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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 |
| 8184169 | Providing multiple video perspectives of activities through a data network to a remote multimedia server for selective display by remote viewing audiences Multiple visual perspectives in video of private and public activities including those in public areas such as entertainment venues captured by cameras located near the activities can be transmitted over data networks to a server where video-related data is processe... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181373 | Tensioned fabric trade show display A “pop up” portable display apparatus includes a flexible frame and a tensioned fabric having a perimeter hem, such that the tensioned fabric is maintained by the flexible frame and integrated with the perimeter hem in order for the tensioned fabric to expand wi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8172156 | Thin film based microfluidic devices Disclosed herein are devices comprising at least one flexible seal, at least one flexible complex seal having at least one closed cavity containing a fluid, or a combination thereof. The devices may comprise at least one immobile and inflexible substrate and at leas... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171772 | Gas analyzer An improved gas analyzer for analyzing the concentrations and amounts of one or more different gases in drilling mud returning from a borehole is disclosed. An oil well drilling rig re-circulates the drilling mud by continuously pumping it through a gas separation m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8156057 | Adaptive neural network utilizing nanotechnology-based components Methods and systems for modifying at least one synapse of a physicallelectromechanical neural network. A physical/electromechanical neural network implemented as an adaptive neural network can be provided, which includes one or more neurons and one or more synapses ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8143737 | Fluid driven electric power generation system A tubular housing includes at least one fixed helical vane formed onto the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral and adapted to direct fluid into a spiraled flow and focus fluid onto a fan blade assembly associated with an alternator system and located w... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134733 | Pre-concatenation execution method and system for automated prepress process nodes A system and method for configuring a pre-concatenation execution mode for an automated prepress process node. A set of prepress operations can be defined and a multi-part job moved from one prepress operation to next in a determined workflow execution path in respo... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8102629 | Leakage current compensation for high voltage transformers A method and system for measuring and compensating for a leakage current in a high voltage transformer. Such a method and/or system include the use of a primary winding and a secondary winding, which can be provided on a core of a soft-magnetic material. A current t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097074 | Air filtration and absorption method and system for the remediation of hydrazine An air filtration system and method for the remediation of hydrazine from contaminated air. The system is provided in the form of a container with an inlet port and an outlet port containing absorbent pads or filters or wipes saturated with a solution of a dicarbony... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095481 | Method and system for automatically adding new class definitions to a classification system A method and system for automatically classifying a product description into a product type based on a classification system is disclosed. Real product descriptions representing a given product type can be compared with a pre-defined set of characteristics that are ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8095376 | Method and system for ordering print products by electronic mail A automated method, system and computer program for ordering print products by electronic mail. An e-mail request for business cards or other print products, such as postcards or calendars, is generated by a user of an e-mail system and sent to a management system i... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090321 | Transmitting sports and entertainment data to wireless hand held devices over a telecommunications network A method and system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to one or more hand held devices. Venue-based data can be acquired from one or more venues. The venue-based data can be authenticated and wirelessly transmitted to one or more hand held devices through on... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086184 | Transmitting sports and entertainment data to wireless hand held devices over a telecommunications network A method and system for wirelessly providing venue-based data to one or more hand held devices. Venue-based data can be acquired from one or more venues. The venue-based data can be authenticated and wirelessly transmitted to one or more hand held devices through on... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8085126 | Identification with RFID asset locator for entry authorization A system for controlling access at secure facilities to locations and assets contained in those locations, comprising a biometric identification device, an RFID tag and receiver, and a database for processing information from them to allow or deny access to the loca... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8067852 | Fluid driven electric power generation system A tubular housing includes at least one fixed helical vane formed onto the inner surfaces of the tubular housing in a spiral and adapted to direct fluid into a spiraled flow and focus fluid onto a fan blade assembly associated with an alternator system and located w... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058976 | Dog bark door bell notification and personal protection system A security system includes a warning notification module adapted to recognize at least one of a wireless or audible signal. A door bell ringer or emergency transmission signal from a wireless transmitter can provide a recognition signal to a microprocessor in the se... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8054857 | Task queuing methods and systems for transmitting frame information over an I/O interface Data-processing systems and methods are disclosed, including an I/O interface for managing the transfer of data between a processor and at least one memory. A processor can be associated with the I/O interface, such that the processor generically assembles a first o... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8041653 | Method and system for a hierarchical temporal memory utilizing a router hierarchy and hebbian and anti-hebbian learning Methods and systems for constructing biological-scale hierarchically structured cortical statistical memory systems utilizing fabrication technology and meta-stable switching devices. Learning content-addressable memory and statistical random access memory circuits ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8034982 | Isotopically tagged synons from 2 carbon precursors The use of vinyl sulfides, sulfoxides and sulfones in synthetic chemistry for the production of a wide variety of materials is well known. For example, phenyl vinyl sulfides, sulfoxides and sulfones have been used for the synthesis of important heterocycles, in comb... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029124 | System and method for encapsulating edges of paper in printers System and method for encapsulating edges of a paper in digital printing systems. A spray applicator can include a set of stationary sprayers with spray nozzles, a set of transfer rollers and an inkjet print head. The stationary sprayers can be positioned at both ma... