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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8094679 | Apparatus, method and computer program product for providing automated backup to TDM network connections over an IP network An automated telecommunications backup system includes a first system operable to monitor a primary time division multiplexing (TDM) link on a TDM network for a failure condition and a second system operable to back up at least a portion of the telecommunications tr... | 01/10/2012 |
| D651851 | Grill | 01/10/2012 |
| D651850 | Cooking housing for a portable countertop electric oven | 01/10/2012 |
| D651456 | Portable countertop electric oven | 01/03/2012 |
| D651448 | Cooktop | 01/03/2012 |
| D651040 | Mixer | 12/27/2011 |
| 8005740 | Using accounting data based indexing to create a portfolio of financial objects A system, method and computer program product creates an index based on accounting based data, as well as a portfolio of financial objects based on the index where the portfolio is weighted according to accounting based data. A passive investment system may be based... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996264 | System and method for consumer-selected advertising and branding in interactive media A user of an interactive medium may select advertising for display on the user's avatar, property, or other user-associated environment. The invention presents one or more advertisements to the user and allows the user to select at least one advertisement to display... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7968236 | Forced air fuel cell power system A portable electricity generation device comprises a plurality of fuel cells, each fuel cell having an anode end with a catalyst facilitating the separation of hydrogen atoms into electrons and protons, a cathode end facilitating the combination of the electrons and... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964824 | System, method and computer program product for programmable counter-top electric oven A multi-stage cooking method for a counter-top electric oven is provided. The oven may include at least one cooking element and at least one control system coupled to the cooking element, the control system including a processor, a storage device, and an input inter... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7914945 | Fuel cell power and management system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as tec... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7893651 | System for a fuel cell power and management system There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as tec... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888906 | Power unit for a fuel cell power and management system There are many inventions described and illustrated herein. In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a portable fuel cell power and management system (for example, hydrogen and/or methanol based systems), components and/or elements thereof, as well as tec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7797168 | System and method for consumer-selected advertising and branding in interactive media Participants in an interactive environment implemented by computer networks and other media such as interactive television are recruited to advertise products and brands to the other participants and viewers that are users of the media. Each participant may select f... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7792719 | Valuation indifferent non-capitalization weighted index and portfolio A passive investment system based on indices created from various metrics is disclosed. The indexes may be built by selecting and weighting securities by an objective measure of scale such as accounting metrics rather than market capitalization weighting, price weig... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7778905 | Separate trading of registered interest and principal of securities system, method and computer program product A computer program product embodied on a computer readable medium may enable a computer processor to perform a method for generating a correlated investment. The method may include the steps of: discounting to present value one or more future liabilities at a discou... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7747502 | Using accounting data based indexing to create a portfolio of assets A system, method and computer program product creates an index based on accounting based data, as well as a portfolio of financial objects based on the index where the portfolio is weighted according to accounting based data. A passive investment system may be based... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7702781 | System and method of storing data files at a remote storage facility A system may include a network, a remote storage facility coupled to the network, and a client coupled to the network. The client may be adapted to receive a store command for a data file, to prompt a user for a file name for the data file, and to receive a paramete... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7693580 | Radiant therapeutic wrist heating pad A radiant therapeutic wrist heating pad, which is not hot to the touch, provides substantial infrared radiation to a user's wrist to alleviate symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. It can be used for extended periods without feeling uncomfortable to the skin, while im... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7691503 | Modular fuel cell power system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same The present inventions relate to power systems (for example, fuel cell power systems) and architectures having an integration plane to incorporate various technology modules therein including, for example, one or more fuel cell stacks, fuel storage containers/tanks ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7691502 | Modular fuel cell power system, and technique for controlling and/or operating same The present inventions relate to power systems (for example, fuel cell power systems) and architectures having an integration plane to incorporate various technology modules therein including, for example, one or more fuel cell stacks, fuel storage containers/tanks ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685118 | Method using ontology and user query processing to solve inventor problems and user problems A system, method and computer program product for solving a problem based on ontology methods for data/knowledge presentation and processing, may be implemented in a linguistic processing module. The basic components of the linguistic processing module may be a ling... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7678482 | Forced air fuel cell power system A portable electricity generation device comprises a plurality of fuel cells, each fuel cell having an anode end with a catalyst facilitating the separation of hydrogen atoms into electrons and protons, a cathode end facilitating the combination of the electrons and... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676998 | Multi-family, multi-unit building with townhouse facade having individual garages and entries An exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a multifamily dwelling which may include: at least one building, which may include: a townhouse façade on at least a front of the building; at least three dwelling units in the building, each of the at le... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7675520 | System, method and computer program for creating two dimensional (2D) or three dimensional (3D) computer animation from video In an exemplary embodiment of the present invention a system, method and computer program product for creating at least a two dimensional or three dimensional (3D) datastream from a video with moving objects is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment of the present in... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7663262 | System and method for converting wind into mechanical energy for a building and the like A system for converting an airflow into mechanical or electrical energy and dimensioned to be attachable to a structure. The system includes a leading edge member, a pair of drawtube arrays, and an energy conversion device located between the pair of drawtube arrays... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7657321 | Radiant therapeutic wrist heating pad A radiant therapeutic wrist heating pad, which is not hot to the touch, provides substantial infrared radiation to a user's wrist to alleviate symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome. It can be used for extended periods without feeling uncomfortable to the skin, while im... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7620577 | Non-capitalization weighted indexing system, method and computer program product A passive investment system based on indices created from various metrics is disclosed. The indexes may be built with metrics other than market capitalization weighting, price weighting or equal weighting. These metrics may include, but are not limited to book value... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7591153 | Yarn delivering apparatus having a yarn return operating mode A yarn delivering apparatus comprises a yarn delivering wheel having a drive, as well as a yarn storing device having a yarn. laying device which is provided with its own yarn layer drive. A control device controls both drives, providing for a pure positive operatio... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7590942 | System, method and computer program product for documenting and managing execution of procedures in a graphical interface environment A system, method and computer program product for describing a process visually, converting the visual description to an intermediate format, and directing the process. ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587352 | Method and apparatus for managing a virtual portfolio of investment objects A method of managing financial object(s), on a computer, including but not limited to managing a virtual portfolio of the objects where the portfolio may include a collection of objects managed collectively but tracked separately with separately owned lots on behalf... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7580880 | System, method and computer program product for administering securities funded by a municipal arbitrage portfolio (MAP) A system, method, and computer program product for implementing municipal arbitrage portfolios are set forth herein. A first investment fund that is compliant with the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 1940 Act) uses a special purpose trust that: (i) issues at lea... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7570863 | Cable storage device and method for handling cable ends In order to make possible simple operation of a cable storage device it is proposed that a multitude of cable storage elements be arranged on a rail and comprise an element with which they can be displaced by the cable gripper in a front delivery row until they are ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7542377 | Increased aperture homing cavitator Various exemplary embodiments of an increased aperture homing cavitator are disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, a supercavitating body may include, e.g., but may not be limited to, a cavitator assembly having a front end and a back end, and having a shape operat... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7054830 | System and method for incentive programs and award fulfillment A method and system for providing incentive programs over a computer network is provided in which a host may provide sponsoring companies with the capability to buy prepackaged or self-built incentive programs, offer such incentive programs to consumers, provide spo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7536524 | Method and system for providing restricted access to a storage medium A method of restricting file access is disclosed wherein a set of file write access commands are determined from data stored within a storage medium. The set of file write access commands are for the entire storage medium. Any matching file write access command prov... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7490706 | Retractable electric cord receiving device and ventilation apparatus A cord winding mechanism for an electrically powered device such as a vacuum cleaner. The cord winding mechanism may be used with a device having an electric motor. The mechanism may include a cord receiving member for receiving a cord. The cord receiving member may... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7487651 | Steamer with wrapped cord and hose A device for generating and supplying steam is provided. The device has a body, a steam generation unit, a first side panel attached to the body, a second side panel attached to the body, a power cord attached to the steam generation unit, a supply hose for supplyin... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7482778 | Fuel cell power system having a master control unit and a plurality of fuel cell power units A fuel cell power module is provided. The module comprises (a) power production unit, (b) a power conditioning and protection unit, and (c) a control unit, each unit being modules and integrated into a module for independent removal. Multiple modules are networked s... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483150 | Measuring device having an optical probe tip A measuring device (1) for measuring the shape, contour and/or roughness of a workpiece is based on a contact-less optical probe having a large numeric aperture. The probe has at least two different focal points with which at least two photo receptors are ass... | 01/27/2009 |
