baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent NZ-509133-A (NZ)
Title: Coating wood surfaces first by delignification followed with a transparent varnish
Inventor: DAWSON BERNARD STANLEY WINTON
IPC: B05D3/06
Filed: 2000-12-22
Abstract: A method of coating wood comprising photo stabilising a surface of the wood using delignification of the surface including removal/destruction of photo absorbent lignin fragments, and subsequently coating the surface with a transparent coating.   Suitable delignification agents include chemical delignifying agents, lignin-degrading radiation and lignin-degrading enzymes.  Suitable delignification agents include peracetic acid or peroxymonosulphuric acid. The figure shows an FTIR spectrum for a peroxymonosulphate-treated sample and a control sample of wood where delignification is evidenced by removal of the 1510 wavenumber band.
Patent NZ-509775-A (NZ)
Title: Apparatus for an ostomy pouch to control the flow rate of gases though a vent using an adhesive sticker means
Inventor: FALCONER IAN MALCOLM
IPC: A61F5/441
Filed: 1999-08-04
Abstract: Provided is an apparatus comprising a controllable flow rate, filtered, vent for an ostomy pouch, the vent having a plurality of outlets and an adhesive sticker means which can be positioned and repositioned to cover one or more of the outlets, and thereby regulate the flow of gas though the vent.
Patent NZ-513142-A (NZ)
Title: Transcriptional regulation of the human beta3-adrenergic receptor gene
Inventor: SUSULIC VEDRANA S
IPC: A61K48/00
Filed: 2000-02-01
Abstract: Regulatory elements responsible for tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of the human beta 3-adrenergic receptor (beta 3-AR) are identified. A region localized between -6.50 and -6.30 kb of the proximal promoter contained three sequences that act synergistically to achieve full transcriptional activity. One segment, termed segment A, contains an Sp1 binding site. Another of the sequences, termed segment B, is a binding site for a trans-acting factor present in cells that constitutively express beta 3-AR. In a specific embodiment, the trans-acting factor is expressed in neuroblastoma (SK-N-MC) and brown adipose tissue cells, but little or not at all in CV-1, HeLa, or white adipose tissue cells. The third segment, C, is an S1 nuclease-sensitive site having CCTT repeats. Recombinant vectors under control of this transcriptional regulation region, particularly containing the B and C segments, provide a substrate for high throughput assays, such as reporter gene assays, to identify compounds that can increase the level of expression of beta 3-AR. The B segment nucleic acids also provide for isolation and cloning of the trans-acting factor. Mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and identification of other adjacent proteins involved in the regulation of the h beta 3-AR gene expression are provided.
Patent NZ-517512-A (NZ)
Title: Adjustable height handgrip for a crutch
Inventor: OBITTS SHANE
IPC: A61H3/02
Filed: 2000-09-01
Abstract: An orthopedic crutch with two parallel vertical support members 22, 24, including a plurality of opposing parallel aperture pairs 26.  An adjustable height handle grip 30 extending between the vertical support members includes a locking member that engages the aperture pairs.  A collar 36, 38 on either end of the handle grip encircles the corresponding vertical support, with a yoke member 50, 52 to cooperate with the inner portion of the collar.  The yoke member slides inwardly to disengage the locking element from the aperture pair.  The locking member is retained in the retracted position until the next aperture pair is encountered, allowing the desired height of the handle grip to be obtained.
Patent NZ-518383-A (NZ)
Title: Separation of silt and water
Inventor: LYONS DAVID
IPC: B01D21/06
Filed: 2000-10-06
Abstract: Apparatus for separating silt from water comprises a settling tank (1) having an inlet section (2) and inlet means comprising an inlet conduit (3) leading to a pre- reaction vessel (4) which communicates at its base with the inlet section of the settling tank. The inlet conduit is supplied with a valve (30), and the apparatus is equipped with dosing means (31) for the addition of flocculate to an inlet portion thereof. Means such as bucket wheels (5) are provided for removing settled material from the inlet section (2) of the tank (1) and means such as a helical screw (7) are also provided for sweeping settled material along the tank (1) from an outlet section (6) towards that inlet section (2). An outlet is provided for the discharge of water over a weir (8). Apparatus for washing sand or gravel which feeds used wash water to such a settling tank is also disclosed, as are methods of separating silt and water and of washing sand or gravel.
