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Patent CA-2565943-A1 (CA)
Title: Advancing payment to an affiliate based on company electronic link activity
Inventor: KHANDELWAL HARSCH
IPC: G06Q30/00
Filed: 2006-10-27
Abstract: A method for advancing payment of a portion of one or more amounts due under an affiliate program to an affiliate, the amount being owed by a merchant of a website subject to the affiliate program. The method includes the steps of, first, providing a means for transmitting information to an administrator. The information is for use by the administrator to verify the affiliate's identity. Second, the method provides a means for enabling the administrator to verify the identify of the affiliate based on the information. Third, the method provides a means whereby the affiliate assigns the amount due under the affiliate program absolutely to the administrator, and whereby the affiliate requests that the portion of the amount due be advanced. Next, the method provides confirmation from the merchant that the amount due under the affiliate program is assigned absolutely to the administrator. Finally, the method provides a means for enabling the administrator to effect payment to the affiliate of the portion of the amount due under the affiliate program.
Patent CA-2568188-A1 (CA)
Title: Venturi effect power generator
Inventor: BELZILE LUC
IPC: F04F1/00
Filed: 2006-11-15
Abstract: The present invention relates to a system that converts the movement of air or water into electricity or mechanical power.
Patent CA-2569611-A1 (CA)
Title: Indole derivatives as histamine receptor antagonists
Inventor: GATTI MCARTHUR SILVIA
IPC: C07D401/14
Filed: 2005-06-13
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein X, R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to the preparation of such compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prevention of diseases which are associated with the modulation of H3 receptors.
Patent CA-2571520-A1 (CA)
Title: Method for regulating and controlling a firing device and a firing device
Inventor: GEIGER MARTIN
IPC: F23N5/16
Filed: 2005-06-20
Abstract: A method is proposed for regulating a firing device taking into account the temperature and/or the burner load, in particular with a gas burner, comprising the regulation of the temperature (T actual) produced by the firing device using a characteristic which shows a value range corresponding to a desired temperature (T desired) dependent upon a first parameter (m L, V L) corresponding to the burner load (Q), wherein when representing the characteristic, a second parameter, preferably the air ratio (.lambda.), defined as the ratio of the actually supplied quantity of air to the quantity of air theoretically required for optimal stoichiometric combustion, is constant.
Patent CA-2571643-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NEVEN HARTMUT
IPC: G06F21/32
Filed: 2005-06-21
Abstract: This disclosure describes methods to integrate face, skin and iris recognition to provide a biometric system with unprecedented level of accuracy for identifying individuals. A compelling feature of this approach is that it only requires a single digital image depicting a human face as source data.
Patent CA-2571702-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JACQUES RALPH
IPC: H01R13/28
Filed: 2006-12-18
Abstract: A connector incorporating the present invention includes the contact of the present invention and an electrical attachment, such as a wire crimp. The contact has a longitudinal body and a pair of fingers parallel to and offset from the longitudinal axis. Each finger has a protrusion and the body has a pair of depressions, each aligned with a finger protrusion. To engage the connectors, the two connectors are oriented so that they are opposed and so that each finger of one connector is aligned with the opposite finger of the other connector. Then the connectors are pulled apart longitudinally until the finger protrusions snap into the depressions, securing the two connectors together.
Patent CA-2572556-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SMITH GERALD J
IPC: G06K9/00
Filed: 2005-06-24
Abstract: The adverse effects of various sources of error present in satellite imaging when determining ground location information are reduced to provide more accurate ground location information for imagery, thereby rendering the information more useful for various entities utilizing the images. The determination of ground location coordinates associated with one or more pixels of an image acquired by an imaging system aboard a satellite or other remote platform includes obtaining a first earth image associated with a first earth view, obtaining a second earth image associated with a second earth view, the second earth image not overlapping the first earth image, and using known location information associated with the first earth image to determine location information associated with the second earth image.
Patent CA-2575190-A1 (CA)
Title: Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases by the use of scd4 inhibitors
Inventor: DREWES GERARD
IPC: C12N9/02
Filed: 2004-11-24
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of SCD4 interacting molecules, especially SCD4 inhibitors, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer~s disease.
