Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8066207 | Method for processing and analyzing contaminated mixed waste plastics to produce reformulated, blended feed materials having desired physical properties A method for reformulating reclaimed, contaminated mixed waste plastics into useful articles wherein a plurality of batches of the mixed waste plastics are preprocessed to produce substantially homogeneous mixtures of a desired particle size range that are character... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8048822 | Method for making silicon-containing products A method for producing carbon-silica products from silica-containing plant matter such as rice hulls or straw by leaching with sulfuric acid to remove non-silica minerals and metal while adjusting the mole ratio of fixed carbon to silica in the resultant product. Th... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048031 | IV catheter introducer An IV catheter introducer having an elastomeric grommet disposed between the housing and the IV catheter assembly that helps avoid unintentional separation of IV catheter assembly from the housing during shipping and handling prior to use, that acts as a needle guid... | 11/01/2011 |
| D648002 | Universal tank lever | 11/01/2011 |
| D647602 | Universal tank lever | 10/25/2011 |
| 8026787 | Ceramic component element and ceramic component and method for the same A ceramic component element is provided. The ceramic component element includes: an insulating ceramic base with pores formed on its surface and previously fired; and a functional ceramic sheet bonded to the insulating ceramic base and having electrical characterist... | 09/27/2011 |
| D645962 | Housing for collection device for bodily fluids | 09/27/2011 |
| 8003581 | Iron control agent An iron control agent capable of reducing ferric iron containing compounds to ferrous iron containing compounds in an acidic solution, such as one used for formation acidizing. The iron control agent comprises a combination of a sulfur dioxide, sulfurous acid, sulfi... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7993451 | Cement stabilization of soils using a proportional cement slurry A novel cement slurry composed of cement and water that can be used in cement stabilization applications. The cement slurry compound itself is chemically treated, by means of a cellulosic or other thixotropic thickening agent(s) to create a thixotropic system wherei... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992753 | Spool-supported bag dispenser A bag dispenser includes an axle having a plurality of spaced-apart interior annular rings. A roll of bags are wound about the axle and a rod is insertable into the axle. When inserted into the axle, the rod engages at least one of the annular rings to connect the r... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7978137 | Performance and power management in direction of arrival determination by utilizing sensor information A system for enhancing the performance of a wireless communication device (WCD) while executing a direction of arrival (DoA) estimation. The performance may be improved through device management, and may include the collection of information from one or more sensors... | 07/12/2011 |
| D641068 | Side spray | 07/05/2011 |
| 7968022 | Method for processing and analyzing contaminated mixed waste plastics to produce reformulated blended feed materials having a desired rheology A method for reformulating reclaimed, contaminated mixed waste plastics into useful articles wherein a plurality of batches of the mixed waste plastics are preprocessed to produce substantially homogeneous mixtures of a desired particle size range that are character... | 06/28/2011 |
| D639914 | Decorative tub spout | 06/14/2011 |
| D639913 | Decorative tub spout | 06/14/2011 |
| D639909 | Center pullout spray head | 06/14/2011 |
| D639676 | Bag with handle | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951909 | Immunogenic peptide composition comprising a promiscuous helper T cell epitope and an N-terminal fragment of Aβpeptide The present invention relates to a composition comprising a peptide immunogen useful for the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's Disease. More particularly, the peptide immunogen comprises a main functional/regulatory site, an N-terminal fragment of Amyloid β (... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943105 | Sulfur removal using ferrous carbonate absorbent Finely divided ferrous carbonate absorbent, siderite granules or absorbent particles made by mixing, agglomerating and shaping finely powdered ferrous carbonate, preferably siderite, in combination with minor effective amounts of water or an optional binder, followe... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7931815 | Method for reducing oxygen content of fluid streams containing sulfur compounds A method of using a sulfided iron reagent to remove oxygen from gaseous and liquid fluid streams such as natural gas, light hydrocarbon streams, crude oil, acid gas mixtures, carbon dioxide gas and liquid streams, anaerobic gas, landfill gas, geothermal gases and li... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928200 | Human genes relating to respiratory diseases and obesity This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids comprising genes of human chromosome 12q23-qter and the proteins encoded by these genes. Expression vectors and host cells containing such genes or fragments thereof, as well as antibodies to the proteins encoded by t... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928121 | 5-HT7 receptor antagonists The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the 5-HT7 receptor, and more particularly to some tetrahydroisoquinoline substituted sulfonamide compounds, to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions compr... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926435 | Spade rudder Disclosed herein is a spade rudder, which is intended to relieve bending moment generated by a rudder, and to suppress vibrations generated from the rudder due to a propeller, in the case of a large ship. The spade rudder has a rudder stock for rotating a rudder, an... | 04/19/2011 |
