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Recent Patents Issued to Alabama Inventors

August 31, 2010

7,784,255 - Rotary cutters - Fred P. Moore, Jr. (Valley Grande); Jack L. Harrington
 
 (Montgomery)
7,784,559 - Subsoil ripper with attachment - Randy L. Raper (Auburn); Eric B. Schwab
 
 (Opelika)
7,785,517 - Methods for reducing or eliminating defects in polymer workpieces - Garrett
   D. Poe
(Madison); Brian G. Patrick (Madison)
7,786,133 - Chemically modified small molecules - Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville);
   Tacey X. Viegas (Madison); Lin Cheng (Huntsville); Xuan Zhao (Huntsville)
7,786,221 - Multi-armed, monofunctional, and hydrolytically stable derivatives of poly
   (ethylene glycol) and related polymers for modification of surfaces and molecules - J.
   Milton Harris
(Huntsville)
7,786,371 - Modular system for MIDI data - Eric L. Moates (Anniston)
7,786,417 - RAM neutralization system and method - Harold R. Sells, II (Huntsville)
7,787,012 - System and method for video image registration in a heads up display - John
   Richard Scales
(Huntsville); Mark David Hose (Huntsville)
D622,775 - Yard sign - James Clarence Pryor (Tuscaloosa)
D622,776 - Yard sign - James Clarence Pryor (Tuscaloosa)
D622,777
- Yard sign - James Clarence Pryor (Tuscaloosa)
D622,778
- Yard sign - James Clarence Pryor (Tuscaloosa)
D622,808 - Gun sleeve - Michael J. Obradovich (Tuscaloosa)
D622,843 - Spinous process inserter - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)
D622,851 - Spinous process reamer - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)

August 24, 2010

7,782,961 - DVC delta commands - Gary William Shelton (Huntsville); William
   Lazenby
(Madison); Michael Potter (Huntsville)
7,783,820 - Packet-switched split computer having disassociated peripheral controller and
   plural data buses - Gary Warren Shelton (Huntsville)
D622,111 - Watering tube device - Mary Beth Boyette (Montgomery); Carole B. Crews
 
 (Montgomery); Courtney Presley (Millbrook); Justin Presley (Millbrook)
D622,376 - Flexible collapsible protective sleeve for medical tubing - Richard McFalls
 
 (Alabaster)
D622,441 - End caps for a luminaire - Christopher Patrick Warner (Hamilton)

August 17, 2010

7,774,914 - Method for stabilizing a compression head - Johnny Womack (Moody)
7,778,514 - Coupling of communications signals to a power line - Brett R. Zitting
 
 (Huntsville); Barry C. Zitting (Huntsville)
7,779,456 - System and method for enhanced protection and control over the use of
   identity - Gary M Dennis (Indian Springs); Sharon D. Dennis (Indian Springs)
D621,976 - Race car memorabilia outdoor torch - James A. Langley (Montgomery)
RE41,543 - Vending machine and computer assembly - James A. Satchell, Jr.
 
 (Tuskegee)

August 10, 2010

7,770,864 - Reading stand - Beverly C. Phifer (Tuscaloosa); Thomas G. Grammer
 
 (Northport); Marsha Sprayberry (Tuscaloosa); Tanya D. Baker (Northport); M. Scott
   Clark
(Tuscaloosa)
7,770,962 - Dynamic automobile wing - John B. Maxwell (Eight Mile)
7,771,505 - Controlled release fertilizer composition - Jeffrey Michael Ogle (Sylacauga);
   Johnny Duran Sims (Sylacauga)
7,771,585 - Method and apparatus for the separation of a gas-solids mixture in a
   circulating fluidized bed reactor - Pannalal Vimalchand (Birmingham); Guohai Liu
 
 (Birmingham); WanWang Peng (Birmingham)
7,772,204 - Perlecan and growth factor for wound and cutaneous injury healing - Arthur
   A. DeCarlo
(Vestavia Hills)
7,772,357 - Hydrolytically degradable polymers and hydrogels made therefrom - J. Milton
   Harris
(Huntsville); Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville); Xiaoming Shen (Madison)
7,772,379 - Compositions and processes for preparing 13-deoxy-anthracyclines - Gerald
   M. Walsh
(Birmingham)
7,772,439 - Amino or thiol linker building block for the synthesis of amino- or
  thiol- functionalized nucleic acids and methods of making and use thereof - Patrick A.
   Weiss
(Huntsville); Violette Y. Weiss (Huntsville)
7,772,951 - System and method for causing an object to hover over a surface - Larry
   W. Fullerton
(New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,772,952 - Method for coding field emission structures using a coding combination -
   Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,773,744 - System and method for terminating sealing current - Daniel M. Joffe (Owens
   Crossroads)
7,774,584 - Discrete multi-tone (DMT) system and method that communicates a data
   pump data stream between a general purpose CPU and a DSP via a buffering scheme -
   Charles E. Polk, Jr. (Athens); Lee T. Gusler (Madison); Patrick J. Quirk (Huntsville);
   Ronald M. Zuckerman (Madison); Joe L. Wilson, Jr. (Madison)
7,774,825 - Methods & apparatuses for controlling access to secured servers - Laurie
   Walls
(Birmingham)
7,774,841 - System and method for protecting network resources from denial of service
   attacks - Chwan-Hwa Wu (Auburn); J. David Irwin (Auburn)
RE41,479 - Time domain radio transmission system - Larry W. Fullerton (Brownsboro)

August 3, 2010

7,766,017 - Altered range of motion device - Anne Wilson (Anderson)
7,766,019 - Porous plastic smoking cessation devices - Robert S. Luzenberg, Jr.
 
