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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7909274 | Device to reduce clogging of gutters A device for reducing clogging of a gutter comprises a housing which fits in a gutter over the downspout. The device contains a motor-driven grinder mechanism which grinds up waterborne leaves and other debris passing through the housing, preferably as they exit thr... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7883038 | Device to reduce clogging of gutters A device for reducing clogging of a gutter comprises a housing which fits in a gutter over the downspout. The device contains a motor-driven grinder mechanism which grinds up waterborne leaves and other debris passing through the housing, preferably as they exit thr... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7308986 | Collection case A collection case combines a trading card with an actual piece of associated memorabilia to enhance its value. The collection case encapsulates the two items together in a protective plastic slab for safe keeping. The process results in a new collectable product of ... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7266521 | Method and system of managing mutual early termination terms for the electronic trading of financial instruments A method and system for tracking and enforcing mutual put, i.e. early termination, requirements for contracts between a first financial institution and a second financial institution for underlying financial instruments is disclosed. The mutual puts comprise an opti... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7171768 | Modular shoe system A modular shoe system having interchangeable uppers and outsoles, comprising an internal support structure, a plurality of interchangeable first removable covers and a plurality of interchangeable second removable covers. The internal support structure includes a mi... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7162738 | E-mail firewall with stored key encryption/decryption An e-mail firewall (105) applies policies to e-mail messages (204) between a first site and a plurality of second sites in accordance with a plurality of administrator selectable policies (216). The firewall comprises a simple mail transfer prot... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7127741 | Method and system for e-mail message transmission An e-mail firewall applies policies to e-mail messages transmitted between a first site and a plurality of second sites. The e-mail firewall includes a plurality of mail transfer relay modules for transferring e-mail messages between the first site and one of the se... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7117358 | Method and system for filtering communication A e-mail relay provides message filtering services to an e-mail network. The e-mail relay monitors incoming communication and intercepts e-mail messages. The e-mail relay compares attributes of the messages to data derived from SPAM messages, which is stored in a SP... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7117245 | Global communication method and system A global messaging system delivers messages to user devices by employing aliases, permissions, and protocols. A sender sends a message to an alias. The message is transmitted to devices associated with the alias. The system compares the message length to a maximum m... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111937 | Spectacle lenses incorporating atoric surfaces An atoric surface is formed such that the surface coordinate lines are parallels with the shape of off-set curves of the trajectory curve of a swept surface, and meridians with the shape of the section curve of such swept surface. The lines of curvature of the surfa... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7110972 | Method and system of managing credit for the electronic trading of financial instruments A method for tracking credit limits between a first financial institution and a second financial institution is disclosed. Each financial instrument may have one or more tenors. An initial credit limit is assigned to a credited financial institution for each tenor o... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7073056 | Apparatus and method for demonstrating and confirming the status of digital certificates and other data Methods and apparatuses for providing cryptographic assurance based on ranges as to whether a particular data item is on a list. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7027953 | Method and system for diagnostics and prognostics of a mechanical system A vibrational analysis system diagnosis the health of a mechanical system by reference to vibration signature data from multiple domains. Features are extracted from signature data by reference to pointer locations. The features provide an indication of signature de... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6971770 | Lighting apparatus Lighting apparatus includes an effect wheel which is mounted on a rotation mechanism. The rotation mechanism is mounted on a mechanism which moves the effect wheel from a position outside of the light path to a position in which the effect wheel intersects the light... | 12/06/2005 |
| D510468 | Cross pattern panel on a waste receptacle | 10/04/2005 |
| 6912285 | Mechanism for efficient private bulk messaging Secure bulk messaging mechanism in which, roughly described, a sender first encrypts a message once. The message can be decrypted with a message decryption key. These can be symmetric or asymmetric keys. For each recipient, the sender then encrypts the message decry... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6901509 | Apparatus and method for demonstrating and confirming the status of a digital certificates and other data Methods and apparatuses for providing cryptographic assurance based on ranges as to whether a particular data item is on a list. According to one computer-implemented method, the items on the list are sorted and ranges are derived from adjacent pairs of data items o... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6863265 | Tamper resistant fence A security cover is used in conjunction with a visually pleasing picket fence barrier. The security cover, having a C-shaped cross section, restricts access to bolts used to couple each picket to top and bottom support beams and thereby prevents tampering with the f... | 03/08/2005 |
| D502583 | Waste receptacle panel | 03/01/2005 |
