baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent NZ-582418-A (NZ)
Title: A plate type rotational centrifugal separating device with flexible and/or rotatable plates that can be spread during solid discharge and associated method
Inventor: BOELE HENDRIK ARIE
IPC: B01D45/14
Filed: 2008-07-03
Abstract: A plate type rotational centrifugal separator is disclosed for separating one or more components of a feed stream. The separator has rotatable carriers comprising a rotatable first outer carrier and a rotatable second inner carrier (2). The second carrier (2) is coaxially arranged in the first carrier and both carriers are rotatable around an axis (10). The second carrier has one or more curved plates (6) supported by the first carrier which are at least partly flexible and/or rotatably connected to the second carrier (2). The plates (6) are able to spread out during solid discharge. The separator has feeding means at one end for supplying a feed stream to be separated and discharging means at an opposite end of the separator for discharging separated streams. Between adjacent curved plates (6) and the first and second (2) carriers, confined spaces are defined for separation of the feed stream under influence of centrifugal forces. The first carrier is axially removable from the second carrier (2) for removing components collected on the plates (6).
Patent NZ-582728-A (NZ)
Title: Showerhead with a spray mode adjuster and water angle adjuster on a common axis
Inventor: GREEN PETER THOMAS
IPC: B05B1/16
Filed: 2008-08-11
Abstract: A showerhead having a spray head comprising a plurality of spray modes, wherein the showerhead is configured to rotate about an axis both to select a spray mode and to adjust the direction of water flow from the spray head in the selected spray mode, wherein the water flow from the spray head is uninterrupted during changeover between spray modes.
Patent NZ-584217-A (NZ)
Title: Granular feed supplement for a ruminant comprising lysine sulfate and a hydrogenated vegetable oil coating
Inventor: GATELY STEPHEN F
IPC: A23L29/00
Filed: 2008-09-29
Abstract: Disclosed is a ruminant feed composition, which comprises: a granulated core comprising L-lysine sulfate, the granulated core having granular size of about 0.3mm to 3.0mm; and two or more layers of a coating material surrounding the core, the coating material comprising a vegetable oil that is at least partially hydrogenated, the vegetable oil being selected from the group consisting of palm oil, soybean oil, rape seed oil, cottonseed oil and castor oil; wherein: the coating material has a melting temperature of from about 50°C to about 80°C; the weight % ratio of core material to coating material is from 50:50 to 90:10; and the composition exhibits a rumen by-pass rate of at least 50% and an intestinal digestibility rate of at least 80%. Further disclosed is a method of supplementing the diet of a ruminant with lysine, by providing the ruminant with a ruminant feed composition as defined above.
Patent NZ-585577-A (NZ)
Title: Method of processing metal log segments involving friction welding the logs
Inventor: BODEN DEREK WILLIAM
IPC: B21C37/04
Filed: 2008-06-12
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing metal logs in a metal extrusion system. The method comprises receiving heated logs from a furnace; abutting the ends of two heated logs received from the furnace; and after the abutting step, friction welding the abutted ends directly to one another to create a continuous log. The friction welding includes applying axial pressure between the abutted ends and causing relative movement of the abutted ends. After the friction welding step, a first billet is cut from the continuous log, and after the cutting step a first billet is delivered to a press.
