baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent NZ-532091-A (NZ)
Title: In situ recovery from a hydrocarbon containing formation using barriers
Inventor: VINEGAR HAROLD J
IPC: E21B47/022
Filed: 2002-10-24
Abstract: A method is described for inhibiting migration of fluids into and/or out of a treatment area undergoing an in situ conversion process. Barriers in the formation proximate a treatment area may be used to inhibit migration of fluids. Inhibition of migration of fluids may occur before, during, and/or after an in situ treatment process. For example, migration of fluids may be inhibited while heat is provided from heaters to at least a portion of the treatment area. Barriers may include naturally occurring portions (e.g., overburden, and/or underburden) and/or installed portions.
Patent NZ-536379-A (NZ)
Title: Warming and nonirritating anhydrous lubricant compositions
Inventor: LAMB CHRISTOPHER SCOTT
IPC: A61K31/429
Filed: 2003-05-01
Abstract: A substantially anhydrous warming, non-toxic and nonirritating lubricating composition containing polyhydric alcohols and an insulating agent as well as gel and jelly compositions. Also disclosed are methods of using such compositions for lubrication, administration of active ingredients and for preventing or treating dysmenorrhea.
Patent NZ-538087-A (NZ)
Title: Method and compositions for preparing and delivering rumen protected lipids, other nutrients and medicaments
Inventor: ROSENBERG MOSHE
IPC: A23K1/18
Filed: 2003-07-14
Abstract: A composite gel comprising: a) a dispersed phase comprising lipid droplets or particles; b) a continuous phase aqueous matrix comprising a pH ranging from about pH 4 to pH 9, and one or more cross-linked proteins; and, c) supplemental constituents; wherein the dispersed phase is embedded within the continuous phase matrix; whereby supplemental constituents or lipid droplets, suitable for ruminant ingestion, are protected against degradation, modification, or removal during passage through a rumen, and wherein the composite gel is without substantial aldehyde cross-linking. Also disclosed is methods to make and use the composite gel.
Patent NZ-543880-A (NZ)
Title: Method and apparatus for determining the necessity of transmission of a primary and a secondary pilot channel and improvement of channel estimation
Inventor: LUNDBY STEIN A
IPC: H04L1/00
Filed: 2004-05-28
Abstract: A method and apparatus for communicating data is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting on a reverse link a primary pilot channel associated with a data channel, transmitting on the reverse link a secondary pilot channel associated with the data channel, transmitting data on the data channel, maintaining the power level of the primary pilot channel independent of the data channel and adjusting the power level of the secondary pilot channel based on the data rate or the payload size. A method of determining whether the secondary pilot channel is transmitted by searching for an energy level of the secondary channel above the primary channel is also provided.
Patent NZ-546169-A (NZ)
Title: Power generator
Inventor: BOYD-WILSON PETER MARK
Filed: 2006-03-24
Abstract: A turbine apparatus for converting movement of a fluid into electrical power is disclosed. The turbine comprises a main rotor, a generator, and a mounting. The main rotor is rotatable about a longitudinal axis, and rotates in response to movement of a fluid in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The rotor comprises at least two helical blades arranged about the longitudinal axis with rotational symmetry, where the blades are substantially identical in shape and have a lift-producing cross-sectional shape along a part of their longitudinal length. The generator is coupled to the main rotor and has a stationary armature and a generator rotor connected to rotate with the main rotor, which carries one or more magnets past the windings. The mounting is provided at an end of the main rotor, non-rotationally connected to the armature, wherein the mounting is adapted to be connected to a flexible line such that the turbine apparatus can be supported by the mounting so that it can be substantially immovable along its longitudinal axis, but is able to move a limited amount in a direction laterally of the longitudinal axis when connected to a flexible line.
Patent NZ-554905-A (NZ)
Title: Mechanical locking of floor panels with a flexible tongue
Inventor: PERVAN DARKO
IPC: B25B27/30
Filed: 2005-10-21
Abstract: A floor panel 1 having an edge portion presenting a sidewardly open groove 35, in which a tongue 30 formed as a separate part is received, the tongue 30 being so arranged in the groove 35 that it is bendable in its longitudinal direction and in a plane substantially parallel with a main plane of the floor panel 1, such that a part of the tongue 33 is resiliently displaceable in said plane.
