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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7639142 | Systems and methods for order-picking In one exemplary embodiment in accordance with the invention, an order-picking system includes a picking cart having a radio frequency (RF) antenna arranged above an object-stacking surface of the picking cart. The order-picking system further includes a radio frequ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7637254 | System and method for preparing an optimized fuel mixture The invention provides for a system and method for creating an optimized fuel/air mixture for more efficient combustion. The system in accordance with the invention includes an ozone generator and a gasifier that receives liquid fuel and ozone and creates an optimiz... | 12/29/2009 |
| D605757 | Injection device | 12/08/2009 |
| 7624037 | Economic model for measuring the cost and value of a particular health insurance plan The present invention provides a system and method for measuring the relative economic benefits from services offered by health care plans. The present invention quantifies value of health care quality by indicating an economic return on the investment in health car... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7616127 | Removable mount for mounting an electronic system component on a forklift A removable mount for mounting an electronic system component on a forklift includes, in one embodiment, a mounting plate having a major surface for mounting the electronic system component and an inverted J-shaped part located at a top portion of the mounting plate... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7603946 | Pressurization device The present invention relates to a pressurization device, in particular of the type used for high hydrostatic pressure. More particularly, the present invention relates to a pressurization device (1) comprising a casing (4) provided with a closure (... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7592544 | Snag-free coiled cable assembly for a lift truck A cable assembly for a lift truck includes, in one exemplary embodiment, a transportation cable loosely housed in a self-retracting hose preformed to default to a coiled shape when no pressure is applied to elongate the self-retracting hose. The self-retracting hose... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7561003 | Multi-junction waveguide circulator with overlapping quarter-wave transformers An improved multi-junction waveguide circulator overlaps two quarter-wave dielectric transformer sections so that the transitional sections occur concurrently in the same length of waveguide. Consequently, the two quarter-wavelength sections require a total length o... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7557714 | Pallet jack antenna for RFID system The present invention provides an antenna for reading RFID tags in a material handling environment. At least one ruggedized, upward-looking antenna is mounted on the fork (or other base-level platform) of a pallet jack or pallet truck. The antenna can be configured ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7548166 | Tine-mounted antenna for an RFID The present invention provides a tine-mounted antenna for reading RFID tags in a warehouse environment using RFID technology operating at ultra-high frequencies (UHF) or microwave frequencies and backscatter coupling techniques. At least one ruggedized antenna is mo... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7132506 | Peptide having osteogenetic activity and osteogenetic accelerator containing the same A peptide has at least an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and it has an osteogenetic activity. ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7043018 | Prime number generation method, prime number generation apparatus, and cryptographic system A prime number generation method for efficiently generating prime numbers that are highly resistant to the P−1 and P+1 methods. These prime numbers are used in a cryptosystem. Prime candidates are first generated, and the generated prime candidates are subjected t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6996724 | Secret key generating method, common key generating method, encryption method, cryptographic communication method and cryptographic communication system At the time when generating a secret key of each entity by using each divided identification information (ID division vector) obtained by dividing identification information (ID vector) of each entity into a plurality of blocks and by using a secret symmetric matrix... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6912654 | Secret key generating method, encryption method, cryptographic communication method and cryptographic communication system A secret key of an entity is generated at each key generating agency (center) by using divided identification information obtained by dividing identification information of the entity into a plurality of blocks and a hash value which consists of a plurality of bits ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6886605 | Wine preservation system using a central vacuum An apparatus for the preservation of still beverages is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vacuum tank capable of maintaining a standing vacuum. The apparatus also includes a vacuum pump connected to the vacuum tank. The vacuum pump reduces the pressure in the vacu... | 05/03/2005 |
| 7523811 | Method and system for measuring the wear of a ceramic disk of a disk-brake disk The specification describes a method and a system for measuring the wear of a disk of composite ceramic material of a disk brake. The method comprises the following operations: measuring the temperature (T) of the disk at a predetermined frequency (f), calculating a... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7460017 | Pallet jack antenna for RFID system The present invention provides an antenna for reading RFID tags in a material handling environment. At least one ruggedized, upward-looking antenna is mounted on the fork (or other base-level platform) of a pallet jack or pallet truck. The antenna can be configured ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460016 | Radio frequency identification (RFID) system for a forklift In one of several embodiments, an RFID system for a forklift incorporates a metal plate to which is attached an electronic circuit assembly. Also attached to the metal plate, is an antenna assembly housing an RFID interrogator antenna and/or a wireless local area ne... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455690 | Methods for controlling the internal circumference of an anatomic orifice or lumen A method for controlling the circumference of internal anatomic passages corrects physiologic dysfunctions resulting from a structural orifice or lumen which is either too large or too small. Implants are disclosed which employ various means for adjusting and mainta... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7435459 | Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition having a nematic phase that includes a compound represented by Formula (1), a compound represented by Formulas (2-1) and (2-2), and a compound represented by Formulas (3-1) and (3-2), and a liquid crystal display device containing the co... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7325952 | Lamp and motorcycle provided with the lamp A tail light (lamp) for a motorcycle with improved visibility and outward appearance includes a bulb, a reflector that reflects light from the bulb in a predetermined direction, and a lens that transmits the reflected light. Flux density is varied about a set point,... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7224381 | Visual telephone system using mobile communication terminal When a call-up is generated, an data type identifying unit of a CPU identifies the type of data type information which is appended as a header to received data as one of sound data, text data, and image and sound data, and displays the type on a display unit compris... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7141611 | High molecular weight primary aliphatic alcohols obtained from natural products and uses thereof This invention provides an isolated mixture of higher molecular weight primary aliphatic alcohols having 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32 and 34 carbon atoms and having enhanced purity. This invention also provides a process for obtaining the alcohol mixture by extrac... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7122635 | Method and composition for angiogenesis inhibition The invention describes methods for inhibiting angiogenesis in a tissue by administering an antagonist that specifically binds to a proteolyzed or denatured collagen but not to native triple helical forms of the collagen. Antagonists of the invention can target, for... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7110147 | Image processing method and apparatus A decorated character image is formed by arranging at least one decorated character formed by providing a desired character decoration on at least one arbitrary character, on an arbitrary background, with a character color being set to a character portion correspond... | 09/19/2006 |
| D528557 | Icon for a digital camera | 09/19/2006 |
| 7101975 | Method and composition for inhibition of angiogenesis using antagonists based on MMP-9 and β1 integrins Antagonists for modifying protein-protein interactions involving certain amino acid sequences within MMP-9 and/or β1 integrins are described. Such antagonists inhibit angiogenesis, tumor growth and disease states. Example antagonists are polypeptide and non-polypep... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093131 | Information authenticating apparatus and authenticating station The present invention provides an information authenticating apparatus and an authenticating station adapted to improve the probative value of data as evidence by ensuring a high objectivity of the data. The information authenticating apparatus comprises a digital c... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087989 | Semiconductor device, electronic device, electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor package, in which a first semiconductor chip is mounted and a second semiconductor package, in which a second semiconductor chip is mounted and which is supported above the first semiconductor package so as to ex... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088409 | Liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal display of a transflective IPS system in which a lateral electric field is applied to a liquid crystal layer. Polarization films are arranged on the entire surface of a transmissive display unit and a reflective display unit in a manner similar to a... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7087988 | Semiconductor packaging apparatus An exemplary embodiment of the present invention described and shown in the specification and drawings is a semiconductor packaging apparatus that includes a first substrate for coupling to an electronic component, and a second substrate for accommodating the electr... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088275 | Variable clock rate analog-to-digital converter An algorithmic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a sample-and-hold circuit and an ADC processing unit operating in parallel and sharing a single operational amplifier. The ADC processing unit includes an MDAC with a switched capacitor topology and a sub-ADC... | 08/08/2006 |
| D525631 | Image reproduction icon for a sound reproduction machine | 07/25/2006 |
| D525641 | Cradle for a digital camera | 07/25/2006 |
| 7068202 | Architecture for an algorithmic analog-to-digital converter An algorithmic analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes a sample-and-hold circuit and an ADC processing unit operating in parallel and sharing a single operational amplifier. The ADC processing unit includes an MDAC with a switched capacitor topology and a sub-ADC... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068489 | Electrostatic chuck for holding wafer An electrostatic chuck for holding a wafer includes a ceramic plate of which one main surface is formed to work as a mounting surface for mounting the wafer, and electrostatic attraction electrodes formed on a lower surface of the ceramic plate or in the ceramic pla... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066124 | Engine for scooter In a scooter engine having valve lifters (33) interposed between intake valves (16) and a cam shaft (31), as well as between exhaust valves (17) and a cam shaft (32), with its axial line (C) of a cylinder (7) extending towar... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067985 | Display device A display device of the present invention has light-emitting devices making up a plurality of pixels placed in a matrix form. In the display device of the present invention, the light-emitting devices each possesses an emissive layer and a reflective element placed ... | 06/27/2006 |
| D523897 | Printer | 06/27/2006 |
