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Patent No. 5996568

Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd

A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.

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Examiner: Von Buhr, Maria N.


Primary examiner statistics: 422 patents; average approval time: 423 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 151 patents; average approval time: 1108 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7689308 Method, computer-readable medium, and computer program, concernin...
7640078 Multi-mode control algorithm
7580768 Method of adjusting process variables in a processing flow
7558642 Method, apparatus, and product for optimizing manufacturing tests...
7454269 Programmable thermostat with wireless programming module lacking ...
7454270 Dynamic economic dispatch for the management of a power distribut...
7451007 Integration of MES and controls engineering
7447555 Method for engineering a control system
7440815 Vulcanized tire size allocating method, tire manufacturing method...
7437208 System for computer-aided measurement of quality and/or process d...
7433763 Power management logic that reconfigures a load when a power supp...
7428441 Systems and method providing for remote system design
7424338 Broken tool detection system
7424335 Identification of terrestrial foliage location, type and height f...
7421310 Method and apparatus for controlling cooling rates during post-mo...
7418301 Method and apparatus for approximating gains in dynamic and stead...
7418303 System for and method of customizing an animal feed based on nucl...
7409255 Module evaluation method and system
7403829 Estimating method and apparatus and estimating program of wire ha...
7403833 Method for optimizing spatial orientations of computer-aided desi...
7400942 Apparatus for temperature control using a cycle rate control algo...
7400934 Methods and apparatus for polishing control
7398129 Representation of sheet metal part models
7386362 System for adopting a manual lathe for use with a computer contro...
7386369 Digital electrode observation
7379784 Manufacturing execution system for validation, quality and risk a...
7379783 Manufacturing execution system for validation, quality and risk a...
7376471 System and method for exploiting a good starting guess for bindin...
7369905 Method and apparatus for pressure and plasma control during trans...
7369911 Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing move...
7366584 Power tool system including a multi-core cable with an electronic...
7366575 Wafer polishing control
7366578 Method, program and system for designing shape of product, such a...
7366579 Work management support method and work management support system...
7366580 Production line control using shift registers for contact lens ma...
7366581 Replace face operator for solid body modeling
7346408 Two-dimensional graphics for incorporating on three-dimensional o...
7343227 Current sensing temperature control circuit and methods for maint...
7340321 Method and device for milling freeform surfaces
7337037 Controlled wall saw and method for controlling the wall saw

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
5842203 Method and system for performing non-boolean search queries in a ...
5826077 Apparatus and method for adding an associative query capability t...
5819084 Co-presence data retrieval system
5812999 Apparatus and method for searching through compressed, structured...
5806060 Interactive data analysis employing a knowledge base
5801703 Method and apparatus for selectably expandable menus
5797000 Method of performing a parallel relational database query in a ...
5787419 Face image searching apparatus for searching for and displaying a...
5787417 Method and system for selection of hierarchically related informa...
5781904 User interface system and method for traversing a database
5778370 Data village system
5774887 Customer service electronic form generating system
5774714 Zone bit recording enhanced video data layout
5765166 Use of symmetric multiprocessors for multiple hypothesis tracking
5764972 Archiving file system for data servers in a distributed network ...
5764935 High speed active bus
5765146 Method of performing a parallel relational database query in a ...
5764922 I/O system for off-loading operating system functions
5761656 Interaction between databases and graphical user interfaces
5761493 Apparatus and method for adding an associative query capability t...
5761496 Similar information retrieval system and its method
5758347 Layered storage structure for computer data storage manager
5745747 Method and system of lock request management in a data processing...
5745915 System for parallel reading and processing of a file
5745753 Remote duplicate database facility with database replication supp...
5742769 Directory with options for access to and display of email address...
5740468 Data transferring buffer
5737594 Method for matching elements of two groups
5737733 Method and system for searching compressed data
5717925 Information catalog system with object-dependent functionality
5708805 Image retrieving apparatus using natural language
5706494 System and method for constraint checking bulk data in a database
5706506 Method and apparatus for managing relational data in an object ca...
5701512 Data transmission control apparatus for system with input/output ...
5696962 Method for computerized information retrieval using shallow lingu...
5692181 System and method for generating reports from a computer database
5687369 Selecting buckets for redistributing data between nodes in a para...
5687368 CPU-controlled garbage-collecting memory module
5680606 Apparatus and method for creating membership functions
5675827 Information processing system, a processor, and an information ...
 
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