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Patent CA-2655426-A1 (CA)
Inventor: ABLETT RICHARD F
IPC: A23L27/00
Filed: 2009-02-18
Abstract: The present invention provides a method of smoke-infusing proteinaceous foods which comprises the steps of enclosing the proteinaceous foods in a vacuum-treating zone;  introducing smoke from a smoke generation zone into the vacuum-treating zone;  subjecting the proteinaceous foods to vacuum purging at a negative pressure in the vacuum-treating zone for the infusion of smoke into the proteinaceous food.; releasing the vacuum;  repeating these steps in a pulsed smoke introduction/vacuum purging /vacuum release at least 1 and preferably 2 to 10 times; post-chill resting said vacuum infused proteinaceous food for a period of at least hours; and spray washing of the smoke-infused chilled proteinaceous food to remove excess smoke condensate to improve the appearance of the smoke-infused proteinaceous food.
Patent CA-2659672-A1 (CA)
Title: Methods and systems for interactive customization of avatars and other animate or inanimate items in video games
Inventor: BONABEAU ERIC
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2007-06-26
Abstract: Methods and systems enable users of video games to interactively adjust the characteristics of a customizable games items, such as avatars or any animate or inanimate items. Users are presented with a plurality of items through a user interface employing an interactive configuration process. Each item may correspond to one particular configuration of the customizable game item. The user is enabled to assign a subjective value to any of the items, corresponding for example to the user's likes or dislikes. The methods and systems then may identify a new set of items that take into account the subjective evaluation and may present them to the user through the user interface. The user again is enabled to assign a subjective value to any of the items, and the process may be repeated. Thus, the disclosed methods and systems may generate a customized game item that is increasingly satisfactory to the user.
Patent CA-2660176-A1 (CA)
Title: Gaming system and method which enables multiple players to simultaneously play multiple individual games or group games on a central display
Inventor: KOVACS JAMES
IPC: A63F9/24
Filed: 2007-09-06
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gaming system including a central contr oller, a central display which includes a plurality of display segments and a plurality player stations. The display segments are configured to each sep arately display one of a plurality of games, to co-act to display a pluralit y of games, or to co-act to display one game. Each player station is configu red to enable a player to play one or more of the games displayed by the dis play segments. The gaming system enables a plurality of players to play a gr oup game on the central display, a plurality of players to simultaneously pl ay multiple group games on the central display, and a plurality of players t o each simultaneously play multiple individual games on the central display.
Patent CA-2660573-A1 (CA)
Title: Injection molding of ceramic elements
Inventor: WILLKENS CRAIG A
IPC: B22D15/02
Filed: 2007-08-16
Abstract: New methods are provided for manufacture of ceramic elements that include injection molding of two, three or more distinct ceramic layers or regions (20, 30, 40) that form the element. Ceramic elements (10) also are provided that are obtainable from fabrication methods of the invention.
Patent CA-2661643-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TICHY DARYL J
IPC: A61K8/19
Filed: 2007-08-22
Abstract: The present invention is drawn to disinfectant compositions, which are human safe, e.g., food grade or food safe. In one embodiment, an aqueous disinfectant composition can comprise an aqueous vehicle, including water, from 0.001 wt% to 10.0 wt% of a peroxygen, and an alcohol. Additionally, from 0.001 ppm to 50,000 ppm by weight of a transition metal based on the aqueous vehicle content can also be present. The composition can be substantially free of aldehydes. Alternatively or additionally, the transition metal can be in the form of a colloidal transition metal, such as colloidal silver or alloy thereof.
Patent CA-2662206-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BALASUBRAMANIAN SRINIVASAN
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2007-09-21
Abstract: A wireless device is configured to automatically resign from an ad hoc network. In some aspects the resignation may be based on automatic detection of inactivity associated with the ad hoc network. For example, resignation from the ad hoc network may be based on absence of uplink and downlink traffic at a wireless device, absence of open sockets at a wireless device, or a lack of beacon transmissions by other wireless devices. In the latter case, a lack of beacon transmissions by other wireless devices in the ad hoc network may be indicated by the transmission of a relatively large number of beacons in succession by a wireless device.