Patent NZ-566081-A (NZ)
Title: Combination of a desalination plant and a salinity gradient power reverse electrodialysis plant and use thereof
Inventor: BRAUNS ETIENNE
IPC: H01M14/00
Filed: 2006-07-19
Abstract: A desalination plant that includes a salinity gradient power unit is disclosed. The plant has a sea water intake, a desalination unit comprising a reverse osmosis or a thermal desalination unit, a fresh water outlet and a brine outlet. A salinity gradient power unit has a brine inlet that receives brine as a high salinity feed from the brine outlet of the desalination unit, a seawater inlet, and a mixed water outlet. A solar power heater is located between the brine outlet and the brine inlet. The power unit is used as an energy source for the desalination plant. Seawater or a combination of seawater and fresh water is used as a low salinity feed to the power unit.
Patent NZ-566184-A (NZ)
Title: Hydrogel balloon prosthesis for nucleus pulposus
Inventor: MARCOLONGO MICHELE S
IPC: A61F2/44
Filed: 2006-08-25
Abstract: A prosthesis for replacing or supplementing a nucleus pulposus of an intervertebral disk is disclosed, which comprises a pre-formed expandable balloon having flexible walls defining an inner cavity, the flexible walls having a thickness from about 0.02 mm to about 1.00 mm and a filling tube passing through the flexible walls and in communication with the inner cavity so that the prosthesis is fillable, said pre-formed balloon being adapted to be inserted into the intervertebral disk through a cannula, wherein said flexible walls are made from a material comprising a cryogel formed from subjecting an aqueous solution comprising poly(vinyl alcohol) to repeated freeze-thaw cycles, said expandable pre-formed balloon being filled through the filling tube with a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of a biocompatible liquid, a biocompatible polymer, and a biocompatible hydrogel in an expanded configuration, and the prosthesis having a tensile modulus of about 0.02 MPa to about 0.8 MPa at 30% strain.
Patent NZ-581803-A (NZ)
Title: Salts of the janus kinase inhibitor (r)-3-(4-(7h-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1h-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile
Inventor: RODGERS JAMES D
IPC: A61K31/519
Filed: 2008-06-12
Abstract: Disclosed is a salt selected from: (R)-3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile maleic acid salt; (R)-3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile sulfuric acid salt; and (R)-3-(4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-3-cyclopentylpropanenitrile phosphoric acid salt. The compounds are used to treat diseases associated with the Janus Kinase (JAK) activity such as immune-related diseases, skin disorders, myeloid proliferative disorders, cancers and the like.
Patent NZ-591347-A (NZ)
Title: Milk plastic container with formations to allow tight nesting of diamond shaped bottles and screw lid neck improvements
Inventor: GLOVER ANDREW
IPC: B29C49/48
Filed: 2009-10-12
Abstract: 591347 Disclosed is a plastic container for storing a liquid or milk the bottle is shaped to allow interesting to remove the need for a crate. The container has a body which includes an integral handle defining a handle eye and which defines a chamber for storing liquid, the body having a footprint with a transverse ?is extending in a first direction and a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The footprint has a width which varies along its longitudinal axis and is greatest at a middle region of the footprint and smallest at either longitudinal end of the footprint, and the footprint having two generally opposing longitudinal end surfaces and angled side surfaces arranged between the longitudinal end surfaces. The width of the footprint in the middle region is less than the length of the footprint along the longitudinal axis, forming a diamond or six sided parallelogram shape. The integral handle has a longitudinal axis which extends in line with the longitudinal axis of ?e footprint of the body.
Patent NZ-594089-A (NZ)
Title: Ferrite stainless steel with low black spot generation
Inventor: MATSUHASHI TOORU
IPC: C22C38/28
Filed: 2010-02-05
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a ferrite stainless teel with low black spot generation in welded portions, including: by mass%, C: 0.020% or less; N: 0.025% or less; Si: 1.0% or less; Mn: 0.5% or less; P: 0.035% or less; S: 0.01% or less; Cr: 18% to 25%; Al: 0.3% to 0.15%; Ti: 0.05% to 0.5%; and Ca: 0.0015% or less, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the following formula (1) is fulfilled, BI = 3 AI + Ti + 0.5 Si + 200 Ca = 0.8 (wherein Al, Ti, Si, and Ca in the formula (1) represent contents (mass%) of the respective components in the steel).
