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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949542 | System, method and computer program product for graphically illustrating entities and generating a text-based report therefrom A computer-implemented method for graphically illustrating an entity and generating a text-based report therefrom includes providing a visual base representation of an entity. The base representation includes a plurality of elements at least one of which is modifiab... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948890 | System and method for providing a communication channel Communication devices and methods are proposed for providing communication channel. In one example, devices and methods are capable of reaching one or more terminals that are not in a public network. In addition, depending on the network or the networks that the ter... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948115 | Controller for a domestic appliance and associated method A controller for functionally controlling a domestic appliance, such as a dryer, comprises a monitoring device that monitors the correct functioning of the domestic appliance. The domestic appliance has at least one monitoring connection connected to at least one as... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946469 | Methods for welding self-fixtured preforms and associated method An assembly for positioning a structural assembly for friction stir welding, and a system and method for friction stir welding the structural assembly are provided. The assembly includes a substrate defining a recessed pattern therein, and at least one structural me... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946372 | Dual tracked mobile robot for motion in rough terrain The invention is an autonomous dual tracked mobile (10) robot system comprising two or more tracked driving units (12x) configured to travel in tandem and a separate mechanical linkage (16), which joins each of the mobile units to the uni... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946116 | Turbocharger comprising a variable nozzle device A turbocharger comprises a variable nozzle device and an exhaust housing being mechanically and/or thermally decoupled from the variable nozzle device. Additional optional advantageous features are provided, including various axial and radial clearances and various ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7943878 | Operating device for an electrical appliance and control panel An operating device for an electrical appliance with a control panel has a control element for operation through rotary actuation arranged in the control panel, said control element being disposed and mounted in a receptacle behind the control panel. The receptacle ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943823 | Delta-8 desaturase and its use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding a delta-8 desaturase along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using this delta-8 desaturase in plants and oleaginous yeast are disclosed... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943010 | Method of making surface-sized paper/board The invention relates to a method of making surface-sized paper/board. The web to be treated in the method is after surface sizing passed to a treatment process for providing a desired drying shrinkage and/or increase of drying stresses to create thereby a desired e... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942306 | Friction stir welding tool having a counterflow pin configuration A friction stir welding tool having one or more tapered flats for promoting flow of weld material toward the pin terminus and one or more counter-spiraling channels or threads which for promoting flow of the weld material toward the tool shoulder. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942136 | Fuel-heating assembly and method for the pre-heating of fuel an internal combustion engine A heating assembly that allows an adequate pre-heating of a fuel used in an internal combustion engine is disclosed. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| D637893 | Hanger | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941441 | Media data access system and method In a solution for accessing digital media files, in which each file is associated with a tag characterizing information in the file, a data storage stores the media files. An input interface receives commands and forwards them to a data processor. An output interfac... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7941370 | Systems and methods for funding payback requests for financial transactions Various embodiments of the invention provide a more secure financial transaction system for e-commerce sectors that (1) more securely processes payment transactions, (2) helps to protect merchants and banks against fraudulent transactions, money laundering, and unde... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940998 | System and method for re-locating an object in a sample on a slide with a microscope imaging device A method of re-locating an object in a sample is provided for a previously-scanned slide having determined objects each with corresponding stored coordinates and a stored image, the objects being mapped relative to each other. The slide is positioned on a microscope... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939724 | Soybean variety XB48L08 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB48L08. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB48L08, to the plants of soybean XB48L08 to plant parts of soybean variety XB48L08 and to methods for producing a s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939707 | Method of evaluating plant protection A method is provided for evaluating a protected plant having a protection mechanism. A population of immature insects (i.e., larvae or nymphs) belonging to an insect species having a plurality of instars is first exposed to the protected plant such that the protecte... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938612 | Battery-changing vehicle with cantilevered boom A battery-changing vehicle includes a mobile carriage, a frame disposed above the mobile carriage, and a boom assembly connected to the frame. The mobile carriage defines a loading deck for receiving and transporting a battery. The boom assembly includes a lift hois... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938284 | Buckling clamshell container for automated aliquot and dispersal processes A package assembly for automated aliquot and/or dispersal processes is provided. Embodiments of the present invention include, but are not limited to: first and second portions which cooperate to contain the aliquot, wherein a pair of flexure channels are defined in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938075 | Automated seed detection and planting synchronization apparatus, method and system An automated seed detection and planting synchronization apparatus, method and system is disclosed. The invention includes a seed detection protocol configured to monitor a derived metric equated to timing of movement of a seed carried by a seed metering unit from a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937834 | Method of fabricating capacitive ultrasonic transducers A capacitive ultrasonic transducer includes a first electrode, an insulating layer formed on the first electrode, at least one support frame formed on the insulating layer, and a second electrode formed space apart from the first electrode, wherein the first electro... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637748 | Flashlight | 05/10/2011 |
