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Patent No. 6612440

Banana Protective Device

A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully.

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Examiner: Kreck, John


Primary examiner statistics: 589 patents; average approval time: 589 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 268 patents; average approval time: 832 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8113740 Method and apparatus for capturing, storing, and distributing sto...
8113272 Three-phase heaters with common overburden sections for heating s...
8100480 Scraper device, as well as construction machine
8100605 Zeolite composite materials for waste odor control
8096622 Method of controlling mine fires with polymeric gel
8096934 System for treating carbon dioxide, and method for storing such t...
8092118 Carbon sequestration method
8092119 Pipeline buoyancy control assembly and tiedown
8083435 Apparatus for the creation of outer surfaces for structures
8083438 Mechanically produced thermocline based ocean temperature regulat...
8079779 Device for pulling out a ship
8079647 Vibratory milling machine having linear reciprocating motion
8070392 Bearing plate for use in an anchor assembly and related method
8070393 Interlocking retainer ties
8066334 Tool for cutting coke and other hard materials in drums
8061782 Sensors on a degradation machine
8056985 Vibratory machine
8052352 Mine support having a linearly moveable and/or pivoting end plate
8052350 Sacrificial stinger impact absorber
8047743 Geomorphology for environmental remediation process and systems
8047745 Connection element and a sheet pile wall having such a connection...
8047276 Tool for enhancing the extraction of landfill gas
8042610 Parallel heater system for subsurface formations
8043028 Apparatus for providing a support column
8038223 Pick with carbide cap
8033615 Retention system
8033616 Braze thickness control
8033755 Safety device, diving equipment and safety method for scuba divin...
8029068 Locking fixture for a degradation assembly
8025342 Close proximity grinder
8025341 Mobile oil sands mining system
8020941 Cutter bit insert removal system and method
8021081 Pull-style tensioner system for a top-tensioned riser
8007050 Degradation assembly
8007047 Mine refuge
8007051 Shank assembly
8007206 Low profile cable bolt headers
8002498 Systems and methods for underground storage of biogas
8002496 Irrigation pipe
7997660 Hybrid retainer sleeve for tool inserted into block

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7445063 Rock drill bit assembly
6948563 In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation ...
6789625 In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation ...
6752210 In situ thermal processing of a coal formation using heat sources...
6736215 In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation,...
6732792 Multi-well structure for accessing subterranean deposits
6729395 In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation ...
6725928 In situ thermal processing of a coal formation using a distribute...
6725936 Method for drilling a plurality of offshore underwater wells
6722430 In situ thermal processing of a coal formation with a selected ox...
6715549 In situ thermal processing of a hydrocarbon containing formation ...
6712431 Cutting arrangement
6698843 Method and apparatus for remote self-propelled conveying in miner...
6688388 Method for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface
6684952 Inductively coupled method and apparatus of communicating with we...
6681855 Method and system for management of by-products from subterranean...
6679322 Method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the su...
6672674 Longwall mining with blasting
6672673 Ore pass inspection system
6668947 Drill cutting treatment method
6668918 Method and system for accessing subterranean deposit from the sur...
6668943 Method and apparatus for controlling pressure and detecting well ...
6666523 Reef miner with disk and drum cutters
6662870 Method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from a limi...
6662873 Methods and compositions for forming permeable cement sand screen...
6663186 Cutting bit
6644753 Method and apparatus for remote self-propelled conveying in miner...
6641329 Liquid containment/diversion dike
6638204 Method of disposal of waste containing heavy metal
6626248 Assembly and method for jarring a drilling drive pipe into unders...
6623084 Mounting of a rotatable chisel in mining machinery
6620091 Underwater scrubbing of CO2 from CO2-containing hydrocarbon resou...
6609762 Walk behind floor stripping machine with hydraulic drive
6609761 Sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate production from nahcoliti...
6607249 Conical bit penetrator pocket protector for earth displacement eq...
6604580 Method and system for accessing subterranean zones from a limited...
6601656 Method and apparatus for drilling an offshore underwater well
6598673 Wellhead load ring
6591907 In situ thermal processing of a coal formation with a selected vi...
6592295 Erosion control blanket installer
 
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