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Patent No. 5823572

Self Defense Weapon With Memo

A self defense weapon formed as a memo pad and which is easily held by a person's fingers, therefore making it possible to provide protection from a mugger and also to quickly and easily write a record or a message without failure of missing or forgetting significant information under a stressful situation.

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Examiner: Boccio, Vincent


Primary examiner statistics: 479 patents; average approval time: 481 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 174 patents; average approval time: 1008 days

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Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6317558 Coder and decoder for recording and reading binary data sequences...
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6285825 Optical disc, recording apparatus, a computer-readable storage me...
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6278836 Information reproducing apparatus for reproducing video signals a...
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6275648 Program guide system for recording television programs
6272278 Video data storage and playback scheme with automatic playback co...
6269220 System decoder and method using a single memory for a digital vid...
6266483 Information recording medium, apparatus and method for recording ...
6266482 Data recording apparatus and method for preventing illegal copyin...
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6243530 Recording device, video output device, video display/record syste...
6240245 Recording/reproducing device for various formats
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6198873 Editing system and video signal output system
6195498 Image reproducing apparatus capable of changing reproducing speed
6195497 Associated image retrieving apparatus and method
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6173112 Method and system for recording in-progress broadcast programs
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6169847 Portable DVD player
6167186 Video recording device for retroactively reproducing a video imag...
6157772 Method and apparatus for reserved-recording a plurality of broadc...
6148185 Feed-forward amplifying device and method of controlling the same...
 
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