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Patent CA-2343526-A1 (CA)
Title: Carotenoid containing product
Inventor: WISEMAN SHEILA-ANN
IPC: A23L2/02
Filed: 2001-04-09
Abstract: A tomato juice product of which the lycopene level is 5 to 25 mg per 100 g, and wherein the product is provided in closed containers comprising from 50 to 150 ml of said product.
Patent CA-2343581-A1 (CA)
Title: Shower curtain closure
Inventor: BRYCE THOMAS W
IPC: A47K3/38
Filed: 2001-04-09
Abstract: A shower curtain closure for closing off a vertical side edge of the curtain against a wall of the shower stall comprises a length of extruded plastic tubing that can be cut to a preferred length, a tube support ring for suspending the tube on the curtain rod, and an elongate vertically oriented wall receptacle into which the tube matingly fits. The tube is passed through a sleeve along the side of the curtain and is suspended from the curtain support rod by a ring connected to the upper end of the tubing and passing over the shower curtain rod. The wall receptacle is made of extruded plastics material that can be cut to length and is adhesively mountable on a wall of the shower enclosure. The receptacle is provided with a channel shaped to releasably secure the shower curtain sleeve with the tube therein.
Patent CA-2346772-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BILLMERS ROBERT L
IPC: D21H19/12
Filed: 2001-05-07
Abstract: A paper coating composition providing good barrier properties comprising a blend of hydrophobically modified high amylose starch and polyvinyl alcohol.
Patent CA-2347529-A1 (CA)
Inventor: VAN DER LELY ALEXANDER
IPC: A01K5/02
Filed: 2001-05-14
Abstract: An implement for successively receiving and/or treating individual animals out of a group of animals which are allowed to move about freely in an area intended therefor and which are allowed individually to visit the implement, such as for example a concentrate feeding station and/or a milking robot, is provided with means for stimulating the animals to visit the implement. The implement is further provided with means for recording and/or determining a (possibly periodically recurring) time interval in which the expected visiting frequency of the group of animals to the implement is below a low threshold value, respectively above a high threshold value, and with means for extra stimulation, respectively less stimulation of the animals to visit the implement. By purposeful extra or less stimulation of the animals to visit the implement, there can be achieved a less varying visiting frequency in the course of time.
Patent CA-2347675-A1 (CA)
Title: Dna comprising rice anther-specific gene and transgenic plant transformed therewith
Inventor: CHUNG YONG-YOON
IPC: C12N15/82
Filed: 1999-11-02
Abstract: This invention describes novel DNA sequences which function as promoters of anther-specific transcription of coding DNA sequences in recombinant or chimeric DNA sequences. The invention also describes recombinant or chimeric DNA sequences, which are expressed specifically in the anther of a plant. The said recombinant or chimeric DNA sequences may be used to create transgenic plants, but especially transgenic male-sterile plants.
Patent CA-2348460-A1 (CA)
Title: Heat-treatable dichroic mirrors
Inventor: MAXWELL SCOTT A
IPC: C03C17/34
Filed: 1999-03-11
Abstract: A heat-treatable dichroic mirror, comprising a transparent substrate (12) having a glass transition temperature in the range of 650 - 800 ~C, and a plurality of sputtered films (14, 16, 18) carried on said substrate and forming at least two pairs of contiguous films in which the films of each pa ir have disparate refractive indices differing by at least about 0.2 so as to provide between them a reflective interface (22). The films include an oxide  of a metal such as titanium, a second film comprising an oxidizable metal or  semi-metal such as silicon, and a protective overcoat (20) of a thickness an d composition sufficient to substantially prevent permeation of oxygen therethrough when heat treated at said glass transition temperature. The mirror, after said heat treatment, exhibits a transmittance of at least 24% in the wavelength range of 550 - 650 nm, a reflectance of at least 45%, and a haze of not greater than about 1%.
