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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D638166 | Hair-removing appliance | 05/17/2011 |
| D638165 | Hair-removing appliance | 05/17/2011 |
| D638078 | Sports ball with surface indicia | 05/17/2011 |
| D637816 | Luggage handle | 05/17/2011 |
| 7535317 | Coaxial characteristic-impedance transformer having concentric quarter wavelength lines configured as a power divider A coaxial characteristic-impedance transformer for dividing RF power on a first terminal onto n second terminals situated in the same radial plane by multi-stage serial transformation via λ/4 lines is provided with a short overall size, where the λ/4 lines between... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7535156 | Energy scavenger and method for manufacturing the same A micro-electromechanical package includes a casing and a microelectronic circuit. At least one portion of the casing includes a piezoelectric material arranged such that, in use, dynamically changing mechanical strain in the at least one portion produces an electri... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7532673 | Transport of modulation symbols in a communications system A broadband communications system uses modulation symbol transport over communications links to replace baseband or bandpass signal transport, thereby providing longer communication distances, lower communication link bandwidth, and greater signal quality. Subsequen... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531750 | Power supply line for cryogenic electrical systems A power supply line for connecting a superconducting consumer system to a current delivery point, which is at a higher temperature than the consumer system, includes a carrier and a plurality of band-shaped, mechanically and electrically parallel high-temperature su... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531273 | Fullerene-based secondary cell electrodes A composition for forming an electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery includes a carbonaceous material combined with a fullerene material including fullerene species having a carbon content of Cn, where n≧100. The composition is heated to a tempera... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530929 | Motion platform system and method of rotating a motion platform about plural axes A motion platform system includes a support and a motion platform supported by the support and rotatable about a plurality of bearing axes The motion platform is further rotatable with respect to the support about at least one axis that is offset from the plurality ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530092 | Method of prioritizing entries within a service group map to facilitate auto channel discovery A system and method for minimizing timeouts when enhanced services are requested through a digital home communications terminal (DHCT) requiring discovery of a service group identification (SGID) assigned to the DHCT. A service group map (SGM) includes a plurality o... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7529677 | Methods and apparatus for remotely processing locally generated commands to control a local device A technique for remotely processing a local audio command to control a local device includes: receiving at a local site an acoustic signal and generating a corresponding audio signal; transmitting the audio signal to a remote site; performing speech recognition proc... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528054 | Semiconductor component with a thin semiconductor chip and a stiff wiring substrate, and methods for producing and further processing of thin semiconductor chips A semiconductor component includes a thin semiconductor chip and a wiring substrate that carries the semiconductor chip on its upper side and includes external contacts on its underside and/or its edge sides. The semiconductor chip is preferably produced from monocr... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526018 | Multi-standard transceiver for supporting wireless communications in 2.3-2.4 GHz band Disclosed herein is a multi-standard transceiver for supporting a plurality of time division deplexing wireless communication standards. The multi-standard transceiver has a Multi-Mode Modem (MMM), a frequency synthesizing unit, a transmission unit, a reception unit... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523776 | Apparatus for the mechanical application of a spacer strip onto a glass pane A device for the dimensionally accurate application of an elastoplastic spacer strip onto a glass pane is disclosed. The device includes a compensating or tailback section between a first adjustably driven pair of rollers and a second adjustably driven pair of rolle... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523558 | Tool incorporating a light line generating device A tool incorporating a device that generates a light line on a work surface such as a wall is disclosed. The device includes a housing containing a self-leveling pendulum assembly and a light source that directs a light beam along a pathway. A redirection assembly, ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523250 | Semiconductor memory system and semiconductor memory chip A semiconductor memory system includes a semiconductor memory chip in which data, command, and address signals are transmitted serially between a memory controller and the semiconductor memory chip in signal frames in correspondence with a predetermined protocol. In... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521542 | Humanized FcγRIIB-specific antibodies and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to humanized FcγRIIB antibodies, fragments, and variants thereof that bind human FcγRIIB with a greater affinity than said antibody binds FcγRIIA. The invention encompasses the use of the humanized antibodies of the invention for the... | 04/21/2009 |
| D590721 | Bottle | 04/21/2009 |