 (Birmingham)
7,767,784 - Methods for preparing polymeric reagents and compositions of polymeric
   reagents - Antoni Kozlowski (Huntsville); Jon McKannan (Huntsville); Samuel P.
   McManus
(Huntsville)
7,768,755 - Over-voltage protection and automatic re-strike circuit for an electronic
   ballast - Wei Xiong (Madison); Danny Pugh (Harvest); Christopher Radzinski
 
 (Huntsville)
D621,100 - Decorative indoor pet home - Jeffrey M. Simpson (Auburn); Gary L.
   Rockwell
(Auburn)

July 27, 2010

7,762,326 - System and method for reducing resistance to flow in liquid reservoir
   extraction - Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope)
7,762,409 - Apparatuses for holding hangers - Samuel C. Vickroy (Madison)
7,762,966 - Massaging mattress assembly - Delores Gaines (Birmingham)
7,764,197 - System and synchronization process for inductive loops in a multilane
   environment - Jim Allen (Wetumpka); Balaraju Banna (Montgomery); Malcolm
   Talley
(Wetumpka); David C. Allen, Sr. (Wetumpka)
7,764,231 - Wireless location using multiple mobile station location techniques - Charles
   L. Karr
(Tuscaloosa)
7,764,243 - Antenna positioning system - Paul A. Gierow (Madison); William R. Clayton
 
 (Madison)
7,764,929 - Methods and apparatuses for reducing interference using frequency division
   multiple access - Vernon R. Brethour (Owens Crossroads)
D620,403 - Boat-shaped fork lift receiver hitch - Christina Blankenship (Huntsville);
   John Michael Bush (Huntsville)

July 20, 2010

7,757,446 - Non-loadbearing wall system in an existing building prior to concrete slab -
  Donny Wayne Frederick (Bessemer)
7,757,642 - Tube sheet pressure retaining plug for water tube condensers, power boilers,
   and heat exchangers - Mark W. Rettig (Bessemer); Michael D. Sullivan (Dauphin
   Island)
7,758,815 - Specimen collection, storage, transportation and assaying device - R.
   Lawrence Hartselle
(Huntsville)
7,758,883 - Three layer artificial tear formulation - Joel S. Echols (Birmingham)
7,759,134 - Magnetostrictive ligand sensor - Bryan A. Chin (Auburn); Zhongyang
   Cheng
(Auburn); Vitaly J. Vodyanoy (Auburn); James Barbaree (Dadeville); Valery
   A.
Petrenko (Auburn); Tung-Shi Huang (Auburn); Howard C. Wikle, III (Auburn)
7,760,058 - System and method for producing a spatial force - Larry W. Fullerton (New
   Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,760,129 - Simultaneous dual polarization radar system with optical communications link
   - Michael B. Knight (Enterprise)
7,760,6 - Network access device and method for protecting subscriber line
   communications - Richard L. Goodson (Huntsville); Arlynn W. Wilson (Huntsville);
   Kevin W. Schneider (Huntsville)
D620,064 - Baseball stance and rotational swing trainer - Matthew S. McIntyre
 
 (Trussville)
D620,086 - Pipe gland - Daniel A. Copeland (Bessemer); Jay Derek Caston (Trussville)

July 13, 2010

7,752,983 - Method and apparatus for plasma gasification of waste materials - Rodrigo
   B. Vera
(Leeds)
7,753,101 - Mounting strip for screens - Gordon Johnson (Dadesville)
7,753,315 - Payload delivery vehicle and method - John R. Troy (Huntsville)
7,753,390 - Fifth wheel assembly - Steven William Mann (Gardendale); Jeff Marcus
   Terry
(Birmingham); James Matthew Rhodes (Pelham); Christopher Aaron Bond
 
 (Pinson)
7,753,758 - Brassiere support system - Juliet L. Arrington (Birmingham)
7,754,237 - Transdermal thiamine insect repellant - Robert E. Borland, Jr. (Pinckard)
7,754,420 - Methods of using cyanovirins to inhibit viral infection - Michael R. Boyd
 
 (Mobile)
7,755,462 - Ring magnet structure having a coded magnet pattern - Larry W. Fullerton
 
 (New Hope); Mark Roberts (Huntsville)
7,755,552 - Space efficient magnetic antenna system - Hans Gregory Schantz
 
 (Huntsville); Robert Edward DePierre (Huntsville); James David Fluhler (Madison);
   Glenn Wolenec (Madison); Jerome Sylvester Gabig (Brownsboro)
7,755,974 - Side scan sonar imaging system with enhancement - David A. Betts
 
 (Eufaula); Robert W. Derrow (Eufaula)
7,756,593 - Anomaly anti-pattern - Landon C. G. Miller (Tuscaloosa)
D619,366 - Luggage frame - Robert Lewis Porter, Jr. (Birmingham)
D619,773 - Leaf pre-skimmer for a pool - Stephen L. Diermayer (Montgomery); Mary
   Beth Boyette
(Wetumpka)

July 6, 2010

7,748,053 - Bullet-resistant back extender - William Hancock (Seale)
7,748,272 - MEMS sensor suite on a chip - Michael Scott Kranz (Madison); Robert Faye
   Elliot
(Madison); Michael Ray Whitley (Madison); Marty Ray Williams (Huntsville);
   Philip John Reiner (Huntsville)
7,748,360 - Handheld electric starter for engines and method of use - Gene Thompson
 
 (Ramer)
7,748,545 - Method and apparatus for retaining gas cylinders - Matthew Johnson
 
 (Anniston)
7,749,044 - Manually operated constant power air-driven toy music box - Harald
   Herglotz
(Tuscaloosa)
7,749,344 - High performance, low toxicity hypergolic fuel - Debasis Sengupta
 
