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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659995 | One band ID | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177187 | Valve A valve for restricting and closing plastic tubing, comprising a base having a surface for holding a plastics tube, two side guides extending from the base, a top provided with a restriction member and means for raising and lowering the restriction member on to a se... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8170894 | Method of identifying innovations possessing business disrupting properties The instant invention involves a method for determining the expected presence of disruptive business process innovations by performing various nonlinear dynamic processes and analysis with both expected data values and referenced data values. After processing the ne... | 05/01/2012 |
| D657911 | Hair bead retainer | 04/17/2012 |
| D657601 | Platform for deck attachment | 04/17/2012 |
| D657600 | Platform for deck attachment | 04/17/2012 |
| D657599 | Deckmates | 04/17/2012 |
| D657531 | Egg costume | 04/17/2012 |
| 8141481 | Compacting bin A bin suitable for mounting within a rigid enclosure, such as a cupboard, includes; a first section, which may be mounted within an enclosure, connected via a hinge to a second section, onto which a cupboard door may be mounted. Contents placed between first section... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8109304 | Mobile hand-held cutting device guide and support apparatus A nimble and free moving guide and support apparatus for hand-held cutting devices. The device utilizes vertical support members to maintain contact with a work surface, while a base plate maintains contact with the material to be cut. Above said base plate is mount... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8095339 | Integrated portable electronics tester A device and method for testing the functionality of various electronic device components. The device is portable and is capable of being upgraded with changes in technology. The device is enclosed within a housing, which may include a power supply and a display. Th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091255 | Seabed organic material relocating An apparatus to gather and relocate benthic life and life supporting material for use in combination with a seabed or aquatic bed dredger, plough, mole or other seabed disturbing apparatus comprising a means of gathering the benthic life and life supporting material... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074669 | Expandable-collapsible multipurpose frame apparatus The invention envisions a multi-purpose expandable-collapsible frame apparatus that may be used as a bed frame. The apparatus utilizes a telescoping central support apparatus designed such that when a force is applied to the central support apparatus a plurality of ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073725 | Appointment scheduling system The instant invention relates to an appointment scheduling system that allows inviters to define various activities for appointments and to invite invitees to select said appointments. The system utilizes multiple visual user interfaces to allow inviters, invitees a... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8043151 | Trading game simulation method A trading simulation game that emulates the roles of market makers and traders involved in the securities market. The simulation allows for random market activity by specifying a starting market price and employing a subset of a pool of market-affecting items to mod... | 10/25/2011 |
| D646697 | Motor unit | 10/11/2011 |
| 8019649 | Method of managing prospective business The present invention reveals the next generation in customer acquisition procedures. LeadMaker™ (“LM”) is a relationship-based system for handling business customers and prospective customers during the period between initial response and follow up by sales. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| D644715 | Spray gun | 09/06/2011 |
| D642739 | Decorative hair retainer | 08/02/2011 |
| 7931038 | Portable container covering system A portable, light-weight, removable system for covering an open dumpster or refuse container mechanism. This instant system is designed for easy installation, removal and storage. Once installed, the system covers the open dumpster container, preventing accumulation... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7908180 | Interactive vehicle auction and sale system An online automobile auction, which allows the consumer to participate by using their home or portable computers and accessing the system via an Internet connection. Before the designated time for an auction, the consumer may access the database of available automob... | 03/15/2011 |
| D632510 | Seat back item retainer | 02/15/2011 |
| 7845406 | Enhanced oil recovery system for use with a geopressured-geothermal conversion system A system and series of methods, which utilize Geopressured-Geothermal (GPGT) energy for the enhanced recovery of formation crude oil. The system is designed to interface with a conversion system which concentrates the GPGT brine while recovering H2O distillate and g... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7861852 | Device for conveying objects Disclosed is a device for conveying pro-filled objects, particularly bottles or parisons comprising an annular collar between two sliding planes with the aid of at least one conveying apparatus, at least one part of which rests against the object in a frictionally e... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7843196 | Compact whole-body open magnet for magnetic resonance imaging A compact whole-body open circular magnet system for MRI purposes includes a protrusion overhanging the central homogeneous field region. The overhanging protrusion permits a reduction of the total magnet homogeneity requirements of the MRI system. Further reducing ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827117 | System and method for facilitating online employment opportunities between employers and job seekers A system and method for facilitating access to online employment opportunities between employers and job seekers, wherein the system will rank both job seekers and employers based on a predetermined points schedule, and wherein the system will automatically match jo... | 11/02/2010 |
| D624354 | Cooking tray | 09/28/2010 |
| D624353 | Cooking tray | 09/28/2010 |
| D622550 | Beverage holder with a flexible arm support and attachment means | 08/31/2010 |
| D618587 | Jean clip | 06/29/2010 |
| D617157 | Holding pin | 06/08/2010 |
| D616002 | Cutting tool | 05/18/2010 |
| 7702898 | Method for authenticating and verifying SMS communications A method for operating a first computational device to facilitate the secure transfer of a message between the first computation device and a second computational device is described. The method comprises operating the first computational device according to the fol... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7691815 | Methods for blocking TNF-alpha activity in mammals with trimeric soluble TNF receptors This invention relates to a general methodology for efficient creation of trimeric soluble receptors for therapeutic applications. The process involves gene fusion between a soluble receptor with a ligand binding domain and a trimerization tag from the C-propeptide ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7681726 | Apparatus for internal mixture of substances A device for mixture of substances, whether in the form of a fixed or removable cap or in the form of emersion within a container, utilizing individual internal substance containment vessels, controlled by an external actuation mechanism. The system actuation mechan... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7677612 | Clamp A clamp for connecting flanged tubes comprising a pair of tangs having a tampered groove around their insides to engage the flanges. One of the tangs is provided with a pivotally connected screw, which passes through an aperture in one end. A nut attached to the scr... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7666837 | Methods and compositions for producing secreted trimeric receptor analogs and biologically active fusion proteins Methods and compositions for producing secreted soluble receptors and biologically active polypeptides in trimeric forms are disclosed. The process involves fusing the DNA template encoding a soluble receptor with a ligand binding domain or biologically active polyp... | 02/23/2010 |
| D610612 | Notebook with dual notepads | 02/23/2010 |
| D609778 | Spray gun | 02/09/2010 |
| D609455 | Storage case for a violin | 02/09/2010 |
