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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7947181 | Reverse osmosis system An apparatus for purifying water according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a feed line fluidically connected to a reverse osmosis module containing a semipermeable membrane. The semipermeable membrane produces purified water and a concentrate.... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946512 | Showerhead for a sanitary fitting A shower head for a hand-held shower attachment contains, in the center of its jet disc, an insert with three individual nozzle bodies. Each individual nozzle body is designed for discharging an individual jet. To this end, it has a continuous jet opening. Each of t... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638446 | Air intake snorkel for a vehicle | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945966 | Nanometric emitter/receiver guides The invention relates to a nanoprobe comprising a silica fiber (2) with an end opening having a diameter of less than 100 nm, and a metallic sheath (11). The total diameter of the silica part and the metallic sheath (11) is less than 300 nm. The... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7944023 | Strained Si formed by anneal A semiconductor structure includes a silicon substrate layer, a relaxed silicon-germanium layer on the silicon substrate layer and a strained single crystal silicon layer on the silicon-germanium layer. The silicon-germanium layer may include a thickness of 500 angs... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942602 | Barrier system A barrier system and method for providing a barrier system are disclosed. The barrier system and method relate to a vehicle and pedestrian barrier system which can be positioned in vehicle and pedestrian passageways adjacent a protected structure or area to preclude... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942528 | Perimeter A perimeter has fixation state judging means for individually judging a fixation state of an examinee in connection with each presented stimulus, and the fixation state judging means individually judges the fixation state whenever the stimulus is presented. Even if ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942200 | Downhole fluid injection dispersion device The invention described herein is directed to a downhole fluid injection dispersion device. This invention may be employed to radially disperse fluid injected downhole in a well bore. This invention comprises a body comprising an inlet port and at least two radial o... | 05/17/2011 |
| D638186 | Mop head | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941472 | Serial correlator architecture An apparatus for correlating multibit first and second words includes a multiplexer for selecting one bit at a time of the second word, and applying the bit to a multiplier which receives the first word, for generating a product by inverting or noninverting the firs... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940108 | Voltage level shifter A circuit, includes first, second, and third inverters. The first inverter has a first input coupled to a first port and a first output coupled to a second port. The second inverter has a second input coupled to the second port and a second output coupled to the fir... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938269 | Ventilated front-opening unified pod An improved substrate transport pod for storing or transporting semiconductor wafer substrates during semiconductor wafer processing has a main body defined by a plurality of side panels. A substantial portion of at least one of the side panels being formed of a sem... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938008 | Non-destructive examination apparatus and method for guided waves A method of performing a non-destructive examination of a piece of material, having the steps of providing an angle beam wedge and at least two transducers placed upon the wedge, wherein the transducers are placed in a phased array, placing the wedge upon the piece ... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637623 | Air intake snorkel for a vehicle | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937193 | Method and apparatus for coordinating railway line of road and yard planners A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global cost... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935222 | Papermaking method using one or more quaternized dialkanolamine fatty acid ester compounds to control opacity and paper product made thereby A method for making an opacity relevant grade paper or paperboard product, such as a communication type paper used for printing and writing applications, utilizes an effective amount of quaternized alkanolamine fatty acid ester compounds as an opacification aid to c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934332 | Composite firearm barrel A composite barrel for a firearm and method for forming by forging. The barrel includes at least two materials joined together by forging. In a preferred embodiment, at least one material is preferably lighter in weight than the other material. The barrel may includ... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637206 | Portion of an air ram intake for a vehicle | 05/03/2011 |
| D637205 | Air ram intake for a vehicle | 05/03/2011 |
| D636986 | Key fob with biometric scanner | 05/03/2011 |
| 7931648 | Surgical glove system A surgical system including a surgical glove having support systems such as, but not limited to, lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation. The surgical glove may include one or more lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation positioned on distal ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931215 | Device and an installation for spraying a coating fluid, and including a reservoir This device comprises a sprayer (10) and a reservoir (9) for feeding the sprayer with fluid. The reservoir (9) defines a cylindrical housing (L9) in which there slides (F1) a piston (91) forming a moving wall (91a | 04/26/2011 |
| D636788 | Air intake snorkel for a vehicle | 04/26/2011 |
| D636787 | Air intake snorkel for a vehicle | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928894 | Phased array radar with mutually orthogonal coding of transmitted and received V and H components A polarimetric radar with V and H polarized array antenna elements which transmit a V component modulated by a V code and the H component modulated by an H code orthogonal thereto. Unwanted polarization errors occur at off-boresight angles, which tend to obscure the... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928094 | Treatment of diabetes with copper binding compounds Novel methods of treating a patient for diseases, disorders, and conditions including diabetes mellitus, comprising administering, for example, copper binding compounds. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926947 | Ophthalmic examination system An unpolarized light beam emitted from a target presenting light source (12) is collimated by a collimator lens (20), and is made to be incident on a target presenting liquid crystal shutter (22), while an unpolarized light beams emitted from a ... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636408 | Air in take snorkel for a vehicle | 04/19/2011 |
| D636220 | Condiment package caddy handle | 04/19/2011 |
| D636191 | Pedicure spa | 04/19/2011 |
| 7924822 | Method and apparatus for enhanced internet telephony A method and apparatus for enhanced Internet telephony ensures that communication between a source and destination is not interrupted by common network address translation. According to one aspect of the invention, communication may continue through a router that em... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923672 | Process and devices for optically sensing a specimen with a large depth of field A device for optically sensing a specimen with a large depth of field has a lighting module which illuminates a zone of the specimen during a predetermined measurement period with a pattern whose phase is modified in time during the measurement period, generating a ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922913 | Removing oil from surface using dry amorphous silica product with inert carrier A dry product that permanently removes oil and oil stains from liquid or dry surfaces and is environmentally safe. The dry product is formed by mixing efficacious proportions of untreated amorphous silica with a dry, inert organic, inorganic or synthetic carrier, or... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921619 | Insulation batt having integral baffle vent A method for insulating and ventilating a space between rafters for supporting a roof includes, an elongated insulation mat having an integral baffle, at least one channel on a roof facing side of the baffle for passage of ventilating air, and at least one vapor per... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921590 | Composite firearm barrel reinforcement A chamber reinforcement for composite firearm barrel and method for forming the same. In one embodiment, the barrel includes an inner tube defining a bore that provides a bullet path and an outer sleeve preferably made of a material lighter in weight than the tube. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| D635787 | Pedicure spa | 04/12/2011 |
| D635786 | Pedicure spa | 04/12/2011 |
| D635785 | Pedicure spa | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920557 | Apparatus and method for soft media processing within a routing switcher A routing switcher performs various soft signaling processing within the router using one or more internal soft media processors (central processing units) to enable flexible solutions. The routing switcher includes a plurality of inputs and outputs operably connect... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920276 | Tracking system using fixed optical radiators Apparatus for tracking an object (12A, 12B, 12C) including radiator modules (16A, 16B, 16C), disposed in an array of known locations adjoining a region (13) in which the object moves; each module includes at least one... | 04/05/2011 |
