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Patent No. 5970981

Mouthguard made at least partially from an edible candy

A mouthguard includes a U-shaped upper bite plate which removably fits over upper teeth of a person, with the entire upper bite plate being made from a soft, deformable and edible gummi candy.

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Inventor: Adrian M. Marinescu


Address: Sammamish, WA
No. of patents: 14
Last patent issue date: 04/17/2012

NumberTitleIssue Date
8161557System and method of caching decisions on when to scan for malware
In accordance with this invention, a system, method, and computer-readable medium that selectively scans files stored on a computing device for malware is provided. One aspect of the present invention includes identifying files that need to be scanned for malware wh...
04/17/2012
7913305System and method for detecting malware in an executable code module according to the code module's exhibited behavior
A malware detection system that determines whether an executable code module is malware according to behaviors exhibited while executing is presented. The malware detection system determines the type of code module and executes the code module in a behavior evaluati...
03/22/2011
7882561System and method of caching decisions on when to scan for malware
In accordance with this invention, a system, method, and computer-readable medium that selectively scans files stored on a computing device for malware is provided. One aspect of the present invention includes identifying files that need to be scanned for malware wh...
02/01/2011
7877802System and method for proactive computer virus protection
A system, method, and computer readable medium for the proactive detection of malware in operating systems that receive application programming interface (API) calls is provided. A virtual operating environment for simulating the execution of programs and determinin...
01/25/2011
7861296System and method for efficiently scanning a file for malware
The present invention is directed toward a system, method, and a computer-readable medium for efficiently loading data into memory in order to scan the data for malware. The logic provided in the present invention improves the experience of a user when operating a c...
12/28/2010
7809670Classification of malware using clustering that orders events in accordance with the time of occurance
The present invention is directed to a method and system for automatically classifying an application into an application group which is previously classified in a knowledge base. More specifically, a runtime behavior of an application is captured as a series of eve...
10/05/2010
7730530System and method for gathering exhibited behaviors on a .NET executable module in a secure manner
A system and method for gathering exhibited behaviors of a .NET executable module in a secure manner is presented. In operation, a .NET behavior evaluation module presents a virtual .NET environment to a Microsoft Corporation .NET code module. The .NET behavior eval...
06/01/2010
7716743Privacy friendly malware quarantines
The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium for quarantining a file. Embodiments of the present invention are included in antivirus software that maintains a user interface. From the user interface, a user may issue a command to qua...
05/11/2010
7707634System and method for detecting malware in executable scripts according to its functionality
A malware detection system and method for determining whether an executable script is malware is presented. The malware detection system determines whether the executable script is malware by comparing the functional contents of the executable script to the function...
04/27/2010
7673341System and method of efficiently identifying and removing active malware from a computer
The present invention provides a system, method, and computer-readable medium for identifying and removing active malware from a computer. Aspects of the present invention are included in a cleaner tool that may be obtained automatically with an update service or ma...
03/02/2010
7640583Method and system for protecting anti-malware programs
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide protection for anti-malware software programs (also referred to herein as anti-malware) that is in addition to the protection that currently exists. In particular, instead of only protecting anti-malware progr...
12/29/2009
7624443Method and system for a self-heating device
A self-healing device is provided in which changes made between the time that an infection resulting from an attack on the device was detected and an earlier point in time to which the device is capable of being restored may be recovered based, at least in part, on ...
11/24/2009
7620990System and method for unpacking packed executables for malware evaluation
A system and method for determining whether a packed executable is malware is presented. In operation, a malware evaluator intercepts incoming data directed to a computer. The malware evaluator evaluates the incoming data to determine whether the incoming data is a ...
11/17/2009
7376970System and method for proactive computer virus protection
A system, method, and computer readable medium for the proactive detection of malware in operating systems that receive application programming interface (API) calls is provided. A virtual operating environment for simulating the execution of programs and determinin...
05/20/2008
 
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