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Al Gore ; The basis for the later misquote by US Republicans that Gore had "invented" the Internet. Gore was the leading political champion of the modern-day Internet.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8019754 | Method of searching text to find relevant content A method of locating relevant documents wherein documents are given a fingerprint comprising weights associated with particular topic categories of a classification system, each weight representing a degree to which the document relates to the particular topic categ... | 09/13/2011 |
| D626780 | Ergonomic tea kettle with contoured grip and trigger whistle | 11/09/2010 |
| D623412 | Set of toothbrush bristles with valley and wedge | 09/14/2010 |
| 7699187 | End fitting for pressure vessel An end fitting for a cylindrical high pressure vessel made from components all having thin walls, thereby tripling the practical diameter of such pressure vessels. The end fitting includes a toroidal shell defining a hole; centrally disposed piece for closing the ho... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7587499 | Web-based security and filtering system with proxy chaining A customizable system for filtering web-based HTTP requests for outbound and inbound access to web sites. An administrative module includes configuration settings for inbound and outbound communications, list maintenance functions and that is located in a user compu... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7531579 | Method of making and using sorbent and filtering material from secondary waste rubber A method of making a sorbent from waste rubber and a method of sorbing oil using such sorbent. Approximately two pounds of modifier is added to 100 pounds of vulcanized rubber waste, the modifier comprising a mixture by weight of (i) a slightly water-soluble organic... | 05/12/2009 |
| D579268 | Handle for kitchen implements | 10/28/2008 |
| D578334 | Charcoal grill | 10/14/2008 |
| 7412995 | Two in one handbag A two-in-one handbag has different color patterns in two different closed positions. The handbag's two connected halves have inner rectangular facades and have outer arcuate façades having multiple horizontal segment, the first and second halves each having a subst... | 08/19/2008 |
| D573397 | Round ergonomic tea kettle with contoured grip | 07/22/2008 |
| 7374503 | Wavable basketball backboard and rim When a rod extending out of the bottom of a hollow rigid plastic trunk encasing a collapsible basketball backboard is pushed up, the backboard comes out of the top of the trunk and opens and a rim rotates 90 degrees to an “up” position perpendicular to the trunk... | 05/20/2008 |
| D568668 | Domed ergonomic tea kettle with contoured grip | 05/13/2008 |
| D568422 | Tooth doll | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351245 | Apparatus and method for dislodging object from throat An apparatus for sucking out an object stuck in a person's throat, comprising hollow first and second bellows elements each having an orifice with a one-way valve and an exit valve, a tube structure comprising first and second legs having free distal ends outside th... | 04/01/2008 |
| D565128 | Tooth doll | 03/25/2008 |
| D562645 | Double-sided chopping bowl | 02/26/2008 |
| D562065 | Travel mug contoured to mouth | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321781 | Cellular telephone design for the elderly A cellular telephone designed specifically to be visually appealing and practical for the elderly and those with reduced dexterity. Although the keypad buttons on the cellular telephone are approximately 260 square millimeters and have large spaces between adjacent ... | 01/22/2008 |
| D556543 | Key | 12/04/2007 |
| 7299758 | Apparatus for transporting boat lifts A boat lift transportation assembly for boat lifts is attachable to and removable from any cantilever boat lift. It comprises a steerable front lever that is positioned adjacent the front upper and lower cross-members of the boat lift and left and right rear levers ... | 11/27/2007 |
| D552962 | Lock | 10/16/2007 |
| D550062 | Lock with tower | 09/04/2007 |
| D548567 | Oval lock | 08/14/2007 |
| D548566 | Lock | 08/14/2007 |
| RE39728 | Multipositional apparatus for hanging things Multipositional apparatus for hanging articles such as ties, belts, shoes, bras, hats, etc. includes a flexible main body comprising a series of intertwined rigid links including a first end link, a series of intermediate links and a second end link, as well as a pl... | 07/17/2007 |
| D543459 | Beverage bottle | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214898 | Cover for light switch A cover for a decor light switch or an old fashioned light switch, comprises a hollow frame having a left side, a right side, a top, a bottom, a flat or convex front and an open rear, a first small annular member projecting from the front in an area of the top and h... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7200878 | Portable toilet A collapsible portable toilet includes a chair frame including a built-in foldable seat with a hole, a seat back, four legs and two front wheels, a disposable absorbent fragrant flexible refuse bag extending through the hole in the seat and draped around an outer pe... | 04/10/2007 |
| D539009 | Bib | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192035 | Shopping cart and shopping cart accessory An improved shopping cart, the improvement comprising a pair of brackets attached to the side of the cart. One of the brackets is positioned towards a front of the cart, while the other is positioned towards a rear. Each bracket comprises a rigid straight inner atta... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173221 | Excessive temperature warning device using warning symbol outside fiber optic cable or light guide A device warns that a surface is temperature excessive. A light guide receiving light from a light source sufficiently distant from the surface to avoid becoming dangerously hot or cold is oriented so that the light guide is in the path of the light beam and transmi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7147112 | Stackable hat storage units with multiple mounting elements Stackable hat storage unit has frame defining a rectangular opening and comprising top, bottom, left and right side panels, parallel horizontal strings that traverse the opening attached to the left and right side panels, the strings spaced so that a folded cap on t... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7133531 | Device using analog controls to mix compressed digital audio data Device includes a disc jockey mixing console with analog controls, crossfader and scratchpad and is used to mix audio tracks from compressed digital audio data sound recordings. One device substitutes for mixing console, turntables and records. For compressed digita... | 11/07/2006 |
| D529328 | Tea kettle with automatically opening spout lid | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112766 | Enhanced visibility heat alert safety device for hot surfaces A hot-button type heat alert safety device attachable to a surface, such as metal or glass, for warning individuals that the surface is hot, comprising a thermochromic composition, a button-shaped container for housing the composition, having a convex face, the conv... | 09/26/2006 |
| D528345 | Domed tea kettle | 09/19/2006 |
| 7087865 | Heat warning safety device using fiber optic cables Heat alert safety device for warning individuals that a surface is hot wherein a fiber optic cable runs from an electric light source to a heat warning symbol. The cable has a plurality of fibers connected at a first end thereof to the light source and transmits lig... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7059520 | Universal credit card integrated with cellular telephone A universal credit card with a cellular telephone that has inside of an outer housing and adjacent to a side thereof a magnetic reader/writer capable of reading data from a magnetic strip of a credit card. Along a side of the outer housing adjacent the magnetic read... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7055261 | Versatile measurement device for three dimensions A ruler specifically designed to measure locations in three dimensions. The device contains a flat base upon which the device rotates and pivots along a horizontal plane. The measuring tape also can be projected out of its holder at a range of angles in a third dime... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051458 | High-heeled jazz dancing and character dancing shoe A high-heeled dancer's shoe providing the structural integrity to prevent bowing and to execute energetic character dancing steps and simultaneously maintaining the flexibility necessary to execute jazz steps. The shoe comprises a front sole support made of hard rub... | 05/30/2006 |