 (Madison)
7,749,479 - Carbon fibers having improved strength and modulus and an associated
   method and apparatus for preparing same - Carlos A. Léon y Léon (Madison)
7,749,793 - Method for fabricating lateral-moving micromachined thermal bimorph -
   Robert Faye Elliott (Madison); Philip John Reiner (Huntsville)
7,749,971 - Aminoglycoside treatment for lysosomal storage diseases - David M.
   Bedwell
(Birmingham); Kim M. Keeling (Birmingham)
7,750,573 - Method and apparatus for automatic high power tube recovery - James J.
   Stagliano, Jr.
(Daleville); James Larry Alford (Enterprise); James Rogers Helvin
 
 (Enterprise); Dean A. Nelson (Enterprise); Ron Killpack (Enterprise)
7,750,773 - System and method for coding field emission structures - Larry W. Fullerton
 
 (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,750,774 - Method for defining field emission structures using non-regular patterns -
   Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville); James L. Richards
 
 (Fayetteville)
7,750,777 - System and method for affecting field emission properties of a field emission
   structure - Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,750,778 - System and method for attachment of objects - Larry W. Fullerton (New
   Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,750,779 - System and method for controlling field emissions - Larry W. Fullerton (New
   Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,750,780 - System and method for separating attached field emission structures - Larry
   W. Fullerton
(New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,750,781 - Coded linear magnet arrays in two dimensions - Larry W. Fullerton (New
   Hope); Mark Roberts (Huntsville)
7,751,975 - Multilane vehicle information capture system - Jim Allen (Wetumpka);
   Sheng Zhong (Montgomery); Raghavan Venugopal (Montgomery); Tiegang Xie
 
 (Montgomery); Fajie Sun (Montgomery); Sangmesh Reddy (Montgomery); Brijesh
   Rai Chawla
(Montgomery); Balaraju Banna (Montgomery); Shyamnath Harinath
 
 (Montgomery)
D618,889 - Post surgery shower bootie - Theresa S. Jones (Prichard)
D618,910 - Luggage - Robert Lewis Porter, Jr. (Birmingham)

June 29, 2010

7,743,717 - Apparatus for conveying solid waste to a furnace - Rodrigo B. Vera (Leeds)
7,743,869 - Mining utility transport vehicle - Donald B. Flournoy, Jr. (Muscle Shoals);
   Floyd T. Patterson (Town Creek); Michael J. Stumpe (Muscle Shoals); John F.
   Bryerton
(Florence); Hilard R. Cantrell, Jr. (Tuscumbia); Timothy A. Ellett (Muscle
   Shoals)
7,744,043 - CPAP hose tender - Sam J. Otinger (Boaz)
7,744,838 - Functionalized ionic liquids, and methods of use thereof - James H. Davis,
   Jr.
(Mobile)
7,744,861 - Multi-arm polymer prodrugs - Xuan Zhao (Huntsville); Michael D. Bentley
 
 (Huntsville); Zhongxu Ren (Madison); Tacey X. Viegas (Madison)
7,744,899 - Recombinant herpes simplex virus useful for treating neoplastic disease -
   Richard J. Whitley (Birmingham)
7,746,081 - Cable detection method and apparatus - David Shannon Slaton (Huntsville)
7,746,205 - System and method for controlling movement of an object - Larry W.
   Fullerton
(New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,746,835 - System and method for an ultra wideband radio wireless local area network -
   Larry W. Fullerton (Brownsboro); James S. Finn (Huntsville)
7,747,485 - Variable account data information system and method - Deborah Goodwin
 
 (Birmingham); Brendan Johnson (Hoover); Joyce Weaver (Birmingham)
7,747,695 - System, method and computer readable medium for providing notifications -
   Corey K. Morris (Mobile); William David Sullivan, Jr. (Semmes)
D618,573 - Knob rattle - Gregory S. Burcham (Hartselle); John Woller, Sr. (Decatur)

 

June 22, 2010

7,739,750 - Garment prepared from fluoropolymer staple yarn - Arthur Russell Nelson
 
 (Decatur); Mike Donckers (Decatur)
7,740,008 - Multiple height fluid mixer and method of use - James W. Brogdon (Daphne)
7,740,524 - Drywall corner sanding tool - Charles T. Ray, Jr. (Harvest)
7,740,937 - Fiber having increased filament separation and method of making same -
   Kishio Miwa (Madison); Eric William Winters (Decatur)
7,742,052 - Video card with interchangeable connector module - Jeff S. Ford (Madison);
   Jeff Belote (Madison)
7,742,505 - Systems and methods for enabling clock signal synchronization - Walter
   Stuart Venters
(Huntsville); Troy Wayne White (Toney); Daniel Patrick Day
 
 (Huntsville); Richard Goodson (Huntsville)
7,742,576 - Processes and systems for creating and for managing trouble tickets and
   work orders - David R. Jean (Birmingham); Rita H. Scherer (Birmingham)
7,742,597 - Exclusive encryption system - James M. Lewis (Moulton)
7,742,617 - Document genealogy - Mark D. Smith (Huntsville); John D. Simmons
 
 (Madison)
D618,343 - Incontinence pad with receptacle - Lynn Babb Stephens (Dothan); George
   Gregory Stephens
(Dothan)

June 15, 2010

7,735,265 - Foam rigidized inflatable structural assemblies - Michael L. Tinker (New
   Market)
7,735,267 - Structural vented roof deck enclosure system - W. Howard Ayers, Jr.
 
