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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D616051 | Golf club head | 05/18/2010 |
| 7171830 | Monitoring of operation of a padlock A telltale device (10), securable to a padlock (18) having a key-operated release mechanism, includes a seal (12) to seal a key (20) for the padlock (18) in a lock position in the padlock release mechanism such that removing the ke... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7076455 | Builders on-line assistant A method and apparatus are provided for servicing a customer of a contractor by a third-party website provider. The method includes the steps of providing a first website by the third-party website provider for use by the customer in selecting product options for pr... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071233 | Antimicrobial prevention and treatment of human immunedeficience virus and other infectious diseases An improved medical treatment and medicine is provided to quickly and safely resolve HIV and other microbial infections. The inexpensive medicine can be self administered and maintained for the prescribed time. The attractive medicine comprises an antimicrobial conc... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6960742 | Electrical oven with detachable liners This invention discloses an electric oven with detachable liners includes a front door, a control panel and a rear shell; inside the rear shell is an inner chamber where an electric heater and a baking rack are installed; wherein, said electric oven further includes... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6737524 | Activated polyethylene glycol compounds Novel arylisothiocyanate compounds are described that are useful for activating alcohol-containing macromomolecules, for example polyethyleneglycols and cellulose, for covalent linkage to amino-groups of biomolecules, for example polypeptides such as antibodies, enz... | 05/18/2004 |
| 7502279 | Target direction indication and acoustic pulse analysis A method of providing an indication of the direction of a target such as a sniper. A rifle mounted sensor array detects an acoustic pulse originating from the target. The signal is processed to estimate the direction of the target, and an indication is provided when... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7452845 | Mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrid materials for separating gases The invention concerns a method for preparing organic-inorganic hybrid materials with controlled porosity and functionality comprising hydrolysis and condensation polymerization of a compound of formula (I): Z-R1—Si(OR)(OR′)(OR″), with an alkaline o... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7450795 | Signal interconnect incorporating multiple modular units An interconnect element incorporates a plurality of smaller, substantially identical, interconnect modules. Multiple identical elements can in turn be combined to form larger interconnect networks. Signal paths in the elements can be implemented with optical fibers ... | 11/11/2008 |
| D579783 | Bottle | 11/04/2008 |
| 7438365 | Mining device A mining device for subsurface extraction of raw materials off rocks includes bracing means for the reversible bracing of the mining device in a hollow space, a frame, and tunneling means stationarily connected with the bracing means, whereby the frame is movable by... | 10/21/2008 |
| D577749 | Planer/moulder | 09/30/2008 |
| 7425112 | Tamper resistant screw An improved tamper resistant screw and driver tool. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a tamper resistant screw and screw driver tool. The screw head features a unique tamper resistant design. The screw cannot be turned successfully with standard scre... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7425247 | Method for producing an aqueous solution hydroxylamine This invention relates to a method for producing an aqueous solution of free hydroxylamine (HA) by simultaneous countercurrent treatment of a HA salt with ammonia or ammonia water, then separating the HA by distillation and reconcentrating the aqueous HA solution in... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424776 | Method for machining a workpiece A method for machining a workpiece in which a machine tool comprising a first and a second chuck devices is employed to machine the workpiece, the machine tool being used in which the first and the second chuck devices comprise a chuck main body, plural chuck jaws, ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424119 | Voice matching system for audio transducers A method and apparatus are provided for matching an output of an auxiliary signal transducer with a reference signal transducer where the auxiliary signal transducer and reference signal transducer receive audio signals from a common signal source along different re... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7413609 | Semiconductor single crystal manufacturing apparatus A semiconductor single crystal manufacturing apparatus capable of lowering the local deterioration of a wire under high temperature atmosphere in the furnace of a chamber, wherein a crucible (24) in which silicon melt (28) is filled is installed in the... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7414637 | Placement of map labels Methods and systems are presented for the automatic optimal placement text or symbol labels corresponding to graphical objects on maps. Using a map server and a thin, typically mobile client, maps are dynamically drawn and displayed at the client. Optimized labeling... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410265 | Focusing-device for the radiation from a light source A focusing-device for the radiation from a light source (2) is provided with a collector mirror (1, 1′) which is arranged in a mount (24) and collects the light, in virtual or real terms, from the light source (2) at the second focus ( | 08/12/2008 |
| D574165 | Jewelry holder and display | 08/05/2008 |