| D637475 | Hanger | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937331 | Systems and methods for international dutiable returns A system and method is disclosed for facilitating international return of dutiable goods. A typical application involves a purchaser buying goods on-line, resulting in shipping the goods internationally to the purchaser. After receipt of the goods, the purchaser det... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937296 | Order and payment visibility process The present invention discloses systems and methods for facilitating order entry, fulfillment, shipment and payment in a networked environment. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention describes a system for communicating order entries from a seller to a sup... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937244 | System and method for evaluating a shipping route and a package under transport in the shipping route using an environmental sensor Systems and methods disclosed herein use environmental sensor technology to enhance the tracking and transporting capabilities of a product delivery system. The systems and methods provide the capability to track and verify the environmental condition(s) to which a ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936945 | System, method, device, and computer program product for providing image correction A system, method, device, and computer program product are provided for correcting motion skew in a frame of video or in other images captured using a rolling shutter image sensor. A method for removing motion skew may create a mathematical model of the motion skew,... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936664 | Multi-carrier radio link protocol supervision in a radio communication system A method is provided for facilitating efficient usage of radio capacity in a radio communication system including a communication station operable to receive, over a plurality of subchannels of the radio communication system. In this regard, the packet-formatted dat... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936535 | Data storage disc carriers A data storage disc carrier (1) for carrying discs (10). The carrier includes an axial clamping mechanism which incorporates a three legged resilient clamping member (7) that can flees between release and clamping positions to allow easy loading... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936252 | Adaptive control for improved RFID transponder read and write performance System, methods and computer program product are provided for an adaptive control for adjusting the electromagnetic interrogation signal of an RFID transceiver where said signal is used to read and/or write to an RFID transponder, or to adjust the gain of the RFID t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935224 | Unit in a forming section of a papermaking machine The invention discloses a pre-assembled self-supporting unit (1) for a twine wire forming section. The unit comprises an integrated save-all tray (25) and other integrated elements such as cross walkway (17), piping beam (10), connecting ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934881 | Replaceable ribbon supply and substrate cleaning apparatus A ribbon cartridge for a printer. The ribbon cartridge includes a frame that supports supply and take-up spools and that has one or more locating features to facilitate its insertion and positioning in a frame of a printer. For example, the ribbon cartridge frame ma... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934783 | Counterbalance assembly for a dishwasher door and associated method A dishwasher is provided, comprising a door pivotably engaged with a body and a counterbalance assembly coupled therebetween for facilitating pivoting of the door. The counterbalance assembly includes a first and second biasing member, each coupled to the body and s... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934672 | Refiner blade and segment, as well as a method of forming them and a method of modifying blade grooves A refiner blade comprising a blade surface for defibrating a lignocellulose-containing material, the blade surface comprising blade bars and blade grooves provided therebetween. At least one blade groove provided in the blade surface is formed by removing material f... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637011 | Display tray for eyeglasses, sunglasses, or like eyewear | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932481 | Operating device, electrical appliance with such an operating device, arrangement of a glass ceramic hob or an oven with such an operating device and method for operating such an operating device An operating device and an electrical appliance provided with said operating device is disclosed. The electrical appliance comprises light barriers mounted on a frame that rests on a worktop. The light barriers can detect whether a finger is placed on one or more of... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932033 | Corn event DAS-59122-7 and methods for detection thereof The invention provides DNA compositions that relate to transgenic insect resistant maize plants. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the maize DAS-59122-7 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the maize genome ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931804 | Filter assembly for frying oil or other liquids and an associated valve assembly A filter assembly is provided. Embodiments of the filter assembly allow for the continuous filtering of the frying oil, while the fryer is on-line. The filter assembly may include a dirty chamber, a clean chamber, a pump configured to suck the frying oil through the... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931248 | Flat mold for corner-shaped simulated stone products A mold for manufacturing a corner-shaped simulated stone product has a mold cavity configured to imprint a stone texture on at least a first side face and a front face of the corner-shaped product. The mold also provides a back face with a desirable molded interior ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930905 | Methods for manufacturing low water peak optical waveguide incorporating a porous core mandrel A method of manufacturing a cylindrical glass optical waveguide preform having a low water content centerline region, for use in the manufacture of optical waveguide fiber, is disclosed. The centerline region of the glass optical waveguide preform has a water conten... | 04/26/2011 |
