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Patent No. 6205950

Pet Toilet-Like Water Disk and Food Storage

One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."

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Examiner: Rodriguez, Joseph


Primary examiner statistics: 139 patents; average approval time: 149 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 286 patents; average approval time: 286 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7461744 Apparatus for separating fibers from reject material
7461746 Portable screening/washing plant with scrubbing mill
7461747 Machine for the orderly storage and delivery of banknotes
7451880 Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
7448498 Spreading device and adjustable grading system incorporating same
7445121 Dynamic separator
7446277 Method for sorting integrated circuit devices
7441663 Tray assembly having hinged dividers
7442896 Method for processing mail
7442897 Apparatus and methods for identifying and processing mail using a...
7441661 Solids/liquids separator
7438188 Device for use in placer mining operations and method
7438190 Apparatus and method for isolating materials
7439468 Method of sorting postal items with predictive management of sort...
7434694 Cyclone separator with stacked baffles
7434696 Inlet head for a cyclone separator
7422117 Continuous change order processing
7422116 Self-propelled screening apparatus
7419058 System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recyclin...
7417203 Method and device for sorting objects
7416085 Sieving device having beating elements
7413086 Inline sifter
7414219 System and method for grouping mail pieces in a sorter
7410064 Circular-cylinder sieve
7410063 Method and system for sorting particles sampled from air
7407056 Automatic container recycling apparatus
7407047 Disk-shaped object sorter
7395934 Batching with feedback correction
7397010 Sorting device for flat mail items
7397011 Device for the sorting of flat mailings
7392908 Methods and apparatus for sorting particles hydraulically
7390987 Method of handling postal objects using dynamic overflow
7389880 Unit and method for processing of shredder residues and uses of a...
7383957 Screening finger tine assembly
7380670 Compact dedusting apparatus
7380674 Method of processing and sorting aggregate material
7374049 Screening plant
7370765 Apparatus for sorting laundry pieces
7365284 Sorting mail in carrier walk sequence
7361861 Modular document sorting apparatus and method

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7170024 Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capa...
7126074 Method for sorting a group of objects
7019244 Electrostatic precipitator
7017754 Method and apparatus for classifying fine balls and method for pr...
7012210 Singulation detection system for objects used in conjunction with...
7004330 Methods and apparatus for watermelon sizing, counting and sorting
7004327 Method for sink and float separation of fine grained mineral raw ...
7004328 Process for extracting and purifying naturally occurring zeolite
7000777 Vibratory separator screens
7000780 Method and device for drying, separating, classifying and decompo...
6998558 Suppresion of mail addressing errors using extended client codes
6994220 Mixed mail sorting machine
6994218 Apparatus for sorting cells and cell alignment substrate of the s...
6988728 Sheet sorter and an image forming apparatus
6986425 Apparatus and method to separate elements or materials of differe...
6983850 Hydrocyclone roping detector and method
6978963 Web feed method and web feed apparatus
6978899 Apparatus for sorting wood chips in separate fractions
6979793 Mail sorting and distributing transfer system
6977353 Apparatus and methods for identifying and processing mail using a...
6976589 Apparatus for sorting articles
6974926 Sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes using optical dipole tr...
6974927 Method and system for optically sorting and/or manipulating carbo...
RE38894 Method and apparatus for testing integrated circuits
6959816 Switch for sorting and guiding parts
6957741 Screening arrangement
6955263 Method for processing sheet material
6955262 Removable seal apparatus for vibratory separator
6953119 System for gathering discarded post-consumer carpet, for recyclin...
6953906 Delivery point sequencing mail sorting system with flat mail capa...
6951285 Air suspension grain cleaner system
6948620 Debris removal from fluidized sand bed
6949715 Method and apparatus for particle size separation
6942104 Rotor with multiple foils for screening apparatus for papermaking...
6938776 Method and a device for the separation of particles
6938780 Centrifugal separator in particular for fluidized bed reactor dev...
6938777 Method for removing surface deposits of concentrated collected pa...
6935511 Centrally supported screen assembly
6935513 Method and apparatus for mixture separation
6926155 Collapsible ballot box
 
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