| 6836732 | Enhanced vapor containment and monitoring An apparatus and method for ensuring effective and efficient vehicle vapor recovery performance, storage tank system integrity relative to both vapor and liquid containment and for reducing the probability that inaccurate information causes companies to undertake un... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6836213 | Method and apparatus for improving the sensitivity of a taut wire intrusion detection system A taut wire intrusion detection system includes posts that are used to detect an intrusion into a secured area. The supporting posts are used to both detect a movement of the taut wire and anchor the taut wire by using separate anchor and sensor elements. The taut w... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6828973 | Method and system for 3-D object modeling 3-D views of a 2-D image containing objects are provided by simulation of inter-object volume and intra-object volume. Intra-object volume is simulated by defining a plurality of volumetric slices from the object and assigning relative volume values to each. Multipl... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6827209 | Collection case A collection case combines a trading card with an actual piece of associated memorabilia to enhance its value. The collection case encapsulates the two items together in a protective plastic slab for safe keeping. The process results in a new collectable product of ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6826609 | Policy enforcement in a secure data file delivery system A server interacts with a sender to form a package which can include one or more attached data files to be sent to one or more recipients, and the server applies a policy established by a policy authority of the sender to the package. Since the server both forms the... | 11/30/2004 |
| D497231 | Waste receptacle panel | 10/12/2004 |
| 6800239 | Method of manufacturing a two piece sports racquet A composite sports racquet frame is made by placing a first prepreg tube into a first mold plate and a second prepreg tube into a second mold plate. A plurality of pin plates, each having a plurality of pins which are at least substantially parallel to one another, ... | 10/05/2004 |
| D496139 | Waste receptacle panel | 09/14/2004 |
| D496140 | Waste receptacle panel | 09/14/2004 |
| 6785995 | Firearm safety system A firearm safety system restricts the use of the firearm by reference to biometric data received by a sensor coupled to the firearm trigger. The biometric data is compared to at least one record of biometric data associated with a permitted user to determine whether... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6737972 | Vibration sensor A vibration sensor is used in conjunction with perimeter security systems. The sensor is comprised of two conductive spherical elements each resting on a pair of parallel conductive arcs. A plurality of sensors are attached to mounting device and placed at spaced in... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6728358 | Efficient buffer allocation for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems A method and computer program product allows for the efficient allocation of buffers (e.g., first-in first-out (FIFO) queues) for current and predicted active speakers in voice conferencing systems. The method and computer program product, implemented by a server ho... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6718679 | Firearm safety system A firearm safety system restricts the use of the firearm by reference to biometric data received by a sensor coupled to the firearm trigger. The biometric data is compared to at least one record of biometric data associated with a permitted user to determine whether... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6718312 | Method and system for combinatorial auctions with bid composition restrictions A method and system for dynamic combinatorial auctions employing bid composition restrictions is disclosed. Three exemplary types of bid composition restrictions, which may be applied either singly or in combination, are disclosed: non-additive activity restrictions... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6687063 | Optical system for creating colored fields of light and components therefor Units for projection of profiled images and for floodlighting suffer from a tradeoff between the quality of the illuminated field and efficiency. The hue, saturation, and intensity must be continuously controllable, and the quality of the illuminated fiel... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6683858 | Hybrid server architecture for mixing and non-mixing client conferencing A system, method and computer program product which allows both mixing (e.g., PC-based) and non-mixing (e.g., phone-based) clients to participate in a single audio conference. The system includes a hybrid multi-point control unit (i.e., conferencing serve... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6651166 | Sender driven certification enrollment system A sender driven certificate enrollment system and methods of its use are provided, in which a sender controls the generation of a digital certificate that is used to encrypt and send a document to a recipient in a secure manner. The sender compares previo... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6633570 | Efficient transmission of data to multiple network nodes An improved method, system, and computer program product for efficient transmission of data to multiple network nodes is disclosed. A method for transmitting a data block over a network from a first sending node to a first set of recipient nodes, comprise... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6609196 | E-mail firewall with stored key encryption/decryption An e-mail firewall (105) applies policies to e-mail messages (204) between a first site and a plurality of second sites in accordance with a plurality of administrator selectable policies (216). The firewall comprises a simple mail transfer protocol (SMTP... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6601973 | Light effects system A light effects projector includes a light source and effect wheels interposed between the light source and an exit aperture of the projector. A gobo wheel includes a plurality of apertures and gobo holders containing gobos. The gobo wheel is adapted to r... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6539429 | Method and apparatus for transmitting and displaying information between a remote network and a local computer Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting advertisements and other information from a computer network database based on user defined preferences and transmitting the selected advertisement in background mode over a communications link between the ... | 03/25/2003 |
