Patents Issued in March 18, 2003
  • Slatwall section
    Patent number: D471993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Showall, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Holztrager
  • Window component extrusion
    Patent number: D471994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Dayton Technologies, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael T. Chaney, Philip G. Morton
  • Raised pattern garage door panel
    Patent number: D471995
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Robert A. Kelley
  • Spark plug light
    Patent number: D471996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Lam Man Kuen
  • Luminary housing with flag motif
    Patent number: D471997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: D. Blake Cox
  • Night light
    Patent number: D471998
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventors: Kenneth Cantor, John E. Nemazi
  • Rearlight
    Patent number: D471999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi Yoshida, Shinichi Isayama, Kouichi Hayashi, Kunihiko Kurisu
  • Headlight
    Patent number: D472000
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Hayasaka, Kouichi Hayashi
  • Tail light
    Patent number: D472001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Te Pan, Benny Shen
  • Tail light
    Patent number: D472002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Yu Chen, Shih-Jung Lin
  • Winker for a motorcycle
    Patent number: D472003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takuji Kawano, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Yoshitaka Kubota, Takashi Takizawa
  • Surface configuration of a taillight for a vehicle
    Patent number: D472004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler AG
    Inventors: Peter Pfeiffer, Murat Guenak, Hans-Dieter Futschik
  • Portable rechargeable battery pack with spotlight
    Patent number: D472005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Flying Dragon Development Ltd.
    Inventor: Tit Wing Poon
  • Flashlight
    Patent number: D472006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Rayovac Corporation
    Inventor: John M. Fritz
  • Wall light
    Patent number: D472007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Derungs Licht AG
    Inventor: Erwin Weitgasser
  • Chandelier
    Patent number: D472008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Gulassa & Company
    Inventors: David Paul Gulassa, Paolo Croatto
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D472009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Howard M. Eisenberg
  • Lattice pattern for lamp or hangable accessory
    Patent number: D472010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: World Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Kuelbs, Zhongxing Zhou
  • Lamp arm
    Patent number: D472011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Gingko Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wen-Tsung Chen
  • Ashtray
    Patent number: D472012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Jimmy L. South
  • Cigarette packet with hinged lid
    Patent number: D472013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: G. D S.p.A.
    Inventors: Igino Conti, Eros Stivani, Fiorenzo Draghetti
  • Cosmetic product
    Patent number: D472014
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Physicians Formula Cosmetics, Inc.
    Inventor: Ingrid Jackel-Marken
  • Hand held hair blow dryer
    Patent number: D472015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Zhejiang Superhuman Group Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Young
  • Comb
    Patent number: D472016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: L&N Sales and Marketing, Inc.
    Inventors: Tong J. Kim, Sona N. Patadia, Michael Prince
  • Razor cartridge having a dual purpose soap bar
    Patent number: D472017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: American Safety Razor Company
    Inventors: Jason Kite, Frank Prochaska
  • Container for powdery foundation or the like
    Patent number: D472018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Albion Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiko Murata
  • Container for powder or the like
    Patent number: D472019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Albion Cosmetics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiko Murata
  • Profile of an aquarium base
    Patent number: D472020
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: All-Glass Aquarium Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Brad L. Mihlbauer
  • Pet dish
    Patent number: D472021
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Doskocil Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Melaney Northrop
  • Jewelry cleaning system
    Patent number: D472022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Kassoy, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul J. Thau
  • Dishwasher front door and panel
    Patent number: D472023
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Charles L. Jones, Philip M. Thompson, Tania L. Aldous, Mark W. Baldwin, Viorel Luminosu
  • Vacuum actuated clothes-lint shaver
    Patent number: D472024
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Chrissie Caldwell
  • Trash receptacle holder
    Patent number: D472025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Wabash Valley Manufacturing, Inc
    Inventors: Jerry L. Shilling, Timothy L. Foltz
  • Balanced small basket shopping cart
    Patent number: D472026
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Ivor Michel Walter
  • Tote cart
    Patent number: D472027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Ivor Michel Walter
  • Dolly
    Patent number: D472028
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Norseman Plastics Limited
    Inventor: Edward L. Stahl
  • Motorcycle jack adapter
    Patent number: D472029
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventors: Jun Ji, Jerome Cawley, Dennis Trine
  • Pulling apparatus
    Patent number: D472030
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: I-Ming Lee
  • Separation member extrusion
    Patent number: D472031
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Slooters, Inc.