Patent CA-2350412-A1 (CA)
Title: Adjustable and detachable gimbaled carrier device for containers
Inventor: KEDMY JOE
IPC: A63B55/60
Filed: 2001-05-22
Abstract: An adjustable and detachable gimbaled carrier device for food and beverage containers consisting of adjustable attaching member fastened to a pivoting member which is snapped together with a sided tray with back plate and protruding grooved knob for inserting into a mating hole in the attaching member, so that the pivot thus formed is a gimbal between the attaching member and the back plate; the tray and back plate being provided with at slots for receiving flexible extending arms for holding the container in the sided tray.  The device is meant to be useful in holding, for example, beverage cans in a non-spilling and convenient way, while attached to the handle of a rolling golf-cart. (124 words)
Patent CA-2353070-A1 (CA)
Title: Improved coating compositions for development electrodes
Inventor: SHAPIRO YELENA
IPC: G03G15/08
Filed: 2001-07-10
Abstract: An improved apparatus and process for reducing accumulation of toner from the surface of an electrode member in a development unit of an electrostatographic printing apparatus by providing a composition coating comprising a water-emulsified polymer, lubricant and inorganic material on at least a portion of the electrode member.
Patent CA-2354586-A1 (CA)
Inventor: YANG WENLIANG PATRICK
IPC: B32B27/12
Filed: 1999-12-08
Abstract: Abrasive tools, such as coated abrasives, made using radiation curable resin binders can be given a greater depth of cure of the binder if they include bis(2,4,6-trimethylbenzoyl) phenylphosphine oxide photoinitiator.
Patent CA-2358021-A1 (CA)
Title: Reversible gear box for use with an auger
Inventor: WOODCOCK BRENT
IPC: F16H3/14
Filed: 2001-09-25
Abstract: A reversing gear box is provided for use with an auger having a housing, a flight rotatably mounted therein and a motor for driving rotation of the flight. The gear box includes a drive shaft coupled to the motor and a driven shaft coupled to the flight of the auger at right angles to the driven shaft. A  drive gear is mounted on an end of the drive shaft between a pair of confronting driven gears mounted on the driven shaft. A sliding element is slidably mounted on the driven shaft between a forward position and a rearward position for selectively coupling the driven shaft to the drive gear via the driven gears. In the forward and rearward positions, rotation of the drive shaft in a forward direction corresponds to rotation of the driven shaft in respective forward and rearward directions. An actuator displaces the sliding element between the forward and rearward positions as desired.
Patent CA-2359182-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of identifying cytosine methylation patterns in genomic dna samples
Inventor: OLEK ALEXANDER
IPC: C12Q1/6827
Filed: 2000-01-27
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of identifying cytosine methylation patterns in genomic DNA samples. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a) chemically treating a genomic DNA sample in such a manner that the cytosine and the 5-methyl cytosine react differently and that the two products have a different base-pairing behavior in the duplex; b) enzymatically amplifying parts of the DNA sample treated in this manner; c) binding the amplified parts of the DNA sample treated in this manner to a surface; d) hybridizing a set of probes of different nucleic base sequences to the immobilized DNA samples, said respective base sequences containing at least once the dinucleotide sequence 5'-CpG-3'; e) removing the non-hybridized probes; f) analyzing the hybridized probes in a mass spectrometer, the position of the probes on the sample carrier allowing an allocation of the DNA sample to be hybridized; g) converting the peak-patterns obtained from the mass-specters to methylation patterns and matching the new data with a data library.
Patent CA-2360644-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BERNIUS MARK T
IPC: H01L33/00
Filed: 1999-04-09
Abstract: L'invention concerne: (a) des copolymères de fluorène comprenant au moins 10 pour cent (par motif monomère résiduel) de parties fluorène substituées en position 9 et bisubstituées en position 9, 9, et au moins deux autres motifs monomères contenant des électrons p délocalisés; (b) des mélanges polymères comprenant au moins 10 pour cent en poids d'un copolymère spécifié dans (a); et (c) des dispositifs électroniques (tels que des diodes électroluminescentes polymères) contenant un ou plusieurs films dérivés de ces copolymères.
Patent CA-2361637-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROTHER RUSSELL P
IPC: C07K16/28
Filed: 2000-10-21
Abstract: Soluble and transmembrane porcine B7-1 proteins, their amino acid sequences, nucleic acid sequences coding therefor, as well as antibodies reactive with the B7-1 proteins are disclosed. Methods of making the soluable and transmembrane porcine B7-1 DNA, cDNA, proteins, and antibodies, as well as, methods of using the B7-1 molecules and antibodies thereto, including use in the prevention and/or treatment of rejection of xenotransplants and treatment of inflammatory diseases, are described.
