Patents Issued in October 6, 2015
  • Mascara and brush container
    Patent number: D740491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: LVMH FRAGRANCE BRANDS
    Inventor: Carole Albertini
  • Cosmetic container
    Patent number: D740492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Yi-Hui Huang
  • Dome for lip gloss holder
    Patent number: D740493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Flickable LLC
    Inventor: Kevin David
  • Golf glove
    Patent number: D740494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CALLAWAY GOLF COMPANY
    Inventors: Catherine Batista, Christian Maki
  • Wrist warmer
    Patent number: D740495
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: THE NORTH FACE APPAREL CORP.
    Inventor: Dan Ramos
  • Mandible shield
    Patent number: D740496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: ARTISENT, LLC
    Inventors: Duco W. Noordzij, Kyle L. Lamson, David C. Rogers
  • Pet bed
    Patent number: D740497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kruger Co., LLC
    Inventors: Lyle Richardson, Mark J. Popkin, Matthew W. McIsaac, Phillip B. Jones, Kevin Michael Kruger
  • Jacket for animal
    Patent number: D740498
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kaperon Specialized Pet Products
    Inventor: Beata Zakowicz
  • Dual pet leash handle
    Patent number: D740499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Sean Blakemore
  • Flat bone shaped dog balance platform
    Patent number: D740500
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BALL DYNAMICS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Krista M. Wickens
  • Pressure washer
    Patent number: D740501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Kächer North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannon L. Taylor, Chris Alan Valentine, Joseph Samuel Nicolich
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D740502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy Janda
  • Floor cleaning device
    Patent number: D740503
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventor: Jake Tyler
  • Wet/dry vacuum powerhead
    Patent number: D740504
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Matthew A. Williams, Alex J. Wall
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D740505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Euro-Pro Operating LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Gidwell
  • Cleaner
    Patent number: D740506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ki Hyun Yoon
  • Floor cleaner accessory tool
    Patent number: D740507
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BISSELL Homecare, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Chun-Hei Chu, Gabriel Yik Kan Tam, Jing Yang
  • Combination bucket and dustpan
    Patent number: D740508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Judith H Brandon
  • Paint roller grid with handle
    Patent number: D740509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bercom International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark W Bergman, Jeffrey T. Given, Matthew V. Leyden, Jeffrey B Waffensmith
  • Handle for portable container
    Patent number: D740510
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: A. Richard Tools Co.
    Inventors: Romeo Arvinte, Francois Panfili
  • Cup holder
    Patent number: D740511
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Chia Pao Living Gear Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: His Tien Chiu, Jiaqiu Peng
  • Jack-stand tray
    Patent number: D740512
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Steven Wray Reeves
  • Winch
    Patent number: D740513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Warn Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Darren G. Fretz, Bryan M. Averill, Steven W. Shuyler, Bryon M. Borntrager, Kyle A. Hartelt, Glenda M. Steele
  • Conveyor belt scraper blade
    Patent number: D740514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: Edwin H. Peterson, Paul B. Harrison
  • Drop box
    Patent number: D740515
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Federal Express Corporation
    Inventors: Imraan Aziz, William G. Tammen, Michael J. Strasser, Troy E. Stevens, Jochen Backs, P. Cameron Imani, Ping-Chan Lin
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘Poulpah068’
    Patent number: PP25970
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant pink with white striping flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘Poulpah064’
    Patent number: PP25971
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant that has abundant, yellow flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year-round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: POULSEN ROSER A/S
    Inventor: Mogens Nyegaard Olesen
  • Cherry tree named ‘PA5UNIBO’
    Patent number: PP25972
    Abstract: ‘PA5UNIBO’ is a novel cherry tree derived from a seedling of unknown cross which was planted at Vignola, Modena Province, Italy. The genus and species (cultivar) of ‘PA5UNIBO’ is Prunus avium. It was initially propagated by grafting to root stocks of varying vigor and, after testing in districts and plantings of differing types, proved to have the qualities proper to a promising new cultivar for the market.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Alma Mater Studiorum-Università degli Studi di Bologna
    Inventors: Stefano Lugli, Riccardo Correale, Michelangelo Grandi
  • plant named ‘NAIROBI’
    Patent number: PP25973
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ficus elastica cultivar named ‘NAIROBI’ is disclosed, characterized by, a compact shape and elliptic to ovate green to grey-green leaves. The new variety is a Ficus elastica typically produced as an ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: J. van Geest Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Jan van Geest
  • plant named ‘First Blush’
    Patent number: PP25974
    Abstract: A new and distinct form of Begonia plant characterized by broad leaves colored silver with a dark star-shape at the leaf base that is surrounded by a purple blush, maroon leaf backs, a bushy habit, light pink flowers in winter to early spring, tolerant of cool temperatures to 33° F., and excellent vigor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel M. Heims
  • plant named ‘Garlayla Imp.’