| RE42239 | Open system sulphurous acid generator This invention presents a sulphurous acid generator which employs a combination of novel blending, contact and mixing mechanisms which maximize the efficiency and duration of contact between sulphur dioxide gas and water to form sulphurous acid in an open nonpressur... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7872110 | Deimmunized monoclonal antibodies for protection against HIV exposure and treatment of HIV infection This invention is directed to deimmunized antibodies that are useful as immunotherapeutic drugs against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and CD4-mediated autoimmune disorders. More specifically, antibodies expressed by clones, Clone 7 containing the recombinant ge... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7863243 | Anti-tumor agent The present invention provides a new anti-tumor agent containing adiponectin as an active ingredient, particularly, an anti-tumor agent capable of inhibiting carcinogenesis in the liver, use of adiponectin as an anti-tumor agent, and a prophylactic or therapeutic me... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7832772 | Exhaust pipe bulkhead assembly An assembly for establishing a water-tight seal for a conduit passing through a wall or other structure wherein the conduit conveys heated fluid, such as exhaust gasses. The assembly is adapted to minimize the heat transferred to the wall or other structure by creat... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829559 | Substituted pyrazole sigma receptor antagonists The invention relates to compounds having pharmacological activity towards the sigma receptor, and more particularly to pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and to processes of preparation of such compounds, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and to thei... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823656 | Method for monitoring drilling mud properties A method for monitoring drilling mud properties, the drilling mud being transported through a well drilling system and stored in a mud pit includes directing the flow of drilling mud in the well drilling system from the mud pit to a sampling unit. A sample of the dr... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7816699 | Polarized light emitting diode Disclosed is a polarized light emitting diode (LED) capable of emitting polarized light in the front direction thereof by forming a first grating layer on a quantum well layer and forming a second grating layer on a substrate. The polarized LED includes a nitride th... | 10/19/2010 |
| D624629 | Universal tank lever | 09/28/2010 |
| 7798396 | Method for cleaning components of a cash control safe A method for cleaning a cash interface device of a cash control safe includes establishing a cash interface device cleaning frequency. The number of operations of the cash interface device is counted. Comparison between the counted number of operations of the device... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793859 | Fluidized catalytic cracking feed nozzle A nozzle for the atomized spray of liquid hydrocarbon feed in a fluidized catalytic cracking apparatus having two or more slots with at least one lateral slot wall formed at an angle of from about 30 to about 60 degrees from the axis of the discharge. Also a method ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786224 | Liquid composition of alicyclic diepoxide, curing agent and/or curing accelerator A liquid epoxy resin composition of an epoxy resin, a curing agent, and a curing accelerator, where the epoxy resin is an alicyclic epoxy compound present in an amount from 100 to 30% by weight. The alicyclic epoxy compound is preferably produced by using a percarbo... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7784494 | Flow divider A flow divider includes a spool for distributing fluid from a supply flow path to priority and surplus flow paths. First and second surplus restrictions vary flow rate in accordance with the movement of the spool and restrict the flow rate to the surplus flow path r... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7778603 | Bandwidth conservation by reallocating unused time scheduled for a radio to another radio A system for managing the operation of a plurality of radio modems contained within the same wireless communication device. The radio modems may be managed so that simultaneous communication involving two or more radio modems utilizing conflicting wireless communica... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777719 | System using a living body as a transmission medium A system for enabling communication between a portable computing device and a stationary computer. A user may wear the portable computing device while simultaneously using a pointing device coupled to the stationary computing device. The pointing device may be, for ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777086 | Production of alkyl aromatic compounds Improved integrated processes for the production of alkyl aromatic compounds are disclosed wherein aromatic compounds which may be treated for removal of deleterious substances are reacted with olefin compounds, which may also be treated for contaminant removal, in ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7776257 | Titanium alloy having improved corrosion resistance and strength A titanium alloy containing carbon with and without addition of silicon exhibiting improved corrosion resistance and mechanical strength as compared to commercially pure ASTM grade 2 titanium or PGM-alloyed ASTM grade 7 titanium. ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7772449 | Removal of acid gases and sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon gas streams in a caustic tower The present invention provides a process for treating a hydrocarbon feed gas stream containing acid gases (CO2, H2S and mercaptans) by contacting the feed gas stream in a multi-section caustic tower, the bottom sections employing a recirculatin... | 08/10/2010 |