 (McCalla)
7,735,849 -- Compact fifth wheel locking mechanism - Steven William Mann
  
(Gardendale)
7,736,068 - Wireless tuning and reconfiguration of optoelectronic modules - Clay E.
   Hudgins
(Madison)
7,736,084 - Payout brake - Lynn R. Causey (Russellville); Roger D. Causey (Russellville)
7,738,084 -  Fiber optic liquid mass flow sensor and method - Valentin Korman
 
 (Huntsville); Don Allen Gregory (Huntsville); John T. Wiley (Huntsville); Kevin W.
   Pedersen
(Huntsville)
7,738,611 - Remote monitoring and calibration of system reference clock using network
   timing reference - Thomas F. Detwiler (Huntsville)
7,739,127 - Automated system for filing prescription drug claims - Stephen Don Hall
 
 (Pinson)
7,739,128 - Medical claims evaluation system - Alex Farris (Pelham); Martin C. Nowak
 
 (Trussville)
7,739,138 - Automated utility supply management system integrating data sources
   including geographic information systems (GIS) data - Swatantar K. Chauhan
  
(Hampton Cove); Michael A. Guman (Harvest); Christopher M. Palmer (Huntsville);
   Frank Wilson (Madison); Adrian I. O'Neill (Huntsville); Jason Dinkins (Hartselle);
   David Sanders (Madison)
7,739,730 - Mechanism for automatically configuring integrated access device for use in
   voice over digital subscriber line circuit - Paul Graves McElroy (Huntsville); Joseph
   Russell McFarland
(Madison); Jonathan Aaron Wright (Huntsville)
D617,817 - Tetra-hex inversion compaction cleat - Robert John Brockway (Scottsboro)

June 8, 2010

7,730,666 - Plant container with watering system - David Allen Spray (Huntsville)
7,730,769 - Capillary viscometers for use with Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids -
   Kyung C. Kwon (Auburn); Nader Vahdat (Auburn); Legand L. Burge, Jr.
 
 (Montgomery)
7,730,823 - Magnetic damping field armor system and method - Larry W. Fullerton (New
   Hope)
7,731,781 - Method and apparatus for the enhanced removal of aerosols and vapor phase
   contaminants from a gas stream - Mark Simpson Berry (West Birmingham)
7,731,840 - Apparatus for removing hydrocarbons and contaminates - Doug Mallonee
 
 (Mobile)
7,732,770 - Thin film multi-layered pyroelectric capacitor - Hui Han (Birmingham);
   Sushma Kotru (Tuscaloosa)
7,733,658 - Integrated power supply and platform for military radio - Frank Norvel
   Perkins, III
(Huntsville); Jeffrey Keith Taylor (Joppa); Bruce Charles Weddendorf
 
 (Huntsville); Lloyd W. Childs (Owens Cross Roads)
7,734,101 - Apparatus and system for testing an image produced by a helmet-mounted
   display - Clarence E Rash (Enterprise); Thomas H Harding (Enterprise); Howard H
   Beasley
(Louisville); John S Martin (Daleville); Ronald W Reynolds (Bellwood);
   Robert M. Dillard (Ozark)
7,734,344 - Methods, systems and computer program products to inhibit ventricular
   fibrillation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Raymond E. Ideker (Birmingham);
   Gregory P. Walcott (Wilsonville)
7,734,363 - Technique for independent ground fault detection of multiple twisted pair
   telephone lines connected to a common electrical power source - Scott L. Smith
   (Madison); Steven M. Robinson (Madison)
7,734,500 - Multiple RF read zone system - Jim Allen (Wetumpka); Balaraju Banna
 
 (Montgomery); Shyamnath Harinath (Montgomery); Fajie Sun (Montgomery);
   Malcolm Talley (Wetumpka)
D617,351 - Horizontal scissor tip compaction cleat - Robert John Brockway
 
 (Scottsboro)
D617,471 - Centrifugally cast ductile iron utility pole having stepped portions - Michael
   C. Keel
(Birmingham)

June 1, 2010

7,726,063 - Snake trap - Arthur Graham Hawkins (Birmingham)
7,726,252 - Systems and methods for edge measurement - Robert A. Trobaugh, III
 
 (Hampton Cove)
7,726,350 - Energy absorbing webbings - John E. Jennings (Anniston); Timothy M.
   Russell
(Anniston)
7,726,465 - Method and apparatus for open pit bench mining - Garry N. Drummond
 
 (Birmingham); Eugene Honeycutt (Birmingham); Harold Gene Anderson (Jasper)
7,727,299 - Extended surface pleat air filter - Art Knowles (Andalusia)
7,727,389 - System for removing hydrocarbons and contaminates - Doug Mallonee
 
 (Mobile)
7,727,550 - Biologically active native biomatrix composition - Gene P. Siegal
 
 (Birmingham); Raj Singh (Birmingham)
7,728,123 - Internal control nucleic acid molecule for nucleic acid amplification systems -
   Michael C. L. Vickery (Birmingham); Angelo DePaola (Coden); George M.
   Blackstone
(Theodore)
7,729,203 - Side scan sonar imaging system with associated GPS data - David A. Betts
 
 (Eufaula); Robert W. Derrow (Eufaula)
7,729,483 - Methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a billing statement
   from detailed usage file records - Douglas Van Natter (Birmingham); Bettye Shratter
 
 (Birmingham); Ronald Proctor (Birmingham); Linda Wigley (Kimberly)
7,730,243 - KVM switch system with a simplified external controller - Philip M. Kirshtein
 
 (New Market)
D617,053 - Protective glove - Todd R. Carroll (Guntersville)

May 25, 2010

7,721,374 - Debris/load leveling system - Justin R. Hammack (Huntsville); Edward B.
   Stell
(New Market)
7,721,662 - Applicator system and method for the agricultural distribution of
   biodegradable and non-biodegradable materials - Thomas R. Way (Auburn); Marlin R.
   Siegford
(Opelika)
7,721,716 - High pressure piezoelectric fuel injector - Michael R. Harwood (New Market)
7,723,432 - Method for the preparation of 1-benzotriazolyl carbonate esters of
   poly(ethylene glycol) - Antoni Kozlowski (Huntsville)
7,723,974 - Planishing apparatus and method - Richard Allen Venable (Grant); Kenneth
   Glenn Ezell
(Madison);
7,724,113 - System and method for producing a slide lock mechanism - Larry W.
   Fullerton
(New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,724,114 - System and method for producing a hover surface - Larry W. Fullerton
 
