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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184787 | System and method for generating a personalized bill using a personal address book A system and method is disclosed for creating a personalized phone bill populated with names from a subscriber's personal address book on the subscriber's device. A billing application receives a request to generate a phone bill for a subscriber, and obtains usage d... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183964 | Current trip unit for circuit breaker A trip unit having a current carrying element, an anchor having an up and a down position, and an oscillator having a first position and a second position. The oscillator in the first position permits the anchor to move into the down position, and the oscillator in ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181963 | Role-playing game There is provided a game having a number of game pieces, each of which has a game piece level value. The game has a game level value, and players select game pieces such that a total of the game piece level values is less than or equal to the game level value. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179821 | Identifying participants of an audio conference call An apparatus for identifying participants of a conference call in a telephony network, each participant using a respective channel to participate in the conference call, the apparatus including: a sampler, deployed in the telephony network, and configured to continu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175837 | Method of estimating support state of an electronic apparatus housing and electronic apparatus In a method of estimating one of mechanical supporting states of a housing for an electronic apparatus, a drive signal is supplied to an oscillation device from which first oscillation is applied to the housing. A sensor detects a second oscillation transferred thro... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175633 | Wireless communication apparatus, system, method, and program A wireless communication apparatus includes a first storage unit configured to store each of a plurality of upper limit values of absolute values of additional signals that are set for a corresponding one of a plurality of first wireless communication apparatuses an... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175558 | Radio communication apparatus and method A radio communication apparatus includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire a first frequency use status of a first frequency band having a first center frequency, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a second frequency use status of a second ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174798 | Spin-torque oscillator, a magnetic sensor and a magnetic recording system In a spin-torque oscillator, a first ferromagnetic layer, a non-magnetic layer and a second ferromagnetic layer are stacked. A pair of electrodes perpendicularly applies a current onto each plane of the first ferromagnetic layer, the non-magnetic layer and the secon... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174581 | Moving object image tracking apparatus and method An apparatus includes a computation unit computing a moving velocity of a moving object (MO) by differentiation on a first angle of a first-rotation unit and a second angle of a second-rotation unit, a setting unit setting a first-angular velocity of the first-rotat... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174095 | Semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof A semiconductor device includes an insulator layer, and an n-channel MIS transistor having an n channel and a pMIS transistor having a p channel which are formed on the insulator layer, wherein the n channel of the n-channel MIS transistor is formed of an Si layer h... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172874 | Nipple A nipple simulating the shape, surface geometry and function of a woman's breast is provided. The nipple has a stem and a base. The base has an areola region and a bulbous region. The areola region is positioned between the stem and the bulbous region, and can simul... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172155 | Thermal sensation determining apparatus and method, and air-conditioning control apparatus using thermal sensation determination result A thermal sensation determining apparatus includes a skin temperature detecting unit configured to detect a skin temperature of a peripheral site of a subject's body, a variation state determining unit configured to determine a variation state of the skin temperatur... | 05/08/2012 |
| D659253 | Pacifier | 05/08/2012 |
| D658922 | Vessel | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169496 | Image processing system and image acquisition method An image processing system includes an illumination unit and an illumination control unit configured to adjust light emitted from the illumination unit so as to illuminate a limited area in a space, the system generates a timing signal for controlling emission/non-e... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169120 | Stator for AC motor A stator of an alternating current (AC) motor is disclosed. The stator includes a stator core having a divided structure including and an outer stator core fitted around the inner stator core while being connected to an inner circumference of the inner stator core. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168077 | Refrigerant compositions and use thereof in low temperature refrigeration systems A refrigerant composition. The composition has 25 to 35 mass % difluoromethane, 20 to 40 mass % pentafluoroethane, and 35 to 45 mass % tetrafluoroethane. The composition exhibits a positive superheat at an evaporation temperature of about −30° F. There is also a ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167963 | Apparatus for purifying and humidifying air An apparatus for purifying and humidifying air which enables separate supply of purified air and humidified air and controls the amount of humidified air discharged and which includes dual flow paths to increase the efficiency of air transfer. The apparatus includes... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167377 | Knock-down chair with intermediate support and compound leg An intermediate support structure provides a device whereby individual members of a furniture item can be assembled into an optimized configuration. The use of the intermediate structure allows the individual members of the furniture item to be assembled to achieve ... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658773 | Two petal teether | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163272 | Sunless tanning substrate The present invention provides a sunless tanning substrate having one or more sunless tanning enhancers, which adjust the rate of color development and/or adjust or customize the color developed on the skin. The present invention further provides a method of sunless... | 04/24/2012 |
