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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: Kang, Juliana K.


Primary examiner statistics: 98 patents; average approval time: 1008 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 179 patents; average approval time: 927 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7151865 Optical waveguide device, optical and electrical elements combine...
7146076 Diffractive optical element and optical device using the same
7142758 Optical fiber with quantum dots
7130517 Athermal polymer optical waveguide on polymer substrate
7123803 Optical fiber and optical transmission line and optical communica...
7116887 Optical fiber
7116862 Apparatus and method for providing gain equalization
7114856 Optical connector socket
7110643 Micro lens array and a method of manufacturing a replication mold...
7110628 Reconfigurable microphotonics devices via deformable membrane pla...
7099532 Device for optical signal transmission between two units movable ...
7090408 Ruggedized module for securely retaining multi-optical fiber inte...
7092606 Dynamically tunable photonic bandgap microcavity waveguides via m...
7077578 Hot plugging device for optical transceiver modules
7079723 Optical wavelength cross connect architectures using wavelength r...
7079731 All-optical bistable devices
7076131 Precision two dimensional optical array
7072554 Optical fiber and optical fiber cable using the same
7072539 Wavelength-selective 1×N2 switches with two-dimensional input/ou...
7068867 Ultrasonic position indicator
7062124 Optical filter
7054513 Optical fiber with quantum dots
7050680 Optical coupling device having silicon optical bench and optical ...
7050660 Microfluidic detection device having reduced dispersion and metho...
7050669 Optical cross connect switch with axial alignment beam
7046885 Optical fiber, Raman amplifier, and optical communication system
7043113 Optical multi/demultiplexer, optical multi/demultiplexing method,...
7043116 Dual-port broadband light source with independently controllable ...
7036996 Optical fiber coupling assembly
7035490 Active diffraction grating
7029182 Angled optical connector adapter mounting assembly
7031578 Method and device for passive alignment of optical waveguides and...
7027690 Optical waveguide coupler circuit device
7027680 Switch/variable optical attenuator (SVOA)
7027693 Mounting method for optical member and optical module
7024062 Optical switch with low pressure bubble
7024060 Method and apparatus for continuous measurement of the refractive...
7021840 Optical receiver and method of manufacturing the same
7020375 Waveguide light detecting element
7018108 Rotationally adjustable fiber optic connector

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6920270 Optical fibre with reduced polarization mode dispersion and metho...
6870977 Monolithic integrated optical component including a modulator and...
6859603 Method for fabrication of vertically coupled integrated optical s...
6856744 Optical fiber and optical transmission line and optical communica...
6853794 Apparatus for cleaning optical fiber connectors and fiber optic p...
6850676 Optical fiber block photo mask for loss reduction
6842560 Optical multiplexing circuit and optical multiplexer
6795595 Optical modulator with programmable chirp
6778754 Optical fiber wiring apparatus and optical fiber wiring method
6769818 Transceiver module with a clipping device used in an optical fibe...
6771872 Rotatable holder
6760532 Optical device having dynamic channel equalization
6757455 Micromachine and manufacturing method therefor
6757467 Optical fiber system
6739766 Lens array for use in parallel optics modules for fiber optics co...
6731833 Optical cross connect switch
6721475 Apparatus and method for providing gain equalization
6715934 Receptacle type optical module and production method therefor
6712527 Fiber optic connections and method for using same
6711314 Optical switch control method and apparatus thereof
6687424 Sensing pad assembly employing variable coupler fiberoptic sensor
6687433 WDM optical communication system
6678447 Adjustable multi-beam splitter and fiber coupler
6674947 High density, angled optical fiber array and method
6661937 Fiber squeezing device
6643441 Optoelectronic device having a direct patch mask formed thereon a...
6636660 Monochrometer and wavelength division multiplexer comprising said...
6631222 Reconfigurable optical switch
6628851 MEMS reconfigurable optical grating
6614964 Optical communication apparatus
6606445 Method for producing a holding configuration for at least one she...
6603914 Dispersion compensating fiber with reduced splice loss and method...
6600856 Lensed optical fibers and unique micropipettes with subwavelength...
6594420 Multi-fiber ribbon form factor-compliant, integrated multi-channe...
6591034 Configuration for spatially separating and/or joining optical wav...
6587624 Polarization retaining fiber
6587616 Tuneable optical filter
6584241 Fast, environmentally-stable fiber switches using a Sagnac interf...
6580841 Chirped fiber acousto-optic bandpass filter
6577802 Application of silane-enhanced adhesion promoters for optical fib...
 
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