Patent NZ-587375-A (NZ)
Title: A method and system using optical transfer diagnosis for discriminating between malignant and benign tissue lesions
Inventor: STAMNES JAKOB J
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 2009-01-26
Abstract: A method for discriminating between benign and malignant tissue lesions and a system configured to carry out the method are disclosed. The system comprises an optical transfer diagnosis device. The method comprising using a plurality of maps of physiology parameters and a plurality of maps of morphology parameters generated from reflectance measurements made from a target tissue lesion. The maps are based on established absorption and transmission spectra from known skin chromophores and mathematical modelling of skin reflectance. A plurality of pure morphology parameters generated from reflectance measurements are also used in the method. The parameters are based on a spatial distribution of the reflectance measurements within the target tissue lesion image at selected wavelengths. Entropies of each of the plurality of maps are calculated as the sum of the mapped parameter multiplied by a logarithm of the parameter and integrated over the area of the target tissue lesion. Cross entropies of the plurality of maps are calculated as the correlation of the calculated entropies among every pair of the plurality of maps. Further calculated are a plurality of pure morphology parameters and a weight is assigned to each the entropy. Further a weight is assigned to the logarithm of each the entropy. A weight is assigned to each the cross entropy and a weight is assigned to the a logarithm of each the cross entropy. Furhter a weight is assigned to each the pure morphology parameter and a weight is assigned to a logarithm of each the pure morphology parameter such that the assigned weights define a vector W and the parameters to which the weights are assigned define a vector P. A diagnostic index D is computed as WTP for a set of lesions known from pathology investigations to be malignant and the average value ? of diagnostic indices is calculated for a set of lesions known from pathology investigations to be benign. A cost function J(W) is defined comprising differences between D and ? and a threshold value V is defined for a diagnostic index based on a set of lesions with known pathology results such that D > V for tissue lesions known to be malignant and D < V for lesions known to be benign. The method further comprises solving an optimization problem by iteratively adjusting the assigned weights until a number of false negatives is zero, a number of false positives is minimized, and J(W) is minimized to determine a weight vector Wm that is derived from the initial weight vector W with assigned weights so as to maximize specificity for 100% sensitivity. The method further comprises calculating a diagnostic index DT = WmTP for the target tissue lesion; and comparing the diagnostic index DT of the target tissue lesion to the threshold value V to determine whether it is benign or malignant.
Patent NZ-587801-A (NZ)
Title: Urine collection system adjustably retained by a retaining device
Inventor: TULLY STEPHEN
IPC: A61M25/00
Filed: 2007-04-02
Abstract: A urine collection system comprises a tube 12 forming a loop where two sections of the tube are in an adjacent relationship to one another, and a retaining device 100 configured to retain, while simultaneously allowing for adjustment, the two sections of the tube 12 in adjacent relationship to one another.
Patent NZ-591537-A (NZ)
Title: Key device with movable key combination element in two offset portions
Inventor: BEN-AHARON EFFI
IPC: E05B35/00
Filed: 2009-08-25
Abstract: A key device (10) for use with more than one lock. The key device includes a shaft portion (12), and at least one movable key combination element (22) retained within the shaft portion and including first and second portions (24, 26) adjacent one another. The first portion of the at least one movable key combination element is located along the shaft portion and the second portion of the at least one movable key combination element is located offset to the first portion.
Patent NZ-595409-A (NZ)
Title: A turbine comprising a plurality of airfoil blades which spiral around a central axis and a method of generating power with the turbine
Inventor: MCENTEE JARLATH
IPC: F03B3/12
Filed: 2010-03-29
Abstract: 595409 The present invention is directed to a turbine comprising a pair of opposing end discs (102a, 102b) concentrically aligned with a central axis (110) of the turbine and a plurality of blades (105) extending between the end discs. At least one end disc is adapted for engaging with a generator for generating power. The plurality of blades rotates in a single direction when exposed to fluid flow and thereby rotates the pair of opposing end discs. The plurality of blades are interconnected by at least one faired ring (107) oriented parallel to the pair of opposing end discs and intersecting the plurality of blades. The present invention further comprises a method for generating power comprising engaging the turbine with a generator to create a turbine generator unit and deploying the turbine generator unit within a fluid flow.
Patent NZ-596683-A (NZ)
Title: A pharmaceutical, dermatological, nutritional or cosmetic composition for combating the immunosuppressive action of aggressive agents on the skin using a mixture of catechin and quercetin
Inventor: GIULIANI GIAMMARIA
IPC: A23L1/30
Filed: 2010-04-30
Abstract: 596683 Disclosed herein is the use of a mixture of catechin and quercetin in a molar ratio approximately in the range of 6:1 to 3:1 in the treatment of inflammation through treatment of immunosuppression induced in the skin by agressive agents including airborne pollutants, dehydrating agents, ultraviolet rays, and thermal and osmotic shock.
