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Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd

A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.

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Examiner: Phan, Dao


Primary examiner statistics: 762 patents; average approval time: 762 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 385 patents; average approval time: 681 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8106827 Adaptive array control device, method and program, and adaptive a...
8106815 System for positioning a terrestrial user
8106828 Location identification using broadcast wireless signal signature...
8106826 Antenna arrangement
8102316 System and method for tracking lost subjects
8102317 Location identification using broadcast wireless signal signature...
8094074 Dynamic radiation pattern antenna system
8089398 Methods and systems for stationary user detection in a hybrid pos...
8089404 Partitioned aperture array antenna
8089403 Mobile terminal
8085190 Method and apparatus for faster global positioning system (GPS) l...
8085196 Removing biases in dual frequency GNSS receivers using SBAS
8085200 System and method for establishing a WPAN with precise locationin...
8081111 Method and apparatus for locating the source of an unknown signal
8081107 Method and system for a location-based broker service (LBS) clien...
8077085 Methods for processing correction messages, correcting position m...
8077088 Method for single satellite geolocation of emitters using an ambi...
8072376 Method and apparatus for mitigating the effects of cross correlat...
8072374 Automatic dependant surveillance systems and methods
8072372 First output position calculation method, storage medium, positio...
8072382 Method and apparatus for ADS-B validation, active and passive mul...
8063822 Antenna system
8054220 Variable measurement rate method for positioning systems
8054222 Method and apparatus for combining measurements and determining c...
8054226 Method for estimating location of nodes in wireless networks
8044849 Method of compactly communicating ionospheric and tropospheric co...
8044858 Regional navigation satellite supplementary system
8035553 System and method for site calibration of a surveying device
8035561 Communication apparatus
8035560 System and apparatus for tracking a person or an animal
8022873 Methods and system for determining angles of sight between two de...
8009094 Method for producing wavefronts at a desired angle
7463194 Method for reducing radio ranging errors due to clock frequency o...
7463193 Beam forming system
7460064 Variable measurement rate method for positioning systems
7460063 Interferometric radiometer
7460065 RTK-GPS surveying system
7456784 Combined global positioning system receiver and radio
7456786 Method and system for variable data rate transmission in RTK GPS ...
7456785 Navigation signal differential acquisition method and systems the...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6577271 Signal detector employing coherent integration
6567040 Offset pointing in de-yawed phased-array spacecraft antenna
6556167 Direct acquisition of very large PN sequences in GPS systems
6353411 Antenna with special lobe pattern for use with global positioning...
6252544 Mobile communication device
6249247 Beam antenna direction measuring method, direction measuring devi...
6249252 Wireless location using multiple location estimators
6236358 Mobile object locator
6236365 Location of a mobile station using a plurality of commercial wire...
6232921 Method and system for adaptive signal processing for an antenna a...
6232922 Passive three dimensional track of non-cooperative targets throug...
6229480 System and method for aligning an antenna
6229482 Method and apparatus for interference mitigation for phased-array...
6225948 Method for direction estimation
6225944 Manual reporting of location data in a mobile communications netw...
6222482 Hand-held device providing a closest feature location in a t...
6218988 Array antenna transmitter with a high transmission gain proportio...
6215442 Method and apparatus for determining time in a satellite position...
6211822 Spaceborne global positioning system for spacecraft
6208291 Highly parallel GPS correlator system and method
6208289 System and method for monitoring and reporting GPS pseudo range c...
6204807 Portable GPS positioning apparatus
6204809 Radio wave receiving apparatus having an improved antenna resolut...
6195037 Method and apparatus for increased system capacity using antenna ...
6191732 Real-time surveying/earth moving system
6191731 GPS receiver having a fast time to first fix
6191734 Satellite tracking apparatus and control method for vehicle-mount...
6188353 Interbuilding and urban canyon extension solution for global posi...
6184829 Calibration for wireless location system
6184825 Method and apparatus for radio frequency beam pointing
6181276 Sector shaping transition system and method
6181275 Positioning by computing pseudo-speeds in a satellite navigation ...
6177907 Method and apparatus for determining an angle of arrival of a tra...
6177906 Multimode iterative adaptive smart antenna processing method and ...
6175330 Array antenna and method for operating an array antenna
6175329 Automatic emergency and position indicator
6175331 Method and apparatus for determining and forming delayed waveform...
6175328 Surveying method and surveying system comprising a radio navigati...
6172639 Signal structure and processing technique for providing highly pr...
6172640 Pet locator
 
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