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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152129 | Plinths constructed of plastic material A plinth constructed of plastics material including a platform; a continuous side wall depending from said platform and adapted to rest on the ground, said side wall including one or more peripheral portions and one or more divider portions, each of said one or more... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8141730 | Closures for multiple component containers A closure for a multiple component container includes an insert (12), a piston (20) and a cap (10). The insert (12) and the piston (20) define a reservoir and the insert (12) comprises a fixed cylindrical wall (26) an... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139684 | Apparatus and method for processing multi-channel signals and multi-channel receiver using the same Disclosed is a multi-channel signal receiver technology. An RF front-end in an RF receiver receiving at least two RF signals with different transmission bandwidths includes: at least two RF tuners receiving, amplifying, and frequency-converting the at least two RF s... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123054 | Dispensing caps for beverage containers A drinking cap includes a first tubular portion (10) for connection to the mouth of a beverage container and an elongate actuating member (26) situated at least partly within the first tubular portion (10) and connected to it by a resilient, ann... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119545 | Forming a silicon nitride film by plasma CVD Provided is a plasma CVD device. In the plasma CVD device, in producing a silicon nitride film while controlling the size of a band gap by CVD, microwaves are introduced into a treatment vessel by a flat antenna having a plurality of holes. The plasma CVD is carried... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118828 | Retrievable blood clot filter and method of retrieving A compact retrievable blood clot filter and a method of retrieving the filter. The retrievable filter has a primary hub, a set of filter struts having a conical configuration and extending from the primary hub, and a set of alignment struts connected to the filter s... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118185 | Container closures including a retaining flange and a cutter A closure for a container comprises a circular closure plate (2, 4), integral with the outer edge of which is a depending skirt (8), integrally connected to the lower end of which by means of a resilient annular integral hinge (10) is an annular... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114070 | Methods and systems for treating BPH using electroporation A system for treating benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) of a prostate. At least first and second mono-polar electrodes are configured to be introduced at or near a BPH tissue site of the prostate gland of the patient. A voltage pulse generator is coupled to the firs... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8105738 | Developing method Disclosed is a developing method that performs a developing for forming a second resist pattern after forming and exposing a resist film on a surface of a substrate on which a first resist pattern is formed. The method includes a first process for developing the sub... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104948 | Processing liquid mixing apparatus and method, substrate processing apparatus, and storage medium A processing liquid mixing apparatus and method capable of maintaining a mixing ratio of the processing liquid produced in a mixing tank constant, a substrate processing apparatus including the processing liquid mixing apparatus, and a storage medium storing a progr... | 01/31/2012 |
| D651868 | Food slicer | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090407 | Contactless smart SIM A mobile communicator including a housing including a main portion and a removable portion, cellular telephone circuitry located within the main portion of the housing, a SIM card mounted in the main portion of the housing, a battery mounted between the removable po... | 01/03/2012 |
| RE43009 | Apparatus and method for reducing subcutaneous fat deposits by electroporation An apparatus and method for minimally invasive treatment of deep subcutaneous fat deposits in lieu of cosmetic surgery is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a high voltage pulse generator connected to two or more needle electrodes at least one of which is configured... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069280 | Direct memory access apparatus for sending data stored in memory separately from an operation of a main processor and direct memory access method using the same There is provided a direct memory access apparatus and a direct memory access method. The direct memory access apparatus of the present invention comprises: a variable transmission rule map unit for setting a transmission rule with a variable block length and... | 11/29/2011 |
| D648867 | Lighting support post | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053697 | Keyboard, linkage assembly set, and method of assembling a keyboard A keyboard includes a keyboard base, a membrane circuit substrate, and a press key set having a plurality of press keys. Each of the press keys includes: a keycap, a linkage assembly including intersecting first and second link levers, and a first pivot mechanism to... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8034179 | Method for insulating film formation, storage medium from which information is readable with computer, and processing system In order to form an insulating film, which constitutes a flat interface with silicon, by CVD, a surface of silicon is oxidized to form a silicon oxide film using a plasma treatment apparatus in which microwaves are introduced into a chamber through a flat antenna ha... | 10/11/2011 |
| RE42835 | Apparatus and method for reducing subcutaneous fat deposits by electroporation with improved comfort of patients An apparatus and method for non-invasive treatment in lieu of cosmetic surgery is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a combination of a high and low voltage pulse generators connected to two or more electrodes placed on a treatment site of the patient's body. High v... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8011641 | Carburettors A carburettor includes a flow duct (4) including rich (8) and lean (10) passages in parallel, through which, in use, air flows and which are separated by a substantially planar partition (6). At least one fuel jet (12, 14, 16) comm... | 09/06/2011 |
