Patents Issued in March 3, 2015
  • Hair extension holder
    Patent number: D723741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Emily J. Caplan
  • Cosmetic holder
    Patent number: D723742
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Z Produx, Inc.
    Inventor: Zena Shteysel
  • Helmet design
    Patent number: D723743
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: ENHA GmbH
    Inventor: Joerg Engelhard
  • Portion of a protective helmet
    Patent number: D723744
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Pfanner Schutzbekleidung GmbH
    Inventors: Anton Pfanner, Martin Greber
  • Fish tank
    Patent number: D723745
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen Xingrisheng Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huazhao Xu
  • Pet stroller
    Patent number: D723746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Vermont Juvenile Furniture, Mfg., Inc.
    Inventors: Kristen A. Jakubowski, Chris Jakubowski, Todd Jakubowski
  • Pet bed
    Patent number: D723747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Worldwise, Inc.
    Inventor: Aimee Diskin
  • Automatic feeder housing
    Patent number: D723748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Feeder Tree, L.L.C.
    Inventor: William Eugene Rogillio
  • Pet activity device
    Patent number: D723749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Isabelle Rochon
  • Nutrient dispenser for birds
    Patent number: D723750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Central Garden & Pet Company
    Inventors: Thomas Van Dyk, Daehwan Kim
  • Pet bowl
    Patent number: D723751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Dinsmore Palmer
  • Scratch pet toy
    Patent number: D723752
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Worldwise, Inc.
    Inventors: Lisa Davis-David, Sara Paculdo, Regina Chern, Charles Floyd
  • Toy box cat scratcher
    Patent number: D723753
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Worldwise, Inc.
    Inventors: Regina Chern, Charles Floyd, Lisa Davis-David, Gregory Snyder, Sara Paculdo
  • Home appliance
    Patent number: D723754
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Deok-Sang Yun, Yeon-Young Nam, Dong-Won Chun
  • Floor cleaner
    Patent number: D723755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
    Inventors: Edward Thomas George Barrett, Jennifer Kathryn Marsden
  • Squeegee
    Patent number: D723756
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Phaysouk Xayoiphonh
  • Mop bucket
    Patent number: D723757
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Telebrands, Corp.
    Inventor: Lou Lentine
  • Dual spout mop bucket
    Patent number: D723758
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Telebrands, Corp.
    Inventor: Lou Lentine
  • Dish rack
    Patent number: D723759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Joseph Joseph Ltd.
    Inventors: David Evans, Ashley May
  • Sink cradle
    Patent number: D723760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Phaysouk Xayoiphonh
  • Sink cradle
    Patent number: D723761
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Spectrum Diversified Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheldon H. Goodman, Phaysouk Xayoiphonh
  • Folding travel wagon
    Patent number: D723762
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Active Products Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Treadwell
  • Foldable cart
    Patent number: D723763
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Iris Grif
  • Cordless wheel lift
    Patent number: D723764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Ingersoll-Rand Company
    Inventor: Jefferey Clifford Yaschur
  • Pallet cornerboard locator
    Patent number: D723765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: All About Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Brent J. Grinwald
  • plant named ‘PIIHQ-I’
    Patent number: PP25319
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea quercifolia plant named ‘PIIHQ-I’, characterized by its compact, rounded to spreading growth habit; strong stems, even when young, resulting in higher quality finished container plants for the grower; dark green disease resistant foliage; reddish orange to reddish purple fall color; full, white inflorescences that age to light pink and are held upright on the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Plant Introductions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua H. Kardos, Michael A. Dirr
  • plant named ‘H211903’
    Patent number: PP25320
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hydrangea plant named ‘H211903’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading plant habit; vigorous growth habit; strong and sturdy stems; freely flowering habit; and large lacecap inflorescences with numerous bright pink-colored sterile and fertile flowers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hydrangea Breeders Association B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • Poinsettia plant named ‘Bkponhl’
    Patent number: PP25321
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Poinsettia plant named ‘Bkponhl’, characterized by its upright and uniformly mounding plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit; recurved and rugose dark green-colored leaves; ball-shaped inflorescences with recurved and rugose dark red-colored flower bracts; and excellent post-production longevity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignees: Beekenkamp Plants B.V., Agriom B.V.