 (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,725,267 - Synthetic microfluidic microvasculature network - Balabhaskar
   Prabhakarpandian
(Madison); Shivshankar Sundaram (Madison)
7,725,348 - Multilane vehicle information capture system - Jim Allen (Wetumpka);
   Sheng Zhong (Montgomery); Raghavan Venugopal (Montgomery); Tiegang Xie
 
 (Montgomery); Fajie Sun (Montgomery); Sangmesh Reddy (Montgomery); Brijesh
   Rai Chawla
(Montgomery); Balaraju Banna (Montgomery); Shyamnath Harinath
 
 (Montgomery)
D616,320 - Spool rattle - Gregory S. Burcham (Hartselle); John Woller, Sr. (Decatur)
PP21,005 - Kiwi plant named ‘AU Fitzgerald’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Floyd M.
   Woods
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika); Jim Pitts (Clanton); Grace
   Montgomery Fitzgerald
(Summerdale)
 

May 18, 2010

7,717,525 - Spindle and hub assembly - David Richard White (Fayette); Robert H. Wheeler (Guin)
7,717,834 - Therapeutic shoulder apparatus - Scott A. Kay (Salem)
7,718,149 - Cupola flue gas treatment - Donald A. Cameron (Birmingham)
7,718,185 - Inhibitors of melanocyte tyrosinase as topical skin lighteners - Thomas P. Dooley (Vestavia Hillls); Ernest V. Curto (Huntsville)
7,718,651 - Inhibitors of FtsZ and uses thereof - E. Lucile White (Birmingham); Robert C. Reynolds (Birmingham); William J. Suling (Pelham)
7,718,762 - Cancer vaccines containing epitopes of oncofetal antigen - Joseph H. Coggin, Jr. (Mobile); James W. Rohrer (Wilmer); Adel L. Barsoum (Mobile)
7,718,941 - Baffled sun sensor antenna alignment monitors - Robert Wayne Austin (Huntsville); Gregory A. Mercier (Madson); Bruce Weddendorf (Huntsville)
7,719,204 - Method for controlling striations in a lamp powered by an electronic ballast - Thomas M. Poehlman (Madison)
7,719,458 - Dual mode weather and air surveillance radar system - William H. Walker (Madison)
7,720,319 - Regression and erosion measurement system and method - Valentin Korman (Huntsville)
7,720,361 - Method and apparatus for maintaining condensable constituents of a gas in a vapor phase during sample transport - Larry Gordon Felix (Pelham); William Earl Farthing (Pinson); James Hodges Irvin (Westover); Todd Robert Snyder (Birmingham)
7,720,998 - System and method for promoting messages to a plurality of websites from a centralized authority in response to a disaster or emergency event - Kevin Avon Foote (Tuscaloosa); Robert Allen Carr (Pinson)
D616,059 - Animal digging barrier - Vinaida S. Robnett (Tuskegee)
D616,116 - Pair of interconnected centrifugally cast ductile iron utility pole members - Michael C. Keel (Birmingham)

 

May 11, 2010

7,712,243 - Apparatus for firearm maintenance - Gregory Morando (Madison)
7,712,384 - Apparatus and method for maintaining multi-component sample gas
   constituents in vapor phase during sample extraction and cooling - Larry Gordon Felix
 
 (Pelham); William Earl Farthing (Pinson); James Hodges Irvin (Birmingham); Todd
   Robert Snyder
(Birmingham)
7,713,411 - Fluid bed filter-dryer apparatus - John Patrick Banister (Huntsville); Robert
   R. Garner, Jr.
(Hampton Cove)
7,713,525 - Biomarkers for cancer sensitivity and uses thereof - Robert P. Kimberly
 
 (Birmingham); Tong Zhou (Birmingham)
7,714,088 - Poly(ethylene glycol) derivatives with proximal reactive groups - J. Milton
   Harris
(Huntsville); Antoni Kozlowski (Huntsville)
7,714,114 - Conjugates of an EPO moiety and a polymer - Mary J. Bossard (Madison);
   Gayle Stephenson (Madison)
7,715,590 - Real-time image detection using polarization data - Sheila G. Whitaker
 
 (Gurley)
D615,563 - Movable axle guard for a compactor wheel - Robert John Brockway
 
 (Scottsboro)
D615,653 - Spinal implant - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)
D615,712 - Snap-on pet collar cover and bandana - MaryPat E Peterson (Newton)
PP20,994 - Kiwi plant named ‘AU Authur’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Floyd M.
   Woods
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika); Jim Pitts (Clanton); Grace A.
   Fitzgerald
(Grand Bay)

May 4, 2010

7,707,841 - Phase cooling method and apparatus - Garth Elzy Turner, Jr. (Semmes)
7,708,803 - Method and apparatus for the enhanced removal of aerosols from a gas
   stream - Mark Simpson Berry (West Birmingham)
7,709,635 - Boronium-ion-based ionic liquids and methods of use thereof - James H.
 
 Davis, Jr. (Mobile)
7,709,7 - Foot controlled effects knob and related methods - Chad C. Smith (Northport)
7,710,257 - Pattern driven effectuator system - Landon C. G. Miller (Tuscaloosa)
7,710,258 - Emergent information pattern driven sensor networks - Landon C. G. Miller
 
 (Tuscaloosa)
7,710,259 - Emergent information database management system - Landon C. G. Miller
 
 (Tuscaloosa)
7,710,260 - Pattern driven effectuator system - Landon C. G. Miller (Tuscaloosa)
7,710,320 - System and method for position determination by impulse radio - Larry W.
   Fullerton
(Brownsboro); Ivan A. Cowie (Madison)
7,710,825 - Side scan sonar imaging system with boat position on display - David A.
 
