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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D639893 | Solar animal repeller | 06/14/2011 |
| D639466 | Ultrasonic pest repeller with LED night light and extra outlet safety cover | 06/07/2011 |
| 7598976 | Method and apparatus for a multisensor imaging and scene interpretation system to aid the visually impaired An apparatus and method for aiding a visually impaired or blind person to detect, identify and avoid objects in the field of vision of the surroundings. The apparatus includes electro-optical devices to detect and identify objects, a control unit, which receives and... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598164 | Method for direct bonding of metallic conductors to a ceramic substrate A method to provide direct bonding of wires to silicon for microelectronic and micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). The method includes preparing a rough “pothole” during one of the many deep etch steps already provided in MEMS fabrication. The method also in... | 10/06/2009 |
| 6964355 | Dry food dispensing system A hermetically sealable dispenser for measuring and dispensing predetermined amounts of a granular product without breakage of the product. The dispenser comprises a container which can be filled with the product, and a flexible, rotatable, paddle wheel fixed within... | 11/15/2005 |
| 7343763 | Cylinder lock with modified cam A cylinder lock having a body and a modified cam, the cylinder lock being adapted for moving an external element arranged to engage the modified cam, so that the external element slides axially on the cylinder lock body. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive cyli... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7319037 | Fluid tester and method of use Fluid testing device for determining the value of each of a plurality of properties of a fluid, the fluid testing device including a planar base and a plurality of test sections, located on the planar base, each of the test sections including a test sub-section whic... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313287 | Method for digital quantization There is disclosed the use of a beehive cell arrangement of shaped quantization blocks for grouping pixels for the digital approximation of analog video information. A frame may consist of beehive-arranged hexagonal quantization cell blocks or brick-wall-arranged re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308003 | System and method for re-multiplexing multiple video streams A multimedia packet re-multiplexer system having a plurality of multimedia sources, each multimedia source sending incoming multimedia packets, each packet having a header which includes a packet identifier (PID) to determine the packet type. The system includes an ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300065 | Body weight-activated scooter A body weight-activated scooter having a rear, vertical chassis section and at least one front steering wheel mounted on a front chassis section and at least one rear drive-wheel, the scooter provided with a pair of systems substantially in alignment with a vertical... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7272965 | Method and assembly to prevent impact-driven manipulation of cylinder locks A method and assembly for preventing unauthorized manipulation of common cylinder locks, as executed by use of the principles of the Bumpkey or Blowgun methods. The pin assembly, containing a tumbler pin and a driver pin, is adapted so as to alter linear displacemen... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7241350 | Corrosion resistant poly-metal diffusion coatings and a method of applying same Diffusion metallic anticorrosive zinc-iron-aluminum coatings of iron and iron-based item surfaces, realized by heating of products at temperatures of 370–450° C. in a saturating powder mixture environment in a closed container. The coating compositions are multip... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219567 | Combinatorial pipettor device A combinatorial pipettor device for the collection of a sample adapted for use with different size microtiter plates. The device comprises an upper plate having first and second halves, each half independently movable between an upper and a lower position, and a low... | 05/22/2007 |
| D542570 | Sketching table | 05/15/2007 |
| 7199786 | Reduced keyboards system using unistroke input and having automatic disambiguating and a recognition method using said system A reduced keyboard system for text input on electronic devices, mainly for use with handheld touchscreen devices, comprising a virtual keyboard and an input device. The keyboard is preferably circular with three concentric circles. Text input is by placing the input... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172601 | Cataract surgery devices and methods for using same A surgical apparatus having a surgical tip, comprising: cooling means for freeze-sealing mammalian tissue, and control means, which control and induce coolant flow from coolant supply means, through a coolant outflow tube into an expansion chamber at the surgical ti... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7040058 | Anti-bird roosting device An anti-bird roosting device for protecting an area, comprising at least a pair of cooperating base elements mounted on the area to be protected, and a plurality of projecting spikes, supported on the base elements and projecting away therefrom into a space above th... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6967545 | Saw wave-guides Surface acoustic wave (SAW) zebra-wave-guide (10) implemented as an array of interdigitized electrode fingers, wherein the array has internal inter-finger connectors (18) providing inside electrical shorting of part of fingers (16) remaining oth... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6928926 | Process and material for producing IR imaged gravure cylinders A gravure printing blank that can be easily and quickly imaged digitally by means of laser imaging and a method for preparing the same. The gravure printing blank comprises a metallic surface, a pre-polymer layer covering said metallic surface, comprising UV curable... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6847752 | Integrated actuator for optical switch mirror array An integrated actuator for an optical switch mirror array, which uses a novel integrated actuation technique combining electrostatic or electromagnetic (or both) actuation in combination with air (or any other gas) blast actuation. This combined approach provides in... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6847532 | System and method to eliminate the dead time influence in a pwm-driven system A system and method to eliminate the influence of Dead Time delay in a PWM driven system. The system is implemented using a switching control circuit to operate a pair of upper and lower switching devices in a standard half-bridge arrangement, wherein both a PWM pul... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6824461 | Hair depilating device and method for improved depilating coverage A hand-held, motorized depilating device, introducing a novel mechanical design to provide improved depilating coverage and hair plucking efficiency, without requiring the user to pass the device over the same given skin, area numerous times. The hair-plucking assem... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6811757 | Dielectric barrier discharge fluid purification system A dielectric barrier discharge plasma reactor device for plasma-based gas and liquid purification. The device comprises a series of electrodes arranged in rows of alternating polarity so as to form a series of triangular modules in which the spacing between adjacent... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6798963 | Method for the metallization of optical fibers An improved method for providing high-quality optical fiber metallization with the required length at the required location. The method enables metallized optical fibers to be soldered and connected to mechanical components while reducing the level of stress in the ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6784811 | System and a method for an ultra-low delay MPEG-syntax video codec A system for compressed digital video bitstreams, in which an I-frame may precede a plurality of P-frames slices, wherein the system includes an encoder to encode the bits for each successive P-frame slice. The system also includes a decoder buffer, where the bits e... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6764704 | Beverage whipping device There is disclosed beverage a beverage whipping apparatus having a motor for creating rotational motion, a rod having a first end and a second end, a whipping head that is in communication with the first end of the rod, and a torque reducing member intermediate the ... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6759973 | High resolution position sensor A high-resolution position sensor device for use in precise positioning of servomechanisms, by providing increased resolution using of an encoder mounted on the shaft of a motor, which produces transition pulses through a light-sensitive arrangement using a photodet... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757802 | Method for memory heap and buddy system management for service aware networks A computer system for allocating memory comprises a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling said system, a local memory for said CPU, means for allocating a plurality of memory blocks to tasks executed on said CPU, and block headers for said memory blocks. The... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6731974 | Method and system for measuring heart rate variability A system for measuring heart rate variability (HRV) of a patent comprises: recording means for obtaining and regulating heartbeat-to-heartbeat intervals for a predetermined period of time; processing means for digitizing said intervals, forming a recur... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6676670 | Hair depilating device with improved plucking efficiency A hair depilating device having a plucking assembly comprising at least two hubs, each accomodating at least one radially-extending swivel element mounted on the hub via a pin radially extending from the wall of the hub. The sidewall of the hub further in... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6663589 | Catheter system A catheter according to the present invention comprises a tube having a distal end and an open proximal end; at least one fluid conduit disposed within and along the tube, the fluid conduit having open proximal end and a closed distal end; an expandable... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6631204 | Similarity measurement method for the classification of medical images into predetermined categories A similarity measurement method for the classification of medical images into predetermined categories. A small set of pre-classified images is required to employ the method. The images can be real world images acquired using a camera, computer tomography... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6609459 | Gravure short run printing plate The present invention relates to a method and materials for producing digitally imaged short-run gravure printing plates and cylinders comprising the steps of providing an image-ready printing blank having a substrate, a UV curing layer, and an IR absorbi... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6604657 | Holster security device A holster security device comprising a latching mechanism which is attached to a holster on a side portion thereof so as to form an integral unit. The device comprises a finger-operated tab extending beyond the housing of the security device and a latch h... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6598364 | Adjustable height concrete contraction and expansion joints A concrete contraction and expansion joint with a mechanism providing adjustable height, enabling fast, efficient pouring of concrete over layout surfaces, achieving accurate thickness and desired slope of the concrete slab. In a preferred embodiment, the... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6585743 | Hair depilating device utilizing mechanism to spirally align coupled-tweezer elements A motor-powered depilatory device employing a hair-plucking assembly containing a right hand actuator element and a left hand actuator element, identical in construction, each carrying opposing tweezer elements, which fit together in interleaved fashion, ... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6581413 | System of interconnected ornamental rings A system of interconnected ornamental rings which convey a definite and clear message regarding the existence of an interpersonal relationship which, when worn by an individual, cannot be mistaken in the culture. In a preferred embodiment, the inventive s... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6577075 | High intensity discharge lamp magnetic/electronic ballast A metal halide magnetic/electronic ballast with a compensation function for adjustment in autotransformer output voltage, which applies the compensation in various steps of voltage, to maintain the power constant. The metal halide ballast provides constan... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6564093 | Transdermal active drug delivery system and method A transdermal drug delivery system having at least one patch (20) with an electrosmotic, electro porous membrane (26) comprised of an inert biochemical substance which becomes actively electro-osmotic when an electric charge is passed through the membrane... | 05/13/2003 |
