baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent NZ-338047-A (NZ)
Title: Apparatus for cooking food on skewers using a bulbous shaped oven
Inventor: VAUGHAN NICHOLAS JOHN
IPC: A47J37/06
Filed: 1998-03-27
Abstract: Provided is a method of cooking foodstuff items impaled on skewers that are disposed in a generally upright attitude upon or above the pyrogenous material heat source provided by a barbecue (52), the skewers being surrounded by a hollow chamber (40) of bulbous form provided with an open bottom (67) above the heat source (55) and with an open top (64) from which handles of the skewers (65) generally extend.  The apparatus for use in the method can be a conventional barbecue modified by an accessory providing said hollow chamber as a removable item.  The skewers rest with their lower ends on the heat source and have a length commensurate with (preferably greater than) the height of the hollow chamber (60), i.e. the distance between its upper and lower ends such that the handles of the skewers project out of the open upper end of the hollow chamber.  In another embodiment, the apparatus comprises a hollow chamber having an open upper end and an open lower end.  The lower opening is removably positionable proximal to a heat source.  The cross sectional area of the chamber is greater at an intermediate height location between the upper end and the lower end such as to provide the chamber with a bulbous form.
Patent NZ-500869-A (NZ)
Title: Total release actuator for an aerosol can, requiring vertical movement, with latching on both sides of trigger port
Inventor: DEMAREST SCOTT W
IPC: B65D83/16
Filed: 1998-05-11
Abstract: A total release actuator is disclosed for use with an aerosol can having a chime (18), a dome (16), and a valve (24) having a valve stem (26). The actuator has an actuator body (28) with a lower margin defining a skirt rim (32) that attaches to the aerosol can and a central well (36) having a generally horizontal well floor that has a trigger port extending therethrough. The actuator has a trigger (48) that is hingedly attached to the actuator body, preferably at its front end (56) to the front end of the trigger port. The trigger swings downwardly when it is depressed. The trigger extends across the valve stem and includes a downwardly open stem socket (58) that receives the valve stem. The stem socket communicates with a discharge nozzle (60). The trigger, when moved downwardly, activates the valve, releasing the contents of the can through the discharge nozzle via the stem socket. A latch (62) is attached to each side of the trigger port, extending laterally under the trigger. The latch is elastically deformable, allowing the trigger to pass as it is depressed downwardly and then springing back over the trigger to retain it in the depressed, valve-activating position, allowing can contents to discharge. By this means, a user can release the entire contents of the aerosol can without the user's having to continue to depress the trigger. A method is described of discharging the contents of an aerosol can by use of such an actuator.
Patent NZ-500978-A (NZ)
Title: Use of zinc hyaluronate complex against peptic ulcer
Inventor: MATUZ JUDIT
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 1998-04-28
Abstract: Described is a pharmaceutical composition for oral use against peptic ulcer. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise zinc associate (complex) of hyaluronic acid with a MW of 500,000 Da to 1,200,000 Da as active ingredient in admixture with a carrier and/or other additives commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry.
Patent NZ-502703-A (NZ)
Title: Board game with rotatable playing pieces
Inventor: REYNOLDS DUDLEY JOHN
IPC: A63F3/02
Filed: 1998-08-11
Abstract: Game apparatus (1) has a plurality of playing locations (11) at each of which is a rotatably mounted a playing piece (60).  Each playing piece (60) has at least one indicium thereon so that rotation of a playing piece (60) to a selected orientation presents the indicium to a player.  The apparatus has retaining means (36) providing a detent mechanism, by which each playing piece can be maintained in an orientation which can be user selected independently for each playing piece (60).  The apparatus further has reset means (30) operable to reset the playing pieces (60) for a new game.
Patent NZ-508420-A (NZ)
Title: Gas metal arc welder with two part contact tip in torch
Inventor: HSU CHRISTOPHER
IPC: B23K9/095
Filed: 2000-11-24
Abstract: The apparatus and control of a gas metal arc welding system without changing the heat input or physically moving the consumable electrode with respect to the workpiece. The apparatus comprises a constant voltage type power supply to provide weld current to the weld torch (B). A consumable electrode (10) supplied by a standard spool (12) and directed through the torch (B) towards workpiece (WP), is melted at arc (P). The torch contact tip mechanism of the torch assembly comprises an upper tip section (100) with a lower end (100a) and a lower tip section (102) with a lower end (102a). The two tip sections (100, 102) are separated by an air gap filled with insulating spacer (112) which also separates the tip sections (100,102) from the metal housing (120). Switch (SW1) is connected to upper tip section (100) and switch (SW2) is connected to lower tip section (102). Operating switches (SW1,SW2), during the welding process, controls the Effective Contact Tip to Workpiece Distance (CTWD) as a distance c between distances a and b.
