Patents Represented by Attorney Tod R. Nissle

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  • Method and apparatus for producing lightweight concrete structure
    Patent number: 5775047
    Abstract: A cementitious structural member has a high volume of encapsulated captive air and has an unusually high compressive and shear strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: Davies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel M. Jensen
  • Dental implant
    Patent number: 5759033
    Abstract: An implant is loosely inserted in an opening in the bone. A packing composition and/or growth factor is inserted in the opening to anchor the implant in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignees: Dental Marketing Spec., The Jerry W. Bains and Salee C. Bains Irrevocable Trust
    Inventor: James P. Elia
  • Telephone system
    Patent number: 5734707
    Abstract: A telephone system includes a plurality of telephones which do not require the use of a telephone company central switching station and which do not require the use of any other central control station which receives and routes calls made between telephones in the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Inventor: Penelope L. El-Wailly
  • Reciprocating piston assembly
    Patent number: 5724935
    Abstract: An improved piston-cylinder internal combustion engine alters the volume of the combustion chamber without relying on movement of the piston to change the volume of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Inventor: Edward E. Routery
  • Key blanking apparatus
    Patent number: 5720211
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for producing from existing keys a set of blanked keys each having a reduced equivalent size head. A carrying case permits ready concealment of the blanked keys on the person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventor: Leslie L. Cahan
  • Lactose enzyme compositions and method
    Patent number: 5707843
    Abstract: A chemically commercially sterilized enzyme composition for addition to a pasteurized dairy product to reduce gradually the lactose content of the dairy product and to introduce functioning enzymes into the digestive tract of an individual when the dairy product is ingested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • Canine car seat
    Patent number: 5685258
    Abstract: An animal seat is shaped and dimensioned to facilitate the removable securing of the animal seat in position on an existing seat in an automobile or other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Inventor: Phillip J. Fricano
  • Removable washable cover for visor
    Patent number: 5659896
    Abstract: An improved visor includes a C-shaped band which fits around the head of the user and includes a brim attached to the band. A pliable cloth sleeve is provided which removably fits over the visor. The sleeve is removed for washing when soiled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Nellie F. Taylor
  • Polishing apparatus with indexing wafer processing stations
    Patent number: 5649854
    Abstract: Apparatus for polishing a side of a thin, flat wafer of a semiconductor material includes first and second polishing heads which each hold a wafer against a wetted polishing surface and which each rotate and oscillate its respective wafer over the polishing surface. When the first polishing head is moved away from the polishing surface to clean, eject, and replace its wafer, the second polishing head occupies the space over the polishing surface normally occupied by the first polishing head so that the polishing surface is used substantially continuously, and not intermittently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Inventor: Gerald L. Gill, Jr.
  • Punch and die assembly
    Patent number: 5640873
    Abstract: A punch and die assembly includes a punch plate that is displaced in a selected direction of travel to carry the punch toward the die. The punch simultaneously moves laterally with respect to the punch plate and moves rectilinearly divergently away from the direction of travel of the punch plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Inventor: Arvid Bennett Costabile
  • Business form with removable label and method for producing the same with label stock
    Patent number: 5637369
    Abstract: A business form includes a card produced by adhering conventional label stock to the back of the form, by die cutting completely through the form and partially through the label stock to produce a laminate which can be peeled from the business form, and by peeling the laminate from the business form and folding the laminate to form the card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Inventor: Gary E. Stewart
  • Active and illuminated information module for motor vehicle cigar/cigarette lighter or other power receptacles
    Patent number: 5633538
    Abstract: An attachment for a cigarette lighter receptacle in a vehicle simulates the external shape, size, and appearance of a conventional vehicle cigarette light which is normally seated in the cigarette lighter receptacle. A control circuit, light source, smoke detector, and alarm are housed in the attachment. The attachment includes electrical contacts which are connected to the control circuit and which also, when the attachment is seated in the cigarette lighter receptacle, interconnect the control circuit with both the ground and electrical contact of the vehicle cigarette lighter receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Gene A. Nickerson
  • Suspension system for vehicle frame
    Patent number: 5630607
    Abstract: An improved vehicle suspension system compensates for flexure of the frame of the vehicle by permitting the front and rear frame structures to pivot with respect to one another. The pivoting of the front and rear structures is controlled to maintain the structures above the ground and to dampen the pivoting movement of the structures when the structures attempt to move away from a selected orientation with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventor: Thomas D. Yancer
  • Business form with removable label, and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 5630627
    Abstract: A business form includes a removable laminate card produced by adhering a transparent piece of plastic and a layer of backing material to the imprinted back of the form and by die cutting completely through the form and transparent piece of plastic to form a card laminate peelable from the layer of backing material and from the business form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventor: Gary E. Stewart
  • Apparatus for cleaning semiconductor wafers
    Patent number: 5624501
    Abstract: Opposed, conically shaped brushes are utilized to mechanically and chemically removed foreign material from the surfaces of a semiconductor wafer. The brushes are be readily accessed for cleaning and contact a relatively large surface area of the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1997
    Inventor: Gerald L. Gill, Jr.
  • Lock for hand held weapon
    Patent number: 5619817
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing the unauthorized firing of a hand held weapon. The apparatus includes an electrically operated locking system which prevents the firing of a weapon and which, in use, consumes only small amounts of electrical energy. An electrical relay in the apparatus does not consume electrical energy while in the open or the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Inventor: David W. Jones
  • Low pH antimicrobial food composition
    Patent number: 5614241
    Abstract: A nutritionally balanced water soluble powdered food composition which, when mixed with water, has a low pH, extended shelf life, high antimicrobial activity, and which includes protein alpha-amino acids in solution or in suspension. The food composition utilizes a low pH binary protein stabilizer system and a high total acidity--low pH bacteria stabilizer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • Process for removing light absorbing compounds from epidermal plant cells
    Patent number: 5603936
    Abstract: A process is provided for harvesting light absorbing compounds from the epidermal cells of a plant. The plant is subjected to artificial light having wavelengths in the range of 260 to 400 nm. The plant is ground to form a slurry and an enzyme is added to the slurry to breach the walls of cells in the plant to free the light absorbing compounds. A solvent added to the slurry extracts the light absorbing chemicals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1997
    Assignee: Richard A. Ratcliff
    Inventor: Woodrow C. Monte
  • Scanner interactive application program
    Patent number: 5596753
    Abstract: A system for utilizing digitized input information in an application program enables the application program to communicate with a scanner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Fairhaven Software, Inc.
    Inventor: Bhuvnesh J. Bhatt
  • Flood conveyer
    Patent number: 5592958
    Abstract: Apparatus for processing a thin circuit board substrate includes upper and lower input roller assemblies and upper and lower output roller assemblies. A liquid reservoir extends between the input roller assemblies and the output roller assemblies. The thin substrate travels from the input roller assemblies, through the reservoir, and exits the reservoir via the output roller assemblies. The lower input roller assembly includes alternating rollers of different diameter which permit the interleaving of disks with the lower input roller assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Coates, Asi, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth D. Gardner