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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8015942 | Heated pet bed An outdoor heated pet bed has a low wattage heating wire. A foil packet encloses the low wattage heating wire. A foam layer is placed adjacent to one side of the foil packet. A weather resistant cover encloses the foam layer and the foil packet. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7691281 | Method of producing a reflective design A method of producing a reflective design includes the steps of lasering a pattern on an adhesive side of a reflective laminated material. The lasering ablates the adhesive and causes these areas to not adhere. The reflective laminate material is applied to a substr... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7686537 | Road grader/spreader A road grader comprising an elongated grader blade adapted to be pushed by a vehicle such as a bulldozer and having mutually parallel side members attached to the lateral ends of the blade perpendicularly to the blade's longitudinal axis, each of said side members c... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7623685 | Biometric signatures and identification through the use of projective invariants Techniques, systems and methods for obtaining biometric signatures and identification are described. Broadly stated, embodiments of the present invention utilize specified geometric principles to provide means for accurate biometric identification using projective i... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7602305 | Feedback circuit for a display sign and method A feedback circuit for a display sign has a number of lights. A resistor is coupled in series with the lights. A voltage measuring circuit is coupled to the resistor. ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7589640 | Utility pole and tower safety and protection device A Utility Pole and Tower Safety and Protection Device includes a utility pole with a crossbar to support utility conductors. The crossbar is attached to the pole with a release mechanism. A pressure transducer is attached to the release mechanism and automatically c... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7556403 | Hooded face plate for a message and display sign A display and messaging sign includes a number of pixels and a hooded face plate. The hooded face plate includes a number of hooded apertures, with a hood over each of the pixels. Each pixel is aligned with an aperture. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7520224 | Advanced armor-piercing projectile construction and method A firearm projectile includes a precision-machined outer component having a generally cylindrical body, a tip at the forward end of the body, a base at the rear end of the body, and a precision-machined cavity machined into the outer component. A precision-machined ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7380742 | Level wind winch cable tensioner A winch cable storage device includes a cable-tensioning mechanism for attachment to a cable winch. The manual cable tensioner is removably attached to the cable winch and includes a level wind feature. The level winder includes a flexible frame attached between the... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380668 | Reticle carrier A reticle carrier has a cover. A gasket is attached to the cover. A door mates with the cover. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379487 | Two phase reactor A two phase reactor includes a source of liquid reactant and a source of gas reactant. A chamber has an inlet coupled to the source of gas reactant and a flat jet nozzle coupled to the source of the liquid reactant. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7362079 | Voltage regulator circuit A voltage regulator circuit has a standby amplifier with an output coupled to a gate of an output transistor. An active amplifier has an output coupled to the gate of the output transistor and to a gate of a replica follower transistor. A voltage regulated output is... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355542 | Polarization switching digital to analog converter and method A polarization switching digital to analog converter has a ferroelectric capacitor. A number of switches are coupled to the ferroelectric capacitor. A summing circuit is coupled to the one of the switches. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7286574 | Infrared laser An infrared laser has a seed laser with an optical seed output. A pump amplifier receives the optical seed output and has an amplified output. A molecular gas laser receives the amplified output and has an infrared optical output. ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7279981 | Compensation method for low voltage, low power unity gain amplifier A unity gain amplifier has a current mirror. A compensation circuit has an input coupled to an output of the current mirror. An output transistor has a base coupled to the output of the current mirror and a source of the output transistor is coupled to an output of ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7280574 | Circuit for driving a laser diode and method A circuit for driving a laser diode has a variable bias circuit. The variable bias circuit has an output designed to couple to the laser diode. A modulation circuit has an output designed to couple to the laser diode. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7250184 | Composition and method for tenderizing meat A method of tenderizing meat comprising providing an amount of meat and treating the meat with a composition comprising an enzyme mixture consisting of bromelin, ficin, papain and/or actinidin. ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245477 | Decoupling capacitor and method A capacitor having a first nickel electrode. A BCTZ dielectric covers a side of the first nickel electrode. A second nickel electrode sandwiches the BCTZ. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7217935 | System for chemical and biological decontamination A system for chemical and biological decontamination has a source of oxygen. A reactor is coupled to the source oxygen. An optical source is coupled to the reactor. The system produces singlet delta oxygen that neutralizes chemical and biological contaminants. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| D539069 | Towel with zipper | 03/27/2007 |
