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Patent No. 5970981

Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy

A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.

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Examiner: Hendricks, Keith


Primary examiner statistics: 710 patents; average approval time: 710 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 107 patents; average approval time: 897 days

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7396493 Multilayer optical film with melt zone to control delamination
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Patent No. Patent Title:
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5523393 BCL-2 proteins
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5501975 DNA molecules encoding an ER-located endoprotease
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5474920 Modified thermo-resistant DNA polymerases
5466598 Deacetylcephalosporin C acetyltransferase from Acremonium chrysog...
5466591 5' to 3' exonuclease mutations of thermostable DNA polymerases
5459063 Plasmodium falciparum ribonucleotide reductase DNA
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5457048 Eph-related tyrosine kinases, nucleotide sequences and methods of...
5455170 Mutated thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from Thermus ...
5451522 Genes encoding and method of expressing an enzyme: phthalyl amida...
5445959 Enzyme from microbial source: phthalyl amidase
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