    Inventors: Fred L. Adams, Robert I. Handler, Robert R. Schlegel
  • Motorsports mailbox
    Patent number: D472032
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Stephen M. Young
  • Miniature rose plant named ‘POULmoon’
    Patent number: PP13658
    Abstract: A new miniature rose plant which has abundant yellow flowers and attractive foliage. The variety successfully propagates from softwood cuttings and is suitable for year round production in commercial glasshouses. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser ApS
    Inventors: L. Pernille Olesen, Mogens N. Olesen
  • Poinsettia plant named ‘Fispue White’
    Patent number: PP13659
    Abstract: The cultivar ‘Fispue White’ is characterized by uniform cream-white bract color; ovate bracts which are slightly folded forming a horizontally or somewhat upward-directed inflorescence with almost no gaps in the arrangement of the bracts around the cluster of cyathia; intensely green foliage and leaves almost without any lobes; medium-tall, relatively compact and well-branched plant habit; and relatively good rooting characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Florfis AG
    Inventor: Katharina Zerr
  • Poinsettia plant named ‘Fismille’
    Patent number: PP13660
    Abstract: ‘Fismille’ is characterized by bright red bract color; relatively large, slightly reflexed involucre formed by ovate and somewhat folded bracts; dark-green foliage which is narrow and ovately shaped with only very weak lobes; very early flowering response; and vigorous growth, in combination with medium to tall, upright plant habit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Florfis AG
    Inventor: Katharina Zerr
  • Citrus tree named ‘Merav’
    Patent number: PP13661
    Abstract: A new variety of mandarin citrus is described that is distinguished by fruit having few or no seeds and a mid late fruit ripening period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: State of Israel-Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
    Inventors: Aliza Vardi, Pinchas Spiegel-Roy, Ahuva Frydman-Shani, Avraham Elchanati, Hana Neumann
  • Poinsettia plant named ‘Duelepink’
    Patent number: PP13662
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Duelepink’, characterized by its inflorescences with inflorescences with dark pink-colored flower bracts; dark green-colored leaves with green-colored petioles; uniform and rounded plant habit; early flowering; large number of cyathia per corymb; and excellent post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Dümmen Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Marga Dümmen
  • Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiesaci’
    Patent number: PP13663
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balfiesaci’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; medium green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and light red-colored flowers that are fully double and positioned above the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Michael S. Uchneat
  • Dahlia plant named ‘Oregon’
    Patent number: PP13664
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Dahlia plant named ‘Oregon’, characterized by its upright, uniformly mounded and compact plant habit; freely branching, full and dense plants; short response time; and red-colored ray florets with bright yellow-colored disc florets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Ans van Haaster
  • Spiraea plant named ‘Sparkling Carpet’
    Patent number: PP13665
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Spiraea plant named ‘Sparkling Carpet’, characterized by its compact, and low mounding plant habit; dense and bushy growth habit; and small leaves that are red when developing and yellow green with red margins when fully expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Tony Huber
  • Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balolefro’
    Patent number: PP13666
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Double Impatiens plant named ‘Balolefro’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; and white-colored flowers that are fully double and positioned above the foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Ball FloraPlant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Michael S. Uchneat
  • Calibrachoa plant named ‘Illumination Blue’
    Patent number: PP13667
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Illumination Blue’, characterized by its cascading and prostrate plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early flowering habit; bright purple-colored flowers with yellow-colored throat; and good weather tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignees: Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd., Tokia Seed Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Daigaku Takeshita, Tsutomu Tokita, Saori Watanabe, Noboru Onishi, Kunihiro Hayashida