| 7173493 | Range controller circuit and method A range controller circuit has a master counter with a recovered clock input. A sampled counter has a reference clock input. A link fault indicator logic is coupled to an output of the master counter and an output the sampled counter. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173477 | Variable capacitance charge pump system and method A variable capacitance charge pump system has a charge pump circuit with a variable capacitance. A pump clock driver circuit has a clock signal and is coupled to an input of the charge pump circuit. A feedback system has an enable signal coupled to an input of the p... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173475 | Signal transmission amplifier circuit A signal transmission amplifier circuit has a transmission gate with an input coupled to an input signal. A cross coupled latch is coupled to an output of the transmission gate and has a signal output. A reference generating circuit is coupled to the cross coupled l... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173469 | Clocking system and method for a memory A clocking system for a memory that accomplishes these and other objectives has an external clock. A clock shaper has an input coupled to the external clock and an access clock at an output. A first delay block has an input coupled to the external clock and an outpu... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7165073 | Dynamic, hierarchical data exchange system A computer system provides the ability to construct and edit a Data Definition File (DDF) containing hierarchically related elements of data, some of which are dynamic in that they must execute in order to produce or retrieve data. A client computer system having kn... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7158429 | System for read path acceleration A system for read path acceleration has a first strobe reset circuit coupled to a first local amplifier. A second strobe reset circuit is coupled to a second local amplifier. A main amplifier is coupled to an output of the first local amplifier and an output of the ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7089382 | Method of operating a hierarchical data document system having a duplicate tree structure A hierarchical structured data document system having a duplicated tree structure includes a map store (350, 352). A map index (354) has a map pointer pointing to a location in the map store in one of the map index's locations. A duplicate array (36... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7080966 | Cargo restraint anchor device for pick-up trucks Herein is disclosed an improvement for a tie-down and attach-point anchor device for pickup truck beds that clamps to the downward protruding flange of a pickup truck's inner side rail or other similar available surface having an exposed edge. The anchor incorporati... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7046671 | Ethernet wide area network and method An ethernet wide area network (10) has a number of interconnected network ethernet switches (12). A first local area network (18) has a first local area ethernet switch (16) and is connected to one (14) of the interconnected networ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6736474 | Charge pump circuit A charge pump circuit includes a first capacitor having an input coupled to a first signal. A second capacitor has an input coupled to a second signal. A first diode has an anode coupled to an output of the first capacitor and a cathode coupled to an output of the s... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6640210 | Customer service operation using wav files A customer service center includes a server connected to a computer network. The server contains a speech recognition system. An operator station is capable of connecting to the server. A microphone is connected to the operator station. A codec is connect... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6526668 | Electronic level An electronic level (10) has a rigid flat disk (12). An electronic level sensor (14) is attached to the rigid flat disk (12). An electronic display (20) is electrically connected to the electronic level sensor (14).... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6499780 | Soft sided gun case with retractable legs A gun case with retractable legs includes a gun case that has a top and a bottom and is capable of enclosing a gun. A frame is connected to the bottom of the gun case. The frame has an upper end and a grounded end, a first leg and a second leg are pivotal... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6501831 | Method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange A method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange, includes grouping a plurality of private telephone numbers into a set. An outgoing telephone line for a 911 call is assigned to the set. A location information for the outgoing telephone line... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6493813 | Method for forming a hashing code A method of forming a hashing code includes the steps of: first selecting a first linear feedback transform generator that is perfect over a first range. A maximum key length is determined next. When the maximum key length is greater than the first range ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6472942 | Parasitically compensated resistor for integrated circuits A parasitically compensated resistor (50) for integrated circuits includes a substrate (52). A polysilicon resistor (54) is formed in the substrate (52). The polysilicon resistor (54) has a first end connected to a first lead (56) and a second end connect... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6449351 | Method and system of providing caller identification with name A system (20) for providing a caller identification with name service includes a destination service switching point (22) having a plurality of destination numbers (24). A switching control point (26) has a caller identification with name database (30) an... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6445781 | Method of providing caller identification for calls placed over an internet The invention uses the advanced intelligent network to provide caller identification for calls placed over the internet (24). A long distance call placed with an internet carrier results in the originating SSP (14) forwarding the call to an originating PO... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6415019 | Method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange A method of providing 911 service to a private branch exchange, includes grouping a plurality of private telephone numbers into a set. An outgoing telephone line for a 911 call is assigned to the set. A location information for the outgoing telephone line... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6400818 | Method of routing interLATA network traffic A method of routing interLATA network traffic includes the steps of receiving a number of dialed digits at a first service switching point (18) in a first virtual network (10). Then a query is sent to a service control point (24). When the dialed digits r... | 06/04/2002 |
