baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent CA-2569295-A1 (CA)
Title: Seismic sensor
Inventor: HAYMAN MARK JONATHAN BRICE
IPC: G01V1/18
Filed: 2006-11-28
Abstract: A seismic sensor comprising: a frame; a pendulum pivotably mounted to the frame; a mechanism for sensing angular position of the pendulum; and a monolithic flat spring oriented between the frame and the pendulum for balancing the pendulum at an equilibrium position. The monolithic flat spring comprising: (i) an operating region for providing a restoring force to the pendulum proportional to an angular displacement of the pendulum; and (ii) a suspension region for transmitting a force to a portion of the operating region and applying a negligible bending moment to the portion of the operating region.
Patent CA-2569891-A1 (CA)
Title: Glycosylphosphatidylinositol glycan signalling via integrins functioning as glycan specific receptors
Inventor: SCHOFIELD LOUIS
IPC: A61K31/739
Filed: 2005-06-10
Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of modulating integrin-mediated cellular activity and to agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention contemplates a method of modulating ab integrin-mediated cellular activity by modulating GPI-related signalling. The method of the present invention is useful, inter alia, in the treatment and/or prophylaxis of conditions characterised by aberrant, unwanted or otherwise inappropriate integrin-mediated cellular activity. The present invention is further directed to methods for identifying and/or designing agents capable of modulating the subject integrin dependent signalling mechanism.
Patent CA-2569996-A1 (CA)
Title: Appareil et procedes de regulation de la distribution d'energie electrique
Inventor: CASH AUDWIN
IPC: H02M5/293
Filed: 2005-06-10
Abstract: L'invention concerne un appareil et des procédés de régulation de la distribution d'énergie électrique sur une charge d'éclairage. Une forme d'onde électrique est reçue d'une source d'énergie électrique. Une valeur d'intégration est générée en fonction du carré de l'amplitude de la forme d'onde reçue. L'énergie électrique est appliquée sur la charge jusqu'à ce que la valeur d'intégration dépasse une valeur seuil. La distribution de l'énergie électrique sur la charge est ensuite interrompue.
Patent CA-2570749-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ABE KAZUHIRO
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 2006-12-11
Abstract: The present invention provides a tool for reinforcing a medical needle having a recessed portion of relatively narrow diameter and main body portions of relatively larger diameter on either side of said recessed portion wherein the tool comprises a cylindrical body which is detachably attachable to said recessed portion of the medical needle. A medical instrument comprising a combination of the medical needle and reinforcing tool is also provided.
Patent CA-2571004-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BALGOBIN KEITH
IPC: A61F2/84
Filed: 2006-12-12
Abstract: A medical device for placing an embolic device at a predetermined site within a vessel of the body including a delivery catheter and a flexible pusher member slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter. An embolic device is retained within the delivery catheter by a mechanical interlocking mechanism which includes an engagement member attached to the distal end of the pusher member and extends through a retaining ring at the proximal end of the embolic device. A detachment member extends through an aperture at the distal end of the engagement member thereby locking the embolic device onto the pusher member. A kicker member extends from the distal end of the pusher member and is biased so as to lift the retaining ring off of the engagement member to ensure the release of the embolic device when the detachment member is withdrawn from the aperture of the engagement member.
Patent CA-2574116-A1 (CA)
Inventor: OKAMOTO RYUJI
IPC: G01K1/14
Filed: 2005-07-25
Abstract: The temperature of a processing object having a high infrared ray transmittance is measured in an erosive gas by filling a chamber provided with a lamp heater with the erosive gas. A groove is provided on a stage for locking one piece of silicon wafer substrate mounted on an upper part of the lamp heater or on an enclosure made of quartz and the like on a light emitting open part side of the lamp heater, so as to provide a structure wherein a thermocouple to be embedded is not brought into contact with the erosive gas.  A material equivalent to the processing object, namely, a silicon wafer substrate piece, is adhered on the thermocouple. At the time of measuring the temperature, a difference between a measured temperature value of the silicon wafer substrate which is to be measured and is placed on a stage surface and that of the silicon wafer substrate piece is previously measured, and a heat capacity difference between the silicon wafer substrate and the silicon wafer substrate piece is corrected. The temperature of the silicon wafer substrate can be measured by such apparatus and the method.
