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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7878418 | Integrated, essential-oil atomizer An atomizer provides a control of duty cycle or a motor driving a diaphragm pump. By providing precise, high-speed flow through an eductor nozzle, improved atomization occurs. However, to control the total volume of atomized liquid discharged, the delay time between... | 02/01/2011 |
| D624909 | Case | 10/05/2010 |
| D624908 | Case | 10/05/2010 |
| D624532 | Case | 09/28/2010 |
| 7784454 | Semi-automatic firing compressed-gas gun A pneumatic gun sized and designed to appear like and operate in a manner similar to a conventional handgun. The gun may include a removable magazine storing projectiles and propellant. The entire magazine may be small enough to fit into a handle of the gun (e.g., w... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779407 | Computer-hardware, life-extension apparatus and method A computer hardware life-extension apparatus and method is disclosed to circumvent hardware-dependent software installation locks, imposed by selected software packages, which may artificially enforce compliance with a minimum set of hardware requirements before all... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779361 | Change-alarmed, integrated console apparatus and method An integrated console provides multiple users an ability to bring in signals from a plurality of disparate hardware subsystems the monitoring and control signals, all to be controlled from a virtual console on a single computer screen. Multiple users may arrange sub... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777145 | Toggle-style dimmer apparatus and method A switch for controlling delivery of electrical current to a light. The switch may include a frame, a controller connected to the frame, and a toggle connected to the frame to pivot through a range of motion having a first extreme and a second extreme, opposite the ... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7775536 | Mounted, multi-angle, extendable step This invention relates to mounted, adjustable steps for vehicles and, in particular, to a multi-angle, extendable, and selectively height-adjustable step that can be mounted to a trailer such as a boat trailer, a camping trailer, trailers for all-terrain vehicles an... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773460 | Medication regimen communicator apparatus and method A “medication communicator” chart is used as a teaching tool to educate patients and to schedule events corresponding to a prescribed medication regimen. The “medication communicator” chart includes a scheduling graph having the shape of a 12-hour or 24-hour... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770131 | Subsystem, shared-control apparatus and method A method for integrating and sharing the monitoring and control of multiple subsystems. The method may include identifying an integration system comprising a first display processor and a first command processor. The first display processor may receive a display sig... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7747452 | Enforcement process for correction of hardware and software defects A method and apparatus for improvement of computer-related products to solve problems caused by artificially embedded locks, barriers, defects, and the like, that force a consumer to needlessly upgrade hardware or software on a computer. An independent developer may... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7740418 | Buoyancy-based, underwater propulsion system and method An apparatus for underwater propulsion. The apparatus may include a hydrofoil, a buoyancy compensator connected to the hydrofoil, a tank containing air, and a controller regulating the passage of air from the tank into the buoyancy compensator. The controller may al... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7736557 | Aged roofing tile system A system, method, and apparatus for constructing and installing a roofing tile having an arbitrary design of color, patterns, textures, and the like in accordance with the requirements of a user, a designer, an architect, or the like, and provides an ability to sele... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7726070 | Hydration maintenance apparatus and method A material for maintaining hydration in plants, whether potted or in natural soils may include a substrate treated with a binder, securing a layer of hydrating particles thereto. Typical binders may include lignicite, or other naturally occurring materials such as s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7721861 | Clutch mechanism for use in power tools The present invention discloses a clutch mechanism to adjust eccentricity in a power tool. The clutch mechanism comprises an outer race mounted radially on an annular main body which is mounted on an eccentric shaft. At least one first connecting member is disposed ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7653766 | Time-gap defect detection apparatus and method A programmatic time-gap defect correction apparatus and method corrects errors which may go undetected by a computer system. Buffer underruns or overruns, which may incur errors in data transfers, yet remain undetected and uncorrected in a computer system, are corre... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7653531 | Translation quality quantifying apparatus and method A system for automating the quality evaluation of a translation. The system may include a computer having a processor and memory device operably connected to one another. A source text in a first language may be stored within the memory device. A target text compris... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648443 | Zero-learning-curve exercise console An exercise console is disclosed as including a housing and a display incorporated into the housing. The display is adapted to align substantially parallel to the top surface of the housing. A tilt mechanism connects the display to the housing and is operable by a u... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7640334 | Network resource location detection probe apparatus and method Apparatus and method for network device information collection and change detection. An apparatus may include a reporting module hosted on a PC connected to a network. The reporting module may query an intelligent network infrastructure device (i.e. switch, router, ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7637213 | Universal brake assembly A system comprising a cable held in suspension and a trolley traveling along the cable. The trolley may include a brake pad positioned to contact the cable. The brake pad may include a plurality of segments contacting the cable. A first such segment may be formed fr... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7621267 | Scuba mask purging apparatus and method A scuba mask purging apparatus and method providing selective introduction of pressurized air into a scuba mask to initiate purging, pressure balancing, and de-fogging. An inlet valve, typically positioned conveniently on the top or the side of the mask may control ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7621085 | Racheting take-up device An apparatus for taking-up slack in a building hold-down system. The apparatus may include a base having a tubular shape, a slide having a tubular shape and a threadless interior surface, a locking member, and a biasing member. The slide may be sized and positioned ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7617128 | Online transaction hosting apparatus and system An invention is disclosed relating to an apparatus and method for hosting transactions over a network such as the Internet. Sellers post offers to sell under a listing belonging to an organized database of listings. Likewise, buyers post offers to buy. A matching mo... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7611364 | Wide safety strap for electrical fixtures An electrical fixture having a front side and a back side and defining longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions substantially orthogonal to one another. The electrical fixture may include a body, a flange, and at least one anchor. The body may have at least ... | 11/03/2009 |
| D596925 | Double switch cover plate | 07/28/2009 |
| 7556217 | Corrugated flanges for spools and reels A flange design providing improved strength, fracture resistance, and the like using corrugations extending substantially radially from an arbor aperture toward a rim portion. A spool or reel may include a tubular member to receive a stranded material wrapped therea... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7544213 | Inflatable hernia patch A patch for repairing an intra-abdominal defect is disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention as including a mesh layer providing a grid of material perforated by apertures through the mesh. This mesh is used to reinforce an area around an intra-abdominal ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7267961 | Peptides from the E7 protein of human papilloma viruses 16 and 18 for detecting and/or diagnosing cervical and other human papilloma virus associated cancers An isolated protein sequence or peptide from the E2, E6 or E7 early coding region of human papillomavirus (HPV) that is soluble in an aqueous medium, and characterized by a relative paucity of tryptophan, methionine and cysteine residues, and a relative abundance of... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7534316 | Cross-grade spin welding apparatus and method A method for welding parts formed of polymeric resins having different melt-index grades. The method may include the steps of selecting a tube formed of a first thermoplastic in an extrusion process, selecting a first flange formed of a second thermoplastic in an in... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7530881 | Eccentric stroke adjusting mechanism The present invention relates to an eccentric stroke adjusting mechanism for use in a power tool with a principle drive shaft comprising a first and a second eccentric member mounted on the principle drive shaft respectively and a coupling member for connecting the ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7503502 | Computer readable hang tag and product A user-computer-readable medium provides all or part of a product labeling system for engaging purchasers. Executables, data, or both are recorded in the medium embodied in a tag or other product labeling structure, in order to deliver to a consumer or purchaser eng... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7496846 | Computer presentation and command integration apparatus An apparatus comprising a display, input device, display processor, and command processor. The display may receive a composite display signal and render a composite image corresponding thereto viewable by a user. The input device may receive commands from a user. Th... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494371 | Pronged, screwless face plate A connection box system comprising an anchor configured to be removably secured to a fixture for delivery of a signal to a consuming device. The anchor may have a first engagement mechanism. A connection box may be configured to house lines proceeding from a signal ... | 02/24/2009 |
