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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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172997 | Cerium oxide nanoparticle regenerative free radical sensor An electrochemical sensor system for sensing free radicals or materials which generate free radicals in solution includes a working electrode coated with a plurality of cerium oxide nanoparticles and a counter electrode. A solution to be analyzed provides electrolyt... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8155764 | Multivariable model predictive control for coalbed gas production A multivariable model predictive controller (MPC) for controlling a coalbed methane (CBM) production process. The MPC includes input ports for receiving a plurality of measurement signals including measured process parameters from CBM wells in a well field. A contro... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144759 | Adaptive methods employing optimal convergence factors for processing complex signals and systems Complex adaptive methods for complex information processing employ optimal individual convergence factors for real and imaginary components of the weight vector. For wireless receivers operating on QPSK, a Complex IA-ICA performs better than existing Complex Fast-IC... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8126695 | Systems and methods for event based execution of fieldbus process control strategies Systems (200, 230, 240) and methods (400) for event based execution of a Fieldbus process control strategy (FPCS) for simulation of an industrial process at least partially implemented by a Fieldbus system including a FIM (114, 116, 212, 214, 232, 2... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8114253 | Apparatus for characterizing fibrous materials using stokes parameters An apparatus for determining fiber orientation parameters of a sheet of material during a production process includes a polarized radiation generating system operable for providing polarized radiation having a frequency of at least 1×108 Hz. The radiatio... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114229 | Self-extinguishable solid propellant Solid composite propellant compositions include at least one oxidizing agent, at least one binder, and at least one surfactant. The surfactant provides the solid propellant the property of being “self-extinguishing”, where the burning rate of the solid composite... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110159 | AOTF-based imaging system and method for hyperspectral and multispectral imaging of specimens including medical tissue An imaging system includes a platform for placement of a sample or an animal to be imaged, and at least one excitation light source for irradiating the sample or animal to stimulate an emission at a plurality of different center wavelengths. An acousto-optic tunable... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098193 | Digitally controlled UWB millimeter wave radar An ultra wide band (UWB) millimeter (mm) wave radar system includes a signal source having a control input, a GHz signal output and a frequency controlled output. A control loop is coupled between the GHz signal output and the control input including a frequency div... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090676 | Systems and methods for real time classification and performance monitoring of batch processes Systems and methods (300) for offline/online performance monitoring of batch processes (BPs) involving obtaining archived data (AD) obtained during runs of BP and including information defining a batch quality attribute for each run. The method also involves ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8078434 | Systems and methods for offline and/or online batch monitoring using decomposition and signal approximation approaches A method (300, 400, 500, 1200) for offline/online monitoring of batch processes. The method involves (312) decomposing a time domain of a batch process run (BPR) into several blocks and (334) building multivariate statistical models (MSMs) for e... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060258 | Multivariable process controller and methodology for controlling catalyzed chemical reaction to form phthalic anhydride and other functionalized aromatics A multivariable method and process controller is for controlling a catalyzed chemical reaction to form phthalic anhydride (PA), produced by a production unit including a chemical reactor having a plurality of pipes connected in parallel having inner surfaces affixed... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8048384 | Chemochromic hydrogen sensors A chemochromic H2 sensor includes supports including a plurality of metal oxide particles exclusive of titania, and a platinum group metal (PGM) compound on the supports. The PGM compound is an oxide, hydroxide hydrated oxide, PGM salt or a PGM complex. W... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046318 | Automated system for checking proposed human adjustments to operational or planning parameters at a plant A method (400) for automatically checking proposed adjustments by an individual to at least one parameter at a manufacturing plant includes (401) creating a proposed vector including at least one proposed entry from the individual. The proposed vector ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8026108 | Detection of biotargets using bioreceptor functionalized nanoparticles An ultra sensitive method for detection of biomolecules includes the step of providing a plurality of bioreceptor functionalized nanoparticle probes. The nanoparticles can include metal, semiconductor, radioactive isotope or fluorescent dye molecules. A sample solut... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022352 | Flexible substrate with etched lens array A flexible substrate having a plurality of lenses disposed in an array on a surface of the substrate wherein the lenses are formed by etching the substrate. ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020116 | System and method for visualizing a multi-screen workspace on a single display screen A system (200) and method (600) for visualizing on a single display screen (SDS) a first plurality of display screen windows (FPDSWs) displayed on display screens (234, . . . , 240) of a multi-screen workspace. The method involves determining a ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012451 | Highly photosensitive titanium dioxide and process for forming the same A highly photosensitivity titanium oxide composition includes a plurality of nanosize particles including titanium dioxide and titanium suboxide. The particles are substantially non-stoichiometric (TiO2-x, wherein 0.1 | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997025 | Algae production and harvesting apparatus A photo-bioreactor module adapted for stacking a plurality of such modules for producing algal bioproducts includes at least an upper and a lower light-transmitting member each having a plurality of openings. The upper and lower light-transmitting members are spaced... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7973094 | Laser irradiation of metal nanoparticle/polymer composite materials for chemical and physical transformations A metal nanoparticle supported on or dispersed in a polymer is irradiated with photons from a laser source to address the nanoparticles. The polymer is transmissive to the photons and addressed nanoparticles transform the energy of the photon to heat which is transf... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7972862 | Noninvasive glucose monitor A method of sensing glucose in subjects includes the steps of providing a sensing solution including a plurality of metal ions, introducing a bodily fluid sample from a subject into the sensing solution. An optically-based measurable derived from directing incident ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970482 | Method and system for process control A method and system for process control using a model predictive controller. The control system can have one or more control devices operably coupled to a processing system for controlling a process of the processing system; a modeling tool to provide a non-linear m... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7966152 | System, method and algorithm for data-driven equipment performance monitoring A method for automatically monitoring the performance of equipment includes compiling current operating conditions associated with current conditions (PMc). A historical database including a plurality of stored operating conditions and associated stored performance ... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7965437 | Integrated high efficiency multi-stage acousto-optic modulator An acousto-optic modulator for a Q-switch (300) for a laser includes a monolithic acousto-optic (a-o) medium (311), a series of at least two acoustic transducers (321, 322), bonded spaced apart on the a-o medium, which emit first and second colu... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7952396 | AWG having arbitrary factor interpolator and fixed frequency DAC sampling clock An AWG includes a waveform memory providing a digital waveform signal at a sample rate and an arbitrary factor interpolator (AFI) coupled to receive the digital waveform signal or a processed digital waveform signal. A complex mixer for carrier modulation is coupled... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951850 | Polymer composites having highly dispersed carbon nanotubes and methods for forming same A method of forming carbon nanotube-polymer composites includes the steps of forming a mixture solution including a plurality of carbon nanotubes dispersed in a co-solvent. The co-solvent includes an organic solvent and a second solvent being a short chain fluorinat... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7942646 | Miniature high speed compressor having embedded permanent magnet motor A high speed centrifugal compressor for compressing fluids includes a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) having a hollow shaft, the being supported on its ends by ball bearing supports. A permanent magnet core is embedded inside the shaft. A stator with a win... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7932534 | High light extraction efficiency solid state light sources A solid state light source includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, and at least one optically active layer on the top surface of the substrate. At least one of the top surface, the bottom surface, the optically active layer or an emission sur... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636080 | Video otoscope | 04/12/2011 |
| 7908300 | Guided entry system for individuals for annotating process deviations Methods (100), algorithms, and implementing systems (200) for guided annotation of process deviations by an individual responsible for annotations (e.g. process operator) for a manufacturing process having an associated computing system (210) in... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7881815 | Method and system for process control A method and system for process control. The control system can be operably coupled to a processing system. The control system can include control devices operably coupled to the processing system; a modeling module to provide a linear model based at least in part o... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7868296 | Spectroscopy having correction for broadband distortion for analyzing multi-component samples A spectroscopic method and spectroscopy system therefrom for analyzing samples. A sample includes a first chemical component that has a characteristic first absorption peak is provided. The sample is irradiated in a measurement waveband proximate to the first absorp... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865785 | System and method for improving communications for systems having communications protocol enabled devices A method and system for improving communications for systems (200) including at least one communications protocol (CP) enabled server device (206, . . . , 212). The method comprises performing a first diagnostic process (400). The first diagnost... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7837833 | Method for characterizing fibrous materials using stokes parameters An apparatus (200) for determining fiber orientation parameters of a sheet of material during a production process includes a polarized radiation generating system (201, 202) operable for providing polarized radiation having a frequency of at least 1×... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7807265 | Partially passivated quantum dots, process for making, and sensors therefrom A partially passivating core shell particle includes a luminescent nanocrystal core, and a partially passivating semiconducting core shell on a surface of the nanocrystal. The shell allows selected analytes to alter a luminescent response of the core shell particle.... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7795582 | System and method of monitoring with temperature stabilization A system and method of monitoring with temperature stabilization. The system can include a housing operably connected to a fiber optic cable that provides a light wave thereto, a relay optic for receiving the light wave and being positioned in the housing, a radiati... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7752866 | Shape memory thermal conduction switch A thermal conduction switch includes a thermally-conductive first member having a first thermal contacting structure for securing the first member as a stationary member to a thermally regulated body or a body requiring thermal regulation. A movable thermally-conduc... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7745778 | Elliptical polarizers, tags and identification systems using frequency selective surfaces An identification system and associated method for identifying objects includes at least one tag having encoded information attached to the surface of an object to be identified, wherein the tag includes a first FSS-based elliptical polarization filter which provide... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7745027 | Catalytic dehydrogenation of amine borane complexes A method of generating hydrogen includes the steps of providing an amine borane (AB) complex, at least one hydrogen generation catalyst, and a solvent, and mixing these components. Hydrogen is generated. The hydrogen produced is high purity hydrogen suitable for PEM... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7691731 | Deposition of crystalline layers on polymer substrates using nanoparticles and laser nanoforming A method of forming crystalline semiconducting layers on low melting or low softening point substrates includes the steps of providing an aqueous solution medium including a plurality of semiconductor nanoparticles dispersed therein having a median size less than 10... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7684110 | High frequency acousto-optic frequency shifter having wide acceptance angle An acousto-optic (AO) frequency shifter includes an anisotropic crystal having an optical axis and an input face, and an acoustic transducer having electrodes affixed to the face for receiving an electrical signal and projecting an acoustic wave into the crystal. Th... | 03/23/2010 |
