Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations for the control of the expression of genes relevant to diseases.

Preparations for diagnosis and analysis of cardiovascular diseases, inflammations, autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, gastro-intestinal diseases, Crohn<s diseases, ulcerative colitis, diabetes, nephropathy, retinopathy, vasculopathy, vasculitis, transplant rejections, graft versus host and host versus graft diseases, ischaemia, hypertension, aneurysms, renal failure, pulmonary diseases, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, infectious and post infectious diseases, namely asthma bronchialis, atopic dermatitis, ulcerative colitis, Morbus Crohn, psioriasis, sarkoidosis, bronchitis, endocarditis, hepatitis, myocarditis, nephritis, pericarditis, peritonitis, pancreatitis and septic shock, immunological disorders, namely immunological hypersensitivity reactions, allergic rhinitis, drug and food allergies, urticaria, celiac disease (sprue), contact eczema, the immune complex diseases, alveolitis, arthritis, glomerulonephritis, allergic vasculitis, inflammatory chondo- and osteopathies, arthrosis, gout, ostitis, osteomyelitis, and polyneuritis, as well as acute and subacute respectively, allergic reactions, rhinitis, coronary heart diseases, restenosis, metabolic disorders, malignancies, except neurological disorders.

Nucleic acids for medical, analytical and diagnostic purposes.

Instruction and continuing education in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, medicine and pharmacology; organization of, arranging and conducting conferences, conventions and symposiums; organization of, arranging and conducting seminars and workshops in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, medicine and pharmacology.

Scientific and industrial research and consulting in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, medicine and pharmacology; identification of target structures for the development of medicaments, namely polypeptides and nucleic acids; investigation and development of medicaments and therapies, namely for the control of the expression of genes relevant to diseases; development of processes and products for scientific and industrial research in the fields of molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, medicine and pharmacology; development of nucleic acids.

Moderators, reflectors and structural parts for nuclear reactors consisting of carbon, or graphite, or of carbon reinforced with carbon fibers.

Graphite salts and intercalation compounds of graphite for industrial purposes namely, for the production of expanded graphite.

Expanded graphite as bulk material or loosematerial, used for the production of graphite foils, graphite laminates, packing, sealing material and heat-insulating materials.

Graphite foils in rolls, laminated sheets, special shapes and in the form of reinforced graphite foils used for the production of sealing systems in the chemical, power-generation, refinery, automotive, paper and process equipment industries; graphite foils in rolls, laminated sheets and special shapes used as components for fuel cells and high-temperature furnace insulation.

Oxidized acrylic fibers for the manufacture of fire retardant textiles and fire retardant linings for the use in means of conveyance of passengers; oxidized acrylic fibers for thermal and sound insulation; multifilament carbon and graphite fibers for reinforcing thermoplastics and improved conductivity of plastics; multifilament carbon and graphite fibers and woven carbon, and graphite fiber fabrics for space shuttle, rocket motors and sports equipment applications; carbon and graphite felts for the semiconductor industry and insulation of high temperature furnaces; carbon fiber reinforced plastics for medical, paper, film/foil and printing industries; carbon fiber reinforced carbon for use in the semiconductor industry and furnace construction.

Graphite electrodes for the production of steel in electric arc furnace; carbon electrodes for the production of silicon metal and phosphorus; cathodes made from carbon and graphite for the manufacture of primary aluminum; furnace linings made from carbon and graphite blocks for the manufacture of liquid iron and primary aluminum.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the semiconductor technology namely, components made of high purity graphite for pulling silicon monocrystals, susceptors for the epitaxy of silicon wafers, heating elements for pulling optical fibers, high purity components for further processing procedures such as ion implantation, plasma etching, and electron beam evaporation, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the metallurgy industry, namely strip casting dies for continuous casting of nonferrous metal strips, heating elements and contacts for vacuum steel degassing systems, gas-injection tubes and distribution systems for refining aluminum melts, blocks for casting dies for railroad wheels, vacuum sintering furnace, electrodes for Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) of forging and injection molding dies, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the process technology and chemical industry, namely, heat exchangers, system for processing chlorine-containing flue and wastes gases, condensers, distillation plants, evaporators, chemical reactors, rupture discs, pumps and linings, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the energy industry, namely electrical contacts for generators in power plants, sealing rings for turbines of a hydroelectric plant, tiles for lining nuclear fusion reactors, graphite components for arc extinguishing in high-voltage circuit breakers, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the transportation industry namely, current collectors, pantograph sliding strips and carbon brushes for current transmission, carbon brushes, gasoline, water and hydraulic pumps for the automobile industry, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for use in mechanical engineering industry namely, vanes and end disks for dry-running vane-type pumps, sliding rings for shaft seals in pumps, bearings and seals in pumps, pistons for combustion engines, commutator of DC generator, carbon brushes for direct-current drive in conveying systems, carbon brushes for current transfer in electric motors and generators, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for medical and laboratory technology, namely, tubes and electrodes for atomic absorption, atomic emission and x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, crucibles for determining the oxygen and nitrogen contents of metals and for carrying out chemical analysis, x-ray tube with rotating anode, crucibles for melting precious metal alloys in dentistry and metallurgy, mechanical heart valves, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.

Machinery, equipment, parts and components thereof for the glass and ceramics industry, namely, electrodes and heating elements for the manufacture of high purity quartz products, mold for the production of glass jars, heating elements and parts for float glass systems for the continuous manufacture of large-format plate glass inductively heated high-temperature facilities with susceptors for the manufacture of high-performance ceramics, support for coating cutting tool inserts, all the aforementioned goods being made of specialty graphite.