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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D580711 | Wine glass | 11/18/2008 |
| 7444771 | Display device for use with vehicle A device for continuously or intermittently displaying graphic material, such as advertisements on the side or rear of a moving vehicle. The vehicle is provided with various sensors which determine the speed of the vehicle as well as whether the vehicle has been par... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7437906 | Flow regulator device for an analytical circuit and its use in chromatography A flow regulator device for an analytical circuit, characterised by comprising: a fluid restriction (R) of defined characteristics related to the field of application of the analytical circuit, a direct-pressure regulator (2) positioned upstream of said restr... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7412798 | Attachment to a hydroponic conduit A hydroponic conduit can be converted to drainage conduit by providing an attachment on which a plant container can be supported. The attachment comprises a circular plate on which the plant containers sits, drainage means (ribs, grooves etc.) and a central aperture... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413339 | Watch case and wristwatch with such a case Watch case, in particular for a wristwatch, with a turning ring provided turnably on one case surface and for this purpose enclosing one case section, the turning ring being secured by at least one holding element engaging in one peripheral groove of the case sectio... | 08/19/2008 |
| D573982 | Remote control | 07/29/2008 |
| D571869 | Toy | 06/24/2008 |
| D570526 | Chandelier | 06/03/2008 |
| 7365955 | Material processing machine A material processing machine such as a wood chipping machine, a press, a cane cutting machine or other machine comprising an operating region having at least one processing element and an access region through which material passes to the operating region, has at l... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7366664 | Interactive book An electronic interactive book allowing a child to learn the pronunciation of various words. The book will be provided with a permanent or impermanent display onto which a plurality of words, phrases or sentences would be provided. The electronic book includes a mic... | 04/29/2008 |
| D565278 | Novelty glove item | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347608 | Window element The invention relates to a window element (10), comprising at least one at least periodically transparent sheet-like element (11) and at least one surface (display) for replay of images, whereby the sheet-like element comprises at least one display ( | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345028 | Energy-protective composition comprising adenosine phosphates Compositions comprising inorganic phosphate and the nucleotides adenosine diphosphate and adenosine monophosphate; and their use for neutralizing effects of excess incident energy on the human body, particularly effects of ionizing radiation from nuclear or radiolog... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7337714 | Apparatus for pressing coffee powder within the filter holder An apparatus for pressing coffee has a base and housing supporting a filtercup and a pressing cylinder. The pressing cylinder has a forked end engaging a cylindrical body and attached to a rocker arm. A counterweight is attached to an end of the rocker arm. The cyli... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337716 | Fruit press A fruit press, in particular a citrus fruit press, having the following features: the fruit press has a mounting stand and a driving and pressing unit; the driving and pressing unit is mounted pivotably on the mounting means. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| D562621 | Pot | 02/26/2008 |
| D562385 | Wax crayon | 02/19/2008 |
| 7325491 | Manual press A manual press for coffee, made from a plate rigid with a stem axially slidable within a first sleeve, members enabling the stem to removably engage a first sleeve, a second sleeve acting on the removable engagement members, a shell internally housing the first slee... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7316084 | Track sledding machine The invention relates to a machine for use in track sledding operations. Machine (1) comprises a wagon (2) having adjustably carried therebeneath a multibladed plough (3). A rail clamp assembly (4) is included for suspending the track abo... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7308892 | Method and apparatus for forming cracks in concrete A method of forming at least one crack (11) in a concrete article such as a concrete slab (10) having at least one crack promoting groove (28) formed in the surface (25) thereof and/or at least one crack promoting insert (12) cast ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7299967 | Method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly coolers or cooler elements made up of plate stacks The invention relates to an innovative method for manufacturing plate stacks, particularly for manufacturing coolers or cooler elements or heat sinks at least one plate stack, with at least two plate-shaped elements made of metal, for example copper, and provided wi... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300066 | Folding frame for a tricycle, scooter or child's bicycle A folding frame for a tricycle, scooter or child's bicycle has a front frame part on which the front wheels can be mounted and a rear frame part on which the rear wheels can be mounted. A swivelling joint with a front articulated part is mounted on the front frame p... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7293658 | Drum filter assembly A drum filter assembly comprising a hollow drum filter having a longitudinal axis and an outer filter screen or mesh material, the drum filter being supported on external rollers for rotation about its longitudinal axis and an inlet for introducing liquid to be filt... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290773 | Glide sport article, especially ice skate For a glide sport article, especially an ice skate with a shoe body that is located on a chassis and that includes a cap-like shoe tip forming the toe area of the shoe body, a shoe body section forming the heel area and an ankle support, lacing on the shoe body sect... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7290784 | Snow glide board The invention relates to a new type of snow glide board, in particular a ski, with at least one binding, which is held on one snow glide board top side by locking sections interlocking behind undercuts on the snow glide board body, wherein open insertion apertures a... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7279811 | Arrangement for supplying variable loads The invention relates to a first circuit arrangement (E) for supplying variable loads that can be connected to the first circuit arrangement (E) from a first current or voltage source (MV) in a first state of the first circuit arrangement having the following featur... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273558 | Method and device for reducing scale formation and/or corrosion in systems which conduct liquids The invention relates to a method and a device for reducing scale formation and/or corrosion in systems which conduct liquids or are in contact with liquids. According to the invention, this is achieved without reducing the quantity of hardness constituents containe... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256202 | Composition and method for treatment of hepatic encephalopathy The inventions provide an improved treatment for hepatic encephalopathy characterized by hyperammonemia and/or constipation, comprising the oral administration of polyethylene glycol (PEG) in amounts sufficient to reduce plasma levels of ammonia and/or to alleviate ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7201579 | Nutrition and exercise program An exercise nutritional program focuses on overall health of the user and is part of an overall fitness regimen including exercise. Proper weight and weight maintenance is an ancillary benefit of following a nutritional program and will be achieved by years of follo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201224 | Dynamic reduction of the moisture layer during the displacement of a viscoelastic fluid using a fluid with lower viscosity The invention relates to a method of optimizing the displacement of a viscoelastic fluid in a pore, tube, duct, channel, fracture, porous medium or interconnected latticework or in an interconnected assembly of pores, tubes, ducts, channels, cavities and/or fracture... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7191853 | Hole cleaning and/or forming tool A tool for cleaning and/or forming holes, the tool having a shaft, the shaft having a lower end and at least two buckets attached adjacent to the lower end of the shaft, each bucket having an open mouth which extends radially from the axis of the shaft, consequently... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188657 | Machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires A machine for fitting and removing vehicle wheel tires, comprising a supporting frame for elements for coupling and rotating a rim about a rotation axis and for a working arm provided with one end on which a working head is supported for fitting and removing a tire ... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7137148 | PVC based medical gloves and formulations therefor A new formulation for making a polyvinyl chloride (PVC, usually referred as vinyl in glove industry) glove has been disclosed in this invention. The resulting glove shows the following superior barrier integrity characteristics by comparing with current vinyl gloves... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124785 | Former associated with an apparatus for making cages A former (10) for a reinforced concrete cage making machine, adapted to hold a plurality of longitudinally extending rods is disclosed, the former (10) including a frame comprising an inner frame (21), an outer frame (20) and transverse f... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7113084 | Method for locating tire condition sensing apparatuses A method is disclosed for locating a plurality of tire condition sensing apparatuses mounted on a vehicle. At first, all of the antennas in the vehicle are maintained at an activation status for receiving and decoding a signal transmitted from one of tire condition ... | 09/26/2006 |
| D527275 | Bottle | 08/29/2006 |
| 7089684 | System and method for converting a biosolid sludge to a pasteurized stage for use as an organic fertilizer A system for processing biosolids from a sludge pond into fertilizer comprising: a portable dewatering system for removing liquid from sludge, the portable dewatering system having: a collection device for collecting sludge from the sludge pond; a centrifuge for rem... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7085053 | Beam shaping device, system for launching a light beam into an optical fiber, and beam rotation unit for such a beam shaping device or such a system A device for shaping the cross-section of a light beam, has at least one beam shaping unit with a beam splitter, beam deflector and beam combiner. The beam splitter can split a light beam which is incident on the beam shaping unit into two partial beams. The beam de... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7075739 | Assembly for correcting laser illumination emitted from a laser light source and method for producing said assembly The invention relates to an assembly for correcting laser illumination emitted from a laser light source, comprising a laser light source, which has linear emission sources that are arranged in a row in a first direction (X), whereby in addition, the emission source... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7066349 | Combined toothpick and mint dispenser A thin, plastic dispenser for discharging toothpicks, and/or mints through distinct discharge passages in the dispenser. The dispenser has a body comprising a first housing and a second housing that are aligned and snapped together to form the body of the dispenser.... | 06/27/2006 |
