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Patent CA-2515471-A1 (CA)
Inventor: RECK BRYAN LEO
IPC: B25H7/00
Filed: 2005-08-09
Abstract: A tool for use in cutting drywall is provided. The tool is comprised of a plate with at least one indentation it the top edge of the plate. The tool is placed flush against a piece of drywall so that the drywall may be cut with indentations matching the at least one indentation in the top edge of the plate. In a further embodiment of the invention, a plurality of the plates are joined together. A method for cutting at least one indentation in a plate comprising placing the plate against drywall and cutting the drywall to match the at least one indentation.
Patent CA-2515906-A1 (CA)
Title: Gate valve with tongue and groove or bridging seal to annular seat elements
Inventor: LAM TONY M
IPC: F16K3/02
Filed: 2005-08-12
Abstract: A gate valve for controlling fluid flow, in which a valve body forms a cylindrical flowbore and includes a gate cavity intersecting the flowbore to provide opposed openings into the flowbore. Seat pockets are formed in the opposed openings, each with a radial base and a side wall, and may optionally include metal carrier ring sealed in the seat pockets. The gate is slidably movable within the valve body between open and closed positions.  Annular seat elements are mounted in each seat pocket for limited axial movement on opposite sides of the gate, with a first seal surface for sealing against the seat pocket or optional carrier ring, and a second seal surface for sealing against the gate. A non-metallic bridging seal formed as a face seal is provided between the first seal surface of the annular seat element and the seat pocket (or optional carrier ring). The bridging seal is adapted to bridge any gap formed at the first seal surface of the annular seat element such that sealing engagement is maintained across the gap at all times as the gate moves between open and closed positions, while still permitting the limited axial movement of the annular seat element. Preferred embodiments of the bridging seal include tongue and groove seals and bridge ring inserts. A second seal to the seat pocket is also preferred.
Patent CA-2516403-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TULLIS RICHARD H
IPC: A61M37/00
Filed: 2004-01-20
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for using lectins that bind to pathogens having high mannose surface glycoproteins or fragments thereof which contain high mannose glycoproteins, to remove them from infected blood or plasma in an extracorporeal setting. Accordingly, the present invention provides a method for reducing viral load in an individual comprising the steps of obtaining blood or plasma from the individual, passing the blood or plasma through a porous hollow fiber membrane wherein lectin molecules are immobilized within the porous exterior portion of the membrane, collecting pass-through blood or plasma and reinfusing the pass-through blood or plasma into the individual.
Patent CA-2517672-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SMITH KENNETH L
IPC: E01F9/615
Filed: 2004-02-09
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of making retroreflective sheeting and other articles prepared from casting a moldable synthetic resin onto a tool having a microstructured surface.
Patent CA-2517867-A1 (CA)
Title: Quality control system and method for construction, commissioning, and other initiation of a process plant
Inventor: MARTYNA CHUCK
IPC: G07C3/14
Filed: 2005-08-31
Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method useful for providing quality control services in connection with a project for initiation of a process plant having field devices disposed at respective field sites in the process plant. Quality control data is generated at the field sites with a portable computer in response to quality control task information provided via a user interface of the portable computer. The quality control data is transmitted to a host computer having a database with project history information; and stored in the database through integration of the quality control data with the project history information. The quality control data may be generated via check lists downloaded from the host computer to the portable computer, where the check lists specify tasks customized for the respective field site. Recordation of the quality control data via the check lists may include entering deficiency information. The initiation project may include commissioning of the process plant, and the project history information in the database may be made available for subsequent preventative maintenance or other work during operation of the process plant.
Patent CA-2518641-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BLISS JOHN C
IPC: A63B53/04
Filed: 2005-09-07
Abstract: A golf club head is formed of a hollow body, the rear body portion of which includes a metallic stringer that extends along the crown-skirt interface and a plurality of ribs intersecting the metallic stringer to form a lattice frame, the openings of which are filled with an organic composite material such as graphite epoxy. An additional aperture formed in the skirt is also filled with the same graphite epoxy material. Because the graphite epoxy is lighter than the surrounding metal frame, the rear body portion of the golf club head is lighter than a comparable all metal club head. Yet, the presence of the metallic stringer and frame renders the metal-organic composite rear body portion substantially stiffer than a comparable all-composite rear body portion.
