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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D560871 | Wall of a jack for a vehicle | 01/29/2008 |
| 7220094 | Transfer device for cylindrical stacks of products arranged on an edge A transfer device for transferring stacks (4, 4a, 4b, 5, 5a, 5b), which have a cylindrical external shape, of products resting on one of their edges between a conveyor (1) set upstream for advance of the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7197848 | Swing flap for the entry and exit of pets A swing flap (10) for the entry and exit of pets comprising a frame (11), which can be fixed to an opening (12) made in a door or a wall, equipped at the top with hinged means of constraint for a flap (20), and a first function selector (... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7152371 | Swing flap for the entry and exit of small pets with last transit direction indicator A swing flap (10) for the entry and exit of small pets, which comprises a frame (812), which can be fixed to an opening (13) made in a door or a wall, equipped at the top with hinged means of constraint for a flap (22), and having a strip... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7118833 | Forming partial-depth features in polymer film A photomask (1900) for producing partial-depth features (712 and 912) in a photo-imageable polymer layer (412) on a wafer of a chip scale package (200) using exposure tools capable of resolving sizes of a critical dimension or larg... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7073750 | Propulsion system for model airplane An improved structure and method for powering the flight of a model airplane by positioning the motors and propellers on the back side of the top wings of an airplane using a single or double-deck wing design so that the propellers and motors of the airplane are bet... | 07/11/2006 |
| D512044 | Boombox | 11/29/2005 |
| 6964494 | Safety/warning device A safety/warning device having a body adapted to releasably receive therein at least one source of electrical energy, the body having an open upper end in which is received a grommet, the grommet having first engaging means for engaging with second engaging means of... | 11/15/2005 |
| D510794 | Shirt | 10/25/2005 |
| D510331 | DVD player | 10/04/2005 |
| D508419 | Watch head design | 08/16/2005 |
| 6915675 | High thermal efficiency heat exchanger, partially corrugated sheet metal for heat exchangers, plant and procedure for obtaining said partially corrugated sheet metal A procedure for obtaining partially corrugated sheet metal (11) comprises the following work phases: provision of a roll of sheet metal (11) to feed a respective means of unrolling and transferring said sheet metal (11); compression of said shee... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6912359 | Methods for monitoring performance in optical networks A suite of optical performance monitoring (OPM) methods, based on optical subcarrier multiplexing, are described by the invention. The strength of this approach lies in the simplicity of double sideband subcarrier signals and the fact that these signals travel the c... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6910248 | Coupling system for removable or detachable handles of various utensils, in particular pots, pans and the like A coupling system for removable handles of pots, pans and the like comprises the following basic elements: a support bracket (2) designed to support or receive the handle in various ways, which can also be a handgrip or any other gripping element designed for... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6909260 | Flashlight charger and rechargeable battery A recharger device for the battery includes a device with a first slot for a first device, such as a flashlight for recharging. A second slot in relationship to the first slot is provided for receiving a second device for recharging. Locking means with each slot suc... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6902313 | Micro chaotic mixer A micro mixer for use in a microdevice which utilizes time-varying force fields to induce bulk fluid and/or sample component motion leading to homogenization of sample components. Time-varying force fields employed includes at least one of a physical displacement fi... | 06/07/2005 |
| D505262 | Crate | 05/24/2005 |
| 6889923 | Powder processing A system is provided for pelletizing particulate raw matter having a first density, and thereafter subjecting the pellets to a milling process to obtain a powdered form of the particulate. During pelletizing steam can be added. The resulting powder is denser, or mor... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6889098 | Method and apparatus for managing attraction admission The invention is a method and system for managing admission to an attraction. In one or more embodiments, the system comprises a first queue by which customers may access the attraction by waiting in line and a second queue by which customers may access the attracti... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6884076 | Interactive learning system method for infants toddlers and young children A learning system method for infants, toddlers and young children which uses selected visuals stored on an audiovisual storage and playback device in conjunction with unique flash cards to provide an enhanced learning experience. ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6874948 | System, method and apparatus for fiber bonding procedure for optoelectronic packaging A method and apparatus for bonding optical fibers are disclosed. A fiber bonding device feeds an optical fiber through a supportive sheath having a ceramic tip at its end. The optical fiber extends slightly beyond the ceramic tip and is aligned with the focal point ... | 04/05/2005 |
