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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939037 | Method of producing zinc oxide powder Method for producing hydrometallurgical zinc oxide powder having characteristics equivalent to that derived from a French process, comprising formation of an aqueous pulp from a starting zinc oxide having particles of nodular structure, wet milling of this aqueous p... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7920162 | Display method and system for surgical procedures A method and system includes multiple displays that can be separately controlled by users who are part of a surgical team. The first display will include information to assist a first user through the steps of a surgical procedure and the second display will assist ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918530 | Apparatus and method for cleaning an inkjet printhead A cleaning system for an inkjet printhead comprises an inkjet printhead having an inkjet nozzle array associated therewith. The inkjet printhead is in fluid communication with a first source of a first pressurized fluid. A fluid nozzle associated with the inkjet pri... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635662 | Bedside urinal | 04/05/2011 |
| D634194 | Overcap | 03/15/2011 |
| 7883902 | Method and device for dispensing dry powders The inventive method for dispersing a dry powder sample in a dispersion chamber consists in vacuuming the chamber with respect to the environment, in dispersing a dry powder in the chamber, by means of a suction generated by the rupture of a membrane which is torn. | 02/08/2011 |
| 7874550 | Method for producing books A book product apparatus and method for producing books includes the step of supplying a controller, a gathering line, and a plurality of feeding devices, wherein the feeding devices are adapted to dispense at least one signature onto the gathering line based on ins... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874077 | Device for determining the inclination of a tool, such as an electric drill The device (12) comprises a laser (14) which is attached to the tool (2). During operation a laser beam (16) is emitted onto an optical lens (20) which is of cylindrical shape. The lens (20) is suspended to swivel freely, e.... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873400 | Adapter for surgical navigation trackers An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical instrument. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation trac... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869861 | Flexible tracking article and method of using the same A method of registering an article having a surface to previously created scan data of the article includes the steps of providing a flexible substrate having multiple tracking points attached to the substrate, applying the substrate to the article to be registered,... | 01/11/2011 |
| D629175 | Pig | 12/14/2010 |
| 7837635 | Device and method for determining at least one characteristic point of joint to be orthopedically measured A device determines at least one characteristic point of a joint which joins together two limbs and is to be measured orthopedically comprising a first coupling element which may be positioned on a first limb adjoining the joint, a second coupling element which may ... | 11/23/2010 |
| D625885 | Pet food or water bowl | 10/19/2010 |
| 7771436 | Surgical navigation tracker, system and method An adapter can be easily used to assist a surgical navigation system to determine the effector axis or the effector plane of a surgical device. The adapter has a body with a geometrical feature, the geometrical feature has a known relation with a navigation tracker ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7771010 | Apparatus for printing using a plurality of printing cartridges An apparatus has a plurality of printing cartridges to reproduce an image, wherein each printing cartridge prints a portion of the image onto a substrate. The apparatus further includes a media transport for moving the substrate parallel to a first dimension. The pr... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7764633 | Method and apparatuses for managing two-way alternate communication in semi-duplex mode through a packet switching transport network A method for managing two-way alternate communication in half-duplex mode between at least two end equipments of a packet switching transport network in non-connected mode, provides that an indicating element serves, when it is present with a first given value in th... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7764093 | Voltage shift control circuit for PLL A PLL comprises a PFD, a loop filter and a VCO, as well as a voltage shift capacitor coupling the PFD and the VCO. A voltage shift control circuit is placed in parallel with the voltage shift capacitor. This circuit comprises controlled charging means, which are des... | 07/27/2010 |
| D620094 | Heat exchanger | 07/20/2010 |
| 7742802 | System for determining a position of a point on an object A system and method are disclosed for determining a global position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being removably mounted to an outer surface of a user's body. The substrate includes a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736371 | Trajectory guide A trajectory guide includes a guide body defining a selected trajectory through an entry aperture or opening, engagement surfaces for insertion into the entry aperture, and a fixing mechanism coupling the guide body with the engagement surfaces. The engagement surfa... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7729822 | Bicycle provided with an on-board control system and automatic rental system comprising said bicycles A bicycle fitted with an on-board control system which is adapted in such a way that it can control the state of a functional element of the bicycle, in order to detect an error in the operation of said functional element and in order to signal said error. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7725379 | System and method for settling trades A method of settling trades includes the steps of obtaining an authenticated delivery instrument, wherein the authenticated delivery instrument is authenticated by a first exchange and may be used to settle a trade undertaken on the first exchange. An electronic pro... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7725162 | Surgery system A surgery system comprising at least one smart instrument, a computer system, and a sensor system adapted to wirelessly sense the position of the at least one smart instrument and to transmit position information to the computer system, wherein the sensor system inc... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7722259 | Cable connector assembly A cable connector assembly includes a fitting having first and second fitting ends and a fitting opening therethrough, wherein the fitting is formed from a conductive material. The cable connector assembly further includes a ferrule having first and second ferrule e... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7716117 | System and method for making positions held by a trader fungible Positions held by a trader are made fungible by selecting a first position in a first futures contract that is deliverable and selecting a second position in a second futures contract, wherein the first and second futures contracts are traded in a first and second m... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7708861 | Formulations for high speed print processing An anti-blocking composition including about 75% to about 99% weight percent a metal salt of stearate and about 1% to about 25% weight percent stearic acid is provided. In addition, an anti-blocking composition including about 90% to about 99.5% a metal salt of stea... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7680209 | Method and device for training an RF amplifier linearization device, and mobile terminal incorporating same a method whereby a linearization training sequence is designed to be transmitted by means of a radiofrequency transmitter incorporated in a mobile terminal or a base station of a radiocommunication system comprising a fixed network. The sequence is adapted for trans... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7668278 | Phase-locked loop An oscillator (30) supplies a high frequency signal (S) to a frequency divider (31). A phase comparator (32) produces a signal measuring phase difference between the divided frequency signal (QA) and a reference signal. A low-pass filter (34 | 02/23/2010 |
| 7657298 | System, device, and method for determining a position of an object A system is disclosed for determining a position and a change in the position of an anatomical structure. The system utilizes a surgical navigation system and a substrate that is capable of being removably mounted to an outer surface of a patient's body. The substra... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7649863 | Method for allocating radio resources, base station for carrying out such method, and system incorporating same Method for allocating radio resources for the establishment of an outgoing call originating from a mobile terminal of a first system for radiocommunications with mobiles having a given radio interface and a mutual help channel, via a base station of a second system ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7638971 | Multiple device battery charger An improved method of charging multiple batteries and battery powered devices of different types at one time. Utilizing multiple methods of supplying DC power to external batteries, a user can charge a variety of devices at the same time. The power is routed in thre... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7635139 | Lateral displacement preventing device for stabilizer A lateral displacement preventing device for a stabilizer, the device including a flat plate having a first end portion and a second end portion and having an upper surface which contacts the stabilizer and a lower surface at a side that is opposite from the upper s... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7623250 | Enhanced shape characterization device and method The shape and orientation of rigid or nearly rigid moveable bodies are determined using a shape characterization. Sensors capture a plurality of representations of different perspectives of the body that are analyzed to determine a bounding volume of the body. The s... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7620184 | Method for transmitting encrypted data, associated decrypting method, device for carrying out said methods and a mobile terminal for the incorporation thereof A process for transmitting encrypted data through a radio transmission channel having a frame structure such that a TDMA frame comprises at least time slots of a first type forming a traffic channel and at least one time slot of a second type forming an associated s... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7594501 | Cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine A cylinder head cover for an internal combustion engine includes an oil separator with a vortex chamber extending in a longitudinal direction from a proximal end to a distal end. Said vortex chamber comprises an essentially pipe-shaped wall extending in said longitu... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7593477 | Training sequence for linearizing an RF amplifier There is disclosed a linearization training sequence that is transmitted by means of a radio frequency transmitter which is comprised in a mobile terminal or a base station of a radiocommunication system and transmits bursts according to a given frame structure. The... | 09/22/2009 |
| D599903 | Bedside urinal | 09/08/2009 |
| 7580257 | Apparatus comprising a portable electronic appliance and a data input appliance Apparatus comprising a portable electronic appliance and a data input appliance which is adapted to deliver information to the portable electronic appliance via the recharging interface for recharging the batteries of the portable electronic appliance. ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7567833 | Enhanced illumination device and method A light source illuminates a field of interest that includes an illumination module capable of projecting illumination light to the field of interest and a light projector associated with the illumination module. The light source also includes an input device associ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561600 | Synchronization at multiframe level of a mobile terminal of a radiocommunications system To allow the synchronization at multiframe level of a mobile terminal on a traffic down path which exhibits a multiframe structure with a determined number L of useful data frames, the base stations send signalling frames respectively associated with each useful dat... | 07/14/2009 |
