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Pillow with retractable umbrella

A pillow assembly having a supporting assembly and a retractable umbrella assembly that is easily transportable and allows a user to support his/her head while covering their face from sunlight.

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Examiner: Mercedes, Dismery


Primary examiner statistics: 31 patents; average approval time: 51 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 157 patents; average approval time: 162 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
8189285 Method and system for automatic time base adjustment for disk dri...
8184088 Image display apparatus and image display method
8179627 Floating guard band for shingle magnetic recording
8169726 Disk file preamplifier frequency-response and time delay compensa...
8164845 Method and apparatus for asymmetry correction in magnetic recordi...
8159766 Data processing system having data reproduction independent of da...
8154823 Information recording and reproducing apparatus, information reco...
8154822 Analog techniques to decode signals extracted from computer-reada...
8144415 Apparatus, signal-processing circuit and device for magnetic reco...
8144418 Test device for magnetic storage device, magnetic storage device,...
8139305 Systems and methods for timing and gain acquisition
8134794 Method and system for providing an energy assisted magnetic recor...
8130460 Apparatus and method for writing data on a tape medium
8130462 Decoupling magneto-resistive asymmetry and offset loops
8120870 Asymmetry correction in read signal
8102616 Magnetic recording medium, method of fabricating the same, and ma...
8102370 Mode-changeable slim mouse
8102613 System, method and apparatus for determining track pitch in a har...
8098455 Wire-assisted magnetic write device with phase shifted current
8098447 Method and apparatus to limit DC-level in coded data
8094395 Magnetic transfer method and magnetic recording medium
8094403 Correcting errors in position of an HDD write-head
8094401 Writing high frequency pattern over a DC background to detect ski...
8094400 Asymmetry correction in read signal
8089715 Split sector formatting of storage disks
8089714 Deterioration detection method of composite magnetic head and mag...
8077419 Method and apparatus for adjusting a gain of a variable gain ampl...
8077426 Magnetic disk centering method and system
8027120 Magnetic tape device and data recording method
7986481 Magnetic reproducing method for suppressing low temperature noise
7417817 Write driver circuit for magnetic data storage systems

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7545595 Magnetic disk apparatus having an adjustable mechanism to compens...
7532419 Apparatus and method for writing and reproducing data
7502189 Apparatus, signal-processing circuit and device for magnetic reco...
7502186 Disk drive clock tracking circuit, error compensation circuit and...
7492539 Method for controlling a burnish cycle to minimize cycle time
7492540 Apparatus system and method for variable data density patterned m...
7492545 Method and system for automatic time base adjustment for disk dri...
7477463 Master information carrier for magnetic transfer
7474493 Alternative DC-burst servo pattern for perpendicular recording
7474485 Magnetic disk medium, magnetic disk drive, and method for detecti...
7460324 Head amplifier circuit with function for degaussing residual magn...
7453665 Method of adjusting magnetic head of magnetic tape recording and ...
7453663 Disk drives with servo burst patterns radially offset in differen...
7446969 Thermally assisted recording system
7443622 Magnetic recording medium, magnetic recording/reproducing apparat...
7440207 Magnetic-transfer method, magnetic recording medium, and magnetic...
7436615 Using a measured error to determine coefficients to provide to an...
7436610 Disk drive employing different zone boundaries across disk surfac...
7436614 Data storage device and data storage device control
7433141 Data randomization for rewriting in recording/reproduction appara...
7433143 Adjusting track density by changing slope of spiral tracks used t...
7430084 Magnetic tape read channel signal values developed employing inte...
7430089 Data storage device and write processing method for data storage ...
7428116 Method for a cyclic dibit response estimation in a media system u...
7428117 Servo signal inspecting device and method for inspecting servo si...
7423827 Systems and methods for accessing data from a variable polarity h...
7420758 Head system, recording and reproduction system, and magnetic reco...
7414803 Write protected magnetic storage media and associated methods
7405894 Frequency, phase, and gain estimation technique for use in a read...
7397621 Servo pattern characterization on magnetic disks
7394736 Dynamic speed control method for storage device
7382566 Magnetic disk protection mechanism, computer system comprising pr...
7375909 Write driver with power optimization and interconnect impedance m...
7372653 Degauss waveform generator for perpendicular recording write head
7372651 Introducing a noise signal into a read-back signal when data is w...
7369337 Magnetic field application apparatus, magnetic transfer apparatus...
7365928 Write driver with improved boosting circuit and interconnect impe...
7362530 Amplifier apparatus for use with a sensor
7362529 Disk drive with variable density data tracks
7359135 Dynamically adapting a magnetic tape read channel equalizer
 
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