Patents Represented by Attorney Sheldon & Mak

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  • Polymeric thickeners for oil-containing compositions
    Patent number: 7101928
    Abstract: Novel thickeners for oil-containing compositions are crystalline polymers, preferably side chain crystalline polymers, which (a) have a crystalline melting point, Tp, and an onset of melting temperature, To, such that Tp?To is less than Tp0.7; (b) are soluble in the oil at temperatures above Tp, and (c) have been dispersed in the oil by a process which comprises (i)dissolving the polymer in the oil at a temperature above Tp, and (ii) cooling the solution from step (i) to crystallize the polymer in the oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Landec Corporation
    Inventor: Steven P. Bitler
  • Multi-mode navigation device and method
    Patent number: 7103471
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing dead reckoning position data, orientation, and heading of a person is disclosed. The apparatus uses an algorithm that automatically determines the appropriate set of navigation functions for personal navigation based upon the orientation of the apparatus. Dead reckoning is accomplished by combining electronic heading and motion signals from human ambulation. Individual orientation and human motion measurement is accomplished with motion sensing devices. In one implementation of the invention, a navigation device provides different heading, position, and/or orientation functionality depending on whether the navigation device is affixed to the user in a vertical position or horizontal position, or the navigation device is not affixed to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Levi, Charles T. Judd, Steven J. Davis
  • Magnetic turnaround
    Patent number: 7097026
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring an object from a first conveyor to a second conveyor, the apparatus having a drive roller; a guide having a first end and a length, the first end being positioned adjacent the drive roller; a guide roller, the guide roller being magnetic and positioned adjacent to the guide along the length of the guide; and a conveyor positioned around the drive roller, the guide, and the guide roller; wherein the conveyor has a ferrous component causing the conveyor to be moveably coupled to the guide roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Lawrence Equipment, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric C. Lawrence
  • Method and compositions for treating hepatocellular cancer
    Patent number: 7098306
    Abstract: A method for preventing or for treating cancer in a mammal, where the cancer cells express at least a part of an alpha fetoprotein molecule at the cell surface. The method comprises creating an immune response in the mammal to at least part of the amino acid sequence of an alpha fetoprotein molecule, where the immune response comprises activating alpha fetoprotein peptide specific T lymphocytes against the cancer cells, and where the part of the alpha fetoprotein molecule is selected from the group consisting of residues 137–145 of SEQ ID NO:2, and residues 325–334 of SEQ ID NO:2 and a combination of the preceeding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: James S. Economou, Lisa H. Butterfield, Antoni Ribas Bruguera
  • Portable oxygen sensor analyzer
    Patent number: 7090806
    Abstract: A portable, inexpensive, and easy to operate vehicle oxygen sensor analyzer shows, in real time, on an ultra-bright LED display, the dynamic operation of the oxygen sensor, simulates sensor signals into the computer, while monitoring the oxygen sensor to confirm correct computer operation, and performs a quick, simple and accurate test on the oxygen sensor to prove that it will pass emissions tests for oxygen sensors of the type typically required under emissions control regulations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Inventor: Peter Lenehan
  • Network access pay telephone and conversion kit
    Patent number: 7088808
    Abstract: A kit for converting an existing pay telephone to additionally provide computer network access includes an upper housing unit that latches to a lower housing of the existing telephone, and a network adapter unit which includes a network computer and a control module that selectively disables a hook switch connection to a payphone electronics module of the existing payphone. A coin scanner and an escrow unit of the existing payphone are connected through the control module to the payphone electronics unit. The network computer, in combination with the control module, provides a stand by mode, a pay phone mode, a data mode utilizing an optional data port socket for connection of an external data device, and a network mode. The kit provides for remote management of network functions as well as payphone functions over a single telephone line. Also disclosed is a complete network access pay telephone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Inventor: Li-Ta Ku
  • Party tray
    Patent number: 7083818
    Abstract: A party tray includes a support tray and, on the support tray, a sealed package made up of transparent container body and a polymeric sealing sheet sealed to the rim of the container body. The sealed package contains foodstuffs, in particular respiring foodstuffs such as fresh fruits and vegetables, which rest on the sealing sheet; the sealing sheet is in turn supported by the support tray. The sealed package may include an atmosphere control member. When the party tray is on display, its contents are viewed through the single thickness of the container body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Apio, Inc.
