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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8062193 | Exercise apparatus An exercise apparatus for jumping exercises including at last one handle and an appendage, the apparatus further including a first attachment member including an aperture defining a first zone and a second zone, the second zone shaped similar to a cylinder. The hand... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7335279 | Low density paperboard articles The invention provides a low density paperboard material and associated method for use in producing an insulated container, and is especially well-suited for making cups. The paperboard material comprises a paperboard web including wood fibers and expanded microsphe... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7218768 | Inspection method and apparatus for the inspection of either random or repeating patterns The present invention is a hybrid technique for finding defects on digitized device images using a combination of spatial domain and frequency domain techniques. The two dimensional spectra of two images are found using Fourier like transforms. Any strong harmonics ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198680 | Process for cleaning surfaces of medical equipment A method for cleaning contaminated surfaces of surgical waste management equipment. The method includes rinsing surfaces of the equipment with water to remove water soluble contaminants and waste material. A rinse solution is applied to the surfaces of the equipment... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7025737 | Spinal brace having overlapping rigid members A spinal orthosis including a posterior support having a substantially rigid posterior splint, an anterior support having a substantially rigid anterior splint, and a pair of overlapping supports having substantially rigid splints are releasably attachable to the po... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025440 | Low profile ink jet cartridge assembly A low-profile ink jet cartridge assembly for an ink jet printer. The low profile ink jet cartridge assembly includes a substantially rectangular ink jet cartridge body having a printhead side, opposing side surfaces attached to the printhead side and a length, a hei... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6898955 | Method for manufacturing a pontoon A pontoon including a substantially cylindrical member having a length in excess of about 14 feet and having no external circumferential welds intermediate the ends of the member and being substantially linear along its length axis. ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6704996 | Method for making ink jet printheads The invention provides a method for reducing ink corrosion of exposed metal layers on a chip surface of a semiconductor chip for an ink jet printhead. The method includes depositing a protective layer in a plasma process to the chip surface, the protective layer bei... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6647348 | Latent defect classification system A method for identifying an integrated circuit having a latent defect. Test data corresponding to a set of integrated circuits is obtained, where the set of integrated circuits was processed on a single substrate. A subject integrated circuit is selected ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6636867 | Method of enabling and administering commercial transactions using a computerized administration system The present invention relates to a method of enabling and administering commercial transactions using a computerised administration system. The method comprises (with reference to FIG. 1)storing in a first computer database (13) of the computerised admini... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6573523 | Substrate surface scanning A system for identifying a substrate based on indicia formed in a surface of the substrate. The method includes forming the indicia having edge features and substantially flat features. The indicia is illuminated with incident illumination from an illumin... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6520035 | Control system for belt sample cutters An apparatus is provided for extracting cross-sectional samples of bulk material from a moving belt conveyor with a rotating sample cutter. The sample cutter is driven around a circular sampling path by a pair of double-acting pneumatic cylinders that are... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6460275 | Orthotic insert An orthotic device for inserting within a heel portion of a shoe of a user for inhibiting excessive pronation or excessive supination of a user's foot, and for comforting associated pain by cushioning a heel of the foot, which includes a sloped wedge memb... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6048439 | Modified rosin emulsion The invention disclosed herein is directed to a modified rosin emulsion, to methods for making the modified emulsion and to uses for the emulsion. The modified emulsion of the invention is made by mixing emulsified rosin solids with a water soluble salt o... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5958180 | Method for increasing the strength of a paper or paperboard product Processes for increasing the strength of cellulosic fibers are carried out by contacting relatively dry cellulosic fibers with an agent in particulate or vapor form comprising a carboxylic acid cyclic anhydride at an elevated temperature for a time suffic... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5840801 | Method for improving dispersion and compatibility of zinc salts in elastomeric compounds during vulcanization The invention disclosed herein relates to methods for vulcanizing elastomeric materials. The method comprises providing a mixture of ZnO and an amphiphilic triblock copolymer selected from the group consisting of rosin and C18 -C24 f... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5840581 | Process for somatic embryogenesis of sweetgum The present invention relates to an improved method for generating somatic embryos from mature plant tissue. The treatment methods of the present invention use a combination of disinfestation procedures and plant growth regulator compositions which induce... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5839382 | Electronically geared sewing machine This invention relates to a method and apparatus for electronically gearing the sewing parts of a sewing machine, and more particularly it relates to electronically gearing the bobbin to the needle to eliminate the necessity of their physical coupling thr... | 11/24/1998 |
| 5811040 | Process of making fiber for carpet face yarn The specification describes a process of making a fiber for a carpet face yarn, the yarn being made of polyolefin/polymer filaments which contain a plurality of longitudinally dispersed relatively small, short polymer fibrils inside the filaments generall... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5800360 | Apparatus and method for respiratory monitoring A passive, non-invasive, non-contacting apparatus and method for monitoring the respiration of a subject within a monitored environment is disclosed. The apparatus generally comprises a pair of sensors which detect changes in infrared energy. The first se... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5801072 | Method of packaging integrated circuits A method of assembling flip chips in a package. Solder bumps are attached to a first flip chip and to a second flip chip. A package substrate having first and second opposing sides is provided, and the first flip chip is electrically connected to the firs... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5791266 | Combustion apparatus for highly energetic materials The specification describes a system for the thermal treatment of energetic materials which generate a tremendous volume of gaseous products upon combustion. The system includes a containment system which maintains an interface between hot exhaust gas pro... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5753336 | Reversible underlay for rugs A reversible underlay device for positioning between a rug and an underlying flooring surface to inhibit movement of the rug relative to the underlying flooring surface. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes a relatively resilient, conformable la... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5741889 | Modified rosin emulsion The invention disclosed herein is directed to a modified rosin emulsion, to methods for making the modified emulsion and to uses for the emulsion. The modified emulsion of the invention is made by mixing emulsified rosin solids with a water soluble salt o... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5587204 | Recyclable paperboard composites The specification discloses a multilaminar paperboard composite having improved recyclability and methods for forming and recycling the paperboard composite. The paperboard composite comprises a paperboard substrate having two surfaces, a highly alcoholiz... | 12/24/1996 |