Patent CA-2519940-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOUBOULIS DENIS A
IPC: G01N33/49
Filed: 2004-03-22
Abstract: An erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) measurement instrument (1) having a Blood Collection Configuration and an ESR Measurement Configuration. The ESR  measurement instrument (1) includes a sedimentation measurement tube (9) having a hollow interior volume containing a predetermined quantity of blood sample diluting agent therewithin and being air/fluid sealed with respect to the ambient environment; and a blood collection tube (2) having a hollow interior volume containing a predetermined quantity of anti-coagulant and being vacuum-sealed with respect to the ambient environment, and physically coupled to the air-sealed sedimentation measurement tube (9), by at least a portion of the sedimentation measurement tube (9) being inserted within a portion of the hollow interior volume of the blood collection tube (2). The sedimentation measurement tube (9) and the blood collection tube (2) are maintained stationarily fixed relative to each other as a unitary assembly having a syringe-like form factor when the ESR measurement instrument (1) is arranged in the Blood Collection Configuration.
Patent CA-2522154-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FAMODU OMOLAYO O
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 2004-04-23
Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a ribonuclease, more specifically a Dicer. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the Dicer in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the Dicer in a transformed host cell.
Patent CA-2523976-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WANG YONGDONG
IPC: C12Q1/00
Filed: 2004-04-28
Abstract: A method for analyzing data obtained from at least one sample in a separation system (10, 50, 60) that has a capability for separating components of a sample containing more than one component as a function of at least two different variables comprising obtaining data representative of the at least one sample from the system, the data being expressed as a function of the two variables; forming a data stack (70, 74, 78, 82, 84) having successive levels, each level containing successive data representative of the at least one sample; forming a data array (R) representative of a compilation of all of the data in the data stack; and separating the data array into a series of matrixes. A chemical analysis system that operates in accordance with the method, and a medium having computer readable program code for causing the system to perform the method.
Patent CA-2524012-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BOEMER JOERG
IPC: C09K23/00
Filed: 2005-10-19
Abstract: The invention relates to alkoxylated epoxide-amine adducts having a number-average molecular weight of more than 500 g/mol, which are preparable by reacting A) mono- and/or polyepoxides having at least 8 carbon atoms with B) primary and/or secondary amines and/or primary and/or secondary alkanolamines and/or secondary alkylalkanolamines, to form an adduct having one or more secondary OH groups, and subsequently alkoxylating the adduct with C) alkylene oxides.      The invention also relates to a process for preparing the alkoxylated epoxide-amine adducts and to their use as wetting agents and dispersants for organic and inorganic pigments and fillers. The invention relates further to powderous or fibrous solids coated with the alkoxylated epoxide-amine adducts.
Patent CA-2527933-A1 (CA)
Title: Substituted 3-alkyl and 3-alkenyl azetidine derivatives
Inventor: RUPPRECHT KATHLEEN M
IPC: C07D409/06
Filed: 2004-06-09
Abstract: Novel compounds of the structural formula (I) are antagonists and/or inverse agonists of the Cannabinoid-1 (CB1) receptor and are useful in the treatment, prevention and suppression of diseases mediated by the CB1 receptor. The compounds of the present invention are useful as centrally acting drugs in the treatment of psychosis, memory deficits, cognitive disorders, migraine, neuropathy, neuro-inflammatory disorders including multiple sclerosis and Guillain-Barre syndrome and the inflammatory sequelae of viral encephalitis, cerebral vascular accidents, and head trauma, anxiety disorders, stress, epilepsy, Parkinson~s disease, movement disorders, and schizophrenia. The compounds are also useful for the treatment of substance abuse disorders, the treatment of obesity or eating disorders, as well as the treatment of asthma, constipation, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and cirrhosis of the liver.
