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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7796529 | Link analysis method and system A method and computer program product for performing a latency analysis to determine one or more latency statistics for one or more network links within a distributed computing network. The one or more latency statistics are compared to one or more benchmark latency... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787030 | Method and apparatus for identifying an imaging device A new technique for identifying from images a camera, or other imaging device such as a scanner, is based on the device's reference noise pattern, a unique stochastic characteristic of all common digital imaging sensors, including CCD, CMOS (Foveon™ X3), and JFET.... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7773749 | Authentication method and system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficul... | 08/10/2010 |
| D619903 | Gift bag | 07/20/2010 |
| 7750664 | Digital programmable phase generator A programmable phase shifter is constructed of Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements. The logic elements may include an RSFQ inverter and an RSFQ T flip-flop. A digital word comprising N bits is used to control the amount of phase shift and the phase shift... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7743569 | Support panel for thin brick A support panel for thin brick, comprising a metal sheet, an array of groove retaining tabs having first tab edges, said first tab edges protruding from said sheet having at an upward angle of less than about 45 degrees, for a distance of less than about one quarter... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7719988 | Mobility-aware mesh construction algorithm for low data-overhead multicast ad hoc routing Data overhead of mesh-based multicast ad hoc routing protocols are controlled by adaptively adding redundancy to the minimal data overhead multicast mesh as required by the network conditions. The computation of the minimal data overhead multicast mesh is NP-complet... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7712906 | Macro flash adapter A light guide adapter for a camera stroboscopic illuminator, comprising a removable mounting adapted to adhere to an unmodified on-camera stroboscopic illuminator; and at least one flexible light guide, connected to the mounting, having an entrance aperture position... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7699485 | Illumination device mountable to a clothing object A light adapted to be attached to an article of clothing, comprising a power supply casing, an illuminator casing, having therein an illuminator adapted to emit a beam of light when electrically powered, said power supply casing and illuminator casing being attachab... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7685540 | Standard block design: an effective approach for large scale floorplanning As circuit sizes have increased, designs have become increasingly hierarchical. It is common for designs to have large numbers of macro blocks; many of these blocks are “soft,” and may have variable width and height. The present invention provides an alternate m... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7680474 | Superconducting digital mixer Digital mixers which permit mixing of asynchronous signals are constructed of Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements. The logic elements may include an RSFQ non-destructive readout cell (NDRO), an RSFQ D flip-flop, an RSFQ XOR circuit, and an RSFQ T flip-fl... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676034 | Method and system for matching entities in an auction A communications management system comprising an input for receiving a communications classification; a database of skill weights with respect to the communications classification; a database of agent skill scores; and a processor, for computing, with respect to the... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7650319 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7645512 | Nano-structure enhancements for anisotropic conductive adhesive and thermal interposers The present invention features additions of nano-structures to interconnect conductor fine particles (spheres) to: (1) reduce thermal interface resistance by using thermal interposers that have high thermal conductivity nano-structures at their surfaces; (2) improve... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7639156 | Device with signal generator and signal receiver for providing controlled access to information and/or communication channels A system and method for communicating between a signal generator and a signal receiver, for providing controlled access to information and/or communication channels, whereby the signal generator and the signal receiver are set to wirelessly transmit and receive a pl... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7616237 | Method and apparatus for identifying an imaging device A new technique for identifying whether images are derived from a common imager, e.g., a camera, or other imaging device such as a scanner, based on the device's measured or inferred reference noise pattern, a unique stochastic characteristic of all common digital i... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7615385 | Double-masking technique for increasing fabrication yield in superconducting electronics A new technique is presented for improving the microfabrication yield of Josephson junctions in superconducting integrated circuits. This is based on the use of a double-layer lithographic mask for partial anodization of the side-walls and base electrode of the junc... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613663 | Intelligent control with hierarchal stacked neural networks An intelligent control system based on an explicit model of cognitive development (Table 1) performs high-level functions. It comprises up to O hierarchically stacked neural networks, Nm, . . . , Nm+(O−1), where m denotes the stage/order task... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7611255 | Illumination device mountable through an aperture in a clothing object A light adapted to be attached to an article of clothing, comprising a power supply casing, an illuminator casing, having therein an illuminator adapted to emit a beam of light when electrically powered, said power supply casing and illuminator casing being attachab... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7599759 | Method and apparatus for optimizing refrigeration systems A refrigeration system comprising a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing refrigerant to a liquid, an evaporator for evaporating liquid refrigerant from the condenser to a gas, an inner control loop for optimizing a supply of liquid re... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7595817 | Linear system based, qualitative independent motion detection from compressed MPEG surveillance video The present invention features a qualitative method to detect independent motion revealed in successive frames of a compressed surveillance MPEG video stream using linear system consistency analysis without decompression of the stream, identifying the segments conta... | 09/29/2009 |
| D600840 | Module with a plurality of illuminating elements | 09/22/2009 |
