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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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| 6285393 | Object recognition apparatus and method An object recognition apparatus that can recognize an object in an image acquired by an on-vehicle camera mounted on a vehicle with high efficiency and accuracy. A recognition processing is carried out in a cut off range, which is cut off from the image, ... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6148192 | Checking the access right of a subscriber equipment A method for checking the access right of a subscriber equipment, whereupon a mobile equipment can be formed by attaching the subscriber identification module to any subscriber equipment. Before the subscriber identification module is detached from the su... | 11/14/2000 |
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| 6031804 | Optical disk device having defect detection information An apparatus and method for detecting and replacing a defective sector on an optical disk. Recording data and error correction data are recorded on an optical disk at a manufacturing time or an initial time. The recorded data and the error correction data... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6029150 | Payment and transactions in electronic commerce system A method of payment in an electronic payment system wherein a plurality of customers have accounts with an agent. A customer obtains an authenticated quote from a specific merchant, the quote including a specification of goods and a payment amount for tho... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5999817 | Method for performing encoding in a cellular network A method for performing encoding in a cellular network includes, in each cell, at least one base station communicating with terminal equipment within its coverage area, and a mobile switching center controlling the operation of the base stations. In order... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5963634 | Method for warming up a spare process in a replicated real-time system, in particular in a telephone exchange The invention relates to a method for warming up a spare process in parallel with an active process in a replicated real-time switching system, in particular in a telephone exchange. The switching system comprises an active control unit (WP) having, perma... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5917886 | Method and equipment for monitoring the condition of an interconnection network A method and equipment for monitoring the condition of an interconnecting interfaces, in which counters, specific to each interconnection interface are provided. Each counter is preset to a predetermined initial value, which is changed on the basis of the... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5908524 | Method for producing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article laminated with skin material A method for producing a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin molded article laminated with a skin material comprises the steps of: providing a mold assembly including a first mold and a second mold; preheating a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic resin sheet... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5902516 | Five-coordinate phosphorous compound, process for producing the same and its use A five-coordinate phosphorous compound which is useful as an stabilizer for organic materials and represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 independently represent hydrogen atom, an... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5902624 | Method for depositing aspartame on an edible support Aspartame having particles smaller than 100 μm can be deposited on an edible supporting material, by mixing in a dry form, in amounts that clearly exceed 10 wt. %, if the aspartame has a free bulk density of 350 kg/m3 or lower, and is obtained... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5898055 | Method for producing methyl methacrylate polymer The present invention provides a method for producing a methyl methacrylate polymer, wherein monomers containing methyl methacrylate as a main component are bulk-polymerized or solution-polymerized in the presence of a polymerization initiator and mercapt... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5889095 | Phosphites, process for producing the same and their use A phosphite stabilizer for organic material is represented by the formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1, R2, R4 and R5 is hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or phenyl; R is hydrogen or alkyl... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5635320 | Color cathode ray tube and method manufacturing the same A shadow mask of a color cathode ray tube has a large number of electron beam apertures through which electron beams emitted from the electron gun pass. Bach of the electron beam apertures has a larger opening open to a surface of the shadow mask on a pho... | 06/03/1997 |