| 7519999 | Secure negotiation and encryption module A digital subscriber communication terminal includes an adaptive output interface having a device key set, which, along with a subscriber device coupled to the adaptive output interface, determines a “shared secret.” The adaptive output interface uses the “sha... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519894 | Memory device with error correction code module A memory device includes at least two DRAM memory modules, at least one external ECC module, and a memory controller. The external ECC module provides the memory modules with ECC functionality. Each memory module is connected to the memory controller via a respectiv... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519366 | Collaborative beam forming of base transceiver stations for reducing interference in a wireless multi-cell network A method of signal transmission and reception for a cellular wireless network is provided comprising detecting signal strength of signals transmitted or received between a mobile station and a plurality of base transceiver stations; selecting a plurality of candidat... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519104 | Application of spreading codes to signals A method for applying one or more code values to an input signal value to produce an output signal value in a CDMA communications scheme, wherein the code value or values may lie only either on or equally distant from an orthogonal pair of axes defining a two dimens... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519080 | Fibre channel frame-mode GFP with distributed delimiter A technique for providing multiple Fiber Channel frames in one frame-mapped GFP transport frame. GFP conventions are followed, except that a Distributed Delimiter marks each Fiber Channel frame in the payload of GFP transport frame. The Distributed Delimiter has a F... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516543 | Method for manufacturing semiconductor component with a media channel A semiconductor component includes a media channel and at least the following components: a semiconductor chip on a wiring substrate, electric connecting elements disposed between the semiconductor chip and the wiring substrate, and a plastic housing mass that embed... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515593 | Method and system for efficient flow control for client data frames over GFP across a SONET/SDH transport path A method and system for flow control of GFP-encapsulated client data frames over SONET/SDH transport networks is described. Transport interfaces, in the form of port cards, have FIFO buffers for receiving the GFP frames. In acknowledgment of the received frames, a t... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515451 | Memory apparatus with a bus architecture A system comprises a board, memory units that are arranged on the board, a control unit configured to control memory access to the memory units, at least one control/address bus configured to transmit control/address signals from the control unit to a first group of... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513052 | Light line generating device A device that generates a light line on a work surface such as a wall is disclosed. The device includes a housing containing a self-leveling pendulum assembly and a light source that directs a light beam along a pathway. A redirection assembly, also contained in the... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512870 | Method and system for improving the performance of a trellis-based decoder Method and system are provided for improving the performance of a trellis-based decoder. States with reduced uncertainty (SRUs) are defined for one or more predetermined fields in an encoded message. Metrics are set for the SRUs such that candidate paths through a t... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511809 | Air sampler module for enhancing the detection capabilities of a chemical detection device or system An air sampler module is provided for use with a detection device that monitors liquids and/or solids on a surface using spectroscopy techniques. The air sampler module comprises a housing, an intake port for collecting air containing airborne threats to be analyzed... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511608 | Tire pressure monitoring system telegram with suppressed ID A tire pressure monitoring system receiver includes a storage unit to store transmitter IDs associated with a plurality tire pressure monitoring system transmitters, a receiving unit to receive a transmitted tire pressure monitoring system telegram and a transmitted... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7511294 | Resistive memory element with shortened erase time A resistive memory element for reversibly switching between a high-resistance OFF state and a low-resistance ON state includes a reactive electrode, an inert electrode and a solid electrolyte arranged between the two electrodes. The resistive memory element further ... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7417205 | Medical item thermal treatment systems and method of monitoring medical items for compliance with prescribed requirements Various present invention devices enable adherence to requirements for medical items. A medical item of the present invention includes a monitoring or data recording device to monitor and/or record medical solution conditions. The device may further include indicato... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7509150 | Reducing power consumption in a radio device by early receiver shut down A power savings technique is provided for a radio communication device. The technique involves reducing the amount of time that a receiver is powered-up during a time interval that the radio communication device may receive a transmission from another radio communic... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507864 | Method for the synthesis of curcumin analogues The present invention relates to improved methods for achieving the synthesis of 1,7-diaryl-1,6-heptadiene-3,5-diones, and in particular curcumin and its analogues. The invention provides a process for synthesizing such compounds in substantial yield and purity usin... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506922 | Reconfigurable child receiving rocker device The present invention relates to a reconfigurable child receiving device that includes a seat portion and arcuate leg members that support the seat portion above a supporting surface. The seat portion is further supported by arcuate cross members that extend between... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7506468 | Method and apparatus for monitoring handling of a firearm A firearm monitoring system according to the present invention senses the position of a user hand or trigger finger on a weapon and generates a warning, notification, status or control signal when the user finger position is proximate the trigger. One embodiment gen... | 03/24/2009 |
| D589212 | Cooking glove | 03/24/2009 |
| 7505592 | Apparatus for entitling and transmitting service instances to remote client devices A server in a subscriber television network receives service instances from a headend of the subscriber television network. The server is adapted to encrypt according to an encryption scheme and re-transmit service instances to a client-receiver. The server reformat... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505359 | Integrated semiconductor memory device with clock generation A memory device can be operated in a first operating state and a second operating state, where read access to memory cells can be performed in the first operating state. The memory device includes an activatable clock generator circuit to generate a clock signal. Th... | 03/17/2009 |
