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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: Lamb, Twyler


Primary examiner statistics: 392 patents; average approval time: 392 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 218 patents; average approval time: 1156 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
RE40775 Method for adjusting drive roller linefeed distance
7426063 System and apparatus for image-formation, and computer-readable f...
7375852 System and method for supporting a variety of color spaces in a c...
7375856 Halftone screen frequency and magnitude estimation for digital de...
7375842 Variable data printing using variants
7375845 Picture printing system
7375858 Image data control apparatus and method for image-recording devic...
7365866 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, medium that ...
7365881 Halftone dot-growth technique based on morphological filtering
7365889 System and method for transparency optimization
7362471 Image-forming controller, method therefor, program, and storage m...
7362466 Image forming apparatus and replaceable part and IC chip for the ...
7359072 Printing apparatus
7359086 Graphic-interface, anti-clipping, color-image correction
7355738 Image forming apparatus and method of controlling the apparatus
7355745 Document-to-printer color gamut matching
7355759 Print order/delivery system and method, digital camera, client in...
7355751 Method and apparatus for creating color conversion table
7355757 Fast edge reconstruction with upscaling for pulse width modulatio...
7355737 Apparatus and method for two-color printing based on single color...
7352487 Print control system, print control method, memory medium, and pr...
7349118 Confirmation of secure data file erasure
7349119 Image storage and control device for camera to generate synthesiz...
7349128 Image scanner and peak detecting processing method of image scann...
7346215 Apparatus and method for capturing a document
7345781 Time estimator for printing workflow
7345786 Method for color cast removal in scanned images
7342686 Method and apparatus for providing a color-balanced multiple prin...
7342673 Device for defining participants of a control system for a printi...
7342674 Information processing apparatus, data processing method, print d...
7342675 Systems and methods for improved operation and troubleshooting of...
7339694 Chit printing system, chit printing apparatus and chit printing m...
7339687 Load-balancing distributed raster image processing
7334929 Method of producing multicolor pixel sheet and color filter using...
7336388 Hand held printer correlated to fill-out transition print areas
7336378 Image processing with recognized character codes
7336405 Thermal fixing device for controlling the temperature of a heat m...
7336391 Multi-exposure drawing method and apparatus therefor
7333238 Rendering a printing device pixel map
7333232 Image processing apparatus having a function to receive control p...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6947167 Image formation apparatus which forms images of four page on both...
6765687 Image processing method and apparatus
6714316 Image forming apparatus, image forming system, computer-readable ...
6690477 Printing control apparatus and method
6687020 Video processing apparatus and printing apparatus
6680784 High speed printer with the ability to print at different print d...
6678064 Printer document viewer
6674543 Manually positioned printer with an alignment means
6665088 Page printer and page print system
6654141 Image processing apparatus, image processing method and memory me...
6650427 Self validating printer with ticket voiding features
6639690 Print system
6633406 Image processing apparatus and image forming apparatus which reco...
6624909 Image file format for storing graphical matter and related inform...
6621585 Method and apparatus for register mark identification
6614554 Recording apparatus and method of controlling recording apparatus
6614553 Apparatus and method for image data interpolation and medium on w...
6608698 Printing apparatus and method for saving printing material
6587220 Image recording apparatus provided with an original reading appar...
6580524 Method for profiling and calibrating a digitally controllable pri...
6580521 Print control apparatus, print control method and memory medium
6570664 Printing system, printing apparatus, information processing appar...
6570672 Printing system and method
6567185 Data acquisition and retrieval system for an image reproducing sy...
6567177 IMAGE STORING APPARATUS, IMAGE CONTROL APPARATUS, OUTPUT CONTROL ...
6559973 Electrical storage device for a replaceable printing component
6559958 Printing method and apparatus having multiple raster image proces...
6559972 Method and apparatus for processing image data
6559970 Machineable envelope assembly and method of accurately printing i...
6549294 Variable data print job system
6549300 Method and apparatus for tab printing
6549298 Method and apparatus for bleed-printing and method and apparatus ...
6542257 Image formation apparatus which forms images of four pages on bot...
6538757 Method for automatically reading electronic tickets
6535292 Data processing apparatus capable of communicating with output ap...
6529284 Efficient rendering of masks to a screened buffer using a lookup ...
6519047 Multifunctional machine performing a shuttle-scanning
6519052 Image processing method and apparatus to select a data compressio...
6519053 Method and apparatus for smart job ticket processing for print st...
6519055 Two-dimensional linear interpolation and registration control for...
 
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