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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5596318 | Method for operating a two-way messaging system to extend battery life A priority based protocol for a two-way paging system improves the life expectancy of the pager's battery by minimizing use of pager's transmitter, without significantly impacting the reliability of the system or the timeliness of message delivery. This i... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5594726 | Frequency agile broadband communications system A broadband communications system for coupling telephony or other digital networks to a CATV network. The system transmits a multiplex of telephony signals in the forward band of the CATV network. Each forward channel is QPR modulated on a carrier and con... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594791 | Method and apparatus for providing result-oriented customer service An automated customer service system which maintains and uses a customer sensitivity profile to contact the customer in a manner, at a time and date, and at a location which are preferred by the customer. This maximizes the likelihood that the customer wi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5593990 | Methods and compositions for inhibition of angiogenesis The present invention comprises a group of compounds that effectively inhibit angiogenesis. More specifically, thalidomide and various related compounds such as thalidomide precursors, analogs, metabolites and hydrolysis products have been shown to inhibi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594945 | Method of providing registration reminder message to a roaming pager upon entry into a new service area A method of delivering registration reminder messages in a segmented nationwide or other broad area paging system, having multiple service areas, is disclosed. A set of unused capcodes is assigned on a one to one basis as service area codes for each of th... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5593490 | Kaolin clay slurries having reduced viscosities and process for the manufacture thereof A kaolin clay slurry having a reduced viscosity is manufactured by a process which comprises the sequential steps of mechanically working an undispersed crude kaolin clay material having a solids content of at least about 65 percent, by weight, under cond... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592795 | Coextruded polymer pressure plate An improved pressure plate for glazed panel wall construction is disclosed for retaining a glazing panel in place against a corresponding frame member. A gasket element is bonded to the pressure plate and confronts an exterior marginal portion of the glaz... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594847 | System and method for selecting free form objects associated with a selection region displayed by a computer A method for selecting objects from a ruler provides a simple process for selecting a plurality of free form objects that lie approximately in a line. Free form objects, which are not required to be aligned in rows and columns, are positioned in a window ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5591715 | Methods and compositions for reducing multidrug resistance The present invention comprises methods and compositions for reducing or eliminating multidrug resistance in cancers or certain infections by drug resistant microorganisms in patients. According to the method and composition of the present invention, a no... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5591724 | Method for treating the urinary bladder and associated structures using hyaluronic acid A method of treating interstitial cystitis comprising contacting the internal bladder and associated structures in a mammal having interstitial cystitis with a solution containing hyaluronic acid having a molecular weight of not less than approximately 2Ã... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5588712 | Device and method for lowering a dump truck bed according to the transmission state of the vehicle A device and method for automatically lowering the bed of a dump truck by disengaging the hydraulic pump and the power take-off when the transmission of the dump truck is shifted to or above a predetermined gear. A conventional dump truck or transmission ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5588583 | Paperboard container having flexible product dividing keel A paperboard multiple compartment tray-type container erectable from a blank, having a product dividing keel which provides structure as well as flexibility to the container. The container may have tapered or vertical sides. The container is formed from a... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5588383 | Apparatus and method for producing patterned tufted goods An apparatus for tufting yarn in a backing comprising a yarn applicator for penetrating the backing and implanting the yarn therein and an electric motor for supplying a predetermined length of the yarn to the yarn applicator. The electric motor is operab... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5590171 | Method and apparatus for communications monitoring A method and apparatus for allowing a communication from a calling party (120) to a called party (130) to be monitored by a monitoring party (140) and/or recorded (180, 190). Upon receipt of a communication, the service node (180) of the system reads iden... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5588203 | Nozzle for a vacuum mounting head A nozzle for a vacuum mounting head of a component placement machine. The nozzle includes a positioning block defining a plurality of spaced apart pads on top of the block with each of the pads having a pad hole in the top of the pad. The positioning bloc... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5590336 | Method and apparatus for performing overlapping service of multiple IDE peripheral devices A method and apparatus for performing overlapping service of requests to two peripheral devices, specifically a CD-ROM drive and a hard disk drive connected to a computer. When a read request is issued to the CD-ROM drive, a seek is immediately initiated.... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5588945 | Method and device for spacing a corrugating finger relative to a corrugating roll A device for and method of spacing a corrugating guide finger relative to a corrugating roll. The device includes a tail and a head. The head has a slot therethrough for sliding receipt of the corrugating guide finger. To space the finger, the slot is sli... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5589878 | Method of determining an error in a video conferencing system camera A videoconferencing system including error detection, monitoring, and reporting. A controller (10) controls the operation of a camera (17) or a peripheral device, such as a video cassette recorder (20), or a modem (22). A user input device, such as a mous... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5586761 | Golf swing training device A golf swing training device includes an indicator rod mounted adjacent the golfer's shoulders by a shoulder mount and extends a predetermined distance from the golfer substantially perpendicular to an axis defined by the golfer's spine. The indicator rod... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5587294 | Method and kit for measuring endogenous cytokines The present invention relates to methods for measuring endogenous cytokines in blood. The method accurately measures the cytokines in the blood in the presence of substances that bind the cytokines thereby causing the measurement of the cytokines by conve... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5588042 | Interactive roamer contact system for cellular mobile radiotelephone network for automatically initiating a communication with an autonomously registering cellular mobile radiotelephone An automated interactive customer class identification and contacting system for use in or for a cellular mobile radiotelephone (CMR) system. A mobile radiotelephone provides identification information as it originates a call or registers into the CMR sys... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584883 | Breast prosthesis A breast prosthesis comprises a shell-like body of a two-component cross-linked soft elastic silicone rubber composition, which is welded in synthetic resin films, which cover over its inner and outer surfaces. In order to secure the breast prosthesis directly... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584925 | Chemically aggregated kaolin clay pigment and process for making the same by phosphate bonding An opacifying kaolin pigment with improved porosity, light scattering ability (opacity), gloss, and ink receptivity over that of the starting pigment is manufactured by a process which comprises the steps of treating an aqueous solution of kaolin with a p... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584924 | Opacifying kaolin clay pigments having improved rheology and process for the manufacture thereof An opacifying kaolin clay pigment with improved rheological properties and good opacifying characteristics is manufactured by a process which comprises reacting a mixture of water, kaolin clay and calcium carbonate with a hydroxide component at a temperat... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5584095 | Vacuum cleaner having improved steering features An upright steerable vacuum cleaner is provided, which includes the use of a pivotable cylindrical motor housing, as well as a universal joint which is attached to the motor housing, such that twisting at the upper body of the vacuum cleaner clockwise cau... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5583440 | Method and apparatus for testing an auxiliary power system A load test system for testing an engine/generator (12) and battery set (14) of a backup power system by simulating a load with desired linear, non-linear and/or reactive load characteristics. The load test system also recharges the battery set (14) after... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5583565 | Method for automatically adjusting the pan and tilt of a video conferencing system camera A videoconferencing system which is easy to use. A camera unit (17) provides a picture which is displayed on the display screen of a monitor (21A, 21B). A controller (10) controls the operation of the camera and also causes a pointer or other indicator to... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5582216 | Apparatus and method for installing wire fencing An apparatus and method for installing wire fencing including a support frame drawn by a conveyance and supporting an upstanding wire unit support spindle. A plurality of wire fencing units which may include one or and a combination of one or more wire fe... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5581736 | Method and system for dynamically sharing RAM between virtual memory and disk cache In a computer system having a processing unit, a primary memory space (RAM) and a secondary memory space (disk), the primary memory space being allocated between a virtual memory portion and a disk cache portion, a method of dynamically adjusting the allo... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581635 | Method and system for fast rotation of run-length encoded images A method and system including a high speed computer algorithm for rotating images stored in a computer memory, such as those captured by a CCD array. The method and system may be used with an over-the-belt optical character recognition (OCR) reader that c... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581610 | Method for network traffic regulation and management at a mediated access service control point in an open advanced intelligent network environment A method of regulating and managing network traffic at a mediated access service control point in an advanced intelligent switched telephone network that allows a local exchange carrier to monitor and enforce traffic rates negotiated between the local exc... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581602 | Non-offensive termination of a call detection of an answering machine A method and an apparatus are disclosed which provide for non-offensive termination of an outbound call which has been answered when an agent is not available to handle said outbound call. An outbound call is placed (10) and a determination is made (11) a... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5579805 | Valve assembly for a steam-distribution installation in which the condensates are returned An assembly comprising a principal duct on which there are connected, laterally, several ducts for the return of the condensates, each duct comprising two valves separated by a separator, the assembly being characterised in that the principal duct (11) co... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5581555 | Reverse path allocation and contention resolution scheme for a broadband communications system A broadband communications system for coupling telephony or other digital networks to a CATV network. The system transmits a multiplex of telephony signals in the forward band of the CATV network. The forward telephony channels are demodulated and demulti... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5580227 | Rotary piston pump having synchrously driven dividing slides and dosing device The present invention relates to a rotary piston pump for conveying and/or metering liquid or pourable media. It consists of a pump casing (2) with a cylinder chamber (4) having a cylindrical inner periphery (6) into which open at least one inlet (8) and ... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5578121 | Soil conditioner and a process for its preparation The invention relates to a freely flowable, soil conditioner consisting of a granular perlite with a coating on the externally accessible surface of the perlite grains of unfired clay. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the soi... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5577671 | Method for manufacturing low bark content wood chips from whole-tree chips A method for manufacturing low bark-content wood chips from whole-tree chips. The method has two or more sequential separation stages, which can be divided into pre-separation with a bark content of less than 10% and final cleaning, and in which the pre-s... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5578709 | Macromolecular microparticles and methods of production A macromolecular microparticle composition formed by dehydrating an aqueous macromolecule solution and crosslinking the dehydrated macromolecules with a crosslinking agent while in a liquid phase or with heat. Preferably, the dehydrating agent is a polyme... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575505 | Pamphlet with enhanced spine A thin pamphlet or book cover, with a flat spine portion in a `T` configuration that is made from a single sheet of material folded four times.... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5576700 | Apparatus and method for controlling an electrical load and monitoring control operations and the electrical load A method and apparatus for controlling an electrical load in an electrical load management system and monitoring the load control operations and the energy supplied to the electrical load. The apparatus includes a controller for controlling an electrical ... | 11/19/1996 |