Patent NZ-596830-A (NZ)
Title: Cryogenic freezing of skin folds or wrinkles on merino sheep to tighten or contract the skin to reduce flystrike and infestation
Inventor: STEINFORT JOHN JAMES
IPC: A01K29/00
Filed: 2011-12-01
Abstract: 596830 Disclosed is a method of tautening skin of an animal by reducing the size of a skin fold or skin area of the animal to reduce disease, infection, infestation or fly-strike. The method includes the steps of clamping the skin fold to present an area of skin to be treated, applying a cryogenic material to the area of skin for a predetermined time period in order to freeze the area of skin. After application of the cryogenic material the skin surrounding the affected area of skin contracts or tautens and the area of skin has a reduced skin area and/or eliminated skin fold. A hand tool is used for clamping a skin fold of an animal while the cryogenic material is applied and a hand-held spraying apparatus is used for spraying a cryogenic material on a skin fold of an animal to in order to tauten the skin.
Patent NZ-599677-A (NZ)
Title: Production of ifn-lambda by conventional dendritic cells and uses thereof
Inventor: HOCHREIN HUBERTUS
IPC: A61K35/15
Filed: 2010-12-17
Abstract: Disclosed is an in vitro method for producing IFN-λ and/or for generating or obtaining a population of IFN-λ producing CD8+ or eCD8+ conventional dendritic cells, wherein said eCD8+ cDCs express Clec9a and/or Necl2, comprising 5 the steps of: (a) providing a population of cells comprising CD8+ and/or eCD8+ conventional dendritic cells; (b) contacting said conventional dendritic cells with a double-stranded (ds) nucleic acid or analog thereof and, optionally, (c) contacting said population of cells with an agent that increases the level of said conventional dendritic cells, preferably Flt3-ligand or M-CSF receptor ligand; (d) isolating IFN-λ and/or IFN-λ producing Clec9a und Necl2-positive cells from said CD8+ and/or eCD8+ conventional dendritic cells. Further disclosed the use of a composition comprising a double-stranded (ds) nucleic acid or analog thereof in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease for which IFN-λ is beneficial for a subject who suffers from such disease, whereby the ds nucleic acid induces IFN-λ production in CD8+ and/or eCD8+ conventional dendritic cells (cDCs) and wherein said eCD8+ cDCs express Clec9a and/or Necl2, wherein said disease is an infectious disease, in particular a viral infection, preferably a persistant viral infection, more preferably a viral infection of the liver and/or a Herpes virus infection, most preferably a Hepatitis virus infection; and/or cancer; and/or a disease of blood, spleen, lung, tonsils, lymph nodes, colon and/or liver.
Patent NZ-600311-A (NZ)
Title: A shellfish support tray with recessed growth spaces and means to create alphanumeric, written or pictorial marks on the shellfish as it grows
Inventor: GREGORY SHAUN
IPC: A01K61/00
Filed: 2012-05-29
Abstract: 600311 Disclosed is a support tray for growing shellfish. The support tray has a number of recesses arranged in a series of parallel rows. The recesses incorporate means adapted to create a mark on the shell of the shellfish as it grows. Each recess has at least one opening to a channel adapted to allow air and water to enter and leave the recess when the support is in use with shellfish growing. Also claimed is a method of growing shellfish.
Patent NZ-601072-A (NZ)
Title: Methods of treating hematologic cancers using pnp inhibitors such as forodesine in combination with alkylating agents or anti-cd20 agents
Inventor: BANTIA SHANTA
IPC: A61K31/4184
Filed: 2008-12-10
Abstract: 601072 Described herein is the use of (a) a PNP inhibitor (b) an anti-CD20 agent and optionally (c) an alkylating agent, in the manufacture of a medicament for treating a hematologic cancer in a subject in need thereof, wherein the medicament is formulated for separate, sequential or simultaneous administration of (a), (b) and (c). The combination of Forodesine, Bendamustine and Rituximab is exemplified. Examples of treated conditions include non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia.
