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number

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Requested

date

Requester Type Title Abstract Assignee(s) Inventor(s) Primary

Class

Other Class

1 5,539,990 90/012,222 Mar. 30,

2012

Erik G.

Swenson,

Fulbright

&

Jaworski,

LLP.,

Austin,

TX

Ex Parte

Three-

dimensional

optical

levelling,

plumbing

and angle-

calibrating

instrument

An optical

levelling,

plumbing

and angle-

calibrating

instrument

includes: a

frame; a

plumb

body

universally

pendulousl

y mounted

on the

frame and

defining a

vertical

plumb line

gravitation

ally; at

least an

illuminator

electrically

connected

to a power

supply and

mounted

Le, Mike

(c/o Hung

Hsing

Patent

Service

Center P.O.

Box 55-

1670,

Taipei, TW)

33/283

33/281,

33/286,

33/DIG.21,

356/138

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5539990


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on the

plumb

body for

emitting

laser light;

and at least

a

cylindrical-

surfaced

lens

mounted

on the

plumb

body in

front of the

illuminator

for planarly

diverging

the laser

light as

emitted

from the

illuminator

through the

lens to

form a

laser light

plane

transverse

to a lens

axis of the


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date


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cylindrical-

surfaced

lens,

whereby

the laser

light plane

will

projectivel

y intersect

an

objective

wall to

form a

straight

line of

optical

image,

serving as a

reference

line for

levelling or

plumbing

use.

2 5,693,902 90/012,215 Mar. 30,

2012

John D.

Lanza,

Foley &

Lardner,

LLP.,

Boston,

MA

Ex Parte

Audio block

sequence

compiler for

generating

prescribed

duration

audio

sequences

An audio

block

sequence

compiler

for

selecting a

plurality of

audio

Sonic,

Desktop

Software

(Chatsworth

, CA)

Hufford,

Geoffrey

Calvin

(Chatsworth

, CA);

Hufford,

Christopher

P.

84/650

84/609,

84/610,

84/634,

707/E17.009



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blocks to

generate a

sequence

having a

duration

correspondi

ng to user-

prescribed

criteria. In

a preferred

embodimen

t, a user

chooses an

audio, e.g.,

a musical,

segment

from a

predefined

audio

library and

prescribes

the

duration of

an audio

sequence.

Prior to

depositing

each

musical

segment in

the library,

(Chatsworth

, CA);

Klingler,

Kevin C.

(Chatsworth

, CA)


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the musical

selection is

divided

into audio

blocks that

are

identified

in a

correspondi

ng

encoding

table with

characterist

ics

including

(1)

duration,

(2)

suitability

for being

used as a

beginning

or ending

of an audio

sequence,

and (3)

musical

compatibili

ty with

each audio

block.


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number

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Using this

characterist

ic table and

the user-

prescribed

criteria,

i.e.,

duration,

the audio

block

sequence

compiler

generates a

plurality of

audio

sequences

satisfying

the user-

prescribed

criteria

which can

be

reviewed,

e.g.,

played,

and/or

saved for

future use.

3 5,877,445 90/012,218 Mar. 30,

2012

John D.

Lanza,

Foley &

Ex Parte

System for

generating

prescribed

A block

sequence

compiler

Sonic,

Desktop

Software

Hufford,

Geoffrey

Calvin

84/602

84/609,

84/610,

84/649,



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number

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date


Class

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Lardner,

LLP.,

Boston,

MA

duration

audio and/or

video

sequences

for

compiling

a sequence

of audio

and/or

video

blocks

(e.g., audio

tracks,

MIDI,

video clips,

animation,

etc.)

suitable for

producing

one or

more audio

and/or

video

output

sequences

(i.e., audio,

video, or

multimedia

) each

having a

duration

correspondi

ng to user-

prescribed

criteria. In

(Chatsworth

, CA)

(Granada

Hills, CA);

Hufford,

Christopher

P.

(Chatsworth

, CA);

Klingler,

Kevin C.

(Chatsworth

, CA)

84/650,

707/E17.009


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a preferred

embodimen

t, a user

chooses an

audio

and/or

video

source

segment

from a

predefined

library and

prescribes

the

duration of

an audio

and/or

video

sequence.

