Author: claimsbot

1. An isolated nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which comprises the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5.
2. The nucleic acid according to claim 1 comprising bases 16 through 546 of SEQ ID NO: 4.
3. An isolated nucleic acid having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which has an amino acid sequence that differs from that shown in SEQ ID NO: 5 and which has at least 95% amino acid sequence identity with the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein said nucleic acid upon introduction into a plant inhibits switching of apical meristem to a floral fate and delays flowering.
4. The nucleic acid according to claim 1 or claim 3 further comprising a regulatory sequence for expression of said nucleotide sequence.
5. The nucleic acid according to claim 4 wherein the regulatory sequence comprises an inducible promoter.
6. A nucleic acid vector suitable for transformation of a plant cell wherein said vector comprises the nucleic acid according to claim 1 or claim 3.
7. A host cell transformed with the nucleic acid according to claim 1 or claim 3, wherein said nucleic acid is heterologous to the host cell and wherein said host cell is a microbial or plant cell.
8. The host cell according to claim 7, wherein said host cell is a microbial cell.
9. The host cell according to claim 7, wherein said host cell is a plant cell.
10. The plant cell according to claim 9, wherein said nucleic acid is incorporated within a chromosome of the plant cell.
11. The plant cell according to claim 10, wherein said plant cell has more than one copy of said nucleic acid per haploid genome.
12. A plant comprising the plant cell according to claim 9.
13. The plant according to claim 12, wherein said plant does not breed true.
14. A part or propagule of a plant, wherein said part or propagule comprises the plant cell according to claim 9.
15. A method of delaying of delaying flowering in a plant, the method comprising introducing the nucleic acid according to claim 1 within cells of the plant, wherein said nucleic acid is heterologous to the plant, and wherein expression of said polypeptide results in delayed flowering.
16. A method of delaying the flowering of a plant, the method comprising introducing the nucleic acid according to claim 3 within cells of the plant, wherein said nucleic acid is heterologous to the plant, wherein said nucleic acid is heterologous to the plant, and wherein expression of said polypeptide results in delayed flowering.
17. A method of inhibiting switching of apical meristem to a floral fate in a plant, the method comprising introducing the nucleic acid according to claim 1 or claim 3 within cells of the plant, wherein said nucleic acid is heterologous to the plant, and wherein expression of said polypeptide results in inhibiting switching of apical meristems.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An RFID system comprising: an interrogator comprising a microcontroller, a transmitter, a frequency modulator, a receiver, and a single antenna; and a correlated set containing a plurality of first object transponder pairs, wherein each said first object transponder pair comprises an antenna and a unique ASIC; and wherein the interrogator generates a plurality of unique interrogation signals, each of the plurality of first object transponder pairs being responsive to one such unique interrogation signal.
2. The RFID system, according to claim 1, wherein each said first object transponder pair further comprises audible signaling means.
3. An RFID method to collate a set of objects comprising: providing an interrogator comprising: a microcontroller, a transmitter, a frequency modulator, a receiver, and a single antenna; using said interrogator, radiating a plurality of unique interrogation signals to a correlated set containing a plurality of first object transponder pairs, each of the plurality of first object transponder pairs being responsive to one of the unique interrogation signals; and wherein each said first object transponder pair comprises an antenna and a unique ASIC; energizing said ASIC using energy received from the interrogator; initializing said ASIC and broadcasting a unique identity signal therefrom.
4. The RFID method to collate a set of object, according to claim 3, wherein said identity signal is a coded radiofrequency field.
5. The RFID method to collate a set of object, according to claim 3, wherein, said identify signal is an audible signal.
6. The RFID method to collate a set of object, according to claim 4, further comprising: determining a non-reporting member of said correlated set; and displaying in indication of said non-reporting member.

1. Antibiotic FKI-1778 represented by the following formula I:
wherein R is
2. A composition FKI-1778 comprising FKI-1778A represented by the following formula II:
andor FKI-1778B represented by the following formula III:
andor FKI-1778C represented by the following formula IV:
andor FKI-1778D represented by the following formula V:
3. A process for production of antibiotic FKI-1778 comprising culturing a microorganism belonging to fungi and having ability to produce antibiotic FKI-1778, accumulating the antibiotic FKI-1778 in the cultured mass and isolating the antibiotic FKI-1778 from said cultured mass.
4. A process for production of composition of FKI-1778 comprising culturing a microorganism belonging to fungi and having ability to produce antibiotic FKI-1778A andor antibiotic FKI-1778B andor antibiotic FKI-1778C andor antibiotic FKI-1778D, accumulating the antibiotic FKI-1778A andor antibiotic FKI-1778B andor antibiotic FKI-1778C andor antibiotic FKI-1778D in the cultured mass and isolating the antibiotic FKI-1778A andor antibiotic FKI-1778B andor antibiotic FKI-1778C andor antibiotic FKI-1778D from said cultured mass.
5. A microorganism, wherein the microorganism belonging to fungi and having ability to produce antibiotic FKI-1778 is Albophoma sp. FKI-1778 FERM BP-08668, and a mutant thereof.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A method for administering devices, the method comprising:
creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics;
selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges;
determining whether the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space;
if the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space, identifying an action; and
executing the identified action.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises:
receiving an instruction from a user; and
retrieving, in dependence upon the instruction, a generic metric space.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises retrieving, in dependence upon a user characteristic, a generic metric space.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises retrieving, in dependence upon a value of a user metric, a generic metric space.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying an action comprises creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the generic metric space.
6. The method of claim 1 comprising creating a user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges.
7. The method of claim 6 comprising determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein identifying an action comprises creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the user metric vector and the generic metric space.
9. A system for administering devices, the system comprising:
means for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics;
means for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges;
determining whether the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space;
if the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space, identifying an action; and
means for executing the identified action.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein means for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises:
means for receiving an instruction from a user; and
means for retrieving, in dependence upon the instruction, a generic metric space.
11. The system of claim 9 wherein means for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises means for retrieving, in dependence upon a user characteristic, a generic metric space.
12. The system of claim 9 wherein means for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises means for retrieving, in dependence upon a value of a user metric, a generic metric space.
13. The system of claim 9 wherein means for identifying an action comprises means for creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the generic metric space.
14. The system of claim 9 comprising means for creating a user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges.
15. The system of claim 14 comprising means for determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.
16. The system of claim 15 wherein means for identifying an action comprises means for creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the user metric vector and the generic metric space.
17. A computer program product for administering devices, the computer program product comprising:
a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user metric vector comprising a plurality of disparate user metrics;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining whether the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space;
if the user metric vector is outside the generic metric space, means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the identified action.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises:
means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving an instruction from a user; and
means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving, in dependence upon the instruction, a generic metric space.
19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving, in dependence upon a user characteristic, a generic metric space.
20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for selecting a generic metric space comprising a plurality of generic metric ranges comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for retrieving, in dependence upon a value of a user metric, a generic metric space.
21. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the generic metric space.
22. The computer program product of claim 17 comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a user metric space comprising a plurality of metric ranges.
23. The computer program product of claim 22 comprising means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining whether the user metric vector is outside the user metric space.
24. The computer program product of claim 23 wherein means, recorded on the recording medium, for identifying an action comprises means, recorded on the recording medium, for creating a dynamic action list in dependence upon the user metric vector and the generic metric space.