Patent CA-2574766-A1 (CA)
Title: Estrogen receptor modulators
Inventor: ALVES STEPHEN E
IPC: A61K31/56
Filed: 2005-06-17
Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and derivatives thereof, their synthesis, and their use as estrogen receptor modulators. The compounds of the instant invention are ligands for estrogen receptors and as such may be useful for treatment or prevention of a variety of conditions related to estrogen functioning including: bone loss, bone fractures, osteoporosis, metastatic bone disease, Paget~s disease, periodontal disease, cartilage degeneration, endometriosis, uterine fibroid disease, hot flashes, increased levels of LDL  cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, impairment of cognitive functioning, cerebral degenerative disorders, restenosis, gynecomastia, vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, obesity, incontinence, anxiety, depression resulting from an estrogen deficiency, inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, sexual dysfunction, hypertension, retinal degeneration and cancer, in particular of the breast, uterus and prostate.
Patent CA-2575360-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for sending data between usb clients
Inventor: MOOSAVI VAHID
IPC: G06F13/38
Filed: 2007-01-25
Abstract: A method and apparatus for transferring data from a first electronic device to a second electronic device, both first and second electronic devices having Universal Serial Bus (USB) client interfaces, the method comprising the steps: connecting the two electronic devices with a USB cable; toggling the voltage on a V BUS line of the USB  cable between logic high voltage and no voltage at the first electronic device; detecting toggles of the V BUS line at the second electronic device; and interpreting the toggles detected in the detecting step as data.
Patent CA-2576155-A1 (CA)
Title: High strength bimodal polyethylene compositions
Inventor: KWALK TAE HOON
IPC: C08F110/14
Filed: 2005-05-04
Abstract: Disclosed are various compositions, including but not limited to a high strength bimodal polyethylene composition having a density of 0.940 g/cc or more, the composition comprising a high molecular weight polyethylene component having a higher weight average molecular weight (Mw<SUB>HMW</SUB>) and a low molecular weight polyethylene component having a lower weight average molecular weight (Mw<SUB>LMW</SUB>), wherein: the ratio of the higher weight average molecular weight to the lower weight average molecular weight (Mw<SUB>HMW</SUB>:Mw<SUB>LMW</SUB>) is 30 or more; and the composition qualifies as a PE 100 material such that in accordance with ISO 1167 a pipe formed from the composition that is subjected to internal pipe resistance has an extrapolated stress of 10 MPa or more when the internal pipe resistance curve is extrapolated to 50 or 100 years in accordance with ISO 9080:2003(E).
Patent CA-2576867-A1 (CA)
Inventor: KROLL JEREMY J
IPC: G01N33/53
Filed: 2005-08-10
Abstract: Improved immunoassays for the protection of antibodies againstLawsonia intracellularis are provided which permit rapid, easy detection of low concentration of anti-Lawsonia antibodies in animal-derived specimens. The preferred assay is an ELISA assay employing an antigenic extract of L.  intracellularis lipopolysaccharide.
Patent CA-2577027-A1 (CA)
Title: Optimized liquid-phase oxidation of p-xylene
Inventor: WONDERS ALAN GEORGE
IPC: C07C63/26
Filed: 2005-08-29
Abstract: Disclosed is an optimized process for more efficiently and economically carrying out the liquid-phase oxidation of an oxidizable compound. Such liquid-phase oxidation is carried out in a bubble column reactor that provides for a highly efficient reaction at relatively low temperatures. When the oxidized compound is para-xylene and the product from the oxidation reaction is crude terephthalic acid (CTA), such CTA product can be purified and separated by more economical techniques than could be employed if the CTA were formed by a conventional high-temperature oxidation process.
Patent CA-2577133-A1 (CA)
Inventor: LIEN SAMANTHA
IPC: A61P37/08
Filed: 2005-08-19
Abstract: The invention provides polypeptides having IgG Fc regions with amino acid modifications that result in the polypeptides exhibiting altered Fc effector functions.