    Patent number: PP25975
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Gerbera plant named ‘Garlayla Imp.’, characterized by its compact, broadly upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; dense and bushy appearance; numerous inflorescences with red purple-colored ray florets arranged on upright and strong scapes; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Florist Holland B.V.
    Inventor: Melchior Moen
  • plant named ‘HEGHE01’
    Patent number: PP25976
    Abstract: ‘HEGHE01’ is a distinctive variety of Hemigraphis alternata which is characterized by pink and green to white and green variegation of the upper leaf surface, pink coloration of the lower leaf surface, highly bullate leaf texture, highly involuted leaf margins, particularly in immature foliage, with an upward to near-vertical leaf orientation, and a dense growth habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Costa Farms LLC
    Inventor: Porfirio Moran
  • plant named ‘Fuego’
    Patent number: PP25977
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Fuego’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with yellow and dark orange bi-colored ray florets; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AB Kwekersrechten B.V.
    Inventor: Arie Blom
  • plant named ‘Salsa’
    Patent number: PP25978
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helenium plant named ‘Salsa’, characterized by its compact and upright plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; freely flowering habit; inflorescences with dark red-colored ray florets with yellow-colored bases giving a “halo” effect around the disc; and strong peduncles that hold the inflorescences above the foliar plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: AB Kwekersrechten B.V.
    Inventor: Arie Blom
  • Business hanger
    Patent number: RE45709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Pathway IP SARL
    Inventor: Andreas Lehmann
  • Locking pin assembly for an excavator wear member
    Patent number: RE45710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CQMS Pty Limited
    Inventor: Miguel Guimaraes
  • Bottle
    Patent number: RE45711
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Lodestar Ansalt
    Inventor: Raymond David Beverley
  • Signal conversion device
    Patent number: RE45712
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA)
    Inventors: Ichiro Ogura, Koichi Takemura
  • Proppant vessel base
    Patent number: RE45713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Oren, Joshua Oren
  • Hand implant
    Patent number: RE45714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: NORMED Medizin-Technik GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Pech
  • Nectar bottle for a bird feeder
    Patent number: RE45715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Classic Brands, LLC
    Inventor: Bryan Krueger
  • Disposable absorbent garment having stretchable side waist regions
    Patent number: RE45716
    Abstract: A disposable absorbent garment includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The topsheet, backsheet and absorbent core are assembled together to form a layered assembly including a front region, a back region, and a crotch region disposed between the front region and the back region. The layered assembly has a longitudinal plane that extends substantially centrally through the front, back and crotch regions. Each of the front and back regions further includes a pair of ear portions extending in substantially opposite lateral directions with respect to the longitudinal plane. Further, each of the ear portions includes a layered section of a material layer and a stretchable member extendible between a contracted configuration and an extended configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Walter V. Klemp
  • System and method for proportional mixing and continuous delivery of fluids
    Patent number: RE45717
    Abstract: A system and method for mixing and delivering fluids such as contrast media and saline is disclosed including at least two fluid sources, a pump, a joining fluid path for connecting the at least two fluid sources to an inlet to of the pump, and a valve device in the fluid path upstream of the pump. The valve device includes an actuator adapted to restrict flow in at least one of the respective fluid lines connecting the at least two fluid sources to the pump inlet. A patient interface device may be associated with an outlet of the pump. The valve device actuator is generally adapted to restrict the flow in at least one of the respective fluid lines such that a positional change in valve device actuator position provides a change in fluid mixture ratio of the fluids from the at least two fluid sources to the pump inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Bayer Medical Care Inc.