| D574283 | Alarm indicating output appliances | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407035 | Split shell system and method for hearing aids An in-the-ear hearing aid has a housing with an audio input end and an audio output end. The housing is formed of two sections which are coupled together along a seam which extends between the two ends. An elastomeric sheath can enclose the housing. ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405710 | Multiband dual polarized adjustable beamtilt base station antenna A method and apparatus are provided for constructing a multi-band antenna (10). The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of combination-type dipole assemblies (114, 116, 118, 120, 122, FIG. 7) each defined by a box-type dipole arra... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405653 | System for monitoring activities and location A residential monitoring system incorporates both physiological sensors and activity sensors. Some of the sensors can be in wireless communication with control circuitry. One or more activity profiles can be established for a resident to expand upon and supplement i... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7406515 | System and method for automated and customizable agent availability and task assignment management A system and method for blending tasks received from a plurality of media switches. The method comprises receiving a plurality of task data indicating a plurality of tasks and a plurality of agent data indicating a plurality of agents. The task data and the agent da... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7402341 | Methods and compositions for printable surface pre-treatment Methods and aqueous surface coating compositions are provided for producing a high-resolution ink-jet ink printable coating layer on a surface, the composition comprising at least one polymer selected from a water soluble polymer and a water-emulsifiable polymer, wh... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402285 | Switch block having at least one attached or integrated reaction vessel Twelve reaction vessels (2) in two parallel rows are attached to a switch block (401). The switch block (401) comprises a reaction block (403) and twelve slide plates (404), which are arranged within it and which can be adjusted be... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401493 | Gas sensor calibration method An apparatus is described for calibrating at least one sensor within a gas detector which detector has a gas inlet in fluid communication with the or each sensor, the apparatus comprising a housing that contains: a) a surface for abutting against the detector; b) a ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400240 | Systems and methods of deterministic annunciation A method of supervising a plurality of displaced devices includes having each device emit a supervisory signal that is detectable by a designated unit. Indicia can be included indicative that an intervening message has been sent from a respective device. The designa... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400724 | Device and method for use in quantum crytography The present invention relates to a quantum cryptography system for the secure key generation, especially with signal sources and analysis channels. The signal sources are arranged spatially separated in such a manner that the wave fronts of light signals emitted by ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400792 | Methods and apparatus to make substantially uniform losses in optical cross connects A method for cross connecting optical signals includes using a common beam steerer to direct a set of optical signals from a set of input ports to a set of output ports. The method further includes adjusting a curvature of the common beam steerer so that paths of th... | 07/15/2008 |
| D573224 | Trap for rodents | 07/15/2008 |
| 7401112 | Methods and apparatus for executing a transaction task within a transaction processing system employing symmetric multiprocessors A method of executing a transaction task within a transaction processing system includes, responsive to an event, the steps of identifying a workflow associated with the event. A transaction task, that at least partially executes the workflow, is distributed to an a... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399425 | Closure with oxygen scavenger A closure that is able to prevent oxygen from entering the container upon which the closure is attached. Preferably, the closure is comprised of one piece wholly molded of plastic, oxygen scavenging or anti-oxidant compounds, and catalysts homogenously mixed therein... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396406 | Single crystal semiconductor manufacturing apparatus and method A single crystal semiconductor manufacturing method for realizing a dislocation-free single crystal while not varying or hardly varying electric power supplied to a heater when and after a seed crystal comes into contact with a melt. The allowable temperature differ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395713 | Tray-fed scanning microscope system and method primarily for immobilizing parts during inspection An improved scanning station and method for a tray-fed scanning acoustic microscope has a vacuum system which at least assists in immobilizing loosely held parts in the trays during insonification by an ultrasonic beam generator. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7396925 | Volatilizable solid phase supports for compound synthesis A solid phase synthetic method is disclosed in which the usual solid phase synthetic steps are carried out and the spent solid phase support is reacted to form a volatilizable compound upon cleavage of the reaction product from the solid phase support. The cleaved p... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395310 | Method and apparatus to queue a plurality of transaction messages An apparatus for routing a transaction message, such as for example a telephone call, e-mail, web chat request, video conferencing session, or non-call event, includes a queue engine and a transaction message router. The queue engine provides an integrated mechanism... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7391176 | Actuator for operating a rolling shutter The actuator comprises at least two terminals enabling it to be connected to a voltage source, an electric motor, a control unit) connected to means of powering the motor from the voltage source, the control unit comprising a voltage converter whose output powers a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390361 | Semiconductor single crystal manufacturing apparatus and graphite crucible A semiconductor single crystal manufacturing apparatus which can manufacture a single crystal of high oxygen concentration to that of low oxygen concentration within a prescribed standard range of oxygen concentration, as a wafer material for semiconductor integrate... | 06/24/2008 |