Patent NZ-598425-A (NZ)
Title: Method and system for pricing and allocating securities
Inventor: BUCKNELL BENJAMIN GEORGE WENTWORTH
IPC: G06Q40/04
Filed: 2010-08-12
Abstract: A host computer system and a method for pricing and allocating on a registered securities exchange, identified securities of a company as part of a bookbuild are disclosed. The system comprises at least one processor to associate a unique trading code with the identified securities which are the subject of the bookbuild on the registered securities exchange and an input device to receive bid data indicative of at least one bid by an eligible investor for at least some of the identified securities. The at least one processor determines a match price for the identified securities as a price at which excess demand is equal to a pre-determined percentage over a fixed supply, and an allocation of the identified securities to the eligible investor at least partially based on the match price and the bid data.
Patent NZ-601982-A (NZ)
Title: Methods and apparatus for controlling irrigation systems
Inventor: LITTRELL NATHAN BOWMAN
IPC: A01G25/00
Filed: 2012-08-22
Abstract: 601982 Disclosed is a method of controlling an irrigation system (112) operable in a processor. The method includes receiving, via a communication interface (128), a control signal from a utility (102), determining whether said control signal is a mandatory control signal and determining whether or not to base operation of the irrigation system (112) at least in part on the control signal.
Patent NZ-602455-A (NZ)
Title: Amnion derived adherent cells
Inventor: ABBOT STEWART
IPC: A61K35/12
Filed: 2009-11-19
Abstract: 602455 Disclosed is a method of making an amnion derived adherent cell that is adherent to tissue culture plastic and OCT-4–/HLA-G– as determined by RT-PCR, said method comprising: a. digesting amnion tissue with a first enzyme capable of dissociating cells from the epithelial layer of the amnion from cells from the mesenchymal layer of the amnion; b. digesting the mesenchymal layer of the amnion with a second enzyme capable of forming a cell suspension from the mesenchymal layer; c. culturing the cell suspension from step (b) on a tissue culture surface; and d. selecting cells that adhere to said tissue culture surface.
Patent NZ-609720-A (NZ)
Title: A pharmaceutical composition with improved storage stability
Inventor: NILSSON ANDERS
IPC: A61K38/095
Filed: 2011-09-29
Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid composition comprising: an oxytocin agonist and/or an oxytocin analogue or salt thereof; and an anti-oxidant; wherein the pH of the composition is from 5.0 to 6.0, for use in the treatment of uterine atony, for example following vaginal delivery of the infant, delivery of the infant by Caesarean section, or for use in the treatment or prevention of uterine atony in a patient who is at risk of developing PPH; and/or for use in the treatment or prevention of excessive bleeding following vaginal delivery. Preferably the oxytocin agonist and/or an oxytocin analogue is 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (Desmopressin).
Patent NZ-614178-A (NZ)
Title: A hose deployment device
Inventor: JACOBS SEBASTIAN
IPC: B65H75/02
Filed: 2012-02-03
Abstract: Disclosed are a hose deployment device (1) and a method of deploying a hose. The disclosure notes that it is imperative that a fire fighter is able to deploy a hose in a timely manner and is capable of deploying a hose in a confined space. The hose deployment device (1) includes a base (3) and means for securing. The base (3) includes sides (4) which in a contracted configuration secure together to define a space to receive a hose. When the sides (4) are in an extended configuration, they extend outwardly away from each other to provide an opening through which the hose can move. The securing means secure a hose within the space in the contracted configuration. When manual and/or fluid pressure is applied to the device, the hose expands the means to release the hose from the base (3). The hose urges the sides (4) away from each other and deploys the hose into a coiled configuration.
Patent NZ-614996-A (NZ)
Title: Composition of monoterpenoids having bactericidal properties
Inventor: REYNOLDS MAX
IPC: A61P31/16
Filed: 2011-08-19
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a composition comprising (a) 30 – 80% of at least one compound of formula 1, (b) 10 – 40% of at least one compound of formula 2, wherein the R groups and variable bond orders are as defined in the specification, and (c) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a sesquiterpene, a sesquiterpene alcohol, a sesquiterpene epoxide, p-cymene, an oxygenated cyclohexane, an oxygenated cyclohexene and a monoterpene, wherein the amount of any monoterpene in the fraction does not exceed 5% of the total composition.