Patent CA-2663922-A1 (CA)
Title: Downhole apparatus and method for expanding a tubing
Inventor: HAUGEN DAVID MICHAEL
IPC: B21D26/033
Filed: 2001-11-08
Abstract: A method of expanding tubing comprises locating an expansion tool in a section of tubing to be expanded, applying a fluid pressure to the tubing to create a fluid pressure expansion force and induce a hoop stress in the tubing, and applying a mechanical expansion force to the tubing via the expansion tool. The combined fluid pressure expansion force and mechanical expansion force is selected to be sufficient to induce expansion of the tubing.
Patent CA-2664997-A1 (CA)
Title: Force estimation for a minimally invasive robotic surgery system
Inventor: RUIZ MORALES EMILIO
IPC: B25J9/04
Filed: 2007-10-25
Abstract: A method of force estimation for a minimally invasive medical system comprising a robot manipulator (10). The manipulator has an effector unit (12) equipped with a 6-degrees-of- freedom (DOF) force/torque sensor and is configured to hold a minimally invasive instrument (14) having a first end (16) mounted to the effector unit and a second end (20) located beyond an external fulcrum (23) that limits the instrument in motion, usually to 4 DOF. The method comprising the steps: - determining a position of the instrument relative to the fulcrum; - measuring by means of the 6-DOF force/torque sensor a force and a torque exerted onto the effector unit by the first end of the instrument; and - calculating by means of the principle of superposition an estimate of a force exerted onto the second end of the instrument based on the determined position, the measured force and the measured torque.
Patent CA-2665770-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and device for producing molten material
Inventor: SCHENK JOHANNES
IPC: C21B13/00
Filed: 2007-10-01
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing molten material, wherein oxygen, reducing agents and iron that has been reduced in a reduction reactor are introduced into a melter gasifier (3). The reducing agent is gasified with the oxygen and the heat thereby produced melts the reduced iron. The coupling gas from the melter gasifier (3) is used at least as a portion of the reduction gas. Reacted top gas is withdrawn from the reduction reactor (1). The aim of the invention is to increase energy efficiency and raw material efficiency. For this purpose, at least a portion of the thermal energy of the top gas and/or of the portion of the reduction gas used as the cooling gas and surplus gas is used for indirectly heating at least one additional gas that is used in the method. At least one heat exchanger (15, 18, 21) is arranged in a line (9 and/or 23) for the top gas and/or the portion of the reduction gas used as the cooling gas and surplus gas, at least one additional gas used in the method flowing through said heat exchanger (15, 18, 21).
Patent CA-2666655-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MILES NICHOLAS J
IPC: F16H25/20
Filed: 2006-10-18
Abstract: A jam-tolerant dual-redundant differential-summing actuator (20) includes a first driver (23) adapted to be rotated about a first axis (x1 - x1) at a first surface speed; a second driver (26) adapted to be rotated about a second axis (x2 - x2) at a second surface speed; a movable output member (21); and a linkage (24. 28, 31, 32, 33, 34, 40) connecting the first and second drivers to the output members such that the output member will be moved at a velocity that is substantially proportional to the average surface speed of the drivers.
Patent CA-2667616-A1 (CA)
Title: Method and apparatus for manufacturing a multi-layered web product
Inventor: LARSEN JES KJAER
IPC: B29C48/08
Filed: 2007-10-23
Abstract: There is described a method and an apparatus for making a multilayered web product (1), including at least one fibre layer (6) which is formed by airforming combined with at least one additional layer in the form of a plastic film (13, 21). The fibre layer (6) is formed and fixed, preferably by heat fixing, and the plastic film (13, 21) is extruded directly upon or in immediate association to the previously formed and fixed fibre layer and is joined with the fibre layer by a compacting action in a compacting unit (9, 17). By the compacting, the hot plastic film will be joined to and pressed into the fibre layer for producing an integrated continuous product without need of separate heat supply.
