With Indicia Or Area Modified For Indicia Patents (Class 206/459.5)
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Patent number: 11961423Abstract: An electronic shelf label positioning system, an electronic shelf label and a guide rail. The electronic shelf label positioning system includes the electronic shelf label, the guide rail, a PDA and a background server. The electronic shelf label includes a main control SoC, a card reader IC, a screen and a power supply device. The main control SoC is configured to control the screen display and to communicate with an AP. The power supply device is configured to supply power to the electronic shelf label. The guide rail includes a guide rail identification area and a label area. The label area is installed with a plurality of wireless labels each having a unique non-repeated ID number. The guide rail identification area is installed with an identity recognition device, which includes a guide rail ID consisting of the ID numbers of the wireless labels sequentially arranged and summarized.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: HANSHOW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Shiguo Hou, Jianguo Zhao, Min Liang, Le Zhuo, Sheng Yi, Yang Zhao, Yanwei Wang, Linjiang Wang
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Patent number: 11951207Abstract: The present invention provides a stable liquid pharmaceutical formulation containing: an antibody or its antigen-binding fragment; a surfactant; a sugar or its derivative; and a buffer. The stable liquid pharmaceutical formulation according to the present invention has low viscosity while containing a high content of the antibody, has excellent long-term storage stability based on excellent stability under accelerated conditions and severe conditions, and may be administered subcutaneously.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Celltrion Inc.Inventors: Joon Won Lee, Won Yong Han, Su Jung Kim, Jun Seok Oh, So Young Kim, Su Hyeon Hong, Yeon Kyeong Shin
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Patent number: 11932447Abstract: A bite-proof spout is disclosed which contains multiple durometer material, such that the higher durometer material is in closer contact to the mouth of a user to be able to withstand biting without undue deterioration than the lower durometer material which is positioned further away from the mouth.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Munchkin, Inc.Inventors: Mark Gerard Tebbe, Nairi Khachikian, Mark A. Hatherill, Kevin Douglas Johnson
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Patent number: 11850080Abstract: Packaging systems and surgical kits for a tool that has a working portion and a shaft. A casing includes a distal section defining a cavity to receive the working portion of the tool. A proximal section is coupled to the distal section and receives the shaft of the tool. The proximal section is detachable from the distal section. In one implementation, at least a portion of the distal section comprises a colored indicator to provide a visual indication of a location of the working portion of the tool. In another implementation, instructions are provided on the proximal section and the instructions illustrate one or more steps for installing the tool to a surgical device.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: Stryker European Operations LimitedInventors: Michael Moloney, Conor O'Donovan
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Patent number: 11830609Abstract: A system and method of tracking and managing a decedent to prevent a loss or misidentification of the decedent during transfer to a final disposition, such as a funeral home or crematorium. The system includes a server that may be integrated into an electronic health record, with the server automatically receiving data related to a decedent used to automatically create and populate a case file. The server associates a unique scannable indicium associated with the case file and the decedent, which is scanned throughout the process of transferring the decedent to a final disposition. Prior to the final transfer, the server notifies the final location of the pending transfer and includes a copy of the scannable indicium. Upon a verification of a match between the scannable indicium, the server authorizes a safe, secure, efficient, and consistent transfer of a decedent to a final location.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: MANAGEMENT HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kishore Bala, Steven Herz, Justin Bays
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Patent number: 11804115Abstract: An anti-theft device for securing a wearable electronic against unauthorized removal from a display counter. The anti-theft device has a stand configured to be attached to a display surface. A shelf configured to support the wearable electronic is affixed to the stand. The shelf of the anti-theft device has a recess configured to receive interchangeable inserts. Each insert has a first surface sized for insertion into the recess and a second surface configured to couple to a charger. Each insert also has a notch, which is configured to be at least partially aligned with an aperture of the recess. A charger is coupled to the insert, and an electrical cable connected to the charger is routed through the notch and the aperture. The charger supplies power to the wearable electronic when it is positioned on the shelf of the anti-theft device.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: Vanguard Products Group, Inc.Inventors: Christopher A. Kelsch, Lee Eckert, Robert Ekle, Sarah Johnson
