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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182086 | Eyeglass frame, eyewear, and an eyewear assembly method An eyeglass frame is provided that includes a lens retaining part including first and second lens retaining sections connected by a bridge. One of the sections includes a lens receiving opening defined by a rim having a groove into which an edge of a lens is adapted... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8156802 | Roller comprising a force sensor The invention relates to a force sensor for measuring a bearing force of a roller deviating a web of material. The force sensor includes a base element on which at least one sensor element is supported. The sensor element has at least one plate which can be elastica... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657686 | Vessel for storing liquids and powders | 04/17/2012 |
| 8122658 | Reversible baseboard for covering a flooring border The baseboard has a side with a first contour and an opposite side with a second contour. In order to be able to mount the baseboard in either of two 180°-rotated positions, the baseboard has a longitudinally extending axis of symmetry. The first contour in a first... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654880 | Elevator pushbutton | 02/28/2012 |
| 8118444 | LED illuminated tool The tool has a handle and a rigid shaft that extends from the handle. The shaft has an end. It also has a bore that extends from the handle to the end of the shaft. A LED is situated in the bore, proximate the end of the shaft. The handle has a recess. A battery is ... | 02/21/2012 |
| D654423 | Rack for sports equipment | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112401 | Analyzing externally generated documents in document management system The document management system has a Native Template database including a list of templates for one or more types of documents having common characteristics and a Conversion Database including a list of one or more data points associated with each listed document ty... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087209 | Edging rail for a flooring An edging rail for a flooring (2) has a base member (3) and a covering member (4). These are integrally joined together. In order to fix the edging rail effectively to the flooring (2), at least one drive channel (10) is supported ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8083113 | Waterproof portable security enclosure assembly A portable security enclosure assembly is provided for use with a vehicle of the type having a surface. The enclosure includes a base and means for fixing the base to the vehicle surface. Means are provided for detachably mounting the enclosure to the base. The moun... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8079723 | Adjustable lens with self-illuminated scale An adjustable lens with a self-illuminating scale for use in photography, cinematography, or videography has a housing surface with scale markings and an opaque member with a reference marking mounted over and movable relative to the surface. The movement of the mem... | 12/20/2011 |
| D649469 | Container | 11/29/2011 |
| 8057680 | Cartridge for electrohemodialysis The scope of the invention is to apply an electric current or to use a kind of iontophoresis system with the hemodialysis cartridge and system (the proposed method is also applicable to peritoneal dialysis or other similar methods) to remove unwanted molecules from ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8050485 | System for high speed processing of gaming documents A system is provided for automatically processing gaming documents. The system obtains the dollar value of the document directly by optically identifying each dollar value characters from a scanned image of the document, instead of forwarding the bar-coded validatio... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647948 | 3D glasses | 11/01/2011 |
| D647099 | Data storage device | 10/18/2011 |
| 8020218 | Baseball cap with neck protection visor The head covering includes a skull portion, a visor and an expandable section for connecting the visor and the skull portion. The expandable section is moveable between an expanded position and a retracted position to move the visor between a generally horizontal po... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8017891 | Internal heater for thermoform plastic sheet A plastic material sheet for use in vacuum thermoforming is formed of polymer material. Electrically conductive resistance elements, at least a portion of which are situated within sheet, conduct electrical current to heat the sheet. The elements are generally paral... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016816 | Fecal management appliance and method and apparatus for introducing same The end of the elongated tubular element of the appliance that is designed to be inserted into a body cavity or vessel is formed entirely of soft, compliant material. That end carries an inflatable balloon formed in its fully inflated shape. The balloon is inflated ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014403 | Method of processing multimedia content description data sets, and corresponding apparatus This method of processing multimedia content description data sets to deliver a plurality of output data sets (141, 142, . . . , 14n) from a single input data set (10), the method being characterized in th... | 09/06/2011 |
| D644510 | Container | 09/06/2011 |
| 8004393 | Digital vehicle cargo security system The security system determines if the cargo area of a vehicle may have been opened in transit between a loading location and a destination location. The vehicle has an enclosed cargo area with a cargo door and lock. The system includes a digital counter which displa... | 08/23/2011 |
| D643847 | Data storage device | 08/23/2011 |
| D643846 | Data storage device | 08/23/2011 |
| D643435 | Data storage device | 08/16/2011 |
| D643267 | Lunch bag | 08/16/2011 |
| D642913 | Bag closure device | 08/09/2011 |
| D642908 | Container | 08/09/2011 |
| D642726 | LED click light | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983571 | Apparatus and method for very high data rate optical transmission, and the use of said apparatus and said method The apparatus includes a pulse emitter and at least one line fiber for conveying at least one pulse in the line fiber. A spreader module for linearly spreading pulses is provided including a propagation medium that is dispersive and linear. The propagation medium pr... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7956545 | Field emission device The field emission device includes: a front substrate and a rear substrate which are disposed at a certain distance and opposite to each other; at least one or more cathode electrodes formed on the rear substrate; at least one or more gate electrodes formed to be di... | 06/07/2011 |
| D639155 | Container | 06/07/2011 |
| 7952625 | Calibration element for calibrating the magnification ratio of a camera, and a calibration method A calibration element (1) serves for calibrating the magnification ratio of a camera (3). The calibration element (1) has at least one calibration region (4) in which at least one perforation (5) or indentation is provided. The per... | 05/31/2011 |
| D638865 | Tyre cutting machine | 05/31/2011 |
| D637379 | Footwear | 05/10/2011 |
| D635339 | Footwear mid-sole | 04/05/2011 |
| 7895907 | Method of measuring the tensile stressing of a moving web In a method for measuring the tensile stress of a running web, force sensors (7) are connected in the form of a Wheatstone bridge (11). An amplifier (18) amplifies a diagonal voltage (17) of the Wheatstone bridge (11). In order to ... | 03/01/2011 |
| D633541 | Book light and magnifying glass | 03/01/2011 |
| D630006 | Footwear | 01/04/2011 |
| 7854214 | Pet grooming tool with pivot head and rotatable blade The pet grooming tool includes a handle and a head. The head consists of a lower head portion and an upper head portion. A toothed uni-directional blade is mounted on and extends from the lower head portion. The head portions are rotatably connected so that the tool... | 12/21/2010 |
