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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942850 | Balloons and balloon catheter systems for treating vascular occlusions A balloon catheter system for the intraluminal advancement of conventional guidewires beyond partially or fully occluded or stenosed lesions in body passages, such as CTOs in the vasculature, is provided. Balloons are provided. In certain embodiments of the inventio... | 05/17/2011 |
| D585640 | Carrying pouch for electronic audio systems having headsets | 02/03/2009 |
| 7459318 | Ferroelectric and high dielectric constant integrated circuit capacitors with three-dimensional orientation for high-density memories, and method of making the same A three-dimensional (“3-D”) memory capacitor comprises a bottom electrode, a ferroelectric thin film, and a top electrode that conform to a 3-D surface of an insulator layer. The capacitance area is greater than the horizontal footprint area of the capacitor. Pr... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457242 | System for transmitting high quality speech signals on a voice over internet protocol network The VoIP quality speech process is activated when a subscriber accesses a speech quality sensitive resource or in response to an activation of the feature by the subscriber, or when it is determined that the originating subscriber terminal device requires the transm... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7444238 | Global position mapping system having a mobile docking station and method for use of same An apparatus, method and system for generating a map using a global positioning system (100). According to one embodiment, the present invention is a mapping apparatus capable of automatically loading the most relevant local map data to a handheld mapping dev... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435577 | Direct measurement of chlolesterol from low density lipoprotein with test strip Cholesterol from Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL-C) is measured directly with a test strip at room temperature using a reagent that takes advantage of the varying surface charge density on LDLs and non-LDLs to selectively make LDL-C available for testing. ... | 10/14/2008 |
| D577574 | Hook | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429123 | Personal illumination and safety device A personal illumination and safety device employs a flexible plastic rod to distribute the light of a light emitting diode (LED). A small container at one end of the flexible rod houses the LED, a battery and a switch which controls the illumination system. The flex... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423400 | System and method for controlling velocity and detecting obstructions of a vehicle lift gate A system and method for controlling a rotational closure system, such as a lift gate, of a vehicle may include sensing an angle of the rotational closure system, generating a drive signal, driving a drive mechanism with the drive signal to output a mechanical force ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416261 | Quick change adjustable track center front hub assembly and method of use The quick-change adjustable track center front hub assembly is secured to a spindle axle of a sprint car by a friction drive bearing system located between the spindle axle and the front hub assembly. The bearings are spaced apart to provide increased side and torsi... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415715 | Transaction execution system interface and enterprise system architecture thereof A system for interfacing at least one user interactive device with a trade execution system to execute trading transactions requested by users over a network includes an application in communication with the network for interfacing between the at least one user inte... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406966 | Method and device for non-invasive ventilation with nasal interface A nasal ventilation interface including a pair of tubes configured to deliver a ventilation gas. The tubes are attachable at a first end to a ventilation gas supply hose and engageable at a second end with a person's nostril. A coupler is configured to align the pai... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7398392 | Method for using communication channel round-trip response time for digital asset management The present method for using communication channel round-trip response time for digital asset management utilizes a predetermined distance between a sending device and a receiving device to prevent unauthorized receipt of digital content when the unauthorized receiv... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7389207 | System for dynamic and automatic building mapping The automatic building mapping system comprises a tracker module that can be carried by a user and an optional command module which operate to automatically map the rooms of a building as a user traverses the rooms of the building. The tracker module includes a tran... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7379291 | Enclosed electronic ballast housing The enclosed electronic ballast housing provides improved convection heat transfer for lowering the ambient housing temperature for keeping the junction temperature of power semiconductors inside the enclosed electronic ballast housing within certain specified tempe... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374719 | Test strip for determining concentration of multiple analytes in a single fluid sample A multilayer test strip that measures concentrations of multiple analytes from a single whole blood sample. The test strip includes a test matrix of several layers held together in constant contact by a test strip holder. The invention is characterized in that it ha... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363823 | Twin-headed toothbrush A toothbrush includes: a handle shaped and dimensioned to be grasped by a human hand; necks coupled to the handle; bristle supports coupled to the necks; and bristles coupled to the bristle supports. The toothbrush, through the bristles coupled to the bristle suppor... | 04/29/2008 |
| D566853 | Competition ring | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357507 | Image-based system to observe and document eye responses The image-based system is used to observe and document eye responses which can be used to implement the procedures defined in the Standardized Field Sobriety Test as well as the Drug Recognition Expert Program. These eye responses include pupil movement as well as p... | 04/15/2008 |