Patent NZ-509168-A (NZ)
Title: Container with lid having interrupted reinforcement bead
Inventor: PORCHIA JOSE
IPC: B65D43/02
Filed: 1999-06-11
Abstract: A resilient microwavable container (10) including a bowl (12) and a selectively detachable snap on lid (14).  The lid includes a sealing lip including an outwardly extending rigid tab member (40) and a body (30) including a substantially annular reinforcing bead (90) which is interrupted (92) adjacent to the tab member.  The combination of the rigid tab member in association with the interrupted annular bead allows for readily removing the lid from the bowl when desired with a low separation force.
Patent NZ-512965-A (NZ)
Title: Crystal polymorphism of aminoethylphenoxyacetic acid derivative
Inventor: TODA MICHIO
IPC: A61P29/00
Filed: 2000-01-17
Abstract: A crystalline polymorph of 2-[4-[2-[[(1S,2R)-2-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]amino]ethyl]-phenoxy acetic acid having strong diffraction peaks (diffraction angle: 2è±0.1o) at 10.8, 19.1, 19.3, 19.8, 20.6 and 27.0o in a powder X-ray diffraction pattern.
Patent NZ-514338-A (NZ)
Title: Method and apparatus for suturing tissue
Inventor: KABUKOBA JOSAPHAT JOSEPH
IPC: A61B17/06
Filed: 2000-04-07
Abstract: A suture clip (24) comprises a body (26) having a tubular portion (27) and a flared portion (28) with a bore (29) extending through the body (26). Once the suture has been formed, the suture clip (24) is brought into position by threading the leading part (18) through the bore (29) until the tubular portion (27) surrounds two sections (30A and 30B) of the loop of suture material. The suture clip (24) is secured in position by crushing the tubular part (27) in order to prevent the suture from unravelling. The peripheral surface (32) of the flared portion (28) provides a stop, preventing the trailing part (20) from riding over the clip.
Patent NZ-516198-A (NZ)
Title: Azole/amide oxide wood preservatives
Inventor: TSENG CHUEN-ING
IPC: A01N43/60
Filed: 2000-05-24
Abstract: Applicants have discovered that amine oxides enhance the performance of azoles as fungicides and wood preservatives. Also, amine oxides have been found to provide waterproofing properties and enhance the uniform distribution and penetration of azoles into wood substrates. The present invention provides a composition comprising an amine oxide and an azole, such as a 1, 2, 4-triazole or benzimidazole. The composition of the present invention may be incorporated into or be a wood preservative and waterproofing system, or agricultural product. Another embodiment of the present invention is a method for preserving and/or waterproofing a wood substrate by applying the composition to the wood substrate. Yet another embodiment is an article comprising a wood substrate and the composition of the present invention. The invention also provides a method of controlling fungi comprising applying an effective amount of the composition of the present invention to the fungi or the area on which the fungi grow.
Patent NZ-517279-A (NZ)
Title: System for retrofitting a wall to increase sound attenuation with first and second walls and studs between having third wall attached via damping members
Inventor: HETTLER NEIL ROBERT
IPC: E04B2/74
Filed: 2000-08-23
Abstract: A retrofit wall system (600) and a method for retrofitting a preexisting wall to increase sound attenuation characteristics includes resiliently mounting construction members (608) onto a preexisting wall surface and mounting a new wall surface (for example, drywall) thereover. It is desirable to provide insulation (612) (thermal and/or acoustic) between the construction members to further increase sound attenuation. The construction members may be conventional members (606) (for example, a 2"x4" (5.08 cm x 10.16 cm)) resiliently mounted using a resilient channel or web (610), or they may simply be resilient members directly fastened to the new and old wall surfaces, respectively.
