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Patent No. 6637829

Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover

An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.

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Examiner: Suchfield, George A.


Primary examiner statistics: 2610 patents; average approval time: 2607 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 551 patents; average approval time: 629 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7461697 Methods of modifying particulate surfaces to affect acidic sites ...
7455111 Compositions for treating a well penetrating a subterranean forma...
7451817 Methods of using casing strings in subterranean cementing operati...
7451818 Method of reducing sand production from a wellbore
7448451 Methods for controlling migration of particulates in a subterrane...
7448450 Drilling and cementing with fluids containing zeolite
7445041 Method and system for extraction of hydrocarbons from oil shale
7441599 Controlling the pressure within an annular volume of a wellbore
7441609 Method of decreasing the disintegration of shale-containing cutti...
7438129 Water treatment method for heavy oil production using calcium sul...
7438142 Recovery system
7431087 Internal breaker for oilfield fluids
7428926 Water treatment method for heavy oil production
7426959 Systems and methods for producing oil and/or gas
7424913 Methods of using substantially hydrated cement particulates in su...
7422061 Fluid loss additives and methods
7413010 Remediation of subterranean formations using vibrational waves an...
7409991 Methods of using casing strings in subterranean cementing operati...
7404440 Methods of using casing strings in subterranean cementing operati...
7401646 Methods for reverse-circulation cementing in subterranean formati...
7398825 Methods of controlling sand and water production in subterranean ...
7398824 Method for inhibiting or controlling inorganic scale formations w...
7398826 Well treatment with dissolvable polymer
7395863 Method of treating a subterranean formation with an oil-based com...
7392846 Silicate-containing additives for well bore treatments and associ...
7392845 Method of treating oil or gas well with biodegradable emulsion
7392844 Method of treating an oil or gas well with biodegradable low toxi...
7389815 Methods for reverse-circulation cementing in subterranean formati...
7380600 Degradable material assisted diversion or isolation
7380601 Degradable fiber systems for stimulation
7377721 Methods for using reversible phase oil-based drilling fluid
7373977 Process for oil recovery employing surfactant gels
RE40308 Multi-purpose injection and production well system
7363978 Methods of using reactive surfactants in subterranean operations
7360588 Thermal processes for subsurface formations
7357180 Inhibiting effects of sloughing in wellbores
7353870 Methods of using settable compositions comprising cement kiln dus...
7350571 Methods of preparing and using coated particulates
7350574 Methods of retarding the setting of a cement composition using bi...
7347263 Networked polymeric gels and use of such polymeric gels in hydroc...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
4460052 Prevention of lost circulation of drilling muds
4453857 Method for storing hazardous or toxic waste material
4438814 Oil recovery method employing alternate slugs of surfactant and f...
4434849 Method and apparatus for recovering high viscosity oils
4433730 Optimum grading of chemical concentrations in a micellar flood
4428430 Chemical method and apparatus for perforating drill collars
4428429 Method for sweep improvement utilizing gel-forming lignins
4428424 Method of improving oil/water production ratio
4427069 Sand consolidation methods
4421168 Surfactant waterflooding with graded salinity drive for oil recov...
4418753 Method of enhanced oil recovery employing nitrogen injection
4416333 Corrosion inhibiting process for a remotely located deep corrosiv...
4415033 Inverse viscosity grading
4415034 Electrode well completion
4413681 Method of cementing a well bore using a fluid loss additive
4412585 Electrothermal process for recovering hydrocarbons
4410043 Method for inhibition of carbonate dissolution in the recovery of...
4410042 In-situ combustion method for recovery of heavy oil utilizing oxy...
4410216 Method for recovering high viscosity oils
4410041 Process for gas-lifting liquid from a well by injecting liquid in...
4408664 Secondary oil recovery method
4407367 Method for in situ recovery of heavy crude oils and tars by hydro...
4407366 Method for gas capping of idle geothermal steam wells
4406327 Chemically-aided gas cap drive
4406499 Method of in situ bitumen recovery by percolation
4405015 Demulsification of bitumen emulsions
4402363 Demulsification of bitumen emulsions using salts of poly(tertiary...
4402550 Method for forming an in situ oil shale retort with controlled se...
4402633 Method of installing a rock bolt
4402552 Open surface flotation method for extracted crude oil
4399867 Method for injecting a gaseous stream into a hot subterranean zon...
4399866 Method for controlling the flow of subterranean water into a sele...
4398602 Gravity assisted solvent flooding process
4398604 Method and apparatus for producing a high pressure thermal vapor ...
4397352 In situ combustion of tar sands with injection of gases
4397354 Method of using a well treating fluid
4397353 Method for vertical fracture growth control
4396064 Method and apparatus for injecting a gaseous stream into a subter...
4393936 Method for the enhanced recovery of oil and natural gas
4393935 Stimulation of gas wells with phosphate ester surfactants
 
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