Prior to

depositing

each audio

and/or

video

segment in

the library,

the

segment is

partitioned

into audio

and/or


S.N Patent

number

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date


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video

blocks that

are

identified

in a

correspondi

ng

characterist

ic data

table with

characterist

ics

including

(1)

duration,

(2)

suitability

for being

used as a

beginning

or ending

of an audio

and/or

video

sequence,

and (3)

compatibili

ty with

each block.

Using this

characterist


S.N Patent

number

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Requested

date


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ic table and

the user-

prescribed

criteria,

i.e.,

duration,

the block

sequence

compiler

generates a

plurality of

audio

and/or

video

sequences

satisfying

the user-

prescribed

criteria

which can

be

reviewed,

e.g.,

played,

and/or

saved for

future use.

4 5,948,818 90/012,224 Mar. 30,

2012

David W.

Clough,

Ph.D.,

Morgan

Ex Parte

Treatment

of

inflammator

y bowel

Inflammato

ry bowel

disease,

especially

Tillotts

Pharma AG

(Ziefen,

CH)

Buser,

Thomas

(Ziefen,

CH);

514/560 514/963



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Lewis &

Bockius,

LLP.,

Chicago,

IL

disease

using oral

dosage

forms of

omega-3

polyunsatur

ated acids

Crohn's

disease and

ulcerative

colitis, is

treated by

administrat

ion of an

oral dosage

form,

containing

as an active

principle

an omega-3

polyunsatur

ated acid in

free acid

form or as

a

pharmaceut

ically

acceptable

salt thereof,

which

releases the

acid in the

ileum.

Preferably

the oral

dosage

form is a

gelatine

Camporesi,

Emilio P.

(Ziefen,

CH)


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number

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date


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capsule

coated with

a

poly(ethyla

crylate-

methylmet

hacrylate).

5 6,456,938 90/012,223 Mar. 30,

2012

Mincheol

Kim,

Knobbe

Martens

Olson &

Bear,

LLP.,

Irvine, CA

Ex Parte

Personal

dGPS golf

course

cartographer

, navigator

and internet

web site

with map

exchange

and tutor

A personal

owned

palm-held

device

consisting

of software

executed

on a palm-

held

personal

computer

(PC)

saddled

into and

connected

directly to

a dGPS

receiver

such that

an

individual

golf player

may map a

golf course

Barnard,

Kent Deon

(Wayne

City, IL)

701/454

340/990,

342/357.31,

473/407,

701/487



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by

traversing

its

attributes,

displaying

said map

and

collecting

golf play

data for

any golf

course. In

addition,

the ability

to upload

and

download

golf course

maps to an

Internet

web site

shall

reduce the

need for

subsequent

users to

repeat the

effort of

mapping

the same

course


S.N Patent

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more than

once. Also,

downloada

ble courses

will

facilitate

the use of

the palm-

held PC by

users that

do not have

a dGPS

attachment.

When used

without a

dGPS

attachment,

ball

locations

will be

determined

manually

by

estimating

the ball

location

with

reference

to visual

salient

course


S.N Patent

number

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date


Class

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attributes.

6 7,218,992 90/012,225 Mar. 30,

2012

VGo

Communi

cations,

Inc., Marc

E. Hankin,

Hankin

Patent

Law,

APA., Los

Angeles,

CA

Ex Parte

Medical

tele-robotic

system

A robotic

system that

includes a

remote

controlled

robot. The

robot may

include a

camera, a

monitor

and a

holonomic

platform all

attached to

a robot

housing.

The robot

may be

controlled

by a remote

control

station that

also has a

camera and

a monitor.

The remote

control

station may

be linked to

InTouch

Technologie

s, Inc.

(Goleta,

CA, US)

Wang,

Yulun

(Goleta,

CA, US);

Laby, Keith

Phillip

(Santa

Barbara,

CA, US);

Jordan,

Charles S.

(Santa

Barbara,

CA, US);

Butner,

Steven

Edward

(Goleta,

CA, US);

Southard,

Jonathan

(Santa

Barbara,

CA, US)

700/245

318/568.1,

348/E7.088,

700/231,

700/232,

700/235,

700/236,

700/237,

700/244,

700/247,

901/1



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a base

station that

is

wirelessly

coupled to

the robot.

