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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181351 | Pruning clipper for dispensing a chemical treatment A pruning clipper includes a pair of handles each having a distal end and a proximal end, with the handles being pivotally connected to each other close to the proximal ends of the handles. A first blade is connected to the proximal end of one of said handles, and a... | 05/22/2012 |
| D656991 | Ballpoint pen | 04/03/2012 |
| D656281 | Pet toy having ball shape | 03/20/2012 |
| 8123528 | Electrical plug adapter having a receptacle rotatable around a cap with projecting conductive members A rotating plug adapter includes a housing including a top and bottom coupled to freely rotate about a rotary cap disposed between the housing top and bottom. Right and left electrical spades and an optional grounding post extend from the rotary cap, A receptacle, i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122043 | System and method for using an exemplar document to retrieve relevant documents from an inverted index of a large corpus A system and method for using an exemplar document or search query to retrieve relevant documents from an inverted index of a large corpus of documents. The system and method groups words by synonym and calculates term frequency (TF) and inverse document frequency (... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8112845 | Method and apparatus for separating foreign matter from fibrous material An apparatus for cleaning foreign matter from separated tufts of fiber uses a transfer cylinder intermediate a revolving open reel type structure mounted within a porous housing to separate a conveying air stream from tufts of fiber conveyed thereby and a toothed cl... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8094713 | Method and system for viewer quality estimation of packet video streams A method and system for the estimation of the effect of packet loss on a viewer's subjective perception of a packet video stream. The method involves estimating a quality metric for every frame in the video stream, accumulating such metrics over time, and transformi... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091181 | Method, apparatus and system for adding moisture to cotton fibers during the cotton ginning process An apparatus for adding moisture to cotton in a cotton ginning process utilizes a quick response heater generate a heated air flow which is routed to a series of conduits passing through a reservoir of water to raise water to at or near boiling to generate vapor at ... | 01/10/2012 |
| D650012 | Ballpoint pen | 12/06/2011 |
| RE42912 | Universal rail mounting bracket A universal rail mounting bracket for attachment of a handrail or fence rail to a support structure. An adapter is also disclosed which is matingly engageable with the bracket, the adapter providing a suitable geometric mating surface with a support structure to whi... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047485 | Rail end cover A universal rail mounting bracket for attachment of a handrail or fence rail to a support structure. A rail end cover may be inserted over the rail end after the rail has been mounted to the support structure with the bracket. A rail end cover is provided to cover a... | 11/01/2011 |
| D647966 | Ballpoint pen | 11/01/2011 |
| 8045303 | Building service ground fault interrupter A ground fault interrupter to be used by utility company while effecting repairs to the electrical service for a building is positioned to interrupt the power supply to the building in case of a detected ground fault and utilizes a sensor for detecting the fault cur... | 10/25/2011 |
| D647389 | Hook for hanging | 10/25/2011 |
| D646717 | Ballpoint pen | 10/11/2011 |
| D646716 | Ballpoint pen | 10/11/2011 |
| D646325 | Ballpoint pen | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011020 | Breathable, vented, flame-resistant shirt A flame-resistant shirt is described that has vents to facilitate heat release and air circulation while preserving flame-resistant qualities. The shirt has a standard front half, but a back half which includes a cape portion with openings to provide ventilation acr... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998580 | Wood particle mixture for a wood-plastic composite material and method for producing the wood particle mixture A wood particle mixture is described especially made from raw wood for an extruded or injection-molded wood-plastic composite material, especially manufactured from wood-plastic compound, which significantly improve the strength properties in a wood plastic composit... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988907 | Method for manufacturing pressure-resistant container liner and liquid crystal resin liner A resin composition formed by blending 10 to 25 weight parts of the epoxy modified polystyrene resin (B) to 100 weight parts of the liquid crystal polyester and/or the liquid crystal polyester amide (A) and by melt-kneading the two materials, wherein the resin compo... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987651 | Automatic bale wrapping apparatus Apparatus is disclosed for enclosing bales of materials with at least four substantially rectilinear sides in flexible sheet material tubes having one open end into which the bales are inserted leaving the tube open end projecting loosely beyond the end of the bale ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987521 | Shirt with reinforced front A shirt is described that uses a double layer of fabric, strategically located across its front to protect the torso of the wearer. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7983264 | Access control list management system An Access Control List management tool for use in distributed communications networks, compares Access Control Entries for conflicts and optimizes the ACE order by frequency of use, thus by detecting errors in the construction of ACLs and reducing the number, on ave... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7980915 | Variable pitch game call An apparatus for use as a game call contemplate a plurality of rotor mounted acoustical plates having differing tonal qualities which can be selectively positioned for engagement by a complimentary striking plate to produce individually distinct sounds or tones.... | 07/19/2011 |
| D640296 | Nozzle for a sand jet | 06/21/2011 |
| D640295 | Nozzle for a sand jet | 06/21/2011 |
| D637052 | Nozzle for glue applicator | 05/03/2011 |
| D636241 | Nozzle for glue applicator | 04/19/2011 |
| D635306 | Pet toy having bone shape | 03/29/2011 |
| D634892 | Cigarette pack | 03/22/2011 |
| D633560 | Handwriting instrument | 03/01/2011 |
| 7880644 | Method and system for influencing the traffic flow within a route section A method for influencing the traffic flow of vehicles within a route section (10) in which the actual speed of a first vehicle travelling within the route section (10) is measured, at an actual speed which is the same as or higher than a predefined lim... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7848243 | Method and system for estimating modem and fax performance over packet networks A system and method for providing service quality metrics related to the quality of service provided by a Voice over Internet Protocol (“VoIP”) network to voiceband modems or fax machines communicating over the VoIP network. The system utilizes a multi-state Mar... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878760 | Method for operating a wind power plant A method for operating a wind power plant, in which the wind power plant (10) has a multiplicity of components, but at least one rotor (18) with at least one rotor blade (22) and a generator for converting the mechanical energy of the rotor (... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631618 | Pet toy having shaker shape | 01/25/2011 |
| D631617 | Pet toy having football shape | 01/25/2011 |
| 7870904 | Enhanced hydrocarbon recovery by steam injection of oil sand formations A method and apparatus for enhanced recovery of petroleum fluids from the subsurface by injection of a steam and hydrocarbon vaporized solvent in contact with the oil sand formation and the heavy oil and bitumen in situ. Multiple propped hydraulic fractures are cons... | 01/18/2011 |
| D631213 | Pet toy having orbit ball shape | 01/18/2011 |
| D631212 | Pet toy having ring shape | 01/18/2011 |
| D631211 | Pet toy having bottle shape | 01/18/2011 |
