Patents Issued in May 19, 1998
  • Headset assembly
    Patent number: D394436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ronald W. Hall, Harry B. Taylor, Edward L. Flick
  • Headband headset
    Patent number: D394437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory E. Landreth, Fred I. Polito
  • Removable escutcheon element for a portable telephone handset
    Patent number: D394438
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Nagele, Leonid Soren
  • Faceplate having a keypad cover for a portable telephone
    Patent number: D394439
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas Mischenko, Daryl R. Harris, Daniel L. Williams
  • DE 12V air compressor
    Patent number: D394440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Su-Ching Chen
  • Ice cream freezer
    Patent number: D394441
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Robert Krups GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bruno Leverrier
  • Basketball-type binoculars
    Patent number: D394442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Copitar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Ushiyama
  • Combined monitor screen digital disk recorder and electronic still camera
    Patent number: D394443
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryozo Hayashi, Masao Shimazu, Hirokazu Shibata, Daijiro Tokunaga, Yasuhiko Miyoshi
  • Camera
    Patent number: D394444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomohiro Hoshi, Ichiro Yasumaru, Yuji Kondoh
  • Camera
    Patent number: D394445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuki Nagaoka
  • Camera
    Patent number: D394446
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuki Nagaoka
  • Double piston spring hinge eyeglasses
    Patent number: D394447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: California Design Studio Inc.
    Inventor: Carlos A. Khantzis
  • Eyewear
    Patent number: D394448
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Bausch & Lomb Incorporated
    Inventor: Kip Arnette
  • Electronic calculator
    Patent number: D394449
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Eiichi Shimizu
  • Developing unit for printer and facsimile
    Patent number: D394450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keiji Katoh, Hiroshige Araki, Yasuo Imai
  • Toner cartridge
    Patent number: D394451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mitsuharu Okada
  • Printer for computer
    Patent number: D394452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Oki Data Corporation
    Inventors: Masaaki Iwamoto, Hidenori Ueda
  • Book with an external three-dimensional character
    Patent number: D394453
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Warner Brothers, a division of Time Warner Entertainment
    Inventors: Paula Allen, Michael Harkavy
  • Page marking device
    Patent number: D394454
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventors: Robert Williams, Norman J. Williams
  • Writing instrument
    Patent number: D394455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Multi-purpose information center
    Patent number: D394456
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Day Runner, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas M. Jack
  • Cap for a writing instrument
    Patent number: D394457
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Izushima
  • Information guide display device
    Patent number: D394458
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinji Watanabe, Takaharu Ando, Masao Isshiki
  • Magnetic sign
    Patent number: D394459
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Vincent P. Horner
  • Ring catch game
    Patent number: D394460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Victor F. Schilling
  • Electronic game housing
    Patent number: D394461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Da-Ming Liu
  • Object recognition board game
    Patent number: D394462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Susan Brooks
    Inventor: Sean A. Brooks
  • Wind operated toy
    Patent number: D394463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Joao Romao Farias Filho
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Kim Pagel
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394465
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Sten Schmidt
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394466
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Niels Milan Pedersen
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394467
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Helle Kleist Nielsen
  • Toy palm
    Patent number: D394468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Paul Leadbetter
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Per Steen Nielsen
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Anne Maria Bartholdy
  • Toy bike
    Patent number: D394471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: S.o slashed.ren Frederiksen
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394472
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Marita Joan Munir
  • Toy building element
    Patent number: D394473
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: INTERLEGO AG
    Inventor: Carsten Michaelsen
  • Inflatable work tent
    Patent number: D394474
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: James L. Horne
  • Toy toolbox
    Patent number: D394475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Martin Blumenthal
  • Toy garage
    Patent number: D394476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Martin Blumenthal
  • Toy workbench
    Patent number: D394477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Martin Blumenthal
  • Stuffed toy iguana
    Patent number: D394478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: The Holiday Family, Inc.
    Inventors: Wilson A. Knott, Alan Mace Warner
  • Combined football and rugby character
    Patent number: D394479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventors: Craig S. Burton, Graham R. Nierop
  • Multielastomeric band exerciser
    Patent number: D394480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Timothy M. Heins
  • Exercise device for cradling the head for situps
    Patent number: D394481
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: James DeLisse
  • Exercise device
    Patent number: D394482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Dennis J. Colonello
  • Roller hockey puck
    Patent number: D394483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventors: Steven E. Dusablon, Patrick J. Rolfes
  • Roller skate
    Patent number: D394484
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: Marco Skates Limited
    Inventor: Shiou Wen Yang
  • Billiard table
    Patent number: D394485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Inventor: Rick Flathers