Patents Issued in October 1, 2002
  • Stopper
    Patent number: D463851
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Gilbert Eastman
  • Shower column
    Patent number: D463852
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: American Standard International Inc.
    Inventor: Franco Bertoli
  • Toilet seat
    Patent number: D463853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignees: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Inax Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Yamanaka, Nobuho Miyawaki, Touichirou Matsuura
  • Fan filter
    Patent number: D463854
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Dwayne E. Reede
  • Stand with a base and a motor housing for a fan
    Patent number: D463855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Tensor Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Sherman, Sam Chen
  • Car motif fan
    Patent number: D463856
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas A. Leslie
  • Headband
    Patent number: D463857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Moldex-Metric, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Dix, Terry L. Grimsley, Mark Magidson
  • Absorbent garment with supplemental pad insert
    Patent number: D463858
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Earle Harry Sherrod, Herb Flores Velazquez, Bonnie Jean Montgomery
  • Clean rongeurs
    Patent number: D463859
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Tibor Koros, Gabriel Koros
  • Removable dental prosthesis
    Patent number: D463860
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventors: Arthur Howard Goldiner, Linda B. Camplese
  • Stirrup for a medical examination table
    Patent number: D463861
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The Brewer Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul J. Siepmann, Michael J. Marchant, Vanessa B. Parrish, John J. Simerlein, Mark A. Gilbertson
  • Water massager
    Patent number: D463862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Specialife Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung Yan Yen Lau
  • Sample processing device with carrier
    Patent number: D463863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Casey L. Carlson, Michael R. Harms, Christopher R. Kokaisel
  • Disposable biological fluid container
    Patent number: D463864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Vasogen Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Simon Treadwell, Taras Worona, Jeffrey G. Dayman
  • Retractable garage door screen
    Patent number: D463865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Carmelito R. Badua
  • Building block with aesthetic stone facade
    Patent number: D463866
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Gana Block Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Chul Jang
  • Window component extrusion
    Patent number: D463867
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Mikron Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey R. Franson
  • Interconnectable landscape edging module
    Patent number: D463868
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: John R. Foster
  • Gas discharge lamp
    Patent number: D463869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Walter Holzer
  • Fluorescent tube
    Patent number: D463870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Mass Technology (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Onn Fah Foo
  • Tail light for two-wheeled motor vehicles
    Patent number: D463871
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Seiji Yamaguchi, Masamoto Ito
  • Lower taillight to an automobile
    Patent number: D463872
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Frasher, Peter Horbury, Carl-Inge Magnusson, Andreas Nilsson
  • Headlight to an automobile
    Patent number: D463873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Frasher, Peter Horbury, Carl-Inge Magnusson, Andreas Nilsson
  • Upper taillight to an automobile
    Patent number: D463874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Frasher, Peter Horbury, Carl-Inge Magnusson, Andreas Nilsson
  • Trailer tail light
    Patent number: D463875
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Thomas W. Rogers
  • Apparatus for lighting
    Patent number: D463876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Pollyflame International B.V.
    Inventor: Chuk Shun Chan
  • Flashlight
    Patent number: D463877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Tung Fat Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenneth Kung
  • Lamp for use with computer desk
    Patent number: D463878
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Art Mark International Corporation
    Inventor: Bernd Muller
  • Luminaire housing
    Patent number: D463879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Genlyte Thomas Group LLC
    Inventors: Alejandro Mier-Langner, Robert Scott Gosnell, James Edward Kuchar
  • Receptacle
    Patent number: D463880
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: DCI Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Carol Luedecke, John E. Luedecke, Dill Beaty
  • Cigarette lighter
    Patent number: D463881
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Colibri Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew D. Smith
  • Cigarette lighter
    Patent number: D463882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Colibri Corporation
    Inventor: Young Cheon Kim
  • Lady's shaver
    Patent number: D463883
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Payer Electroprodukte
    Inventor: Jan van Asten
  • Cosmetic case
    Patent number: D463884
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Fu-Shou Kuo
    Inventor: Ming-Tung Fang
  • Ornament for face protector
    Patent number: D463885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Itech Sport Products Inc.
