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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090013580 | FIREARM MOUNT WITH EMBEDDED SIGHT A laser sight is embedded in a mounting rail otherwise used for attaching accessories to small arms discharge devices such as pistols or rifles. The mounting rail has a transverse profile that extends along an axis of the mounting rail for engaging mating features of th... | 01/15/2009 |
| 20090012375 | Implantable sensor and connector assembly An apparatus is disclosed that provides an implantable sensor assembly configured with signal conditioning circuitry positioned between a sensor and connector to form a unitary liquid impervious flexible structure. The connector is adapted to be detachably connected to ... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20090003815 | Multi Color Autofocus Apparatus and Method An improved autofocus system and method that includes a controllable light source having at least two selectively activated substantially monochromatic output wavelengths adapted for illuminating an object; a camera receiving light from said light source reflected from ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090001710 | DOCUMENT CONTAINING SECURITY IMAGES A document containing security images which enable original documents to be distinguished from copies of the originals. The document may include a background of a first color and an image formed of a second and third color which appear to be the first color when viewed ... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080308551 | INDUCTION FURNACE SUSCEPTOR FOR HEATING A WORKPIECE IN AN INERT ATMOSPHERE OR IN A VACUUM A susceptor is provided for an induction furnace having a cylinder, a top and bottom cover sealing the top and bottom ends of the cylinder, and coolant passages within the cylinder and the covers. A coil surrounds the chamber and is hollow to allow flow of coolant there... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080309128 | Seat Insert, in Particular for a Seat of a Motor Vehicle or an Airplane The invention relates to a seat insert (10), in particular for a motor vehicle or an aeroplane seat (30). Said insert is provided with a gas-tight covering (11). The covering (11) at least partially encloses a volume (14) and has an in... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080312534 | System and method for power management in a telemetric monitoring system An implantable, multichannel pulsed-Doppler biotelemetry system is described that uses novel power management techniques to minimize power consumption to very low levels, thus, making such system suitable for long term implantation. A first power management technique de... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080305217 | FLAVOR DOTS An in-line process for packaging flavor pieces includes printing a flavor slurry onto an advancing bottom barrier web in desired shapes and patterns of flavor pieces. A top barrier web is laminated over the printed flavor slurry joining the top and bottom barrier sheets... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080302937 | SELECTIVELY ADJUSTABLE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY An adjustable attachment mechanism includes an elongate shaft, first and second seats disposed on opposite ends of the shaft, first and second collars, and an actuator. The first and second collars are disposed to translate along the elongate shaft. An inner surface of ... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080304168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FOCAL LENGTH STABILIZATION USING ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is gre... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080297141 | MANIPULATOR FOR POSITIONING A TEST HEAD ON A TESTER A manipulator for positioning a test head is provided with a positioning means by which the test head is three-dimensionally positionable and with a cradle to which the test head is securable and which is connected to the positioning means. The manipulator includes a co... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080288412 | Method and Device For Controlling Distribution And Use of Digital Works The present invention relates to a method and device for controlling distribution and use of a digital work stored together with an attached usage right information on a record carrier. The attached usage right information is encrypted or verified by using a hidden info... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080278493 | METROLOGY METHODS A metrology method of displaying results to a user includes graphically representing a target calibration amount and a tolerance associated with the target calibration on a graph, obtaining a reported reading of an instrument to be tested, and graphically representing t... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080279669 | Storage Rack With a Multiplicity of Rack Units A storage rack with a multiplicity of rack units (4, 5) comprises a stack of interspaced supporting mounts (72), arranged paired at opposing sidewalls (70) of the rack units in forming a storage location (3) for a tote (40). The tote (... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080277852 | CLAMPING FIXTURE WITH ADJUSTABLE ASSEMBLIES The present invention includes a fixture for securing a work piece to a support surface at a machining workstation comprising a base attachable to the support surface and having at least one undercut edge, and, a work piece holder engaging the at least one undercut edge... | 11/13/2008 |
| 20080274868 | FOLDING CARD A three ply folding card. A method of manufacturing folding cards involving folding two edge portions of a sheet over a central portion to superposition two or three plies of the folding card against each other. A blank for forming folding cards having a plurality of pl... | 11/06/2008 |
| 20080264747 | Soft Start Clutch Controller A clutch actuator for an electromechanical clutch having a solenoid actuating coil initially provides power to the solenoid at a high rate by using a high duty cycle pulse with a modulated controller. When the initial engagement of the clutch elements is sensed by a dec... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080270479 | System and Method for Minimization of Calculation Retrieval in a Multidimensional Database A method and a system for updating values in a multidimensional database. The method includes the steps of receiving a value for updating a cell in the multidimensional database; and determining a component cell of the cell. The component cell affects the cell through a... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080264461 | AIR CONDITIONED TENT ASSEMBLY A tent assembly is provided wherein an air conditioner is operably engaged with the tent to allow selective cooling of an interior of the tent. The tent includes a sealing sleeve to seal about a periphery of the air conditioner, so that the air conditioner exhausts to t... | 10/30/2008 |
