Patents Represented by Attorney Walter D. Ames

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  • Apparatus for cleaning the propulsion means of vehicles
    Patent number: 7980258
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing debris from the propulsion system of a vehicle such as a battle tank, including a tank in which the vehicle is positioned, means for lifting the vehicle in the tank, and means to wash the vehicle's propulsion system while the vehicle is in raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: David G. Midkiff
  • Enzymatic treatment of spent vanilla beans
    Patent number: 7803412
    Abstract: A process for obtaining flavor components from spent vanilla pods and beans, comprises forming a mixture of such spent pods and beans, incubating the mixture with an enzyme capable of destroying the cell membrane systems of said pods and beans for period of time and at a pH and temperature such that said cell membranes break down and release flavor constituents, and thereafter recovering the flavor constituents from the mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: BioKeys for Flavors, LLC
    Inventor: Ivica Labuda
  • Method and apparatus for cleaning the propulsion means of vehicles
    Patent number: 7785423
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing debris from the propulsion system of a vehicle such as a battle tank, including a tank in which the vehicle is positioned, means for lifting the vehicle in the tank, and means to wash the vehicle's propulsion system while the vehicle is in raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: David G. Midkiff
  • Process and product for inhibiting or preventing bacterial infections
    Patent number: 7641923
    Abstract: A pharmacologically effective mixture of a polymyxin composition and a hop composition having a synergistic effect on bacteria greater than the antibacterial effect of those compositions administered separately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: S. S. Steiner, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhard J. Haas
  • Process for decontaminating a fluid
    Patent number: 7517537
    Abstract: A process for decontaminating water, comprising contacting the water with iodine, contacting the solution with a nylon polymer selected from the group consisting of nylon-6, nylon-4,6 and nylon-6,6, and then separating the so-formed iodophor from the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Puritek Inc.
    Inventor: Kathy L. Gottlund
  • Process and product for inhibiting or preventing bacterial infections
    Patent number: 7364747
    Abstract: The combination of a polymyxin composition and a hop composition produces unexpected and synergistic activity against gram positive bacteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignee: S.S. Steiner, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhard J. Haas
  • Hop-based udder and teat dips and washes
    Patent number: 7078062
    Abstract: A method of sanitizing the udders and teats of dairy cows by applying to them an aqueous solution of a hop compound in a concentration sufficient to kill substantial amounts of pathogens but insufficient to cause substantial trauma to the cows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: S.S. Steiner, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerhard J. Haas
  • Resilient, all-surface soles for footwear
    Patent number: 6915595
    Abstract: A resilient shoe sole having a less resilient outer layer and a more resilient inner layer, and retractable studs anchored in the inner, more resilient layer. The bottom surface of the sole has annular grooves formed around the tip portions of the studs to permit those portions to flex when pressure is applied to the bottom surface, as during walking on a hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Inventor: Sidney Kastner
  • Apparatus for washing vehicle tires and wheels
    Patent number: 6895978
    Abstract: Apparatus for washing the wheels and tires of heavy duty vehicles includes a wash trough in which the wheels and tires are washed, and a refuse trough in which refuse from the vehicles is deposited for facile removal. The troughs are separated by a wall having a space therein through which debris from the wash trough is impelled, by a stream of water into the refuse trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Inventor: David G. Midkiff
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D503825
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Inventor: Stanley Jay Friedman
  • Tumbler
    Patent number: D587527
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Compartmented dish
    Patent number: D594280
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Stemware
    Patent number: D607693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Stemware
    Patent number: D607694
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Stemware
    Patent number: D607695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Stemware
    Patent number: D609049
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Solhendler
  • Dish
    Patent number: D609975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Bowl
    Patent number: D618513
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Bowl
    Patent number: D618514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: EMI Yoshi Inc.
    Inventor: Saul Wolhendler
  • Tube holder
    Patent number: D618993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Inventor: Charles R. Reed