| D658303 | Three petal teether | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157911 | High performance concrete with a quick resistance development lacking added materials with latent hydraulic activity Solid mixture for the preparation of concrete which after 16 hours has a mechanical resistance higher or equal to 50 MPa comprising cement and limestone aggregates, substantially lacking latent hydraulic activity, characterized by the presentation of a specific gran... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657927 | Mop pad | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151664 | Transmission unit provided with a control device for a motor vehicle A transmission unit for a motor vehicle is provided with a fixed supporting structure, a driving transmission shaft and at least one driven transmission shaft that are parallel to one another, and a control device, which has a control member that is movable with res... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657471 | Four petal teether | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149722 | Method and apparatus for detecting VPN communication A VPN (Virtual Private Network) communication detecting apparatus connecting to an internal network for detecting a VPN node on an external network which connects to the internal network through a relay apparatus, transmits response request packet to test target nod... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146174 | Glove having a cuffed portion The present invention provides a glove for a wearer. The glove has a hand covering portion and an arm covering portion connected to the hand covering portion. The arm covering portion has a number of segments with each connected to one another by a pivot. The arm co... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143615 | Electron beam emitting device with a superlattice structure A superlattice structure comprises a plurality of well layers made of first semiconductor and a plurality of barrier layers made of second semiconductor that has a band gap wider than that of the first semiconductor, wherein both layers are deposited alternately, an... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134102 | High-speed cooking oven with cooking support An improved oven is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and delivering an optimal cooking efficiency in comparison to conventional high-speed cooking ovens. The oven includes a support for supporting a food product in a cooking chamber of the oven, which utilizes impi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129665 | Apparatus and method for heating or cooling an object using a fluid An improved heating apparatus is aimed at optimizing heat transfer and delivering an optimal heating efficiency in comparison to conventional heating apparatus. The improved heating apparatus includes tubes that generate plume arrays of a fluid (e.g., a gas, such as... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126309 | Video playback apparatus and method A video playback apparatus includes a data-storage unit storing video data and a first video-time stamp, an information-storage unit storing first-associated information and a first-associated-time stamp, a unit acquiring plural playback-video data and plural second... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654739 | Disposable bag dispenser | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120875 | Magnetic recording apparatus utilizing a spin torque oscillator which interacts with an antenna layer in the magnetic recording medium A magnetic recording apparatus includes a magnetic recording head having a magnetic pole and a spin torque oscillator, the spin torque oscillator being placed adjacent to the magnetic pole and includes at least two magnetic layers of a first magnetic layer and a sec... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8119113 | Coenzyme Q—containing composition There is provided a coenzyme Q10-containing composition having a high coenzyme Q10 content and excellent stability and bioavailability of coenzyme Q10, without using synthetic emulsifiers such as glycerin fatty acid esters, polyglyce... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116904 | Object search apparatus and method An object search apparatus acquires, from each IC tag of IC tags corresponding to objects respectively, an object information item including an identifier of an object, a hierarchical level, a detection method for detection of the object, and a manipulation method f... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113016 | Molds opening/closing group of a forming glass machine items In a machine for forming glass items, a mold having two half-molds movable between a closed forming position and an open extraction position by a mold opening/closing group is provided. The mold includes two handling arms, each connected to a respective half-mold, w... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112865 | Refrigerator cable ejection method The refrigerator cable ejection method is used to eject one end of a cable out of an outer liner through an ejection hole formed at the outer liner before a filling space is filled with a foam insulation material in a refrigerator constructed in a structure in which... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111955 | Optical chip for arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit, waveguide substrate, and method for fabricating optical chip for arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuit An optical chip according to the present invention is formed into a projecting shape expanded toward either side at the center. A waveguide substrate has a layout in which arrayed waveguide grating type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer circuits, each having a curve... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109202 | Cooking apparatus and method with product recognition Cooking apparatus having first and second platens with product recognition. A positioning mechanism moves the second platen toward the first. A detector senses the second platen making contact with a food product disposed on the first platen and provides a signal. A... | 02/07/2012 |
