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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7848995 | Financial decision systems The financial decision system provides for real-time calculation of buying pressure and selling pressure for any tradable instrument market. Additionally, it provides real-time visual simultaneous plots and charts of buying pressure and selling pressure. Further, th... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7841422 | Soil separating systems A towable apparatus adapted for the separation of rock, stones, or debris from topsoil, having a stationary, non-vibrating sifting screen. A hydraulically powered conveyor belt with paddles pushes the soil across the sifting screen. The system provides features to a... | 11/30/2010 |
| D627568 | Hair brush | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828497 | Construction and design method A retaining wall for supporting and stabilizing cut or fill areas of excavation and a method of constructing a retaining wall. The wall is preferably constructed by applying the concrete pneumatically. The method comprises installing a backing board while the vertic... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7802574 | Medical component system Medical component systems are described in which individual hand-held components are enhanced by adjacent restraint and by combinations of function, including: suction devices with a port for regulating suction with single-finger-operable valve for repeatable increm... | 09/28/2010 |
| D624321 | Brush handle | 09/28/2010 |
| D624065 | Case for electronic device | 09/21/2010 |
| 7784738 | Electronics rack cover systems A security cover is disclosed for protecting installed avionics instruments and other electronic instruments. The cover includes multiple independent automatic locks that activate when the cover is abutted near the installed instruments. An automatic lock mechanism,... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7770301 | Portable measuring systems A portable system for documenting the height of one or more children during their growth. The system comprises an elongated frame that can be disassembled into segments for travel. ... | 08/10/2010 |
| D621163 | Hair brush | 08/10/2010 |
| 7728706 | Material magnetizer systems A system for improved magnetization of flexible magnetic sheet material, such as magnetic rubber. More particularly, this invention relates to providing a system for magnetization of pre-printed flexible magnetic sheet material. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7701517 | Electronic image display systems Dual display screens are oriented back-to-back such that one display screen is visible from a first direction and one display screen is visible from a direction opposite the first direction. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7691076 | Articulated custom ankle-foot orthosis systems A custom articulated ankle-foot orthosis (AFO) system is disclosed that is formed on a cast of the wearer's foot. It has an adjustably tightenable calf section hingedly connected to an adjustably tightenable foot section. It is made of thermally formable plastic she... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7659680 | Motor battery systems A combined motor-battery system comprising an electric power source adapted to convert self-originating electrical current to mechanical power utilizing a set of common functional structures. Preferred embodiments include an electrochemical cell comprising field rea... | 02/09/2010 |
| D608840 | Decahedron imbedded within a transparent hexahedron game piece | 01/26/2010 |
| 7648489 | Diaper changing systems A diaper changing mat comprising an attached, flexible and infant-drapeable, fold-over urine shield structured and arranged to prevent urine exposure from infant-generated urine while still providing easy access to the infant's diaper area. The diaper changing mat i... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7641061 | Retail hanger display system A retail display system for increasing density of merchandising of products, by using the otherwise unused space of existing display configurations. A hanger display configuration, which may hold vertical strip displays, is installed in such a manner as to adapt to ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640680 | Pedorthic systems The present invention provides improved pedorthic systems for patients having partial foot amputations or foot neuropathies. Custom-molded, custom-made pedorthics with leather linings and molded stiffeners are disclosed, along with methods of manufacture. Custom-mol... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7617445 | Log note system for digitally recorded audio A system which is primarily of use for lawyers, judges and electronic court reporters operates to correlate personal log notes with digitally recorded audio proceedings, such as courtroom proceedings. The notes may be made in conjunction with the computer actually r... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7612282 | Musical instrument pickup A musical instrument pickup comprising a plurality of coil-wire wrappings, each coil having a particular geometric cross-section. Each coil-wire wrapping is positioned around a pole piece. Related embodiments exhibiting noise cancellation features are also disclosed... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7607146 | Data medium storage systems A system providing efficient cataloging and storage of data-storage devices. The system comprises a plurality of removable holders adapted to hold at least one of the data-medium-containing articles. Each holder is adjustably mounted within a support comprising thre... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7587796 | Secure strap systems A strap system for selectively and independently binding and/or releasing at least one sets of essentially longitudinal objects, such as wires, from one another. A continuous strip of such two-sided material may be stored on a reel and is designed so that a user may... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7576507 | Motor battery systems A combined motor-battery system comprising an electric power source adapted to convert self-originating electrical current to mechanical power utilizing a set of common functional structures. Preferred embodiments include an electrochemical cell comprising field rea... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7568623 | System and method for transferring information from a portable electronic device to a bar code reader A translator is provided for reading the bar codes displayed on the screen of a portable electronic device which utilizes a digital camera and/or a microphone responsive to tones from the portable electronic device to process and convert the information received fro... | 08/04/2009 |
| D587968 | Football-shaped cocktail shaker | 03/10/2009 |
| 7479591 | Mobile music entertainment systems A system relating to improving the usefulness of one or more electronic pianos by providing a multifunctional outer housing. Such outer housing is assembled substantially from modular components, preferably adapted for rapid set-up and breakdown. The housings are de... | 01/20/2009 |
| D584537 | Bottle display kiosk | 01/13/2009 |
| 7448659 | Pet debris scooper systems A system for picking up solid objects, such as pet debris and pet waste, and automatically sealing such pet waste within a disposable liner. The liner is installed on a hand-held scooper device by an automatic applicator. The liners are design specifically for the s... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441473 | Variable-altitude testing systems A ground-based system for simulating dynamic suborbital-flight environments occurring during substantially complete suborbital-flights by a flight vehicle. ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441496 | Thematic waffle and sandwich cooking plate system A method and system for designing, manufacturing and selling thematic cooking plates that are interchangeable with removable cooking plates in various waffle irons, sandwich grillers and waffle iron/sandwich griller combinations. The cooking plates may have a patter... | 10/28/2008 |
| D577062 | Computer printer | 09/16/2008 |
| D573755 | Hairbrush cleaner | 07/22/2008 |
| 7383658 | Fishing rod and reel protection systems A housing system related to the protective housing of a fishing rod and reel, particularly, a fly-fishing rod and reel, during transport. The system comprises a two-part housing adapted to separately compartmentalize the fishing rod and attached fishing reel. A spec... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386484 | Buying method for retail establishments A system for improving and streamlining the evaluation and purchase of products from salespeople by buyers. In particular, methods for successfully managing interactions between buyers and sellers in high volume retail environments by implementing a standardized pro... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7376591 | Interactive internet shopping and data integration method and system A method and system for interactively shopping for groceries, especially on an Internet web site, where the user may create a shopping list, shop for items from the list at a selected Grocery Storey store, arrange for pick up or delivery of the selected items and pa... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7371970 | Rigid-flex circuit board system A rigid-flex circuit board system that can be manufactured using less expensive and more reliable rigid circuit board methods and equipment, and can maintain rigidity and dimensional stability until the time when it is first desired to flex. ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7350480 | Portable electric fence systems A temporary electrified fence enclosure system utilizing movable storable fence posts and flexible electrified ribbons that are retractably reeled within the fence post. Each fence post comprises an internal power source. Each electrified ribbon is coupled mechanica... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352415 | Electronic image display systems An electronic image display system that provides a wall-mounted television/electronic display. Dual display screens are oriented back-to-back such that one display screen is visible in a first room and one display screen is visible in an adjacent room. The invention... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347422 | Game system A game system with game pieces that have combinations of capture indicia and defense indicia spaced at angular increments. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7344433 | System for matched-stone cover plates A cover plate system for making custom natural stone cover plates for electrical outlets, wall switches and other outlets and openings over which it is desired to place a natural stone cover plate. The natural stone cover plates are made from quarried stone, culture... | 03/18/2008 |