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Patent No. 6718554

Hands free towel carrying system

A hands free towel carrying system for coupling a towel to a user to prevent loss, theft or contamination.

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Examiner: Natnael, Paulos M.


Primary examiner statistics: 282 patents; average approval time: 282 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 251 patents; average approval time: 251 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7453527 Highly integrated television tuner on a single microcircuit
7450182 Image display apparatus and picture quality correction
7450186 Laser television
7450178 Display synchronization signal generator in digital broadcast rec...
7446817 Method and apparatus for detecting text associated with video
7443449 Information display apparatus, information display method and pro...
7440034 Method and apparatus for transferring data within viewable portio...
7440031 Deinterlacing apparatus and method using detected judder
7436458 Digital broadcast receiver unit
7432988 Address generation for video processing
7432986 Method and apparatus for masking of video artifacts and/or insert...
7432984 Automatic zoom apparatus and method for playing dynamic images
7432981 Apparatus, system, and method for processing digital audio/video ...
7430016 Digital broadcast receiver and method for processing caption ther...
7430021 Video display apparatus having contour correction function
7428018 Apparatus and method for adjusting screen
7425995 Tuner using a direct digital frequency synthesizer, television re...
7423697 Method and apparatus for AC coupling a signal while restoring DC ...
7423695 Displaying an intended video image
7420621 Video and audio signal output device
7420619 Method for controlling partial image enlargement in DMB receiver
7417688 Detecting and selecting between progressive scanned and interlace...
7414673 Method and apparatus for correcting nonlinear color mixing errors
7414677 Apparatus and method for driving image display device using DMD
7414674 Method and apparatus for automatically switching between analog a...
7414671 Systems and methods for display object edge detection and pixel d...
7408588 Image processing circuit, image display device, and an image proc...
7408592 Method and device for dynamically adjusting sync-on-green (SOG) s...
7405767 Video image conversion method for interlaced image to progressive...
7403233 Video circuitry for controlling signal gain and reference black l...
7400363 Image processing apparatus and image processing method
7400362 Method and apparatus to interface video signals to a decoder to c...
7397517 Display system and signal processing using diamond-shaped DMDs
7397516 Television broadcast receiver
7397515 Method and system for cross-chrominance removal using motion dete...
7397512 Information signal processing apparatus, picture information conv...
7397513 Method for representing video data
7394503 Motion detection circuit and method
7391473 Video display method of video system and image processing apparat...
7391482 Image projection lighting device displays and interactive images

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7006164 Automobile audio-video theater system
6970204 Image magnifying circuit
6958782 Frequency converter
6956624 Optical projection apparatus, transmission type screen, and proje...
6912014 Image processing device and method, and recording medium
6894729 Optical projection apparatus, transmission type screen, and proje...
6879348 Method and apparatus for controlling the functions of an image ca...
6879351 Method and apparatus for remote control
6873372 Clipping circuit and image processing device employing such a cli...
6864922 Method and system for periodically displaying a clock on a viewin...
6831700 Video signal processor
6822698 Remotely controlling video display devices
6819363 Video signal processing device
6806914 Method and apparatus for changing the size of image
6806908 Cathode current limiting circuit for projection television displa...
6803966 Digital TV receiver and method for receiving digital TV signal
6798462 Method of processing signals and apparatus for signal processing
6798460 High definition display unit and high definition display method
6784921 Film mode detection method using periodic pattern of video sequen...
6781636 Video-apparatus with histogram modification means
6781635 Display processing system, and portable terminal and conversion a...
6774951 Digital broadcast reception system, digital broadcast reception a...
6765623 Method and apparatus for correcting phase imbalance in received i...
6760078 Digital filtering of DTV I-F signal to avoid low-end boost of the...
6757029 Television receiving apparatus
6747706 Workflow process for managing digital broadcast program productio...
6744472 Graphics display system with video synchronization feature
6744464 Apparatus and method for real-time testing/adjusting of televisio...
6734918 Data slicer circuit
6734921 Processing signal samples of color video image to produce legaliz...
6734920 System and method for reducing error propagation in a decision fe...
6731346 Television receiver
6724435 Method for independently controlling hue or saturation of individ...
6724430 Sampling frequency converter, sampling frequency conversion metho...
6724441 Tuning system and method in broadcast signal receiver
6724442 Optically switchable infrared detector
6724438 Apparatus for compensating digital video signal
6721015 Sound bite augmentation
6717621 Method and apparatus for reducing flicker in a video image sequen...
6710819 Method and system for improved display filtering
 
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