The

cameras

and

monitors

allow a

care giver

at the

remote

location to

monitor

and care

for a

patient

through the

robot. The

holonomic

platform

allows the

robot to

move about

a home or

facility to

locate

and/or

follow a


S.N Patent

number

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date


Class

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patient.

7 7,422,143 90/009,990 Apr. 2,

2012

Eric P.

Mirabel,

JD, LLM,

Houston,

TX

Ex Parte

Container

having

passive

controlled

temperature

interior

An

apparatus

for

shipping

articles

under

controlled

temperatur

e

conditions,

having a

metallic

article

enclosure

surrounded

by a set of

insulating

panels,

with a

predetermi

ned volume

separation

between

the

enclosure

and the

insulating

panels, and

the

Minnesota

Thermal

Science,

LLC

(Plymouth,

MN, US)

Mayer,

William N.

(White Bear

Lake, MN,

US)

229/103.

11

62/457.1,

220/592.2,

220/592.25,

220/592.26



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predetermi

ned volume

being filled

with phase

change

material.

8 7,716,629 90/009,983 Mar. 5,

2012

Michael

A.

Glenn,

Glenn

Patent

Group,

Menlo

Park, CA

Ex Parte

System and

method for

generating

web sites in

an arbitrary

object

framework

A method

and system

for

generating

a computer

application

is

disclosed.

The

computer

application

is

generated

on a host

system in

an arbitrary

object

framework

that

separates a

content of

said

computer

application,

a form of

Vertical

Computer

Systems,

Inc. (Fort

Worth, TX,

US)

Mcauley,

Aubrey

(Austin, TX,

US)

717/100



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date


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said

computer

application

and a

functionalit

y of said

computer

application.

Arbitrary

objects are

created

with

correspondi

ng arbitrary

names of

various

object

types for

generating

said

content of

said

computer

application,

said form

of said

computer

application,

and said

functionalit

y of said


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number

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date


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computer

application.

The

arbitrary

objects are

managed in

an object

library. The

arbitrary

objects are

deployed

from said

object

library into

a design

framework

to create

said

computer

application.

9 7,158,757 95/001,903 Apr. 3,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Modular

Computin

g, LLC.;

(Att'y Is:

Ruben C.

DeLeon,

DeLeon

Law

Inter

Partes

Modular

computer

The

invention

concerns a

computer

comprising

a central

unit, an

input

device, a

communica

tion

Smartdata

S.A.

(Martigny,

CH)

Buttet, Jean-

pierre

(Martigny,

CH)

455/41.3 455/66.1,

725/62



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number

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date


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Group,

Plano,

TX), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

interface

with a

remote

network

and display

and/or

sound

reproductio

n means.

The

invention is

essentially

characteris

ed in that

the

computer

can consist

of elements

already

existing in

the user's

surroundin

gs (for

example,

portable

telephone,

television).

10 7,221,387 95/001,958 Apr. 4,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Cisco

Inter

Partes

Digital

television

with

subscriber

Digital

television

system

overlays

Fernandez,

Dennis S.

(Atherton,

CA, US)

Fernandez,

Dennis S.

(1175

Osborn

348/14.0

8

348/14.09,

348/E5.099,

348/E5.104,

348/E5.108,



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number

Control

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Requested

date


Class

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Systems,

Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

David L.

McCombs

, Haynes

& Boone,

LLP.,

Dallas,

TX), Real

Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

conference

overlay

subscriber

two-way

communica

tion during

broadcast

program

delivery to

create

virtual

audience

community

. Individual

or group

billing and

advertisem

ent is

personalize

d per DTV

receiver

program

viewing

and/or

conferencin

g activity.

Subscriber

receiver

includes

camera and

other

media I/O

device for

Ave.,

Atherton,

CA, US);

Hu, Irene Y.

(Belmont,

CA, US)

348/E7.071,

348/E7.083,

725/62,

725/64


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date


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multi-way

video

conferencin

g.

Participants

may be

added or

removed

dynamicall

y during

programmi

ng or

conferencin

g.

11 7,329,277 95/001,929 Mar. 23,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Boston

Scientific

Corp.;

(Att'y Is:

David R.

