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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6187120 | Method of manufacturing composite magnetic sheet A mixture of flat soft magnetic powder and an organic binding agent is rolled by mutually confronting of rolls so as to produce a composite magnetic sheet excellent in electromagnetic wave absorption characteristic. A plurality of the composite magnetic s... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182898 | Bar code scanner with intuitive head aiming and collimated scan volume A fully automatic bar code symbol reading system comprising an automatic (i.e., triggerless) portable bar code symbol reading device with an omnidirectional projection laser scanning engine mounted within the head portion of its hand-supportable housing, ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6183414 | Technique for restoring plasticity to tissues of a male or female organ A technique for overcoming male impotence when this condition is due to a loss of plasticity in the tissues of the male organ, making it incapable of achieving and maintaining an erectile state. To practice this technique, the male organ to be treated is ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6164863 | Rotating locking arrangement A locking arrangement for releasably securing a first member to a second member is provided in which a surface of the first member has anchors projecting therefrom with a lip portion of each anchor transversely extending from an extremity of each anchor. ... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6156148 | Process for producing a protective cap for an infrared radiation thermometer that can be introduced into a body cavity The invention is directed to a process for manufacturing a protective cap which is adapted to be fitted to an ear canal temperature measurement probe of an infrared radiation thermometer and to be introduced into a body cavity. The protective cap (1) is f... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6154732 | System for providing investment advice and management of pension assets A system and method for a data processor implemented system monitor for enabling individual employee participants to access independent professional money management for their Benefit Plan assets in a manner that is free from the traditional economic conf... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6149297 | Infrared radiation thermometer The invention is directed to a method of operating a tympanic thermometer, in which a sensor (8) for detecting infrared radiation is arranged in a housing (1) having a radiation inlet (23). Associated with the sensor (8) is an electronic evaluation unit (... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6149298 | Radiation thermometer and method of computing the temperature The invention is directed to a method of computing the radiation temperature of a body from the signals of a radiation and an ambient temperature sensor, and further to a radiation thermometer, in particular a clinical radiation thermometer. In the method... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6149337 | Self-aligning ball and socket bearing assembly A ball and socket bearing assembly adapted to receive the vertical post of a rudder installed in the stern of a boat. The assembly consists of a molded journal box having a spheroidal cavity therein defining a socket in which is nested a ball-like bearing... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6151142 | Grazing incidence holograms and system and method for producing the same A method and system are disclosed for recording and displaying grazing-incidence (i.e., steep reference beam angle) holograms supported on a substrate having thin edge-illuminatable geometry. The system and process use thin edge-illuminated substrates tha... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6139061 | Ride-on toy vehicle A ride-on toy vehicle for a pre-school child, the vehicle having a soft and compressible body which functions as a saddle. The body of the toy resembles an animal such as a sea turtle, or a familiar vehicle such as an ice cream truck. The body is mounted ... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6139182 | Enhanced protective cover for use in an IR thermometer A probe cover for use with an IR thermometer includes a cover comprising a conical sidewall and an infrared transmissive window at its tip. A bushing is inserted into the interior of the tip of the cover to produce an outward radial force against the adja... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6138688 | Unitary cosmetic assembly A unitary assembly that clusters a mirror, a lipstick and a cosmetic pencil, making it possible to store these items as a unit in a purse so that they are readily accessible to a user. The assembly is provided with a rectangular plastic frame on whose fro... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6130861 | Wristwatch with easily replaceable strap and with prop for standing it on a surface Behind the watch case (3; 5, 7, 9) is a retaining means (11) which is hinged at one end (17) to said case by a hinge (13) extending transversely with respect to the line of the strap (C), at a limited distance from the rear surface of said case in order t... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6117191 | Dye scavenging substrate, and a method for its manufacture A method for the production of a dye scavening substrate which comprises the steps of: (a) providing a cellulosic substrate; (b) passing the substrate through a bath containing an alkaline solution of an N-trisubstituted ammonium 2-hydroxy-3-halopropyl co... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118221 | Cold-cathode tube lighting circuit with protection circuit for piezoelectric transformer To provide a cold-cathode tube lighting circuit which quickly and smoothly carries out lighting of a cold-cathode tube and prevents damage of a piezoelectric transformer as an inverter transform in the lighting circuit, the lighting circuit is provided wi... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6105298 | Removable wallet inserts for storing and protecting photographs A removable insert which is used to frame and protect personal photographs and the like for use in conventional wallets.... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105172 | Helmet In accordance with one aspect of this invention, provided in the cap body of a helmet is an air exhaust passage, the foremost end of which is near the upper end of the inner surface of a shield plate and, in accordance with another aspect of this inventio... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6105005 | System for enhanced financial trading support A multi-purpose data processing system that is capable of going on-line to provide an operative link with established financial markets in support of subscriber trading. The system has two modes of operation. A first mode is directed to support for financ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6090036 | Humidifying Mechanism for Incubator In an incubator, only water supplied from a water reservoir to a heating portion is heated. Even if the number of times of water replenishment is small, water vapor can be kept generated over a long period of time, while generation of the water vapor can ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6092090 | Management system for documents stored electronically A system for managing large quantities of business related documents stored electronically requires little or no reliance on the corresponding hardcopy versions. The management system data includes a processing approach that allows for the creation of doc... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6085981 | Automatic hand-mounted bar code symbol laser scanner A portable automatic code symbol reading system having a laser scanning engine mounted upon the hand of its operator to provide hands-free automatic laser scanning capabilities. The automatic code symbol reading system includes a battery power supply aboa... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6074558 | Biochemical treatment of bitumen froth tailings A process for the biological treatment of bitumen froth tailings produced from a tar sands treatment and bitumen froth extraction process is disclosed. In this process bitumen froth tailings, containing native hydrocarbon metabolizing microorganisms, are ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6071031 | Movable mechanical structures Several improvements relating to hexapods are described. The improvements relate to universal joints and ball and socket joints where two struts meet at a common focal point, two axis gimbals which are used for ballscrew drives in universal joints and a m... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6061463 | Holographic fingerprint device A method and ultra-compact system has been developed for illuminating and detecting the surface topography of an object such as the finger (4) of an individual. The system (8) is capable of producing high-contrast images which can be electronically transm... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6051915 | Piezoelectric transformer A piezoelectric transformer (21) comprises a piezoelectric rectangular body (23) having equally divided first to fourth regions (A1, A2, A3, and A4) in a longitudinal direction. The first and the fourth regions (A1, A4) are provided with plane electrodes ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6051156 | Compound magnetic material and electromagnetic interference suppressor A thin electromagnetic interference suppressing body effective for electromagnetic interference suppression at a microwave band. As a material of the electromagnetic interference suppressing body, there is provided a composite magnetic body formed by bond... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6047324 | Scalable distributed network controller A data processing architecture provides a common grouping of code that supports a diverse set of services and allows seamless access to these services by clients. The architecture is supported by several interrelated components. A Framework executable pro... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6032084 | System for carrying out and managing animal feedlot operations using coordinate acquisition techniques An animal feedlot management system is disclosed, wherein each feed delivery vehicle employed therein uses real-time virtual reality (VR) modelling and coordinate acquisition techniques supported upon an Internet-based (i.e., Cyberspace) communications pl... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6024745 | External minisplint device An external minisplint device comprises an elongated body (2; 2'; 2"; 2'"; 2iv ; 101, 102) supporting at least one pair of clamps (3, 4; 3', 4'; 3", 4"; 3'", 4'"; 3iv, 4iv ; 103, 104) each of which is capable of securing a... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6022140 | Enhanced protective lens cover for an infrared thermometer A disposable cover for an infrared thermometer provides IR window isolation of handling and usage generated forces. The cover comprises a thin sidewall linked to the film window with a collar structure. The collar structure includes one or more characteri... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6015413 | Device for the extraction of screw-threaded wires particularly for orthopaedic surgical operations A device for the extraction of screwthreaded sires for osteosynthesis, characterized in that it comprises: at least two lever pieces (20, 21) hinged together and having at one longitudinal end (20a, 21a) seats (22, 23) for grasping the end of a wire (19) ... | 01/18/2000 |
| 6011887 | Optical fiber cable In an optical fiber cable, for effectively suppressing undesired radiant noise propagating in a reinforcing wire or generated from the reinforcing wire without providing an electromagnetic shielding member apart from the optical fiber cable, a buffer laye... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6007709 | Extraction of bitumen from bitumen froth generated from tar sands A process for the extraction of bitumen from bitumen froth generated from tar sands is presented. In this process bitumen froth, extracted from tar sands using a water process not requiring the use of caustic soda, is treated in a counter-current decantat... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5997495 | Medical device for the hand An inflatable wrap for promoting venous or arterial blood flow enhancement in the human hand. The wrap comprises an inflatable bag fastened to a backing material. The bag is shaped to fit against the palm of the hand and portions of the back of the hand. ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5998394 | Compositions for treating skin conditions by enhancing the activity of 1,25(OH)2 D3 using an RXR ligand and/or a 24-hydroxylase inhibitor Described are in vivo methods for testing the activity of vitamin D3 (1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3) and analogs thereof in human skin and for testing the effect of a test compound on said activity. Also described are methods for enhancin... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5990273 | Synthesis of cyclic peptides A process for preparing and purifying cyclic peptides having disulfide moieties in a two step processing operation including reverse phase chromatography which simplifies synthesis and reduces production costs, yet produces high, quality yield. The improv... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5985835 | Desmopressin for nocturia, incontinence and enuresis A process for the manufacture of high purity desmopressin produced in single batches of substantial size and a method of treating nocturia, incontinence and enuresis with the high purity desmopressin produced therefrom.... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5981545 | N-linked azabicyclic heterocycles useful for treating dementia A compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR1## in which one of X and Y represents hydrogen and the other represents Z, where Z is a group ##STR2## in which Q represents a 3-membered divalent residue completing ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5974628 | Card for textile fibers with carding cylinders cooperating in series A feed roller with clothing, the so-called taker-in (1A), feeds a first carding cylinder (3,) which presents it to a second carding cylinder (7) which rotates at greater speed than that of the first carding cylinder and which in turn presents the material... | 11/02/1999 |
