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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8157607 | Throwing disc A throwing disc includes an elliptical, continuous, flexible frame which changes shape during flight. The flexible frame defines a central opening through the thickness thereof. The flexible frame has an arched shape with a height that changes during flight and whic... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154622 | Content recording apparatus in which attribute information is suppressed according to operation mode A content recording apparatus (10) includes an image sensor (12). When a shutter operation is performed, an image imaged by the image sensor is captured in an SDRAM (26), and the captured image is recorded in a memory card (28). The recor... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153179 | Process for the simultaneous surface treatment, portioning and shaping as well as perservation of foodstuffs such as meat and sausage products, sausage meat or the like Process for the simultaneous surface treatment, apportioning and shaping, as well as conservation of foodstuffs such as meat and sausage products, sausage meat or the like, even without the use of skins or case-shaped or bag-shaped foils. The product is first compac... | 04/10/2012 |
| D656690 | Reservoir for hummingbird feeder | 03/27/2012 |
| D656279 | Hummingbird feeder | 03/20/2012 |
| D653034 | Carrier for golf clubs | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103293 | System and related circuits and methods for detecting and locating wireless communication device use within a geographical area or facility A system for detecting and locating illicit cellular telephone use within a facility includes an array of radio frequency (RF) receivers, each receiver being placed in a predetermined location in the facility, and a central server, the receivers being in electrical ... | 01/24/2012 |
| D651974 | Housing for a power outlet | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070382 | Interlocking rubber tiles for playgrounds A tile for covering an area and which interlocks with an adjacent tile includes a main body having a top surface and a bottom surface disposed opposite the top surface. The main body has at least a first lateral side and a second lateral side. The tile includes at l... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8053032 | Method for production of a substrate coated with a zeolite layer The invention relates to a method for production of a zeolite layer on a substrate containing metal, comprising the following method steps: production of an aqueous suspension, comprising several components, one component comprises at least one cross-linking element... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8031228 | Electronic camera and method which adjust the size or position of a feature search area of an imaging surface in response to panning or tilting of the imaging surface An electronic camera includes an image sensor. The image sensor has an imaging surface for capturing an object scene, and repeatedly generates an object scene image. A CPU assigns a search area on the imaging surface, and repeatedly executes search processing for se... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8021630 | Anticoagulant-coated dipstick for use with a blood centrifuge rotor An anticoagulant-coated dipstick is selectively receivable by the central fill port of a rotor of a blood centrifuge. The dipstick includes an elongated, rod-like member having a first axial end and an opposite second axial end, and a cap affixed to the second axial... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016477 | Rotary throttle assembly for operating a power unit in two power settings A rotary throttle assembly is disclosed for operating a power unit such as an engine or a motor in either a first power setting or a second power setting. The rotary throttle assembly may be used in a concrete vibrator to operate the vibrator in either an idle power... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013922 | Mode selection apparatus and digital camera A digital camera (10) has nine imaging setting items. A plurality of operation modes are assigned to each imaging setting item. An imaging operation is performed according to valid operation modes selected for each imaging setting item one by one. When a mode... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7993610 | Blood centrifuge rotor with fill indicator A spinnable rotor for a high speed centrifuge includes a housing which defines a chamber interiorly thereof for receiving a whole blood sample and for containing a predetermined amount of red blood cell absorbent gel. The housing includes an upper portion and a bott... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7977625 | Method and assembly for optical reproduction with depth discrimination A method and an assembly for generating optical section images permit the three-dimensional, layered optical scanning of spatially extended objects. Illumination patterns with periodicity in at least one direction are projected into a plane and the light from the sa... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973451 | Ultrasonic linear motor The invention relates to an ultrasonic linear motor (1) comprising a plate-type ultrasonic oscillator (2) with two planar parallel main faces, two end faces and two lateral faces and a displaceable element (9) that engages with at least one guid... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7969481 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961111 | Home control protection system A home control protection system includes at least one surge protection strip having a plurality of power outlet receptacles, and a wall mountable central control unit that is in electrical communication with the at least one surge protection strip. The surge protec... | 06/14/2011 |
| D639710 | Whole body of car | 06/14/2011 |
