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Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy
A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7887998 | Silver halide photographic light-sensitive material Disclosed is a silver halide photographic light-sensitive material comprising at least one silver halide emulsion layer and at least one hydrophilic colloid layer on a support, wherein silver halide in the silver halide emulsion layer has a silver bromide content of... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7476493 | Exposure station for film webs The invention relates to an illuminating station for the production of partially designed areas in one or more layers of a web of sheeting and to optically variable elements produced with such an illuminating station and possessing partially designed areas showing d... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7121203 | Apparatus and method of treating a recording element An apparatus and method of treating a recording element are provided. The apparatus includes a carrier removal station adapted to remove a predetermined percentage of carrier present in the recording element. A converting station is positioned downstream from the ca... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7103242 | Photonic switch with bacterial protein A photonic switch for switching an incoming light beam from a first path to a second path, the photonic switch comprising a light sensitive material with a refractive index able to be changed by an induced light. ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095026 | Methods and apparatuses for selectively limiting undesired radiation An apparatus for selectively limiting undesired radiation from a scene which, in one embodiment, includes an optic that is operative to attenuate radiation by selectively losing transparency in response to radiation within a first wavelength band from a source. The ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7066645 | Positioning device for use in radiography An X-ray cassette or a radiographic grid and X-ray cassette is (are) mounted within a device for positioning the cassette or grid and cassette beneath a patient lying upon a bed or other support to enable an X-ray image of a portion of the patient to be taken. The d... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6994948 | Aqueous developable photoimageable thick film compositions A photoimageable composition comprising finely divided particles of inorganic material comprising coated silver particles that are at least partially coated with at least one surfactant and inorganic binder dispersed in organic medium comprising an aqueous developab... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6977343 | Heat-sensitive material and heat-sensitive element The invention provides a heat-sensitive material having a heat shrinkable material (e.g., a heat shrinkable resin) having dispersed therein electrically conductive particles, which shrinks on heating to allow an electric current to flow. The invention also provides ... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6956984 | Light driven, integrated optical device A fully light-controllable integrated optical switch applicable in a slab geometry configuration includes a waveguide and an ad-medium in contact with the waveguide. The the ad-medium comprises a photochromic protein as a material of non-linear optical property, whe... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6912440 | Camouflage covering and method of manufacture of the camouflage covering A camouflage utilizing countercoloring, countershading, and disruptive coloration principles to provide concealment to a person or object. The method of manufacturing the camouflage covering includes photographing a form and obtaining imagery from the photographs. T... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6331384 | Color filter manufacturing apparatus An apparatus for manufacturing a color filter by coloring a color filter substrate includes a partitioning unit for partitioning the substrate into portions that are to be colored and portions that are not to be colored, a coloring unit for coloring the p... | 12/18/2001 |
| 6322956 | Thin film coater and coating method Disclosed is a method for producing liquid crystal display devices comprising a step for forming a transparent electrode and a circuit element of semiconductor on the surface of a pair of transparent substrates, and various steps for applying a photoresis... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6258516 | Slatted collimator and process for curing photosensitive resin A collimator, in combination with a source of curing radiation, for use in a process for curing a photosensitive resin disposed on a working surface and having a machine direction and a cross-machine direction perpendicular to said machine direction, is d... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6235095 | Ink for inkjet printers An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-se... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6164039 | Method of improving the raw stock keeping of photothermographic films The invention relates to a method of improving raw stock keeping of silver containing imaging material comprising providing a package of said material and providing in said package a fiber board containing zeolite.... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6140028 | Optical recording and reproduction apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide an optical disc and a method of manufacturing thereof wherein defects and deterioration in the optical disc are minimized at the time of manufacture, during operation and storage thereof as well. The inven... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6066439 | Instrument for photoerasable marking Applications of photoerasable colorant composition include photoerasable price markings for pricing goods, documents such as gaming tickets for securely communicating concealed information, photoerasable paint for temporary markings on terrain and structu... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6040120 | Thermal processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus and a thermal processing apparatus are capable of creating a pattern with an excellent line width uniformity. An ACU conditions air to a temperature and a humidity which are suitable to processing which uses a resist of ch... | 03/21/2000 |
