Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182479 | Surgical glove system A surgical system including a surgical glove having support systems such as, but not limited to, lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation. The surgical glove may include one or more lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation positioned on distal ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179011 | Brushless motor A brushless motor including a stator having teeth and a rotor having magnetic pole portions is disclosed. The magnetic pole portions are arranged to have the same polarities as each other. The rotor includes gaps that function as magnetic resistance at circumferenti... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8157304 | Lifting sling system There is disclosed a lifting sling system for connecting various loads to a lifting hook (1), comprising a small number of combinable lifting sling units (10, 20), each consisting of a number of pre-assembled parts (11, 12, 13; 21, 22, 23). Thes... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8148463 | Alkaline resol phenol-aldehyde resin binder compositions This invention relates to alkaline resol phenol-aldehyde binder compositions and their use in the production of articles of bonded particulate material such as foundry moulds, foundry cores, or feeders. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8124153 | Method for forming film and a film formed by using said method A method for forming a film on a surface of a base so that the film can impart good peeling property between the base and an object to be treated when the object contacts the base. A film formed by the method is also provided. Cooking oil 2 applied to a surfa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8100448 | Self-locking safety hook A self-locking lifting hook is disclosed, of the kind having and arcuate hook body and an upper, pivotable lever with one arm forming a suspension and a second arm forming a closure for the hook opening. A finger element is pivotably mounted at the upper part of the... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652340 | Finger ring | 01/17/2012 |
| 8088433 | Mononuclearly filled microcapsules Described are mononuclearly filled seamless microcapsules comprising: a capsule shell of a hardened capsule material based on an acid polysaccharide and a filler material surrounded on all sides by the capsule shel... | 01/03/2012 |
| D651743 | Hair iron | 01/03/2012 |
| D651742 | Hair iron | 01/03/2012 |
| D651741 | Hair iron | 01/03/2012 |
| 8084911 | Motor A motor including a stator and a rotor is disclosed. The rotor includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit includes an N-pole first magnet and an S-pole second magnet. The first and the second magnets are alternately arranged along a circumferential dire... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8074798 | Tool tote A tool tote that is collapsible to reduce storage space is disclosed. The tool tote may be generally rectangular and include an upper opening facilitating access into the main compartment of the tote. The tote may include a removable rigidity enhancement device enab... | 12/13/2011 |
| D649509 | Tire for automobile | 11/29/2011 |
| D649508 | Tire for automobile | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063107 | Use of trans-pellitorin as flavor substance The invention concerns the use of 2E,4E-decadienoic acid-N-isobutylamide (trans-pellitorin) as flavorant, in particular as salivation inducing flavor substance, preferably in a foodstuff or nutrient, an oral hygienic preparation or a gourmet or snack preparation. Fu... | 11/22/2011 |
| D647193 | Device from which is emitting a mist | 10/18/2011 |
| D644725 | Device from which is emitting a mist | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997168 | Adjustable ratchet wrench An adjustable ratchet head assembly has first and second jaw members that are connected using a pinion shaft and a cogwheel shaft. The pinion shaft has oppositely threaded end portions that engage oppositely threaded pinion shaft receiving bores in a central section... | 08/16/2011 |
| D642799 | Handle | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991443 | Sliding hinge A sliding hinge is mounted in an electronic device and has a stationary bracket, a sliding bracket and a resilient element. The stationary bracket connects to a base of the electronic device. The sliding bracket connects to a cover of the electronic device, is mount... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7980016 | Display stand having invisible securing flaps Stand for displaying information having at least one presentation surface, comprising a plurality of panels (32-34) made of a substantially rigid material and articulated together in an articulation direction, having two end panels (32, 34) each... | 07/19/2011 |
| D639505 | Hair dryer | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951352 | Method for the production of alpha-calcium sulfate hemihydrate from calcium sulfate dihydrate Disclosed is a method for producing alpha-calcium sulfate hemihydrate from calcium dihydrate. Said method has the following features: a) calcium dihydrate is fed to an agitated autoclave (1); b) the agitated autoclave (1) is indirectly heated; c) water... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951145 | Surgical glove system A surgical system including a surgical glove having support systems such as, but not limited to, lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation. The surgical glove may include one or more lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation positioned on distal ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7931648 | Surgical glove system A surgical system including a surgical glove having support systems such as, but not limited to, lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation. The surgical glove may include one or more lights, electrical cautery, suction, and irrigation positioned on distal ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7912744 | Automated service broker An automated service broker can include a Global Positioning System (GPS) data processor for processing GPS data associated with communicatively linked service providers wherein the GPS data corresponds to a geographic position. The automated service broker also can... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634123 | Pockets | 03/15/2011 |
| 7904312 | Patient communication method and system A healthcare communication system can include a patient terminal having a keyboard unit with message keys for transmitting different ones of one or more programmed messages, and alphanumeric keys for composing messages. The patient terminal can be communicatively li... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7846710 | Cell comprising an intein for the production of a cyclic peptide Methods of producing cyclic peptides and splicing intermediates of peptides in a looped conformation are disclosed. The methods utilize the trans-splicing ability of split inteins to catalyze cyclization of peptides from a precursor peptide having a target peptide i... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7818843 | Multi-function tool apparatus and system A multi-function tool apparatus and system formed from a handle and a utility blade having a structure that facilitates completion of a plurality of functions, thus, reducing the number of ancillary tools required. The handle may include a butt end with a screwdrive... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810998 | Multi-handle utility bag A multi-handle utility bag comprising a durable outer body and underframe, multiple handles, and a series of externally-disposed pockets. Extending from the peripheral lip or mouth of the bag are two pairs of diametrically-opposed handles, wherein the first pair of ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7803625 | Method for determining the fatty acid profile of milk by infrared spectroscopy The nutritional quality of milk lipids is determined by a method for predicting percentages of minor fatty acids in milk. A database is created by correlating known fatty acid profiles of reference milk samples obtained by gas phase chromatography to mid-infrared sp... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624318 | Laptop sleeve | 09/28/2010 |
| 7795326 | Conformable bandage and coating material The liquid, polymer-containing coating materials of this invention comprise a polymer of a polymerizable, nitrogen-containing, hydrophilic monomer, which may give thermoresponsive properties, and which is copolymerized with a hydrophobic, polymerizable siloxy-contai... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7774964 | Information display support The support comprises at least one sheet (2) of a substantially rigid and foldable material having a display face (3), elastic return and constraint bands (44) for making the display face of the sheet convex, and a plurality of inserts (18 | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774893 | Painting accessory A painting device directed to an open-ended tray that can receive a brush or roller in either one of two possible orientations. The tray may be maintained in either a generally vertical alignment or a generally horizontal alignment. Also holding means extend from th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7769598 | Patient communication method and system A healthcare communication system can include a patient terminal having a keyboard unit with message keys for transmitting different ones of one or more programmed messages, and alphanumeric keys for composing messages. The patient terminal can be communicatively li... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7758836 | System and method for removing sulfur-containing contaminants from indoor air A system and method for removing sulfur-containing contaminants from indoor air includes a panel system having a first layer and a second layer. The first layer can include a base media onto which sodium bicarbonate is attached. The second layer can include a base m... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7706933 | Method and system of aiding the movement of works trains The present invention relates to a system for aiding the movement of work trains on a railway line under construction having two tracks that are adjacent and two-way, managed from a central block PC by a PC chief. The system comprises ... | 04/27/2010 |