Patent CA-2577547-A1 (CA)
Inventor: THOMPSON SCOTT F
IPC: A61B5/055
Filed: 2005-05-03
Abstract: A method of identifying the location of a lesion in an image and evaluating whether the identified lesion is more likely to be cancerous, benign or uncertain is provided where the image includes a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a particular intensity I in the range of 0 <I <2N, where N is an integer > 1. The method includes defining one or more landmark pixels within the lesion; in the, growing a cluster around the landmark pixel(s) which contains the lesion for each intensity value in a set of possible intensity values; and at each of the intensity levels in the set, constructing a region of interest such that the region of interest is a minimal polygon containing the cluster at that intensity level. The method further includes computing a value of a characteristic of the minimal polygon at each intensity level, determining a number that is characteristic of changes in the area or volume of the regions of interest changes over the range of intensity level in the set, and determining whether the lesion is more likely to be cancerous, benign or uncertain in response to the number that is characteristic to the changes in the area or volume of the regions of interest changes, or based on threshold values and locations of pixels depicting a plurality of lesions within the body region.
Patent CA-2579570-A1 (CA)
Title: Replacement facet joint and method
Inventor: SASSO RICARDO
IPC: A61B17/56
Filed: 2005-08-03
Abstract: Prostheses and methods for repair of a cervical fact joint. The articulating surfaces of the natural facets of the facet joint are removed only a sufficient amount to allow the insertion of flat or slightly curvilinear portions of protheses therebetween in an overlapping relationship. The portions are so inserted and the prostheses mounted by attachment to adjacent vertebrae. Also, a single natural facet may be similarly repaired with a single prosthesis.
Patent CA-2580016-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHANDRA ARTY
IPC: H01Q3/26
Filed: 2005-09-07
Abstract: A method for taking measurements with a smart antenna in a wireless communication system having a plurality of STAs begins by sending a measurement request from a first STA to a second STA. At least two measurement packets are transmitted from the second STA to the first STA. Each measurement packet is received at the first STA using a different antenna beam. The first STA performs measurements on each measurement packet and selects an antenna beam direction based on the measurement results.
Patent CA-2580304-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BRANNON HAROLD D
IPC: E21B43/267
Filed: 2007-03-05
Abstract: Plastic beads, including polyamides and polystyrene beads crosslinked with divinylbenzene, having a curable resin coating are highly useful for sand control and/or hydraulic fracturing of subterranean. The curable resin coated plastic beads preferably have an apparent specific gravity less than about 1.5.
Patent CA-2580766-A1 (CA)
Inventor: AZRIA MOISE
IPC: A61K38/22
Filed: 2005-10-10
Abstract: This invention relates generally to calcitonin and their use in bone growth.  Specifically, the invention relates to the use of calcitonin, e.g. salmon calictonin, to stimulate new bone formation in patients in need thereof.
Patent CA-2581425-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MUNN JASON
IPC: G06K19/077
Filed: 2005-09-21
Abstract: A high-speed process includes removing chips or interposers from a carrier web having a first pitch and transferring the chips or interposers to electrical components, such as RFID antenna structures, on a moving web having a second pitch. According to one method, a transfer drum (34) transfers chips or interposers (38) to a moving web (40) of electrical components (42) by picking a chip when the transfer drum is stationary, and transferring the chip to the moving web when the transfer drum is rotating such that a tangential velocity of the transfer drum is substantially equal to the linear velocity of the moving web.
Patent CA-2582417-A1 (CA)
Title: Coaxial plug connector for a coaxial cable
Inventor: BLAKBORN WILLEM
IPC: H01R13/646
Filed: 2005-09-28
Abstract: A coaxial plug connector having a housing produced from an electrically insulating material, which is open at a plug end so that a mating coaxial plug connector can be inserted. An insertion area for the mating housing is provided. At a coaxial cable end, the housing has an axial opening for coaxial cable insertion. Inside the housing, an internal and external conductor elements for electrically connecting internal and external conductors of the coaxial cable, respectively, are provided. A snap-in mechanism is configured on the housing to fix the external conductor element in the housing in at least the axial direction. A sealing sleeve completely surrounds the external conductor element in the circumferential direction, and in the axial direction in at least an area that extends from a part of the housing at the coaxial cable end to the insertion area for the mating housing at the plug end.
Patent CA-2585746-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BENSOUSSAN JOSE
IPC: A61M1/00
Filed: 2005-11-07
Abstract: The invention relates to a nasal secretion aspiration device. The inventive device consists of: a hollow body ( 3 ) which defines a vacuum chamber ( 9 ) that can be connected to a vacuum source ( 10 ), said chamber ( 9 ) comprising an opening ( 13 ); and a nasal end piece ( 2 ) comprising a first open end ( 5 ) which is designed to be inserted into a person's nose and a second open end ( 7 ) which is equipped with means for fixing same in a leak-tight, removable manner in the opening ( 13 ) of the hollow body ( 3 ). According to the invention, the second end ( 7 ) is sealed by a non-porous deformable element ( 8 ) under a vacuum created in the vacuum chamber ( 9 ) by the vacuum source ( 10 ).
