Patents Issued in January 13, 2004
  • Helmet accessory
    Patent number: D485396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Craig Masterson
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D485397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Gardner Equipment Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Green
  • Bird feeder
    Patent number: D485398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Gardner Equipment Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Green
  • Soft training bumper for dogs
    Patent number: D485399
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Jill Nazimek
  • Interface for front-loading laundry appliance
    Patent number: D485400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Lynne E. Kiefer, David E. Liebe, Timothy P. Linahon, Kenneth M. Odland, Stephen D. Schober, Mark S. Snowden
  • Washing appliance agitator having spiral baffle
    Patent number: D485401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Maytag Corporation
    Inventors: Scott E. Griffith, Chris P. Lickiss
  • Pretreater with a rollerball
    Patent number: D485402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Thomas Leonard Cotton, Felix James Scarlett
  • Ironing board
    Patent number: D485403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Shane Denis Inder
  • Bag securing device
    Patent number: D485404
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Christopher M. Del Prato
  • Litter bin
    Patent number: D485405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Gladson Group Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Vize
  • Waste container
    Patent number: D485406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Ming-Te Tseng
  • Waste basket hold down foot pedal
    Patent number: D485407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Patricia M. Walsh, Eugene J. Walsh
  • Cart retainer
    Patent number: D485408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Nandor F. Patus
  • Product display and vending cart
    Patent number: D485409
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: John Cannan
  • Cart
    Patent number: D485410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Reneau Van Landingham, Jr.
  • Roller module
    Patent number: D485411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Michael A. Valdez, Daniel G. Mills
  • Jack
    Patent number: D485412
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Shinn Fu Corporation
    Inventor: Victor Hung
  • Pallet for transporting sheet glass
    Patent number: D485413
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Katsumi Haishima, Takaya Motoki, Takashi Fujiya
  • Pallet for transporting sheet glass
    Patent number: D485414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Katsumi Haishima, Takaya Motoki, Takashi Fujiya
  • Cinerary urn
    Patent number: D485415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Valbrenta SRL
    Inventor: Laura Mocellin
  • Cinerary urn
    Patent number: D485416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Valbrenta SRL
    Inventor: Laura Mocellin
  • Automated teller machine
    Patent number: D485417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Diebold Self Service Systems, division of Diebold, Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul D. Magee, David Barker, Patrick Ryan, Donald W. Harry, Richard E. Dunlap, Gerald T. Sedlock, Terry L. Schreffler, Terry E. Doll, Richard W. McCracken, Walter J. Szabat, Tim E. Kerstetter, Darling D. Thomas
  • Mailbox with transparent panels
    Patent number: D485418
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Alfred G. Cano
  • Door for security safes and gun cabinets
    Patent number: D485419
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: John D. Brush,Co, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad P. Paris, Scott W. Osiecki
  • Nonasphere
    Patent number: D485420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: P. Jan Cannon
  • Pawpaw tree named ‘Wansevwan’
    Patent number: PP14452
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of pawpaw tree, which has been given the name ‘Wansevwan.’ This variety is distinguished by good yields, atypical of pawpaw, and by its excellent fruit quality. Fruit are large with a low seed-to-fruit ratio, and possess the finest flavor found in pawpaws to date. The texture is melting, yet firmer than average which may help in shipping and handling. The number of fruit per cluster is low, often in singles, which simplifies harvesting. This variety is one of three varieties newly identified as having potential to establish a commercial pawpaw industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Neal Peterson
  • Pawpaw tree named ‘Aidfievate’
    Patent number: PP14453
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new and distinct variety of pawpaw tree, which has been given the name ‘Aidfievate.’ This variety is distinguished by good yields (atypical of pawpaw), by excellent harvesting characteristics and by good fruit quality. The leaf aspect is unique among pawpaws, being horizontal rather than drooping, which allows fruit to be more easily seen and picked. Fruit display a dependable, readily visible color break at ripeness which speeds picking. The number of fruit per cluster is low, often in singles, which simplifies harvest. Fruit quality is high as fruit are medium to large in size with a low seed-to-fruit ratio, are very consistent in size and shape, and possess a very good flavor. Skin is medium-thick and fruit texture is firm which helps in shipping and handling. This variety is one of three varieties newly identified as having potential to establish a commercial pawpaw industry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Robert Neal Peterson
  • Peach tree named ‘Burpeachfifteen’
    Patent number: PP14454
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of peach tree (Prunus persica), and which is denominated varietally as ‘Burpeachfifteen’, and which further produces an attractively colored yellow-fleshed, freestone peach which is mature for harvesting and shipment approximately August 28 to September 8 under the ecological conditions prevailing in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: The Burchell Nursery, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Gerdts, John K. Slaughter
  • Chrysanthemum plant named ‘MN98-E90-15’
    Patent number: PP14455
    Abstract: A new and distinct Chrysanthemum plant named MN98-E90-15 is provided. This new cultivar was the result of a cross between Dendranthema weyrichii and Dendranthema×grandiflora.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Regents of the University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Neil Anderson, Peter Ascher, Esther Gesick