Marsh,

Arnold &

Porter,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Inter

Partes

Stent having

helical

elements

An

expandable

stent

comprised

of a

plurality of

helical

segments is

disclosed.

In one

embodimen

t, the stent

is generally

cylindrical

in shape

having a

cylindrical

OrbusNeich

Medical,

Inc. (Fort

Lauderdale,

FL, US)

Addonizio,

Scott J.

(Fort

Lauderdale,

FL, US);

Camp Jr.,

David L.

(Hillsboro

Beach, FL,

US);

Becker,

Gary J.

(Miami, FL,

US);

Pazienza,

John D.

(Pompano

623/1.22 623/1.15



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Party

Requester

axis, and

comprises

a first and

second set

of helical

segments.

The helical

segments

in the first

set are

substantiall

y parallel

and have a

first pitch

forming a

first helical

angle with

respect to

the

cylindrical

axis. The

helical

segments

in the

second set

are also

generally

parallel to

each other

and form a

second

Beach, FL,

US)


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date


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pitch that

differs

from the

first pitch,

thereby

forming a

second

helical

angle with

respect to

the

cylindrical

axis. In an

alternative

embodimen

t, the stent

comprises

one set of

helical

segments

and a

plurality of

circumfere

ntial

elements

that are

joined

together by

the helical

segments

to form a


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date


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plurality of

cylindrical

elements

which are

joined

together to

form a

stent body.

The stent

may also

have

endzones.

12 7,338,684 95/001,935 Apr. 4,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

University

of Dayton

Research

Institute;

(Att'y Is:

Mark P.

Levy,

Thompson

Hine,

LLP.,

Dayton,

OH), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Inter

Partes

Vapor

grown

carbon fiber

reinforced

composite

materials

and

methods of

making and

using same

A process

for

producing-

vapor

grown

carbon

fiber

(VGCF)

reinforced

continuous

fiber

performs

for the

manufactur

e of articles

with useful

mechanical

, electrical,

and

Performanc

e Polymer

Solutions,

Inc.

(Centerville,

OH, US)

Curliss,

David B.

(Beavercree

k, OH, US);

Lincoln,

Jason E.

(Englewood

, OH, US)

427/180

423/447.3,

427/203,

427/206,

427/249.2,

427/249.4,

977/843



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Requester

thermal

characterist

ics is

disclosed.

Continuous

fiber

preforms

are treated

with a

catalyst or

catalyst

precursor

and

processed

to yield

VGCF

produced

in situ

resulting in

a highly

entangled

mass of

VGCF

infused

with the

continuous

fiber

preform.

The

resulting

continuous


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fiber

preforms

are high in

volume

fraction of

VGCF and

exhibit

high

surface

area useful

for many

application

s.

Furthermor

e, this

invention

provides

for a

continuous

fiber

preform

infused

with VGCF

so that the

carbon

nanofibers

are always

contained

within the

fiber

preform.


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date


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This

eliminates

the

processing

steps for

isolated

carbon

nanofibers

reported in

other

carbon

nanofiber

composite

approaches

and

therefore

greatly

reduces

risk of

environme

ntal release

and

exposure to

carbon

nanofibers.

13 7,778,440 95/001,957 Apr. 3,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

HTC

Corporatio

n;

Inter

Partes

Apparatus

and method

for

embedding

searchable

information

Forensic

communica

tion

apparatus

and

method. An

Myport

Technologie

s, Inc.

(McKinney,

TX, US)

Malone,

Michael F.

(McKinney,

TX, US)

382/100 382/305



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number

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Requested

date


Class

Other Class

(Att'y Is:

Bing Ai,

Perkins

Coie,

LLP., San

Diego,

CA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

into a file

for

transmission

, storage

and retrieval

apparatus

is disclosed

for

recording

image or

other data

in real

time. The

apparatus

includes a

capture

device for

capturing

the image

or other

information

. Once

captured, a

local

verification

device is

operable to

indelibly

mark the

captured

image or

other

information

with a

representati

on of date,


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number

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date


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time,

location

and

information

identifying

the creator

of the data

and

location of

the capture

device. A

transmitter

is provided

for

transmittin

g the

locally

verified

captured

image or

other

information

in real time

to a secure

storage

facility.

