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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182765 | Fluid transfer mechanism A microfluidic device for transferring liquid from a first chamber to a second chamber is provided. The device has a first chamber; a second chamber; and a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber, the barrier having least one opening fluidly connect... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660084 | Food container | 05/22/2012 |
| D660082 | Beverage container | 05/22/2012 |
| D660081 | Beverage container | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178294 | Method of haplotype-based genetic analysis for determining risk for developing insulin resistance, coronary artery disease and other phenotypes Disclosed is a method for determining haplotypes useful for large-scale genetic analysis, within a genomic reference sequence of interest, for a human subpopulation. The method can applied to statistically evaluating the genotypes of subjects for any statistically s... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659474 | Beverage container | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174405 | Message-bus-based advanced meter information system with applications for cleaning, estimating and validating meter data Different adapters and applications may publish information on the messaging bus and retrieve information from the bus simultaneously in a manner that does not cause interference or problems in the publication or retrieval. Meter data is cleaned, validated and estim... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173438 | Microbiological assessment method and device utilizing oxygen gradient sensing There is disclosed a biological indicator (BI) test utilizing oxygen sensing within a microenvironment as a means for determining the presence of viable microorganisms capable of growth, a method for biological indicator (BI) testing for determining the completeness... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659037 | Personal tracker | 05/08/2012 |
| D659036 | Asset tracker | 05/08/2012 |
| D658944 | Beverage container | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169831 | High speed sense amplifier array and method for non-volatile memory Sensing circuits for sensing a conduction current of a memory cell among a group of non-volatile memory cells being sensed in parallel and providing the result thereof to a data bus are presented. A precharge circuit is coupled to a node for charging the node to an ... | 05/01/2012 |
| PP22692 | Blueberry plant named ‘Southern Splendour’ A new and distinct cultivar of Southern highbush blueberry, ‘Southern Splendour’, is provided. ‘Southern Splendour’ is a Vaccinium hybrid, which is characterized by high vigor, short fruit ripening period, and high quality fruit suitable for mechanica... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658446 | Beverage container | 05/01/2012 |
| D658431 | Beverage container lid | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166267 | Managing a LBA interface in a direct data file memory system Data files are assigned addresses within one or more logical blocks of a continuous logical address space interface (LBA interface) of a usual type of flash memory system with physical memory cell blocks. This assignment may be done by the host device which typicall... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165713 | CNC abrasive fluid-jet milling A method and apparatus for milling a desired pocket in a solid workpiece uses an abrasive fluid-jet by moving and suitably orienting the abrasive fluid-jet relative to the workpiece. The method includes defining a path of the abrasive fluid-jet necessary to mill a d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161924 | Orbital, non-reciprocating, internal combustion engine A combustible fluid operated orbital engine has plural sets of cooperating cylinder and piston members with respective parallel axes of rotation, respective cylinder and piston carrier wheels with respective axes of rotation parallel to the members' axes of rotation... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658234 | Chassis for a video game console | 04/24/2012 |
| D658008 | Beverage container | 04/24/2012 |
| D658007 | Beverage container | 04/24/2012 |
| D657994 | Beverage container closure | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159876 | Non-volatile memory and method for power-saving multi-pass sensing A non-volatile memory device and power-saving techniques capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during sensing, which is included in read, and program/verif... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158930 | Method for simultaneous calibration of mass spectra and identification of peptides in proteomic analysis The invention relates to a mass spectrometry calibration system that may be performed in real-time using the information contained within a sample without the addition of specific calibrants. When applied to a sample, such as a proteomic sample, the calibration syst... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158089 | Compositions and methods for wastewater treatment Particular aspects provide a method for recovering phosphate, comprising: obtaining an effluent or wastewater, etc. having calcium-sequestered phosphate; adding to the effluent or wastewater a calcium chelating or sequestration agent suitable to chelate or sequester... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657618 | Beverage container | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156011 | Cenotaph facility and method including auctioning of items associated with honoree A cenotaph memorial facility comprising a plurality of walls containing crypts is dedicated to an honoree who is not interred within the facility. The facility may comprise a large external memorial structure to protect the walls and individual crypts. The cenotaph ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154923 | Non-volatile memory and method with power-saving read and program-verify operations A non-volatile memory device capable of reading and writing a large number of memory cells with multiple read/write circuits in parallel has features to reduce power consumption during read, and program/verify operations. A read or program verify operation includes ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153443 | Characterization of the CBir1 antigenic response for diagnosis and treatment of Crohn's disease This invention provides methods of diagnosing or predicting susceptibility to Crohn's Disease by determining the presence or absence of genetic variants. In one embodiment, the present invention provides methods to diagnose and/or predict susceptibility to Crohn's D... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152606 | Skinning knife A skinning knife, comprising a handle, a slitting blade disposed at a forward portion of the handle and having an upwardly- and forwardly-directed cutting edge, a first spreading member disposed at the forward most position of the knife so as to spread apart two por... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151035 | Non-volatile memory and method with multi-stream updating In a memory that is programmable page by page and each page having multiple sectors that are once-programmable, even if successive writes are sequential, the data recorded to an update block may be fragmented and non-sequential. Instead of recording update data to a... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147388 | Bike trainer A bike trainer operable by a user for stationary riding when a conventional bicycle is coupled thereto. The bike trainer may be used by removing the rear wheel of the bicycle and selectively coupling the rear dropouts of the bicycle to an axle of the bike trainer. T... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144512 | Data transfer flows for on-chip folding A memory system and methods of its operation are presented. The memory system includes a volatile buffer memory and a non-volatile memory circuit, where the non-volatile memory circuit has a first section, where data is stored in a binary format, and a second sectio... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143006 | Accelerated cascade amplification (ACA) of nucleic acids comprising strand and sequence specific DNA nicking Particular aspects provide nucleic acid amplification and detection methods comprising: providing a reaction mixture containing a target nucleic acid with an amplifiable target sequence, forward and reverse external nick-directing primers (ND-primers), at least one ... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656364 | Insulated bottle | 03/27/2012 |
| D656361 | Beverage container | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139228 | Methods for optically enhanced holographic interferometric testing for test and evaluation of semiconductor devices and materials Improved methods and systems for inspection imaging for holographic or interferometric semiconductor test and evaluation through all phases of manufacture. Specifically, systems and methods are disclosed for extending the range of optical holographic interferometric... | 03/20/2012 |
| D655134 | Beverage container | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126428 | Subscriber management system for a communication network A subscriber management system for a communication system having a radio access network coupled to by a gateway node to a packet switched network. The system consolidates three prior art subscriber management system components, a DPI device, a QoS Policy Manager ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125834 | Device and method for controlling solid-state memory system A memory system includes an array of solid state memory devices which are in communication with and under the control of a controller module via a device bus with very few lines. This forms an integrated-circuit mass storage system which is contemplated to replace a... | 02/28/2012 |
