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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7533861 | Seat guide device A seat guide device has at least one linear guide system and a seat base supported in a movable fashion on the carriage of said system against the force of a spring. The device further comprises: (a) damping element coupled to at l... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7486925 | Method and apparatus for monitoring audio listening A method and apparatus receive, detect, collect and analyze program-identifying (“PI”) information contained in a plurality of broadcast or recorded electronic audio signals. Each audio signal represents the sounds (audio portion) in a plurality of sequential pr... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7475638 | Projectile with means for marking its strike point A training projectile includes at its head a hollow arched cavity or cap that defines a hollow cavity within the head of the training projectile, and that bursts when the projectile strikes a target. Into this cavity are placed a first chemically-inactive marking ma... | 01/13/2009 |
| D582791 | Combined hand basin and carton | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461811 | VTOL personal aircraft An STOL or VTOL winged aircraft comprises a fuselage and a fixed wing attached to the fuselage and extending outward from the two lateral sides thereof, forming one wing component extending outward from one side of the fuselage and a second wing component extending ... | 12/09/2008 |
| D580626 | Swimming glove | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449037 | Method and tube bundle reactor for carrying out endothermic and exothermic gas phase reactions A method for carrying out endothermic or exothermic gas phase reactions by using a tube bundle reactor with a tube bundle of catalyst-filled reaction tubes comprises the following steps: a) Introducing a reaction gas mixture into the reaction tubes; | 11/11/2008 |
| 7432650 | EL display and production method thereof An EL display (10a) of the invention includes a substrate (12), a wall (14) arranged on the substrate (12) to form a plurality of openings corresponding to pixel areas, a plurality of pixel patterns (16) formed in the openin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428570 | Process of communication between an applet and a local Agent using a Socket communication channel A process allowing communication between a java code and an executable software file which permits the java code to receive an access to the internal system resources of the user's computer. The java code is arranged to be configured as a server in the client's conf... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7426183 | Method for determining load in a communications network by means of data packet marking The invention relates to a method for determining the load in a communication network provided with network elements such as internal nodes and links and with access nodes, respectively comprising an input node and an output node, which derive and transfer data pack... | 09/16/2008 |
| RE40482 | Practice ammunition A practice ammunition projectile comprises a head which bursts when the projectile strikes a target and contains a marking agent which optically indicates the point of impact after the head has burst. The marking agent consists of several chemical components (7, ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413386 | Continuous connecting profile for attachment of sheet piles to supporting elements A continuous connecting profile (10) for attachment of sheet piles to supporting elements has a central rib bar (16) that separates from each other two oppositely-placed attachment profiles, each having a jaw, and is a part of both attachment profiles.... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403290 | Method and means for determining the shape of a rough surface of an object A method for determining the shape of a rough surface of an object comprises the steps of providing an object having a given roughness related height variation; providing an interferometer for wave front measurement comprising a measurement beam of electromagnetic r... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399493 | Anti-irritant botanicals Anti-irritant botanical extracts, and a method for screening, and then preparing, anti-irritant botanical extracts for use in topical formulations, providing a natural ingredient capable of preventing skin irritation when in combination with other active and inactiv... | 07/15/2008 |
| D573251 | Dry powder inhaler | 07/15/2008 |
| D572864 | Nail file | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390145 | Connection element for sheet piles The connection element according to the present invention includes a central strip and two hook strips issuing from it that together form a claw strip with C-shaped cross section. The ends of the hook strips point toward each other, and with their ends, define an op... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7387471 | Combination pile wall A combination pile wall is formed of beam elements (12), particularly T-beams and double-T-beams (I-beams), and shaped connection strips (16) directly or indirectly connecting the beam elements (12), whereby each shaped connection strip (16 | 06/17/2008 |
