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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8147482 | Electronic capsule for treating gastrointestinal disease The present invention discloses an ingestible capsule containing drug and a method for controlled administration of the drug in a mammal for treatment of a disease of the GI tract. The capsule has electronic control means for dispensing the drug substantially to the... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139103 | Traveling lens for video display A video display includes a light signal generator that generates modulated light signals containing video information propagating along an optical guideway. A light-releasing mechanism releases light from the optical guideway in a timed relationship with the modulat... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656050 | Security housing | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133185 | Catheter with common guide wire and indicator lumen A catheter for retrograde orientation in a blood flow is used to determine the blood flow rate by thermodilution measurements. The determination of the blood flow rate accommodates injectate induced thermal influences on a dilution thermal sensor, wherein the therma... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132686 | Collapsible liquid tank A collapsible liquid storage tank for use in a freight container for selectively carrying solid freight and bulk liquid freight includes a substantially rigid gantry having a plurality of support posts, a first frame, a second frame suspended from the gantry, a subs... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8121415 | Combining feature boundaries A method of forming a combined feature boundary based on boundaries of first and second overlapping features includes dividing the boundaries of the first and second overlapping features into line segments of known shape, identifying crossing points formed by the li... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8113497 | Clamping fixture with adjustable assemblies The present invention includes a fixture for securing a work piece to a support surface at a machining workstation comprising a base attachable to the support surface and having at least one undercut edge, and, a work piece holder engaging the at least one undercut ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112914 | Fully automatic coupler for excavator arm A coupler comprising two jaws and a latch for each jaw, one of the latches being powered for movement between a latching position and a non-latching position, and being associated with a blocking mechanism that is remotely movable between a blocking position and non... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110261 | Oxygen absorbing plastic structure Multilayer oxygen absorbing structure comprising at least two reactive oxygen scavenging layers arranged in sequence: a rapidly absorbing highly reactive oxygen-scavenging system, comprising an oxygen permeable matrix polymer and an oxygen scavenger, and a long life... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099812 | Spring element unit for a padding element, particularly a matress A spring element unit for a padding element, especially a mattress, comprises a plurality of spring elements. The spring element consists of an open-cell polyurethane flexible foam material and comprises at least one recess. Such a spring element unit is used in a p... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652745 | Liquid measuring cup | 01/24/2012 |
| D652711 | Hanging ring | 01/24/2012 |
| D652695 | Cutting board with colander | 01/24/2012 |
| D652258 | Mixing bowl | 01/17/2012 |
| 8091724 | Container closure assembly with internal neck thread A container neck and closure assembly, wherein the container neck (10) comprises a first screw thread (14) on an internal surface thereof and the closure (12) comprises a cylindrical plug (32) for insertion into the container neck, said p... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8074506 | Apparatus and method for testing a tire An apparatus for testing a tire (10), which has a center (M), a width (B1, B2) which extends in an axial direction (z) and a diameter (D1, D2) on a tire plane (RME, RME1, RME2, MBE) which is orthogonal... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8069811 | Flag pole This invention relates to a flag pole and more specifically, to a flag pole with moveable flag clips and an electric lamp to illuminate the flag. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066722 | Clip applier A clip applier includes a body 21, an insertion tube 22 extending from the body 21 and inserted in a channel of an endoscope and a clamp mechanism 24 disposed at a distal end of the insertion tube 22. The clamp mechanism 24 ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8059342 | Beam segmentor for enlarging viewing aperture of microdisplay A display platform orients a virtual image in alignment with a viewer's eye. A transmissive plate receives a light beam conveying the virtual image into the transmissive plate for propagation by internal reflection between inner and outer surfaces of the transmissiv... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8058201 | Clean, compressed sorbent tablets A pressed sorbent form includes a sorbent and a binder. The sorbent is chosen from the group including silica gel, molecular sieve, activated carbon, and clay. The binder is powdered ethyl vinyl acetate. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057586 | Humidity control for product in a refrigerator The invention provides a produce preserving article comprising a mixture of humectant and silica gel sorbent. ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8055104 | Process performance evaluation for Enterprise data systems A method using integrated software and algorithms for measuring, modeling, benchmarking and validating any Enterprise Content management system, forms processing data capture system or data entry system, including, at the user's option, ingest of special engineered ... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8033057 | Sealing arrangement for sealing and guiding a powered window pane, particularly of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a sealing arrangement for sealing and guiding a powered window pane (40), particularly of a motor vehicle. Said sealing arrangement is provided with a seal (20) produced as a single part from an elastically deformable material.... