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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20110292453 | FACILITY TO REUSE PAPER Systems and methods are described that facilitate sorting used printed sheets of paper or other media, identifying reusable pages (i.e., pages without print on one or both sides), and outputting the reusable pages for reuse. If print is detected on one side of a used pa... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110094946 | REMOVAL OF FUSARIUM INFECTED KERNELS FOR GRAIN Fusarium infected grain is separated by comparing reflected and transmitted light at two wavelengths, one at which the light is substantially reflected and scattered the same by healthy and infected kernels, the other at which the light is reflected and scattered... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110089090 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSING AND SEPARATING GRAIN A process and apparatus for analysing quantities of grain in-line and separating the grain into batches on the basis of one or more grain parameter values is disclosed. The grain is separated in-line on the basis of the grain parameter value thus allowing the grain to b... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20100060888 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS FOR INSPECTING AND/OR CLASSIFYING A WAFER Computer-implemented methods for inspecting and/or classifying a wafer are provided. One computer-implemented includes detecting defects on a wafer using one or more defect detection parameters, which are determined based on a non-spatially localized characteristic of t... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090159510 | Rare Earth Downconverting Phosphor Compositions for Optically Encoding Objects and Methods and Apparatus Relating to Same Rare Earth downconverting compositions for optical encoding objects and related methods and apparatuses. The rare earth (RE) downconverting phosphor compositions are capable of generating a unique optical spectrum or unique optical signature from which an optical code o... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090090659 | Method For Counting And Validating Articles, In Particular Pharmaceutical Articles, And An Apparatus For Actuating The Method A method for counting and validating discrete articles to be introduced into containers, and an apparatus for actuating the method, which method includes distancing the articles from one another in a thinning-out section, and making the articles cross a detection zone s... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090032445 | Multi-Grade Object Sorting System And Method A paper sorting system allows the high speed determination of the presence of printed matter for individual sheets of paper in a stream of waste paper. Sorting criteria may be selected by a user from a plurality of predefined options to sort the paper stream. The select... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080041768 | Nozzle sorting apparatus and method A sorting apparatus includes a nozzle, a light source, and a light receiver. The nozzle is positioned with respect to the light source and the light receiver such that light from the light source travels through holes defined by the nozzle and onto the light receiver, t... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20050067332 | Granule color sorting apparatus with display control device A color sorting apparatus capable of displaying images of granules picked up by a CCD sensor on a panel and performing sensibility control of defective granules while observing the displayed images is provided. The color sorting apparatus comprises a contour processor f... | 03/31/2005 |
