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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8053206 | Antagonists of HMG1 for treating inflammatory conditions There is disclosed a pharmaceutical composition and method for treating sepsis, including septic shock and ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), comprising administering an effective amount of a HMG1 antagonist. There is further disclosed a diagnostic method f... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048678 | Cell separation method and apparatus Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for isolating a fraction of interest from a physiological fluid sample. A sample holder for isolating a fraction of interest from a physiological fluid sample includes a flexible compartment and a rigid exoskeleton that sup... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7971460 | Method and mechanism for attaching a locking mechanism to a pick-up truck tailgate A method of mounting a lock to a pick-up truck tailgate latching mechanism including the steps of locating targets for holes to be formed in a plastic bezel, the bezel carrying a handle for the tailgate, forming the holes in the plastic bezel, and securing the locki... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7960525 | Gene repair involving in vivo excision of targeting DNA Methods of modifying, repairing, attenuating and inactivating a gene or other chromosomal DNA in a cell are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of treating or prophylaxis of a genetic disease in an individual in need thereof. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7916248 | Large scale liquid crystal structures A liquid crystal structure (200) comprising first and second reflective regions (214a, 214b, 214c) arranged to reflect respective first and second colours. The first and second reflective regions (214a, ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7906019 | Bacteria deactivation apparatus A bacteria deactivation device that has a porous medium through which water and bacteria contained in the water, like E. coli and fecal coliform, are passed. Colloidal silver within the medium deactivates bacteria that pass therethrough. The medium has a poro... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7827081 | Computer method and system for equity financing by retail investors with collective due diligence funding The present invention provides a business facilitation system enabling retail investors to acquire equity in business entities that are seeking equity financing. The fund seeker electronically posts a proposal seeking funds. Through electronic communication means in... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7785808 | Treatment of inflammation using α7 receptor-binding cholinergic agonists A method of treating a patient suffering from pancreatitis comprising treating said patient with a therapeutically effective amount of a cholinergic agonist selective for an α7 nicotinic receptor in an amount sufficient to decrease the amount of the proinflammatory... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783927 | Intelligent processing tools A method and system capable of executing software for recording and playback of actions associated with events occurring during execution of the software configured for processing a software, wherein the software comprises a set instructions for performing one or mo... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7765082 | System for optimal alignment of a shaft of a gas turbine A system for substantially aligning a shaft of a turbine engine with components of the turbine engine. The system includes a horizontal bed adapted to support a shaft in a horizontal orientation, at least one stand for rotatably supporting the shaft in the horizonta... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761851 | Computer method and system for integrating software development and deployment A computer implemented method and system for software auditability and bidirectional traceability in a software development lifecycle is provided. The lifecycle having at least development and deployment phases is bridged with a configurable workflow engine, a confi... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757117 | Method and apparatus for testing of enterprise systems In a method of virtual user compensation by a test run system of an enterprise system, the termination of a virtual user is identified and a new virtual user is created to compensate for the terminated virtual user. The new virtual user is then assigned to the enter... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7749959 | Use of HMGB fragments as anti-inflammatory agents Compositions and methods are disclosed for inhibiting the release of a proinflammatory cytokine from a vertebrate cell, and for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient. The compositions comprise a vertebrate HMGB A box, and an antibody preparation t... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7738152 | High areal density holographic data storage system An apparatus for recording or reading high areal density holographically stored information with high signal-to-noise ratio. The apparatus comprises a holographic imaging system for recording or reconstructing a holographic image, having a first numerical aperture a... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7695043 | Truck tailgate with motion control devices A tailgate control mechanism used to exert a force on a pivot. The tailgate may include a pivoting main body and a pivot fixed to a truck bed, where the main body may move about the pivot. The tailgate may also include a piston element including a first end connecte... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7665576 | Movable safety barrier system A movable safety barrier system includes a flexible barrier member having a barrier member length with first and second ends, and a width. The barrier member can have a construction that is flexible in both directions along the length and width of the barrier member... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7592728 | Electric machine having segmented stator An electric machine, such as a brushless direct current motor, includes a number of stator formed as stator sections. The stator sections are longitudinally offset from each other along a common central axis of the electric machine. The stator sections are magnetica... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7583621 | Method and apparatus for suppressing echo cancelling in a packet switched network A method, or corresponding apparatus, assumes a call is a Voice Band Data (VBD) call. The method disables a local echo canceller and transmits a tone that disables distal echo canceller(s) along a communications path across which the call is communicated. After disa... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7571206 | Transparent request routing for a partitioned application service Systems and methods for providing an efficient partitioned resource server. In one embodiment, the partitioned resource server comprises a plurality of individual servers, and the individual servers appear to be equivalent to a client. Each of the individual servers... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7535907 | TCP engine A network transport layer accelerator accelerates processing of packets so that packets can be forwarded at wire-speed. To accelerate processing of packets, the accelerator performs pre-processing on a network transport layer header encapsulated in a packet for a co... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7512677 | Non-centralized network device management using console communications system and method A system and method for the management of one or more wide area or local area network connected devices by a collocated managing device. The managing device includes communications connectivity to each of the managed devices via a console connection and optionally v... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7475896 | Absorbable riser for recreational vehicles A shock absorbable handlebar riser assembly is provided for use with a recreational vehicle, such as a snowmobile or ATV. The shock absorbable handlebar riser assembly includes a pair of riser arms and a shock absorbable member. The riser arms are rotatably coupled ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7477262 | Automatic calculation of minimum and maximum tolerance stack Determining a minimum condition and a maximum condition of an assembly of parts includes determining a subset of the assembly of parts, constructing a tolerance chain comprised of tolerance features associated with the parts and that have tolerances that can assume ... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7472043 | Mass customization configurator The present invention provides an automated configuration system and method for electronics enclosures. The system receives user requirements generates a configuration including placement schedule, power usage schedules and heat flow schedules. Included as output of... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7458300 | Pill Splitter A tablet splitter includes a tablet bed having a bed body with a tablet holding structure for holding a tablet. A base is included having a base side wall with an outer perimeter. The side wall surrounds a recess extending along a longitudinal axis. The recess is sh... | 12/02/2008 |
| RE40552 | Dynamic random access memory using imperfect isolating transistors Apparatus and methods for controlling the sensing of bit lines which facilitates the distribution of bit line charging current to be distributed any time, and facilitates the fast raising of the sense modes to full logic levels. An embodiment is comprised of a plura... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436954 | Security system with an intelligent DMA controller A security subsystem is provided with at least a first security engine, a first set of registers and a control portion to perform a first security operation for each of a first number of data blocks of each of a first number of data segments of a first data object. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| D571366 | Video eyewear | 06/17/2008 |
| 7374297 | Conformable retroreflective film structure The present invention includes conformable retroreflective structures. In some embodiments, the conformable retroreflective structures are also shrink resistant. The conformable retroreflective structures include a transparent plasticized polyvinyl chloride film hav... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7330824 | Method and system for content profiling and activation The present disclosed system is directed toward a communication and management system that dynamically targets network devices for content deployment, such as application programs, device drivers, configuration files, and registry subhives. Moreover, the present sys... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7330851 | Data security through dissembly of data elements or connections between elements A technique for providing data security through the removal of elements of a database table, be they the data fields themselves, or structural components, such as connection information that defines how, for example, the elements of a database are structured. The re... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328231 | Generating schedules for synchronizing bulk data transfers to end node devices in a multimedia network Promotions may be targeted to one or more device groups. A promotion/device group set relation is maintained for each promotion indicating the device groups to which each promotion should be sent. A device group corresponds to a statistically categorized group of en... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313824 | Method for protecting digital content from unauthorized use by automatically and dynamically integrating a content-protection agent A content processor application is loaded into memory from a master image to form a runtime content processor application image. An integration agent dynamically integrates a protection agent into the loaded runtime content processor application image to form a cust... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289863 | System and method for electronic diagnostics of a process vacuum environment In one embodiment according to the invention, there is disclosed a method of identifying a source of a vacuum quality problem in a vacuum environment associated with a tool. The method comprises gathering and storing vacuum environment data; identifying an anomaly w... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7273872 | Inhibition of inflammation using α 7 receptor-binding cholinergic agonists Methods for inhibiting an inflammatory cytokine cascade in a patient are provided. The methods are directed to treating the patient with a cholinergic agonist in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade, wherein the cholinergic agonist is se... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272605 | Network interface for distributed intelligence database system A database appliance having multiple internetworked data storage units and central database processing units. The central database processors and storage units communicate as network nodes. Execution of a distributed database application is coordinated by a communic... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255726 | Composite gas separation modules having high Tamman temperature intermediate layers A composite gas separation module includes a porous metal substrate; an intermediate layer that includes a powder having a Tamman temperature higher than the Tamman temperature of the porous metal substrate and wherein the intermediate layer overlies the porous meta... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7217718 | Induction of immune tolerance Methods of inducing immune tolerance by administering an immunosuppressive agent and a compound represented by Formula (I) are disclosed: Additionally methods of suppressing an immune response by administering an i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210199 | Hinge apparatus A hinge including a first hinge member and a second hinge member that is rotatably coupled to the first hinge member. The hinge has a torsion spring with a first end of the spring secured relative to the first hinge member and a second end adjustably securable relat... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207294 | Pet toy In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided a toy for a pet. The toy includes a tube-shaped member comprising at least two layers of soft durable fabric, and comprising tube ends that are unfrayed, wherein at least one of the tube ends is op... | 04/24/2007 |