Patent CA-2529090-A1 (CA)
Title: 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives as raf kinase inhibitors
Inventor: SABIO MICHAEL LLOYD
IPC: C07D417/04
Filed: 2004-06-11
Abstract: This application discloses compounds that inhibit Raf kinase having the formula (I), wherein R1 is a phenyl radical or a heteroaryl radical; and R2 is a phenyl radical; or an N-oxide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.  The compounds are useful for the treatment of proliferative diseases, such as cancer.
Patent CA-2529271-A1 (CA)
Title: Decision support system and method
Inventor: HANSEN PAUL
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2004-06-14
Abstract: The invention provides a decision support method comprising: for two or more predefined criteria each criterion associated with one or more pre-defined categories, determining a point value for each category on each criterion by the pairwise ranking of profile pairs wherein each profile comprises a set of two or more of the criteria, each criterion in the set instantiated with one of the categories for that criterion. The invention also provides a related system and computer program.
Patent CA-2531093-A1 (CA)
Title: Support for immobilising catalytically active units
Inventor: ASGARI SOHEIL
IPC: B01D63/14
Filed: 2004-08-02
Abstract: The inventive porous carbon-based support has a stratified structure consisting of at least two porous layers essentially placed on each other and an intermediate space which is formed therebetween and enables a liquid to flow through, or at least one porous layer which preserves the shape thereof and is rolled on itself or arranged in such a way that an intermediate space enabling the liquid to flow therethrough is formed between at least two superimposed segments of said material layer. Said invention also relates to units which are substentially immobilised on the support and exhibit a catalytic activity with respect to chemical and/or biological reactions, to catalyst units containing said supports and to the use thereof for biological and chemical reactions.
Patent CA-2531324-A1 (CA)
Title: Thermosetting water-based paint and coating film-forming methods
Inventor: YUKAWA YOSHIYUKI
IPC: C09D133/08
Filed: 2005-12-21
Abstract: The invention discloses thermosetting water-based paint comprising water-dispersible acrylic polymer particles which are obtained through multistage emulsion polymerization of radical polymerizable unsaturated monomers using a specific reactive emulsifying agent, said monomers comprising amido-containing radical polymerizable unsaturated monomer having at least 2 radical polymerizable unsaturated groups per molecule, methacrylic acid and hydroxyl-containing radical polymerizable unsaturated monomer and coating film-forming methods which use the thermosetting water-based paint.
Patent CA-2531471-A1 (CA)
Inventor: NAKAMURA MASAFUMI
IPC: C08J7/06
Filed: 2005-12-22
Abstract: The amount of aldehyde emitted from a polyurethane and molded articles made of a polyurethane is reduced. The reduction of aldehyde emissions from polyurethanes is achieved by including a hydrazine compound as an aldehyde-scavenger in the polyol component of the polyurethane-forming reaction mixture.    The hydrazine compound is used in an amount of 0.05 to 3.0 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the polyol mixture. Aldehyde emissions from molded polyurethane articles are reduced by including a hydrazine compound in the mold coating material in an amount of from 0.1 g/m2 to 10 g/m2 .
Patent CA-2532377-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CURATOLO TONY
IPC: E04C2/20
Filed: 2006-01-09
Abstract: A plastic deck plank comprising a main load bearing plank member formed of low cost plastic material adapted to span between deck support members and a thin cover of higher cost plastic material supported by and snap locked to the main plank member. The plank member has a rigid cover supporting top wall free of gaps or slots therethrough and the plank member is secured to the deck support members by screws introduced into narrow screw receiving grooves in the top wall with the screws extending between the bottom of the top wall grooves and the deck support members to form metal reinforcing columns extending from the top wall to the deck support members.
