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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173367 | dilution of external controls for use in microarrays An array in which an external control feature for normalization has been designed and tested for its ability to mimic the range of observed expression levels for a test set of oligos. The external control probes span a series of concentrations. They are spatially ra... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8058885 | Porous medium electrical conductivity sensor There is provided a sensor for measuring a quantity, such as the salinity, of the soil solution without requiring continuous calibration. The sensor is based on a porous material which automatically fills up and saturates when the soil is rewet and drains when the s... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7788837 | Device for removing residual debris from an inside surface of a bore of a large caliber weapon and method of operating associated thereto A device (1) for distributing cleaning solvent (9) in the bore (3) of a barrel (5) of a large caliber weapon. The device (1) comprises an elongated outer casing (11), a distribution assembly (19), a container (25 | 09/07/2010 |
| 7692157 | Indirect x-ray image detector for radiology An x-ray image detector suitable for radiology has an active matrix substrate with scanning and read-out circuits. Over this active matrix substrate, which can be a two dimensional array of TFTs associated with a storage capacitance, there is deposited a photorecept... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7556130 | Track system, and vehicle including the same A track system for providing complementary shock absorbing capability to a primary shock absorbing assembly having a hydraulic path containing fluid. The track system includes a chamber, a damping assembly and an adjusting assembly. The chamber has opposite first an... | 07/07/2009 |
| D586245 | Rooster weathervane | 02/10/2009 |
| 7448094 | Planar robot with parallel axes and fixed motors for a water jet cutter A planar robot for cutting products, such as pieces of meat. The product is displaced along a conveyor or positioned onto a working table and is cut by a tool, preferably a water jet. The tool is held by a pair of arms. The arms have first extremities pivotally moun... | 11/11/2008 |
| D577172 | Cart | 09/16/2008 |
| D567554 | Lightweight drawer | 04/29/2008 |
| 7349797 | Emission management for a hybrid locomotive A locomotive is provided that includes: a receiver operable to receiving a locating signal, the locating signal indicating a current spatial location of a selected locomotive and a processor operable to (a) determi... | 03/25/2008 |
| D564604 | Plyometric stability board | 03/18/2008 |
| 7341230 | Device for use to hang an article onto a vertical structure Disclosed is a device removably attachable to a vertical rod-like structure to hang articles such as flower pots. The device has a main body on which the article to be hang can be attached and a U-shaped bracket. In use, the main body and the U-shaped bracket are as... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7331850 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322650 | Reclining chair system, method of operating associated thereto, and kit for assembling the same A reclining chair system operable about different modes. The reclining chair includes a base, an intermediate member, left and right side frames, a support chassis, and a footrest. The intermediate member has opposite left and right sides, and is mounted onto the ba... | 01/29/2008 |
| D547445 | Top sheet pattern for a sanitary napkin | 07/24/2007 |
| 7223324 | Capping board with separating walls Disclosed in a capping board for use to support hanging legs of anodes and cathodes within adjacent electrolytic cells. This capping board has a main body having a bottom surface shaped to fit onto upper edges of the adjacent cells, and a top surface. A first set of... | 05/29/2007 |
| D543449 | Clothing packaging | 05/29/2007 |
| D542997 | Cart | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214129 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204919 | Capping board with at least one sheet of electrically conductive material embedded therein Disclosed is a capping board for use to support anodes and cathodes within adjacent electrolytic cells, which has a plurality of individual seats positioned in spaced apart relationship all along its length to receive and support hanging legs projecting from these a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202829 | Broadband mobile antenna with integrated matching circuits A wide band mobile antenna assembly having a whip, a base defining a housing, an adaptor extending on top of the base above the housing, and a mounting element extending in the housing. The mounting element has two opposite PCB mounting side surfaces and two opposit... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198566 | Loin puller with two separate cutting blades Disclosed is a loin puller for trimming off the backfat of a loin that has been scribed from a belly. This loin puller has a frame on which is mounted a conveying system for engaging the loin and moving it towards a cutting zone. In this zone, a cutting tool is moun... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7168643 | Leaf snatcher The present invention discloses a leaf snatcher consisting of a protective grille, a blade activated by a motor. The blade is shaped so as to have vacuum capabilities to suck the unwanted leaves and debris. The leaf snatcher is generally setup over a waste container... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7134559 | Eyeglass frame holder An eyeglass frame holder for holding and displaying eyeglasses of different size and thickness. The eyeglass frame holder has one or more vertical posts to which one or more supporting members are for supporting an eyeglass frame having two glass retaining portions ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121483 | Liquid manure spreading tool bar A liquid manure spreading tool bar for use on a manure spreader, wherein the manure spreader has a tank and a pump, and wherein the spreading tool bar has a supporting frame externally mounted onto the tank, a manure distributor mounted onto the supporting frame, a ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114514 | Water management and leak detection for hot water tank A water management and leak detection has a containment system to contain hot water tank leaks and and electrical circuits that manage water flow and electricity to the hot water tank. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| D526221 | Rooster weathervane | 08/08/2006 |
| 7083758 | Free flowing dry back-up insulating material Disclosed is a free flowing dry back-up material which comprises: from 67 to 96% by weight of fly-ash; from 2 to 15% by weight of a heat sensitive binder such as boric acid; from 2 to 7% by weight ... | 08/01/2006 |
| D524586 | Multimedia storage support | 07/11/2006 |
| D524497 | Vacuum bag adaptor | 07/04/2006 |
| D523667 | Cabinet drawer | 06/27/2006 |
| D523196 | Vacuum bag mounting collar | 06/13/2006 |
| 7027919 | Vehicle and/or asset tracking and localization system and method A tracking system and method for locating a vehicle and/or asset. The system includes an inertial navigation device with inertial navigation sensors mounted on the vehicle and/or asset for generating a position vector used to determine an absolute vehicle/asset loca... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6971376 | Electronic fuel conditioning device A fuel conditioning device (1) for attachment to a fuel line (5) of a fuel combustion machine to improve combustion efficiency thereof. The device (1) includes a frequency controlled signal generator (14) powered by a power supply (2 | 12/06/2005 |
| D512162 | Wall retaining block | 11/29/2005 |
| D511579 | Retaining wall block | 11/15/2005 |
| D510144 | Retaining wall block | 09/27/2005 |
| D509910 | Retaining wall block | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941894 | Litter box made of several perforated pans for cats or other domestic animals A litter box for cats or other domestic animals, which comprises three pans insertable into each other to form a stack. The position of the pans is interchangeable and each pan has openings in its inferior part for filtration of an absorbing material used to solidif... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6905577 | Method for oxidation of volatile organic compounds contained in gaseous effluents and device thereof The present invention relates to both a method and a device for removing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) from gaseous streams in conduits, chimneys and/or exhaust ducts. The method is especially useful in eliminating a large variety of pollutants, and especially or... | 06/14/2005 |