Famous Patents
British merchant Peter Durand invented the tin can in 1810.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185747 | Methods of registration for programs using verification processes with biometrics for fraud management and enhanced security protection Methods for pre-registering a participant in a program database using a participant smart card and biometric data in a verification process to manage fraud and enhance security and privacy protection are disclosed. The methods include pre-registering, or alternative... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173612 | Chemotherapy involving antisense oligonucleotides for preventing and/or treating pulmonary fibrosis The invention provides, in the treatment of malignant tumors, antisense DNA oligonucleotides which are effective in inhibiting the expression of a wild type COL1A1 gene, in combination with a chemotherapy drug, typically bleomycin, cyclophosphamide, or methotrexate,... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8158696 | Asphalt prime coat An environmentally friendly composition and related methods of use and production of an asphalt prime coat, suitable for application to a base road structure, are described herein. The composition includes an asphaltine, and an emulsion of a natural hydrocarbon resi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8110150 | Bulk polymerization reactors for producing drag reducer A polymerization reactor for creating drag-reducing polymer having a reservoir and at least one heat exchanger plate in fluid communication with a coolant source, wherein each heat exchanger plate may be disposed on a lid. The heat exchanger plates are treated and/o... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8106114 | Drag reducing agent and method of use The present invention relates to a drag reducing agent, composition, compound, product, process and method of use for use in petroleum pipelines and the like. A preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cryogenically-ground polyalphaolefin polymer at ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8105547 | Bulk polymerization reactors A polymerization reactor having at least three side wall surfaces and a bottom wall surface forming a reservoir and at least one heat exchanger plate in fluid communication with a coolant source, wherein each of the at least one heat exchanger plate is disposed on a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8061451 | Vertical drilling system for controlling deviation Systems for controlling deviations during drilling operations, including a transmission housing and a bearing assembly secured between a stator housing and a drill bit. Two stabilizers are secured to the transmission housing, and one stabilizer is secured to the bea... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8028754 | System and method for producing a well using a gas Systems and methods for producing a well using a gas are disclosed herein. A compressed lift gas can be provided to a well to obtain a production stream. The production stream can be separated to obtain the product and a recycle gas stream. The recycle gas stream ca... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8020619 | Severing of downhole tubing with associated cable Methods for severing tubing having a cable extending along its length include lowering a first cutting torch into the tubing to a desired location, igniting the first cutting torch, and directing cutting fluids in a circumferential arc to form a first cut in the tub... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016051 | Drilling apparatus and method for drilling wells A device for boring a well. The device is attached to a motor that has a power shaft for imparting rotational movement. The device includes a driver operatively connected to the power shaft, with the driver containing a cylindrical body, a first bit having a first e... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8006769 | Shearing tool and methods of use A shearing tool for shearing, trimming, or reducing objects being pulled through a drill string and methods for retrieving retrievable tools with fins from the drill string, where the retrievable tools must pass through restrictions in the drill string having interi... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7997332 | Method and apparatus to remove a downhole drill collar from a well bore A method of severing a drill string or other tubular string that includes lowering a torch into the drill string, positioning the torch at a joint in the drill string, such that the joint may have a pin component engaged with a box component, igniting the torch to p... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7970622 | Controlled substance tracking system and method A method for tracking prescriptive medications is provided whereby a complete prescriptive medication history including active and inactive prescriptive medications is stored for a plurality of patients utilizing a plurality of pharmacies wherein the pharmacies may ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7958651 | Clothes dryer rake An apparatus for retrieving articles from a dryer or otherwise retrieving article from places not easily accessible is described herein. The apparatus comprises a handle with a head attached thereto. The head can be mounted so as to be detachable, swivable, or inter... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7922351 | Fixture The present invention relates generally to the field of lighting. More particularly, the present invention relates to decorative, reconfigurable or energy and maintenance efficient fluorescent light fixtures that use energy efficient lamps and ballasts, and to an ap... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7900704 | Perforating torch apparatus and method A method of perforating a downhole pipe by cutting at a location within the pipe in a radial direction toward the pipe, producing a determined reaction force, and using the determined reaction force to enhance the cutting of the pipe. The method may include continui... | 03/08/2011 |
| RE41979 | Flow control apparatus and method A fluid flow control apparatus for use in a mid-string location in a pipe string being run into a well has an open fluid flow route to the annulus above the apparatus to provide more flow area for upwardly moving fluid. Flow up the upper pipe string bore is resisted... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7878273 | Ultra-hard drilling stabilizer A drilling stabilizer having a body and a plurality of blades integrally cast from tungsten carbide particles bound together with a heated metal binder, for use in drilling oil and gas wells, has a first box end and a second pin end at the distal end of the stabiliz... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878267 | Rotary directional drilling apparatus and method of use An apparatus for steering a drill string is disclosed herein, the apparatus comprising a drilling motor comprising a rotor, a stator, and at least one fluid passage for flowing drilling fluid to the stator. A blade is fixedly disposed on the exterior surface of the ... | 02/01/2011 |