Patent CA-2670387-A1 (CA)
Inventor: MILLER STEPHEN J
IPC: B01J37/03
Filed: 2007-12-20
Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing crystalline small pore molecular sieves, said method comprising (a) preparing a reaction mixture comprising (1) at least one active source of an oxide of a tetravalent element or mixture of tetravalent elements, (2) optionally at least on active source of an oxide of a trivalent element or mixture of trivalent elements, (3) at least one active source of an alkali metal, (4) seed crystals capable of forming the small pore molecular sieve, (5) a structure directing agent capable of forming the small pore molecular sieve, and (6) an amount of water that is not substantially in excess of the amount required to cause and maintain crystallization of the small pore molecular sieve; and (b) heating said reaction mixture at crystallization conditions for sufficient time to form crystallized material containing crystals of the small pore molecular sieve.
Patent CA-2670403-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TEREM MENASHE
IPC: A61B10/00
Filed: 2005-11-22
Abstract: The present invention provides a non-toxic diagnostic composition for intravaginal monitoring of vaginal infections. The present invention further provides a diagnostic article for intravaginal monitoring of vaginal infections comprising an absorbent material for absorbing vaginal secretions comprising a composition suitable for identification of the pH or the buffer capacities associated with vaginal secretions. The diagnostic composition provides a visible indication of vaginal infections, such as bacterial vaginosis.
Patent CA-2675271-A1 (CA)
Inventor: CHALEIX DANIEL
IPC: C23C14/56
Filed: 2008-01-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé de revêtement d'au moins une face d'un su bstrat en défilement, par évaporation sous vide d'une couche de métal ou d'a lliage métallique susceptible d'être sublimé, selon lequel le métal ou allia ge métallique est disposé en regard de la face du substrat sous la forme d'a u moins deux lingots placés en contact l'un avec l'autre, la surface des lin gots tournée vers ladite face du substrat étant maintenue parallèle au subst rat et à une distance constante de celui-ci, au cours du revêtement, ainsi q u'une installation de revêtement pour la mise en AEuvre du procédé et un dis positif d'alimentation en métal (1) pour une telle installation.
Patent CA-2675402-A1 (CA)
Title: Variable volume clearance pocket for a reciprocating compressor cylinder
Inventor: SHADE W NORM JR
IPC: F04B1/34
Filed: 2009-08-13
Abstract: A controllable variable volume clearance pocket for reciprocating compressor cylinders is disclosed. The invention includes a device for varying the clearance volume of a variable volume clearance pocket in a controlled manner. The device can be used repeatedly to change the compressor cylinder clearance volume as required to control compressor capacity and power required from the compressor driver. The device is typically mounted on the outer or head end of a reciprocating compressor cylinder, but can also be scaled and configured for use either in conjunction with a variable clearance volume unloader operating over a reciprocating compressor valve pocket or a special port in a reciprocating compressor body.
Patent CA-2675914-A1 (CA)
Title: Systems and methods for characterizing the amplitude and differential phase of an optical signal
Inventor: RUCHET BERNARD
IPC: H01S3/00
Filed: 2009-08-20
Abstract: Methods and systems for extracting the optical signal parameters necessary to display constellation diagram of a digitally encoded optical signal are provided. The digitally encoded optical signal is separated into two signal components. Through a coherent detection scheme, information from one signal component is compared with information from the other signal component to which a delay is imposed. Differential phase information can therefore be obtained for two consecutive data pulses without requiring receiving and processing speeds matching the data bit rate.
Patent CA-2676128-A1 (CA)
Inventor: BEASLEY PATRICK DAVID LAWRENCE
IPC: H03B23/00
Filed: 2008-01-31
Abstract: A signal generation system suitable for use in a radar system comprises a local oscillator (LO) and an intermediate frequency IF oscillator, wherein the IF oscillator is a Direct Digital Synthesiser, and the LO is a free running oscillator not itself locked to another oscillator but which acts as a clock reference for the DDS and is the highest frequency oscillator in the system. The LO may also act as a reference for a receive chain digitiser. The invention exploits phase noise advantages of a free running oscillator at some distance from the carrier whilst maintaining coherency with other system components. The system typically finds application in FMCW radars.
Patent CA-2678155-A1 (CA)
Title: Low-density ceramic proppant and its production method
Inventor: PERSHIKOVA ELENA MIKHAILOVNA
IPC: C04B35/16
Filed: 2008-04-21
Abstract: The invention relates to the area of oil and gas industry and can be used for enhancement of the oil and gas production, in particular, when using the hydraulic fracturing technique. Low-density ceramic proppant consisting of a light aggregate and a ceramic binding material, wherein a natural mineral which is able, when burnt, to expand its volume in a proppant granule and to change its true and apparent densities, is used as the light aggregate.