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Patent number: 11707925Abstract: The present invention provides a polyester film suitable for use as a sealant, which not only has high heat sealing strength, but also is less liable to adsorb various organic compounds, and has a less shrinkage in heating and high tensile strength. Further, the present invention provides a laminate comprising at least one layer of the polyester film, and a packaging bag including the same. The polyester film which is formed with a polyester resin whose main constituent is ethylene terephthalate. The film has at least one heat sealing layer. The film has a predetermined heat sealing strength, a predetermined difference in reversing heat capacity measured with a temperature modulated DSC, and a predetermined heat shrinkage. Further, the laminate comprises at least one layer of the polyester film, and the packaging bag includes the same.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: TOYOBO CO., LTD.Inventors: Shintaro Ishimaru, Masayuki Haruta
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Patent number: 11673255Abstract: A box handling system is disclosed for use in an object processing system. The box handling system includes a box tray including a recessed area for receiving a box, and the recessed area includes a plurality of floor and edge portions for receiving the box that contains objects to be processed.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Berkshire Grey Operating Company, Inc.Inventors: John Richard Amend, Jr., William Chu-Hyon McMahan, Joseph Romano, Victoria Hinchey, Jennifer Eileen King, Thomas Wagner
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Patent number: 11657248Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure include a financial services card including a card substrate, and multiple rows of braille-encoded characters formed on the card substrate, at least a portion of the braille-encoded characters encoding an account number that is associated with the financial services card being distributed between a first row and a second row of the multiple rows, and additional information associated with the financial services card being braille-encoded in a third row.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)Inventors: Marco Antonio Gamboa, Ronald Richard Watkins, Patrick Sturdivant, Martha Rodriguez Hathorn, Stephen Adam Cone, Rhealyn Nicole Yanta
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Patent number: 11612258Abstract: A beverage container lid can include an audio speaker; a wireless transceiver to transmit and receive wireless signals; and a hardware processor to process wireless signals received by the wireless transceiver and to output audible signals through the audio speaker. The beverage container lid can also include a water-tight housing, the wireless transceiver and hardware processor contained within the water-tight housing; a drinking aperture; and a fluid channel, the fluid channel to allow fluid to pass through the drinking aperture, and the water-tight housing to prevent fluid passing through the fluid channel from contacting the wireless transceiver and hardware processor.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: FW INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: Craig A. Felder, Bruce Wright
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Patent number: 11602405Abstract: Packaging systems and surgical kits for a tool that has a cutting bur and a shaft. A casing includes a distal section defining a cavity to receive the cutting bur of the tool. A proximal section is coupled to the distal section and receives the shaft of the tool. The proximal section is detachable from the distal section. At least a portion of the distal section comprises a colored indicator to provide a visual indication of a location of the cutting bur of the tool. Instructions are provided on the proximal section and the instructions illustrate one or more steps for installing the tool to a surgical device.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Stryker European Operations LimitedInventors: Michael Moloney, Conor O'Donovan
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Patent number: 11596948Abstract: The present invention provides a coated article, which can be used in in-vitro diagnostics, in particular in the diagnostic testing of body fluids, such as in blood coagulation testing. The coated article is made of a polymer material and coated with a polymer material, which may be the same or different. The present invention furthermore provides a method of preparing such a coated article and a method of performing such diagnostics, e.g. coagulation analysis.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2016Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Inventor: James Lynn Hill
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Patent number: 11596744Abstract: In one aspect the present disclosure relates to a sensor for measuring at least one physical or chemical parameter of a cartridge filled with a liquid substance. In a further aspect the disclosure relates to a drug delivery device equipped with such a sensor, wherein the sensor includes a planar flexible foil having a first section and having a second section separated from the first section, at least one measurement electrode located on the flexible foil, wherein the flexible foil is wrappable into a wrapped configuration in which the foil forms at least a first wrap with an inner diameter that is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the cartridge, wherein in the wrapped configuration the first section and the second section at least partially overlap, at least one fastener located in one of the first and second section and configured to attach to the other one of the first and second sections for keeping the flexible foil in the wrapped configuration.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GMBHInventors: Michael Schabbach, Christian Nessel, Daniel Auernhammer, Beate Franke, Francisco Soares