 Betts (Eufaula); Robert W. Derrow (Eufaula)
7,711,026 - Method and apparatus for applying codes having pre-defined properties -
   Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville); Marcus H. Pendergrass (Huntsville); Larry W.
   Fullerton
(Brownsboro); Ivan A. Cowie (Madison)
7,711,760 - File update availability checking in a hierarchal file store - Clark Williams
 
 (Madison)
D615,147 - Fishing lure - Dennis Montgomery (Eufaula)

April 27, 2010

7,703,600 - Transport belt with link carcass - John G. Price (Montgomery)
7,703,777 - Portable cart with an air compressor and electrical generator - Charles
 
 Eugene Horn, Jr. (Oxford)
7,704,160 - Apparatus for weighting golf club shaft - Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison)
7,704,161 - Apparatus for weighting golf club shaft - Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison)
7,704,239 - Catheter button hub - J. Daniel Raulerson (Brewton)
7,704,502 - Combinations of antibodies selective for DR5 and other therapeutic agents -
   Tong Zhou (Birmingham); Robert P. Kimberly (Birmingham); William J. Koopman
 
 (Indian Springs); Albert F. LoBuglio (Birmingham); Donald J. Buchsbaum (Alabaster)
7,707,594 - System and method for providing a routing service in distributed computing
   environment - David B. Foster (Pinson); Larry K. Holden (Birmingham)
7,707,636 - Systems and methods for determining anti-virus protection status - M.
   Bernard Catanzano
(Hoover)

April 20, 2010

7,698,758 - Fitted covering having diagonal elastic bands - Gerald E. Wootten, Jr.
 
 (Cullman)
7,699,250 - Media grinding mill - Donald W. Jones (Equality)
7,699,334 - Fifth wheel slide rail - Steven W. Mann (Gardendale); Gavin C. Trinosky
 
 (Birmingham)
7,699,718 - Apparatus for weighting golf club shaft - Jeffrey L. Lindner (Madison)
7,699,930 - Apparatus and method for feeding materials to a cement mill - Horace H.
   Compton
(Leeds); Ajay Joshi (Hoover)
7,700,363 - Method for screening crystallization conditions in solution crystal growth -
   Lawrence J. DeLucas (Birmingham); Terry L. Bray (Birmingham)
7,700,503 - Layered ballistic-resistant material - Howard L. Thomas, Jr. (Auburn)
7,700,511 - Aromatic transalkylation using a modified LZ-210 zeolite - Thomas M.
   Reynolds
(Mobile); Christopher J. Garrett (Mobile)
7,701,145 - Solid expellant plasma generator - Nobie H. Stone (Huntsville); Garrett D.
   Poe
(Madison); Robert Rood (Union Grove)
7,701,652 - Optical element/device mounting process and apparatus - John S.
   Harchanko
(New Market)
7,701,689 - Protector block assembly for providing surge protection in telecommunication
   systems - Daniel M. Joffe (Owens Crossroads); Grant J. Kruse (Owens Crossroads);
   Jeremy L. Harris (Eva)
7,702,694 - System and method for organizing managing and accessing large quantities of
   data from non-homogenous data sources - Ronald Alan Perkins (Alabaster); Darby
   Elsberry Westfall
(Homewood); Gregory Lee Sewell (Moody)

April 13, 2010

7,694,831 - Motorcycle wheel holder - Charles Van Valkenburgh (Huntsville)
7,694,968 - Playing card viewer - William A. Sims, Jr. (Decatur)
7,694,973 - System, apparatus, and method for rapidly displacing an object - Michael K.
   Hofmeister
(Decatur); Gregory T. Roden (Hartselle); Bryan H. Graves (Somerville)
7,694,992 - Fifth wheel assembly - Steven William Mann (Gardendale); Jeff Marcus
   Terry
(Birmingham); James Matthew Rhodes (Pelham); Christopher Aaron Bond
 
 (Pinson)
7,696,124 - Method for producing catalytically-active materials - Larry Gordon Felix
 
 (Pelham)
7,696,750 - Parametric nuclear quadrupole resonance spectroscopy system and method -
   Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope)
7,697,255 - Dissipator - Ricky L. Curl (Pinson); Frederick Howell Von Herrmann
 
 (Birmingham)
7,697,408 - Data communication system and method capable of limiting effects of
   crosstalk by adjusting transceiver power levels - Kevin W. Schneider (Huntsville);
   Richard L. Goodson (Huntsville); Arlynn W. Wilson (Huntsville)
7,697,512 - Proactive monitoring of status of voice-over-IP servers - Jones E. Allison,
   III
(Madison); James A. Mabry (Madison)
7,698,233 - System and method for determining expected unserved energy to quantify
   generation reliability risks - Reed Edwards (Birmingham); James Clyde McNeely, Sr.
 
 (Alabaster); Kevin Daniel Carden (Birmingham)
D613,518 - Chair frame - Ted A. Bell (Killen)
D613,919 - Floor mopping sheet - Terry Robertson (Dadeville)

April 6, 2010

7,690,413 - Painter's speed taping preparation tool - William B. Morgan, III (Orange Beach)
7,691,820 - Preparation of thioarabinofuranosyl compounds and use thereof - John A. Secrist, III (Birmingham); Kamal N. Tiwari (Birmingham); John A. Montgomery (Birmingham)
7,693,090 - Systems and methods for discovering PME bonding groups - Marc Kimpe (Huntsville)
7,693,385 - Workstation for fiber optic splicer - Billy Shane Trotman (Fort Payne); Tony Nelson Newsome (Rainsville); James Hugh Bennett Roberts (Henegar)
7,693,589 - Anomaly anti-pattern - Landon C. G. Miller (Tuscaloosa)
D613,152 - Sand traction wheel - Grant R. Sullivan (Montgomery)

March 30, 2010

7,686,011 - Compact window heating unit utilizing pelletized fuel - Paul Williams
 