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028204 | Method and system for maintenance of a data-processing apparatus A method and system for performing one or more preventative maintenance functions for a data-processing apparatus. One or more notifications regarding daily maintenance functions can be generated in the form of a reminder when the data-processing apparatus begins op... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8028104 | Method and system for polling multifunction devices based on performance criteria A method and system suitable for grouping a plurality of multifunction devices (MFDs), the system including a storage station for storing information gathered from the plurality of MFDs by selectively polling the plurality of MFDs; wherein the information is selecti... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8022732 | Universal logic gate utilizing nanotechnology A universal logic gate apparatus is disclosed, which include a plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles having a plurality of resistive connections, wherein the plurality of self-assembling chains of nanoparticles comprise resistive connects utilized to ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8013864 | Method and system for visualizing multivariate statistics A method, apparatus and module for visualizing multivariate statistical measurements. A processing system receives multivariate statistical output data, such as scores or contributions from a multivariate statistical model and renders the multivariate statistical ou... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8009844 | Two way device free communications system A two way communication system that does not require the use of a device by one of the communicators. The system employs an audio spotlight to project a signal to a specific location, where one person is, and a laser audio receiver to receive the response. Both the ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7996269 | Using mobile phones to provide access control and usage fee charges for MFDs Use of wireless technology to enable Point of Sale (POS) vending for Multi-Function Devices (MFDs) is disclosed. A user can enable the MFD through the Internet by calling or accessing a centralized server. The user can access a previously existing account or establi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7995936 | Optical measurement system and method for determining wear level of printer components Optical measurement system and method for determining a wear level of printer components such as fuser rolls. Papers can be treated with optical brighteners, which act as distinct tag/trace molecules with fluorescent properties. A fluorescence pattern on the fuser r... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986419 | Performance optimization method for network printers A method for optimizing the performance of a network printer comprising: scanning the input print data stream in a raster image processor and processing the entire input print data stream in a page parallel processing pathway where said input print data stream is in... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979376 | Method and system for adding processes to print production workflows utilizing asset metadata and automated reasoning A method and system for adding processes to print production workflows utilizing asset metadata and automated reasoning system is disclosed. The asset metadata can be extracted from the resources associated with a print product description such as PDF files and imag... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974852 | System and method for bulk mail oriented transaction printing A system and method for bulk mail oriented transaction printing of variable documents by evaluating particular data such as zip code data in a VI PDL. A queue can be configured with information regarding a particular rendering job, which includes the VI data fields ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973947 | Ubiquitous installation and removal of RIP capabilities from PDL files A job can be used to produce a printed document by first processing it with a digital front end (DFE) which then sends printing information to a marking engine. A job has required functionality and a DFE has supplied functionality. When the supplied functionality do... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7970120 | Cell phone based animal sound imitation A cell phone based sound producing device is a sound producing device that takes advantage of the likelihood that a user is already carrying a cell phone and does not need to also carry an electronic sound producing device. Another advantage is that cell phones are ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7961342 | Automated print-related workflow An automated print prepress workflow, including a memory; a processor communicating with the memory; and a job ticket stored in the memory, is provided. The job ticket includes a plurality of print job related parameters and a set of print job related information. T... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954115 | Mashup delivery community portal market manager A computer-implementable method and system for managing a mashup web-based community portal. A network-based community portal having a mashup platform integrated therewith can be provided and one or more pre-negotiated bartering agreements designated, in response to... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7934657 | Encoder home position sensing method and system An encoder home position sensing system and method is disclosed, which includes the use of an analog quadrature encoder reader and either a code wheel or a code strip. The code wheel possesses an optical track comprised of annular ring patterns, the thickness of whi... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7930257 | Hierarchical temporal memory utilizing nanotechnology Methods and systems are presented for constructing biological-scale hierarchically structured cortical statistical memory systems using currently available fabrication technology and meta-stable switching devices. Learning content-addressable memory and statistical ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921297 | Random biometric authentication utilizing unique biometric signatures A user can be challenged to provide at least one randomly selected biometric attribute. The randomly selected biometric attribute input by the user is automatically compared to a plurality of biometric attributes of the user contained in a user profile. The user can... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918220 | Portable and compact grill apparatus A portable and compact grill apparatus can be implemented in the form of free standing portable propane fueled cooking device, which utilizes one or more legs (e.g., four legs) to support the cooking surface. The device permits a standard propane tank to fit between... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918044 | Tensioned fabric trade show display A portable display apparatus is disclosed, which includes a flexible frame and a tensioned fabric having a perimeter hem, such that the tensioned fabric is maintained by the flexible frame and integrated with the perimeter hem in order for the tensioned fabric to ex... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7913160 | Document versioning based on layer content A document can contain multiple print layers. Different layers can be combined to produce different document versions. In this manner, a document can have an English version and a Spanish version that share graphics layers but have different text layers. A document'... | 03/22/2011 |
