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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7568734 | Personal regulator A personal regulator or device having special covers and a plurality of interior panels or pages containing various hinged structures. The hinging structures are precision expandable hinges which permit portions of consecutive panels to be functionally interactive a... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7333890 | Chinese lunar calendar-based tidal prediction system and method thereof The present invention provides a Chinese lunar calendar-based tidal prediction system and method that generate tidal predictions using empirical prediction models, wherein the empirical prediction models are generated using Genetic Algorithms-based regression analys... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328919 | System and method to reduce uncertainty in procuring over-the-counter medication A system to reduce error in procurement of over-the-counter medications that has a prescription drug dispensing container that contains a prescription medication, an over-the-counter drug dispensing container that contains an over-the-counter medication, indicia dis... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7320483 | Medication reminder system A medication reminder system is provided for allowing patients, especially those with memory or eyesight problems, to improve compliance with a medication regimen that has been prescribed by their physician. The system is organized for ease of patient identification... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7294053 | Prescription paper for physicians A prescription paper has reproduction material placed on selected areas of the back side of the paper so that prescription information can be transferred directly onto the patient's records while the prescription writer is writing the prescription. The reproduction ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7266994 | Measuring particulate in liquid storage tanks This device provides for measuring the particulate content in a fluid storage tank. A sample of fluid is taken from a fluid storage tank; and compared to a field visual reference chart. Using this chart results in identifying tanks containing a maximum or average pa... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7255564 | Anatomical pocket model An anatomical pocket model adapted for transporting in one's pocket or the like comprises a flexible, bendable, framework and a flexible, bendable three-dimensional representation of an anatomical body part positioned thereon. The anatomical body part representation... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7248284 | Calibration targets for digital cameras and methods of using same Calibration targets for use with digital cameras comprise black and white target areas to which digital cameras are exposed simultaneously to provide proper settings for highlight and shadow sensitivity prior to making a digital photograph. In addition a white or gr... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244124 | Method and device for facilitating energy psychology or tapping A novel method and device for facilitating that variety of psychotherapeutic technique best known as energy psychology or tapping, but also sometimes referred to as EFT, TFT and meridian therapy, is described. The device is a toy that may take the form of a doll, pu... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7221393 | Color imaging device and method A color imaging method for adjusting color balance of an imaged picture of an object, which object is imaged by a camera head 3 for generating color imaging signals composed of plural color signals. Based on the relative relation between signal levels of the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7192061 | Birthday calendar The birthday calendar is a dual monthly calendar and twelve-month chart. The calendar is perpetual in that it is not designated for any particular year or month. The monthly calendar is made of a dry-erase board displaying a month grid that is filled in with erasabl... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188738 | Medication minder Apparatus for assisting individual or multiple patients to comply with a medication dosage schedule, and/or other medical regimen, and maintain a log of associated activities, includes a wall or table mountable base member upon which is mounted a log pad, a question... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188772 | Method for determining an optimal ergonomic setup A coding scheme is provided that relates to a dimension of a user. The dimension may be a hand size. Depending on the dimension, a code in the coding scheme may be determined. The code indicates an optimal ergonomic setup for a user. A user may thus use the determin... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7168039 | Method and system for reducing the horizontal space required for displaying a column containing text data A method and system for reducing an amount of horizontal space required when displaying a plurality of columns on a display screen is disclosed. The at least one column of the plurality of columns has at least one entry containing text data. The method and system in... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7136820 | Method/process of determining a personal dietary supplement profile and recommending dietary supplements for an individual This invention provides a method/process of determining a personal dietary supplement profile of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes, herbs, and other nutritional supplements for an individual based on information from a health questionnaire and comparing the i... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131910 | Golf swing training template The present invention comprises a golf swing training device having a graphic design that illustrates a plurality of golf swing variables, including a club path indicator and a club face angle guide. The template is designed so that golfers may practice swinging a g... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127425 | System and method for providing a loan to a taxpayer based on a pre year-end tax refund A system and method for providing to a taxpayer a loan in an amount based on the taxpayer's estimated tax refund amount due for a current year, the loan being provided to the taxpayer prior to year end of the current tax year and prior to completion and filing of th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7118135 | Embossed paper A sheet of embossed paper including a sheet-like body portion, at least one embossed or depressed line located on the body portion, and at least one printed line located on and extending at least partially along the embossed or depressed line. The invention may also... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7107238 | Method and apparatus for providing relative-evaluations of commodities to user by using commodity-comparison map In a method for providing information on commodities to a user by using a computer, commodity-comparison information indicating at least one result of at least one comparison between the commodities is acquired and stored. Next, a commodity-comparison map which visu... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093857 | Birthday calendar The birthday calendar is a dual monthly calendar and twelve-month chart. The calendar is perpetual in that it is not designated for any particular time period. The monthly calendar displays a month, either from a single use calendar or by filling in a month grid dis... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7044919 | Test methods, devices and test kits A method for determining the time of maximum fertility in the mammalian ovulation cycle, for the purpose of assisting conception, wherein testing is conducted over a period of days in the current ovulation cycle on samples of body fluid obtained from an individual h... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043448 | Organizing and managing transaction-related tax information Organizing and managing a transaction-related dimension of tax-related data allows for the generation of fact details to facilitate payment of taxes. First, a transaction-related dimension of tax-related data is provided along with a plurality of attributes for the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7028907 | Method and device for data input A method and system for data input is provided. The method includes inputting data, reading a subset of a set of predefined machine-readable codes from a printed media, the printed media including thereon the set of predefined machine-readable codes and a set of hum... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6972775 | Morphing patient features using an offset A method of displaying an image of at least a portion of a virtual patient including accessing identification of a video file, the video file comprising video data that depicts virtual patient features over a range of the features, determining an offset into the vid... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6927772 | Method of displaying data Data is reduced to a graphic representation by have a core value which is wrapped by an annulus of a related value, the thickness of the annulus and the base diameter of the core representative of the magnitudes of the data being represented. A third data family can... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6909894 | Echo plug for a wireless telephone Echo plugs are plugged into the hands-free jacks of wireless telephones to facilitate testing. One echo plug has a pin and a circuit. The pin is physically compatible with the hands-free jack of a wireless telephone. The pin has a speaker connection and a microphone... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6837521 | Foam book with improved binding and method A book with improved binding includes a front cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough, a rear cover page having at least one binding hole extending therethrough and at least one center page having at least one binding hole extending theret... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6812926 | Displaying data containing outlying data items Multiple data items having at least one outlying data item are displayed so as to avoid obscuring the display of non-outlying data items. In this manner, a graphical representation of multiple data items such as, e.g., a bar graph is made more useful. A threshold va... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6779816 | Prescription paper for physicians A prescription paper has reproduction material placed on selected areas of the back side of the paper so that prescription information can be transferred directly onto the patient's records while the prescription writer is writing the prescription. The reproduction ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6692032 | Mole monitoring system The present invention is a nontechnical, nonmechanical, easy to use, healthcare product that allows any individual to monitor changes in moles, freckles, or other skin growths in the comfort of their own home. It doubles as a record-keeping system that al... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6666609 | Flip chart holder An updatable and lockable flip chart holder that can clip into the rail strip or channel of a shelf or fasten to a display at a retail store. The flip chart holder allows manufacturers or promoters of products that are sold at retail to create consumer, e... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6644697 | Integrated shopping list and coupon folder The invention is an integrated shopping list and coupon folder, formed from a single shopping list sheet. Major food and non-food category listings are provided on the shopping list sheet, as well as blank lines for listing individual items, sizes, brands... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6575297 | Example bearing guide to the use of a set of products and method of using the same A method of creating a guide to the use of a set of products, which includes an example set of the products. This method includes providing at least one product guide apparatus that includes transparent, flexible material formed into a set of pockets of s... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6422875 | Device for communicating with a voice-disabled patient A device for communicating with a voice-disabled patient includes, generally, a housing having a display surface, indicia on the display surface that may be utilized by the patient to indicate the status and needs of the patient, and a marker that the pat... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6390508 | Method of producing a customized chart As part of a method of producing a customized chart for use with chart recorder apparatus, a user desiring the customized chart is provided with a list of questions including, for example, the size of the chart; the graduations of the chart with respect t... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6378905 | Personal financial tracking system and method A system, method and device for selectively tracking expenditures against a total monetary amount. The device includes a support having a plurality of response areas for presenting information for selection, and printing indicative of one or more discrete... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6308523 | Simplified subcooling or superheated indicator and method for air conditioning and other refrigeration systems A simple field installable/removable indicator is usable with a field pressure measurement to indicate the degree of subcooling or superheat of refrigerant in a vapor-compression or refrigeration system. The indicator can be attached to a pipe at an appro... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6279958 | Food portion tabulator and method of use A food portion tabulator device that is an aid for calculating and evaluating an individuals daily intake of food portions. The device is self-contained, having various indicia pertinent to various food groups thereon, includes movable pins which correspo... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6260845 | Coaching and task assignment tool A tool is disclosed for providing multiple assignments of each of a plurality of players or participants to each of a plurality of positions or tasks in a sporting event, game or activity. The positions include playing positions and reserve positions. The... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6217077 | Scoring system for horned and antlered game animals The invention is of a kit or system useful for guiding and facilitating the taking, tabulation and processing of measurements as pertain to scoring game animal according to established scoring rules. The kit or system includes a flexible cable which is us... | 04/17/2001 |