Patent CA-2575473-A1 (CA)
Title: Radicals and their use as paramagnetic agents in a dnp process
Inventor: THANING MIKKEL
IPC: A61B5/055
Filed: 2005-07-28
Abstract: The invention relates to new radicals, their use as paramagnetic agents in a method for the dynamic nuclear polarisation and a method for the dynamic nuclear polarisation of compounds comprising carboxyl groups.
Patent CA-2579737-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DAVIDSON NEHEMIA
IPC: C25B9/17
Filed: 2007-02-27
Abstract: An electrolysis system (100) and method of using same is provided. In addition to an electrolysis tank (101) and a membrane (105) separating the tank into two regions, the system includes at least one pair of low voltage electrodes (115/117) comprised of a first material and at least one pair of high voltage electrodes (121/122) comprised of the same, or different, material. The separation distance between the cathode and anode of each pair of high voltage electrodes is greater than the separation distance between the cathode and anode of each pair of low voltage electrodes with the low voltage electrodes of each pair of low voltage electrodes being located between the pair, or pairs, of high voltage electrodes. The low voltage applied to the low voltage electrodes and the high voltage applied to the high voltage electrodes is pulsed with the pulses occurring simultaneously.
Patent CA-2580900-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ELLIS KENNETH SCOTT
IPC: G02B27/01
Filed: 2007-03-06
Abstract: A common lens HMD is shown and described. The use of a common lens in a biocular or binocular helmet mounted display (HMD) system provides a means to manipulate light rays from an image(s) which are traveling from two or more separate upstream optics trains to the helmet visor and onward to each eye, with fields of view which overlap at the midpoint of the visor. The common lens changes the optical paths of each individual ray going to a single eye, and changes the corresponding ray traveling to the other eye in a mirrored fashion (i.e. with the opposite component in the Left/Right direction).
Patent CA-2584043-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SANDOZ JEAN-LUC
IPC: G01N33/46
Filed: 2005-10-17
Abstract: Un procédé pour déterminer l'état de conservation d'un support en bois et établir un diagnostic, afin de savoir si le support en bois est dans un état dans lequel il s'avère convenable pour une utilisation, dans un état dans lequel il doit subir une opération de maintenance ou dans un état dans lequel il doit être éliminé, consiste à mesurer la dureté du support en bois, à  mesurer l'hygroscopie du support en bois, à calculer une contrainte résiduelle de sécurité résultante, en fonction de la dureté mesurée et de l'hygroscopie mesurée, à comparer la valeur de la contrainte avec une valeur de contrainte résiduelle de sécurité moyenne observée, et à établir le diagnostic en fonction de la comparaison. Le procédé comprend en outre les étapes consistant à déterminer l' essence du bois du support en bois, à déterminer le traitement appliqué au préalable au support en bois, et à calculer la contrainte résiduelle de sécurité résultante, en fonction de l' essence du bois et du traitement appliqué au préalable au support en bois.
Patent CA-2587388-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHAN EDWIN
IPC: A61K47/36
Filed: 2005-12-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and depot emulsion compositions for delivery of visco-supplements.
Patent CA-2590521-A1 (CA)
Title: Marker for readings taken from alternative site tests
Inventor: LOK HOI-WAH DEREK
IPC: G01N33/487
Filed: 2005-12-12
Abstract: A meter for determining the concentration of an analyte in a fluid sample comprises a memory device, electrical circuitry and a detection device for distinguishing between an alternative site test and a standard site test. The memory device is adapted to store information. The electrical circuitry is adapted to determine the analyte concentration of the fluid sample located on a test sensor. The electrical circuitry is in electronic communication with the memory device. The electrical circuitry communicates the determined analyte concentration to the memory device for storage.
Patent CA-2590882-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BRETTHAUER BERNWARD
IPC: G03B21/32
Filed: 2007-05-30
Abstract: The invention relates to a projection objective (11) with fixed focal length for digital projection.     It is characterized by the following features:   - a first optical subassembly (15) of several lenses (1, 2, 3, 4) seated in a first objective housing (12), - a second optical subassembly (16) of several lenses (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) seated in a second objective housing (13), - a third objective housing (14) that, in the region of one end, accepts the first objective housing (12) and, in the region of the other end, accepts the second objective housing (13).     Such an objective is designed to be structurally simple and makes possible a simple and precise assembly.
