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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: Stultz, Jessica


Primary examiner statistics: 175 patents; average approval time: 181 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 269 patents; average approval time: 795 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8189635 Laser diode having nano patterns and method of fabricating the sa...
8189640 Laser light emitting device
8189631 External resonator-type wavelength tunable laser device
8189636 Electrical overstress event indicator on electronic circuitry
8184992 Optical field receiver and optical transmission system
8184671 Semiconductor optical element, semiconductor laser using the semi...
8184670 Smart linear pulsed laser diode driver, and method
8179939 Light emitting and lasing semiconductor devices and methods
8180217 Method for coordinating measurements and calibrations in a passiv...
8179932 Pulse laser apparatus, terahertz measuring apparatus, and teraher...
8179940 Semiconductor laser and method for producing the semiconductor la...
8180228 Programmable phase detector for sequence equalizer for optical ch...
8179928 Passive coherent array using distributed fiber lasers
8175126 Arbitrary optical waveform generation utilizing optical phase-loc...
8175131 Laser media with controlled concentration profile of active laser...
8175125 Laser device
8170425 Optical signal receiving circuit
8170075 Method and apparatus for driving laser diodes
8170078 Laser system
8165181 Polarization purity control device and gas laser apparatus provid...
8160443 Calibration factor for interferometric optical signal-to-noise ra...
8160115 Two-dimensional diode-laser array with broad-band output
8160442 Interferometric optical signal-to-noise ratio measurement using a...
8155162 Nitride semiconductor laser device and method of manufacturing th...
8149887 Planar waveguide laser device
8149892 Structure having photonic crystal and surface-emitting laser
8149888 Single photon source
8150273 Optical receiver with threshold voltage compensation
8149890 Multiple distributed feedback laser devices
8144744 Co-extruded multilayer polymers films for all-polymer lasers
8145072 DQPSK optical receiver
8145061 Optical module implementing a light-receiving device and a light-...
8144738 External cavity wavelength tunable laser device and optical outpu...
8144743 Nitride based semiconductor device and fabrication method for the...
8139618 Light emission device, light emission device driving method, and ...
8139616 Pulsed light generator and pulsed fiber laser
8139620 Nitride semiconductor laser device
8135052 Flexible microcavity structure made of organic materials using sp...
8135050 Automated polarization correction
8135275 Measuring chromatic dispersion in an optical wavelength channel o...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7365923 Heat sink tab for optical sub-assembly
7359103 Transmission type spatial light modulator and transmission type s...
7280263 Reflective spatial light modulator
7274520 Magnification device for timepiece
7267435 Multifocal contact lens
7265919 Flange assembly of an optical system
7256951 Light guide display with protective layer
7256920 Electro-optic modulator
7256926 Optical deflector
7256923 Switchable window based on electrochromic polymers
7249848 Wettable hydrogels comprising reactive, hydrophilic, polymeric in...
7249847 Eyeglass manufacturing method using variable index layer
7248393 Digital micromirror device and method of driving digital micromir...
7242537 Holding and positioning apparatus for an optical element
7237894 Multifocal ophthalmic lens
7232219 Viewing apparatus for simulating impairment
7227707 Holding device for an optical element
7224507 Optical deflector
7221496 Optical element
7218463 Magnifying assembly
7216975 Method for preparing the reactive tinting compound and the tinted...
7215457 Apparatus and methods for modulating refractive index
7213918 Method for making colored silicone hydrogel contact lenses
7212352 Cam mechanism of a lens barrel
7212327 Imaging head, imaging device and imaging method
7201481 Contact lens
7196833 Apparatus for simultaneous OTDM demultiplexing, electrical clock ...
7192138 Ophthalmic lens with optimal power profile
7190530 Projection objectives including a plurality of mirrors with lense...
7187490 Induced dipole alignment of solar concentrator balls
7187507 Optical component and laser irradiation apparatus
7187484 Digital micromirror device with simplified drive electronics for ...
7184189 Apparatus for simultaneous OTDM demultiplexing, electrical clock ...
7180688 Holder/optical-element assembly
7180689 Lens tube of microscope
7165840 Process for producing contact lens having a mark and contact lens...
7163292 Hybrid contact lens system and method
7164520 Packaging for an interferometric modulator
7159981 Progressive refractive power lens
7161748 Zoom lens barrel and optical equipment
 
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