| RE40197 | Drill bit having an improved seal and lubrication method using same A drill bit (100) for drilling a wellbore that traverses subterranean formations includes a drill bit body (106) having a plurality of journal pins (112), each having a bearing surface (128), and a rotary cutter (104) rotatably mou... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352619 | Electronic memory with binary storage elements An electronic memory using true and complementary dual bit lines and dual binary storage elements cell architecture comprising a memory cell pair with four binary storage elements with each memory cell pair capable of existing in up to sixteen electronic memory stat... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347758 | Illuminated flying disc A recreational or competitive flying disc includes an illumination system employing an array of flexible optical fibers to distribute the light of a single light emitting diode (LED) from the rotational center of the disc to its outside periphery. A small water-resi... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348392 | Silicone modified acrylics and epoxies The present invention includes a novel polyol prepolmer including either an aliphatic amine, cycloaliphatic amine, aromatic amine or a mixture of these with an epoxy functional silicone to produce the novel polyol prepolymer chain extender. In one aspect of the inve... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338166 | Image-based system to observe and document eye responses having a reflective protractor for measurement of stimulus position The image-based system is used to observe and document eye responses which can be used to implement the procedures defined in the Standardized Field Sobriety Test as well as the Drug Recognition Expert Program. These eye responses include pupil movement, as well as ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336639 | Method and system for providing service request notifications related to a communications network A trunk-group request tool automates the process of manually receiving and analyzing trunk-group circuits pertaining to switch circuits located within a switch facility of a communications network. An embodiment of the computer-implemented method includes receiving ... | 02/26/2008 |
| D562918 | Exercise disk | 02/26/2008 |
| D561981 | Pocket | 02/19/2008 |
| 7331174 | Buoyancy pump power system A system for generating electricity includes a pump operable to convert wave motion from a body of water into mechanical energy. The pump includes an input port through which an operating fluid can enter the pump and an output port through which the operating fluid ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7329307 | Method of manufacturing and using enhanced carbon dioxide adsorbent A method of processing carbon dioxide adsorbent for use in a CO2 removal system. The method includes combining a polymer, lithium hydroxide (LiOH), and lubricant that dissolves the polymer to form a first LiOH adsorbent. A structure may be formed using the first LiO... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326280 | Enhanced carbon dioxide adsorbent A CO2 removal system including a member having a first opening and a second opening to enable air flow containing carbon dioxide (CO2) to pass from the first opening to the second opening and lithium hydroxide (LiOH) supported by the member and having an initial wat... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324921 | Container inspection system The container inspection system operates globally at container handling facilities around the world and includes at least one transport apparatus located at a container handling facility having a spreader or other framework for connecting and handling cargo containe... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321939 | Enhanced distributed extract, transform and load (ETL) computer method A method for delivering information to information targets within a computing environment having multiple platforms includes extracting information from an information source, transforming the extracted information, and isolating the transformed information by wrapp... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318098 | Method and system for short message service (SMS) transactions for wireless devices A short message transaction system has a computer that communicates in an online Internet protocol that forms active sessions. A wireless device communicates in a protocol that transmits and receives messages that have a maximum size limit of a predetermined number ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313106 | Method of operating a virtual private wireless network implementing message delivery preferences of the user A virtual private wireless network in which wireless devices according to the present invention includes at least one wireless device having a screen for displaying received text and an intelligent information interconnect device integrating voice messaging, email, ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301455 | Self-configuring emergency event alarm network The present self-configuring emergency event alarm network uses a decentralized (ad hoc or mesh) architecture that does not have a centralized “master” node. In this ad hoc network, any node is capable of behaving as if it were the “master node” by autonomou... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298640 | 1T1R resistive memory array with chained structure A 1T1R resistive memory array comprised of chains of memory cells, where each memory cell is composed of a resistive element in parallel with a switch. Such chains of memory cells are non-volatile and provide for each of the memory cells to be randomly accessed.... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297109 | Method and system for improving adherence with a diet program or other medical regimen A method, system and computer program product for remotely measuring one's adherence to a diet program while making it convenient and easy to place food orders, and learn about and try new foods that are acceptable to the diet program. The system includes a user sys... | 11/20/2007 |
| D554328 | Double pocket for garments | 11/06/2007 |
| 7291237 | Method of making tire having wear indicators A tire in which a tire manufacturer has determined the tractive capacity at numerous levels of tread wear, the tire having at least one visual warning indicator located at a tread depth corresponding to a percentage loss of tractive capacity. Also, a method of makin... | 11/06/2007 |
| D553278 | Attachable lighting device | 10/16/2007 |