 (Bridgeport)
7,686,202 - Gimbaled-shoulder friction stir welding tool - Robert W. Carter (Huntsville);
   Kirby G. Lawless (Huntsville)
7,686,262 0 Archers caddie - Phillip F. Pierce (Maylene)
7,686,400 - Geosteering detectors for rotary-type continuous miners - Larry D Fredrick
 
 (Huntsville)
7,687,072 - Biocidal particles of methylated polystyrene - Shelby D. Worley (Auburn);
   Yongjun Chen (Auburn)
7,687,705 - Efficient thermoelectric device - Daryush Ila (Normal)
7,688,374 - Single axis CCD time gated ladar sensor - Jay E. Land (Owens Cross Roads)
7,688,505 - Simultaneous observation of darkfield images and fluorescence using filter
   and diaphragm - Vitaly Vodyanoy (Auburn); Oleg Pustovyy (Auburn)
7,689,608 - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling network
   asset recovery - Joe Medlock (Birmingham)

March 23, 2010

7,681,256 - Correlated magnetic mask and method for using the correlated magnetic mask - Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope); Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville)
7,681,357 - Apparatuses and systems for growing nursery stock - Drew C. Dyas (Spanish Fort)
7,681,763 - Condiment dispensing container - Carter W. McGuyer (Muscle Shoals)
7,682,037 - Apparatus and method for illuminating blood - Mark D. Hose (Huntsville)
7,682,121 - Hay bale accumulator - Spurgeon L. Parrish, Jr. (Crossville)
7,683,790 - Snap-hook assemblies with added components - L. Hanson Luquire (Montgomery)
7,683,828 - System and method for measuring phase and power variance - James J. Stagliano, Jr. (Daleville); James Larry Alford (Enterprise); James Rogers Helvin (Enterprise); Dean A. Nelson (Enterprise)
7,684,972 - Termination assessment of a computer simulation - Steven T. Tillman (Huntsville); Andrew J. Witzig (Harvest)
D612,176 - Bed headboard/footboard - Amy I. Knox (Moody); Stewart R. Knox (Moody)

March 16, 2010

7,677,042 - Water vaporization apparatus - Gary Lawrence Johnston (Cowarts)
7,677,466 - Insulated rail joint assembly - Gary Click (Birmingham); Brent Duffner
 
 (Pinson)
7,678,759 - Diagnosis and treatment of neuroectodermal tumors - Harald W.
   Sontheimer
(Birmingham); Susan A. Lyons (Montevallo)
7,679,294 - Method and system to eliminate fluorescent lamp striations by using
   capacitive energy compensation - Wei Xiong (Madison); Christopher Radzinski
 
 (Huntsville)
7,679,916 - Method and system for extracting heat from electrical components - Chris
 
 Erwin Orr (Huntsville); David S. Slaton (Huntsville)
7,679,943 - Uninterruptable power supply - Greg O'Bryant (Madison); Erik S. Bahl
 
 (Madison); Bruce Imsand (Madison)
D611,883 - Retractable trailer hitch - Timothy L. Holland (Higdon); Virginia Sue Clark
   Holland
(Higdon)
D612,023 - Infant bathtub - Shona G. Harris (Montgomery)
D612,060 - Sacral wound dressing - Patricia A. Smith (McCalla)

March 9, 2010

7,674,268 - Bone cutting apparatus - John M Cuckler (Birmingham)
7,674,478 - Polymer micelle as monolayer or layer-laminated surface - Michihiro Emoto
 
 (Huntsville)
7,674,490 - Food and vitamin preparations containing the natural isomer of reduced folates - Steven W. Bailey (Mobile); June E. Ayling (Mobile)
7,674,875 - Phosphorus-containing compounds with polymeric chains, and methods of making and using the same - Keith Branham (Pelham); James P. English (Chelsea); Donna Hall (Verbena)
7,674,879 - Sterically hindered poly(ethylene glycol) alkanoic acids and derivatives thereof - Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville); Xiaoming Shen (Madison)
7,675,960 - Method for generating communication signal sequences having desirable correlation properties and system for using same - Vernon R. Brethour (Owens Cross Roads); Larry W. Fullerton (Brownsboro); Marcus H. Pendergrass (Huntsville)
7,676,017 - Vacuum actuated anhydrous ammonia feed system for pH adjustment of boiler condensate/feed water - Herman A. Nebrig, Jr. (Hoover); Chad E. McKnight (Chelsea)

March 2, 2010

7,669,593 - Thermally controlled solar reflector facet with heat recovery - James B
   Blackmon, Jr.
(Brownsboro)
7,669,905 - Rear suspension carrier device and method of use thereof - Tetsuji Kondo
 
 (Birmingham)
7,670,765 - Method of forming monolayers of phage-derived products and used thereof -
   Valery A. Petrenko (Auburn); Vitaly J. Vodyanoy (Auburn); Jennifer Cannon
   Sykora
(Tallahassee)
7,671,785 - Dual mode weather and air surveillance radar system - William H. Walker
 
 (Madison)
7,672,319 - Integrated router/switch-based mechanism for mapping COS value to QOS
   value for optimization of LAN-to-WAN traffic flow - Jonathan William Heath
  
(Madison); Timothy James Schlichter (Huntsville); Roberto Corzo Puon (Madison)
7,672,367 - System and method for selecting data rates of initialization signals - Marc
   Kimpe
(Huntsville); Jack G. Atkinson, Jr. (Huntsville); Richard L. Goodson
 
 (Huntsville); Arlynn Wilson (Huntsville)
7,672,751 - System and method for controlling temperature of a liquid residing within a
   tank - Wade C. Patterson (Huntsville); Terry G. Phillips (Meridianville)
7,672,797 - Flow measurement in partially filled pipes using pulsed peak velocity doppler -
   Alan M. Petroff (Huntsville)
7,673,053 - System and method for providing a communications service in distributed
   computing environment - David B. Foster (Pinson); Larry K. Holden (Birmingham)
D610,813 - Hanging photo frame - Nicolette Brown Bennett (Greenville)