  • Geranium plant named ‘Fiscaseye’
    Patent number: PP14456
    Abstract: A new and distinct geranium plant named ‘Fiscaseye’ characterized by the combined features of pink semi-double flowers with rose-red eyes, floriferous with medium sized umbels, grass-green foliage with weak zonation, medium growth habit, moderately compact, low, well-branched plant habit, and medium (mid season) spring flowering response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Florfis AG
    Inventor: Angelika Utecht
  • Strawberry plant named ‘PS-3456’
    Patent number: PP14457
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of strawberry plant named ‘PS-3456’ primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California. The new variety is primarily characterized by weak interveinal leaf blistering, weak foliar gloss, small much longer than broad foliage, acute terminal leaflet basal shape, small seeds, uniform conical shaped fruit, very good fruit gloss and skin firmness, short fruiting trusses and small calyx.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Plant Sciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen M. Ackerman, Steven D. Nelson, Michael D. Nelson
  • Sutera plant named ‘Dancoplace’
    Patent number: PP14458
    Abstract: A new and distinct Sutera plant named ‘Dancoplace’ characterized by having white flowers with yellow-orange throat; trailing vigorous growth; early flowering; for use as hanging baskets, combination plants and ground cover under full sunlight-slight shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Danziger “Dan” Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Sutera plant named ‘Dancoplav’
    Patent number: PP14459
    Abstract: A new and distinct Sutera plant named ‘Dancoplav’ characterized by having violet-blue flowers with yellow-orange throat; trailing, vigorous growth; early flowering; use as hanging baskets, combination planters and ground cover under full sunlight-slight shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Danziger Dan Flower Farm
    Inventor: Gabriel Danziger
  • Podophyllum plant named ‘Kaleidoscope’
    Patent number: PP14460
    Abstract: A new and distinct Podophyllum plant characterized by beautiful large umbrella-like leaves with a kaleidoscope pattern in shades of bronze, silver, and green.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel M. Heims
  • Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixreco’
    Patent number: PP14461
    Abstract: A new and distinct Impatiens plant named ‘Balpixreco’, characterized by its small red and white bicolor flowers, compact growth habit and dark green leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Ball Floraplant, a division of Ball Horticultural Company
    Inventor: Michael S. Uchneat
  • Calibrachoa plant named ‘Cal Scared’
    Patent number: PP14462
    Abstract: ‘Cal Scared’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has dark blue colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Osteen Pierce
  • Carex siderosticha plant named ‘Lemon Zest’
    Patent number: PP14463
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Carex siderosticha plant called ‘Lemon Zest’ characterized by bright chartreuse foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel M. Heims
  • Calibrachoa plant named ‘Cal Yel’
    Patent number: PP14464
    Abstract: ‘Cal Yel’ is a new variety of Calibrachoa plant. This new variety has yellow colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Goldsmith Seeds, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Osteen Pierce
  • Plum tree named ‘Big Red’
    Patent number: PP14465
    Abstract: A new and distinct variety of plum tree (Prunus salicina). The following features of the tree and its fruit are characterized with the tree budded on ‘Citation’ Rootstock (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 5,112) grown on Handford sandy loam soil with Storie Index reading 95, in USDA Hardiness Zone 9, near Modesto, Calif., with standard commercial fruit growing practices, such as pruning, thinning, spraying, irrigation and fertilization. Its novelty consists of the following combination of desirable features: 1. Heavy and regular production of fruit. 2. Fruit with good flavor and eating quality. 3. Fruit with an attractive high red skin color. 4. Fruit with relative uniform large size throughout the tree. 5. Fruit with a good balance between sugar and acid, having high soluble solids, average of 16.3° Brix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Gary Neil Zaiger, Leith Marie Gardner, Grant Gene Zaiger
  • Diascia plant named ‘Diastonia’
    Patent number: PP14466
    Abstract: A new Diascia plant particularly distinguished by its rosy red flowers, which produces no seeds, and has a growing habit that is spreading and hanging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Syngenta Seeds B.V.
    Inventor: Henricus G. W. Stemkens
  • Wringer mop
    Patent number: RE38380
    Abstract: A wringer mop has a conventional handle with mop fibers extending from a lower point on the handle to a collar that can be lifted to a raised axial position and twisted to wring the mop. The mop also has a pawl on a ring fixed to the handle. When the mop is wrung, the pawl automatically engages a set of raised internal ribs inside the collar to prevent the mop from unwinding. The mop can be returned to normal use by simply pushing the collar down, without the need to fuss with button or levers to disengage the pawl from the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Robert J. Libman, Enzo Berti, Roberto Pellacini, Marco Bizzotto
  • Inverted board mounted electromechanical device
    Patent number: RE38381
    Abstract: A new board mounted electromechanical device is provided that mounts to a relay substrate to form a low profile reed relay. The reed relay is electrically connected to the electrical contacts via a signal traces and additional electrical traces located on the same side of the relay substrate which connect to the relay's signal and shielding. Additional traces on both sides of the signal traces of the reed relay provide a co-planar wave guide to maintain the desired impedance of the signal path. The reed relay is mounted in an inverted manner into a cut-out in the main circuit board so that the other portion of the reed relay itself is sits within the cut-out in the main circuit board. As a result, the reed relay component is recessed below the surface of the main circuit board resulting in an overall low profile circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Kearney-National Inc.