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Patent number: 11587540Abstract: Provided is a guitar case that can include a body for placement of a guitar; a translucent or transparent window where a portion of the guitar is visible from outside of the case; and a speaker; wherein the guitar placed inside of the case is configured to play over the speaker with a wired or wireless connection. The guitar case can further include a panel or a screen. The screen can be a touch-screen. The panel can be configured to move to allow access to electronics inside of the case. The panel can pivot out. The guitar case can further include a door, the door having the window. The guitar case can further include a camera or a microphone. The case can be configured so that a guitar is placed at an angle of less than vertical.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: MOSER-LUCIDO-PRODUCTION, LLCInventor: Don Louis Moser
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Patent number: 11548719Abstract: A dispenser device for storing and distributing medical electrodes. The dispenser device includes a shell having an inner volume. The shell has an aperture extending through the shell to the inner volume. A strip of a plurality of electrodes is arranged in a pattern within the inner volume of the shell. An end of the strip extends through the aperture and out of the shell. Pulling the end of the strip moves the plurality of electrodes according to the pattern. The shell is preferably a round or rectangular shape. For a round shell, the strip of electrodes is wrapped around a hub within the inner volume. For a rectangular shell, the strip of electrodes is arranged in a Z-fold pattern within the inner volume. The dispenser device may have a vapor proof cap over the aperture that prevents the electrodes from drying out within the shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Conmed CorporationInventors: John E. Hart, Timothy A. Donaldson
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Patent number: 11506614Abstract: A device for inspection and authentication of gemstones (diamond pieces) includes a first member having a plurality of gemstone receiving portions, a second member having a plurality of diamonds covering portions which correspond to the gemstone receiving portions; each of the diamond covering portions having a viewing and inspection opening formed therein, a connection member disposed between end portions of the first and second members, a seal placement area formed on each of the first and second members; and an authentication seal configured to be placed on the seal placement area. The authentication seal is provided on the seal placement area without obstructing the viewing and inspection openings. The size of the viewing and inspection openings is less than size of gemstones placed in the gemstone receiving portion. The viewing and inspection opening includes one or more elongated portions for inserting a twizzer therethrough for holding and rotating diamond.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventor: Shankar Ambadas Bhavsar
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Patent number: 11504991Abstract: A method of marking a package (72) includes providing a package (72) including an additive transformable from a first state to a second state in response to an external stimulus and presenting said package via a sales device (80). At least a portion of said additive is in said first state when said package is presented in said sales device (80). At least a portion of said additive is activated to form identifying indicia on said package within said sales device (80).Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: INTERCONTINENTAL GREAT BRANDS LLCInventors: Patrick Jules Joseph Poitevin, Stuart Mackintosh Blyth
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Patent number: 11459162Abstract: A method for forming a device that is releasably attachable to a ferromagnetic surface comprises providing an object formed from one or more flexible or compressible materials, positioning a magnet between the object and a heat-activated adhesive patch, and applying heat and pressure to the patch to fuse the patch to the object around the magnet.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: 3849953 CANADA INC.Inventor: Michael Adjeleian
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Patent number: 11455504Abstract: An example device comprising contactless circuitry to receive data about a plurality of events corresponding to an asset, and a memristor coupled to the contactless circuitry to store the data about the plurality of events. The contactless circuitry may determine that the asset has experienced an event, receive a transaction corresponding to the event from a decentralized entity, generate a hash of the transaction including a device identifier of the contactless circuitry and the transaction received from the decentralized entity, verify the hashed transaction with the decentralized entity, and store the verified hashed transaction on the memristor of the contactless circuitry, wherein the stored verified hash includes information about the event.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventor: Sathyanarayanan Manamohan
