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Fork With Timer

A fork with timer for providing a cue to a user after an elapsed period of time for indicating that another bite of food using the fork may be taken.

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Examiner: Quader, Fazlul


Primary examiner statistics: 44 patents; average approval time: N/A
Assistant examiner statistics: 94 patents; average approval time: 109 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8447729 Techniques for performing indication management
8407231 Document scoring based on link-based criteria
8375014 Database query builder
8200670 Efficient document clustering
8200649 Image search engine using context screening parameters
8200620 Managing service processes
8200617 Automatic mapping of a location identifier pattern of an object t...
8200698 Optimizing distributed and hybrid queries incorporating trust mea...
8195639 Information processing apparatus, music distribution system, musi...
8195625 Datacentroid
8190646 Associative object model for composite entity information
8185494 Data-driven synchronization
8185514 User-interface feature and technique for providing users of a net...
8185503 Document archival system
8180792 Method of processing song claims involving songs including, but n...
8180734 Prioritization of backup tasks in a global de-duplication backup ...
8176024 Information apparatus connected to information terminal having a ...
8176043 Ranking search results
8176076 Method and system for controlling accesses to a database
8176025 Information processing apparatus for storing documents with parti...
8176081 Forms integration of an external data model not implemented throu...
8171059 Data migration management apparatus and management method
8170983 Managing data across a semantic data view and a presentation data...
8170994 Techniques for virtual archiving
8170996 Storage subsystem
8171027 Clustering for additive trees
8171056 Data processor, data processing method, and computer product
8161087 Displaying and manipulating virtual objects on virtual surfaces
8161031 Method for sorting and displaying data on a portable electronic d...
8156072 Method for fast reconstruction of content information
8156163 Storage server cluster implemented in and operating concurrently ...
8156102 Inferring search category synonyms
8150819 Information-processing apparatus searching web server and downloa...
8150857 System and method for context-rich database optimized for process...
8150832 Methods and systems for automatically determining a default hiera...
8145617 Generation of document snippets based on queries and search resul...
8140470 Unified and extensible implementation of a change state ID for up...
8140549 Methods and arrangements of processing and presenting information
8126904 System and method for managing digital footprints
8108380 Inclusion of metadata in indexed composite document

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8180750 Support model integration system and method
8065270 Information processing system, information processing method, and...
8065330 Information management and entertainment system
8060472 Information processing system, information processing method, and...
8051088 Document analysis
8046391 Storage apparatus and its file control method and storage system
8041722 Refining collections of entities in a service registry environmen...
8041699 Process of dynamic taxonomy for browsing and retrieving informati...
8041671 Method and system for providing a homogeneous view of a distribut...
8024308 Electronic previous search results log
8010563 Computer program product and computing system for information org...
7991759 Communication apparatus, communication method and communication p...
7966296 Storage system, storage controller and data compression method
7937407 Access control method, access control system, metadata controllin...
7930291 Constraint processing
7921086 Deterministic space management in deduplication applications
7908241 Data processing system
7890485 Knowledge management tool
7885920 System for managing the property of research and development
7882060 Remote space efficient repository
7882059 Information process apparatus and method, program record medium, ...
7877365 Document integrity verification preparation
7870093 Storage subsystem
7865501 Method and apparatus for locating and retrieving data content sto...
7865484 Computer program integrity verification
7849054 Method and system for creating and maintaining version-specific p...
7840553 Recommending materialized views for queries with multiple instanc...
7831542 Iterative search with data accumulation in a cognitive control fr...
7827144 Methods of reading and writing data
7801878 Method and system for approximate matching of data records
7797320 Dimensionality reduction
7792816 Method and system for fast, generic, online and offline, multi-so...
7788287 System and method for storing and accessing data in an interlocki...
7778992 Computing resource selection method and system
7778993 Dynamic Taxonomy process for browsing and retrieving information ...
7769712 Document validation system and method
7761422 Method and apparatus for reproducing data from recording medium u...
7761437 Named entity extracting apparatus, method, and program
7761436 Apparatus and method for controlling content access based on shar...
7752187 Document management system, document management method, and recor...
 
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