Patent NZ-522519-A (NZ)
Title: Compounds for treating impaired fundic relaxation
Inventor: VAN EMELEN KRISTOF
IPC: A61K31/513
Filed: 2001-06-13
Abstract: Compounds  of formula (I) are described,  wherein  the variables are defined herein. The compounds are used in  the manufacture   of   pharmaceutical   preparations   for   the treatment of impaired fundic relaxation.
Patent NZ-525533-A (NZ)
Title: A nutritional dietary system, formulation, kit and method for use in preparing an individual for a predetermined activity
Inventor: STERN HOWARD
IPC: A23L13/00
Filed: 2001-10-12
Abstract: This invention relates to a nutritional dietary system, formulation, kit and method for use in preparing an individual for a predetermined activity which requires a clean digestive tract, particularly the colon. Such predetermined activities include, but are not limited to, gastrointestinal surgery and colon screenings. Specifically, the present invention provides an individual with low amounts of fat, dietary fiber and solid food content to minimize stool formation and/or facilitate removal of stool from the digestive tract prior to the predetermined activity. The present invention also provides the individual with sufficient calories and nutrition to enable the individual to conduct daily, routine activities while utilizing the present invention. In one alternative embodiment, the dietary regimen of the present invention provides a variety of pre-packaged, ready to eat or easy to prepare nutritional liquid or solid foods which, when coordinated with a laxative regimen, result in removal of residue such that a medically and/or diagnostically useful procedure can be performed on the digestive tract.
Patent NZ-531460-A (NZ)
Title: Controlled release - over at least 4-15 days - of injectable compositions comprising a lipophilic counterion such a saturated or unsaturated C10-C18 fatty acid
Inventor: MURTHY YERRAMILLI
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 2002-10-18
Abstract: Provided are compositions and methods for extending the release times and lowering the toxicity of pharmacologically active compounds. The compounds comprise a salt of the pharmacologically active compound with a lipophilic counterion and a pharmaceutically acceptable water soluble solvent combined together to form an injectable composition. The lipophilic counterion may be a saturated or unsaturated C8-C22 fatty acid, and preferably may be a saturated or unsaturated C10-C18 fatty acid. When injected into a non-human mammal, at least a portion of the composition precipitates and releases the active compound over time. Thus, the composition forms a slowly releasing drug depot of the active compound in the mammal. Therefore, controlled dose administration of the active compound is provided for a period of up to 15 days or longer. Many compounds can be administered including, but not limited to, tilmicosin, oxytetracycline, metoprolol, fluoxetine, roxithromycin, and turbinafine. Figure 3 is a graphical depiction illustrating that the rate of release of the pharmacologically active compound, tilmicosinm is affected by the chain length of the fatty acid selected. Solvent: N-methyl pyrrolidone; lipophilic counterion: decanoic acid and lauric acid.
Patent NZ-536886-A (NZ)
Title: PRO 1434 polypeptides with homology to nel and methods for stimulating immune responses
Inventor: BOTSTEIN DAVID
IPC: A61P37/04
Filed: 1999-12-01
Abstract: Described are isolated nucleic acids having at least 80% homology to nucleotide sequences that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acids sequence shown in figure 8. Vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric molecules comprising the polypeptides fused to a heterologous amino acid sequence, antibodies that specifically bind to the polypeptides and methods for producing the polypeptides are also described. The polypeptides can be used for stimulating an immune response and inducing inflammation in particular for the treatment of a disease to the skin. (62) Divided out of 529539
Patent NZ-541302-A (NZ)
Title: Peptidomimetic protease inhibitors
Inventor: BABINE ROBERT EDWARD
IPC: C12N7/06
Filed: 2001-08-31
Abstract: Disclosed is a peptidomimetic compound of formula BW or CU, and its use as a protease inhibitor, particularly as a serine protease inhibitor, and more particularly as a hepatitis C virus ("HCV") NS3 protease inhibitor. The peptidomimetic compounds, as HCV NS3 protease inhibitors, are particularly useful in interfering with the life cycle of the hepatitis C virus and in treating or preventing an HCV infection or physiological condition associated therewith.
