Patents Issued in May 17, 2011
  • Appliance knob with bezel
    Patent number: D637886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventor: Alan D. Bengtson
  • Lock
    Patent number: D637887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Mark F. Beres, Michael M. Potempa, Brian S. Potempa
  • Lock
    Patent number: D637888
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Yongjin Zheng
  • Wall plate
    Patent number: D637889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Liberty Hardware Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: Geraint Krumpe
  • Cover plate for in-wall mounted electronic component housing
    Patent number: D637890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: David Tschirpke
  • Spiral hanger with connectors for suspending aerial wires or cables
    Patent number: D637891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Hien Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuyoshi Chikiri
  • Shower curtain hook
    Patent number: D637892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Ex-Cell Home Fashions, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles Barrese
  • Hanger
    Patent number: D637893
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jamey Yon
  • Flexible mount
    Patent number: D637894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jason Maurer
  • Connecting cone
    Patent number: D637895
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Unger Marketing International, LLC
    Inventor: David Quinlan
  • Screw type fastener having an unthreaded shank
    Patent number: D637896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: AZEK Building Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael A. Dotsey
  • Mounting bracket useful for ceiling grid systems
    Patent number: D637897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: USG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Matthew Tedesco, James Joseph Lehane, Jr., Abraham Monroe Underkofler, Mark Robert Paulsen
  • Seismic attachment clip for suspended ceilings
    Patent number: D637898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: USG Interiors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Matthew Tedesco, James Joseph Lehane, Abraham Monroe Underkofler, Peder John Gulbrandsen, Mark Robert Paulsen
  • Seismic expansion joint clip for suspended ceilings
    Patent number: D637899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: USG Interiors, Inc.
    Inventors: Lee Matthew Tedesco, James Joseph Lehane, Abraham Monroe Underkofler, Peder John Gulbrandsen, Mark Robert Paulsen
  • Track clip
    Patent number: D637900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Jisook Paik
  • Profiled nut
    Patent number: D637901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Harold Gregory Hinton, Timothy Joseph Gaudry, Jeremy Ross Arnot, Kevin Quirk, Bernard Farrington
  • Case for adhesive tape
    Patent number: D637902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Marc Evon Enterprises Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Evon
  • Container for pouches of smokeless tobacco
    Patent number: D637903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Azionaria Costruzioni Macchine Automatiche A.C.M.A., S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Ghiotti, Fulvio Boldrini
  • Personal care product package
    Patent number: D637904
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: James Joseph Anderson, Guohua Pan
  • Bag clip
    Patent number: D637905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Harold Abrams
  • Pouring spout
    Patent number: D637906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: SIG Technology AG
    Inventors: Felix Rigling, Jörg Helas
  • Cap for a dispensing cartridge
    Patent number: D637907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Steven J. Maxa, Henry C. Gydesen, Bruce E. Nelson
  • Container
    Patent number: D637908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Fleischhacker, James J. Miller, Karen Wood
  • Container
    Patent number: D637909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Fleischhacker, James J. Miller, Karen Wood
  • Cosmetic bottle and cap
    Patent number: D637910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Beauty Bank Inc.
    Inventor: Teresa Yeung
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D637911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Delmar Macaulay, Jason C. Campbell, Erica Heidi Hollmann, Karl A. Bakker
  • Container
    Patent number: D637912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Chris Van Den Wouwer, Andrew Peter Heidel, Gian DeBelder, Gil Palmon, Christopher Robert Kopulos
  • Beverage container
    Patent number: D637913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Schlies, Raymond A. Pritchett, Jr., Jana M. Zeigler, David B. Heisner
  • Container
    Patent number: D637914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Schoeneck Containers, Inc.
    Inventors: David K. Schoeneck, Ernie G. Macke
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D637915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Tao-Chen Huang
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D637916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Paul McNabb, Humberto Garcia-Ruiz
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D637917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Toast Spirits, LLC
    Inventors: Brandis Deitelbaum, Jon Deitelbaum
  • Watch
    Patent number: D637918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jamian R. Cobbett, Philip A. Frank
  • Wristwatch
    Patent number: D637919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Bertolucci SA
    Inventor: Arnaud Duval
  • Watch case
    Patent number: D637920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Parmigiani Fleurier SA
    Inventor: Michel Parmigiani
  • Non-contact rechargeable medical thermometer
    Patent number: D637921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: SanoMedics Development Corporation
    Inventors: Keith Houlihan, Craig Sizer, Abhishek Shrivastava
  • Thermometer cover
    Patent number: D637922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Marc Puglisi, Scott Kennis
  • Ice fishing depth finder
    Patent number: D637923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: A & B Outdoors, LLC
    Inventors: Scot Boutwell, Mitch Arnold
  • Ice fishing depth finder
    Patent number: D637924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: A & B Outdoors, LLC
    Inventors: Scot Boutwell, Mitch Arnold
  • Measure by color ruler
    Patent number: D637925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventors: Gretchen E. Groover, Joseph Groover
  • Voltage detector with bar graph indicator
    Patent number: D637926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: James K Chun
  • Electrical test device
    Patent number: D637927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Megger Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Michael Gilham
  • Wall scanner with pistol-grip handle
    Patent number: D637928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Evans H. Nguyen, Jason R. Crowe, Scott D. Bublitz, Mike N. Jones
  • Liquid chromatography apparatus
    Patent number: D637929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Masami Tomita
  • Detector for liquid chromatography apparatus
    Patent number: D637930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Masami Tomita
  • Autosampler for liquid chromatography apparatus
    Patent number: D637931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Masami Tomita
  • Oven for liquid chromatography apparatus
    Patent number: D637932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Shimadzu Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Masami Tomita
  • Extension for marking and detecting an underground utility
    Patent number: D637933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Infinity Times Infinity, LLC
    Inventor: Martin W. Macey
  • Low profile light bar for emergency vehicles
    Patent number: D637934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: David D Shin
  • Bezel
    Patent number: D637935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Rachel Levy