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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D637645 | Live chords midi machine | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935363 | Composite material for tissue repair The present disclosure provides a biocompatible composite and method for its use in repairing tissue defects, including defects in cartilage. The biocompatible composite includes a fibrous polymeric component and a polymerizable agent, which is capable of forming th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935054 | Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius systems. Instead of multiple insertions of dilating tubes the design is a st... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933482 | Optical fiber probe tips and methods for fabricating same Optical fiber probe tips and methods for fabricating the same are presented. One method entails immersing a distal end of an optical fiber having a cladding and a core into an etching solution and simultaneously etching the cladding and the core using the etching so... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931679 | Bone compression device The invention relates to bone compression devices and bone compression systems, and in particular, to bone compression devices and systems for use in connection with vertebrae. The bone compression devices and bone compression systems are disposed, or installed, alo... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931654 | Dual action rod reducing and locking device and method Provided is a dual action surgical instrument for use in orthopedic surgical procedures that is capable of reducing a rod into position in a rod receiving notch in the head of a bone screw with a first action and subsequently locking the rod into the receiving notch... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927614 | Anti-aging treatment using copper and zinc compositions Composition and methods for alleviating or eliminating age related skin conditions by providing an effective amount of one or more copper, zinc and copper-zinc compositions are disclosed. Treatment is accomplished through the use of topical compositions containing o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925458 | Arc fault detector with circuit interrupter A method and apparatus are provided for detecting the occurrence of arcing of a conductor by monitoring the current on an AC power line. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921490 | Patient support device and method for use A patient support device for positioning the anatomy of a patient during a medical procedure includes a base and a handle. The base is supported on the top of a patient support table. The handle protrudes from a proximal side of the base. Both the base and the handl... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916031 | Server component for monitoring modules of printing machines utilizing RFID tags A server component includes a network interface and an analysis component. The server component is at least partially implemented by an operative set of processor executable instructions configured for execution by at least one processor. The network interface is in... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913406 | Hands-free measuring instrument A hands-free measuring instrument is disclosed. The disclosed instrument includes an upright member extending perpendicularly from a base member. At least one magnet is affixed to the instrument to facilitate the mounting thereof on a ferrous workpiece. The disclose... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635300 | Shaving razor with serrated-edge blades | 03/29/2011 |
| D634981 | Bottle chiller | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910275 | Toner having crystalline wax Embodiments include a chemical toner composition having a first resin including a styrene vinyl copolymer and having a Tg of from about 46 to about 56° C., b) a second resin including a styrene vinyl copolymer having a Tg of from about 55 to about 65° C., c) a dis... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909664 | Wire termination apparatus and method An electrical termination and method comprising an element and a conductive member is disclosed. A wire is manually or tool-lessly securable in electrical communication with the conductive member. ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909522 | Portable printer with adjustable media tray A portable printer includes a housing having a cavity defined therein which supports a roll of stock material for printing indicia thereon. The housing has a drive motor assembly configured to move the stock material through a paper path defined in the housing. A ba... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634866 | Nightlight for an electrical device | 03/22/2011 |
| 7907299 | Method and server for processing an electronic workflow A method and server is provided for processing an electronic workflow for implementation by at least one machine. The method includes processing an electronic workflow having at least one machine readable job request; determining that human intervention is needed fo... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905920 | Support system for intervertebral fusion A support system includes a plurality of support members and a plurality of cross members. The support system is adapted to fit within an access device for insertion into a space between adjacent vertebrae. A plurality of hinges connects each cross member to at leas... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905606 | System and method for automatically modifying an image prior to projection A system and method for automatically modifying an image prior to projection. The system includes an image forming element configured to project an image to a projection surface having at least one property and a detection module coupled to the image forming element... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901859 | Chemical toner with covalently bonded release agent A chemical toner composition including a polymer polymerized from starting ingredients comprising a resin monomer and a release agent monomer. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| D634048 | Lampholder with occupancy sensor | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897800 | Chemical compositions and methods of making them Reaction products of polyfunctional compounds with two or more coordination elements are described. ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896564 | Portable printer A portable printer includes a housing having a cavity defined therein which supports a stock material for printing indicia thereon. The housing includes a power terminal which connects to a drive motor assembly configured to move the stock material through a paper p... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894109 | System and method for characterizing spatial variance of color separation misregistration A method is provided for characterizing color separation misregistration of a printer device, the method including receiving from the printer device an output image having marked calibration patches having a variety of color separation configurations, each using a f... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7887482 | Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius systems. Instead of multiple insertions of dilating tubes the design is a st... | 02/15/2011 |
| RE42143 | Consumable tube for use with a flow cytometry-based hematology system The present invention is a flow cytometry-based hematology system useful in the analysis of biological samples, particularly whole blood or blood-derived samples. The system is capable of determining at least a complete blood count (CBC), a five-part white blood cel... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883522 | Minimal access lumbar diskectomy instrumentation and method A minimal incision maximal access system allows for maximum desirable exposure along with maximum access to the operative field utilizing a minimum incision as small as the METRx and Endius systems. Instead of multiple insertions of dilating tubes the design is a st... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883513 | Polyaxial drill guide A polyaxial drill guide includes a body, a collet and a stem. The collet includes a collet shaft having distal and proximal ends and a longitudinal bore. The body includes a conical bore having narrow and wide ends. The distal end of the collet shaft rotatably mount... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882848 | Walker glide A walker glide having a hollow body with a substantially semi-spherical shape, a top opening and a removable bottom element that are arranged along a common axis. A sleeve is arranged in the hollow body so as to extend from the top opening toward the bottom element.... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882205 | Device setting apparatus, device setting method, information acquiring apparatus, information acquiring method, storage medium, and program The present invention provides an easy and automatic setting process for an external device regardless of the type of external device connected. Device information is acquired by a device information acquiring unit 31 from an external device 20 that is... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7880912 | Network printing system having automated selection of a destination printer A network printing system is provided having a plurality of network printers, a plurality of computer terminals, and at least one processor in operative communication with the plurality of printers and the plurality of computer terminals. The at least one processor ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7846093 | Minimally invasive retractor and methods of use A device, system and method for orthopedic spine surgery using a novel screw-based retractor, disclosed herein, that allows for access to the spine through a minimally or less invasive approach. The retractor device is designed to be coupled to a pedicle screw and t... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877737 | Tree-to-graph folding procedure for systems engineering requirements A method is provided for generating a graph data representation having a plurality of nodes corresponding to respective systems engineering requirements. The method includes accessing a first data representation of a collection of systems requirements and relationsh... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874407 | System and method for magnetorheological-fluid damping utilizing porous media A magnetorheological fluid damping system includes a hydraulic cylinder, a piston head, a piston rod, and a porous valve. The hydraulic cylinder is configured for disposing magnetorheological fluid therein. The piston head is disposed within the hydraulic cylinder a... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868719 | Tamper resistant interrupter receptacle having a detachable metal skin A tamper-resistant device including a housing having a first surface and a second surface; and one or more covers positioned on the first surface of the housing, wherein the first surface includes at least two angled surfaces for receiving the one or more covers to ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7867522 | Method of wound/burn healing using copper-zinc compositions Composition and methods for alleviating or eliminating wounds and/burns by providing an effective amount of one or more copper, zinc and copper-zinc compositions are disclosed. Treatment is accomplished through the use of topical compositions containing one or more ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866262 | Image responsive pivoting pressure roll According to an aspect of the present disclosure; a method of processing a substrate media having an image injected thereon is provided and includes the step of passing the substrate media through a nip defined between a heated fuser drum and a pressure roll. A fixe... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7862357 | Fluorescent lampholder A fluorescent lampholder with a top portion for supporting a fluorescent lamp and a base portion with a wire opening located on the bottom surface of the base that receives wires without exposing the wires to the exterior surface of a fixture. The lampholder is capa... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7860735 | Online life insurance document management service An online life insurance document management service includes a host server having a web-based interface adapted to facilitate secure customer access to the host server. The host server is configured to receive life insurance data communicated from the customer thro... | 12/28/2010 |