Patent CA-2591456-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FITZGERALD LAWRENCE WILLIAM PA
IPC: G07B15/02
Filed: 2005-11-24
Abstract: A system (1) for issuing parking permits in pay-for-parking zones, for example, permits for short-term street parking in local authority areas comprises a central control terminal (2) which controls operation of the system. Clients wishing to avail of the system (1) obtain a visual display device (3) for mounting in his or her motor vehicle for displaying the expiry time of the parking permit, and register with the system (1). The central control terminal (2) is controlled by a computer (7) and each client of the system is identified by his or her mobile telephone number, which is cross-referenced with an address code of the visual display device (3) in an ID  memory (8) of the central control terminal (2). Each client of the system, in general, maintains a positive credit balance in his or her account in an account memory (14) of the central control terminal (2). On a telephone request being made from the mobile telephone of the client for a parking permit, the computer (7) computes the cost of the parking permit and debits the cost to the client's account in the account memory (14), and relays particulars of the parking permit granted through a telecommunications data link (15) to a radio paging network operator (16) for radio transmission to the visual display device (3) of the client, which is then displayed on a visual display screen (23) of the visual display device (3).
Patent CA-2594293-A1 (CA)
Title: Sanitary drain valve
Inventor: NEWBERG DOUGLAS A
IPC: F16K1/00
Filed: 2005-12-23
Abstract: A valve assembly includes a valve body having an internal cavity, an orifice in communication with the internal cavity for communicating with a process in a tank or conduit and an outlet through which process material entering the internal cavity through the orifice can be drained from the internal cavity. A  valve actuator body includes an actuating shaft having a sealing tip and is mounted for movement in the valve actuator body to seal and unseal the orifice. A diaphragm is mounted to the sealing tip and includes a base that seals with a bottom wall of the valve body. The bottom of the valve body has an aperture that receives the actuating shaft therethrough. The diaphragm is mountable to and removable from the bottom wall of the valve body through the aperture.
Patent CA-2594455-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OGAWA MITSUYASU
IPC: H01M10/0562
Filed: 2006-09-12
Abstract: Disclosed is a thin film lithium battery which realizes a high yield by solving various problems caused by generation of pinholes in a solid electrolyte layer. Specifically disclosed is a thin film lithium battery wherein a positive electrode layer (20), a negative electrode layer (50), a solid electrolyte layer (40) arranged between the electrode layers, and a collector (10) electrically connected to one or both of the positive electrode layer (20) and the negative electrode layer (50) are arranged in layers. When the lamination of the layers in this battery is viewed in plan, the positive electrode layer (20) and the negative electrode layer (50) are arranged not to overlap each other. By having such a structure, even when a pinhole is formed in the solid electrolyte layer (40), the electrode layers (20, 50) are prevented from being short-circuited by the pinhole.
Patent CA-2594596-A1 (CA)
Title: Compacteur spherique
Inventor: NADON GILLES
IPC: B30B9/30
Filed: 2007-07-23
Abstract: L'invention est du domaine de la compaction de matières. Il est d'usage courent d'utiliser un bélier mécanique pour compacter des matières exemple déchets, boites de carton, retailles industriel etc. dans une benne ou un quelconque réceptacle. L'idée créatrice de l'invention est d'utiliser des formes sphérique pour faciliter la fabricatio n, augmenter l'étanchéité et la force mécanique de chaque composante.
Patent CA-2598612-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LANGE JOACHIM
IPC: H05K9/00
Filed: 2006-02-27
Abstract: Electrical circuit for reducing the electromagnetic fields in the vicinity of an electrolyzer, comprising a primary circuit supplying the electrolyzer and a secondary electrical circuit arranged in the vicinity of the primary circuit, for a current to flow in the opposite direction to that flowing in the main circuit in order to compensate for the electromagnetic fields generated by the latter.
