Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171689 | Roofing system A roofing system formed of a plurality of support members secured to a load bearing roof deck. A plurality of roofing panels are positioned on the support members and are oriented to form overlapping joints between the panels. Sealant is positioned within the overla... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168121 | Portable gas monitor A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communication wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can includes a heating arrangem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163242 | Portable gas monitor A portable monitor used to measure landfill gas and landfill well parameters. The portable monitor includes a control unit and a measuring unit that can communication wirelessly with one another. The control unit and/or measuring unit can includes a heating arrangem... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161892 | Expandable table An expandable table that has a frame, at least one leg supporting the frame, first and second top portions movably connected or interconnected to the frame, an intermediate top portion movably connected or interconnected to the frame, and a movement mechanism connec... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161891 | Expandable table An expandable table that has a frame, at least one leg supporting the frame, first and second top portions movably connected or interconnected to the frame, an intermediate top portion movably connected or interconnected to the frame, and a movement mechanism connec... | 04/24/2012 |
| D657202 | Container sleeve | 04/10/2012 |
| D657003 | Balloon weight | 04/03/2012 |
| D657002 | Balloon insert | 04/03/2012 |
| D656189 | Paper binder | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127512 | Roofing system A roofing system formed of a plurality of support members secured to a load bearing roof deck. A plurality of roofing panels are positioned on the support members and are oriented to form overlapping joints between the panels. Sealant is positioned within the overla... | 03/06/2012 |
| D655313 | Fluid pump | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114152 | Stent coating An expandable stent for use within a body passageway having a body member with two ends and a wall surface disposed between the ends. The body member has a first diameter to permit delivery of the body member into a body passageway and a second expanded diameter. Th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8100963 | Biodegradable device A device that is at least partially formed of a biodegradable polymer. The device can be at least partially formed by MEMS technology. The device can include one or more micro-structures that are also formed by MEMS technology. The device can include one or more age... | 01/24/2012 |
| D652555 | Expandable lamp | 01/17/2012 |
| D652299 | Fluid pump | 01/17/2012 |
| 8070796 | Thrombosis inhibiting graft A medical method that is adapted for introducing the medical device into the vascular system of a body which is designed to inhibit or prevent thrombosis after the insertion of the medical device. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070785 | Bone anchor prosthesis and system A prosthetic screw system that includes a prosthetic screw for at least partial insertion into a bone and/or cartilage. The prosthetic screw includes a head and a lower portion connected to the head. The prosthetic screw system also includes a set of head-pieces tha... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8070409 | Method and apparatus for transporting steel billets An apparatus to feed elongated metallic workpieces to a manufacturing process including a storage hopper configured to hold a plurality of workpieces that are randomly oriented and a movement device having a workpiece support that is automatically engageable with a ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066955 | Processing apparatus fabrication A processing apparatus that is formed from a plurality of metal layers that are stacked and aligned together and then connected together to form one or more portions of the processing apparatus. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8061588 | Insulated cup An improved cup comprising a top portion and a base sleeve connected to the sidewall of the top portion. The base sleeve is at least partially formed of an insulating material. The base sleeve is formed of a one piece material that eliminates a seam at the bottom of... | 11/22/2011 |
| D649040 | Pizza box | 11/22/2011 |
| D648805 | Sign display carrier | 11/15/2011 |
| 8052039 | Insulated cup An improved cup comprising a top portion and a base sleeve connected to the sidewall of the top portion. The base sleeve is at least partially formed of an insulating material. The base sleeve is formed of a one piece material that eliminates a seam at the bottom of... | 11/08/2011 |
| D648185 | Container sleeve | 11/08/2011 |
| 8016881 | Sutures and surgical staples for anastamoses, wound closures, and surgical closures The invention relates to sutures and surgical staples useful in anastomoses. Various aspects of the invention include wound closure devices that use amphiphilic copolymer or parylene coatings to control the release rate of an agent, such as a drug or a biological ma... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8011701 | Receptacle securing device A receptacle securing device designed to at least partially secure a receptacle in a generally static position during manipulation of contents in the receptacle. The receptacle securing device includes a base member that is designed to receive a bottom of a receptac... | 09/06/2011 |
| D641236 | Sandwich box | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967855 | Coated medical device A stent that is adapted for introduction into a body passageway and which releases at least one biological agent after being inserted in the body passageway. The release of the at least one biological agent can be a controlled release via molecular diffusion through... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7963081 | Roofing system A roofing system formed of a plurality of support members secured to a load bearing roof deck. A plurality of roofing panels are positioned on the support members and are oriented to form overlapping joints between the panels. Sealant is positioned within the overla... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7960299 | Reinforcing mat having thermally fused stitching A reinforced fabric that includes a first fiber group and a thread. The first fiber group includes a plurality of fiber sets positioned substantially parallel to one another. Each of the fiber sets includes a plurality of fibers. The thread is formed of at least one... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7945409 | Method for verifying position on an angioplasty balloon A monitoring system and data archive system for a stent crimping process. The information concerning the crimped stent is used in deciding whether the stent is acceptable for insertion into the body cavity of a human or animal. ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938831 | Implant device An implant and sleeve combination for at least partial insertion into a bone and/or cartilage. The implant includes a lower portion and the sleeve includes a cavity designed to at least partially receive the lower portion of the implant. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7922692 | Vein scope and injection system A medical device adapted to a view one or more body passageways in a body portion. ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7910633 | Polyurethane dispersions in an aqueous asphalt emulsion The invention relates to liquid compositions that include an aqueous asphalt mixture and polyurethane dispersion. The polyurethane dispersion includes a polyurethane that is based on an aliphatic polyol backbone based on polytetramethyl ethlene glycol and/or polycap... | 03/22/2011 |
| D634793 | Balloon weight | 03/22/2011 |
| D634792 | Balloon weight | 03/22/2011 |
| 7896158 | Tool bit holder A tool bit holder for releasably supporting a plurality of tool bits in a supported position wherein each tool bit has an elongated bit body extending from a working end to a tool end. The tool end of the bit being shaped to be received by a tool and the working end... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892389 | Reinforcing mat having thermally fused stitching A reinforced fabric that includes a first fiber group and a thread. The first fiber group includes a plurality of fiber sets positioned substantially parallel to one another. Each of the fiber sets includes a plurality of fibers. The thread is formed of at least one... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7883532 | Vertebral pars interarticularis clamp a new spine fixation device, instrumentation, and methodology An improve spinal surgical implant used primarily in the posterior aspect of the spinal column for spinal reconstruction; revision surgery; deformity correction; and/or tumor surgery and/or trauma surgery of the cervical, thoracic and/or and lumbo-sacral spine. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7878877 | Inflatable educational structure An inflatable device designed to provide safety information to a plurality of people. The inflatable device includes at least one meeting venue and at least one at least one physical activity feature. The meeting includes an inflatable structure. ... | 02/01/2011 |