| D639707 | Charge clip | 06/14/2011 |
| 7953632 | Method and apparatus for managing food products in quick serve restaurants A product management system for quick serve restaurants that displays to the staff what to cook on a main control unit 1 is programmed with a sales forecast through the office computer 14. The main control unit communicates to the product hold timers | 05/31/2011 |
| 7918363 | Resealable beverage container A resealable beverage container includes a main body having a cylindrical sidewall, a bottom wall, and a lid. The lid includes an opening formed through its thickness. The main body of the container defines an interior cavity for holding a beverage. A tubular member... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7848845 | Remotely programmable food product holding system A remotely programmable food product holding system includes a hand held computer and a food product holding apparatus. The computer includes a processor, touch screen display, and a first communication interface. Data is entered into the hand held computer and tran... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7872670 | Camera performing photographing in accordance with photographing mode depending on object scene A camera includes a CPU. The CPU individually detects a ratio of an object which exceeds a threshold value in a moving amount to a center area of an object scene and a ratio of an object which exceeds the threshold value in the moving amount to a peripheral area of ... | 01/18/2011 |
| D629945 | Lamp | 12/28/2010 |
| 7834518 | Linear ultrasound motor The invention relates to a linear ultrasound piezoelectric motor comprising a mobile element that is in frictional contact with a plate-like rectangular resonance plate, wherein the frictional surface is embodied by means of at least one of the longitudinal narrow s... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829776 | Water music device A water music device is provided. In one embodiment, the device permits a child to play a song wherein the different tones of the song are generated by tubes filled to different levels using any liquid, such as water. In another embodiment, the water music device ma... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7822794 | Data recording apparatus and data file transmission method in data recording apparatus The invention has as its object to selectively reproduce on an external apparatus apart of digital data with index that a user wants to reproduce out of the digital data being made up of audio data and/or video data without having to use an application program dedic... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7806716 | Plug-in combination of appliances for protecting against overvoltages The invention relates to a plug-in combination of appliances for protecting against overvoltages, said combination of appliances comprising: a socket-type lower part and at least one plug-in module, which can both receive overvoltage protection elements; contact ele... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7795782 | Miniaturizable motor The invention relates to a miniaturizable motor (1) comprising a rotor (12) that is driven by a hollow cylindrical piezo oscillator (2). Said rotor is effectively connected to a frictional face (13) of the piezo oscillator while a main el... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794664 | Pipette tip A pipette tip includes a main body having an upper end, a lower end and a sidewall extending between the two ends. A bore extends axially through the main body between the upper and lower ends. The lower end has a bottom surface in which is formed a central opening ... | 09/14/2010 |
| D623089 | Whole body of car | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787041 | Image reproduction apparatus An image reproducing apparatus (10) includes a mode switch key (19) capable of switching a display mode between an image display mode and a related information display mode. When the image display mode is selected, an image reproduced from a recording ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7775188 | Plasma plug for an internal combustion engine A plasma plug for an internal combustion engine includes a main body having an inner portion formed of ceramic and an outer portion formed of aluminum or other metal. A first electrode and a second electrode formed of Ruthenium dioxide are disposed axially within th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7737605 | Linear ultrasound motor The invention relates to an ultrasound linear piezoelectric motor comprising an ultrasound oscillator (1) embodied in the form of a piezoelectric plate (4) or a cylinder shell part (3), acoustic oscillation generators (5) and a friction e... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733410 | Electronic camera and focus control method which minimizes the time required for adjusting a focus An electronic camera includes a shutter button. When the shutter button is half-depressed, a focal level of an object is determined on the basis of an image signal outputted from an imaging device, and a moving start position of a focus lens is settled on the basis ... | 06/08/2010 |
| D617319 | Antenna housing | 06/08/2010 |
| 7710487 | Electronic camera with imaging condition information display control An electronic camera includes a shutter button. When the shutter button is half-depressed, a photographing condition such as an exposure time period and an aperture amount is adjusted by a main CPU, and characters indicative of the adjusted photographing condition a... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7694213 | Video content creating apparatus A video content creating apparatus includes a computer. The computer registers photographic image data input from a photographic input device and meta-information set in relation to the data in a database. After retrieving photographs based on the meta-information, ... | 04/06/2010 |
