Patents Represented by Attorney Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

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  • Nacelles and nacelle components containing nanoreinforced carbon fiber composite material
    Patent number: 7832983
    Abstract: This invention is directed to nacelles and nacelle components for use in aircraft engines. The nacelles and components comprise composite material containing carbon fiber. The carbon fiber comprises from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight nanoreinforcement material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Goodrich Corporation, Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Teresa M. Kruckenberg, Valerie A. Hill
  • Side handles for a carton
    Patent number: 7832622
    Abstract: A carton includes a plurality of panels that extend at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels includes a first panel, and at least one end flap is foldably connected to the first panel. The end flap can include a handle opening and a handle panel adjacent to the handle opening. A reinforcement panel is in an overlapping relationship with at least a portion of the handle panel. The reinforcement panel may be adhered to the handle panel. The reinforcement panel can be foldably connected to an edge of the handle panel that is distant from the handle opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond Rudolph Spivey, Sr.
  • Packaging method for stacked articles
    Patent number: 7832186
    Abstract: A machine for packaging stacks of articles into containers using selectors for grouping the article stacks. The selectors include arrays of vertically spaced wedge members which engage the articles in each stack. The wedge members are aligned with slots in comb-like guide rails and operate to form groups of predetermined numbers of stacks of articles while keeping the articles in each stack in vertical alignment as they progress through the machine into the containers. A method of grouping stacked articles and a method of packaging stacked articles is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank N. Moncrief, David S. Clark
  • Filtered cigarette incorporating an adsorbent material
    Patent number: 7827997
    Abstract: A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more adsorbents or the compartment may be divided into two regions, wherein one compartment region is filled with an adsorbent and the other compartment region is either filled with an ion-exchange resin or remains empty. The section of filter material adjacent to the tobacco rod may include one or more channels therethrough for passaging smoke directly from the tobacco rod into the adsorbent-filled compartment. The mouth end section of filter material may contain a breakable capsule, wherein the breakable capsule is filled with a flavoring agent capable of altering the taste characteristics of mainstream smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Joanne Naomi Taylor, Paul Fischer Bernasek
  • Puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric
    Patent number: 7828029
    Abstract: A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance material. A first thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to at least one of the sides of the fabric base layer. The first thermoplastic film is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate. A second thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to the first thermoplastic film on at least one of sides of the fabric. The second thermoplastic film is formed from either high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: JHRG, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Holland, Connie W. Holland
  • Metabolically inert antifolates for treating disorders of abnormal cellular proliferation and inflammation
    Patent number: 7829708
    Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment of disorders of abnormal cell proliferation and/or inflammation, such as psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease, in a human or other host animals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Chelsea Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Roberts, Simon Pedder
  • Wheat plants having increased resistance to imidazolinone herbicides
    Patent number: 7829762
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More partitularly, the present invention includes wheat plants and triticale plants containing at least one IMI nucleic acid such as an imidazolinone resistant Brookton BR-8 or Krichauff K-42 cultivar. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these wheat plants and triticale plants and methods of controlling weeds in the vicinity of these wheat plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Department of Agriculture
    Inventors: David Bowran, Iain Barclay, Kevin F. Jose
  • Guitar slide
    Patent number: 7829774
    Abstract: A musical instrument slide including a body portion and a light source. The light source includes a switch for selective activation, enabling the slide body to emit light when activated. As the musician moves the slide across the strings as the instrument, such as a guitar, is played, a visual effect is created by the movement of the light. The body portion preferably is constructed of a material to pass light therethrough, and can be either wholly or partially clear or translucent, or a combination of both. Alternatively or in addition to the light source, the slide body can include an eccentric motor that causes the slide body to vibrate. This vibration, in turn, causes vibration of the guitar strings, or other string instrument, as the slide is positioned on the strings, or moved along the strings, by the musician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Frank N. Moncrief
  • Vaginal drug delivery system and method
    Patent number: 7824383