Patent CA-2364310-A1 (CA)
Title: Versatile hand truck
Inventor: GILLETTE THOMAS A
IPC: B62B1/12
Filed: 2001-06-04
Abstract: A hand truck with a generally upright skeletal frame (14) carried on spaced apart wheels (10) connected with the lower portion of the frame (14) incorporates a noseplate (39) and a pallet-supporting fork structure (35) configured to enter a pallet. The noseplate (39) and fork structure (35) are carried on the frame (14) to be inter-changeably movable to and from vertically spaced operative positions projecting forwardly at generally right angles to the lower end of the frame (14) and removed stowed positions generally vertically adjacent the frame (14).
Patent CA-2366004-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STEADMAN WILLIAM DAVID
IPC: E01H1/12
Filed: 2000-03-14
Abstract: A collection apparatus (10) suitable for collecting dog excreta and the like.  The apparatus (10) comprises an elongate main member (12) and an open square frame (32) pivotally mounted on the member (12) towards one end thereof. The apparatus (10) also comprises a container (36) with a hinged lid (50). The container (36) is selectively locatable in the frame (32), such that excreta can be picked up in the container (36) and the lid (50) automatically closed, by pivoting of the frame (32).
Patent CA-2366269-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for integrating guaranteed-bandwidth and best-effort traffic in a packet network
Inventor: CHIUSSI FABIO M
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 2001-12-28
Abstract: A scheduling apparatus flexibly integrates guaranteed-bandwidth (GB) and best-effort (BE) flows and comprises a combination of a primary weighted--round-robin (WRR) scheduler (PWS) and a secondary WRR scheduler (SWS).  The PWS distributes service to the individual GB flows and determines the amount of service that the BE flow aggregate should receive during each frame.    The SWS takes care of fairly distributing the service share of the BE  aggregate over the individual BE flows. The scheduling apparatus divides the service frame in two subframes. In the first subframe, the PWS fulfills the bandwidth requirements of the GB flows. In the second subframe, the SWS distributes fair service to the BE flows. For each frame, the duration depends on the amount of bandwidth allocated to the GB flows and on the number of GB flows that are backlogged at the beginning of the frame. The amount of bandwidth globally available to BE flows (i.e., the duration of the second subframe) is dynamically adapted to the backlog state of the GB flows, increasing when the GB-flow activity is low, and decreasing when the GB-flow activity intensifies.
Patent CA-2366919-A1 (CA)
Title: Nouveaux composes de sulfonamide et utilisations correspondantes
Inventor: WALLACE OWEN B
IPC: A61P25/00
Filed: 2000-02-22
Abstract: L'invention concerne une nouvelle classe de composés de sulfonamide, qui renferment un groupe sulfonamide central. Des fractions variables reliées à l'atome de soufre et à l'atome d'azote du groupe sulfonamide présentent des fractions hydrocarbyle substituées ou non substituées, des fractions hétérocycliques substituées ou non substituées, des fractions polycycliques, halogène, alcoxy, éther, ester, amide, sulfonyle, sulfonamidyle, sulfure, carbamate, et autres. Les composés considérés offrent une large variété d'utilisations. Par exemple, ils peuvent moduler la production de protéine bêta-amyloïde et sont utiles pour prévenir ou traiter un certain nombre de maladies. L'invention concerne également des compositions pharmaceutiques renfermant les composés en question. Lesdites compositions ont donc une grande utilité pour la prévention ou le traitement d'une variété de maladies.
Patent CA-2366933-A1 (CA)
Inventor: O'BRIEN ROBIN ERIC
IPC: H04L12/54
Filed: 2002-01-15
Abstract: A method of hardening ATM cells (10), the ATM cells (10) each including a header (12) and payload (11), the method including the steps of hardening individual ATM cells by encoding the header and payload and encapsulating the resulting data (20, 21) from each cell within a transmission frame dedicated to that cell.
Patent CA-2369415-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SIMPSON AL
IPC: H04M1/50
Filed: 2002-01-25
Abstract: An apparatus for adding functionality to a private telephone system, comprising: a processing unit monitoring a telephone line and operable to perform said added functionality; a talk battery; and a switch having an input for a telephone, and an output selectable between an input of said private telephone system and said talk battery, said switch being controlled by said processing unit.