| 20080251021 | ORGANIC WASTE TREATMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING VERMICOMPOSTING A system is provided for thermophilically conditioning organic wastes of a substantially predetermined composition to form a feedstock which is applied to an upper surface of a worm bed. The worm bed is maintained in a dominantly mesophilic regime, wherein vermicastings... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080249731 | FITTING MEASURED DATA POINTS TO TOLERANCE ZONES HAVING REGARD FOR THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE MEASUREMENTS Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the measurement data are exploited to fit uncertainty zones associated with t... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080245802 | DRAIN PAN ASSEMBLY A drain pan assembly for receiving liquids from air conditioners, refrigerators, and freezers comprising a blank having peripheral edges, base forming fold lines, and corner piece forming fold lines, wherein at least two corner piece forming fold lines and a portion of ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080237167 | Storage Rack A storage rack comprises a plurality of stacked supporting ledges each spaced away from each other arranged in pairs on facing sidewalls for receiving plate-type carriers for stored articles. Storage and retrieval of the carriers in the storage rack is provided by means... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080241770 | TOPCOAT FOR INITIALIZING THERMALLY REWRITABLE MEDIA A thermally rewritable instrument, such as a card, tag, ticket, or label, includes a substrate and a thermosensitive optical recording medium on a front or back face of the substrate. A topcoat in the form of a high-temperature coating is applied over the thermosensitiv... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080241521 | OXYGEN ABSORBING PLASTIC STRUCTURE Multilayer oxygen absorbing structure comprising at least two reactive oxygen scavenging layers arranged in sequence: a rapidly absorbing highly reactive oxygen-scavenging system, comprising an oxygen permeable matrix polymer and an oxygen scavenger, and a long life lay... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080239420 | AGILE HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL PHASED ARRAY DEVICE AND APPLICATIONS A device that provides light beam switching, agile steering of the light beam over a range of angles, and generation of arbitrary wavefront shapes with high spatial and temporal resolution. The agile device can include a volume diffractive structure comprising Bragg pla... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080235263 | Automating Creation of Digital Test Materials A system and method for automatically creating a digital test materials to qualify and test forms processing systems, including preparing a handprint snippet database containing labeled handprint image snippets representing a unique human hand, preparing a form descript... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080235093 | MOBILE PHONE IMAGE PROCESSING FOR PROMOTIONAL ENTERPRISE A promotional system initiated by capturing encoded images with mobile phones supports interactions between customers and vendors. A host site receives and decodes an information-bearing image captured with a customer's mobile phone. The image preferably appears on a ve... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080229638 | WEATHER PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR SIGNAGE A weather protection system for a sign having a planar surface, the system comprising a frame coupled to the sign, the frame having a plurality of struts, a first end of the frame arranged proximal to the planar surface of the sign and a second end arranged distal to th... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080219814 | HANDLING DEVICE FOR POSITIONING A TEST HEAD AT A TEST STATION A handling device for positioning a test head, in particular at a test station, is provided with positioning means enabling the test head to be positioned with respect to three dimensions. The handling device also has a mounting on which the test head can be attached an... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080221977 | Method for Statistical Process Control for Data Entry Systems A method for integrated or Web based statistical process control of a data capture/data entry system we call AIMED@Q SPC™ (“Automatic Integration and Management of Enterprise Data Quality—Statistical Process Control”). Test images of machine print, handprint, or... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080219557 | Process Performance Evaluation for Enterprise Data Systems A method using integrated software and algorithms for measuring, modeling, benchmarking and validating any Enterprise Content management system, forms processing data capture system or data entry system, including, at the user's option, ingest of special engineered test... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080207434 | CLEAN, COMPRESSED SORBENT TABLETS A pressed sorbent form includes a sorbent and a binder. The sorbent is chosen from the group including silica gel, molecular sieve, activated carbon, and clay. The binder is powdered ethyl vinyl acetate.... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080202229 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING A TIRE, IN PARTICULAR BY MEANS OF AN INTERFEROMETRIC MEASURING METHOD A device for testing a tire with two sidewalls and a tread portion in particular by means of an interferometric measuring method, is provided with a measuring unit with which the tire can be scanned to generate a measurement result, and with a positioning means for the ... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080191503 | GOLF BALL RETRIEVER A ball retriever includes a basket and an elongate arm. The basket has a bottom, a sidewall, and an open top. The bottom of the basket has an aperture therethrough sized smaller than a ball to be retrieved. At least a portion of the bottom proximate the aperture is defo... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080191976 | Voltage-Programming Scheme for Current-Driven Arnoled Displays A system and method for driving an AMOLED display is provided. The AMOLED display includes a plurality of pixel circuits. A voltage-programming scheme, a current-programming scheme or a combination thereof is applied to drive the display. Threshold shift information, an... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080174691 | STROBED IMAGE ACQUISITION GUIDED BY RANGE SENSOR Apparatus for sequentially imaging an object while maintaining focus includes a camera having a selectable image capture mode, an objective lens optically coupled to the camera, an optical range sensor operating through the objective lens, a strobe illuminator, and a co... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080175313 | METHODS OF ADAPTIVE ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO SIGNALS A method of encoding video signals includes obtaining, averaging, offsetting, and replacing steps. In the obtaining step, a first value comprising a value of a video characteristic for a first portion of a first video signal and a second value comprising a value of the ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080170930 | TRANSPORT ASSEMBLY A device for picking up, transporting and sorting electronic components in particular integrated circuits includes at least one loading device, one transport device, and one unloading device. The transport device has at least one transport wheel which is rotatable aroun... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080168974 | Magazine Assembly for Presenting a Pressure Cartridge to a Compressed Gas Powered Device A magazine assembly presents a pressure cartridge to a compressed gas powered device, such as a gun, wherein the magazine assembly has a cartridge support biased with respect to a magazine to urge the pressure cartridge to a short (or seated) position, wherein an interl... | 07/17/2008 |