| D631633 | Ergonomic pipe roller | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865286 | Lift truck safety system A method of operating a lift truck, the method including the steps of actuating an override to move the lift truck from a safety configuration into a working configuration, positioning a load onto a front end assembly movably attached to the lift truck, disengaging ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7855171 | Method and composition to remove iron and iron sulfide compounds from pipeline networks The present invention comprises an iron complexing mixture and method of using same wherein beneficial performance and natural gas pipeline cleaning methods are employed. The synergistic improvement of combining two water-soluble metal complexing agents, THPS and ID... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7849940 | Drill bit having the ability to drill vertically and laterally A drill bit having a plurality of cutters on its lower surface, each of which can having a plurality of PDC cutter elements disposed thereon. The cutting surface on each of the cutters is mounted in in an orientation that allows drilling of oversize boreholes which ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7849816 | Varmint guard feeder and method of using same A feed dispensing apparatus comprising a hopper to contain feed and a large sheet of metal adjustably attached below the base of the hopper. The base of the hopper has small openings to allow for feed to fall from the hopper to the sheet of metal below the hopper. T... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7841427 | Optimized central PDC cutter and method A drill bit, insert and method useful for subterranean drilling, or forming boreholes in subterranean formations is provided. More particularly, a more efficient cutting structure and method is provided in the central portion of a PDC drill bit. The present inventio... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7841287 | Anchoring system and method An apparatus for docking and/or mooring vehicles, particularly watercraft and for restraining loads in truck beds or trailers. The apparatus utilizes ropes or cables in housing unit that provides for the extension and retraction of the rope or cables preferably with... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836534 | Multi-purpose hand held tool A multi-purpose hand tool is provided which allows an individual to perform several tasks and reduces the need for additional tools. Specifically, the tool includes a hammer and a claw with an extension providing additional leverage to the claw for prying objects ap... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7823609 | Method and apparatus for filling a plurality of air breathing tanks used by firemen and scuba divers A source of compressed air, such as one or more air compressors and/or one or more tanks of compressed air, is used to sequentially fill a plurality of compressed air storage cylinders. A plurality of pressure-sensitive, one way check valves cause the storage cylind... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7819209 | Guided transport unit A guided transport unit and methods of guiding the transport unit for moving a superstructure in precise angular movements over a surface are disclosed. The guided transport unit comprises a skid pad, a vertical displacing member engaged with the skid pad, a base op... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7802625 | System and method for producing a well using a gas Systems and methods for producing a well using a gas are disclosed herein. A compressed lift gas can be provided to a well to obtain a production stream. The production stream can be separated to obtain the product and a recycle gas stream. The recycle gas stream ca... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7757792 | Method and apparatus for selectively leaching portions of PDC cutters already mounted in drill bits A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) drill bit having a plurality of PDC cutters, each having a body of diamond crystals containing catalyzing material, is coated with a material which is impervious to a given acid. After the coating is dried, a segment of the co... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7729976 | Underground gas storage with short term reversible flow operable for use in arbitrage/trading A system and method are provided for short term trading in gas and/or gas derivatives. In a preferred embodiment, the system provides a plurality of shallow depth salt gas storage facilities. Each of the facilities is typically operated at pressures in a range close... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726394 | Stabilizer for pipe handling equipment A stabilizer to suppress unwanted pivotal movement in pipe handling equipment suspended from bails. The stabilizer can contain either or both adjustable contacting members and non-adjustable contacting members which are rigidly connected to a portion of the pipe han... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7726392 | Removal of downhole drill collar from well bore A drill string in a borehole can be cut at the drill collars. A torch is lowered into the drill string and positioned at a joint of the drill collar string. The joint has a pin component and a box component. The torch has one or more openings in the pattern of a ver... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714056 | Railroad tie and method for making same Thermoplastic polymers, rubbery polymeric components and reinforcing fillers are mixed and heated to a range of 380° F. to 440° F. The resulting mixture is then fed into a Banbury mixer, with the resulting mixture fed into a diverter feeding two molds. The velocit... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712553 | Method and apparatus for selectively leaching portions of PDC cutters used in drill bits A polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter having a body of diamond crystals containing a catalyzing material is coated with a material impervious to a given acid. After the coating has dried, a segment of the coating is removed and acid is supplied to the diamo... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703554 | Slip groove gripping die A toothed pipe gripping die insert has textured surfaces on the die surface opposite the pipe gripping teeth to reduce the insert-to-insert carrier contact surface area to increase unit loading such that selected loads forcing the die insert against its carrier impr... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7690428 | Perforating torch apparatus and method In cutting a downhole pipe in proximity to a closure in the pipe, the pipe is first perforated. A perforating torch is positioned with a pipe in proximity to the closure. The perforating torch produces cutting fluids in a first radial direction and produces an openi... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690319 | Anchoring system and method An apparatus for docking and/or mooring vehicles, particularly water craft and for restraining loads in truck beds or trailers. The apparatus utilizes ropes or cables in housing unit that provides for the extension and retraction of the rope or cables preferably wit... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7673707 | Drilling apparatus and system for drilling wells A device for boring a well. The device is attached to a motor that has a power shaft for imparting rotational movement. The device comprises a driver operatively connected to the power shaft, with the driver containing a tubular body, a first bit having a first end ... | 03/09/2010 |