Patent CA-2370035-A1 (CA)
Title: Carpet-cleaning brush
Inventor: VOJNAR ZINAIDA
IPC: A46B15/00
Filed: 2000-04-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a carpet-cleaning brush, in particular for cleaning rugs or carpets, which have been soiled by the hair of animals kept in the room. Said brush has bristles (3) in the form of an angle of arc, a brush body (2) for receiving said bristles, a brush head (1) which is fixed thereto and provided with a handle, in addition to a dust--collector head (7) which preferably contains a suction connection (72).  The invention is characterized in that the brush body (2) is a rubber plate, pierced by the limbs of elastic, U-shaped metal wire bristles (3) which are fixed on an inclined plane in the direction of pull of the brush. Said bristles form an angle of 5-15° (.alpha.) in relation to the plane, which is perpendicular to the plane of the brush body. The limbs which form part of the U--shaped bristles (3) are provided with a plastic coating (4) or similar, at least on the free, protruding ends.
Patent CA-2370159-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HARTWIJK ASTRID
IPC: E21B33/12
Filed: 2000-04-28
Abstract: A downhole device for controlling the flow of fluids through an oil and/or gas production well comprises a deformable chamber which contains an electromagnetic field or other stimuli responsive gel and a fluid passage which is closed off in response to a volume increase of the gel and the deformable chamber.
Patent CA-2370187-A1 (CA)
Title: Treatment of neoplasms with viruses
Inventor: ROBERTS MICHAEL S
IPC: A61K35/76
Filed: 2000-04-17
Abstract: The subject invention relates to viruses that are able to replicate and thereby kill neoplastic cells with a deficiency in the IFN-mediated antiviral response, and their use in treating neoplastic disease including cancer and large tumors. RNA and DNA viruses are useful in this regard. The invention also relates to methods for the selection, design, purification and use of such viruses for cancer therapy.
Patent CA-2370554-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for performing soft handoff between cells of large differing radii
Inventor: CROWE MICHAEL S
IPC: H04W48/10
Filed: 2000-04-06
Abstract: A method for allowing a mobile station to find a code transmitted by a base station which has a propagation delay to the mobile station which is much larger or smaller than a propagation delay between the mobile station and a base station from which it derived a time reference is provided. In the context of IS-95, a PN offset is sent to the mobile station to identify which target base station pilot signals to search for. By sending a virtual PN  offset which differs from the real PN offset, the mobile station can find the target base station signals where normally they would fall outside the mobile station's search window.
Patent CA-2371985-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KOSTOFF MIKE
IPC: G06Q30/02
Filed: 2002-02-15
Abstract: The invention provides a system and method for constructing and maintaining a price structure for an e-commerce transaction relating to a complex product or service. A pricing tree is built of "price components" which include discrete revenues, price adjustments, taxes, and disbursements (such as royalties). Separate revenue streams, which may be allocated to different service providers, may have independent adjustment, tax, and disbursement treatments. Attributes may also be used in the calculation of separate components. Time-date adjustments and rate package adjustments are also supported. The system allows both automated calculation and accounting using the pricing tree. Transactions are supported by a modular e- commerce back-end platform.
Patent CA-2372086-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NAYLOR THOMAS KIPLING
IPC: A61B5/308
Filed: 2000-03-17
Abstract: A shielded conductor path comprising: a first signal conductor having an input end for acquiring a physiological signal and an output end for coupling the physiological signal to a physiological signal input of a patient monitor, and a second signal conductor positioned with respect the first signal conductor for acting as a shield therefore. An inductance connected in series between an output end of the second signal conductor and the reference signal input of the patient monitor forms a filter circuit which attenuates the level of an interference signal in the second signal conductor. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, the inductance is part of an RLC filter circuit contained in a housing which is selectively insertable between an EKG lead set and the EKG signal input of a patient monitor. The selectively insertable filter permits the use of standard EKG lead sets in the presence of RF  electrosurgery procedures, without risk of burning the patient at the site of the EKG electrodes.
Patent CA-2372318-A1 (CA)
Title: Synchronization of an optical pulse stream with an electrical signal
Inventor: FRLAN EDWARD
IPC: H04J14/08
Filed: 2002-02-18
Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, the degree of timing misalignment between the data and clock paths in a RZ (return-to-zero) transmitter can be determined by converting a fraction of the optical output into the electrical domain with an ultra fast non-linear device, thereby squaring the optical peak power to provide a signal for controlling a phase change in the carrier. Using the same invention, the degree of timing misalignment between incoming optical pulses and an electronic signal fed to a modulator for demultiplexing can also be monitored and controlled in an optical time-division demultiplexing (OTDD) receiver.