Patent CA-2589473-A1 (CA)
Title: Bridge faucet assembly
Inventor: DOWNEY DAVID R
IPC: F16K31/60
Filed: 2007-05-18
Abstract: A faucet assembly includes a unitary non-fluidic body defined by a first end body, a second end body, a spout riser, a first non-fluid carrying support member, and a second non-fluid carrying support member. The first non-fluid carrying support member is suspended between the first end body and the spout riser, and the second non-fluid carrying support member is suspended between the second end body and the spout riser.
Patent CA-2589546-A1 (CA)
Title: Data cable for mechanically dynamic environments
Inventor: CLARK WILLIAM T
IPC: H01B11/04
Filed: 2006-01-24
Abstract: A multi-pair cable including a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, each having a closing lay length (twist lay length measured after the twisted pairs are cabled together with a particular cable lay) of less than about 0.6 inches. The plurality of twisted pairs are twisted together with a cable lay of greater than about three inches to form the cable. In some examples, the multi-pair cable may further comprise a separator disposed between the first and second twisted pairs. In another example, a ratio between a longest closing lay length and a shortest closing lay length in the cable is less than 1.65 inches. In another example, the cable further includes at least one additional twisted pair of conductors having a closing lay length that is greater than about 0.6 inches, and the cable lay length is less than about four inches.
Patent CA-2590617-A1 (CA)
Title: A pari-mutuel wagering system
Inventor: HART KIM N
IPC: G06Q50/34
Filed: 2003-02-12
Abstract: A pari-mutuel system, and more particularly, a pari-mutuel system relating to a real time virtual horse racing game wherein the outcome of such race is determined by a random number generator such that each competitor of the race has a statistically equal chance of winning. Players make wagers on a specific wager type wherein each wager type is associated with a pool. A predetermined portion of all wagers made is retained by the house and another predetermined portion of wagers made for specific wager types is redistributed to into a pool and wherein the odds of winning are lowest in comparison to the other pools.
Patent CA-2591132-A1 (CA)
Title: Game apparatus and method of using the same
Inventor: LAM SAMMY WAI NANG
IPC: A63F9/00
Filed: 2007-06-08
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects at a target, and more specifically, to a game in which players launch, shoot, or propel objects in an attempt to attach the objects to a target that may be in motion, or to dislodge objects that are hanging from the target.
Patent CA-2595100-A1 (CA)
Title: Dispositif de fixation d'un bracelet interchangeable sur une montre
Inventor: GUILLAUME HERVE
IPC: G04B37/14
Filed: 2006-02-08
Abstract: Dispositif de fixation d'un bracelet (3) sur une montre (1), comprenant une porte (4) reliée à la montre (1) par une liaison (12, 5) et définissant un logement (6) pour le bracelet (3), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend une bascule (8) montée mobile en rotation autour d'un axe (15) et un dispositif de commande (14) permettant d'actionner la bascule (8) pour son passage de la position de fermeture stable dans laquelle elle maintient la porte (4) fermé e vers la position d'ouverture dans laquelle la porte (4) est libérée et perme t l'accès au logement (6).
Patent CA-2596817-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STEINBERG MICHAEL ALAN
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 2006-02-02
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système et un procédé de communication d'informations basées sur un emplacement à un ordinateur client utilisé dans un réseau de communication. Le système comprend l'utilisation d'une base de données d'enregistrements basés sur un emplacement géographique, une base de données de profils clients contenant au moins une préférence utilisateur, un moyen de réception d'au moins une demande d'un ordinateur client, la demande contenant des informations sur l'emplacement de l'ordinateur client, et un moyen d'analyse de la demande afin d'identifier un ensemble d'enregistrements d'informations de la base de données associés à l'emplacement de l'ordinateur client et aux préférences des utilisateurs. Un algorithme permettant de calculer un résultat statistique des enregistrements d'informations, et un réseau de communication permet de communiquer le résultat à l'ordinateur client.