    Inventor: Mark E. Martich
  • Heat sink and electronic device employing the same
    Patent number: RE38382
    Abstract: A fan-motor-incorporated heat sink effectively supplies cooling air flow in a thin electronic device having limited space above the heat sink. The heat sink enables air intake above the heat sink by positioning a fan, the fins of a heat sink substrate and the side wall of the substrate lower than the fan driving unit. The heat sink substrate and the fins are formed such that air is exhausted only in one direction. A cover is provided on the side of the heat sink substrate on which the fan driving unit is mounted and to which air is taken in to prevent exhausted air from being taken in. The structure of the electronic device is positioned close to the upper surface of the fan driving unit on the heat sink. Thus, the heat sink can be installed on a thin electronic device while improving the cooling of a heat emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Miyahara, Yasushi Inoue, Kenji Suga
  • Method for forming a via plug in a semiconductor device
    Patent number: RE38383
    Abstract: A method of forming a via plug in a semiconductor device is disclosed. Metal nuclei are formed on the surface of the metal layer underlying the via hole. The metal layer, which is partially exposed between metal nuclei, is etched by means of a wet etching method, and accordingly, a plurality of etching grooves is formed on the partially exposed surface of the metal layer. As a result, the formation of such grooves has the effect of increasing the bottom surface area of the via hall, thereby increasing the adhesive strength to a contact surface of the via hall and decreasing the via resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyeon K. Choi
  • Terminal for an electrical connector
    Patent number: RE38384
    Abstract: A terminal for an electrical connector comprises a pin having a channel for receiving an electrical conductor cable. A screw threaded into the pin secures the electrical cable in the channel by applying pressure to the cable by rotation of the screw. A pressure transfer element is positioned between the screw and the channel for applying pressure from the screw to the cable in the channel to secure the cable in the opening. The pressure transfer element is mounted in such a manner as to allow movement of the element towards the cable but to prevent rotary movement of the element relative to the said channel to prevent distortion of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Yin Hong Wong
  • Storage of materials
    Patent number: RE38385
    Abstract: A material or mixture of materials which is not itself storage stable is rendered storage stable by incorporation into a water-soluble or swellable glassy or rubbery composition which can then be stored at ambient temperature. Recovery is by adding aqueous solution to the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Felix Franks, Ross H. M. Hatley
  • Retardation of metalloproteinase incidental to HIV and/or AIDS
    Patent number: RE38386
    Abstract: The instant invention provides a product of manufacture for retarding the biochemical formation of metalloproteinase, including gelatinase, elastase, collaginase, and the like, within the tissues of the body of a patient who has been inflicted with the HIV virus and/or the HIV virus which has advance to the AIDS virus, through the administration of an effective amount of a non-antimicrobial/non-antibiotic/non-antibacterial, chemically modified tetracycline (CMT) analog, its salts, cojugates and/or derivatives, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Charles L. Berman
  • Multiplier circuit for multiplication operation between binary and twos complement numbers
    Patent number: RE38387
    Abstract: A multiplier circuit which multiplies together both natural and two's complement binary numbers, which it receives in the form of electric signals having predetermined logic values, that are applied to input terminals of logic gating circuits. The logic gating circuits provide partial products of the bits of the two binary numbers, and a combinatorial network provides the final sum of the partial products. The partial products that include at least one of the more significant bits of either of the operands are performed by logic gating circuits which can be enabled to complement the partial product. The multiplier circuit further includes additional logic gating circuits which supply the combinatorial network with additive constants with predetermined logic values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics S.r.l.
    Inventors: Raffaele Costa, Anna Faldarini, Laura Formenti
  • Method and apparatus for performing deferred transactions
    Patent number: RE38388
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of performing bus transactions on the bus of the computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus for permitting out-of-order replies in a pipelined bus system. The out-of-order responses include the sending of tokens between both the requesting agents and the responding agents in the computer system without the use of dedicated token buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Nitin V. Sarangdhar, Konrad K. Lai, Gurbir Singh, Peter D. MacWilliams, Stephen S. Pawlowski, Michael W. Rhodehamel
  • Garment with zippers enabling easy access
    Patent number: 6675389
    Abstract: A wetsuit comprises separate jacket and pants. The arm-sleeves and leg-sleeves have zippers running lengthwise, whereby the sleeves can be completely opened up. A wearer, e.g. a physically-disadvantaged child, can simply be laid upon the opened-out garment, by an assistant, who can then very easily wrap the garments around the limbs of the child, and can do up the zippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventor: Louise Marie Kublick