Rhode Island Patents 6-17-2008

June 17th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on June 17, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D571,104 Piping of a sports equipment bag
7,389,416 Method of verifiably sharing a secret in potentially asynchronous networks
7,388,145 Unmanned underwater vehicle tailcone assembly
7,388,053 Perimeter weighted golf ball
7,387,792 Pharmaceutical composition for compressed annular tablet with molded triturate tablet for both intraoral and oral administration
7,387,504 Mold for a golf ball
7,387,337 Booster seat
7,387,213 Dress kit mounting system
7,387,032 Methods and apparatus for measuring the viscoelastic response of vocal fold tissues and scaffolds across a frequency range

Rhode Island Patents 6-10-2008

June 13th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on June 13, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D570,602 Side region of a sports equipment bag
7,385,805 Method and apparatus for delivering uninterrupted power
7,385,521 Tamper indication device
7,384,626 Functionalized dendritic polymers for the capture and neutralization of biological and chemical agents
7,384,259 Mechanism for adjusting a valve for regulating the flow of plastic to an extrusion die
7,383,998 Optical reader system comprising host processor and optical reader

Rhode Island Patents 6-03-2008

June 5th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on June 3, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D570,348 Reader plate
D570,170 Stapler
D570,115 Side portion of a sports equipment bag
7,382,780 Method for time coding of asynchronous data transmissions
7,382,397 Systems and methods for controlling devices over a network
7,382,380 On demand techniques for using data associated with a digital image suitable for rasterization at any resolution
7,382,223 Thermal circuit breaker
7,382,193 Preserving linearity of an isolator-free power amplifier by dynamically adjusting gain and phase
7,381,489 PEM fuel cell with high porosity hydrophilic water transport plates and temperature increase before shutdown in environment which may reach
7,381,489 PEM fuel cell with high porosity hydrophilic water transport plates and temperature increase before shutdown in environment which may reach subfreezing temperatures
7,381,132 Gaming system and method
7,381,099 Equipment door perforation penetrating connector
7,380,964 Recessed luminaire having a moisture barrier
7,380,548 Stove apparatus

Rhode Island Patents 5-27-2008

May 28th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on May 27, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D570,041 Cigar cutting tool
D569,866 Reader plate
D569,619 Crate
7,380,244 Status display tool
7,380,108 Automatic and transparent hardware conversion of traditional control flow to predicates
7,379,392 Flexible cymbal array
7,379,305 Modular UPS
7,378,339 Barrier for use in 3-D integration of circuits
7,377,863 Multi-layer golf ball having improved inter-layer adhesion via induction heating
7,376,993 Play gyms and methods of operating the same

Rhode Island Patents 5-20-2008

May 22nd, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on May 20, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D569,548 Cigar cutting tool
D569,454 Doll
7,376,175 Wireless communications systems and methods for cache enabled multiple processor based multiple user detection
7,375,153 Zinc stearate-cis-to-trans catalyst blends for improved golf ball core compositions
7,374,804 Method for rendering surface layer of limited play disk lightfast
7,374,468 Construction system
7,374,384 Fasteners for securing pallet members together
7,374,383 Full-round, offset-head nail
7,374,127 Systems and methods for making pipe liners
7,373,883 Projectile with tail-mounted gas generator assembly

Rhode Island Patents 5-13-2008

May 13th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on May 13, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D568,717 Keypad escutcheon
7,373,045 Method and apparatus for processing optical signals with supergratings
7,372,886 High thermal conductivity vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)
7,372,706 Surge protection
7,371,192 Golf ball
7,371,096 Hermaphroditic socket/adapter
7,371,083 Circular electrical connector

Rhode Island Patents 5-06-2008

May 11th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on May 6, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
7,370,163 Adaptive cache engine for storage area network including systems and methods related thereto
7,370,012 Electronic payment system
7,369,158 Launch monitor system with a calibration fixture and a method for use thereof
7,368,957 Capacitively coupled floating gate driver
7,368,246 Quantitative gene expression profiling
7,367,899 Metal wood club with improved hitting face
7,367,314 Governor system for gasoline powered vehicles
7,367,173 Greens mower data display and controller

Rhode Island Patents 4-29-2008

April 29th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on April 29, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D567,847 Character set of a font
7,366,933 Power event analysis
7,366,053 System and method for imaging and tracking contacts within a medium
7,365,973 Cooling system and method
7,365,964 Modular power distribution unit, module for the power distribution unit, and method of using the same
7,365,650 Underwater RF propagation path
7,365,383 Method of forming an EPROM cell and structure therefor
7,365,128 Highly-neutralized acid polymers and their use in golf balls
7,364,489 Electromechanical toy
7,363,941 Fluid control valve device
7,363,813 Temperature and moisture probe

Rhode Island Patents 4-22-2008

April 22nd, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on April 22, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D567,437 Fuel cartridge for a cigarette lighter
D567,171 Uninterruptable power supply
7,363,177 Apparatus and method for performing the time delay estimation of signals propagating through an environment
7,362,655 Time-synchronous acoustic signal ranging system and method
7,361,674 7, 8 and 9-substituted tetracycline compounds
7,361,427 Manifold for a pile configured battery
7,361,103 Golf ball with small inner core
7,361,102 Golf ball with large inner core
7,361,099 Metal wood club with improved hitting face
7,360,529 Fuel level measurement and run time interpolation

Rhode Island Patents 4-15-2008

April 16th, 2008

Patents granted to Rhode Island Companies and Inventors on April 15, 2008.

Pat. No. Title
D566,807 Transportable gas cylinder
D566,795 Robotic dog
D566,794 Robotic dog
D566,771 Desk storage container
D566,764 Pen
7,359,966 Methods and systems for passive information discovery using Lomb periodogram processing
7,358,911 System and method for providing a distributed loaded monopole antenna
7,358,654 Piezoelectric switch
7,358,443 Braided cord with conductive foil
7,358,439 Adjustable scalable rack power system and method
7,358,309 Compositions for use in golf balls
7,357,792 Positive push medical valve with internal seal
7,357,736 Golf balls having a low modulus HNP layer and a high modulus HNP layer
7,357,735 Fully-neutralized ionomers for use in golf ball having a large core and a thin, dense layer
7,357,734 Thick inner cover multi-layer golf ball
7,357,733 Golf ball with vapor barrier layer and method of making same
7,357,541 Enclosure for socket cup for snap-in electrical quick connectors
7,357,393 Player key for an instant-win lottery ticket and method for validating same
7,356,951 Inflatable dancing toy with music