Patent NZ-541817-A (NZ)
Title: Garden refuse shredding appparatus
Inventor: REINHOLD THEODORE WILLIAM
Filed: 1999-09-03
Abstract: Apparatus for shredding garden refuse is disclosed. The apparatus has a chamber with a refuse inlet and a discharge outlet, with a feed hopper (14) guiding refuse through the inlet. A rotor is mounted in the chamber. The rotor includes a mounting plate connected to a drive shaft extending through an upper wall of the housing and adapted to rotate about a vertical axis. One or more chipper blades rotate with the mounting plate and there is an opening in front of each chipper blade through which shredded refuse may pass. The drive shaft is supported in a bearing mounted to the upper wall, the bearing being adapted to bear axial working loads applied to the drive shaft. The apparatus also includes a fan integral with or mounted to the mounting plate for creating an outflow of air through the discharge outlet. The fan extends downwards from the mounting plate on the side distal from said refuse inlet.
Patent NZ-542094-A (NZ)
Title: Branched polymer conjugates comprising a peptide and water-soluble polymer chains
Inventor: DEFREES SHAWN
IPC: A61K47/48
Filed: 2004-03-15
Abstract: Disclosed are branched water-soluble polymers that allow two or more water-soluble polymers to be conjugated to another species. Particularly disclosed is an amino acid having the formula (I), wherein: A is a member selected from O, NH and S; R11, R11', and R12 are independently selected from H, alkyl groups, and water-soluble polymer moieties, with the proviso that at least two of R11, R11', and R12 are water-soluble polymer moieties; and R14 is a member selected from an OH group, a group comprising a saccharide moiety, s is an integer selected from between 1 and 5. The branched polymers provide access to therapeutic agents that are conjugated at a single site to two or more water-soluble polymers. The branched polymers are based upon branch points that are simple branched alkyl structures, reactive side-chain amino acids and small peptides of reactive side-chain amino acids, and saccharides. Also disclosed is a method for preparing mono-disperse poly(ethylene glycol) of a well-defined and determinable molecular weight, and a method for the rational end-functionalization of poly(ethylene glycol). Conjugates of the branched water-soluble polymers with diverse species, e.g., peptides, lipids, glycolipids and small molecules are also provided.
Patent NZ-543138-A (NZ)
Title: Treating or preventing hot flashes using prodrugs of GABA analogs
Inventor: BARRETT RONALD W
IPC: A61K31/195
Filed: 2004-03-31
Abstract: Disclosed is the use of the gabapentin prodrug 1-{[(alpha-isobutanoyloxyethoxy)carbonyl]aminomethyl}-1-cyclohexane acetic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvate thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of hot flashes.
Patent NZ-544662-A (NZ)
Title: Human antibody molecules for IL-13
Inventor: MONK PHILLIP DAVID
IPC: A61P1/00
Filed: 2004-07-15
Abstract: Disclosed are human anti-IL-13 antibody molecules which also bind to rhesus or cynomolgus IL-13. Also disclosed are methods for using the anti-IL-13 antibody molecules in diagnosis or treatment of IL-13 related disorders, including asthma, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, fibrosis, inflammatory bowel disease and Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Patent NZ-547288-A (NZ)
Title: Fused pyrazolyl compounds for the treatment of cancer
Inventor: LEE FANG-YU
IPC: A61K31/416
Filed: 2006-05-18
Abstract: Disclosed is a use of a compound of formula (I) for the manufacture of a medicament for treating leukaemia or breast cancer: wherein each of Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 independently, is phenyl, thienyl, furyl, pyrrolyl, pyridinyl, or pyrimidinyl; each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and R6, independently, is H, nitro, halogen, or a defined in the specification; and n is 0, 1, 2, or 3.
Patent NZ-548427-A (NZ)
Title: Gaming apparatus and systems
Inventor: ELLIS BENJAMIN JAMES
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2005-01-12
Abstract: A gaming system, apparatus, and method of playing Sic Bo is disclosed. The apparatus includes: (a) a plurality of sets of dice; (b) input means for allowing a user to place a bet or bets on the plurality of sets of dice during a round of betting; (c) means for determining the win statuses of the plurality of sets of dice after a round of rolls; and (d) means for displaying the bet outcome, the bet outcome being based on the input bet or bets and on the win statuses of the sets of dice.