    Inventor: Randall Burns
  • Shin and knee guard
    Patent number: D463886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Hector Cantu, Jr.
  • Ramped cat litter box
    Patent number: D463887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Eleven, LLC
    Inventors: Glen V. Walter, Benjamin Beck, David Harting, Douglas Marsden
  • High pressure cleaning device
    Patent number: D463888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Rolf Rehkugler, Paulo Kolicheski
  • Steam generating canister
    Patent number: D463889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Corporation
    Inventor: Bruno Buzzi
  • Estate bootwiper with diagonal design
    Patent number: D463890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Rileys Limited
    Inventor: Hettiyakandage Piyal Lalindra Fernando
  • Iron
    Patent number: D463891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Goodway Electrical Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Lung Wai Choi
  • Iron guard
    Patent number: D463892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin Brady
  • Wheelbarrow
    Patent number: D463893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Matthias Hoffmann
  • Stackable pallet bracket
    Patent number: D463894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: ERMCO, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali A. Ghafourian, Clinton D. Thornton
  • Memorial for a grave site
    Patent number: D463895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Cynthia Krabbe
  • Differential property sensitive acoustic lens
    Patent number: H2049
    Abstract: A differential property sensitive acoustic lens for non-destructive materials evaluation is described which in a preferred embodiment comprises first and second substantially semicylindrical shaped portions of fused silica disposed in closely spaced relationship along an axial plane, a substantially spherical depression defined in one end of each semicylindrical portion and a flat defined on each semicylindrical portion at the other end, a piezoelectric transducer attached to the flat of each semicylindrical portion, and a paraffin coated aluminum film of preselected thickness disposed between and in laminar contact with the semicylindrical portions for preventing acoustic and electrical cross talk between the transducers and between the semicylindrical portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Shamachary Sathish, Mark J. Ruddell, Robert L. Crane
  • &bgr;-carrageenan, processes for its preparation, and uses therefor
    Patent number: H2050
    Abstract: Purified and substantially pure &bgr;-carrageenan and processes for their preparation. Purified &bgr;-carrageenan can be obtained from a marine macroalga containing &bgr;-carrageenan and/or a precursor thereof by the steps of: A. where the macroalga contains a precursor of &bgr;-carrageenan, reacting the macroalga with an alkaline compound to convert the precursor to &bgr;-carrageenan, B. extracting carrageenan from the macroalga, C. treating the extracted carrageenan with an aqueous quaternary ammonium salt to form a precipitate and an aqueous solution, D. separating the solution from the precipitate, and E. isolating purified &bgr;-carrageenan from the solution. Substantially pure &bgr;-carrageenan can be obtained from purified &bgr;-carrageenan by the further steps of: F. forming a solution of purified &bgr;-carrageenan in water, G. contacting the solution with an ion exchange agent that removes carrageenan which contains sulfate ester from the solution, H.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: FMC Corporation
    Inventors: Gertrudes A. Santos, Donald W. Renn, Lisa E. Dumont, Charles A. Parent
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Orange Urano’
    Patent number: PP13019
    Abstract: A new plant variety of chrysanthemum producing flowers with orange ray florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Dirk Pieters
  • Alstroemeria plant named ‘Stalog’
    Patent number: PP13020
    Abstract: A new and distinct Alstroemeria plant variety producing white flowers of good quality and attractive coloration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Van Staaveren B.V.
    Inventor: C. A. Hoogendorn
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Plus’
    Patent number: PP13021
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Plus’, characterized by its decorative-type inflorescences that are about 7.5 cm in diameter; attractive white-colored inflorescences; response time about 58 days; dark green foliage; freely flowering habit; strong and thick stems; and excellent postproduction longevity with inflorescences maintaining good substance and color for about three weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cornelis P. Vandenberg