Patent CA-2598660-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HARPE CAROLIN
IPC: A61Q5/10
Filed: 2006-03-14
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a combination of a preparation comprising at least one sulphur-free reducing compound and an ammoniacal preparation comprising at least one organic or inorganic silver salt for the mirrorizing of keratin fibres, and to the use of an agent comprising a sulphur-free reducing compound for freshening or restoring the (silver) lustre of mirrorized hair.
Patent CA-2603352-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GOLOVCHENKO JENE
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2006-04-06
Abstract: There is provided a first reservoir containing a liquid solution including a molecule to be characterized and a second reservoir for containing a liquid solution including a molecule that has been characterized. A solid state support structure is provided including an aperture having a molecular entrance providing a fluidic connection to the first reservoir and a molecular exit providing a fluidic connection to the second reservoir. First and second electron transport probes are each disposed on the support structure with a surface abutting a perimeter of the aperture. At least one of the probes comprises a fullerene structure, e.g., a carbon nanotube. A voltage source is connected between the probes to apply a voltage bias across the aperture. An electrical current monitor is connected between the probes for monitoring changes in electron transport between the probes corresponding to translocation of a molecule through the aperture.
Patent CA-2606188-A1 (CA)
Title: Combination of dipeptidyl peptidase-iv inhibitor and a cannabinoid cb1 receptor antagonist for the treatment of diabetes and obesity
Inventor: THORNBERRY NANCY A
IPC: A61K31/4709
Filed: 2006-04-28
Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a combination of a particular dipeptidyl peptidase-IV (DPP-IV) inhibitor and a particular cannabinoid CB1#191 receptor antagonist/inverse agonist, kits containing such combinations and methods of using such compositions for the treatment of diabetes, diabetes associated with obesity, diabetes-related disorders, obesity, and obesity-related disorders.
Patent CA-2611376-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BLACKABY WESLEY PETER
IPC: C07D211/26
Filed: 2006-06-13
Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): wherein R1,R2,R3, R4,Ar, A, n and m are defined herein, is disclosed as a GlyT1 inhibitor; pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound of the formula (I) are also disclosed as are their use in medicine, for example in the treatment of schizophrenia.
Patent CA-2612191-A1 (CA)
Inventor: PEREZ GLORIA I
IPC: C12N5/073
Filed: 2006-06-16
Abstract: The invention is directed to compositions and methods for enhancing the developmental potential of oocytes or preimplantation embryos by modulating mitochondrial-associated proteins and/or genomic integrity modifier proteins in oocytes or preimplantation embryos. Preferred embodiments for the mitochondrial-associated proteins are members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins.  RecA family proteins, including Rad51 are preferred for the genomic integrity modifier proteins. In one aspect of the invention, the levels of one or more mitochondrial-associated proteins and/or genomic integrity modifier proteins are increased, in particular by introducing the mitochondrial-associated proteins and/or genomic integrity modifier proteins into the oocytes or preimplantation embryos. Oocytes may be fertilized to obtain a zygote with increased levels of one or more mitochondrial-associated proteins and/or genomic integrity modifier proteins. The methods and compositions may be used to improve in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer methods, and nuclear transfer techniques.
Patent CA-2615053-A1 (CA)
Inventor: YUEN PUI-HO
IPC: A61K47/10
Filed: 2006-06-19
Abstract: A pharmaceutical formulation suitable for multi-dose administration comprising endo-N-(9-methyl-9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]non-3-yl)-1-methyl-1H-indazole-3-carboxanide hydrochloride, a preservative selected from the group consisting of alkyl paraben and phenol, and a buffer selected from the group consisting of acetate and phosphate buffers is disclosed.