Patent NZ-521236-A (NZ)
Title: 26,27-homologated-20-epi-2-alkyl-19-nor-vitamin D compounds
Inventor: DELUCA HECTOR F
IPC: A61K31/593
Filed: 2001-03-29
Abstract: 2-alkyl-19-nor-vitamin D derivatives of formula (I) and a method for their chemical synthesis are disclosed, wherein Y1 and Y2, which may be the same or different, are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and a hydroxy-protecting group, R6 is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, hydroxyalkyl and fluoroalkyl, and where the group R represents any of the typical side chains known for vitamin D type compounds. These compounds exhibit relatively high intestinal calcium transport activity and relatively high bone calcium mobilization activity resulting in therapeutic agents for the treatment of diseases where bone formation is desired, particularly low bone turnover osteoporosis. These compounds also exhibit pronounced activity in arresting the proliferation of undifferentiated cells and inducing their differentiation to the monocyte thus evidencing use as anti-cancer agents and for the treatment of diseases such as psoriasis.
Patent NZ-521650-A (NZ)
Title: Dust Suppressant for use on roads, containing saponified tall oil pitch
Inventor: FLETCHER ROSS ALAN
IPC: C09K3/22
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: A dust suppressant composition for application to a substantially soil particle laden surface including (i) a saponified tall oil pitch, and (ii) a salt, wherein said composition is an emulsion characterized in that the salt is present in an emulsion destabilizing amount, is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method of use of a dust suppressant composition, wherein said substantially soil particle laden surface is coated with at least a monolayer of described dust suppressant composition sufficient to cause particles to substantially agglomerate.
Patent NZ-527443-A (NZ)
Title: Method for checking that prepaid stamps on mail are genuine
Inventor: DENZER RUDI
IPC: G06T7/60
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: A method for checking a postage indicium applied onto a mailpiece is disclosed. The postage indicium is checked to see whether it contains a prescribed security feature whereby in case the postage indicium does not contain the security feature, the postage indicium is checked to see whether at least one selected reading area of the mailpiece contains a graphic representation of a postage indicium. The method is carried out in such a way that mailpieces containing the prescribed graphic representation in the selected reading area are marked as being genuine.
Patent NZ-530209-A (NZ)
Title: Personal body treatment
Inventor: ALLEN DOUGLAS JOHN
IPC: A61M35/00
Filed: 2003-12-18
Abstract: A personal body treatment product is disclosed for application to a user's body for hygienic, cosmetic, therapeutic, wellness purposes. The product includes a salt/mineral mass having salts and/or mineral ingredients capable of dissolving or dislodging from the mass in water at different rates. A sheath in the form of a bag encloses the mass, the sheath being composed of a porous material enabling water to penetrate the sheath so as to dissolve and/or dislodge ingredients of the mass and to enable ingredients to pass through the sheath to contact the user's body. The sheath encloses the mass so that the surface of the mass is not exposed in a manner to directly contact the user's body in use. The salt/mineral is composed of natural salts/minerals in a naturally adherent mass which is mined or harvested and subsequently shaped into a bar with rounded edges or corners, the bar being of a size to be comfortably grasped and held by hand. The sheath is made of a micromesh material so that substantially insoluble particulates in the mass and/or sparingly or relatively slowly soluble ingredients in the mass cannot pass through the micromesh material in particulate form to cause discomfort if rubbed along the user's skin. There is also provided a method of personal body treatment by providing and using the product.
Patent NZ-531899-A (NZ)
Title: System and method of playing a card game
Inventor: CRAWFORD CURTIS
IPC: A63F1/14
Filed: 2002-08-26
Abstract: An electronic system for playing a modified poker game for at least one player where the modified poker game has rules of play comprises a computer configured to receive a wager placed by a player and then display the playing faces of at least five cards to the player on a display device. The computer is also configured to replace cards selected by the player to be replaced from the player's at least five cards at the player's option; and evaluating the entire at least five cards as a single hand and evaluating a sub-combination hand of fewer cards than the at least five cards displayed to the player in accordance with the rules of play stored on a storage device associated with the computer. The sub-combination hand is selected from and co-existing as a subset of the at least five cards.
