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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6802561 | Bench assembly A bench assembly is provided which includes a seat assembly and at least two backrest assemblies. The back assemblies are rotatable from one side of the seat assembly to an opposite side independently of one another such that persons sitting on the seat assembly can... | 10/12/2004 |
| 7523824 | Flattened decorative bag or sleeve having gussets convertible to a decorative bag for holding a basket and methods A flattened decorative bag having gussets which is convertible to a decorative bag for a basket which, when a basket is inserted therein, conforms to the shape of the basket. Methods of making and using a flattened decorative bag having gussets. ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7519240 | Multi-section coupler to mitigate guide-guide asymmetry A wavelength independent multi-section optical coupler having at least three optical couplers, and at least two differential phase cells. Each optical coupler has two waveguides forming a coupling region having a net coupling value. The coupling value for each coupl... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7426813 | Floral easel The present invention relates to an erectable and/or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object, and more particularly but not by way of limitation, to an erectable or collapsible floral easel for holding a floral object. In one aspect, the present inventi... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7410322 | Vibrating compactor apparatus A vibrating trench compactor apparatus including a first frame, a second frame, and a compactor wheel. The first frame has an adapter plate connectable to a vehicle and a first arm and second arm extending from the adapter plate. A plurality of vibration dampening m... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403110 | Enhanced alarm monitoring using a sound monitoring screen saver Alarm monitors comprising conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active. ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400663 | Orientated group IV-VI semiconductor structure, and method for making and using the same A method of growing and fabricating a group IV-VI semiconductor structure, for use in fabricating devices. In one embodiment, the group IV-VI semiconductor structure produced by the method of the present invention includes a group IV-VI material grown on a selected ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397043 | Standoff optical detection platform based on surface plasmon-coupled emission A free-space standoff optical detection platform for any detection scheme based on spontaneous emissions, such as for example, fluorescence detection. More particularly, the present invention relates to a detection system having SPCE beads. In one embodiment, the SP... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398131 | Method and system for concrete quality control based on the concrete's maturity Method and system for controlling and monitoring the quality of concrete based on the concrete's maturity. Various embodiments of the present invention are discussed. First, Enhanced Maturity involves a maturity calibration method to account for the water-to-cementi... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393833 | Chimeric proteins with phosphatidylserine binding domains Chimeric proteins comprising soluble Tissue Factor (sTF) and another subunit (e.g., annexin V) are described. The proteins promote blood clotting and/or inhibit cancer by targeting sTF to specific receptors such as phosphatidyl serine (PS) on activated cells. These ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389205 | Oilfield equipment identification method and apparatus An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus comprising a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database. A unique identification code is input into the computer for each piece of oilfield equipment in the drill string to form a reference in the oilfield equipme... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7370374 | Ventilated safety goggles The invention is for safety goggles to protect eyes of a user of the safety goggles. The safety goggles include a lens and a frame with a bridge. A goggle chamber is formed between the lens and the face of the user. The safety goggles have a lower ventilation assemb... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373042 | Polarization sorter A polarization sorter having an input, an output and a slowly varying region. The input has at least one input waveguide. The input waveguide supports at least one guided TE polarized mode of mode ranking mode-i-TE, and at least one guided TM polarized mode of mode ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7364386 | In-situ surfactant and chemical oxidant flushing for complete remediation of contaminants and methods of using same The present invention relates to removal of subsurface contaminants and methods of same. In more particular, but not by way of limitation, the present invention relates to an integrated method for remediating subsurface contaminants through the use of a low concentr... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364042 | Packaging material A packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another along one end thereof so as to form a unitary mass and so that the strips of material are intertwineable with one another to form a resilient tuft. Th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361189 | Prosthetic valve with pores Prosthetic valves for regulating fluid flow are provided. The valves have at least one leaflet that includes a plurality of pores that allow a quantity of retrograde flow to pass through the leaflet when the valve is in a closed configuration. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357907 | Method for producing single walled carbon nanotubes A catalyst composition and method of use of the catalyst composition for producing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The catalyst is cobalt (Co) and molybdenum (Mo) on a silica support. The Mo occurs primarily as dispersed Mo oxide clusters on the support whil... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357043 | Chemical trace detection portal based on the natural airflow and heat transfer of vehicles A portal is provided with a detector for detecting trace amounts of substances of interest that may be retained on the surface or interior of a vehicular subject. The portal relies upon the continuous process by which microscopic flakes of dust, dirt, pollen, and ot... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359593 | Integrated optical mode shape transformer and method of fabrication An integrated optical mode transformer provides a low loss interconnection between an optical fiber and an integrated optic waveguide having a spot size different from that of the fiber. The mode transformer is comprised of two waveguide layers, an upper layer and a... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354881 | Method and catalyst for producing single walled carbon nanotubes A catalyst composition and method of use of the catalyst composition for producing single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs). The catalyst is cobalt (Co) and molybdenum (Mo) on a silica support. The Mo occurs primarily as dispersed Mo oxide clusters on the support whil... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356221 | Coupled optical waveguide resonators with heaters for thermo-optic control of wavelength and compound filter shape An integrated optical device is disclosed comprising a substrate, optical waveguide, and compound optical resonator having a temperature sensor, at least two coupled optical resonators, and a heater localized to each optical resonator. An optical input signal is cou... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354900 | Treatment and inhibition of ocular infections and wounds by CAP37 and CAP37 peptides A method for treating ocular conditions such as bacterial keratitis, bacterial conjunctivitis, corneal ulcers and wounds, endophthalmitis, and blebitis in mammals, by using a native, synthetic, or recombinant CAP37, or effective peptide portions thereof including CA... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356206 | Integrated optics polarization beam splitter using form birefringence A method for separating the orthogonal polarization components of an incident optical signal into two spatially separated output ports is described. The method comprises a Mach-Zehnder interferometer where one of the two branches has a section of waveguide that exhi... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348305 | Inhibitor of cardiac tachyarrhythmias Methods of preventing sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia following myocardial ischemia, decreasing infarct size and/or decreasing the incidence and/or maximum intrinsic rate of very rapid ventricular triplets following myocardial ischemia is disclosed. Th... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344712 | Urinary tract tissue graft compositions and methods for producing same A method for providing a urinary tract tissue graft composition includes providing a segment of small intestinal submucosa and positioning the segment of small intestinal submucosa in a tissue culture frame such that the segment of small intestinal submucosa is susp... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7329485 | Methods for detecting compounds that interfere with protein aggregation utilizing an in vitro fluorescence-based assay Methods of identifying a compound that inhibit, enhance and/or misdirect assembly of a viral capsid include providing fluorescently-labeled capsid polypeptides labeled with a fluorescent dye that changes fluorescence at high concentration, wherein assembly of the ca... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324199 | System and deconvolution process for an optical filtering device based on WGM resonance A system and method for detecting the optical spectrum of an optical input signal. The system includes a tunable optical filter having a microresonator that is tunable across a plurality of states and a processor. The input signal is coupled into the microresonator,... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316461 | Indoor-outdoor equipment enclosure and method for assembling the same A cabinet for supporting electronic equipment. The cabinet has a rigid internal assembly structure and a cladding kit. The internal assembly defines a cavity into which the electronic equipment can be fitted. The internal assembly structure has height, a plurality o... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7315782 | Interactive weather advisory system A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of remotely-located communicator devices. The network comprises a user input database, a communicator location database, a weather analysis unit, an... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7309774 | Antiplasmin cleaving enzyme Human α2-antiplasmin (α2AP) is the major inhibitor of the proteolytic enzyme plasmin that digests fibrin. Two forms of α2AP circulate in human plasma: a 464-residue protein, which we have termed “pro”-form, or α2AP... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307159 | Heparin/heparosan synthase from and methods of making and using same The presently claimed and disclosed invention relates, in general, to dual action heparin synthases and, more particularly, to dual action heparin synthases obtained from Pasteurella multocida. The presently claimed and disclosed invention also relates to hep... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7305304 | Forecast decision system and method A system and method for making a decision of whether to carry additional fuel on an aircraft for a particular flight based on a forecast, such as for low visibility and ceiling. Preferably, observations-based probabilistic forecasts are utilized. The forecast probab... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301664 | Multiple integrated machine system A multiple integrated machine system (“MIMS”) capable of performing as multiple digital machines. The MIMS comprises multiple elements controlled by one operating system. Each element is different. Each element includes hardware and software and can perform as p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298293 | Method for encoding data A method for encoding data includes a super cooling process wherein an input stream is manipulated, encoded and summarized to form entities that represent the input stream in a different form in super cooled sets. The super cooled sets can be used for example for th... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7289908 | Interactive weather advisory system A broadcast network for selectively transmitting individualized weather output signals to at least one of a plurality of communicator devices remotely located from the broadcast network. The broadcast network comprises a user input database, a communicator location ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286944 | Method and device for securely storing data A system for providing reliable, unalterable mechanical data associated with the mechanical properties of a concrete mass. The system includes a logger, a second memory device and an outbound data transfer device. The logger is provided with one or more sensors, a m... | 10/23/2007 |
| D552849 | Book bag | 10/16/2007 |
| D552350 | Book bag | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279247 | Carbon nanotube pastes and methods of use Dispersable pastes comprising single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNT) in water or in an organic solvent are prepared. The method of preparing the dispersable pastes comprises in general the following steps: a) removal of the catalyst used during the synthesis of SWNT;... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273754 | Core 1 β3-galactosyltransferase specific molecular chaperones, nucleic acids, and methods of use thereof Core 1 β3-galactosyl transferase specific molecular chaperones (Cosmc-1) and nucleic acids encoding the core 1 β3-galactosyl transferase specific molecular chaperones or proteins having core 1 β3-galactosyl transferase specific molecular chaperone activity are de... | 09/25/2007 |
