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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| PP16113 | Ligularia plant named ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ Ligularia dentata ‘Britt-Marie Crawford’ is a new and distinct cultivar of Ragwort with very dark purple brown foliage that remains effective throughout the growing season, and effective as a potted plant or landscape specimen or mass for the bold foliage... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6864817 | Signaling dependent adaptive analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system and method of using same An adaptive analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system (100) includes an automatic gain control (AGC) controller (101) for receiving both in-band and out-of-band signals from a radio frequency (RF) receiver and producing an AGC control signal therefrom. ... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6830159 | File cabinet container A file cabinet providing access to files from substantially all sides, and having one or more rotatable tiers, each tier containing a plurality of file containers. Each tier includes a central carrousel support having a plurality of radially extending arms. Mounted ... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6774732 | System and method for coarse tuning a phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizer using 2-PI slip detection A system for coarsely tuning at least one voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) (211) in a phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizer (200) that includes a phase-frequency detector (PFD) for determining a phase difference between a VCO frequency and a reference... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6758707 | Propeller drive shaft mounting support unit for an inboard drive marine vessel and method of forming same A mounting support (100, 200) for a marine vessel inboard drive propulsion system used in connection with a precision driveline includes a substantially cylindrical housing (107), one or more bearing assemblies (113) positioned within the cylind... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6757326 | Method and apparatus for implementing wavelet filters in a digital system A digital data system (100) provides 1-D, 2-D and 3-D capability and multi-band channel capability. Improved filter banks are created by generating a filter bank having an analysis portion and synthesis portion and obtaining wavelet coefficients (302) ... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6736037 | Coping saw A coping saw is provided having two spaced-apart rotary actuators supported by a frame. Two saw-blade sections extend between the two rotary actuators and are intended to singularly engage a work piece. The saw is adapted to contain a drive mechanism which is couple... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6670901 | Dynamic range on demand receiver and method of varying same A dynamic range on demand radio frequency (RF) receiver (300) includes a wideband detector (303), off-channel detector (313) and on-channel detector (327) supplying input to an automatic gain control (307) for adjusting a dynamic control stage to control ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6661927 | System and method for efficiently encoding an image by prioritizing groups of spatially correlated coefficients based on an activity measure An encoder (300) selects (702, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1308) one or more subsets of spatially or temporally correlated transformed data coefficients, on the basis of the significance of each subset in representing the data. The encoder (300) and a complementary... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6595676 | Novelty light A method and apparatus are provided for simulating an open flame in a hand-held device. The method and the device resulting therefrom includes attaching a lamp to an electrical circuit contained within a housing, the circuit adapted to randomly vary at le... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6591779 | Display bird feeder An animal feeder and particularly a bird feeder having a construction that allows bird seed cakes of various ornamental designs to freely hang while providing a separate area for multiple visiting birds to perch. The grid-patterned perch hangs around the ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6564723 | Utility furniture system A desk providing a work surface and having a top, a bottom, a perimeter edge, and a U-shaped channel disposed below the top of the work surface adjacent the perimeter edge. The U-shaped channel includes a vertical member extending downwardly from the work... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6563934 | Mechanically tunable diaphragm using nickel titanium memory metal A diaphragm includes a vibratory membrane and at least one nickel titanium memory metal member having a shape that can be mechanically adjusted with a heating signal. The mechanical adjustment of the at least one nickel titanium memory metal member tunes ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6539344 | Method and apparatus for extracting parameters for an electrical structure A parameter extraction technique for an electrical structure is based on a definition of network parameters that isolates pure mode responses of the electrical structure, and that makes mode conversion responses of the electrical structure negligible. A s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6473734 | Methodology for the use of verbal proxies for dynamic vocabulary additions in speech interfaces An application (50) utilizing a speech recognition interface (10) employs the use of verbal proxies to accomplish dynamic vocabulary updates. One or more proxies used by the application (50) are defined (60) and added to the vocabulary (38) of the speech ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6459333 | Differentiate and divide FM demodulator An FM demodulator in accordance with the present invention receives a composite signal from an antenna and corresponding processing circuitry. The composite signal includes a carrier signal having a voice/data signal modulated thereon. The composite signa... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6442848 | Coping saw A coping saw is provided having two spaced-apart rotary actuators supported by a frame. Two saw-blade sections extend between the two rotary actuators and are intended to singularly engage a work piece. The saw is adapted to contain a drive mechanism whic... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6024047 | Bird feeder A bird feeder for retaining compressed suet-seed cakes is provided having a construction permitting easier refill of the feeder as well as making it more difficult for squirrels and other animals from raiding the feeder. Two embodiments of the feeder are ... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5902186 | Intermediate shaft assembly for steering columns A steering column assembly comprising an outer isolator tube closed at one end and open at an opposite end; at least one tubular resilient member concentrically disposed within and adhered to an inner wall of the outer isolator tube; and an inner isolator... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5899497 | Tilt-adjustable steering column assembly A tilt-adjustable steering column assembly, comprising in combination an upper housing pivotally attached to a lower housing along a generally horizontal axis transverse to the upper and lower housings, the pivotal attachment accomplished by a pair of pin... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5807293 | Splint assembly for positioning of a disabled diseased, or injured hand and wrist A splint assembly is provided for use by health professionals in the positioning of a human hand. The arrangement includes a splint which is made of thermoplastic material in the shape of a hand, with open spaces between the fingers and thumb so that a gl... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5789327 | Armor panel A ballistic-resistant article comprising a composite panel having a plurality of layers of ballistic-resistant cloth woven from high tensile-strength fibers laminated together by an elastomeric adhesive material having oriented polymer chains. The resulti... | 08/04/1998 |