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Patent number: 11377275Abstract: A multifunction cup lid used for engaging with a corresponding cup body of a cup includes a charging member for receiving a suitable earphone to charge the earphone, and a cap adapted to receive the charging member therein so that the earphone can be taken out of or put in the multifunction cup lid via opening or closing the charging member. The present structure can receive and charge the earphone via providing with the charging member, thereby users can use the cup with the multifunction cup lid to achieve the purpose of carrying one object with a variety of functions to further reduce the carrying burden and strengthen the convenience.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Shenzhen Doageas Technology Co., ltd.Inventor: Jian Zheng
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Patent number: 11365044Abstract: The invention is drawn to a container comprising a bottom wall and at least one sidewall connected to the bottom wall which form a container interior. The sidewall terminates in a rolled edge opposite the bottom wall and has an inner and an outer surface. A flexible bag having an open end is disposed within the interior of the container. A slide ring comprises a circumferential portion which is substantially vertical or vertical and a finger extending therefrom and is affixed to the open end of the bag and disposed adjacent the outer surface of the sidewall, below the rolled edge. The finger of the slide ring is angled inwardly toward the sidewall and frictionally engages the sidewall. Vertical adjustment of the slide ring vertically adjusts the bag within the interior of the container.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Trevor Price
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Patent number: 11352199Abstract: A capsule containing a substance for the preparation of a potable beverage. The capsule comprises an aluminum capsule body having a side wall and an outwardly extending flange and a sealing member at the outwardly extending flange for providing a fluid sealing contact with an enclosing member of a beverage preparation device. The beverage preparation device comprises an annular element having a free contact end which is provided with a plurality of radially extending open grooves. The capsule comprises a bearing for the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device if the capsule is positioned in the enclosing member of the beverage preparation device and the enclosing member is closed by means of a closing member of the beverage preparation device, said bearing enclosing at least a portion of the free contact end of the annular element.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V.Inventors: Hielke Dijkstra, Arend Hendrik Groothornte, Erik Pieter van Gaasbeek, Marc Henrikus Joseph Ottenschot, Ralf Kamerbeek, Armin Sjoerd Eijsackers, John Henri Flamand
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Patent number: 11312540Abstract: A reusable mailer bag includes front, rear, first side, second side, and bottom panels which include interior surfaces that define a carrying volume that has an opening which is opposite the bottom panel. The mailer bag also includes a flap and a first side extension. The flap is configured to extend across the opening to close the carrying volume during shipping. The flap includes a first end portion that is attached to the rear panel and a second end portion that is configured to secure to the front panel. The first side extension extends from a first edge of the second end portion of the flap that is adjacent the first side panel. The first side extension is configured to extend around the first side panel and to secure to the rear panel when the second end portion is secured to the front panel.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: GREEN 2 GREEN PRODUCTS, INCInventors: Hugh L. Greenwood, Kenneth Greenfield
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Patent number: 11304348Abstract: An informing device includes a loading section feeding automatically a subsequent component tape that is preset in the tape feeder when the component tape that is being fed by the feeding device has no component. A controller is configured to determine whether the component tape that is being fed by the feeding device and the subsequent component tape are present in the tape feeder or only one of the component tape and the subsequent component tape is present in the tape feeder based on a management table, and configured to control a display section to inform that the subsequent component tape can be preset in the tape feeder before the subsequent component tape is preset when only one of the component tapes is present in the tape feeder.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yoichi Matsushita
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Patent number: 11261009Abstract: A removable cap for a dispensing bottle of a fluid product, equipped with a central axis, includes an axis insert being capable of concealing a dispensing system of the bottle. The insert includes a peripheral portion and an upper portion, a first decorative element mounted on the insert and covering the peripheral portion of the insert, a second decorative element mounted on the insert and covering the upper portion of the insert. The second decorative element engages with the first decorative element so as to integrate decorative protrusions within the first decorative element, arranged on the periphery of the cap. The decorative protrusions are arranged on lugs.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Albea ServicesInventors: Gael Thorez, Laurent Pesqueux, Philippe Paris