| D641067 | Pneumatic gun | 07/05/2011 |
| 7952043 | Keyboard with backlighting functionality A keyboard with backlighting functionality includes: a membrane circuit substrate having an upper circuit sheet, an insulator sheet, and a lower circuit sheet laminated together in sequence; a press key set having a plurality of press keys that are disposed on the m... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942873 | Cavity ablation apparatus and method Ablation devices and associated methods are provided for use in ablating the margin of a cavity such as a surgical or body cavity. The ablation apparatus includes an integral or connected elongate probe and an elongate sleeve. Suction can be applied with a vacuum so... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7458967 | Endovascular treatment apparatus and method An endovascular sheath device for use with a thermal treatment apparatus is provided. The device includes a longitudinal tube which is designed to receive a thermal treatment device and is designed to be inserted into a blood vessel. An ultrasonically visible reinfo... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455675 | Device and method for withdrawing a tubular body part A device for withdrawing a tubular body part such as a varicose vein is provided. A needle is inserted through a skin. The needle contains therein an engaging element in an undeployed state. After the needle is inserted, the engaging element is pushed out of the nee... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7398666 | Method of and installation for rolling in-process stock The invention relates to a method of rolling a strip-shaped in-process stock, in particular a metal strip, with which, a metal strip (3) is unwound from a coil (2, 7) held on an unwinding reel (1, 6), is fed into a reversing rolling mill (8 | 07/15/2008 |
| 7385014 | Use of ethylenically unsaturated isocyanate derivatives for covalently bonding impurities in curable compositions having active hydrogen atoms The use of ethylenically unsaturated isocyanate derivatives of the general Formula (I) as an agent for covalently bonding impurities, plasticizers and or desensitizing agents, having active hydrogen atoms, is described in c... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385796 | Fire safety fusible link electrical terminal block An electrical terminal block has a heat-meltable fusible link establishing a closed electrical circuit between a conductor and an actuator responsive to a control signal transmitted by conductor for controlling the state of an emergency process control device, such ... | 06/10/2008 |
| D569614 | Handbag | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370658 | Dental flosser with bendable head A dental flossing device includes: (a) a handle having proximal and distal ends, (b) a flosser head extending from the distal end of the handle, the flosser head having a base, two spaced apart arms extending from the base and having distal ends, and a strand of den... | 05/13/2008 |
| D560357 | Handbag | 01/29/2008 |
| 7252155 | Percussive power tool with flushing head A power tool (1) having a striking means (5), by which a percussive tool (2) that can be driven at least partially along an axis (A) struck directly and having a flushing bore (4) extending at least partially longitudinally through a tool... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7141331 | Battery pack A battery pack includes a housing (3) having a plurality of cooling opening (2a, 2b) formed therein, and at least one separation wall (5) formed of a plurality of current cells (4) arranged flow-tight adjacent to each... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121360 | Hand-held power tool A hand-held power tool includes a percussion mechanism (3) arranged in the tool housing (2), and a motor (4) for driving the percussion mechanism and connected therewith by a gear unit (5), with the percussion mechanism including an eccen... | 10/17/2006 |
| 6991424 | Gas friction pump A gas friction pump includes stationary (6) and rotatable (5) pump-active elements secured on a rotor shaft (4) and forming with the rotor shaft components of the rotor, with the rotor shaft (4) being supported by two, spaced from each ot... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6924349 | Copolyester resin and articles using the same Disclosed is a copolyester resin composed mainly of terephthalic acid, ethyleneglycol, 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol, polyethyleneglycol bisphenol-A and a multifunctional monomer. According to the current invention, the multifunctional monomer and polyethyleneglycol bis... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6683913 | Narrowband noise canceller A high-speed receiver, adapted to receive signals over an input line in the presence of narrowband radio frequency interference (RFI). The receiver includes a RFI canceller module, which is coupled to receive samples of the interference from the input lin... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6618603 | Apparatus for measurement and control of the content of glucose, lactate or other metabolites in biological fluids An apparatus for the continuous measurement of glucose and lactate in interstitial fluids including a glucose measurement cell, an A/D conversion block, a memory block and a bi-directional communication between the interface block and an external calculat... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6491056 | Sprinkler alarm test and drainage device for fire protection systems A combined alarm test and drain device for a fire protection sprinkler system is disclosed. The apparatus is based on a globe valve and has certain specific modifications for the purposes of draining the system and allowing for flow through a specifically... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6293348 | Low pressure actuator for dry sprinkler system A low pressure actuator for use in a dry, low-pressure, pressurized-gas, fire control and suppression sprinkler system for delivering an extinguishing liquid to a fire, wherein there is a system gas pressure of up to about 20 psi and an extinguishing liqu... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6216899 | Dismountable container The present invention refers to a box for transporting and storing different products, which is made of wood and can be fully assembled and disassembled. The box is suitably used for transporting pieces and automotive parts for long distances. The improve... | 04/17/2001 |