    Inventor: Wesley Paul Pratte
  • Wound healing with feedback control
    Patent number: 7079899
    Abstract: A method of promoting the healing of a wound disposed in soft tissue and having a physical extent is disclosed, comprising the steps of providing control circuitry to control the application of electrical current through a plurality of electrodes; applying three or more electrodes to the surface of the soft tissue around and in proximity to the wound, wherein each of the three or more electrodes is connected to the control circuitry; conducting an electrical current through the three or more electrodes, such that one electrode functions as a current source and one or more of the remaining electrodes functions as a current sink; and switching the function of acting as a current source and as a current sink among the electrodes. A device and suitable control circuitry are also disclosed. Feedback control is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Loma Linda University
    Inventor: Jerrold S. Petrofsky
  • IOL insertion tool with forceps
    Patent number: 7074227
    Abstract: An instrument for double-folding an elastically deformable IOL and for inserting the IOL into the anterior chamber of a patient's eye has a first elongate member and a second elongate member which are independently slidable within a handle. The distal ends of the first elongate member and the second elongate member protrude outwardly from the handle to provide a pair of forceps jaws suitable for gripping an IOL. The forceps jaws can be thrust through a double-folding member wherein the IOL is double-folded. After being double-folded, the IOL can be inserted into a patient's eye where it can be released by the forceps and allowed to unfold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Valdemar Portney
  • Upward and downward compatible data processing system
    Patent number: 7076491
    Abstract: A version-compatible data processing system including an application program for user interaction with stored data, the application program including means for generating, storing, and retrieving data files that each have an array of the data objects, the means for retrieving including means for determining recognition of the object type of each object, and means for retrieving each unrecognized object without processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Wuxi Evermore
    Inventor: Sheng A. Tsao
  • Stackable chair-desk frame
    Patent number: 7059670
    Abstract: A chair-desk frame has a forward portion and a rearward portion. The forward portion has a pair of front legs and a desktop support structure. The rearward portion has a pair of rear legs and a seat support structure. The chair-desk frame includes at least three upper stacking contact points and at least three lower stacking contacting points, all of which are disposed so that a plurality of identical chair-desk frames can be vertically stacked on top of one another in a stable and generally vertical orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Virco Mgmt. Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Mills, Peter Glass
  • Page indexing system and apparatus for forming page shapes of system
    Patent number: 7059226
    Abstract: A finger-operated page turning device for stacked sheets, with methods, apparatus for forming the device as sets offset voids or notches in alternating pages of a stack. The device is operated by simple movements of the thumb and/or fingers of a user's one hand while holding the stack in a curved configuration in the user's other hand. The apparatus includes rotary cutting machines for web sheet material, as well as both computer controlled and hand punches for individual sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Inventors: Edward E. Alon, Bradford T. Sorensen
  • Bridges, elements and junctions for electroosmotic flow systems
    Patent number: 7060170
    Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, stable electroosmotic flow systems and methods for designing the same are disclosed. The invention provides electroosmotic flow systems comprising electroosmotic flow elements, including bridge elements, that have matching flux ratios, i.e., when two or more elements of an electroosmotic flow system are in fluidic and electrical communication at a junction, the flux ratio for each of the elements is selected so that the difference in flux ratios of any two elements is less than a target value. The invention also provides methods for designing such systems. Also disclosed is a novel design for the terminal portions of electroosmotic flow (EOF) and bridge elements and for junctions in electroosmotic flow systems, whereby the elements are designed so that the terminal current flux is much smaller than the element current flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Eksigent Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Phillip H. Paul, David W. Neyer
  • Spa
    Patent number: D522660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Inventor: Casey Loyd
  • Cosmetics container
    Patent number: D523587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Markwins International Corporation
    Inventor: Elizabeth Gill
  • Seating
    Patent number: D524568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Inventor: Roger K. Leib
  • Seating
    Patent number: D525450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Inventor: Roger K. Leib
  • Rocking chair
    Patent number: D526134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Virco Mgmt. Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Glass, Robert J. Mills, Scott L. Fletcher
  • Seating
    Patent number: D526802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Inventor: Roger K. Leib
  • Table base
    Patent number: D526822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: CMS Furniture, Inc.
    Inventors: Cary Ching-Chi Chen, Seong Gyun Shin