvester T.;, Assignee: STM Corporation (Midland, TX) |
Positive image formation
What is claimed is: 1. A composition comprising (i) an organic solvent-soluble, radiation-sensitive prepolymer, being a polyaddition or polycondensation product of (1) at least one polyfunctional carb... Read More
Inventors: Irving, Edward;, Assignee: Ciba-Geigy Corporation (Ardsley, NY) |
Pattern forming method
It is the object of this invention to provide a method for forming a pattern which has high resolution and excellent etching resistance. This and other objects will be accomplished by a pattern formin... Read More
Inventors: Ogawa, Kazufumi;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Two-layer system
What is claimed is: 1. In a radiation-curable two-layer system comprising: a substrate having an outer surface; a first layer containing a polymerization photoinitiator, said first layer being applied... Read More
Inventors: Kohler, Manfred; Poetsch, Eike; Ohngemach, Jorg; Dorsch, Dieter; Eidenschink, Rudolf; Greber, Gerhard;, Assignee: Merck Patent Gesellschaft Mit Beschrankter Haftung (Darmstadt, DE) |
Porous silicon dioxide moisture sensor and method for manufacture of a moisture sensor
In accordance with the present invention, a method and resulting moisture sensor which is formed in a monocrystalline silicon body. The moisture sensor is a microminiature device which is suitable for... Read More
Inventors: Burkhardt, Paul Johannes; Poponiak, Michael Robert;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Location and effect of adsorbed chemicals on the dielectric substructure of membranes by ultra low frequency spectrometry
What we claim is: 1. Apparatus for measuring and recording the variation with frequency of the overall capacitance and conductance of a membrane, such as a bimolecular lipid or protein membrane, compr... Read More
Inventors: Coster, Hans G. L.; Ashcroft, Robert G.; Smith, John R.;, Assignee: Unisearch Limited (Kensington, AU) |
Non-conductive polar gas sensing element and detection system
We claim: 1. A method of detecting environmental gaseous products in a gaseous sample comprising contacting a gaseous sample suspected of containing environmental gaseous products with a sensing surfa... Read More
Inventors: Klein, Carl F.; Thoma, Paul E.;, Assignee: Johnson Controls, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI) |
Circuit for providing a controlled resistance
The present invention aims to provide a circuit for providing a controlled resistance which can automatically produce any selected value of resistance. Furthermore, the present invention aims to provi... Read More
Inventors: Evans, William A.; Rowlands, Stuart L.;, Assignee: Haven Automation Limited (Swansea, GB) |
Electrolysis apparatus
We claim: 1. An electrolysis apparatus for the production of chlorine, sodium hydroxide solution and hydrogen from aqueous alkali-metal halide solutions, which electrolysis apparatus comprises at leas... Read More
Inventors: Hartmann, Manfred; Bergner, Dieter; Hannesen, Kurt;, Assignee: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft (DE) |
Alkylene oxide adducts of glycoside surfactants and detergent compositions containing same
OF THE INVENTION As has been noted, the oxyalkylated long chain glycoside compositions of the present invention generally comprise, on a total oxyalkylated long chain glycoside component weight basis... Read More
Inventors: Roth, Claris D.; Moser, Kenneth B.; Howell, Gail M.; Urfer, Allen D.;, Assignee: Henkel Corporation (Ambler, PA) |
Process for preparation of alkylglycosides
OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS In the process of the present invention, the monohydric alcohols having from 8 to 20 carbon atoms may be primary or secondary alcohols, straight or branch chained, saturated o... Read More
Inventors: McCurry, Jr., Patrick M.; Pickens, Carl E.;, Assignee: Henkel Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (Duesseldorf, DE) |
Process for the preparation of alkyl glycosides and alkyl polyglycosides
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Saccharide reactants employed in the reaction include aldoses and ketoses. Examples of these are glucose, mannose, galactose and fructose. Glucose is preferably used. Alc... Read More
Inventors: Schmidt, Stefan;, Assignee: Huels Aktiengesellschaft (Marl, DE) |
Method for preparing low calorie dextrin
What is claimed is: 1. A method for preparing low calorie dextrin of which the caloric value is not more than 220 Kcal/100 g which comprises the steps of: heating corn starch in the presence of a mine... Read More
Inventors: Ohkuma, Kazuhiro; Matsuda, Isao; Hanno, Yoshio;, Assignee: Matsutani Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. (Hyogo, JP) |