Patent NZ-535887-A (NZ)
Title: 4-'7-halo-2-quino (XA-) linyloxy!phenoxy-propionic acid derivatives as antineoplastic agents
Inventor: CORBETT THOMAS H
IPC: A01N43/60
Filed: 2003-07-03
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (I) wherein: A is CH or N; X is F, Cl, or Br; Y is H, OH, or (C1-C7)alkoxy; and Z is an amino acid or heterocycle. Compounds of this type are useful for treating cancer when administered orally or by injection.
Patent NZ-537255-A (NZ)
Title: Administration of therapeutic viruses
Inventor: LORENCE ROBERT M
IPC: A61K35/76
Filed: 2003-05-22
Abstract: Provided is the use of a therapeutic virus, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a condition treatable by the therapeutic virus, wherein the virus is a negative-stranded RNA virus and wherein the medicament is formulated for administration to a subject in one or more cycles, wherein at least one cycle comprises administering sequentially two or more desensitization doses of the virus that are formulated to be administered as at least one cycle followed by one or more escalated doses of the virus and wherein the amount of the virus in the second and any subsequent desensitization dose is greater than the amount of the virus in the preceding desensitization dose, and wherein the amount of the virus in each of the one or more escalated doses is higher than the amount of virus in each of the desensitization doses. Further provided are specific dose ranges and oncolytic viruses for said use.
Patent NZ-540810-A (NZ)
Title: Apparatus and method for the isolation of produced particles as a suspension in a non-supercritical fluid
Inventor: COOPER SIMON MURRAY
IPC: B01D11/04
Filed: 2003-12-18
Abstract: A process for the isolation of a pharmaceutical product from a supercritical process is disclosed. The product is a pharmaceutically-active compound and/or pharmaceutical excipient and is isolated as a suspension in a non-supercritical fluid. A supercritical product used in the process is selected from nitrous oxide, sulphur hexafluoride, xenon, ethylene, chlorotrifluoromethane, ethane, trifluoromethane, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane, and carbon dioxide.
Patent NZ-542567-A (NZ)
Title: Consignment inventory management and reconciliation system
Inventor: BARWICK JAMES
IPC: G06Q10/08
Filed: 2004-02-03
Abstract: A consignment inventory management and reconciliation system that tracks and reconciles on-hand quality which represents consignment items that were placed at the consignment location and are physically located at the consignment location at a given time; unbilled quantity which represents consignment items which were placed at the consignment location and are not physically present at the consignment location and have not been purchased at a given time, excess quantity which represents items found at the consignment location but are not considered consignment items at a given time; and perpetual quantity which represents the consignment items which have been delivered to the consignment location at a given time.
Patent NZ-543600-A (NZ)
Title: Gas burner having means for reversibly fixing the cover
Inventor: BETTINZOLI ANGELO
IPC: F23D14/06
Filed: 2003-05-16
Abstract: Gas burner (1) for a cooking hob (14) comprising: a burner cup (2) constrained to the cooking hob, onto which at least one burner body (3) is mounted, and at least one superior cover (5), which can be removably coupled to said burner body, as well as at least one annular flame diffuser (4), designed to produce at least one flame crown. The burner is also provided with means (9,10) for reversibly fixing the superior cover to the burner cup. The reversibly fixing means comprise at least one male part (9) integral to the cup and at least one female part (10) integral to the cover, or vice-versa, in which the male part can be inserted into the female part and is movable within the female part between at least one reciprocal holding position and at least one reciprocal release position.