Patent NZ-617146-A (NZ)
Title: A mechanical assembly for maintaining an air gap between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter
Inventor: RHINEFRANK KENNETH
IPC: H02K7/18
Filed: 2012-04-04
Abstract: An apparatus and corresponding method for maintaining an air gap (912) between a stator and rotor in an electro-mechanical energy converter is provided. The apparatus includes a structural sleeve and a plurality of stator sections (911) attached to an inner surface of the structural sleeve (930). A hub is enclosed by the structural sleeve (930) and is concentric with the structural sleeve. A plurality of rotor sections (907) are flexibly coupled to the hub and are enclosed by the structural sleeve (930). A rail system (935 and 940) is positioned within the structural sleeve and is concentric with the structural sleeve. The rail system (935 and 940) guides the rotor sections (907) in a substantially circular path and defines an air gap (912) between the plurality of stator sections (911) and plurality of rotor sections (907). Preferably wheels (940) attached to the rotor sections guide the sections along the rails (935). Preferably a biasing means is used to apply the rotor sections against the rail so the rotor sections follow the rail. The apparatus is particularly applicable to large electric generators to reduce required tolerances and may be used on wind or wave driven electric generators, for instance.
Patent NZ-618109-A (NZ)
Title: Marker and recovery device
Inventor: DARROCH NEIL
IPC: B63C9/20
Filed: 2012-06-06
Abstract: A life vest with inflatable arch (32a) secured to the torso of the wearer. The arch is inflatable between a stored position behind the head of the wearer to an inflated position above and forward of the head to allow the wearer to be spotted when floating in water. The device is preferably inflated by pressurised gas canisters (60) secured to the device.
Patent NZ-621543-A (NZ)
Title: Improved production of protein solutions from soy
Inventor: GREEN BRENT E
IPC: A23J3/16
Filed: 2011-08-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a process for the preparation of a soy protein solution, which includes: (a) extracting a soy protein source with an aqueous calcium salt solution to cause solubilisation of soy protein from the protein source and to form an aqueous soy protein solution; (b) separating the aqueous soy protein solution from residual soy protein source; (c) optionally diluting the separated aqueous soy protein solution; (d) adjusting the pH of the separated and optionally diluted aqueous soy protein solution to a pH of 1.5 to 4.4 to provide a clear soy protein solution; (e) concentrating the clear acidified aqueous soy protein solution while maintaining the ionic strength substantially constant by using a selective membrane technique; and (f) diafiltering the concentrated soy protein solution to provide a concentrated and diafiltered aqueous protein solution, in which each of steps (a) to (f) is effected at a temperature of 50° to 60°C.
Patent NZ-625577-A (NZ)
Title: Therapeutic uses of pharmaceutical compositions
Inventor: MEINICKE THOMAS
IPC: A61P3/00
Filed: 2010-10-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a use of a pharmaceutical composition comprising or made from a DPP-4 inhibitor which is 1-[(4-methyl-quinazolin-2-yl)methyl]-3-methyl-7-(2-butyn-1-yl)-8-(3-(R)-amino-piperidin-1-yl)-xanthine, and metformin; a stabilizer which is a nucleophilc and/or basic agent, a buffering agent or a pH modifying agent which is L-arginine, and one or more pharmaceutical excipients; for preparing a medicament for use in treating and/or preventing (including slowing the progression and/or delaying the onset) of metabolic diseases, especially type 2 diabetes mellitus and conditions related thereto (e.g. diabetic complications), either in type 2 diabetes patients who have not been previously treated with an antihyperglycemic agent, or in type 2 diabetes patients with insufficient glycemic control despite therapy with one or two conventional antihyperglycemic agents selected from metformin, sulphonylureas, thiazolidinediones (e.g. pioglitazone), glinides, alpha-glucosidase blockers, GLP-1 or GLP-1 analogues, and insulin or insulin analogues; optionally in combination with one or more other active substances; wherein the patients are in need of reduced dose metformin therapy due to reduced tolerability, intolerability or contraindication against metformin or due to impaired/reduced renal function.
Patent NZ-627059-A (NZ)
Title: Improvements to apiculture
Inventor: ANDERSON CEDAR
IPC: A01K59/02
Filed: 2012-12-21
Abstract: An artificial honeycomb for use in a beehive and which enables honey to be removed from the honeycomb without removing the honeycomb from the hive, the honeycomb comprising cells and being formed of at least two parts which are moveable relative to each other between a cell formed position where the cells comprise side walls and an end wall to enable bees to fill the cell with honey, and a cell open position where at least some of the said walls have moved apart, whereby honey in the cells can be removed from the honeycomb by movement of the at least two parts to the cell open position.