Patent CA-2535539-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KHEMAKHEM M HAMED ANIS
IPC: H01R24/38
Filed: 2004-08-10
Abstract: A bulkhead connector for connecting to a transmission line comprising a rear portion mounted within an opening in a bulkhead with a first end including first and second threads on a first side of the bulkhead and a second end extending through the opening to a second opposing side of the bulkhead. A  front connector body and a front shell assembly are threadably attached to the rear portion with an insulator sleeve positioned between them. The front shell assembly includes a front shell with threads for attaching to the rear portion and a center conductor mounted within an insulator. The insulator is mounted within a central opening of the front shell and electrically isolates the center conductor from the front shell. The second end of the rear portion including threads received within the opening in the bulkhead.
Patent CA-2535733-A1 (CA)
Title: Steering gear for a motor vehicle
Inventor: ROSENFELD ALBRECHT
IPC: B62D5/22
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a steering gear comprising a steering housing (1), a rack (11) that defines an axial direction and meshes with a pinion (13), a hydraulic servo drive with a piston/cylinder unit (2) which is provided with a piston rod extending in an axial direction and a cylinder. Said piston/cylinder unit ( (2) can be embodied in a particularly compact manner as a result of the fact that the rack and the piston rod are disposed parallel to each other in an axial direction while being spaced apart perpendicular to said axial direction.
Patent CA-2536464-A1 (CA)
Title: Glass-filled propylene polymer composition
Inventor: CRABTREE SAM
IPC: C08K3/40
Filed: 2004-08-04
Abstract: Disclosed is a glass-filled coupled impact propylene copolymer composition having an improved combination of strength, stiffness, impact properties and melt strength; articles made therefrom; and a process to prepare said articles.
Patent CA-2536477-A1 (CA)
Title: Rfid detection and identification system for implantable medical devices
Inventor: STEVENSON ROBERT A
IPC: A61N1/37
Filed: 2006-02-14
Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) system for use with active implantable medical devices (AIMD) implanted in a patient comprises an interrogator and an RFID tag comprising a substrate, an RFID chip, and an antenna. The RFID is typically enclosed in a biocompatible and hermetically sealed container comprising a ceramic housing, an end cap and an encapsulant. The RFID tag or sealed container may be affixed to an AIMD or surgically implanted in a patient adjacent to an AIMD. Alternatively, the sealed container may be injected into body tissue by a large needle syringe. The RFID tag may store information about an AIMD including manufacturer, model number and serial number. The RFID tag may also store information about a treating physician and/or patient including the treating physician's name and contact information, the patient's name, contact information, medical condition, treatment and other relevant information.
Patent CA-2536834-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GEORGE TIMOTHY V
IPC: E05B1/00
Filed: 2004-08-27
Abstract: A convertible door handle system includes a receiver plate (12), a handle (14) inserted through an opening in the receiver plate (26), a drive assembly (130) positioned within a recess in the receiver plate (12), and a removable locking fastener (140) securing the handle (14) and drive assembly (130) within the receiver plate (12). A method is also provided for converting a functional configuration of a door handle system. The method includes disassembling the door handle system by removing a removable locking fastener from the door handle system (310), reconfiguring at least one component of the door handle system to change the functional configuration (312), and reinstalling the removable locking fastener onto the door handle system (314).
Patent CA-2540772-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHEN YU
IPC: A63B22/00
Filed: 2006-03-22
Abstract: A device for directly measuring a person's respiratory exchange ratio (RER) utilizes a Zn-air battery cell and a constant current load circuit as an O2 pump capable of drawing oxygen from expired air. A thermistor located in the flow path forms a leg of a bridge circuit whose output is proportional to oxygen concentration in the expired air and, therefore, to oxygen uptake. The thermistor flowmeter circuit utilizes the thermal conductivity differences between O2 and CO2 to provide a measure at the relative ratio of the two gases present.
Patent CA-2543676-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ITO KYOKO
IPC: A61P43/00
Filed: 2004-10-20
Abstract: A tyrosinase activity inhibitor and an ameliorant for facial blood flow which each is highly safe; and a medicinal composition, food composition, or cosmetic preparation each containing these as active ingredients. The tyrosinase activity inhibitor and the ameliorant for facial blood flow contain anthocyan obtained through concentration or extraction from a plant material, etc. The medicinal composition, food composition, or cosmetic preparation combines tyrosinase inhibitory activity with the ability to ameliorate facial blood flow.
