Patents Issued in September 14, 2004
  • Amniotic membrane perforator
    Patent number: D496102
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: DeRoyal Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wayne Watermeier, Pamela Kay Hicks
  • Blood pressure measuring device
    Patent number: D496103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Hartwein
  • Blood pressure measuring unit
    Patent number: D496104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Eda, Tetsuya Nakada, Hiroya Nakanishi, Masashi Fukura, So Noguchi, Yoshikazu Inami
  • Top for a medical examination table
    Patent number: D496105
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Brewer Company, LLC
    Inventors: Richard S. Walters, Jack A. DeBraal, Vanessa B. Parrish, Michael J. Marchant
  • Adjustable knee brace assembly
    Patent number: D496106
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Royce Medical Company
    Inventors: Joseph M. Iglesias, David Cormier, Tracy E. Grim
  • Spa
    Patent number: D496107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Watkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Larsen
  • Thermal lumbar wrap
    Patent number: D496108
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: FLA Orthopedics, Inc.
    Inventors: Rhonda M. Machin, Daniel J. Bozza
  • Combined tanning module and dressing room
    Patent number: D496109
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Bradley L. Tebo
  • Massager balls
    Patent number: D496110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Hakjin Kim
  • Picket for plastic fence
    Patent number: D496111
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Richard W. Cantley, Howard Sagermann, Brian David Wood, Peter Paul Heysel
  • Exterior surface configuration of a vehicle front light
    Patent number: D496112
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Yu-Chu Lin
  • Exterior surface configuration of a vehicle front light
    Patent number: D496113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Yu-Chu Lin
  • Automobile light
    Patent number: D496114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Cheng Hsu
  • Electric torch
    Patent number: D496115
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Quarton, Inc.
    Inventor: Jun-Ming Lin
  • Flashlight
    Patent number: D496116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd B. Abernethy, Scott W. Osiecki
  • Ready-to-assemble lamp
    Patent number: D496117
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Scott Willy
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D496118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Elettrica Rotaliana S.r.l.
    Inventors: Dante Donegani, Giovanni Lauda
  • Combined solar powered outdoor lantern and stake mount
    Patent number: D496119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: King of Fans Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Bucher, John C. Bucher
  • Light pole
    Patent number: D496120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Alliance For Downtown New York
    Inventors: Alexander Cooper, E. Keith Orlesky, Michel Dionne
  • Recessed fluorescent luminaire
    Patent number: D496121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Ledalite Architectural Products
    Inventor: Scott R. Santoro
  • LED linkable strip light
    Patent number: D496122
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Luen Yick Electrical Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chi Hang Kan
  • Shop light fixture
    Patent number: D496123
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: American Fluorescent Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen Blackman
  • Lighting fixture
    Patent number: D496124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Minka Lighting, Inc.
    Inventor: Miguel Parres
  • Lamp
    Patent number: D496125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Spencer Gifts LLC
    Inventor: Edward Solari
  • Ornamental light
    Patent number: D496126
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Stanley Huang
  • Hair dryer
    Patent number: D496127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sunbeam Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Augusto Picozza, Michael Morton, Gad Shaanan, Walter Francovich, Ben Coley, Francois Duval
  • Styling comb
    Patent number: D496128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Frances Antonopoulos
  • Disposable haircut razor blade
    Patent number: D496129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Feather Safety Razor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Ogi
  • Industrial model of a mold for fingernails
    Patent number: D496130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Martha Cotes De Polo, Reyna Elisa Gallegos
  • Toothpick magazine
    Patent number: D496131
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventors: Till Winkler, Manfred Klawuhn, Holger Schulz
  • Toothpick
    Patent number: D496132
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Virendra Desai, Leonardo Moral
  • Compact
    Patent number: D496133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Access Business Group International LLC
    Inventors: Jay R. Dittmer, Mark F. Mettler
  • Cosmetic casing
    Patent number: D496134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Chao Ling Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin Chun Lai
  • Golf ball sleeve lip balm container
    Patent number: D496135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Bart A. Hillock
  • Dog chew toy
    Patent number: D496136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Charles A. Byrne
  • Dog chew toy
    Patent number: D496137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Charles A. Byrne
  • Cleaning head for use with a handle
    Patent number: D496138
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Hagleitner Hygiene International GmbH
    Inventor: Terrence Treacy
  • Waste receptacle panel
    Patent number: D496139
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Hugh Hardy, John Fontillas
  • Waste receptacle panel
    Patent number: D496140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventors: Hugh Hardy, John Fontillas
  • Nectarine tree named ‘August Bright’
    Patent number: PP15143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a nectarine tree, Prunus persica, and more particularly to a new and distinct variety broadly characterized by a medium size, vigorous, hardy, self-fertile, productive and regular bearing tree. The fruit matures under the ecological conditions described in mid August, with first picking on Aug. 12, 2002. The fruit is uniformly large in size, sweet and acidic in flavor, globose in shape, clingstone in type, firm in texture, yellow in flesh color, and mostly red in skin color. The variety was developed as a first generation cross using ‘August Red’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,363) nectarine as the selected seed parent and ‘Diamond Princess’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7,066) peach as the selected pollen parent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Lowell Glen Bradford
  • Hybrid Tea rose plant named ‘Ruimx19’
    Patent number: PP15144
    Abstract: A new and distinct Hybrid Tea rose plant having attractive purple red flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V.
