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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184019 | Data collection system for electronic parking meters There is disclosed a single space parking meter that includes a low powered radio for communicating with a mobile access point. There is also provided a parking meter management system comprising a single space parking meter and a mobile access point. The mobile acc... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182239 | Control valve, and control valve for variable displacement compressor using the control valve A control valve includes a diaphragm assembly imparting a biasing force to a moving member according to the pressure introduced into the pressure-sensitive part. The moving member is moved by the biasing force to control the valve opening. The control valve further ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181828 | System and method for storing and dispensing a powder A powder dispensing container is provided, the container divided into a powder storage chamber and a powder dispensing chamber with an opening between the two controlled by a valve mechanism. A cap or closure member is disposed over an upper open end of a powder dis... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178727 | Bis(arylmethylidene)acetone compound, anti-cancer agent, carcinogenesis-preventive agent, inhibitor of expression of Ki-Ras, ErbB2, c-Myc and Cycline D1, β-catenin-degrading agent, and p53 expression enhancer It has been demanded to improve the poor solubility of curcumin to develop an anti-tumor compound capable of inhibiting the growth of various cancer cells at a low concentration. Thus, disclosed is a novel synthetic compound, a bis(arylmethylidene)acetone, which has... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175692 | Electrocardiogram signal-processing method and electrocardiogram signal-processing device An electrocardiogram signal processing method and device for extracting a fetus electrocardiogram signal included in a biopotential signal detected from an electrode attached to a mother's body is provided. The electrocardiogram signal processing method for extracti... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172988 | Distillation system with vertically oriented rotating plates The system contains a liquid-tight enclosure. An input source is connected to the liquid-tight enclosure for inputting water into the liquid-tight enclosure. A heating element is in thermal communication with at least a portion of the water within the liquid-tight e... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171540 | Method and system for E-mail management of E-mail having embedded classification metadata A method and system method for e-mail management of e-mails having embedded classification metadata. A query from an end user to access an e-mail account by an e-mail client is received. It is then determined whether the query has come from an insecure e-mail client... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168674 | Method for treating bronchial diseases Administration of a loop diuretic in nebulized dry powder form directly to a patient's lungs for treating bronchial disease. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166674 | Footwear sole A human shoe sole or insole, sockliner or orthotic for insertion into a human shoe having a foot supporting upper surface including a first region for supporting the first, second, third, fourth and optionally fifth metatarsal heads of the foot, and a second region ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164694 | Channel scanning method A method for operating a demodulator to demodulate a first channel is provided. The demodulator stores parameters of a second channel that is scanned before the first channel. The method comprises the following steps. First, the demodulator is reset. Second, an orth... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157326 | Seat A seat comprising a seat pan (12) and a support structure, wherein the seat pan (12) is pivotally coupled to the support structure (8) about a first pivot axis (pi) provided across substantially the front of the seat pan (12), such that t... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153921 | Method and system for real-time non-destructive testing of projection welds utilizing force sensor A method for manufacturing a projection weld connection between at least two parts of a workpiece, where the workpiece remains blemish free, comprising automated real-time verification of the quality of the individual weld, without use of destructive testing by anal... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151639 | Quick test tool and method of aircraft airspeed indicator Provided is a test tool for an airspeed indicator of an aircraft, including: a cylinder portion including an insertion groove with a predetermined amount of space, and of which one end is sealed by a cover and includes an injection portion on the cover so that the i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8147773 | Method and apparatus for modifying pressure within a fluid dispenser A fluid dispenser useful in automated biological reaction systems comprising a barrel having a reservoir chamber, the barrel having an upper portion and a lower portion, a cap located on top of the upper portion of the barrel and connected to the reservoir chamber, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147163 | Tire rapid entanglement and arresting device A method and apparatus for inhibiting the motion of a vehicle comprising a housing having a cavity, the cavity adapted to contain a net so that the net may be made available for release on command; tire engagement spikes supported by the housing, the spikes being mo... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146731 | Transport device for containers and buffer facility Apparatus for transporting containers with a transport device, which transports a multiplicity of holding devices for the containers individually along a pre-specified transport path. At least one of these holding devices comprises at least two holding elements for ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146401 | Method and apparatus for in-flight calibration of gyroscope using magnetometer reference The system includes a mobile vessel having a body axis and a steering mechanism. A three-axis gyroscope is mounted within the vessel. A three-axis magnetometer is mounted within the vessel. A programmable device communicates with the three-axis gyroscope, the three-... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8138656 | Actuator pump system An actuator housing unit for a system of layered surfaces, comprising an activated primary surface having a physical shape capable of change when activated by an electrical, chemical, or light stimulus, to expand and exert force or pressure or contract and remove fo... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656046 | Single space parking meter | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134373 | Apparatus and method for detecting performance variations The system contains a circuit apparatus and method for monitoring the status of components within a digital system, the apparatus having a digital device. A power-line is supplied to the digital device. A second signal is rendered from the power-line. At least one m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133305 | Removal of carbon dioxide from air The present invention provides a method and apparatus for removing a contaminant, such as carbon dioxide, from a gas stream, such as ambient air. The contaminant is removed from the gas stream by a sorbent which may be regenerated using a humidity swing, a thermal s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128788 | Method and apparatus for treating a process volume with multiple electromagnetic generators A method and apparatus are described that couples a plurality of electromagnetic sources to a material for the purpose of either processing the material or promoting a chemical reaction. The apparatus couples various electromagnetic sources of various frequencies, i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128056 | Flow control valve Provided is a flow control valve including: a valve body including a flow passage; a first poppet being fixed within the valve body, and including an inlet port through which a fluid flows in and an outflow hole through which the fluid flows out to the flow passage;... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127923 | Container for welding wire A container for accommodating a welding wire coil has a metal frame which defines an accommodation space for the welding wire coil. The metal frame has a bottom portion on which the welding wire coil is to be placed, and a side structure intended to laterally suppor... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655436 | Fire rated downlight housing | 03/06/2012 |
| D654816 | Payment sensor for a parking meter | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121778 | Method, control system and software program for executing the method for optimized use of the airside capacities of an airport A method for optimized use of the airside capacities of an airport, in which by means of electronic data processing system a current operating capacity of the airport and a current traffic demand are calculated. Information for an optimized use of the available reso... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8120732 | Liquid crystal display device with different liquid crystal layer thicknesses corresponding to different color regions A full-color lateral-electric-field LCD device has an organic transparent film having three different thicknesses for the pixels having RGB colors. The thicknesses dR, dG, dB of the organic transparent film and the representative wav... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119672 | Compounds, compositions and methods for treating or preventing pneumovirus infection and associated diseases Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for the prophylaxis and treatment of infections caused by viruses of the Pneumovirinae subfamily of Paramyxoviridae and diseases associated with such infections. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118915 | System for separating carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon gas from a produced gas combined with nitrogen Produced natural gas containing carbon dioxide is dehydrated and chilled to liquefy the carbon dioxide and then fractionated to produce a waste stream of liquid carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide. Natural gas liquids may be first separated and removed before fracti... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111345 | Display device comprising a first positioning wall having a height larger than the height of the bonding surface of the substrates and a second positioning wall having a height smaller than the height of the bonding surface A LCD device includes a LC panel unit including TFT and counter substrates, and a backlight unit on which the LC panel unit is mounted. The backlight unit has a plurality of positioning ribs protruding from the backlight unit in the vicinity of the corners of the di... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109397 | Plastic container with curved base section A container made from plastic for holding beverages. The container comprises a mouth, a wall section which adjoins the mouth in a longitudinal direction (L) of the container, and a base section which is designed as a standing face. The wall section merges into the b... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8105071 | Mould housing A mould housing for apparatuses for expanding plastic containers has at least two mould parts which can be assembled together and which in an assembled state have an interior space for accommodating the plastic container that is to be expanded. The housing has at le... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104645 | Device for discharging granular material A device for discharging granular material, has a receptacle into which the granular material may be introduced, with a separation grid, which is disposed in the receptacle, and an intermediate plate, which is disposed beneath the separation grid. The intermediate p... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102530 | Colour measuring unit A colour measuring unit (1) comprising a radiation device (2) which emits light onto a surface (9) to be examined, wherein the radiation device (2) comprises at least one semiconductor-based light source (6), and a radiation detect... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102487 | Dual panel liquid crystal display device A LCD device includes first and second LCD panels stacked one on another. Each of the first and second LCD panels includes a pair of transparent substrates, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween, and a pair of polarizing films sandwiching therebetween the p... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102096 | Closely spaced electrodes with a uniform gap An improved design for maintaining separation between electrodes in tunneling, resonant tunneling, diode, thermionic, thermo-photovoltaic and other devices is disclosed. At least one electrode 1 is made from flexible material. A magnetic field B is present to... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101798 | Manufacture of substantially pure monochloroacetic acid A process for the manufacture of substantially pure monochloroacetic acid from a liquid chloroacetic acid mixture comprising monochloroacetic acid and dichloroacetic acid, in particular in an amount of 2 to 40 percent by weight, wherein said mixture, further mixed w... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8100864 | Portal device A method of maintaining an opening formed in a patient is provided. The method includes inserting a first elongated structure and a second elongated structure through the opening in the a patient, the second elongated structure being moveable within the first elonga... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097069 | Pressurised container A pressurized container (10, 20) for containing oil and a gas dissolved therein at a constant overall average pressure at a pressure above atmospheric pressure comprising a means (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, ... | 01/17/2012 |