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029842 | Low water activity oxygen scavenger and methods of using An oxygen-absorbing composition, device, and method for oxygen scavenging in a low moisture environment are provided. The present invention provides an oxygen absorbing composition which includes an oxygen reducing agent, water, a carrier, an electrolyte salt, and a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028561 | Hydrogen sensor with air access The invention is directed at a method of sensing hydrogen gas in a liquid comprising: providing a measuring device comprising a hydrogen sensing chamber and a palladium hydrogen sensor mounted in contact with said chamber, positioning a hydrogen permeable membrane b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8014050 | Agile holographic optical phased array device and applications A device that provides light beam switching, agile steering of the light beam over a range of angles, and generation of arbitrary wavefront shapes with high spatial and temporal resolution. The agile device can include a volume diffractive structure comprising Bragg... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7986473 | System and method for focal length stabilization using active temperature control An optical metrological system having a heat-generating light source coaxially mounted near a heat-sensitive lens. The system uses a temperature sensor to monitor the lens temperature and a heating element to heat the lens such that the lens operating temperature is... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984576 | Coupler Couplers for attaching an accessory to an excavator arm of an excavator. Couplers having a first side for attaching the coupler to the excavator arm and a second side onto which the accessory will be coupled. The coupler includes a latch for selectively securing and... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983868 | Fitting measured data points to tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainty of the measurements Measurement data collected within a measurement frame of reference is fitted to geometric tolerance zones having regard for the uncertainties of the measurement. Geometric freedoms for fitting the measurement data are exploited to fit uncertainty zones associated wi... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982917 | Document containing scanning survivable security features A document comprising a latent security image that is visible when the document is reproduced after being scanned by a standard commercial bank scanner. The security image comprises a plurality of lines, dots, or spots having a frequency and a density such that the ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976068 | Double-blind security features A compound security feature is formed by printing latent images together with visually integrated settings using an invisible ink. Even if illuminated by a wavelength capable of rendering the inks visible, the latent images remain visually indistinguishable from the... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7971726 | Screening apparatus A screening apparatus for processing excavated material from a ditch into fines and roughs is disclosed. The screening apparatus includes an inclined lift conveyor for moving the excavated material upward and depositing the excavated material onto a convex vibrating... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7964385 | Organic waste treatment system utilizing vermicomposting A system is provided for thermophilically conditioning organic wastes of a substantially predetermined composition to form a feedstock which is applied to an upper surface of a worm bed. The worm bed is maintained in a dominantly mesophilic regime, wherein vermicast... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7963108 | Multi-stage regulation of exhaust back pressure An exhaust system for a two-cycle engine includes an exhaust conduit having both a bypass port and a regulator port for discharging exhaust gases to atmosphere. The bypass port has a fixed size but the regulator port has a variable size that varies over the range of... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7959719 | Humidity control device A device for controlling relative humidity in an environment with a solidified humectant composition. The solidified humectant composition is made from a humectant salt, water, and a carrier. The solidified humectant may be formed into a tablet with the aid of a bin... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952052 | Welding torch maintenance center A welding torch maintenance center that uses a microcontroller to control the operation, to configure the maintenance center, to repeat the reaming process for excessive spatter deposit inside the nozzle, to spray the nozzle with anti-spatter fluid, to cut the weldi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951419 | Dry-coated oxygen-scavenging particles and methods of making them Heterogeneous oxygen-scavenging particles are formed by dry coating activating component particles onto oxidizable component particles, largely through a succession of mechanical motions. The component particles are repeatedly mixed, compressed, and sheared. Smaller... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950614 | Medical equipment overhead mounting structure A system for removable installation and nondestructive removal and reinstallation of a stationary mast from which to suspend equipment on articulated arms for point-of-need positioning thereof includes parallel headers extending in a first horizontal direction, each... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7950203 | System for metering a length of duct from a flexible container retaining the duct in a longitudinally compressed state A method of retaining a longitudinally compressed flexible duct, the method includes disposing a strap about a closed flexible container enclosing a longitudinally compressed duct to circumferentially restrict a circumferential dimension of the flexible container an... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944339 | Method and system for RFID communication A method and system for RFID communication is provided. The system includes a first RFID reader and an RFID read-write tag uniquely assigned to the first RFID reader. The RFID read-write tag receives information from RFID readers other than the first RFID reader and... | 05/17/2011 |