Patent NZ-602037-A (NZ)
Title: Oxy-fuel combustion oxidant heater internal arrangement
Inventor: MCDONALD DENNIS K
IPC: F23L15/02
Filed: 2011-02-24
Abstract: An oxidant heater internal sector arrangement comprising: a flue gas side consisting of a sector, through which a flue gas stream having a gas pressure, flows away from a boiler having a gas exit as said flue gas stream leaves said gas exit; and a counterflowing combustion oxidant side, said combustion oxidant side being comprised of: at least one secondary combustion oxidant sector through which an oxygenated secondary combustion oxidant stream flows toward the boiler, said secondary combustion oxidant stream having a gas pressure; and at least two primary combustion oxidant sectors through which a pressurized cold primary combustion oxidant stream flows toward the boiler, said primary combustion oxidant stream having a gas pressure greater than that of said secondary combustion oxidant stream and said flue gas stream; wherein two of said at least two primary combustion oxidant sectors are positioned adjacent to both the flue gas side and to said at least one secondary combustion oxidant sector; and wherein said at least one secondary combustion oxidant sector is located between said at least two primary combustion oxidant sectors.
Patent NZ-603323-A (NZ)
Title: Polycyclic tetracycline compounds
Inventor: HUNT DIANA
IPC: C07D209/58
Filed: 2011-03-30
Abstract: Disclosed are heterocyclically condensed tetracycline compounds as represented by general formula (I), wherein Ring A is a pyrrolidine, piperidine or 1,4-diazepine moiety; wherein X is selected from halo, -R, -OR, -SR, -S(O)mR, -N(R)2, -N(R)C(O)R, N(R)C(O)OR’, and N(R)S(O)mR’; each R is independently selected from H, alkyl, carbocyclyl, or heterocyclyl; or two R groups taken together with the atom or atoms to which they are bound form a 4-7 membered non-aromatic heterocyclyl; and R’ is alkyl, carbocyclyl, or heterocyclyl; and wherein the remaining substituents are as defined herein. Further disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent and a compound as defined above, for treating or preventing an infection or colonization in a subject.
Patent NZ-612480-A (NZ)
Title: Modified poly (styrene-co-maleic anhydride) and uses thereof
Inventor: KLUMPERMAN LUBERTUS
IPC: C22B3/24
Filed: 2012-01-20
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for the separation of ionic species constituted by, or containing, one or more metals, comprising contacting a suitable polymeric compound of the general formula (A) wherein R is an alkyl chain which may be either saturated or unsaturated and may have substituents attached to the chain, and R’ and R’’, which may be the same or different from each other, are selected from alkyl groups, substituted or unsubstituted, or linked to form a saturated or unsaturated cyclic moiety incorporating the adjacent nitrogen atom, with or without additional heteroatoms in the ring. The ionic species may be ionic metal chloride or cyanide complexes of one or more of the precious metals. The required metal may be recovered by stripping the polymeric material with a suitable stripping agent selected from nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid and acidified thiourea.
Patent NZ-619133-A (NZ)
Title: Low speed electromagnetic turbine
Inventor: GUINA ANTE
IPC: H02K55/04
Filed: 2012-04-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a turbine includes at least one pair of longitudinally spaced apart magnetic elements (18011, 18012); a drum assembly (1800) positioned between the magnetic elements (18011, 18012) and a current transfer mechanism coupled to the at least one conductive element (18031, 18032). The drum assembly (1800) includes at least one conductive element (18031, 18032). The at least one pair of longitudinally spaced apart magnetic elements (18011, 18012) are arranged to provide a region of working magnetic field and defining regions of null magnetic field in a space between the at least one pair of spaced apart magnetic elements (18011, 18012). The regions of null magnetic field positioned outside the region of working magnetic field. At least a part of the current transfer mechanism located in at least one of the regions of null magnetic field and at least one conductive element (18031, 18032) of the drum assembly (1800) is located at least partially within the region of working magnetic field such that application of current through the at least one conductive element (18031, 18032) via said current transfer mechanism causes rotation of the drum.
