Patents Represented by Attorney Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

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  • Deadbolt lock
    Patent number: 7963134
    Abstract: A deadbolt lock includes a deadbolt, a user rotatable actuator, and a lock interface. The user rotatable actuator is operatively connected with the deadbolt for movement of the deadbolt between locked and unlocked conditions when the actuator is changed from an inoperable condition to an operable condition. The lock interface is configured to change the actuator from the inoperable condition to the operable condition in response to proper user manipulation of the lock interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Stephen Rafferty, John William Grosz, Andrew Brian Terrill, Jerry Smith, Mike Enslow
  • Bedside video communication system
    Patent number: 7965309
    Abstract: A video conferencing system and method for establishing video conference sessions between residents of a facility and remote terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Quickwolf Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric W. Mattila, Stanley R. Moote
  • Toothbrushes
    Patent number: 7958589
    Abstract: Toothbrush heads, e.g., for power toothbrushes, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Phillip M. Braun, William R. Brown, Jr., Alexander T. Chenvainu, Thomas A. Christman
  • Keratinocyte growth factor receptor—tyrosine specific inhibitors for the prevention of cancer metastatis
    Patent number: 7960548
    Abstract: Compounds and methods for treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of cancer in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a keratinocyte growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase (KGFR TK) inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment. Also provided are compounds and methods for the treating, inhibiting, or delaying the onset of metastasis in a subject with cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a KGFR TK inhibitor to the subject in need of such treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignees: The Ohio State University Research Foundation, The Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma
    Inventors: J. Thomas Pento, Pui-Kai Li, Robert W. Brueggemeier, John C. Hackett
  • File folder
    Patent number: 7954694
    Abstract: File folders are provided having bent hangers from which a receptacle is suspended so that the top of the receptacle is beneath a rail-engaging portion of the hangers and/or beneath a top of the rail or other supporting structure of office storage equipment. The hangers of the file folder may also be collapsible for use outside the office storage equipment. The hangers may also have a grip, or handle, for removal of the file folder from the office storage equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Ideastream Consumer Product, LLC
    Inventors: Anthony J. DeCarlo, Curtis Patrick Taylor, Daniel V. Perella, Chanseol Chung
  • Method for rating severity of psoriasis
    Patent number: 7955260
    Abstract: Methods for rating the severity of psoriasis in a patient are provided. Such methods comprise assessing the percent of the patient's body surface exhibiting signs of psoriasis, assessing the overall elevation, erythema, and scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques, and classifying the severity of the patient's psoriasis into at least four classes based upon the percent of the patient's body surface exhibiting signs of psoriasis adjusted by the overall elevation, erythema and scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques. In the present methods the weight given to one or more of the overall qualities of elevation, erythema or scale of the patient's psoriasis plaques in classifying the severity of the patient's psoriasis into a higher class is greater than the weight given to other of the overall qualities. A computer readable medium and system for practicing the present methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: DatAcquire, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles N. Ellis
  • Method of producing a composite part from high-density glass granules
    Patent number: 7951317
    Abstract: A method of producing a composite part formed of a thermoplastic matrix reinforced with long glass fibers is provided. The method includes supplying a thermoplastic resin and high density glass granules to an injection or injection-compression device containing a single screw. The high density glass granules include long chopped strands formed of glass filaments sized with a sizing composition. The chopped glass strands may have a length from 6 to 30 mm. In addition, the glass granules may have a glass density between 90 and 99.5% and may have a length to diameter ratio (L/D) ratio of less than L, which is expressed in mm. A composite part obtained using the disclosed method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: OCV Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Yohann Barnaud, Jean-Philippe Gasca, Ludovic Chichignoud
  • Device improving the detection of a ligand
    Patent number: 7947492
    Abstract: A device and method is disclosed for improving the detection of a ligand by a receptor by concentrating microbes by removing particulates from fluid-borne samples and/or causing selective aggregation of concentrated microbes. The device may be configured as a multipath valve capable purifying/concentrating a sample in one orientation and delivering the concentrated sample in another orientation. In one embodiment, the device includes a body that defines a plurality of chambers and pathways and supports a pathogen capture unit that houses a receptor that exhibits specificity for a ligand. In another embodiment, the capture unit houses a plurality of antibody coated generally spherical particles capable of binding to a ligand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
    Inventor: Gary D. Niehaus
  • Drawer lock mechanism
    Patent number: 7946663
    Abstract: A drawer storage container having a plurality of lockable drawers includes a movable lock bar with a drawer catch associated with each of the lockable drawers. The lock bar is moved between an unlocked position and a locked position with an actuator that is coupled to a locking mechanism, such as for example, a key cylinder. Each drawer includes a striker mechanism that is configured to be held by the drawer catch when the lock bar is in the locked position. The actuator includes a release that allows the lock bar to be moved by the striker from the locked to the unlocked position when the striker impacts a camming surface on the catch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Waterloo Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Jon Holcomb
  • Breaker racking tool
    Patent number: 7946197
    Abstract: Disclosed is a racking tool for use with a breaker having a frontwardly-projecting racking screw, the screw being rotatable, about a frontwardly-orientated screw axis, between connected and disconnected positions. The racking tool comprises: a gripping tool that, in use, engages said screw and is rotatable about the screw axis to drive the screw between the connected and disconnected positions; an angle drive mechanism coupled to the gripping tool: and a shaft having a first end operatively coupled to the drive mechanism, a second end and a shaft axis extending from the first to the second end, the shaft, in use, being angularly orientated to the screw axis and adapted such that, with the gripping tool engaged with said racking screw, the screw can be rotated between the connected and disconnected positions by a user standing to one side of the breaker and rotating the shaft about its axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Ontario Power Generation Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph Blom, Dennis Kowalchuk, Mike Chaisson, Rob Johnson
  • Lock
    Patent number: D638278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Lock
    Patent number: D638279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Hook
    Patent number: D638283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Jon Gilbert
  • Lock
    Patent number: D638684
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Scott B. Stevens
  • Ornament
    Patent number: D639204
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Inventors: Kristin Marie Cipolla, Mary Beth Sonneborn
  • Bath grip
    Patent number: D639409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Jon Gilbert
  • Escutcheon
    Patent number: D640078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Moen Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Jon Gilbert
  • Knocker
    Patent number: D640126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Lea Marie Plato
  • Knocker
    Patent number: D640127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company LLC
    Inventor: Scott B. Stevens
  • Mailbox
    Patent number: D640445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Master Lock Company
    Inventor: Scott B. Stevens