    Inventor: Niels Arts
  • orchid plant named ‘Hoodooa’
    Patent number: PP25322
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis plant named ‘Hoodooa’ particularly characterized by flowers which are are white; the labellum is white and yellow with orange/red stripes/spots; plants which may be propagated economically and uniformly using tissue culture; plants which produce more than one inflorescence; long and sturdy inflorescences; and relatively short, dark-green foliage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Floricultura
    Inventor: René Schoone
  • plant named ‘SUPHAL1302’
    Patent number: PP25323
    Abstract: A new and distinct Phalaenopsis cultivar named ‘SUPHAL1302’ is disclosed, characterized by white flowers with red-purple apical and dorsal lobes as well as small leaf and flower size. The new variety is a Phalaenopsis, typically produced as an indoor ornamental plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Suphachatwong Innovation
    Inventor: Thumrong Suphachadiwong
  • plant named ‘Keianpinetum’
    Patent number: PP25324
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Antirrhinum plant named ‘Keianpinetum’, characterized by its semi-upright and mounded plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching habit and short internodes; dense and bushy plant form; numerous bright yellow-colored flowers; long flowering period; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Keisei Rose Nurseries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shunsuke Takeuchi
  • plant named ‘Pacbluebe’
    Patent number: PP25325
    Abstract: A new and distinct Pelargonium plant named ‘Pacbluebe’, characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; early and freely flowering habit; dark and light purple bi-colored flowers that are held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles; no requirement for cooling treatment; and long flowering period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elsner Pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘Pacsita’
    Patent number: PP25326
    Abstract: A new and distinct Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Pacsita’, characterized by its upright and uniformly rounded plant habit; moderately vigorous growth habit and rapid growth rate; freely basal branching habit; dark green-colored leaves with a distinct zonation pattern; early and freely flowering habit; and bright pink-colored semi-double flowers held above the foliar plane on strong peduncles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘Pachafmag’
    Patent number: PP25327
    Abstract: A new and distinct Ivy Geranium plant named ‘Pachafmag’, characterized by its uniformly mounded and cascading to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely basal branching habit; freely flowering habit; and dark red purple-colored single-type flowers held above the foliar plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Elsner pac Jungpflanzen GbR
    Inventor: Martin Geibel
  • plant named ‘COSEH 1050’
    Patent number: PP25328
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Helleborus plant named ‘COSEH 1050’, characterized by its upright and mounding plant habit; uniform and freely flowering habit; dark green-colored leaves; freely flowering habit; single white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Josef Heuger
  • plant named ‘Silver Blush’
    Patent number: PP25329
    Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Heuchera plant named ‘Silver Blush’, characterized by its silver-colored foliage with contrasting dark venation, pink-colored flowers, and moderately vigorous, compact-mounded growth habit, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Hendrik Jan van den Top
  • Green means 4 kids attire
    Patent number: RE45393
    Abstract: The following information relates to new process of recycling garments. Although the concept of recycling garments is not new, the new process and the results of those process are both new and unexpected. Rarely is the recycling of garments as practical and as easy as the process to be presented. Additionally, these process of recycling can enable apparel manufacturers, sewing boutiques, and even home sewers, to save money and time. Benefits include sewing as little as possible while having the effect that much sewing has taken place. Another gain includes the prospect of recycling garments that failed quality control inspections due to slight imperfections. By utilizing the new process, a marketable children's apparel line can emerge, from what would normally be a loss. Consider the benefits of a new children's apparel line almost completely sewn before the recycling process begin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Cristi Turney
  • 3D glasses
    Patent number: RE45394
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: X6D Limited
    Inventors: Richard A. Carlow, Eugenia J. Chen, Michael J. Chen, Craig Steel, Ashley Tilling, Roozbeh Mousavi, David T. Hamm
  • Nozzle
    Patent number: RE45395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Terrence M. Fulkerson, Michael R. Sanner, Brian D. Mather, Joseph G. Shroeder, Robert Foster, Jr.
  • Wave rotor apparatus
    Patent number: RE45396
    Abstract: A wave rotor apparatus is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor includes fluid passageways oriented in a direction offset from its rotational axis. A further aspect of the present invention employs stacked layers of generally radial channels in a wave rotor. Moreover, turbomachinery is located internal to a wave rotor in yet another aspect of the present invention. In yet another aspect of the present invention, a radial wave rotor has an igniter and fuel injector. Correctional passages are employed in still another aspect of the present invention wave rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Norbert Müller, Pejman Akbari, Janusz Piechna, Florin Iancu
  • Open-cycle internal combustion engine
    Patent number: RE45397
    Abstract: A Brayton cycle internal combustion engine of the open, or constant pressure type, in which rotary power is produced by the pressure of hot gasses against confined, rotor protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Inventor: Terry Michael Van Blaricom
  • System for tracking and analyzing welding activity
    Patent number: RE45398
    Abstract: A system and a method for tracking and analyzing welding activity. Dynamic spatial properties of a welding tool are sensed during a welding process producing a weld. The sensed dynamic spatial properties are tracked over time and the tracked dynamic spatial properties are captured as tracked data during the welding process. The tracked data is analyzed to determine performance characteristics of a welder performing the welding process and quality characteristics of a weld produced by the welding process. The performance characteristics and the quality characteristics may be subsequently reviewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Lincoln Global, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Wayne Wallace