    Abstract: A vaginal drug delivery system includes a device formed of porous material that holds a flowable therapeutic formulation. The device, preferably in a soft, prewetted state, is inserted into the vagina to reside typically at or near the cervix where it continuously releases the flowable therapeutic formulation through its outer surface which is in contact with the vaginal surfaces. In operation, the flowable therapeutic formulation migrates via capillary forces from a reservoir that is centrally located in the device and through a covering that envelopes the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Family Health International
    Inventors: David C. Sokal, Carol L. Joanis, George A. M. Butterworth, James D. Reed, Robert A. Johnson
  • Package for containers
    Patent number: 7823721
    Abstract: A package for holding a plurality of containers. The package has a top panel and side panels. The package has retention features for retaining the containers and handle features for grasping and lifting the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Sutherland, Colin P. Ford
  • Cooking package
    Patent number: 7824719
    Abstract: A package for heating a food product. The package has a tray with a central panel for supporting the food product and a flexible flap containing a layer of microwave insulating material for heating the food product. The flexible flap has independently movable sections, wraps around the food product, and forms an open ended cooking sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorin R. Cole, Eric Krablean
  • Puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric
    Patent number: 7820570
    Abstract: A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance material. A first thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to at least one of the sides of the fabric base layer. The first thermoplastic film is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate. A second thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to the first thermoplastic film on at least one of sides of the fabric. The second thermoplastic film is formed from either high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: JHRG, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Holland, Connie W. Holland
  • Cash deposit apparatus and method
    Patent number: 7819308
    Abstract: A cash deposit apparatus has a first cash processing unit capable of performing a first cash deposit transaction involving receiving first cash from a user and processing the first cash so as to determine a value of the first cash, and a second cash processing unit capable of performing a second cash deposit transaction involving receiving second cash from the same user and processing the second cash so as to determine a value of the second cash. The apparatus also has a user interface unit and a controller, which is operatively coupled to the first and second cash processing units and to the user interface unit. The controller will detect a first input from the user, control the first cash processing unit, detect a second input from the user, and control the second cash processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: ScanCoin AB
    Inventors: Mårten Österberg, Johan Svensson
  • Bag structures and methods of assembling the same
    Patent number: 7819583
    Abstract: A bag structure includes a bag body including side walls having inner and outer surfaces, and the bag body further includes a top end and a bottom end. A closure member is coupled to the top end for opening and closing the bag body, and an adhesive member is secured to the bag body. The adhesive member includes a reinforced section and an adhesive section. The adhesive member is configured to retain the top end of the bag body in a folded over relationship until the adhesive member is severed along the reinforced section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Walker, Michael L. Iannelli, II, Gary A. Fulk
  • Compositions and methods for restoring sensitivity to treatment with HER2 antagonists
    Patent number: 7815906
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for restoring growth inhibition sensitivity to a tumor cell resistant to growth inhibition by HER2 antagonists. The methods involve administering a PCDGF antagonist to the cell in an amount effective to stimulate or restore growth inhibition sensitivity to HER2 antagonists. The invention also provides treatment regimens, and therapeutic compositions comprising an HER2 antagonist and a PCDGF antagonist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: A & G Pharmaceutical, Inc.
    Inventor: Ginette Serrero
  • Carton blank with a dispenser in the top panel for dispensing pouches
    Patent number: 7815097
    Abstract: A carton is provided for carrying a plurality of pouches which has at least one dispenser in the top panel formed between the handle and the end panel. The carton may have two dispensers, with one formed on each side of the handle between the handle and an end panel. The dispenser is sized so that only one pouch can be dispensed at a time from each row of pouches. The loaded carton can be carried by the handle after a dispenser has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: Graphic Packaging International, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Fogle, Raymond R. Spivey, Sr.
  • Composite receiver for firearms
    Patent number: 7814695
    Abstract: A composite receiver for a firearm having a skeletonized body formed from a metal and having a series of ports formed therein. A cover shell is applied over the receiver body to cover and substantially seal the ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: RA Brands, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael D. Keeney, Marlin R. Jiranek
  • Visor
    Patent number: D627108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Blauer Tactical Systems USA, LLC
    Inventor: Anthony C. Blauer
  • Vehicle floor mat tread
    Patent number: D627285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Omix-ADA, inc.
    Inventors: David E. Hardy, John M. Stanesic
  • Flip top adjustable threshold cap
    Patent number: D627488
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Endura Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Abdollahzadeh, Sean Gilboy