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Patent number: 11203481Abstract: A double-layer container comprises an inner container made of plastic and having a bottom, and a cylindrical outer layer made of paper. The outer layer is sleeved outside the inner container, a locking structure is provided between the outer layer and the inner container to snap the outer layer on an outer peripheral surface of the inner container, and the outer layer is provided with a tear tab capable of tearing and destroying the outer layer. The double-layer container reinforces the strength of the inner container and the outer layer in a radial direction through an annular groove and an annular protrusion respectively, so that the overall strength is high, and quick recycle is realized through the tear tab provided on the outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignees: Kraftpack (Hubei) Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jiaoping Ding, Yufan Ding
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Patent number: 11083412Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating the tongue strength and coordination of a subject includes an intermediate device such as a lever which is pivotably attached to a coupling device and extends into a cavity of a nipple element. The lever is detached from the nipple and pivotable in response to deformation of the nipple element by a tongue force exerted on the nipple element by a subject during a suck-swallow-breathe sequence. The coupling device includes a sensing device to wirelessly transmit sensor outputs to a mobile device paired to the sensing device. The sensing device includes at least one sealed chamber defined by a membrane and a sensor. In one example, a first membrane and sensor senses pressure change in a fluid in the apparatus, and a second membrane and sensor is actuated by the intermediate device to sense deformation of the nipple element. A method using the apparatus is provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: NFANT Labs, LLCInventors: Thomas J. Cunningham, Louis F. Malice, Jr., Gilson J. Capilouto
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Patent number: 11040825Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide a container, including: a floor; a plurality of vertical walls coupled to the floor; a ceiling coupled to the plurality of vertical walls; a first horizontal gate coupled to a first vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a first plurality of foldable portions; a second horizontal gate coupled to a second vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a second plurality of foldable portions; a third horizontal gate coupled to a third vertical wall of the plurality of vertical walls and comprising a third plurality of foldable portions; and a first vertical gate coupled to the ceiling and comprising a fourth plurality of foldable portions, wherein, when extended, the first horizontal gate, the second horizontal gate, the third horizontal gate, and the first vertical gate form a plurality of separate cargo volumes.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventor: Robert Erik Grip
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Patent number: 10968034Abstract: A container comprises a housing that comprises a box and a lid that is hingedly attached to the box. The lid comprises a bottom edge. The box comprises a front wall and a rear wall. The container also comprises an inner package disposed at least partially within the housing and at least partially defining an interior volume for housing consumer goods. The inner package is configured to open and close when the lid of the housing is opened and closed. The inner package comprises an access opening and a sealing flap. The sealing flap comprises a tab that has a bottom edge. The bottom edge of the tab is positioned below the bottom edge of the lid when the lid is in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventor: Luiz Andre Rodrigues
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Patent number: 10950145Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for creating printed tags for use in connection with a heated food item placed into a hot holding unit. System components may include a user interface, a printer, and a controller. The controller is programmed to instruct the user interface to display a prompt for an operator to input information identifying one or more characteristics of a food item positioned within or to be placed into a hot holding unit. The controller receives the information from the user interface and instructs the printer to generate a tag identifying the food item and the time at which the food item is to be removed from the hot holding unit and discarded. The tag may include a display area to display the printed information and a support area with a slit that allows the tag to be supported by a rack of the hot holding unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLCInventors: Jeanne F. Duckett, Stephen John Walker, Karen L. Euse, Jayne Blair
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Patent number: 10940978Abstract: A tearing guide strip 23 is integrated with a base part 21a or 21b of at least one of a male member 2a and a female member 2b constituting a zipper 2 in a peelable manner to improve the tearing unsealing ability of a zipper-equipped bag provided with an interlocking type zipper enabling resealing and unsealing after the bag is unsealed.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: IDEMITSU UNITECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshinori Nanba, Kenichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 10943162Abstract: A method, comprising: providing a combination of a package and a label attached to the package, wherein the label comprises a fluorescent substance, illuminating the label with excitation light so as to cause the label to emit fluorescence light, capturing an image of the label by using an imaging unit, and detecting the position of the label by analyzing the captured image and/or detecting a degree of adhesion of the label by analyzing the captured image.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: UPM RAFLATAC OYInventors: Jari Herranen, Pasi Lehtonen, Markku Pietarinen
