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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7654486 | VTOL personal aircraft A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft comprises (1) a fuselage having a front end, a rear end and two lateral sides, the fuselage defining a substantially horizontal central longitudinal axis of the aircraft; (2) an aircraft tail arranged at the rear end o... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7590589 | Game theoretic prioritization scheme for mobile ad hoc networks permitting hierarchal deference A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; a... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587368 | Information record infrastructure, system and method A method of maintaining electronic medical records, comprising the steps of receiving a medical transaction record, encrypted with an encryption key relating to a patient association of the file, accessing the encrypted medical transaction record according to a pati... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7576911 | Variable aperture transmissive substage microscope illuminator A microscope illuminator system suitable for both critical source illumination and Köhler-type illumination without substantially altering the elements within the optical path. The system preferably provides a continuous range of adjustment from critical type illum... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7570075 | Ultra fast differential transimpedance digital amplifier for superconducting circuits Supercooled electronics often use Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) digital circuits. The output voltages from RSFQ devices are too low to be directly interfaced with semiconductor electronics, even if the semiconductor electronics are cooled. Techniques for directly... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7568157 | Screen book maker A computer program and method for the creation of tutorials having screen snapshots and associated text as well as other content. A testing method is provided where content created can be used to prompt the user and the user can respond by creating a snapshot of the... | 07/28/2009 |
| D596861 | Plate for supporting a picture | 07/28/2009 |
| 7554369 | Digital programmable frequency divider A digital programmable frequency divider is constructed of Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements. The logic elements may include an RSFQ non-destructive readout cell (NDRO), RSFQ D flip-flop and an RSFQ T flip-flop. A digital word comprising N bits is used... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7545945 | Comb sense microphone There is provided a rigid hinged substrate, which forms a diaphragm for miniature microphones. A series of fingers disposed radially around the perimeter of the diaphragm interacts with mating fingers disposed adjacent the diaphragm with a small gap in between. The ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7181017 | System and method for secure three-party communications A system and method for communicating information between a first party and a second party, comprising identifying desired information, negotiating, through an intermediary, a comprehension function for obscuring at least a portion of the information communicated be... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7533536 | Method and apparatus for measuring and improving efficiency in refrigeration systems An apparatus for optimizing an efficiency of a refrigeration system, comprising means for measuring a refrigeration efficiency of an operating refrigeration system; means for altering a process variable of the refrigeration system during efficiency measurement; and ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7509258 | Phonetic, syntactic and conceptual analysis driven speech recognition system and method A new approach to speech recognition that reacts to concepts conveyed through speech, which shifts the balance of power in speech recognition from straight sound recognition and statistical models to a more powerful and complete approach determining and addressing c... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7493815 | MEMS switch triggered by shock and/or acceleration An acceleration-triggered or shock-triggered, smart, tunable MEMS switch that may function as both a classic accelerometer and an acceleration threshold detector. A parallel element MEMS device has a stationary and a movable element forming a capacitor. Varying acce... | 02/24/2009 |
| D582634 | Cap with a plurality of illuminating elements | 12/16/2008 |
| 7454356 | Completely anonymous purchasing of goods on a computer network The present invention discloses a system for the anonymous purchase of goods. A Customer requests to purchase some physical goods, the Vendor determines the cost of the goods, and asks the Customer to select a Carrier. The Vendor requests a Customer Token and redire... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7451005 | Vehicular information system and method A vehicular system, comprising a vehicle position determining system, an itinerary for the vehicle, an external wireless data communication system, a user interface, and, a controller, the controller receiving information from the vehicle position determining system... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449314 | Rapid thermal cycle processing methods and apparatus A system and method for processing a lipid membrane bound structure, the method comprising the steps of providing the structure to be processed in a liquid medium; and heating the liquid medium containing the structure at a rate and through a range sufficient to cau... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7447637 | System and method of processing speech within a graphic user interface According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447638 | Speech input disambiguation computing method According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443719 | Superconducting circuit for high-speed lookup table A high-speed lookup table is designed using Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements and fabricated using superconducting integrated circuits. The lookup table is composed of an address decoder and a programmable read-only memory array (PROM). The memory arra... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7433823 | Speech input disambiguation computing system According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7430511 | Speech enabled computing system According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426469 | Speech enabled computing method According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural langua... | 09/16/2008 |