| 7373903 | Medical waste treatment apparatus A medical waste treatment apparatus which comprises: a processing chamber where medical waste is loaded and heated; a combustion chamber having fuel burning means for burning a fuel to produce superheated water vap... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373884 | Rapid-fire weapon A rapid-fire weapon has a barrel with a projectile insertable into the barrel, which comprises several sub-projectiles disposed one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the barrel and supporting each other. A propellant charge and an ignition means are ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7370179 | Microprocessor The invention relates to a microprocessor having a plurality of components which are selected from registers (14,16), arithmetic logic units (30,32), memory (36,38), input/output circuits and other similar components where the plurality of compo... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366323 | Hierarchical static shadow detection method There is provided a hierarchical shadow detection system for color aerial images. The system performs well with highly complex images as well as images having different brightness and illumination conditions. The system consists of two hierarchical levels of process... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365472 | Electric generator An electric generator 10 of the present invention comprises a permanent magnet 14, a coil 30, a yoke 20, and attracted means 19 composed of a plurality of attracted pieces 18 which are arranged radially around the rotation a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360472 | Automatic wire stripper An automatic wire stripper comprises a knife unit (40) having a knife holder (41) and a knife carriage (45) articulated on the knife holder; A clamping arm unit (30) is pivotally mounted on a clamping arm bearing (30). A handle lev... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360962 | Ring binder mechanism The present invention relates to a ring binder mechanism for binding the sheets of loose leaves. The mechanism comprises an elongated spring plate that extends longitudinally and, in profile, has a shallow U-shaped configuration and opposite edges which extend subst... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7350748 | Modular construction of an aircraft control system Apparatus is disclosed for disabling on-board pilot operation of an aircraft and transferring aircraft operation to an alternate source of control. The aircraft has an aircraft control system for controlling at least one controlled component, such as an aircraft att... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347830 | Assemblies and methods for measuring tooth apex location The invention provides an assembly for measuring the penetration depth of a dental instrument into a root canal of a tooth. The assembly has a base element configured to be clampingly braced onto a tooth to be treated; an electrically conductive guiding member affix... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347687 | Distraction apparatus for orthodontic, orthognathic and oral/maxillofacial surgery applications on the mandible The invention concerns a distraction appliance for orthodontic, orthognathic and maxillofacial surgery purposes on the mandible for the distraction of a frontal bone segment, wherein the appliance is formed by a first distractor module and a second distractor module... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342677 | Method and system for ordering printing of a digital image via a home server A method for ordering printing of a digital image by a customer and a system in which the method is implemented. The system includes a home server located at a home of the customer, an originating server and a lab server, that can communicate with each other via a c... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335809 | Absorption body for attachment to the human body An absorptive body (50) for attachment to the human body, especially for absorbing fluids coming out of parts of the human body such as wounds, has a substantially flat material section made of an absorbing material (1), which consists of an absorbing ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7335141 | Exercise apparatus Exercise apparatus is disclosed which enables a user to pull a cable against a source of resistance from a pulley arranged at one of a number of points around a substantially circular arc. The exercise apparatus includes: an arcuate frame member forming a segment of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330780 | Safety system for aircraft This invention relates to a safety system for aircraft, wherein prohibited airspaces which aircraft may not enter are marked on a digitally stored image of the airspace, wherein the aircraft is provided with an automatic control device that automatically steers the ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326053 | Dental root canal apex measuring apparatus and method Apparatus for determining the apex of a dental root canal in a tooth includes a software operated microcontroller having a pulse generator, a memory and an analog to digital converter (ADC), the pulse generator feeding pulses to a gain control circuit for controllin... | 02/05/2008 |
| D561352 | Glass tile | 02/05/2008 |
| D560855 | Foot rasp | 01/29/2008 |
| D560856 | Foot rasp | 01/29/2008 |
| D560261 | Baseball bat | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320768 | Metal mold for a connected product and method of molding the product An object of the present invention is to provide a metal mold of a simple structure that can be used for injection molding a combined product composed of some molded pieces regardless of the accuracy and the shape of a desired combined product and a method of moldin... | 01/22/2008 |
| D558862 | Bidet | 01/01/2008 |
| D558314 | Toilet | 12/25/2007 |