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Patent number: 10912240Abstract: When an operator performs a tape inserting operation of inserting a tape into an insertion port for a tape feeder, the tape feeder detects the tape inserted into the insertion port. Further, it is confirmed based on operation object information indicating the tape feeder serving as an object of the tape inserting operation that the tape feeder having detected the tape is the object of the tape inserting operation. If the tape feeder is the object of the tape inserting operation, the tape feeder is caused to perform loading or standby. In this way, after it is confirmed that the tape feeder, for which the tape inserting operation was performed by the operator, is the object of this operation, the tape feeder is caused to perform the loading or the standby and a problem of erroneous insertion of the tape into the tape feeder can be dealt with.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Toshihiro Michizoe, Naoki Hanamura
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Patent number: 10899155Abstract: An adhesive sign suited to use in retail applications includes a substrate layer. An adhesive layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The adhesive layer defines an exposed region for attachment to an associated structure. The adhesive layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. An ink layer is disposed on the substrate layer. The ink layer includes an image. The ink layer is derived from a photo-curable inkjet composition. The adhesive layer and ink layer can be formed in the same inkjet printing process and cured in a common photo-curing station. A stack of the adhesive signs can be assembled without interleaving a release liner between each pair of signs.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: Xerox CorporationInventors: Douglas K. Herrmann, Seemit Praharaj, Jason M. LeFevre, Paul J. McConville, Chu-Heng Liu
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Patent number: 10900914Abstract: A method of authenticating an article, the method comprising: reading a label associated with the article, the label comprising article fingerprint information; retrieving, in dependence on the article fingerprint information, an article fingerprint, the fingerprint describing the resonance response of the article to an excitation signal; applying an excitation signal to the article; receiving the resonance response of the article to the excitation signal; comparing the resonance response to the fingerprint; and determining in dependence on the comparison whether the article is authentic.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Inventors: Kaspar Althoefer, Jamie Barras, David Nugent
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Patent number: 10865038Abstract: A cigarette pack (1) comprising a box body (2); an inner wrapper (15), comprising an aluminium layer, is arranged on the inside of the box body (2); a lid (8) connected to the box body by a hinge (9) and capable of opening and closing the upper end of the box body, the lid having an open lower end (10), front wall (11), a rear wall (12), a pair if side walls (18) and a top wall (13, 14) having an outside (13) and an inside (14), which inside (14) faces against the open upper end (3) and the inner wrapper (15) when the lid is in a closed position; an RFID/NFC tag (16) and a distance layer (20), which is arranged on the inside and that the RFID/NFC tag is arranged on the distance layer. The distance layer forces the RFID/NFC tag close to the wrapping material.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: STORA ENSO OYJInventor: Lauri Huhtasalo
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Patent number: 10861354Abstract: A receipt and label roll comprises a core and a web having a longitudinally-extending axis and wound on the core along the axis. The web includes (i) a substrate having a front side and a back side opposite the front side, (ii) a thermally-sensitive coating disposed on the front side of the substrate, (iii) adhesive disposed on a portion of the back side of the substrate along the web axis, and (iv) a release coating disposed on the front side of the substrate along the web axis to prevent the adhesive from sticking to the front side of the substrate when the web is wound on the core. The web further includes (v) a longitudinal weakened structure extending along a direction parallel to the web axis and dividing the web into a first web portion on which the adhesive is disposed and a second web portion which is substantially devoid of adhesive.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Iconex LLCInventors: Steven Nahm, Robert McDaniel
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Patent number: 10847761Abstract: A rectangular secondary battery includes a rectangular outer packaging body that has an opening; a sealing plate that seals the opening of the rectangular outer packaging body; and an electrode body that is arranged inside the rectangular outer packaging body and that includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate. A gas exhaust valve is formed at a center portion of the sealing plate in the longitudinal direction. In the longitudinal direction of the sealing plate, a first identification code is provided closer than the gas exhaust valve to one end portion of the sealing plate. In the longitudinal direction, a second identification code is provided closer than the gas exhaust valve to the other end portion of the sealing plate. The first identification code and the second identification code include identical information.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takefumi Osasa, Atsushi Tsuji, Yoshinori Ikeuchi