Patent CA-2680544-A1 (CA)
Title: Skin-whitening agent
Inventor: UENO HIROSHI
IPC: A23K10/28
Filed: 2008-03-10
Abstract: A whitening agent containing, as the active ingredient, a whey protein hydrolyzate, which has the characteristics of showing the main peak at 200 Da to 3 kDa in the molecular weight distribution of 10 kDa or less, having an APL (average peptide chain length) of 2 to 8, having a free amino acid content of 20% or less and having an antigenicity 1/10,000 times or less as high as the antigenicity of .beta.-lactoglobulin, exerting an excellent whitening effect on the skin and being efficacious in preventing and treating spots, freckles and so on; and whitening products such as a cosmetic, a food, a drink, a feed and a drug each containing the whitening agent as described above.
Patent CA-2680926-A1 (CA)
Title: Grain bag extractor augers
Inventor: DEKONING HERBERTUS
IPC: B65G33/08
Filed: 2009-09-29
Abstract: An auger apparatus for moving in a forward direction into a quantity of granular material includes an enclosed housing having a horizontal main floor and right and left inclined floors sloping downward and outward from corresponding ends of the main floor, and walls extending upward from lower ends of the inclined floors. Right and left feed auger tubes extend laterally from the walls, and feed augers are mounted in the tubes. Outer front portions of the feed wager tubes are open to expose outer portions of the feed augers. A main auger tube extends upward from a top of the housing, and a main auger extends from the main floor upward through the main auger. A middle materiel moving apparatus is mounted forward of the housing and moves grain laterally to the exposed outer portions of the feed augers as the housing moves forward.
Patent CA-2684902-A1 (CA)
Title: Edible composition comprising a slowly digestible or digestion resistant oligosaccharide composition
Inventor: NAPIER LORI
IPC: A23L27/30
Filed: 2008-05-21
Abstract: An edible composition comprises (1) a starch-derived soluble fiber composition that comprises oligosaccharides that are digestion resistant, oligosaccharides that are slowly digestible, or a combination thereof, and (2) at least one material selected from fructose, sorbitol, pullulan, a non-nutritive high-intensity sweetener, and combinations of any two or more thereof.
Patent CA-2685932-A1 (CA)
Inventor: STEIDL MICHAEL
IPC: E01B9/48
Filed: 2008-09-19
Abstract: L'invention concerne un système de fixation d'un rail (2) sur un sol de base (3), comprenant une plaque de base (4), au moins un élément de fixation (39, 40, 43, 44), un élément de serrage (20, 21), caractérisé en ce qu'il est prévu un élément à ressort (45, 46) qui peut être serré, à l'aide de l'élément de serrage (20, 21), à l'encontre de la plaque de base (4). Le système selon l'invention fournit, en ayant recours à des moyens simples, un système de fixation qui permet d'obtenir, avec un coût de production avantageux et un montage simple, une fixation de rails répondant suffisamment aux exigences actuelles.
Patent CA-2686889-A1 (CA)
Inventor: VOIC DAN
IPC: A61N7/02
Filed: 2008-05-06
Abstract: A high-intensity focused ultrasound device has an applicator surface, a liquid-containing bolus or expandable chamber acting as a heat sink, and a source of ultrasonic vibrations, the applicator surface being a surface of a flexible wall of the bolus, the source of ultrasonic vibrations being in operative contact with the bolus. The applicator surface is disposable in contact with a surface of a target body, the source is energizable to produce ultrasonic vibrations focused at a predetermined focal region inside the target body, and a temperature of liquid in the bolus is controlled while the applicator surface is in contact with the surface to control temperature elevation in the target body between the focal region and the surface of application.