The

capture

device is

operable,

after the


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locally

verified

captured

image or

other

information

is

transmitted

to the

secure

storage

facility, to

receive and

verify

acknowled

gment of

the receipt

of the

transmitted

locally

verified

captured

image or

other

information

to the

storage

facility.

14 7,820,947 95/001,956 Apr. 3,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Inter

Partes Slow cooker

A cooking

appliance

for cooking

Hamilton

Beach

Brands, Inc.

Gaynor, Jim

(Richmond,

VA, US);

219/442

99/331,

99/332,

99/333,



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date


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Other Class

Sunbeam

Products,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is:

Matthew

C.

Phillips,

Stoel

Rives,

LLP., Salt

Lake City,

UT), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

a foodstuff

over a

period of

time

including a

shell

having a

heating

cavity and

a heating

element to

heat the

heating

cavity. A

container is

removably

positionabl

e within the

heating

cavity and

includes a

food cavity

for

receiving

the

foodstuff.

A

temperatur

e probe is

removably

insertable

(Glen Allen,

VA, US)

Olson,

Yvonne

(Richmond,

VA, US);

Steinman,

Adam

(Richmond,

VA, US)

99/403,

165/47,

219/386,

219/390,

219/391,

219/400,

219/441,

219/492,

219/494,

219/497,

219/506,

361/678,

361/690,

361/692


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number

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date


Class

Other Class

into the

foodstuff

and a

controller

is mounted

to the shell.

The

controller

controls

operation

of the

cooking

appliance

in a probe

mode

wherein the

temperatur

e probe is

inserted

into the

foodstuff

and

transmits

foodstuff

temperatur

es to the

controller

for

controlling

the heating

of the


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number

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date


Class

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foodstuff, a

program

mode

wherein the

controller

actuates the

heating

element to

heat the

container at

a

temperatur

e for a

selected

amount of

time and

subsequentl

y at a lower

temperatur

e and a

manual

mode

wherein the

controller

actuates the

heating

element to

heat the

container at

a selected

temperatur


S.N Patent

number

Control

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Requested

date


Class

Other Class

e.

15 8,051,181 95/001,949 Mar. 28,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Apple,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Jeffrey

P.

Kushan,

Sidley

Austin,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Method for

establishing

secure

communicat

ion link

between

computers

of virtual

private

network

A

technique

is disclosed

for

establishin

g a secure

communica

tion link

between a

first

computer

and a

second

computer

over a

computer

network.

Initially, a

secure

communica

tion mode

of

communica

tion is

enabled at

a first

computer

without a

user

Virnetx, Inc.

(Scotts

Valley, CA,

US)

Larson,

Victor

(Fairfax,

VA, US);

Short III,

Robert

Dunham

(Leesburg,

VA, US);

Munger,

Edmund

Colby

(Crownsvill

e, MD, US);

Williamson,

Michael

(South

Riding, VA,

US)

709/227 709/228



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number

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date


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entering

any

cryptograp

hic

information

for

establishin

g the

secure

communica

tion mode

of

communica

tion. Then,

a secure

communica

tion link is

established

between

the first

computer

and a

second

computer

over a

computer

network

based on

the enabled

secure

communica


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number

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date


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tion mode

of

communica

tion. The

secure

communica

tion link is

a virtual

private

network

communica

tion link

over the

computer

network in

which one

or more

data values

that vary

according

to a

pseudo-

random

sequence

are inserted

into each

data

packet.

16 8,061,359 95/001,955 Apr. 2,

2012

Third

Party

Requester:

Inter

Partes

Surgical

endoscopic

cutting

A surgical

endoscopic

cutting

Smith &

Nephew,

Inc.

Emanuel,

Mark Hans

(Bloemenda

128/898 606/15,

606/170



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number

Control

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date


Class

Other Class

Hologic,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is:

Kristan L.

Lansbery,

Arnold &

Porter,

LLP.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

device and

method for

its use

device

includes

cutting

elements

fitted in a

protective

tube. The

device has

an inlet for

fluid, a

discharge

outlet for

tissue and

fluid, and a

further

outlet that

discharges

most of the

fluid.

(Memphis,

TN, US)

al, NL)

Business

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