Pesticidal surfactant mixtures comprising alkyl polyglycosides and alkyl naphthalene sulfonates
What is claimed is: 1. A pesticidal surfactant mixture comprising A) at least one alkyl naphthalene sulfonate; and B) at least one alkyl polyglycoside of the formula R.sup.2 --O(G).sub.n (II) wherein ... Read More
Inventors: Lachut, Frank J.;, Assignee: Henkel Corporation (Plymouth Meeting, PA) |
Industrial and institutional liquid cleaning compositions containing alkyl polyglycoside surfactants
INCLUSIVE OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A representative example of a C.sub.12 to C.sub.16 alkyl polyglycoside is GLUCOPON.RTM. 600 which is an alkyl polyglycoside surfactant solution (50% active) whi... Read More
Inventors: Morris, Timothy C.; Hansberry, Michael; Hessel, John F.;, Assignee: Henkel Corporation (Plymouth Meeting, PA) |
Process for making alkyl polyglosides having improved aesthetic and tactile properties
Other than in the operating examples, or where otherwise indicated, all numbers expressing quantities of ingredients or reaction conditions used herein are to be understood as modified in all instance... Read More
Inventors: Desai, Sureshchandra G.; Hessel, John Frederick; Urfer, Allen D.; Allen, Charles B.;, Assignee: Henkel Corporation (Plymouth Meeting, PA) |
Parasitic helminth p22U nucleic acid molecules
OF THE INVENTION The present invention includes isolated parasitic helminth proteins and mimetopes thereof that are capable of selectively binding to at least one component of a serum collected from ... Read More
Inventors: Tripp, Cynthia Ann; Frank, Glenn Robert; Grieve, Robert B.;, Assignee: Heska Corporation (Ft. Collins, CO); Colorado State University Research Foundation (Ft. Collins, CO) |
Antibiotic alloys
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT The present invention will now be described in detail with specific reference to the following example: Thirty-one discs (No. 1 to No. 31) were made of alloys, wherein eac... Read More
Inventors: Kato, Isamu; Yuhda, Sadayuki; Oda, Naoki; Suganuma, Masahiro;, Assignee: Sankin Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Device for identifying and locating a star in the heavens
Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is: 1. A device for identifying and locating a star in the heavens comprising: (a) an axis rod, ... Read More
Inventors: Solem, Philip M.;, Assignee: |
Diagnostic agents
OF THE PRESENT INVENTION A single, stable precipitant reagent is added to whole serum or plasma to precipitate LDL and VLDL, leaving the HDL in the supernatant liquid: ##EQU1## The precipitant reagen... Read More
Inventors: Goldberg, Jack M.;, Assignee: |
Cytotoxicity assays in cell culturing devices
A simple, sensitive, cytotoxicity assay capable of widespread clinical application is disclosed. The method claimed herein permits the clinician to assess cell viability in an artifical organ. The num... Read More
Inventors: Rotman, M. Boris;, Assignee: Brown University Research Foundation Inc. (Providence, RI) |
PH.phi.29 DNA polymerase
We claim: 1. In a method for determining the nucleotide base sequence of a DNA molecule, comprising the steps of: annealing said DNA molecule with a primer molecule able to hybridize to said DNA molec... Read More
Inventors: Blanco, Luis; Bernad, Antonio; Salas, Margarita;, Assignee: Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas (Madrid, ES) |
Automatic enzyme immunoassay analyzer
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An automatic analyzer according to the embodiment of the present invention is designed to measure a very small amount of antigen in a serum sample, e.g. protein. As shown ... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Takeshi; Mimura, Tomonori;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Compact electrochemical cell for gas detection
Accordingly, we have invented an electrochemical cell for use in gas detection which includes an impervious, nonconductive cell body having an electrolyte cavity and a separate sensor cavity formed in... Read More
Inventors: Marrese, Carl A.; D'Amico, David J.; Noble, Peter M.; Novack, Robert L.; Wolf, John H.; Sicree, Andrew A.;, Assignee: Bacharach, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Heat-developing photographic material
We claim: 1. A heat-developable light-sensitive photographic material including a light-sensitive silver halide emulsion comprising core/shell type light-sensitive silver halide grains which contain 4... Read More
Inventors: Sohei, Goto; Ken, Okauchi; Junichi, Kohno; Masaru, Iwagaki;, Assignee: Konica Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Semiconductor manufacture 
