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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: Zarroli, Michael C.


Primary examiner statistics: 643 patents; average approval time: 642 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 342 patents; average approval time: 696 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7611375 Wire containment cap
7591696 Ground bonding strap
7562958 Printing material container, and board mounted on printing materi...
7510402 Electrical connector
7462076 Terminal block for connecting electrical conductors
7460365 Interposer for a drive bay
7458853 Connector device having a ground shield device
7455556 Electrical contact
7455524 Signalling interconnect
7452235 Battery connector
7452246 Methods and apparatus for reducing crosstalk in electrical connec...
7452214 Interconnect assemblies, and methods of forming interconnects, be...
7448921 User identification card connecting device for broadcast receptio...
7448919 Cigarette-lighter assembly connector with indicator for verifying...
7449635 Bus joint assembly
7450026 Mounting plate for a notification appliance
7450373 Information handling system chassis foot
7442084 Filter housing
7442094 Telecommunications module
7440281 Thermal interface apparatus
7439646 High power generator with enhanced stator heat removal
7435133 Battery device having a casing with plural terminal grooves where...
7435097 Radial circuit board, system, and methods
7435090 Rotatable video connector for cables and adapters
7432450 Printed circuit board
7431596 Connector assembly with mold removal hole
7433195 Doubled-sided pluggable backplane
7427202 Means of mounting for electronic components, arrangement and proc...
7427204 Dummy plug apparatus with unitary tag
7426108 Portable device docking station
7425149 Connection system for connecting a flat block of components to an...
7426117 Chip on a board
7425147 Electric connector with press unit
7422442 Land grid array socket
7422472 Connector
7416430 Contact connector assembly for a sensor-dispensing instrument
7416438 Connector
7416429 Memory card connector
7416425 Lever-type connector
7413477 Power plug with programmable functionality

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6648693 Guide rail and cam system with integrated lock-down and kick-out ...
6648696 Plug-in connection system having contact paths fixed in an insula...
6641420 Floatable connector assembly with a staggered overlapping contact...
6643418 Electric or opto-electric component with a packaging of plastic a...
6611081 Vibration actuator with two vibration modes
6580198 Surface acoustic wave device having a thin metal oxide film fully...
6571046 Protector system for fiber optic system components in subsurface ...
6571049 Waveguide with hand switch
6567604 Indium plated package for an optical component and process theref...
6566789 Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device and method of manufacturing...
6556764 Apparatus and method for holding an optical fiber component durin...
6546182 Angled fiber termination and methods of making the same
6542653 Latching mechanism for optical switches
6540410 Panel-mounted fiber optic connector
6542652 Method and apparatus for deploying fiber optic cable to a subscri...
6538359 Surface acoustic wave device
6539147 Connectorized inside fiber optic drop
6535685 Arcuate fiber routing using stepped grooves
6534898 Piezoelectric/electrostrictive device having mutually opposing th...
6530796 Plug-in module for adjusting motor
6527451 Optical connector device for holding optical fiber cord
6527583 Electrical plug-and-socket connector having connectable socket ho...
6528927 Piezo actuator with multi-layer conductive film, and method for m...
6526207 Cable assembly and method of making the same
6520805 Memory module with offset notches for improved insertion and stab...
6522049 Apparatus and method for detecting a short circuit to the battery...
6522814 Wiring of optical communication cable to buildings
6522804 Connectorized outside fiber optic drop
6517370 Socket for an electric device with a movable plate that is actuat...
6514106 Positive locking element lead retainer/insulator
6510597 Surface acoustic wave device and method of manufacturing the same
6511336 Solderless flex termination for motor tab
6512323 Piezoelectric actuator device
6511342 Modular instrument panel system having a flat flexible bus
6505975 Connector for optical fiber cord
6506081 Floatable connector assembly with a staggered overlapping contact...
6504989 Optical equipment and methods for manufacturing optical communica...
6504287 Multilayered piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic actuator
6501889 Cable having optical-fibre ribbons and method for modifying the n...
6499891 Rapid cable-splice for high-tensile applications
 
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