Patents Issued in August 26, 2003
  • Fingerprint scanner
    Patent number: D478905
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Cross Match Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael V. Byrne, George William McClurg, John M. Van Dusen, John F. Carver, Joseph L. Navarro, Jr.
  • Card reader
    Patent number: D478906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Orga Kartensysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Jen Richter
  • Top view of a networking keyboard
    Patent number: D478907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Damon Eugene Smith
  • Mouse
    Patent number: D478908
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yujin Morisawa
  • Computer mouse with bullet shape
    Patent number: D478909
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Dana P. Hervig, Dennis D. Heard
  • Optical scanner
    Patent number: D478910
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Modest Khovaylo, Liu Chin Te, Kevin Wu, Tsai Yuan Hao
  • Electric coupler
    Patent number: D478911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Global Sun Technology Inc.
    Inventor: I Tao Chen
  • User interface for a television display screen
    Patent number: D478912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Digeo, Inc.
    Inventor: Travis C. Johnson
  • Manifold header
    Patent number: D478913
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: USF Filtration and Separations Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Thomas Johnson, Robert James McMahon, David Cox, Leon Keith Ernst, Bruce Gregory Biltoft, Gary William Stollery, David Wood
  • Mini air compressor
    Patent number: D478914
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Paul Wai Kan Wong
  • Cab for a self-propelled bale wagon
    Patent number: D478915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: New Holland North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke J. Harris, Donald J. Hager, Constantine J. Kermes, Albert F. Baril, Stephen W. Jacobs
  • Sewing machine
    Patent number: D478916
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Janome Sewing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobufusa Kuroki
  • Portions of a table saw
    Patent number: D478917
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: Warren A. Ceroll, Robert S. Gehret, Daniel Puzio, Frederick R. Bean, Michael L. O'Banion, David A. Porter, Daniel A. Ferrara, Jr.
  • Band saw
    Patent number: D478918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: FEMI S.p.A.
    Inventor: Sergio Casanova
  • Hole saw
    Patent number: D478919
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: South Deerfield Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lane M. Morton, Noah Martin
  • Combined oil drain pan and container
    Patent number: D478920
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Patrick E. Huckabee
  • Industrial robot
    Patent number: D478921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: ABB AB
    Inventors: Ove Kullborg, Fredrik Persson
  • PC camera
    Patent number: D478922
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Salix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chun Han
  • Digital still camera
    Patent number: D478923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Salix Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chun Han
  • Camera
    Patent number: D478924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Konica Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kibayashi
  • Digital camera
    Patent number: D478925
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahito Owada
  • Goggles
    Patent number: D478926
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Dragon Optical, Inc.
    Inventors: Hans K. Moritz, Casey A. Jones, William H. Howard
  • Eyeglass frame
    Patent number: D478927
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Irene Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Che Teng
  • Eyeglasses
    Patent number: D478928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Neville Sheldon
  • Eyeglass
    Patent number: D478929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Oakley, Inc.
    Inventors: Colin Baden, Hans Karsten Moritz, James H. Jannard, Lek Thixton
  • Hand stamp and storage cap
    Patent number: D478930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: M&R Marking Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Zambelli, Frederick W. Dour, Steven J. Sculler, Anthony D. MacNeil, Walter W. Stefanski
  • Type font
    Patent number: D478931
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventor: Olaf Leu
  • Pen
    Patent number: D478932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Morris Pen Corporation
    Inventor: Jaehoon Moon
  • Writing instrument grip
    Patent number: D478933
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: BIC Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Cooper, Donald A. DeLuca, Michael Kent, Richard O'Brien
  • Service station building tower signage
    Patent number: D478934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: BP p.l.c.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Brien, Thomas Antista, Thomas Fairclough
  • Selectively illuminatable message communicator for attaching to undercarriage of vehicle or tractor trailer unit
    Patent number: D478935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Thomas D. Gearhart, Kevin E. Baker
  • Sign post
    Patent number: D478936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Funk Forging Company
    Inventor: William James Linko, Sr.
  • Wishbone-shaped stick
    Patent number: D478937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Anthony M. Giles, Beth A. Giles
  • Yard game target
    Patent number: D478938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Vande Hey, Gerald Vande Hey
  • Game target
    Patent number: D478939
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: John Patrick McReynolds
  • Quoit game surface
    Patent number: D478940
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventors: Joseph M. Legard, Adolph Legard
  • Speaker and light assembly for handheld game
    Patent number: D478941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Intec, Inc.
    Inventors: Saied Hussaini, Marc Iacovelli
  • Tray for game pieces
    Patent number: D478942
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Raymond Leonard Goltz
  • Interchangeable hitch handles
    Patent number: D478943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: World Factory, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory G. Kuelbs
  • Aerodynamic flying disk
    Patent number: D478944
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Lloyd E. Peterson
  • Craft kit construction component—transparent/translucent, single-axis, curved form with serpentine edge
    Patent number: D478945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard B. Manville
  • Foldable kitchen unit
    Patent number: D478946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Jonti-Craft, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Franta, Timothy M. Breidenbach
  • Ball-shaped exerciser
    Patent number: D478947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Ko-Chin Lu
  • Golf club driver head with non-arc/flat striking face surface therefor
    Patent number: D478948
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: C. W. Bergling-Olson
  • Golf wedge with heel and toe cut-outs
    Patent number: D478949
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Richard DeLaCruz
  • Golf club head
    Patent number: D478950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Paul J. Herber
  • Slotted hosel for a golf club head
    Patent number: D478951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Burrows Golf, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce D. Burrows
  • Ribbed cavity back in a golf club head
    Patent number: D478952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. Greene
  • Baseball strike zone indicator
    Patent number: D478953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Michael J. Nobriga
  • Athletic training sled base
    Patent number: D478954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Inventor: Charles P. Forrest