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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8165781 | Fuel recovery Fuel is recovered from a combustion engine without turning the combustion engine on. A controller initiates operation of a fuel pump of the combustion engine to cause the fuel pump to pump a predefined amount of fuel in the fuel line directly to a drain conduit.... | 04/24/2012 |
| D656197 | Bed display | 03/20/2012 |
| D656196 | Bed display | 03/20/2012 |
| D651443 | Mattress | 01/03/2012 |
| D651250 | Bed display | 12/27/2011 |
| D623936 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 09/21/2010 |
| 7793834 | Financial transaction card with non-embossed, raised indicia A financial transaction card has a first major surface on one side and a second major surface on an opposite side. A first set of raised indicia projects outwardly from the first major surface. A second set of raised indicia projects outwardly from the second major ... | 09/14/2010 |
| D616737 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 06/01/2010 |
| D616736 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 06/01/2010 |
| D616298 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 05/25/2010 |
| D616297 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 05/25/2010 |
| D616296 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 05/25/2010 |
| D616295 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 05/25/2010 |
| D616294 | Packaging for fraud detection in a portable device | 05/25/2010 |
| 7665660 | Real-time awards determinations The present invention provides systems and methods for facilitating transactions with real-time awards determinations for a cardholder. Each transaction includes transaction information, where the transaction information includes: cardholder information, merchant in... | 02/23/2010 |
| D604136 | Hammer | 11/17/2009 |
| D601398 | Hammer | 10/06/2009 |