Patent NZ-549165-A (NZ)
Title: Method for seed treatment with abamectin and thiamethoxam
Inventor: HOFER DIETER
IPC: A01N43/32
Filed: 2004-06-07
Abstract: Disclosed is a method of protecting a plant against insects of the order Thysanoptera (thrips), which comprises treating plant propagation material thereof, with (A) a nematicidally effective amount of a nematicide selected from abamectin, emamectin benzoate and spinosad and (B) at least one insecticidally effective amount of an insecticide selected from imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam.
Patent NZ-550299-A (NZ)
Title: Electronic voting systems
Inventor: SALOMONSEN GORM
Filed: 2005-01-24
Abstract: An electronic voting system comprises in response to a voter selection for each of a plurality of voters, a voting device configured to generate an encrypted electronic ballot having voter selection data indicating a voter's choice; an electronic vote decryption system configured to receive electronic ballots from the voting device and to decrypt the encrypted electronic ballots, and a voting verification system configured to receive decrypted voter selection data from the vote decryption system to verify the voting. The electronic vote decryption system comprises a plurality of data processing entities. Each data processing entity has a share of a secret key and is configured to partially decrypt and shuffle the electronic data using the secret key share such that a final data processing entity fully decrypts the data. In response to a voter selection for each of a plurality of voters, the voting device is configured to generate a printed ballot having voter selection data indicating a voter's choice. The printed ballot includes information to link it to the electronic ballot and the electronic ballot includes information to link it to the printed ballot. The electronic vote decryption system is configured to decrypt the linking information. Each data processing entity has an associated permutation and set of randomisers which each data processing entity aplies to permute and re-randomise the output from the previous shuffle and each data processing entity is configured to make a zero knowledge argument verifying the shuffling and decrypting at each the data processing entity. The voting verification system is configured to receive decrypted linking information from the vote decryption system, to receive voter selection data and linking information from the printed ballots and to compare voters choices for a sample of the printed and electronic ballots linked by the linking information, to verify the voting.
Patent NZ-551955-A (NZ)
Title: Methods and compositions for treating ophthalmic conditions with retinyl derivatives
Inventor: WIDDER KENNETH
IPC: A61K31/167
Filed: 2005-06-06
Abstract: Disclosed is the use of the pictured compound, wherein X1 is NR2, O, S, CHR2, R1 is (CHR2)x-L1-R3, x is 0-3, and the other substituents are as defined in the specification, to reduce the formation of N-retinylidene-N--retinylethanolamine or lipofuscin, to treat macular degeneration, or to reduce geographic atrophy, in the eye.
Patent NZ-553079-A (NZ)
Title: Mop with drying mechanism
Inventor: CHIANG HSIAO-HUNG
Filed: 2007-02-08
Abstract: A mop includes a hollow lower stick including a bottom flared part, lower longitudinal parallel grooves, and intermediate helical grooves; an upper stick slidable in the lower stick; an inner sleeve including a bottom flared member, two steel balls slidably disposed in two opposite lateral tubes proximate the flared member, and a top stopper; a bundle of loose members having both ends fastened to the flared part and the flared member; and an outer sleeve including a flared enlargement adapted to surround and confine the steel balls. After mopping, a person may push the enlargement downward toward the flared part for pushing the steel balls inward to urge against the helical grooves, and it is adapted to helically pull the lower stick upward along the helical grooves for moving the lower end of the bundle of loose members upward toward the upper end thereof for drying.
Patent NZ-554928-A (NZ)
Title: Device For Guiding The Bolt Rope Of A Sail
Inventor: TARDIF SEBASTIEN
Filed: 2005-11-07
Abstract: A device 6 for guiding the bolt rope of a sail into a sail supporting member, which comprises two curved jaws 9 10 connected together about a pivot point 11, the first jaw 9 being provided with an extension 12 leading inward and comprising a flat portion 16 and a housing 14, the second jaw 10 comprising a V-shaped locking loop made of steel wire connected to the second jaw 10 by the two ends of the V and capable of pivoting with a spring action about a position of equilibrium in which: when the device 6 is in the closed position, the central portion 16 of the loop is removably engaged in the housing 14 in order to keep the two jaws 9 10 close together, separated by a distance less than the diameter of the bolt rope and greater than the thickness of the sail, and when the device 6 is in the open position, the central portion 16 of the loop rests on the flat portion 13 of the extension 12 in order to keep the two jaws 9 10 separated from each other by a distance greater than the thickness of the bolt rope.