| RE40477 | Reliable detection of LSB steganography in color and grayscale images A system and method that efficiently, accurately, and simply detect reliably least-significant-bit (“LSB”) embedding of a secret message in randomly scattered pixels. The system and method apply to both 24-bit color images and 8-bit grayscale or color images. Ma... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7395614 | Intelligent footwear A controllable footwear method and apparatus, comprising a structure which controls a splitting of a force exerted on a sole of the footwear between a first portion which is stored in an energy storage structure and later returned to the sole, and a second portion w... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7380704 | Mailbox system A curbside mailbox kit, compliant with 39 U.S.C. 111 (Feb. 8, 2001), comprising: a base, two sides, an optional signaling flag, a roof, a rear side, and a front door, wherein the mailbox kit is provided in an unassembled form having a void cross section substantiall... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372952 | Telephony control system with intelligent call routing A communications system and method, for analyzing at least two characteristics for each of at least a portion of a plurality of communications, selected from the group comprising artificial neural network parameters, stochastic parameters, cost parameters, and utili... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362125 | Digital routing switch matrix for digitized radio-frequency signals Routing and distribution of radio-frequency (RF) signals is commonly achieved in the analog domain. However, improved performance and simplified circuit architectures may be obtained by first digitizing the RF signal, and then carrying out all routing in the digital... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348895 | Advanced automobile accident detection, data recordation and reporting system A system for monitoring a location to detect and report a vehicular incident, comprising a transducer for detecting acoustic waves at the location, and having an audio output; a processor for determining a probable occurrence or impending occurrence of a vehicular i... | 03/25/2008 |
| D561690 | Windmill | 02/12/2008 |
| 7324972 | Managing transactions on a network: four or more parties A system for managing user accounts and controlling anonymous access to resources over data networks for a plurality of provider members in a manner to preserve the secrecy of the identity of a user who is in a home provider's user/customer base. The system includes... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7324188 | Characterization of color and clarity enhancement agents in gems An apparatus for detecting one or more organic compounds in a gem, comprising a probe for irradiating a surface of a gem with near infrared radiation, to generate internal reflections of the near infrared radiation within the gem, wherein the internal reflections ar... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309589 | Sensitive detection of bacteria by improved nested polymerase chain reaction targeting the 16S ribosomal RNA gene and identification of bacterial species by amplicon sequencing A method for identifying an RNA form of a bacteria, comprising reverse transcribing RNA material; conducting PCR using primers for a first highly conserved genetic sequence generic of the bacteria; conducting nested PCR using primers for a second highly conserved ge... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7305486 | System and method for fast, reliable byte stream transport Reliable byte stream transfer protocols play an important role in modern networks. The present invention implements such a protocol using credits for flow control and negative acknowledgements for reliable delivery. The credit mechanism uses credit transfer in insta... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298289 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said m... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294350 | Healing powder and method of use thereof A wound healing powder, comprising a sugar selected from the group consisting of one or more pharmaceutically acceptable monosaccharides and disaccharides, in an amount of at least 25% by weight of the powder mixture; and an absorbent agent which forms a bioabsorbab... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7286987 | Multi-phoneme streamer and knowledge representation speech recognition system and method A system and method related to a new approach to speech recognition that reacts to concepts conveyed through speech. In its fullest implementation, the system and method shifts the balance of power in speech recognition from straight sound recognition and statistica... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7282254 | Surface coating for electronic systems A bi- or multi-layer coating is deposited upon a substrate using a low temperature process. The bi-layer is a lower layer of a SAM coating, which is overlaid with a hard coating. The hard coating can be made of materials such as: polymer, Si3N4... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7271737 | Mobile communication device A mobile communications device comprising a location sensing system, producing a location output; a memory, storing a set of locations and associated events; a telecommunications device, communicating event and location information between a remote system and said m... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7269253 | Telephony control system with intelligent call routing A communications system and method, wherein a plurality of communications are received, each having associated classification information, information representing characteristics of at least three potential targets are stored; and an optimum target for each communi... | 09/11/2007 |
