Patents Issued in July 1, 2003
  • Taillight assembly
    Patent number: D476763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: American Products Company
    Inventor: Brian A. Horowitz
  • Light box for a transparency adapter
    Patent number: D476764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Modest Khovaylo, Philipp Refior, Jacklyn M Dowdy
  • Flashlight end cap
    Patent number: D476765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Charles H. Pugh
  • Combined flashlight and clip
    Patent number: D476766
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Rutter Royalty LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lee Halasz
  • Pet collar light
    Patent number: D476767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Margaret M. Warden
  • Sculpted lantern
    Patent number: D476768
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Danny H. Sooferian
  • Combined ceiling rose, emergency light, alarm and detector
    Patent number: D476769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Acbond Limited
    Inventor: David James Pilkington
  • Chandelier
    Patent number: D476770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Genlyte Thomas Group LLC
    Inventor: Richard L. Brunner
  • Lighting fixture assembly connector arm
    Patent number: D476771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Acuity Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas J. Herst, Utkan Salman
  • Finned disposable razor with wings
    Patent number: D476772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: American Safety Razor Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey W. Wonderley
  • Clipper
    Patent number: D476773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventors: Leandro P. Rizzuto, Jr., Kam Fai Fung
  • Cosmetic case
    Patent number: D476774
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Ya-Tsi Lee
  • Cosmetic case
    Patent number: D476775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Ya-Tsi Lee
  • Protective helmet
    Patent number: D476776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Heaume Activites S.A.
    Inventor: Michel Finquel
  • Hand portion of an oven mitt
    Patent number: D476777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Town & Country Linen Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Beyda
  • Hand portion of a pot holder
    Patent number: D476778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Town & Country Linen Corp.
    Inventor: Jeffrey J. Beyda
  • Helmet
    Patent number: D476779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Shoei, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruo Tanaka
  • Animal cabinet
    Patent number: D476780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Jill Catherine Cheshire
  • Bird diaper
    Patent number: D476781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Deborah A. Diamond
  • Dewrinkle machine
    Patent number: D476782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Craig Alan Huddleston
  • Vacuum cleaner
    Patent number: D476783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kondo, Takako Hayashi
  • Portion of a dirt collecting container for floor care appliance
    Patent number: D476784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The Hoover Company
    Inventors: Matthew J. Archer, David W. Moine
  • Sponge
    Patent number: D476785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Martini S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Chezzi
  • Squeegee
    Patent number: D476786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Tadashi Sakurai
  • Paint can spout with brush rest
    Patent number: D476787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: PKG Alliance, Inc.
    Inventor: Garry D. Templeton
  • Garbage can
    Patent number: D476788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Tsong-Yow Lin
  • Pallet
    Patent number: D476789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Rehrig Pacific Company
    Inventors: William P. Apps, Sean T. Ogburn
  • Illuminated relief
    Patent number: D476790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Robert Ruiz, Jr.
  • Mailbox with transparent panels
    Patent number: D476791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Paul J. South
  • Portable mail slot chute with cleat and thumb grip for mail carrier
    Patent number: D476792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Albert Macari
  • Pneumatic tire and innerliner and method for manufacture
    Patent number: H2068
    Abstract: A pneumatic tire and an innerliner for use in a pneumatic tire are provided by the invention. The innerliner comprises a multilayer structure including a barrier layer and an adhesive layer. The barrier is a blend of high chlorine content chlorinated polyethylene elastomer and low chlorine-content chlorinated polyethylene elastomer. The adhesive can include a nitrile rubber composition or an ultra high molecular weight elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: John Darrell Carter, Richard Robinson Smith, William George Perkins, William Chung-Tsing Tung
  • Signal processor
    Patent number: H2069
    Abstract: A signal processor circuit has a phase-locked loop with a low-pass filter for removing phase-modulation components from a clock signal. The processor circuit has an isolated power supply for removing amplitude-modulation components from the same clock signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James L. Rieger, Paul H. Woodworth
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae gene sequence for DNA ligase
    Patent number: H2070
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding a DNA ligase of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed host cells for expressing the encoded protein, and a method for identifying compounds that bind and/or inhibit said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Jo Ann Hoskins, Stanley Richard Jaskunas, Jr., Timothy Ivan Meier, Pamela Kay Rockey, Genshi Zhao
  • Streptococcus pneumoniae gene HI0454
    Patent number: H2071
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the 454 gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed host cells for expressing the encoded protein, and a method for identifying compounds that bind and/or inhibit said protein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Eli Lilly and Company
    Inventors: Robert Brown Peery, Paul Luther Skatrud, Michele Louise Young Bellido, Patti Jean Treadway
  • System and method for managing base stations in a wireless system
    Patent number: H2072
