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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D652425 | Portion of a display screen with a user interface | 01/17/2012 |
| 8086523 | Credit risk evaluation with responsibility factors A system, device, and method for calculating an enhanced credit score using insurance rating information, individual rating factors, interaction rating factors, geographic rating factors, vehicle monitoring rating factors, and/or credit risk information is disclosed... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8065169 | Real-time insurance estimate based on non-personal identifying information Methods and systems for providing estimated insurance quotes/premiums are described herein. After analyzing rate factors, a subset of rate factors are selected that yield a fairly accurate estimated insurance premium from a minimum amount of information easily obtai... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8046246 | Processing an application for insurance coverage Systems and methods provide customizable insurance according to consumer preferences. Demand simulators may be used to guide the creation of optimized packages of features, which consumers may select from to form an insurance product appropriate for their particular... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046245 | Systems and methods for optimizing property risk ratings Systems and methods provide optimized property risk ratings and, more particularly, optimized property risk ratings defined by evaluating ratings on a by peril basis. Systems and methods also price insurance products and underwrite insurance products using risk data... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046244 | Systems and methods for customizing insurance Systems and methods provide customizable insurance according to consumer preferences. Demand simulators may be used to guide the creation of optimized packages of features, which consumers may select from to form an insurance product appropriate for their particular... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041648 | Retail location services Methods of preparing retail establishments are disclosed. An area for a retail location may be chosen and an individual may be selected to manage the retail location. The selection of the area may include an evaluation of geographical factors. From the area, a retai... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8036968 | Annuity having interest rate coupled to a referenced interest rate The methods described herein provide a guaranteed rate of return for a guarantee period of a financial account while at the same time providing upward adjustments to the interest rate if there is a corresponding increase in a specified referenced rate. The guarantee... | 10/11/2011 |
| D645051 | Portion of a display screen with a color user interface | 09/13/2011 |
| 7996247 | Insurance premium gap analysis A method and apparatus for determining the amount of premium, policies, or quotations needed to improve market share in various geographic locations based on user selected criteria. The method comprises calculating a total estimated expenditure on insurance by zip c... | 08/09/2011 |
| D642589 | Portion of a display screen with a user interface | 08/02/2011 |
| D642194 | Portion of a display screen with a user interface | 07/26/2011 |
| 7937278 | Usage-based insurance cost determination system and method A system and method for calculating and applying insurance costs. For vehicle insurance under one embodiment of the present invention, insurance costs are calculated on a per-mile basis in a nonlinear fashion, assigning different levels of risk based upon the distan... | 05/03/2011 |
| D628626 | Reporting sheet | 12/07/2010 |
| D628625 | Reporting sheet | 12/07/2010 |
| D624120 | Reporting sheet | 09/21/2010 |
| D624119 | Reporting sheet | 09/21/2010 |
| 7774217 | Systems and methods for customizing automobile insurance Systems and methods provide customizable insurance according to consumer preferences. Demand simulators may be used to guide the creation of optimized packages of features, which consumers may select from to form an insurance product appropriate for their particular... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769609 | Systems and methods for determining territorial rates Methods and systems use regions defined by ZIP codes to adjust loss cost data. First, historical loss costs are identified by ZIP code, and then organized into an order. The organized historical loss costs are assigned a unique loss cost value for each ZIP code, whi... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769608 | Systems and methods for optimizing property risk ratings Systems and methods provide optimized property risk ratings and, more particularly, optimized property risk ratings defined by evaluating ratings on a by peril basis. Systems and methods also price insurance products and underwrite insurance products using risk data... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7676414 | Annuity having interest rate coupled to a referenced interest rate An annuity provides a guaranteed rate of return for a guarantee period while at the same time providing upward adjustments to the interest rate if there is a corresponding increase in a specified referenced rate. The guaranteed base interest rate is set at the begin... | 03/09/2010 |
| D607463 | Portion of a display screen showing a user interface | 01/05/2010 |
| 7624058 | Annuity having interest rate coupled to a referenced interest rate An annuity provides a guaranteed rate of return for a guarantee period while at the same time providing upward adjustments to the interest rate if there is a corresponding increase in a specified referenced rate. The guaranteed base interest rate is set at the begin... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7613644 | Annuity having interest rate coupled to a referenced interest rate An annuity provides a guaranteed rate of return for a guarantee period while at the same time providing upward adjustments to the interest rate if there is a corresponding increase in a specified referenced rate. The guaranteed base interest rate is set at the begin... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7596542 | Systems and methods for creating geographic connection matrices ZIP code connection matrices are created for use in insurance ratemaking by identifying common borders of geographically defined regions. ZIP codes and associated cartographic boundaries are read from a database. Pairs of coordinates for the boundaries are stored in... | 09/29/2009 |
| D587725 | Portion of a display screen with a user interface | 03/03/2009 |
| 7080032 | Annuity having interest rate coupled to a referenced interest rate An annuity provides a guaranteed rate of return for a guarantee period while at the same time providing upward adjustments to the interest rate if there is a corresponding increase in a specified referenced rate, which may be a United States Treasury rate or an inte... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6584467 | Method and apparatus for obtaining data from vendors in real time A system and method of controlling a computer network to obtain information needed to render risk evaluative decisions from vendors in real time. The information may be obtained for agents preparing insurance applications or for an automated application p... | 06/24/2003 |
| 5809478 | Method for accessing and evaluating information for processing an application for insurance A method of controlling a computer network to render information needs and risk evaluative decisions includes the matching of profiles, defined by data characteristics and collective characteristics, to customer data. Multiple profiles are matched to arri... | 09/15/1998 |