Patent NZ-620667-A (NZ)
Title: Sub sill flashing
Inventor: ALAN GEORGE LEITNER
IPC: E06B7/14
Filed: 2013-03-05
Abstract: A flashing assembly for flashing a rough opening of a door or window within a building frame. The assembly comprises: at least one corner soaker (9) comprising first and second arms at an angle to each other, positioned in a corner of the door or window opening, at least one flashing (1), positioned on a head, side jamb or sill section adjoining the corner and connected to an arm of the corner soaker, and at least one rigid air barrier (RAB) sheet. Each of the flashing, the first arm of the corner soaker and the second arm of the corner soaker comprise: a planar base member, a front web extending along the length of an edge of the base member and projecting in a substantially perpendicular direction away from the base member, and an intermediate web extending along the length of the base member, projecting away from the base member in a substantially parallel direction to the front web and spaced apart from the front web, the spacing defining a channel between the front web and the intermediate web. The base members of the first and second arms of the corner soaker are connected at angle to each other. The intermediate webs of the first and second arms of the corner soaker are connected and coplanar with each other. The front webs of the first and second arms of the corner soaker are connected and coplanar with each other. The channel of the arm of the corner soaker is substantially aligned with the channel of the flashing. Both channels are located adjacent to and parallel to the external face of the building frame. An end of the RAB sheet is slotted into the substantially aligned channels. In the slotted position, the RAB sheet is substantially parallel to an external face of the building frame.
Patent NZ-621459-A (NZ)
Title: Systems and methods for prize discovery games
Inventor: OAKES JAMES ALLAN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2012-07-19
Abstract: Systems and methods for map-based prize discovery game are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for map-based prize discovery games may comprise: establishing an online game based on a geographic map that includes a plurality of grid units; placing at least one object in hidden association with one or more predetermined grid units in the map; receiving from a first player at least one token and a selection of at least one available first grid unit; associating the selected at least one first grid unit with the first player; determining whether the first player wins a prize based on the selection of the at least one first grid unit and the placement of the at least one object in hidden association with the one or more predetermined grid units in the map. In another exemplary embodiment, it may be determined whether the first player wins based on a probability algorithm.
Patent NZ-627285-A (NZ)
Title: Systems and methods for identifying and suggesting emoticons
Inventor: LEYDON GABRIEL
IPC: G06F3/048
Filed: 2012-12-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identifying and suggesting emoticons. The method comprises receiving a set of segments (514) from a text field (504); analyzing the set of segments (514) to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments (514), and identifying a set of candidate emoticons (506). Each candidate emoticon (506) in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning. The method may further comprise presenting the set of candidate emoticons (506) for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor (516), receiving an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons (506), and inserting the set of selected emoticons into the text field (504) at the current position of the input cursor (516). Also, the statistical usage of at least one of the provided emoticons is updated based on the user’s selection.
Patent NZ-629267-A (NZ)
Title: Therapeutic regimens and methods for improving visual function in visual disorders associated with an endogenous retinoid deficiency
Inventor: CADDEN SUZANNE
IPC: A61P27/02
Filed: 2013-03-01
Abstract: Disclosed is the use of a synthetic retinal derivative in the manufacture of a medicament for improving visual function in a subject having a deficiency in endogenously produced 11-cis retinal, wherein the medicament is administered to the subject according to the following dosing schedule: (a) administering a first therapeutic dose of a synthetic retinal derivative to a subject in need thereof, wherein the first therapeutic dose is administered as a divided dose over a period of from about 2 to about 7 days; (b) providing a resting period of from about 7 to about 28 days; and (c) administering a second therapeutic dose of the synthetic retinal derivative to said subject following the end of the resting period, wherein said subject demonstrates a decline in visual function prior to administration of the second therapeutic dose, and wherein the synthetic retinal derivative is a 9-cis-retinyl ester or a 11-cis-retinyl ester which is selected respectively from 9-cis-retinyl acetate or 9-cis-retinyl succinate or from 11-cis-retinyl acetate, 11-cis-retinyl succinate, 11-cis-retinyl citrate, 11-cis-retinyl ketoglutarate, 11-cis-retinyl fumarate, 11-cis-retinyl malate or 11-cis-retinyl oxaloacetate, or the synthetic retinal derivative may be selected from 9-cis retinal, 11-cis-retinal, 9-cis-retinol, or 11-cis-retinol.