  • Mounting structure for fire protection systems
    Patent number: RE45399
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention there is disclosed a mounting assembly for a sprinkler reducer. The assembly includes a mounting bracket having a locking unit, a latitudinal support bar to which the mounting bracket is movably coupled, and a pair of longitudinal support units which are coupled to opposite ends of the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Victaulic Company
    Inventors: Charles Kafenshtok, Charles V. Oakes
  • Pixel circuit and display apparatus
    Patent number: RE45400
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pixel circuit that includes a correcting section configured to correct the input voltage sampled in the pixel capacitance in order to cancel out the dependency of the output current on the carrier mobility. In the pixel circuit, the correcting section operates depending on the control signal supplied from the scanning line to extract the output current from the drive transistor and introduce the extracted output current into a capacitance of the light-emitting device and the pixel capacitance, thereby correcting the input voltage. The pixel circuit further includes an additional capacitance added to the capacitance of the light-emitting device. In the pixel circuit, a portion of the output current extracted from the drive transistor flows into the additional capacitance to give a time margin to operation of the correcting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Junichi Yamashita, Katsuhide Uchino
  • Internet surveillance system and method
    Patent number: RE45401
    Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for a central server to manage remote monitoring tasks performed by users of a data network. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a request from a user of a user device to monitor a remote location; determining a remote location to be monitored; enabling communication between a sensor at the remote location and the user device; and crediting value to the user in accordance with an amount of time the user device has been in communication with the remote sensor for remote monitoring purposes. An alternate exemplary method includes measuring user attentiveness while the user device is in communication with the remote sensor. Thus, the disclosed system and method provide a way for users of a data network such as the Internet to log on at any time and perform remote monitoring tasks for value. Idle time can now be turned into value using the disclosed system and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Inventor Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Jay S. Walker, Daniel E. Tedesco, Dean P. Alderucci, Magdalena M. Fincham
  • Flexible material
    Patent number: RE45402
    Abstract: A flexible material includes a plurality of separate resilient elements joined to a flexible, resiliently stretchable substrate. Such a material is suitable for providing protective war for human and animal bodies. Preferably, the elements includes a foam material such as a closed cell polyethylene foam and the substrate includes a knitted fabric. In an advantageous embodiment, a second flexible substrate is bonded over the elements to sandwich them between the two layers of substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Stirling Mouldings Limited
    Inventor: David Stirling Taylor
  • Laser processing method
    Patent number: RE45403
    Abstract: A modified region 7 to become a starting point region for cutting is formed in a GaAs substrate 12 along a line to cut 5 upon radiation with laser light L which is pulsed laser light. As a consequence, the modified region 7 formed in the GaAs substrate 12 along the line to cut 5 is likely to generate fractures in the thickness direction of an object to be processed 1. Therefore, the modified region 7 having an extremely high function as a starting point region for cutting can be formed in the planar object to be processed 1 comprising the GaAs substrate 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
    Inventor: Masayoshi Kumagai
  • Powder medicine applicator for nasal cavity
    Patent number: RE45404
    Abstract: Improvement for the device to deliver the powdery medicine into nasal cavities in which a capsule setting/detaching part 40 is built drawably in the capsule housing/holding part 30, and cutting blades 60A, 60B are built in both axial ends of the capsule setting/detaching part 40 of the capsule housing/holding part 30 for cutting both axial ends of the capsule thereby perforating the capsule. A medicine capturing/collecting part 32 and a one-way valve 33 are built in a lower portion of the capsule housing/holding part 30, and a pump 50 having an air inlet valve 54 is built in the air flow inlet side thereof. A medicine delivery part 20 is built in the air exit of the capsule housing/holding part 30, a nozzle 22 is installed and medicine in the capsule can be dosed to the nasal cavities of the user by pressing the pump 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shin Nippon biomedical Laboratories, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuo Tsutsui
  • Adjustable axle control
    Patent number: RE45405
    Abstract: An activating portion on one section of an adjustable wheel assembly triggers a proximity switch on a vehicle such as a field sprayer to provide a signal indicative of wheel tread. The signal is sent to a controller which controls wheel tread adjustment. Two or more assemblies may be adjusted simultaneously reduce adjustment time. The operator control is located in the vehicle cab for entering wheel spacings, providing an indication of the actual spacing and individual wheel position, and providing error and warning messages. An interlock system prevents axle telescoping unless certain vehicle conditions are satisfied, such as the vehicle speed being below a preselected point and vehicle being in the field mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Richard Allen Humpal, Jack Conan Anderson
  • Program encoding and counterfeit tracking system and method
    Patent number: RE45406
    Abstract: Unique encoding of each of a substantial number of distribution video copies of a program such as a motion picture is produced by altering the images slightly at several pre-selected locations in the program in a uniquely coded pattern. Suspected counterfeits can be compared with an unaltered master video to determine the encoded number for the copy which was counterfeited to enable tracking the source of the counterfeit. Preferably, each frame of several whole scenes is altered at each location by shifting an image so as to make the alterations largely undetectable by counterfeiters but easily detected by comparison with an unaltered master video. Artifacts are inserted in patterns representing a unique number for the program. These supplement the encoding by alteration of images and gives added means to aid in tracing counterfeit copies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Deluxe Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey H. Dewolde