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Patent number: 10836201Abstract: An office supply organizer, for providing a compact housing for holding various office supply items in a secure environment. The organizer includes a main body platform substantially having a shape of a quadrangle having four peripheral edges, an underside and a top side. The main body platform further includes four distinct quadrants divided by seams. At least one pocket is attached to the top side of at least one of the four adjacent quadrants. The main body platform is foldable in a first direction and is reversible, and foldable in a second direction. At least one a closure is coupled to the main body platform and is configured to retain the main body platform in at least one of a first folded configuration and a second folded configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Inventor: Diane Elisa Falzone
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Patent number: 10839474Abstract: Feedback information is an important aspect in all machine learning systems. In robot systems that are picking objects from a plurality of objects this has been arranged by acquiring images of objects that have been picked. When images are acquired after picking they can be imaged accurately and the information about picking and also dropping success can be improved by using acquired images as a feedback in the machine learning arrangement being used for controlling the picking and dropping of objects.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: ZenRobotics OyInventors: Tuomas Lukka, Janne Kujala
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Patent number: 10787286Abstract: An object can be heat-shrinkable packaged by placing an object inside of heat-shrinkable film, sealing the heat-shrinkable film around the object to form a heat-shrinkable package, coupling a first portion of a label to the heat-shrinkable package, and causing the heat-shrinkable film to shrink into heat-shrunk film and the heat-shrinkable package to form into a heat-shrunk package. The label includes an identifier on a second portion of the label. The label remains coupled to the heat-shrunk film after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film. The second portion of the label remains substantially undeformed after the heat-shrinkable film is caused to shrink into heat-shrunk film.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: September 29, 2020Assignee: Sealed Air Corporation (US)Inventors: Russell T. Christman, Donald Durant, David Cenedella, Michael Anthony Kalinowski, Thomas O. Orsini, Steven E. Matson
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Patent number: 10752436Abstract: A secondary solid waste container for solid waste of an analyzer is disclosed. The secondary solid waste container comprises side walls and an impact absorbing member. The side walls comprise an upper end and a lower end. The impact absorbing member is connected to the side walls such that the impact absorbing member extends between the side walls and is spaced apart from the lower end with respect to a direction from the lower end to the upper end. The impact absorbing member is configured to absorb an impact from solid waste of the analyzer. An analyzer and a method for removing solid waste of an analyzer are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.Inventors: David Huber, Bruno Koch, Franz Lindegger, Marco Sangermano
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Patent number: 10752396Abstract: Polymeric container includes a base defining a support surface and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base. The sidewall has at least a first contact portion extending about a perimeter of the sidewall. The sidewall includes a raised surface pattern at a select area proximate the first contact portion. The raised surface pattern includes a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the sidewall and having an outer surface. Each protrusion is spaced apart from adjacent protrusions within the selected area, and a shortest distance between each protrusion and any of the adjacent protrusions is less than a greatest surface dimension of the outer surface of each protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: GRAHAM PACKAGING COMPANY, L.P.Inventors: Alicia Evans, Tapan Y. Patel, Hassan Mourad, Jesús Gustavo Herrera Perez, Jose Manuel Diaz
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Patent number: 10737864Abstract: This invention relates to a container comprising and outer shell and an inner lining, to a method of construction of such a container and to components used in the construction of such a container. A container comprises an outer shell made from a first material comprising paperboard, and an inner lining made from a second material comprising a polymeric or metallic material, the lining defining an internal volume for holding a liquid, and the lining being adhered to the shell, wherein, the outer shell includes a line of weakness extending around at least part of the periphery of the shell and defining a first portion of the shell on one side of said line and a second portion of the shell on the other side of said line, the line of weakness permitting the first portion of the shell to be separated from the second portion of the shell, and wherein, the lining is adhered to the shell in said first portion and the lining extends into to said second portion of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2015Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: Frugalpac LimitedInventor: Martin Myerscough