| D503161 | DVD player | 03/22/2005 |
| D503159 | Television and DVD player | 03/22/2005 |
| D502935 | Clock radio | 03/15/2005 |
| 6859833 | Method and apparatus for redirection of server external hyper-link references A message is provided to a tracking server system in response to a client system referencing a predetermined resource locator that corresponds to a resource external to the tracking server system. The tracking server system indirectly provides for the client system ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851388 | Cage with intercommunicating modular compartments Cage (10) with intercommunicating modular compartments, for example for small domestic rodents, comprising a first compartment (11) provided with an aperture (12) which can be closed by a cover (13), wherein the first compartment comprise... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6846552 | Highly flexible thin agglomerate sheets or panels and process and plant for production of the same A plant (10) for the production of highly flexible and relatively thin sheets or panels (38) of agglomerate material comprising: a mixer crusher (12), a hopper (15) designed to accept the crushed and rolled material (24) and to tra... | 01/25/2005 |
| D500875 | Flashlight | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841407 | Method for aperturing vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) A method for aperturing a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), for increasing the external quantum efficiency and decreasing the threshold current, involves an etching mixture that is applied to the active region of the VCSEL. The etching mixture is desig... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6836734 | System for a non-invasive online discrete measurement of phase levels in converters or pyrometallurgical furnaces The present invention describes non-invasive online system for discrete measurements of phase levels in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace in smelting and conversion processes, applying mechanical waves generated by a transducer placed transversally to an air ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6827313 | Multi-crew modules for space flight A system for launching a space for humans into orbit comprises a launch vehicles. There are multiple separate crew modules mounted in relationship to the launch vehicle. The multiple crew modules are nested around the circumference of the launch vehicle. Alternative... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6811973 | Methods of using labeled probe molecules to quantify target molecules An assay system using labeled probe molecules to identify and quantify target molecules in a sample is disclosed. Where labeled probe molecules are present on a substrate such as a microarray, the identification of multiple different target molecules may be examined... | 11/02/2004 |
| D497885 | Television | 11/02/2004 |
| 6810064 | Heat spreading layers for vertical cavity surface emitting lasers A system and a method for reducing the temperature in a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) comprising of including at least one heat spreading layer adjecent to one of the reflecting surfaces in a VCSEL. The heat spreading layer has high thermal conducti... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6805831 | Mechanical waves generator system in a converter or pyrometallurgical furnace A system for generating mechanical waves for use in smelting and conversion processes that occur in furnaces and converters for a higher production of refined metals, consisting in a electrical signal generator, transducers that convert said electrical signals in me... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805838 | Assaying device and method for in field urinalysis An assay device for in field urine analysis including a container having an opening for collecting a urine sample, a cover for sealing the opening of the container and an assay assembly provided in the container for chemically analyzing the urine sample. The assay a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6805837 | Assaying device and method for in field urinalysis An assay device for in field urine analysis including a container having an opening for collecting a urine sample, a cover for sealing the opening of the container and an assay assembly provided in the container for chemically analyzing the urine sample. The assay a... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6802252 | Automatic device for replacing printing cartridges in a gravure printing machine An automatic device (10) for replacing printing cartridges to be used in cooperation with a gravure printing machine (11) comprises a plurality of printing stations, each printing cartridge including an ink tray (28) and a printing cylinder (... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6798817 | Distributed bragg reflectors incorporating SB material for long-wavelength vertical cavity surface emitting lasers A distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) for a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) has a semiconductor material system including the elements aluminum, gallium, arsenic, and antimony. Use of antimony in the DBR structure allows current to be pumped through the... | 09/28/2004 |
| D496345 | Radio | 09/21/2004 |