Examples - Utility of the Invention

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• Mechanical
  • Product
    • DISTRIBUTED, UNATTENDED WASTEWASTE MONITORING SYSTEM Patent No. 5,608,171
    • IN SITU PIPELINE REHABILITATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,601,763
    • PRINTING HEAD HAVING BACKSTOP STRUCTURE Patent No. 5,375,935
    • ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED, ADAPTIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,115,698
    • TOTAL ARTIFICIAL HEARTS AND CARDIAC ASSIST DEVICES POWERED AND CONTROLLED BY REVERSIBLE ELECTROHYDRAULIC ENERGY CONVERTERS Patent No. 4,173,796 - The first artifical heart patent.
  • Process
    • DISTRIBUTED, UNATTENDED WASTEWATER MONITORING SYSTEM Patent No. 5,608,171
    • IN SITU PIPELINE REHABILITATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,601,763
    • PROCESS FOR MAKING HELMETS FOR CYCLISTS Patent No. 5,376,318
    • TECHNIQUE FOR RENDERING PACKAGING CHILD RESISTANT Patent No. 5,317,796

• Electrical
  • Product
    • HETEROJUNCTION BIPLOAR TRANSISTOR WITH CRYSTAL ORIENTATION Patent No. 5,717,228
    • ELECTRONIC PROGRAM RECOGNITION AND CHOICE Patent No. 5,485,518
    • SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY HAVING DATA PRESET FUNCTION Patent No. 5,377,142
    • CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent No. 4,405,829
  • Process
    • ELECTRONIC PROGRAM RECOGNITION AND CHOICE Patent No. 5,485,518
    • CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD Patent No. 4,405,829
    • THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW-CONTRAST ANGIOGRAPHY WITH SUPPRESSION OF STATIONARY MATERIAL Patent No. 4,849,697

• Software
  • Product
    • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION Patent No. 5,689,648
    • OBJECT-ORIENTED BOOTING FRAMEWORK Patent No. 5,574,915
    • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA EDITING AND DATA RECOVERY Patent No. 5,574,905
    • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INCONSISTENT PARITY IN AN ARRAY OF STORAGE Patent No. 5,574,882
    • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS WITH DESIRED PROPERTIES Patent No. 5,574,656
    • PRODUCT EVALUATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,526,257
    • PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT GAMING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED ACCUMULATOR Patent No. 5,344,144
    • MULTIMEDIA SEARCH SYSTEM USING A PLURALITY OF ENTRY PATH MEANS WHICH INDICATE INTERRELATEDNESS OF INFORMATION Patent No. 5,241,671
    • VOICE NETWORK SECURITY SYSTEM Patent No. 4,797,672
  • Process
    • OBJECT-ORIENTED BOOTING FRAMEWORK Patent No. 5,574,915
    • METHOD AND AAPPARATUS FOR MULTIMEDIA EDITING AND DATA RECOVERY Patent No. 5,574,905
    • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INCONSISTENT PARITY IN AN ARRAY OF STORAGE Patent No. 5,574,882
    • PRODUCT EVALUATION SYSTEM Patent No. 5,526,257
    • PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT GAMING SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED ACCUMULATOR Patent No. 5,344,144

• Chemical
  • Product
    • CO-CONDENSATION PRODUCT AND RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME Patent No. 5,717,053
    • POSITIVE QUINONE DIAZIDE SULFONIC ACID ESTER RESIST COMPOSITION CONTAINING SELECT HYDROXY COMPOUND ADDITIVE Patent No. 5,376,497
    • EXTRAVASCULAR CIRCULATION OF OXYGENATION SYNTHETIC NUTRIENTS TO TREAT TISSUE HYPOXIC AND ISCHEMIC DISORDERS Patent No. 4,758,431
  • Process
    • CO-CONDENSATION PRODUCT AND RUBBER COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME Patent No. 5,717,053
    • TURFGRASS INSECTICIDES Patent No. 5,358,966

• Biotechnology
  • Product
    • FERTILE TRANSGENIC ZEA MAYS PLANT COMPRISING HETEROLOGOUS DNA ENCODING BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS ENDOTOXIN Patent No. 5,484,956
    • BIOCATALYZED LEACHING OF PRECIOUS METAL VALUES Patent No. 5,449,397
    • DNA SEQUENCE ENCODING BOVINE AND HUMAN ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE RECEPTORS Patent No. 5,280,112
    • ENANTIOSELECTIVE AMIDASES, DNA SEQUENCES ENCODING THEM, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND UTILIZATION Patent No. 5,260,208
    • VIRUS-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC MICE Patent No. 5,175,385
    • MONOCLONAL ANTI-HUMAN BREAST CANCER ANTIBODIES Patent No. 4,753,894
    • CDNA AND GENE FOR HUMAN ANGIOGENIN (ANGIOGENESIS FACTOR) AND METHODS OF EXPRESSION Patent No. 4,721,672
    • RADIOIMMUNO DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS USING ANTI-TUMOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Patent No. 4,708,862
    • ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC CULTURE SYSTEM Patent No. 4,292,406
    • PLASMID AND PROCESS OF ISOLATING SAME Patent No. 4,273,875
    • ANTIBIOTIC ACANTHOMYCIN AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING Patent No. 4,259,450
  • Process
    • GENE THERAPY Patent No. 5,399,346
    • ENANTIOSELECTIVE AMIDASES, DNA SEQUENCES ENCODING THEM, METHOD OF PREPARATION AND UTILIZATION Patent No. 5,260,208
    • VIRUS-RESISTANT TRANSGENIC MICE Patent No. 5,175,385
    • MONOCLONAL ANTI-HUMAN BREAST CANCER ANTIBODIES Patent No. 4,753,894
    • CDNA AND GENE FOR HUMAN ANGIOGENIN (ANGIOGENESIS FACTOR) AND METHODS OF EXPRESSION Patent No. 4,721,672
    • RADIOIMMUNO DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS USING ANTI-TUMOR MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY Patent No. 4,708,862
    • PROCESS FOR AMPLIFYING NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES Patent No. 4,683,202 - The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) patent.
    • ANAEROBIC THERMOPHILIC CULTURE SYSTEM Patent No. 4,292,406
    • PLASMID AND PROCESS OF ISOLATING SAME Patent No. 4,273,875
    • ANTIBIOTIC ACANTHOMYCIN AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING Patent No. 4,259,450
    • PROCESS FOR PRODUCING BIOLOGICALLY FUNCTIONAL MOLECULAR CHIMERAS Patent No. 4,237,224 - The Cohen-Boyer genetic engineering patent.