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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7204496 | Accessory for a snowboard An accessory for a snowboard including a plate adapted to support the feet of a rider, the plate being constructed and arranged to be secured releasably to the snowboard, and having a steering mechanism, which is pivotably mounted onto said plate and which is constr... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7169433 | Seasoning stick and method and apparatus for preparing foods A solid seasoning product in the form of a stick, rod, thread, band, bead, pellet or ribbon from 20 mils to 250 mils thick and having a geometry as a shaped mass that enables the product to be inserted into or mixed with food comprising meat, poultry, rice, grains o... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7381450 | Method of manufacturing flexible magnetic tape A method of manufacturing flexible magnetic tape having a permanently structured magnetic characteristic which varies from place to place in two different directions in the plane of the tape, includes:—a) coating a flexible substrate with a slurry having anisotrop... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7360257 | Bib with adhesive strip A bib for protecting clothing worn by a wearer includes a sheet having front and back surfaces, an adhesive strip located on the back surface of the sheet and configured and dimensioned for adhering the sheet to the wearer, and a sealed package attached to the sheet... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7335584 | Method of using SACVD deposition and corresponding deposition reactor A method is provided for using SACVD deposition to deposit at least one layer of dielectric material inside a deposition reactor during the fabrication of at least one semiconductor integrated circuit. According to the method, a reaction chamber is provided for carr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7337300 | Procedure for processing a virtual address for programming a DMA controller and associated system on a chip A method is provided for processing a virtual address for a program requesting a DMA transfer. The program is designed to be run in user mode on a system on a chip that includes a central processing unit, a memory management unit, and a DMA controller. The virtual a... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332963 | Low noise amplifier A low noise amplifier is provided that includes a first circuit block capable of amplifying a first voltage signal that is input to the amplifier. The first circuit block includes a first terminal coupled to a first supply voltage by a variable resistance, and a sec... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330662 | System and method for remote optical digital networking of computing devices The extended range of optical data communication is enabled through the use of intermediary relay stations spaced fairly far apart. IRDA communicatiOn, as is well known, uses very short duration optical pulses to send data up to 1 Mbit/sec; this has the concomitant ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7321905 | System and method for efficient data recovery in a storage array utilizing multiple parity slopes A recovery enabling system for storage arrays is a high distance generalization of RAID-5 with optimal update complexity and near optimal storage efficiency. The recovery enabling system utilizes presets, data cells with known values that initialize the reconstructi... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320275 | Seasoning device and method for preparing foods A seasoning implement composed of an elongated hollow member loaded with a seasoning and having a plurality of axially spaced openings for inserting into a food mass. The hollow member provides a driving force to expel the seasoning. The hollow member may be a two-c... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7315736 | Personal emergency communication system A personal emergency communication system includes a user-carried portable communication unit having a single button, which when depressed by the user, wirelessly sends a call request signal to a base unit. The base unit initiates a telephone call through a dial-up ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314234 | Steering column and adjustment method for a steering column A steering column for a motor vehicle with adjustment which can be triggered in the case of an accident to move at least a steering wheel end region of the steering column away from a passenger wherein the adjustment include load absorbing to absorb a movement of at... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7293087 | Event-based application for performing configuration changes in a networked environment A system, a computer readable medium and a method in a client-server environment, to manage a configuration of resources on client systems. This includes receiving one or more predetermined events along with one or more local run-time environmental conditions along ... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7283939 | Method, system and program for supporting mechanism design Informations about design specifications, components, design items, the correlations between the design specifications and the components, and the correlations between the design items and the design specifications or between the design items and the component, whic... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279278 | Orientation-directed construction of plasmids A method for orientation-directed construction of a construct including at least two nucleic acid segments of interest. Products are provided having phosphorylated blunt ends derived from the nucleic acid segments of interest. Separate ligation reactions are perform... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7275584 | Immersion nozzle for continuous casting of steel and continuous steel casting method using same A nozzle for continuous casting of clean steel is capable of preventing adhesion of Al2O3-based inclusions to a wall surface of the inner hole of the nozzle while fully achieving an effect of a swirl vane. The swirl vane prevents drift in molte... | 10/02/2007 |
| D548816 | Paint spray gun | 08/14/2007 |