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Patent number: 10709130Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to click-functional antimicrobial molecules (including small molecules or, in some cases, macromolecules) and the construction of antimicrobial polymers such as polyurethanes, polyesters, and polyacrylates, including through the use of such molecules. In some cases, the antimicrobial click-functional molecules are based on 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT), trimethylguanidine or tetramethylguanidine (TMG), polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG), fluorine-containing molecules, or a combination thereof. For example, 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one (BIT) functionalized with an alkyne (BIT-Al), trimethylguanidine or tetramethylguanidine (TMG) functioned with an alkyne (TMG-Al) or dual alkynes (TMG-dAl), and/or polyhexamethylene guanidine (PHMG) functionalized with an alkyne (PHMG-Al) are described herein. Clickable antimicrobial polymers can be used to form coatings or films.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: ALEO BME, Inc.Inventors: Chao Liu, Jianqing Hu, Kaimei Peng, Wei Ding
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Patent number: 10703536Abstract: A display case assembly for footwear that allows the user easy access to each individual pair of footwear while displaying each item of footwear. The assembly includes one or more containers that can be stacked to form an assembly of storage devices that cooperate to assist access to the footwear in that a first device stacked on top of a second device can be used to hold the door of the second device open while the user accesses the footwear inside. The containers feature two adjacent doors with magnets located on their exterior surfaces positioned to contact the magnets on a door of a second container stacked on top of a first container. In addition, the containers feature a support column with magnets that are positioned to contact magnets on the doors when the doors are fully closed.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2019Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Inventor: Kellen Brantley
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Patent number: 10696450Abstract: A container comprising a first side-panel section separated from a second side-panel section. Each of the first and second side-panel sections includes a side portion fold line extending laterally across the side-panel sections, such that each side-panel section presents two side portions. Furthermore, the container includes a pair of end flaps extending along lateral edges of the first and second side-panel sections and separated from the side-panel sections via primary fold lines, with the end flaps operable to connect the first and second side-panel sections together. The container is configured to be erected from a knockdown configuration by folding together the first side-panel section and the second side-panel section, and extending the first side-panel section and the second side-panel section away from each other such that the container forms a rectangular perimeter.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Vanguard Packaging, LLCInventors: David Anthony Valentini, Jerry Ryan Frost
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Patent number: 10682456Abstract: In the context of a package for sealing an infusion set therewithin, the present invention causes a plurality of illustrations in which elements and colors thereof which appear in a story, verse, or lyric of a song or nursery rhyme are depicted in images in order of appearance therein, the respective images being displayed on a surface of the package in order from frontmost to backmost in mutually offset and partially overlapping fashion, such that it is possible to extremely naturally and without difficulty grasp the colors and the order thereof, i.e., the order of administration, as a result of which it is possible to effectively prevent misidentification of administration procedure during use of the infusion set.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: KOBAYASHI & CO., LTD.Inventors: Koji Fukuoka, Go Kawaoi, Kazuyuki Osawa, Imari Endo
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Patent number: 10683161Abstract: An apparatus for collecting and storing autographs includes a housing having a hollow interior that is configured to receive and hold autograph media. The housing includes a plurality of side walls and a floor and can be in the form of a cube. The apparatus includes an outer frame that is disposed about an outer surface of one side wall and defines an exterior slot that is open along one side for receiving autograph medium. The autograph medium comprises a substrate that has a surface on which an autograph can be written.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Inventor: Maximiliano Gaston Rodrigues
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Patent number: 10683130Abstract: A packing case includes a body part having a quadrangular section and a bottom part for closing a lower opening of the body part. The body part includes first to fourth side plates forming sides of the quadrangle, and first to fourth bottom plate pieces are respectively connected to lower end parts of the first to fourth side plates via fold lines. The bottom part is configured by allowing the first to fourth bottom plate pieces folded to a side of the lower opening along the fold lines to be integrally engaged with one another and to be connected with one another, and at least one support piece, which is able to assemble support body that support an object to be packed, is connected to at least one of the first to fourth bottom plate pieces.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.Inventor: Masakazu Takeuchi