    Inventor: Henk C.A. de Groot
  • Strawberry plant named ‘Driscoll Lanai’
    Patent number: PP15145
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Lanai.’ The variety is similar to the varieties ‘San Juan’, and ‘Ana Maria’. The variety is distinguished from ‘San Juan’, and ‘Ana Maria’, in particular, by a bract frequency that is 80% typically paired, an orange-red external fruit color, an average of 300 achenes per fruit, a flat habit, dense stolon pubescence, a small size of calyx in relation to fruit on secondary fruit, a medium fruit flesh firmness, and moderately resistant to Verticillium wilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Mowrey, Larry T. Kodama, JoAnne Coss
  • Blueberry plant denominated ‘Liberty’
    Patent number: PP15146
    Abstract: Liberty is a new blueberry variety of Vaccinium corymbosum. It is a productive, very late ripening variety with high fresh market quality intended for areas where northern highbush varieties are grown successfully. Plants of Liberty are vigorous and upright. Canes are numerous, moderately branched and the fruit are well exposed. Its berries are moderately large, have small, dry picking scars, excellent powder-blue color, delicious flavor and excellent firmness. Liberty has a harvest season that begins about 5 days before the variety known as ‘Elliott’.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Board of Trustees operating Michigan State University
    Inventor: James F. Hancock
  • Hybrid Tea Rose plant named ‘Scholtec’
    Patent number: PP15147
    Abstract: A distinctive cultivar of Hybrid Tea Rose plant named ‘Scholtec’, characterized by its dark green-colored leaves; vigorous growth habit; long and strong flowering stems; large mauve-colored flowers; high yield of cut flowering stems; and good postproduction longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Piet Schreurs Holding BV.
    Inventor: Petrus Nicolaas Johannes Schreurs
  • Salvia plant named ‘Rhapsody in Blue’
    Patent number: PP15148
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Salvia plant named ‘Rhapsody in Blue’, characterized by its upright and relatively compact plant habit; very freely basal branching habit; dense and bushy plant form; freely flowering habit; and blue violet-colored flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Future Plants Licentie BV
    Inventor: Petrus Hendricus Oudolf
  • Leucocoryne plant named ‘Elena’
    Patent number: PP15149
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of the Glory of the Sun plant named ‘Elena’ characterized by having: violet and white oblong tepals; staminodes with violet-blue apexes; and a large number of pedicels (5 to 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso
    Inventors: Levi Mansur Vergara, Gabriela Verdugo Ramirez
  • Rose plant named ‘POULac018’
    Patent number: PP15150
    Abstract: A new garden rose plant of the compact floribunda class which has abundant, light pink flowers and attractive foliage. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Poulsen Roser A/S
    Inventors: L. Pernille Olesen, Mogens N. Olesen
  • Raspberry plant named ‘PS-1703’
    Patent number: PP15151
    Abstract: This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of raspberry plant named ‘PS-1703’. The new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California and is characterized by the following. Fruit that is uniformly conic in shape, glossy, with druplets evenly distributed around the berry. Fall fruit production that begins early in July with high July-August yields. Foliage of medium to dark green color, oblique-lobed shape and a length to width ratio that is much longer than broad. Primocanes are medium in length, medium green in color with a medium to strong waxy coat and medium to strong anthocyanins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Plant Sciences, Inc., Berry R&D
    Inventor: Stephen M. Ackerman
  • Method and apparatus for cementing a well
    Patent number: RE38578
    Abstract: A method of cementing a well permitting a reduction in the degree of diameter reduction of casing or liners required, and not requiring excessively large initial conductor casing, is described. The method is characterized by provision of an enlarged wellbore and a novel liner structure which is adapted for expansion of a reduced diameter section thereof downhole, providing, before expansion of the section, unimpeded flow of fluid from the enlarged wellbore during cementing and close fit of the expanded section with the casing or preceding liner, after cementing is completed and expansion of the section. A novel well liner structure and novel well liner expansion means are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Claude J. Vercaemer, Brian Darling
  • Wiring board construction and methods of making same
    Patent number: RE38579
    Abstract: A wiring board construction includes at least one microvia disposed in a base substrate and includes a deep imprinted cup shaped recess in the top surface thereof. A conductor material is disposed within the recess, and has a portion disposed at the bottom thereof. A conductor disposed at a bottom surface of the substrate opposite to the conductor material bottom portion helps to complete an electrically conductor path through the substrate to help complete an electrically conductive path through the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Dimensional Circuits Corporation
    Inventor: George D. Gregoire