Patent CA-2687679-A1 (CA)
Inventor: HELD JERRY M
IPC: A61K45/06
Filed: 2008-05-19
Abstract: The invention relates generally to novel pharmaceutical methods for the treatment of various conditions. Compositions comprising: at least one phosphodiesterase-5-inhibitor in combination with one or more of the following medications: a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor; a cholinesterase inhibitor; a dopamine agonist; or a medication suitable to increase the chemical concentrations of the neurotransmitters, selected from amino acids, monoamines, neuropeptides and other agents capable of primary neurotransmission in the synaptic clefts, and their use for treating a neurodegenerative disease in a subject. The invention also relates to: Compositions comprising: at least one phosphodiestersa-5-inhibitor in combination with one or more of the following medications: a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; or a cholinesterase inhibitor, and their use for treating damaged skin in a subject.
Patent CA-2690182-A1 (CA)
Inventor: TAMURA TOSHIRO
IPC: B60R5/04
Filed: 2008-06-11
Abstract: A slide deck device for a vehicle is provided wherein a luggage placement plate can be operated to slide smoothly even if heavy luggage is placed on the front or rear end of the luggage placement plate and also wherein no adverse effect occurs in subsequent sliding operations.     The slide deck device includes upper rollers 69 which are mounted to the upper rails 52, 53, 70, 71 and 87 to be positioned in front of rearmost lower rollers of the lower rollers 64, are positioned in the lower rails 25, are spaced away from ceiling surfaces 31 of the lower rails and the bottom surfaces 30 of the lower rails when in contact with the bottom surfaces, and come in contact with the ceiling surfaces to be rotatable thereon when some of the lower rollers move away from the bottom surfaces and the ceiling surfaces.
Patent CA-2691825-A1 (CA)
Inventor: JACOBSON MARK J
IPC: C07K1/00
Filed: 2008-06-27
Abstract: The present invention provides a novel isolated plasmid, wherein the plasmid is a native plasmid found in unique C.  botulinum type A strains and encode either BoNT/ A3 or BoNT/ A4 and BoNT/B.  The present invention also provides a method of obtaining a plasmid-encoded botulinum neurotoxin and botulinum neurotoxin complex comprising the step of isolating a plasmid en-coding the cntA/A or cntA/B neurotoxin gene and genes encoding protein components of the toxin complex from a C. botulinum type A strain. The inventors performed comparative analyses of representative BoNT/A subtype strains by pulsed-field gel electrophore-sis (PFGE) and Southern hybridizations with probes specific for the BoNT/A and B genes, cntA/A and cntA/B. Unexpectedly, the inventors determined that the genes encoding BoNT/ A3 in the A3 strain, and BoNT/ A4 and BoNT/B in the A4 strain, are on plas-mids.
Patent CA-2693296-A1 (CA)
Inventor: GILLIES STEPHEN D
IPC: C12N15/09
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: Disclosed are methods for producing fusion proteins with the heterodimeric cytokine, interleukin-12. In order to insure that the proper ratio of fused and non-fused subunits are obtained in the fusion protein, a specific stepwise approach to genetic engineering is used. This consists of first expressing the non-fused p40 IL-12 subunit in a production cell line, followed by or simultaneously expressing in the same cell, a second recombinant fusion protein consisting of the fused polypeptide linked by a peptide bond to the p35 subunit of IL-12. Molecules containing the p35 fusion protein cannot be secreted from the transfected mammalian cell without first complexing in a one to one ratio with the p40 subunit, thus ensuring the production of active heterodimeric fusion proteins.
Patent CA-2694853-A1 (CA)
Inventor: WHEELER LUCIE B
IPC: C10G21/00
Filed: 2010-03-01
Abstract: A process allowing the removal of contaminants from an unstable oil produced by thermal or catalytic cracking, wherein, in at least one step of the process, mixing of the unstable oil with an impure solvent having a dipole moment greater than 2 is performed.
Patent CA-2696221-A1 (CA)
Title: System and method for enforcing network device provisioning policy
Inventor: MORGAN JANE
IPC: G06F21/62
Filed: 2008-08-14
Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enforcing a network device provisioning policy. In one embodiment, a method may employ a computer based system to restrict access to data center resources, receive provisioning requests for access to the data center resources, authorize the provisioning requests after compliance with the network provisioning policy and allow the network device to access authorized data center resources. In another embodiment, a system includes interfaces for provisioning policy, request and task status information. The information provided by these interfaces is then used to determine compliance with applicable network device provisioning policies and restrict or allow access to the data center resources according to the provisioning policy.