Patent NZ-546370-A (NZ)
Title: Beer additive and method
Inventor: KAEHNE IAN DAVID
IPC: C12C5/02
Filed: 2004-10-08
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of enhancing the taste of a beer with a mineral additive, comprising the step of adding the mineral additive to the beer, the mineral additive including soluble compounds of minerals in ranges of final concentrations of the respective element in the finished beer, to enhance taste characteristics of the diluted beer when compared to a dilution solely with water as per the specification, wherein the pH adjusted by the addition of phosphoric acid such that pH of the finished beer is in the range of about 3.5 to about 5.0. Also disclosed is the beer made from the method, a concentrate made by the method and a kit employing the method.
Patent NZ-550256-A (NZ)
Title: Water heater burner clogging detection and shutdown system
Inventor: PEART JACOB A
Filed: 2005-05-20
Abstract: A fuel-fired water heater has main and pilot burners disposed in its combustion chamber. All of the primary combustion air utilized by the main and pilot burners during firing thereof is supplied thereto via an enclosed path extending to the burners from outside of the combustion chamber. A burner clogging detection system is operative to shut down further combustion, upon sensing a condition of the pilot burner flame indicative of a predetermined degree of pilot burner clogging, prior to the main burner being clogged to an unacceptable degree by particulate matter entrained in incoming combustion air being delivered to the main burner.
Patent NZ-550710-A (NZ)
Title: Carrier composition for parasiticide or antibiotic
Inventor: LAU KAI KIN
Filed: 2006-10-24
Abstract: Disclosed is a carrier composition for topical administration and/or administration by injection to a non-human animal of an effective amount of at lease one parasiticide and/or antibiotic, the composition comprising at least one medium chain triglyceride, at least one C14-C25 mineral hydrocarbon and at least one C2-C7 alcohol. The composition disclosed can be used to administer actives to a non-human animal without causing significant discomfort.
Patent NZ-552794-A (NZ)
Title: A clamp apparatus to prevent fluid flow in tubes with a detent holding the clamp in either an open or a closed position
Inventor: CLARKE CHRISTOPHER J
IPC: F16K7/06
Filed: 2005-06-24
Abstract: A clamp apparatus (20) for selectively preventing fluid flow through a resilient tube is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base (22) with a locking arm and a slide clamp that has a tube clamping aperture, and a detent for receiving the locking arm. The slide clamp (24) is slidably mounted on the base (22) and moves between an occluding position and an open position. The clamp aperture is formed in the slide clamp (24) for receiving the tube, and has narrow region and an open region. The narrow region closes the tube in the occluding position and the open region allows fluid to flow through the tube in the open position. The locking arm is biased toward the slide clamp (24) at a selected angle from the base (22), and it can take a locking position where it prevent movement of the slide clamp (24) from the occluding position to the open position. The locking arm can be deflected to allow movement of the slide clamp (24). The detent in the slide clamp (24) is defined by a detent edge and a bottom position located at a depth below the clamp top surface. The depth accommodates the angle of the locking arm in the occluding position so a portion of the locking arm is located in the detent and engages the detent edge while not touching the bottom of the detent. In this way, the slide clamp (24) is prevented from moving out of the occluding position and the locking arm is kept unstressed.
Patent NZ-556618-A (NZ)
Title: Container loading apparatus with two sets of pof lifting arm pairs rotatable from stowed position below loaded container
Inventor: BAIN JOHN LAURENCE
IPC: B60P1/48
Filed: 2005-12-23
Abstract: A container loading apparatus for a truck (10) comprises a first pair of opposed container attachment arms (14) and a second pair of opposed secondary support arms (22), rotatable about horizontal axes from a stowed position in which the container attachment arms (14) and the secondary support arms (22) are disposed substantially beneath a loaded container, the secondary support arms (22) being rotatable relative to the truck (10) by first actuation rams (30) and the container attachment arms (14) rotatable relative to the secondary support arms (22) by second actuation rams (32).
Patent NZ-563830-A (NZ)
Title: Safety barrier for spanning an opening in a building under construction to prevent workman from falling through
Inventor: KENNELLY BERNARD JOSEPH
Filed: 2007-11-28
Abstract: A temporary protection barrier to prevent a person from falling through an opening (3) in a building is disclosed. The protection consists of a flexible sheet material (2) that spans opposite sides of the opening. The sheet is connected to the sides of members (4) at the edges of the opening and is arranged so that the sheet passes around at least one corner of the member and spans across the plane of the opening. The sheet is preferably adhesively connected to the members.