    Abstract: A communications system includes a base station operable to communicate with a terminal unit over a wireless interface and a packet network coupled to the base station and operable to communicate with the base station. The communications system also includes a network management system coupled to the packet network. The network management system is operable to generate a management message to manage the base station. The network management system is also operable to transparently communicate the management message to the base station and to transparently receive a response to the management message from the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Opuswave Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Ledsham, Abid Inam
  • Defect propagation resistant stretch films
    Patent number: H2073
    Abstract: A defect propagation resistant stretch film comprising a polymer of linear low density polyethylene and one or more copolymers selected from the group consisting of low density polyethylene, very low density polyethylene, and ultra low density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Exxon Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventor: Anne M. Culotta
  • Fertile transgenic corn plants
    Patent number: H2074
    Abstract: Fertile transgenic Zea mays (corn) plants which stably express recombinant DNA which is heritable are provided wherein said DNA preferably comprises a recombinant gene which encodes a seed storage protein, so that the amino acid profile of the corn is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: DeKalb Genetics Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald C. Lundquist, David A. Walters, Julie A. Kirihara
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yolaporte’
    Patent number: PP13917
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yolaporte’, characterized by its uniform and upright plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dense dark green foliage; uniform and early flowering habit; large daisy-type inflorescences; spoon-shaped ray florets with dark purple-colored throats and light purple-colored tubes; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about five weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Shrub rose plant named ‘AUScrystal’
    Patent number: PP13918
    Abstract: Shrub rose plant having warm, pale pink flowers; medium to dark green foliage with bronzy tinge; srong, almost prickleless, arching growth; and very flat, rosette-shaped flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: David Austin Roses Limited
    Inventor: David C. H. Austin
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yohomestead’
    Patent number: PP13919
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Yohomestead’, characterized by its uniform, upright and compact plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dense dark green foliage; uniform and early flowering habit; decorative-type inflorescences with white-colored ray florets; excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment; and tolerance to high production temperatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Angelonia plant named ‘Balanglapi’
    Patent number: PP13920
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named ‘Balanglapi’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; and light violet-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Flora Plants, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Angelonia plant named ‘Balangimpu’
    Patent number: PP13921
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named ‘Balangimpu’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; and dark violet-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Flora Plant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Angelonia plant named ‘Balangimla’
    Patent number: PP13922
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Angelonia plant named ‘Balangimla’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely basal branching growth habit; and violet-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Flora Plant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Scott C. Trees
  • Bracteantha plant named ‘Rose Pink’
    Patent number: PP13923
    Abstract: A new and distinct Bracteantha plant named ‘Rose Pink’, characterized by its upright mounded growth habit, dark pink involucral bracts and yellow disc florets and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Oasis Horticulture Pty. Ltd.
    Inventor: Matthew Turner
  • Saintpaulia plant named ‘Ina’
    Patent number: PP13924
    Abstract: A new and distinct Saintpaulia plant named ‘Ina’, illustrated and described and particularly characterized by its better growing characteristics; full rosette form of the flowers; intense purple color of the flowers; and contrasting white petal margins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Handelskwekerij “De Eeuwige Lente”
    Inventor: Wim J. M. Ibes
  • Hybrid tea rose plant named ‘JACworro’
    Patent number: PP13925
    Abstract: Hybrid tea rose plant having a light yellow flower color, good flower form, anise fragrance, long cut flower vase life, vigorous upright growth habit and large bloom size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Jackson & Perkins Wholesale, Inc.
    Inventor: Keith W. Zary
  • New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebimho’
    Patent number: PP13926
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of New Guinea Impatiens plant named ‘Balcebimho’, characterized by its upright, rounded and uniform plant habit; dark red-colored flowers that are positioned above and beyond the leaves; and dark green-colored leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Flora Plant, a division of Ball Horticultural Co.
    Inventor: Kerry Strope
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Red Yoduluth’
    Patent number: PP13927
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Red Yoduluth’, characterized by its uniform, tall and upright plant habit; strong and freely branching growth habit; dark green foliage; uniform and freely flowering habit; daisy-type inflorescences; spoon-shaped ray florets with red-colored throats and light yellow-colored tubes; and excellent postproduction longevity with plants maintaining good substance and color for about four weeks in an interior environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Yoder Brothers, Inc.
    Inventor: Wendy R. Bergman
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘Gedi One Sav’
    Patent number: PP13928
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant variety characterized by a large, decorative type inflorescence, consistent flowering response to short days, blooming consistently after 49 days of short day length, free branching habit, and highly floriferous plants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Pieters Plant Production, BVBA
    Inventor: Dirk Pieters
  • Kalanchoe plant named ‘White Cora’
    Patent number: PP13929
    Abstract: A distinct cultivar of Kalanchoe plant named ‘White Cora’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; dark green-colored leaves; large white-colored flowers; and excellent postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Kund Jepsen A/S
    Inventor: Knud Jepsen