Patent CA-2544010-A1 (CA)
Title: System and method for providing various levels of reliable messaging between a client and a server
Inventor: BIBR VIERA
IPC: H04L29/06
Filed: 2006-04-18
Abstract: A system and method are provided for transmitting messages from a sender to a receiver via a communication network. Messages are received at the sender to transmit to the receiver, each of the messages having a predefined reliability mode. The predefined reliability mode for each of the messages is identified and the message is transmitted to the receiver in accordance with a protocol defined for the corresponding predefined reliability mode of the message.
Patent CA-2547384-A1 (CA)
Title: A bearing arrangement for supporting a shaft
Inventor: BERNHARD HERBERT
IPC: F16C31/02
Filed: 2006-05-19
Abstract: A beverage bottling plant having a beverage bottle closing machine with a bearing system to guide a reciprocating shaft in the beverage bottle closing machine. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A  brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading "Abstract of the Disclosure." The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
Patent CA-2551021-A1 (CA)
Inventor: FRIGG ROBERT
IPC: A61B17/72
Filed: 2003-08-29
Abstract: L'invention concerne un clou intramédullaire (1) possédant un axe longitudinal (2), une extrémité proximale (3), une extrémité distale (4), au moins un trou (10, 11) s'étendant perpendiculairement à l'axe longitudinal (2) dans un plan (20) et présentant un diamètre défini (d10, d11), ce trou étant destiné à recevoir un élément de verrouillage (12, 13), ainsi qu'une fente oblongue (9) s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal (2) dans le plan (20). Cette fente oblongue (9) présente, à l'état non expansé du clou intramédullaire (1), une largeur "b" mesurée perpendiculairement au plan (20) dans la zone à l'extérieur des trous (10, 11), cette largeur "b" correspondant au maximum à 0,6 fois la valeur du plus petit des diamètres définis (d10) des trous (10, 11).
Patent CA-2555666-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MCBRIDE WILLIAM J
IPC: C07K7/06
Filed: 2005-02-11
Abstract: Disclosed are compounds that include two or more haptens conjugated by a spacer or a carrier. The haptens may include diethylenetriaminepentaacetate (DTPA), histimine-succinyl-glutamine (HSG), or combinations of DTPA and HSG.  The compound also includes an effector molecule which may be conjugated to one or more of the haptens, the spacer/carrier, or both. The effector molecule may be conjugated by a number of linkages including an ester linkage, an imino linkage, an amino linkage, a sulfide linkage, a thiosemicarbazone linkage, a semicarbazone linkage, an oxime linkage, an ether linkage, or combinations of these linkages. Also disclosed are methods of synthesizing the compounds and/or precursors of the compounds.
Patent CA-2555673-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HILGNER RICHARD K
IPC: H02K7/06
Filed: 2005-02-18
Abstract: The exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a device for converting human power to electrical power. The exemplary device comprises: a plurality of gear wheels (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6) interconnected with a plurality of interconnection means (e.g., 12, 13, and 14); a first axle (9), said first axle (9) disposed through an opening in a center of a first gear wheel (1) of the plurality of gear wheels; a first pedal (18) mounted on a first pedal arm (17) and a second pedal (18) mounted on a second pedal arm (17), each pedal arm (17) mounted on opposing ends of the first axle (9); a second gear wheel (2) of the plurality of gear wheels interconnected to the first gear wheel (1) with a first interconnection means (12) of the plurality of interconnection means; an alternator (8) interconnected to one or the gear wheels (e.g., 6) of the plurality of gear wheels; a battery (22); and an inverter (27).
Patent CA-2556285-A1 (CA)
Title: Virtual file system
Inventor: CLAREY NICHOLAS HOLDER
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 2005-02-21
Abstract: The virtual file system is described that enables both real data resources, such as a content file, and virtual data resources, such as a field within a database or a state determined by a mark-up language element, to be accessed through a single root.