Patent CA-2616734-A1 (CA)
Title: A solid laundry detergent composition comprising alkyl benzene sulphonate, carbonate salt and carboxylate polymer
Inventor: BROOKER ALAN THOMAS
IPC: C11D1/22
Filed: 2006-08-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition in particulate form comprising a plurality of particulate components, the composition comprises: (i) alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant; (ii) carboxylate polymer; (iii) carbonate salt; (iv) from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of zeolite builder; (v) from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of phosphate builder; and (vi) optionally, from 0% to less than 5%, by weight of the composition, of silicate salt; wherein: (a) any particulate component that comprises at least 5%, by weight of the particulate component, of alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant also comprises carbonate salt, wherein the weight ratio of the carbonate salt to the alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant present in the particulate component is greater than 1: 1 ; (b) any particulate component that comprises at least 5%, by weight of the particulate component, of alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant also comprises carboxylate polymer, wherein the weight ratio of the alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant to the carboxylate polymer present in the particulate component is in the range of from 0.2: 1 to 5: 1 and (c) any particulate component that comprises at least 5%, by weight of the particulate component, of alkyl benzene sulphonate anionic detersive surfactant also comprises from 0% to 10%, by weight of the particulate component, of silicate salt; and (d) the weight ratio of carbonate salt to carboxylate polymer present in the composition is in the range of from 1 : 1 to 30: 1.
Patent CA-2616944-A1 (CA)
Inventor: YABUKI YOSHIHARU
IPC: C09B29/00
Filed: 2002-04-08
Abstract: A coloring composition for image formation comprising an azo dye having an aromatic nitrogen-containing 6-membered heterocyclic ring as a coupling component, a coloring composition which comprises an azo compound having an oxidation potential nobler than 1.0 V vs. SCE and comprising at least two substituents having a pKa value of -10 to 5 in water, and a method for improving ozone resistance of a color image, the method comprising using a compound having an oxidation potential nobler than 1.0 V  vs. SCE and showing a maximum absorption at a wavelength between 500 nm and 580 nm with a half-value width of 150 nm or narrower.
Patent CA-2617070-A1 (CA)
Inventor: DEININGER KARL
IPC: B65H19/12
Filed: 2006-07-28
Abstract: Disclosed is a reel changer for feeding a web of material that is wound on a reel (2, 3, 4) into a web-processing machine comprising a supporting frame (1) in which at least one reel (2, 3, 4) of material is mounted so as to be rotatable about the axis of rotation thereof. At least three reels (2, 3, 4) of material are provided whose axes of rotation (R) run parallel to each other and which are disposed so as to be pivotable about a common axis of rotation (D) that runs parallel to the axes of rotation (R) of the reels (2, 3, 4).  Preferably, one respective pair of supporting arms (6), between which the respective reel (2, 3, 4) of material is rotatably mounted, is provided for mounting the reels (2, 3, 4) of material such that the reels (2, 3, 4) can be rotated about the respective axis of rotation (R) thereof. Said supporting arms (6) radially protrude from the axis of rotation (D) that runs parallel to the respective axes of rotation (R). A reel drive (23) which causes the reel (2) of material located in the unwinding zone to rotate or which decelerates the reel (2) of material is provided in the unwinding zone.
Patent CA-2618734-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LEVASSEUR ANTHONY
IPC: C12N15/62
Filed: 2006-07-26
Abstract: The invention relates to the use of fusion proteins between at least two plant cell-wall degrading enzymes, said enzymes being such that they do not contain a C-terminal carbohydrate-binding-molecule (CBM), and optionally a CBM, said enzymes and CBM being recombinant proteins corresponding to native proteins in fungi, or mutated forms thereof, for carrying out processes of plant cell-wall degradation in the frame of the preparation, from plants or vegetal by-products, of compounds of interest located in plant cell-wall, or in the frame of the bleaching of pulp and paper.
Patent CA-2619066-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SAHA HEIKKI
IPC: G06F3/0484
Filed: 2006-08-29
Abstract: The invention relates to a control apparatus for controlling a multi-phase rock drilling event carried out with a rock drilling rig. In a display of the rock drilling rig or a control unit thereof, a first section is settable for substantially invariable information sources and a second section for information sources to be changed according to the rock drilling situation, and a definition is set rock drilling situation-specifically in the control apparatus about at least one information source, information relating to which is to be displayed in said rock drilling situation. The working phase of the rock drilling event is checked (400), and an information source suitable for said phase is selected on the basis of said definition (402). Information relating to the at least one selected information source is displayed (406) in said display part during execution of the rock drilling phase.