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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.

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Examiner: Watts, Douglas D.


Primary examiner statistics: 2950 patents; average approval time: 589 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 621 patents; average approval time: 797 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7131351 Device for post-processing, more particularly sharpening, a tool ...
RE39286 Multi-blade cutting device
7100285 Self-opening handle for a heavy duty artistic knife
7076878 Beard trimmer with internal vacuum
7010859 Disposable cutting head for clippers
7010860 Hand-held cutting device
7007393 Microreplicated shaving element
7003888 Clamping arrangement for receiving a saw blade
7003884 Cutting tool
6990740 Razor assembly with replaceable cartridge
6983541 Utility knife with retracting shield
6983542 Metallized cutlery and tableware
6978547 Beard trimmer with internal vacuum
6973728 Filament trimmer with dual triggers
6973727 Electric driving scissors
6973730 Flexible razor and dispenser with pivoting head
6968620 Electric shaver
6968621 Device for removal and replacement of rotary shaver cutting eleme...
6964097 Shaving apparatus
6959494 Folding blade knife with spring assisted pivoting feature
6959496 Barbecue cooking utensil
6952879 Inner cutter unit for an electric rotary shaver
6952878 Mobile sheet material cutting device
6951056 Electric razor inner blade unit
6948403 Bowed crests for milled tooth bits
6944959 Clamping arrangement for receiving a saw blade in multiple orient...
6944957 Chain saw with a tensioning arrangement
6941661 Folding knife
6941658 Nail clipper
6938347 Shears
6935032 Razor cartridge
6931731 Electric shaver
6928738 Razor with integral trimming wand
6925716 Shaving apparatus
6925717 Industrial scissors
6925718 Tool head
6925720 Hacksaw with blade tension adjustment mechanism
6920695 Hand-held saber saw
6918183 Knife with slidable blade protector
6915579 Punch assembly and methods of using same

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4502217 Shaving instrument
4495697 Plasterboard trimming tool
4494311 Meat trimming knife
4492330 Fastener attacher
4492030 Chain saw bars
4491047 Direct drive band saw
4490909 Travelling pipe cutter
4491261 Hand-operated stapler-punch combination
4489492 Nibbling tool for shearing sheet material
4485954 Tag assembly feeding mechanism
4483068 Razors, razor blades and razor blade dispensers
4483070 Portable backpacked cutter
4483071 Saw guide for a power-driven circular hand saw machine or a jig s...
4482087 Tag attaching device
4479405 Apparatus for cutting saw teeth into saw blades or saw bands
4476632 Multiple flail head for a rotary mower
4476630 Razor with sliding blade cover
4476597 Mountaineering implement
4475285 Electric shaver having improved hair disposal system
4472880 Annular saw blade and annular saw
4467914 Means for aligning and securing adjacent conveyor trough structur...
4466187 Portable circular saw
4465218 Apparatus for attaching tag pins
4464867 Radially adjustable lap
4464838 Knife for peeling of tropical fruits
4463890 Staplers
4463907 Cutter wheel for brush chipper
4462157 Snips and shears
4461080 Eviscerating and survival tool
4461417 Tag attacher
4461078 Styling razor
4459744 Razor blade apparatus and method
4458420 Shear pin hilt for knife
4458421 Counter-reciprocating double blade saw
4456162 Tag attacher
4450625 Material handling and shearing attachment for a backhoe
4450998 Staple-driving tools
4450627 Device for determining a correct sawing position for a portable r...
4449300 Hair trimming shears
4449328 Inside, outside honing tool
 
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