Patent NZ-629015-A (NZ)
Title: Motorised jockey wheel
Inventor: TONY CANTA
IPC: B62D63/08
Filed: 2014-08-19
Abstract: Disclosed is a motorised jockey wheel (10). The jockey wheel (10) includes a chassis, an upstanding post (11) connected to the chassis for connection to a towable vehicle and first (12) and second (13) wheels that are spaced apart along the same axis and which are rotatable relative to each other. First and second motors are coupled to respectively to the first and second wheels (12, 13) and drive the first and second wheels (12, 13) to rotate. Also included is a controller for controlling the output of the motors. Power to drive the first and second motors passes through the controller which then adjusts the power based on an input to the controller. The input comes from an operator control that is controlled by an operator of the jockey wheel (10) so that the speed of rotation of the first and second wheels (12, 13) can be varied for driving and steering the jockey wheel (10).
Patent NZ-708792-A (NZ)
Title: Fastener
Inventor: BERTOVIC TOMO ZVONKO
IPC: F16B35/06
Filed: 2013-11-13
Abstract: One difficulty with fasteners is the head by design is left exposed. In building applications, this leads to additional finishing work for the builder to finish the workpiece around the head. There is a need for a fastener which provides concealed fixing, in that the workpiece can be fixed in place as desired with the fastener concealed. The fasteners should also extend from a support workpiece by the same distance such that a second workpiece attached thereto will be straight. A fastener (10) is provided for attaching a third workpiece (42) to a first workpiece (40) and for attaching a second workpiece (44) to the third workpiece (42), the fastener comprising: comprises a shank (12) having a first attachment means (14) for attachment to a first workpiece and a head (16) having a second attachment means (18) for attachment to a second workpiece, a shoulder (19) formed at the junction of the head and the shank, wherein the shoulder is cylindrical and comprises a diameter larger than the shank to form a stop surface (21) with the shank; wherein the stop surface (21) is spaced from the head (16); wherein the head (16) is wider than the shoulder (19) to engage the third workpiece (42) to the first workpiece (40); wherein the stop surface (21) engages the first workpiece (40) in use such that the shoulder (21) acts as a depth measuring means for indicating the distance of the head (16) from the first workpiece (40) in use, wherein the second workpiece (44) is fixed adjacent to the third workpiece (42) via the second attachment means (18).
Patent NZ-712921-A (NZ)
Title: Magnetic field plasma confinement for compact fusion power reactor
Inventor: MCGUIRE THOMAS JOHN
IPC: H05H1/14
Filed: 2014-04-03
Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to fusion reactors and more specifically to magnetic field plasma confinement for compact fusion power. Fusion power is power that is generated by a nuclear fusion process in which two or more atomic nuclei collide at very high speed and join to form a new type of atomic nucleus. A fusion reactor is a device that produces fusion power by confining and controlling plasma. Typical fusion reactors are large, complex, and cannot be mounted on a vehicle. In one embodiment, a fusion reactor includes a plurality of internal magnetic coils suspended within an enclosure, one or more center magnetic coils coaxial with the plurality of internal magnetic coils, a plurality of encapsulating magnetic coils coaxial with the internal magnetic coils, and a plurality of mirror magnetic coils coaxial with the internal magnetic coils. The encapsulating magnetic coils maintain a magnetic wall that prevents plasma within the enclosure from expanding.
Patent NZ-719228-A (NZ)
Title: Humanized rodents that express heavy chains containg vl domains
Inventor: MACDONALD LYNN
IPC: A01K67/027
Filed: 2013-02-01
Abstract: Disclosed is a non-human animal comprising (a) an insertion of one or more human VL and one or more human JL gene segments upstream of an non-human immunoglobulin light chain constant region, (b) an insertion of one or more human VL and one or more human JL gene segments upstream of an non-human immunoglobulin heavy chain constant region, and (c) a nucleotide sequence that encodes an ADAM6 protein or a functional fragment thereof, wherein the ADAM6 protein is expressed from an ectopic ADAM6 nucleic acid sequence.