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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: Patel, Kanji


Primary examiner statistics: 212 patents; average approval time: 219 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 1 patents; average approval time: N/A

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8090222 Selection of an image or images most representative of a set of i...
8009926 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium s...
8005312 System and method for implementing graphics and video scaling alg...
8005307 Decoding apparatus, decoding method, computer readable medium sto...
8000557 Method for generating an image and an image generator
7995865 Apparatus and method for laying out images and program therefor
7991243 Radial adaptive filter for metal artifact correction
7986855 Block noise detector and detection method, and block noise reduce...
7986857 Apparatus and method for generating image using multi-channel fil...
7986856 Method and apparatus for increasing brightness of image captured ...
7983501 Noise detection and estimation techniques for picture enhancement
7983506 Method, medium and system processing image signals
7978926 Edge ringing artifact suppression methods and apparatuses
7978930 Wide-field image input method and device
7978932 Robust mosaicing method, notably with correction of motion distor...
7978916 System and method for identifying a vascular border
7978938 Multi-behavior image correction tool
7974497 Method of modifying the region displayed within a digital image, ...
7974444 Image processor and vehicle surrounding visual field support devi...
7974490 Apparatus and method to improve clarity of image
7970237 Spatially-varying convolutions for rendering glossy reflection ef...
7970218 Method, system, and computer-readable medium for the adaptive fil...
7970230 Image processing with minimization of ringing artifacts and noise
7961968 Image density conversion method, image enhancement processor, and...
7961975 System and method for reduction of speckle noise in an image
7957606 System and method for edge sharpening
7953301 Apparatus and method for searching for 3-dimensional shapes
7953286 Automatic contrast enhancement
7953288 Edge transition detection in a high-addressable error diffusion e...
7949209 Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, computer pro...
7949199 Image processing method and related apparatus for an image proces...
7949207 Video structuring device and method
7945126 Automatic media edit inspector
7945108 Microscope apparatus control method and microscope apparatus
7945125 Image processing device and image processing control method
7945073 Vein authentication device
7941009 Real-time computerized annotation of pictures
7933461 High-speed dithering architecture
7933454 Class-based image enhancement system
7929803 Image processing

Patents as Assistant Examiner

Patent No. Patent Title:
7957612 Image processing device, method and distribution medium
 
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