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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8109820 | Methods and apparatus for chess instruction Methods and apparatus, including software, for creating a database of information based on one or more chess game scores, preferably by a chess engine analyzer, from which database instructive puzzles can be constructed for presentation and solution by a player.... | 02/07/2012 |
| D641413 | Pencil sharpener | 07/12/2011 |
| D636636 | Mug | 04/26/2011 |
| D626328 | Keychain | 11/02/2010 |
| 7779753 | Tea ball with string A tied tea ball equipped with a serving string by which the tea ball can be lowered into and removed from a vessel of water. ... | 08/24/2010 |
| D620700 | Keychain | 08/03/2010 |
| D620699 | Keychain | 08/03/2010 |
| D620698 | Keychain | 08/03/2010 |
| D620697 | Keychain | 08/03/2010 |
| D620193 | Ashtray | 07/20/2010 |
| D615748 | Keychain | 05/18/2010 |
| D615293 | Keychain | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703227 | Illuminated poster frame Illuminated poster frame with a frame box including a front frame, side panels and a rear panel, the frame box including a front clear panel. The top panel of the frame box has a slit to removably retain an inner frame that houses a poster. The inner frame has a fro... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7635288 | Animated hand puppet & animator therefor A soft sculpture puppet and a pliable animator therefor which is in the form of an elongated member that is inserted in an appendage of the puppet in a position accessible to the hand of a puppeteer and which includes controls that can be manipulated to cause the an... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7631466 | Methods and apparatus for controlling moisture in straw bale core walls A moisture control system for a straw bale core wall having an air pathway from the foundation of the wall to its bond beam permitting air to be pumped into the wall at the foundation level and up through the core of the wall into a plenum space at the top of the wa... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7605353 | Method and apparatus for creating high-quality digital images Methods and apparatus for increasing the quality of digital images produced by systems using uncorrected lenses where in-focus elements in the image space of the lens are detected and recorded as directed by data in a lookup table that specifies where light from add... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595032 | Protected seal for a filtered vent in a sterilization container A sterilization container having a recess that surrounds a vent and a gasket in the recess and a filter cover that has a ridge matching the recess such that when the cover is locked in place, the cover ridge fits into the container recess and applies pressure agains... | 09/29/2009 |
| D595189 | Bike rack | 06/30/2009 |
| 7189424 | Rice-based snack chip and method of making same A rice-based snack chip made from a dough including the dry ingredients of bumped rice kernels, long-grain pregelatinized rice flour, medium-grain course white rice flour and in which the bumped rice kernels are partially hydrated, bumped, partially dehydrated and f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7461488 | Internally braced straw bale wall and method of making same Systems and methods of internally bracing straw bales during construction of a straw bale wall using ladder structures that eliminate the need for external bracing and form a permanent part of the wall's internal structure. ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461486 | Methods and apparatus for controlling moisture in straw bale core walls A moisture control system for a straw bale core wall in which gravity fed moisture from the bales is collected in a sump at the foundation level and drained away, while an airspace is provided above the bale core to collect and direct away moisture of evaporation. | 12/09/2008 |
| 7416755 | Rice-based snack chip and method of making same A rice-based snack chip made from a dough including the dry ingredients of bumped rice kernels, long-grain pregelatinized rice flour, medium-grain course white rice flour and in which the bumped rice kernels are partially hydrated, bumped, partially dehydrated and f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7356540 | Data storage and retrieval system A user based computer system for information storage and retrieval in which information data items are stored in a persistent memory for later searching, retrieval and/or browsing and related in the memory by a frame system wherein the stored information includes pr... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7284675 | Food plate A plate formed from a generally rectangular flat sheet of flexible material that can be configured to be bowed both longitudinally and laterally to form a concave food holding area and a generally flat container-carrying area with a container-holding hole which perm... | 10/23/2007 |
| D552316 | Lottery ticket scraper | 10/02/2007 |
| 7183474 | Adjustable sounding board for acoustical stringed instruments A tension adjustable upper sound board for an acoustical stringed musical instrument. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7175870 | Processed garlic pieces A form of garlic and process for making same in which cloves of garlic are cut into bits, blanched or baked to reduce the strength of the garlic flavor and bitterness, and then fried to produce ready-to-use, crunchy, roasted flavor garlic pieces that can be convenie... | 02/13/2007 |
| D530155 | Food plate | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114191 | Nursing enclosure A nursing enclosure which protects the modesty of a nursing mother and provides a nursing child with a defined enclosure separating it from the immediate environment. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7025655 | Dynamic eye simulation mechanism A dynamic eye simulation mechanism in which an eye orb having a spherical surface has one area of that surface of a color simulating an eyelid and another area having a representation of an eye iris and surrounding sclera applied thereto wherein the orb is mounted f... | 04/11/2006 |
| D518597 | Lotion applicator | 04/04/2006 |
| 7013819 | Marine catamaran platform A marine catamaran platform especially advantageous for small boats (in the three meter range) in which two substantially identical hulls are surmounted by superstructures that are joined by arced beams that lie in a plane that forms an acute angle of between 30° a... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7004330 | Methods and apparatus for watermelon sizing, counting and sorting Methods and apparatus for sizing watermelons by weight in which a conveyor belt carries watermelons from a loading station to a weigh station and finally to a discharge station where they are directed to one of several bins depending on their weight. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004331 | Methods and apparatus for watermelon sizing, counting and sorting Methods and apparatus for sizing watermelons by weight in which a conveyor belt carries watermelons from a loading station to a weigh station and finally to a discharge station where they are directed to one of several bins depending on their weight. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7004196 | Disposable container for use in fluid processing A flexible, disposable container used in fluid processing apparatus including flow control means to promote mixing of fluid within the flexible container. ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6891671 | Apparatus and methods for creating real-time 3-D images and constructing 3-D models of an object imaged in an optical system Dynamic aperture microscopy in which the portion of an objective aperture that passes light in an optical system that images an object is continuously changed to create motion parallax which continuously changes the angle from which the object is viewed to create a ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6798570 | Apparatus and methods for creating real-time 3-D images and constructing 3-D models of an object imaged in an optical system A light microscope illuminator with a light source off the conjugate objective aperture allowing light beam shaping and modifying devices to be located at the conjugate objective aperture. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| D493589 | Water skimmer | 07/27/2004 |
| 6715263 | Method and packaging system for packaging a sterilized item A method, packaging system and packaging element for packaging a sterilizable item for aseptic presentation onto a sterile field wherein the vertical orientation of the sterilizable item does not need to be reversed during packaging, sterilization, unpackaging or pr... | 04/06/2004 |