| 7245748 | Apparatus for monitoring a system with time in space and method for diagnosing a condition of a prostate Apparatus and method for monitoring a prostate in a human body in which a fluid flows and which is characterized by a change in the prostate with time in space for the purpose of diagnosing a prostate condition, particularly cancer. A preselected place in the prosta... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240198 | Honesty preserving negotiation and computation A method and system for preserving the integrity of a negotiation that includes providing an architecture which includes a center A, and a plurality of users B.sub.1, B.sub.2, . . . , B.sub.n. each user B.sub.i generates an input X.sub.i, which is input to the cente... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7234257 | Means for maintaining spatial relationships in lenticular display units The present invention provides an improved lenticular display unit for advertising, information, or decoration. The unit comprises means for maintaining the required spatial relationship between the indicia carrier, on which the information to be displayed is contai... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228584 | Portal washing facility for motor vehicles The invention relates to a portal washing facility for motor vehicles, in particular passenger motor vehicles, that includes a portal device that can move relative to the motor vehicle in its longitudinal direction, has at least one horizontal washing brush that is ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228246 | Apparatus for monitoring a system with time in space and method therefor Apparatus and method for monitoring a system in which a fluid flows and which is characterized by a change in the system with time in space. A preselected place in the system is monitored to collect data at two or more time points correlated to a system event. The d... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225195 | Method for a dynamic information messaging system A method and system for exchanging online data information messages between at least two computer terminal nodes through data communication networks. Each data information message includes a definition of an online information data structure, a query syntax, a data ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7207607 | Coaxial two-component cartridge The invention relates to a coaxial two-component cartridge, with an outer tube and a separate inner tube, both of which tape at one respective end into a respective neck, wherein the inner side of the neck of the outer tube and the outer side of the neck of the inne... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207236 | Safety device for a motor vehicle with a steering column arrangement and safety method A safety device is provided for a motor vehicle with a steering column arrangement having length and height adjustment. The length adjustment contains a slot guidance, which runs linearly in the longitudinal direction of the steering column arrangement, and an engag... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205505 | Surface heating, method for its production, and heatable object, and seat occupancy recognition, seat with it, and seat occupancy recognition method A system for recognizing the occupancy of a seat, containing elements made of electrically conducting synthetic material, especially strips made of electrically conductive polyurethane. A seat equipped with the system. A method for recognizing seat occupancy whereby... | 04/17/2007 |
| D540193 | Aerosol can | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195431 | Clamping device The invention relates to a device for clamping a hollow shaft tool (1) or tool holder provided with a conical hollow shaft (3) in a machine spindle (2) provided with a taper bore (4), especially for use in a machine tool. The device compr... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192303 | Quick connect device for electrical fixtures A device for connecting and supporting electrical fixtures includes a male electrical plug, a mating female electrical socket and a releasable latch assembly for both holding the plug in the socket and mechanically mounting the fixture on a supporting surface or an ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186227 | Head massager and package therefor A head massager including a bundle of malleable rods having a top member within which the top end of the bundle of rods is fixed and the rods are free at the bottom end of the bundle, a handle including a top half and a bottom half articulated together, the bottom h... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186228 | Head massager and package therefor A head massager including a bundle of malleable rods having a top member within which the top end of the bundle of rods is fixed and the rods are free at the bottom end of the bundle, a handle including a recess detachably receiving the top member therein. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7176831 | Emitter location system Described herein is a system and method for detecting the position of a remote emitter (1) where the emitter (1) is emitting a radio frequency signal (2) in a radio field (3). The system and method uses at least one receiver (4) wh... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176482 | DNA-based electronics Digital computational circuit comprising a network made of a plurality of identical repetitive DNA-based conductive elements. The DNA-based elements used for the purposes of the invention employ a P-bridge as a tunnel junction for a net charge. The DNA-based element... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7157058 | High power ultrasonic reactor for sonochemical applications Ultrasound device having a reaction chamber, which includes a magnetostrictive transducer and a horn transmitting ultrasound radiation substantially uniformly throughout the reaction chamber. The horn is hollow and is constituted by a cylinder having an empty inner ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7150657 | Wire lead guide and method for terminating a communications cable A method for terminating a telecommunications cable where the cable comprises a plurality of twisted pairs of wires. The method comprises the steps providing an interconnection module comprising a pair of contacts for each of the twisted pairs, aligning the end port... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149662 | Automated selection of optical systems An automated system for selecting optical apparatus compares a set of user specifications with the optical characteristics of a plurality of standard optical components, and automatically chooses a combination of the components forming the closest match to the user'... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7124895 | Device for continuous filtration of material blends A device for the continuous filtration of material blends, in particular for separating impurities from plastic melts. A housing has a hollow cylindrical filter disposed inside. An inside chamber is disposed inside the filter. An annular chamber is defined by the ou... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118787 | Liquid crystal alignment layer There is provided a liquid crystal alignment layer comprising an alignment layer; and chemically bound to said alignment layer, a transport material. Also provided are methods for forming the liquid crystal alignment layer and the use thereof in displays for electro... | 10/10/2006 |