Patent NZ-564540-A (NZ)
Title: Macrocyclic inhibitors of hepatitis C virus
Inventor: RABOISSON PIERRE JEAN-MARIE BERNARD
IPC: A61K31/517
Filed: 2006-07-28
Abstract: The disclosure relates to macrocyclic compounds of the formula (I) and N-oxides, salts, and stereoisomers thereof having inhibitory activity on the replication of the hepatitis C virus (HCV), wherein the variables are as defined in the specification. The disclosure further relates to compositions comprising these compounds as active ingredients as well as processes for preparing these compounds and compositions. These compounds are suitable for the treatment or prophylaxis of flaviviral infections such as HCV.
Patent NZ-568251-A (NZ)
Title: Actuating device for a drain fitting and drain fitting with such an actuating device and method of mounting such a drain fitting
Inventor: MAHLER ALFRED
IPC: E03D1/36
Filed: 2008-05-13
Abstract: An actuating device for a drain fitting of a cistern is disclosed. The device includes a push button housing (7) which is insertable into an opening in a cistern lid, with at least one push button (8, 9) mounted in the housing. A pusher (11) is movable downwards to trigger flushing by actuation of the at least one push button. The push button housing is fastened only to the cistern lid (2) and may be lifted off the at least one push button and the pusher with the cistern lid.
Patent NZ-568939-A (NZ)
Title: Moulding material mixture, moulded part for foundry purposes and process of producing a moulded part
Inventor: GERLACH RALF-JOACHIM
IPC: B22C13/12
Filed: 2008-06-09
Abstract: A moulding material mixture for foundry purposes is disclosed, which consists of a mould sand, a sodium hydroxide solution, a binding agent based on alkali silicate and additives, characterised in that (a) the mould sand particles comprise a grain size of 0.1 to 1 mm; (b) the moulding material mixture contains 0.1 to 10 % by weight of a sodium hydroxide solution with reference to the weight of the sand and said sodium hydroxide solution is a 20 to 40 % by weight solution; (c) the moulding material mixture contains 0.1 to 5 % of binding agent based on alkali silicate, wherein said alkali silicate has a solid matter percentage of 20 to 70% with reference to the binding agent; (d) the moulding material mixture contains 0.1 to 3 % by weight of an additive, said additive being a suspension with a solid matter percentage of 30 to 70% amorphous, spherical silicon dioxide (SiO2), wherein the SiO2 is in two grain size classifications in the suspension with a first grain size classification (A) containing SiO2 particles with a grain size ranging between 1 and 5 micrometers and a second grain size classification (8) containing SiO2 particles with a grain size ranging between 0.01 and 0.05 micrometers, and wherein the volume percentages of the grain sizes (A) and (8) is in the distribution range of 0.8 to 1.0-1.2 to 1.
Patent NZ-570668-A (NZ)
Title: Composition for inhibiting adhesion
Inventor: CHOI IN-JA
IPC: A61P41/00
Filed: 2007-02-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a composition for inhibiting adhesion comprising a water-soluble and temperature-sensitive polymer showing a sol-gel phase transition dependant upon temperature, wherein the polymer is a temperature-sensitive multiblock copolymer where two or more identical or different block copolymers selected from polyethylene oxide (PEO)-polypropylene oxide (PPO)-polyethylene oxide (PEO) block copolymer and polyethylene oxide (PEO)-polybutylene oxide (PBO)-polyethylene oxide (PEO) block copolymer are linked by a dicarboxyl group linker and wherein the polymer is subjected to phase-transition from a sol state to a gel state by the body temperature, stably coated within tissues, thereby functions as a barrier inhibiting adhesion, and as time lapses, degraded into a low molecular weight surfactant and a biodegradable single-molecular substance, whereby the degraded products exhibit secondary adhesion inhibiting effects.