| 5908495 | Ink for ink jet printers An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-se... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5879855 | Compositions for making structured color images and application thereof Compositions for making structured color images comprising (a) a soluble pigment precursor which can be transformed to an insoluble pigment by means of chemical, thermal, photolytic or radiation-induced method, and (b) a binder polymer or prepolymer, or a... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5846696 | Blends of polymer and zeolite molecular sieves for packaging inserts The invention relates to a method for improving the keeping of photographic elements comprising placing said elements in a container and placing a material comprising a blend of polymer and molecular sieve particles in said container with said element.... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5827584 | Injection molded article for photographic photosensitive material, molding method thereof and package using the same An injection molded article for photographic photosensitive materials is disclosed, which is formed of a noncrystalline resin composition containing 50 wt % or more of a noncrystalline resin having a melt flow rate of from 1 to 60 g/10 min, a flexural mod... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5698378 | Recovery of photographic polyester support A photographic material comprising a polyester support and an undercoat and/or backcoat layer applied thereto is treated with an alkaline aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide and/or potassium hydroxide. The polyester support can be recovered for reuse wit... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5691123 | Method to selectively remove lubricant from one side of lubricant-coated support Elements having a support with lubricant on both sides can be treated to remove substantially all of the lubricant from one side only. Various chemical, mechanical and electrical treatments are contemplated, but glow discharge treatment is particularly us... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5686227 | Optical reproduction apparatus The object of the present invention is to provide an optical disc, a method of manufacturing thereof and an optical reproduction apparatus including the same wherein defects and deterioration in the optical disc are minimized at the time of manufacture, d... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5681380 | Ink for ink jet printers An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-se... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5674664 | Method and regenerating image support from used image-bearing support In a method of and an apparatus for regenerating an image support from a used image-bearing support which bears thereon hydrophobic images formed of thermofusible or heat-softening ink, a plurality of image releasing members are used for removing the hydr... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5654129 | Method for cleaning acetate-based photographic film with trans-dichloroethylene Trans-dichloroethylene is used in a pure or in a blended state as a cleaning agent for all acetate-based photographic films. In manual cleaning procedures of still-photography and motion-picture films, a soft, lint-free material is moistened with trans-di... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5643356 | Ink for ink jet printers An improved ink suitable for ink jet printing comprising, a mixture of a colorant, an arylketoalkene stabilizing compound or a photoreactor, and a liquid vehicle, wherein the colorant is light-stable. When the photoreactor is combined with a wavelength-se... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5633123 | System for ablative imaging by proximity lithography A system for prolonging the useful life of a mask while ablating a pattern into a workpiece. The system includes a workpiece, a debris-blocking layer thereon, a laser directed toward the workpiece, and a mask provided between the laser and debris-blocking... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5622816 | Direct to stamper/mother optical disk mastering A method and apparatus for creating an optical disk mother or stamper wherein the number of processing steps is greatly reduced from the prior art methods. In particular, the present invention involves directly forming a mother or stamper by direct laser ... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5618655 | Process of reducing trace levels of metal impurities from resist components A process of removing trace metal impurities from an impure resist component solution comprising the steps of: (1) forming an impure resist component solution containing trace amounts of dissolved metallic impurities, the resist component solvent selected from... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5618654 | Photo-controlled spatial light modulator A rhodopsin family protein is inserted into an etalon type cavity having partially reflecting mirrors as principal components having a reflectivity of 50% to less than 100% for light having a wavelength in the 650-800 nm region and a transmissivity of 30%... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5612172 | Method and apparatus for writing onto a photosensitive material using a modulated light beam A method and apparatus for printing on to a photosensitive material. The apparatus includes a light source for producing light composed of at least two colors, a collimator for collimating the light produced by the light source so as form a beam of light,... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5582957 | Resuspension optimization for photographic nanosuspensions A method for storing nanoparticulate suspensions of photographically useful compounds is disclosed that comprises the steps of: providing a suspension of nanoparticulate photographically useful chemical substance in the form of a solid particle dispersion; pro... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5578425 | Disposable element for cleaning radiographic film processing solutions An element for cleaning processing solutions contained in a radiographic film processor is disclosed. The element is comprised of a transparent film support and hydrophilic colloid layers coated on opposite sides of the film support. An infrared opacifyin... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5576153 | Photographic film This invention is a photographic film proposed to facilitate a cutting operation of the photographic film by accurately cutting a longitudinal central position of perforations and to facilitate an editing operation of cut stereo photographs, and has a con... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5571643 | Spectrophotometric quantitation of images in X-ray film and electrophoresis gel bands Images comprised of silver such as X-rays and electrophoresis gel bands, wherein the size and darkness of the image provides useful information, are quantitated utilizing a spectrophotometer to quantify the silver which comprises the image. An image is is... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5543270 | Molded article for photographic photosensitive material, molding method and package A molded article for a photographic photosensitive material formed of a resin composition comprising of (a) 50 wt. % or more of a rubber-containing aromatic monovinyl resin having a melt flow index of 3 to 40 g/10 minutes, a bending elastic modulus of 20,... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5543274 | Photographic film A photographic film which makes it easy to recognize the positions for cutting the photographic film into frames and which can be used for both stereoscopic cameras and general cameras. The photographic film 1 is perforated as designated at 2 along near b... | 08/06/1996 |