Patent CA-2374056-A1 (CA)
Title: Extendable swivel mounting bracket
Inventor: MILLIGAN CHARLES A
IPC: G06F3/02
Filed: 2000-05-25
Abstract: A swivel mounting bracket (10) couples a heavy and cumbersome object to a casing (1) attached to an undersurface.  Slide members (2) can attach the mounting bracket (10) to the casing (1) and allow the mounting bracket (10) to be extendable. The mounting bracket (10) comprises a support surface (11), and a bridge (13) integral with the support surface (11). A rotatable plate (32) slides and releasably locks in between the support surface (11) and the bridge (13). The plate (32) attaches to the object to be mounted, and allows the object to rotate with respect to the desk.
Patent CA-2374980-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for rendering images
Inventor: AOKI SACHIYO
IPC: A63F13/52
Filed: 2000-06-02
Abstract: A plurality of texture images of a single object as viewed from various viewpoints are generated and successively rendered in a texture area of an image memory. When a plurality of identical objects are to be rendered, a normal rendering process is performed on objects to be plotted in detail, or a texture image is selected from the generated texture images to render objects to be plotted simply, according to a predetermined decision criterion by a selective plotting means (212) of an image plotting means (204). Thereafter, a group of objects rendered in an image memory (34) are displayed on a display unit (16) by an image display processing means (216).
Patent CA-2375820-A1 (CA)
Title: The myostatin gene promoter and inhibition of activation thereof
Inventor: WU-WONG JINSHYUN R
IPC: C07K16/24
Filed: 2000-06-09
Abstract: The subject invention relates to a promoter which induces expression of the myostatin gene as well as to methods for identifying compositions useful for the inhibition of the promoter, and also methods and compositions useful for preventing the synthesis, secretion and function of myostatin. In particular, inhibitors that prevent the synthesis, secretion and function of myostatin may be used to prevent the loss of muscle mass in humans and animals.
Patent CA-2382046-A1 (CA)
Title: Individual autonomous heater
Inventor: VASILIEV VIKTOR SERGEEVICH
IPC: F24V30/00
Filed: 1999-08-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a new individual autonomous heater which includes among others an exothermic material used as a heat source and a flexible hea t distribution layer sandwiched between the heat source and the object to be heated, whereby said heat distribution layer consists of a material having anisotropic thermal conductance that allows for generating a substantially lateral heat flow with a relative lateral thermal conductance ranging betwee n 1,6 and 0,4 Joules ( ~C * cm * sec).
Patent CA-2384108-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BURGAZLI CENK
IPC: C09K8/86
Filed: 2000-09-01
Abstract: This invention relates to the use of alkyl amido quaternary ammonium salts, and formulations thereof, as thickening agents in aqueous based fluids, especially those used in oil field applications. The quaternary ammonium salts of the present invention exhibit improved gelling characteristics.
Patent CA-2384955-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ROST EBERHARD
IPC: B29C44/24
Filed: 2002-05-03
Abstract: The invention relates to a two-colored or multi-colored foam foil (50) on the basis of thermoplastic synthetic material, comprising at least one top layer and one sub-layer, whereby the sub-layer constitutes a foam layer (17) and the top layer exists in the form of a two-colored or multi-colored compact foil (4) of a carrier (15) and at least one additional layer (16), whereby the additional layer(s) (16) are surface-flush arranged in a corresponding recess (19) of the carrier (15) and both, carrier (15) as well as the additional layer(s) (16) each form a portion of the surface of the foil and are colored a different color. The invention relates, moreover, to a method as well as a device for the manufacture of the invention-specific two-colored or multi-colored foam foil (50).
Patent CA-2385067-A1 (CA)
Title: Catalytic reactor
Inventor: WARD ANDREW MARK
IPC: B01J8/02
Filed: 2000-09-07
Abstract: An axial/radial- or radial-flow catalytic reactor (1) has inlet (2) and outlet (3) ports and a bed of particulate catalyst (6) disposed as e.g. a cylinder or cone round a central region (5) communicating with one of the ports. For at least part of the height of the catalyst bed (6), the exterior surface of the catalyst bed has a diameter less than that of the reactor thus leaving a space (8) between the exterior surface of the catalyst bed and the interior walls (7) of the reactor (1). This space is filled with a particulate material presenting less resistance to flow than the catalyst particles.