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Patent No. 6612440

Banana Protective Device

A banana protective device for storing and transporting a banana carefully.

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Examiner: Lee, Thomas C.


Primary examiner statistics: 6112 patents; average approval time: 6110 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 425 patents; average approval time: 943 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7464384 Method for inter-object communication
7464287 Strategy to verify asynchronous links across chips
7464285 Controlling an accumulation of timing errors in a synchronous sys...
7464284 Systems and methods for driving data over a bus where the systems...
7464283 System and method for producing precision timing signals by contr...
7464279 Pre-activation of network devices
7464277 Microprocessor performance mode control utilizing sensed temperat...
7464259 Microprocessor boot-up controller, nonvolatile memory controller,...
7464256 Bios protection device preventing execution of a boot program sto...
7461280 Recall circuit for quitting a power saving mode
7461244 Method and apparatus to support booting despite deficient resourc...
7460277 System and method for halftoning using a time-variable halftone p...
7458078 Apparatus and method for autonomic hardware assisted thread stack...
7457979 Synchronous follow-up apparatus and synchronous follow-up method
7457978 Adjustable byte lane offset for memory module to reduce skew
7457977 Synchronization of firmware signal updates to regular clock frequ...
7457976 Power management using spare capacity of redundant power supply i...
7457973 System and method for prioritizing data transmission and transmit...
7457971 Monitoring and controlling power consumption in a sequential logi...
7457970 VLIW processor with power saving
7457004 Halftone dot formation method, halftone dot formation apparatus, ...
7457001 Half-toner compositor for use in a print engine/controller
7456997 Color management
7454756 Method, apparatus and system for seamlessly sharing devices among...
7454753 Semaphore management subsystem for use with multi-thread processo...
7454749 Scalable parallel processing on shared memory computers
7454649 Marginless status determination circuit
7454608 Resource configuration in multi-modal distributed computing syste...
7454607 Techniques for managing applications in a portable communication ...
7451491 Method and a device for allowing only a specific kind of hardware...
7451457 Facilitating interaction between video renderers and graphics dev...
7451446 Task supervision
7451339 Pulse-per-second attachment for STP
7451335 Selectively disabling a portion of ASF operations when ASF device...
7451332 Methods and apparatuses for controlling the temperature of a data...
7451330 Portable appliance, power saving method and sound volume compensa...
7451303 Method and system for booting remote computing systems from an op...
7450272 Method and system for printing management
7450271 System and method for optimizing image output quality
7450270 Image data processing methods, hard imaging devices, and articles...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6911388 Individual selective rework of defective BGA solder balls
6787912 Barrier material for copper structures
6660608 Method for manufacturing CMOS device having low gate resistivity ...
6301025 Method for performing a color space transformation
5861960 Image signal encoding apparatus
5818610 Scanner frame
5796495 Image input equipment
5742410 Color image processing apparatus capable of correcting a color de...
5712678 Method and apparatus for scanning a terrain surface
5710644 Color expressing method and image processing apparatus thereof
5689346 Image data processing system
5671070 Tonal consistency in a radiographic image network
5666212 Method of coding image segments of any shape
5638189 Raster scanner, mirror supporting structure of the same and metho...
5581580 Low complexity model based channel estimation algorithm for fadin...
5574572 Video scaling method and device
5574575 Facsimile machine
5570141 Molded frame for fixing optical elements in a liquid crystal shut...
5568284 Image recording apparatus
5566001 Method and apparatus for fax messaging in a selective call receiv...
5563723 Method of calibration of image scanner signal processing circuits
5557267 Apparatus and methods for measurement system calibration
5557426 Image information signal processing apparatus
5543939 Video telephone systems
5539540 Method and associated apparatus for transforming input color valu...
5539534 Method of scaling an image capable of line width preservation
5539780 Computationally efficient data decoder and method used therein
5539529 Facsimile communication with selective call receivers
5537109 Capacitive transducing with feedback
5525980 Method and apparatus for operating a capacitive tactile keyboard
5521652 Proximity controlled safety device for a video monitor
5517327 Data processor for image data using orthogonal transformation
5513212 Conversion of a fax modulation to a data modulation
5510907 Facsimile apparatus having urgency message transmission function
5506694 Scanner-equipped electrophotographic printing machine
5506695 Light shutter apparatus for a photographic film scanner
5506686 Method and device for determining bit allocation in a video compr...
5502574 Facsimile apparatus which can avoid unwanted interline breaks in ...
5500746 Color image input apparatus
5499109 System for transferring messages between input and output devices...
 
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