Patent CA-2598138-A1 (CA)
Inventor: SALVEL MANUEL F
IPC: F42B30/02
Filed: 2006-02-13
Abstract: A projectile (10), where necessary covered with a jacket, possesses a front-side core (1) and a rear-side core (2). The rear-side core (2) here bears positively in a centered manner against the front-side core (1) and this rear-side core (2) fills the entire cylindrical and the frustoconically configured rear region (2) of the projectile (10). A contact zone (11, 12 is respectively configured on the two cores (1, 2), which contact zone allows the projectile (10) to be joined together in a press fit, a perfectly aligned external form (3) of the projectile (10) being obtained and the contact faces (15; 13; 11 to 12) of the cores (1, 2) directly touching one another substantially without a clearance or gap over the whole of the contact face (15; 13; 11 to 12). When the projectile (10) impacts upon a surface oriented in any chosen manner relative to the firing direction (20), the projectile (10) is split into two less dangerous projectile parts.
Patent CA-2598273-A1 (CA)
Title: Method of treating atherosclerosis, dyslipidemias and related conditions
Inventor: FITZPATRICK SHAUN
IPC: A61K31/44
Filed: 2006-02-15
Abstract: A method of treating atherosclerosis is disclosed wherein nicotinic acid or another nicotinic acid receptor agonist is administered to the patient in combination with a DP receptor antagonist. The DP receptor antagonist is administered to reduce, prevent or eliminate flushing that may otherwise occur.
Patent CA-2599343-A1 (CA)
Title: Carton having stacking strength-enhancing feature
Inventor: CARGILE JOHN W
IPC: B65B5/02
Filed: 2005-04-29
Abstract: A carton having a dispensing feature adapted for permitting the removal of articles (A) from within the carton. Top and bottom opposed walls (24, 18) are interconnected by a pair of side walls (20, 22) to form a tubular body. An article dispenser is provided by a removable portion (90) for defining an opening in the carton for exposing articles for removal. The removable portion (90) is at least partially defined by a frangible line (92) extending across each side wall (20, 22) to opposite side edges (32, 34) of the bottom wall (18). A portion (92d) of the frangible line extends at least partially along the adjacent end edge of the bottom wall and then extends to the opposite side edges of the bottom wall. A buttress arrangement (62b, 66b) for enhancing the stacking strength of the carton is formed from the distal portion of at least one side end flap (62, 66).
Patent CA-2601744-A1 (CA)
Title: Product and method of treatment using ionic liquids
Inventor: ATKIN NEIL
IPC: C11D17/04
Filed: 2006-01-23
Abstract: A method and related packaged product for forming a surface treatment liquid involves contacting two solids to form a liquid, particularly an ionic liquid under ambient conditions at the locus of use.
Patent CA-2602550-A1 (CA)
Title: Crystalline forms of a known pyrrolidine factor xa inhibitor
Inventor: VRIEZE DEREK CLINTON
IPC: A61P7/02
Filed: 2006-03-13
Abstract: Disclosed are crystalline forms A, B and C of 1 ,2-Pyrrolidinedicarboxamide, N1 -(4- chlorophenyl)-N2-[2-fluoro-4-(2-oxo-1 (2H)-pyridinyl)phenyÊ]-4-methoxy-, (2R,4R)- (9Cl). These crystalline forms are characterized by their powder X-ray diffraction, solid-state NMR, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical compositions of the same which are useful for the treatment of acute, subacute, or chronic thrombotic disorders including treatment of venous thrombosis, arterial thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, restenosis, atherosclerosis, angina, primary and secondary deep vein thrombosis, thromboembolism associated with cardiovascular disease, including, but not limited to, acute coronary syndrome, atrial fibrillation, cardiac valve replacement and deep vein thrombosis. The crystalline forms of the present invention are also useful for the treatment of cancer, sepsis and diabetes.
Patent CA-2603830-A1 (CA)
Title: Pyridino [2 , 3-b] pyrazinones as pde-5 inhibitors
Inventor: BELL ANDREW SIMON
IPC: A61K31/4985
Filed: 2006-05-17
Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I), wherein R2, Y6, R6A, R6, and R8 are as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, synthetic methods, and intermediates are also disclosed.
Patent CA-2607249-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WYNER DANIEL
IPC: D06N3/00
Filed: 2006-05-01
Abstract: The invention provides breathable laminated articles, preferably free from harmful halogens and plasticizers, which can be constructed and arranged to be usable for any application, such as wallcoverings, where breathability and being free from harmful halogens and/or plasticizers is advantageous.