    Inventors: David M. Reilly, John F. Kalafut, Ralph H. Schriver
  • Systems and methods for reversibly blocking nerve activity
    Patent number: RE45718
    Abstract: Systems and methods for blocking nerve impulses use an implanted electrode located on or around a nerve. A specific waveform is used that causes the nerve membrane to become incapable of transmitting an action potential. The membrane is only affected underneath the electrode, and the effect is immediately and completely reversible. The waveform has a low amplitude and can be charge balanced, with a high likelihood of being safe to the nerve for chronic conditions. It is possible to selectively block larger (motor) nerve fibers within a mixed nerve, while allowing sensory information to travel through unaffected nerve fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin L. Kilgore, Warren M. Grill, Cameron C. McIntyre, John T. Mortimer
  • Surface-coated cutting tool
    Patent number: RE45719
    Abstract: This invention provides a surface-coated cutting tool which exhibits excellent fracture resistance and wear resistance in high-speed cutting, such as high-speed gear cutting, high-speed milling, and high-speed drilling. The surface-coated cutting tool includes a hard coating layer composed of an alternately laminated layer structure of at least a thin layer A and a thin layer B formed on the surface of a tool substrate, such as a cemented carbide substrate, a cermet substrate, and a high-speed tool steel substrate. The thin layer A is an (Al, Cr, Si)N layer which satisfies a compositional formula: [AlXCrYSiZ]N (0.2?X?0.45, 0.4?Y?0.75, 0.01?Z?0.2, and X+Y+Z=1 in terms of atomic ratio). The thin layer B is an (Al, Ti, Si)N layer which satisfies a compositional formula: [AlUTiVSiW]N (0.05?U?0.75, 0.15?V?0.94, 0.01?W?0.1, and U+V+W=1 in terms of atomic ratio).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Maeda, Masanori Morikawa, Yuki Matsuoka, Natsuki Ichimiya
  • Functionalized stilbene derivatives as improved vascular targeting agents
    Patent number: RE45720
    Abstract: Novel stilbenoid compounds and their prodrug forms are disclosed, which serve as potent vascular targeting agents useful for the treatment of solid tumor cancers and other diseases associated with unwanted neovascularization. The novel stilbenoid compounds are tubulin-binding stilbenoid analogs structurally related to combretastatin A-1 and combretastatin A-4. The prodrug forms serve as potent vascular targeting agents (VTAs) useful for the treatment of solid tumor cancers and diseases associated with retinal neovascularization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: OXiGENE, Inc., Baylor University
    Inventors: David J. Chaplin, Charles Manly Garner, III, Robert Ronald Kane, Kevin G. Pinney, Joseph Anthony Prezioso, Klaus Edvardsen
  • Relating to binding proteins for recognition of DNA
    Patent number: RE45721
    Abstract: Disclosed are libraries of DNA sequences encoding zinc finger binding motifs for display on a particle, together with methods of designing zinc finger binding polypeptides for binding to a particular target sequence and, inter alia, use of designed zinc finger polypeptides for various in vitro or in vivo applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: GENDAQ, LTD.
    Inventors: Yen Choo, Aaron Klug, Isidro Sanchez-Garcia
  • Precise breeding
    Patent number: RE45722
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in classical breeding, specific genetic elements are rearranged in vitro and inserted back into individual plant cells. Plants obtained through this new plant breeding process do not contain foreign nucleic acid but only contain nucleic acid from the plant species selected for transformation or plants that are sexually compatible with the selected plant species. Plants developed through this new plant breeding process are provided. In particular, potato plants displaying improved tuber storage and health characteristics are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: J.R. SIMPLOT COMPANY
    Inventors: Caius Rommens, Jingsong Ye, Jaime Menendez-Humara, Hua Yan, Craig Richael, W. Leigh Brinkerhoff, Kathy M. M. Swords
  • Process for producing amino acids
    Patent number: RE45723
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid having an average particle size of 1 to 120 ?m to a medium so that the concentration of the crystals of the amino acid becomes 0.5 g/l or more, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture; and a process for producing an amino acid which comprises adding crystals of the amino acid to a medium so that the total surface area of the crystals of the amino acid in the medium becomes 0.02 m2/l, culturing a microorganism having the ability to produce the amino acid in the medium, allowing crystals of the amino acid to form and accumulate in the medium, and recovering the crystals of the amino acid from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: KYOWA HAKKO BIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Shimose, Ryou Ohashi, Katsumi Fujinaga
  • Cantilevered and off-set weapon sights
    Patent number: RE45724
    Abstract: The weapon sights can be used simultaneously in conjunction with another optical sight and can be mounted on the same weapon accessory rail as the other optical sight. The weapon sights include a front sight and a rear sight that detachably mount to the weapon's accessory rail, but are cantilevered and off-set so that they do not interfere with the optical sight mounted to the same accessory rail. The cantilevered configuration and off-set orientation of the rear sight assembly and the front sight post also allow the shooter to transition quickly between the weapon sight of this invention and an optical sight by simply canting the weapon 45 degrees to bring the desired sight on target and into the vertical of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Barry W. Dueck