February 23, 2010

7,665,436 - Air cooled Twin Cam V-Twin motorcycle engine timing belt system - Bob
   Wood
(Cropwell)
7,665,575 - Shock absorbing fabric structures - Hajime Tanaka (Oxford); Tim Russell
 
 (Anniston)
7,665,977 - Steam heated vulcanization apparatus - John G. Price (Montgomery)
7,666,852 - Wound and cutaneous injury healing with a nucleic acid encoding a
   proteoglycan polypeptide - Arthur A. Decarlo (Vestavia Hills); April L. Ellis (Pinson)
7,667,344 - Coupling communications signals to underground power lines - Brent R.
   Zitting
(Huntsville); Thomas R. Parker, III (Birmingham); William D. Hudson
 
 (Glencoe)
7,668,402 - Method for generating a composite image - Gene A. Grindstaff (Decatur);
   Sheila G. Whitaker (Gurley)
7,668,692 - Method for weighing vehicles crossing a bridge - Frank B. Tatom (Huntsville)
7,668,756 - Method of providing customer services - Virginia Lewis-Hawkins
 
 (Alabaster)
RE41,140 - Modular decking planks - Randall Heath (Pinson)

February 16, 2010

7,662,365 - Polymer conjugates of opioid antagonists - Michael David Bentley
 
 (Huntsville); Xiaoming Shen (Madison); Lin Cheng (Huntsville)
7,662,607 - Chalaropsis lysozyme protein and its method of use in anti-bacterial
   applications - Zhongmin Wang (Madison); Daniel C. Carter (Huntsville)
D610,048 - Bicycle support stand - Bruce L. Sladick (Homewood)
D610,257 - Surgical drill guide - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)

February 9, 2010

7,658,683 - Gulf putting training aid - Albert Scott Daniel (Mobile)
7,658,891 - Air purification and decontamination for hazmat suits - Ronald L. Barnes
 
 (Owens Crossroads)
7,659,361 - Maleamic acid polymer derivatives and their bioconjugates - Antoni
   Kozlowski
(Huntsville); Samuel P. McManus (Huntsville)
D609,517 - Wall mounted storage rack with undermounted canisters - Thomas J. Oakes
 
 (Vernon)
D609,535 - Dual end condiment grinder - Susan R. Kavanaugh (Florence)
D609,762 - Putter head - David F. Mills (Tuscaloosa)
D609,765 - Wheel kit - Charles P. Forrest, Sr. (Stapleton)

February 2, 2009

7,654,609 - Motorcycle trailer system - John McNutt (Auburn); William Chris Eley
 
 (Auburn); Lance Tyler Ellis (Auburn); Patrick C. Davidson (Auburn)
7,654,912 - Golfing stance training apparatus and method - James C. Hooten (Pinson)
7,655,062 - Filter assembly for a vacuum cleaner - Mason Greene (Auburn)
7,655,747 - Soluble, degradable poly(ethylene glycol) derivatives for controllable release
   of bound molecules into solution - J. Milton Harris (Huntsville)

January 26, 2010

7,650,843 - Rail mounted traversing transport - Marcus C. Minges (Birmingham)
7,651,113 - Compact fifth wheel locking mechanism - Steven William Mann
 
 (Gardendale)
7,651,858 - Ion-detecting microspheres - Eric Bakker (Auburn)
7,652,952 - Sonar imaging system for mounting to watercraft - David A Betts (Eufaula);
   Robert W Derrow (Eufaula)
D608,530 - Healthcare provider apron - Nicole D. Williams (Montgomery)
D608,961 - Hand vacuum component - Chad A. Reese (Auburn)
D608,962 - Stick vacuum - Chad A. Reese (Auburn)
D608,963 - Dirt cup - Chad A. Reese (Auburn)

January 19, 2010

7,648,094 - Condiment grinder and dispenser - Rodney W. Robbins (Florence)
7,649,925 - Time transfer utilizing ultra wideband signals - Larry W. Fullerton (Owens
   Crossroads); Mark Roberts (Huntsville)
D608,385 - Eyewear retention device - Ronald Williams (Birmingham)
D608,406 - Air beam tent frame - H. David Cobb, II (Montgomery);
   Henry D. Cobb (Pike Road)

January 12, 2010

7,644,674 - Marine vessel stabilization system - John Goldston (Dothan)
7,646,384 - System and method to determine a simplified representation of a model -
   Timothy Anderson (Huntsville); Ronald Conerly (Huntsville); Aditya Gurushankar
 
 (Huntsville); Daniel C. Staples (Huntsville); Mallikarjuna Gandikota (Huntsville);
   Prasad Pingali (Huntsville)
D607,919 - Adjustable eyewear retention device - Ronald Williams (Birmingham)
D608,001 - Surgical implant inserter - Joshua J. Reardon (Tuscaloosa); Harry E. Lee,
   Jr.
(Birmingham)

January 5, 2010

7,640,694 - Headstone flower mounting system - Gregory R. Cantrell (Hodges)
7,640,851 - Apparatus for storing separating and filtering coffee filters - Joseph Allen
   Blair
(Robertsdale); Larry Moore Moore (Summerdale)
7,640,863 - System for storage and retrieval of warehousable objects - Marcus C.
   Minges
(Tuscaloosa)
7,641,758 - Method for thermal seaming of polyimides - Gregory Laue (Huntsville);
   William Clayton (Huntsville); Mark Johnson (Huntsville); Timothy Wright
 
 (Huntsville); Kevin Melton (Huntsville); Garrett Poe (Madison)
7,641,949 - Pressure vessel with improved impact resistance and method of making the
   same - Thomas K. DeLay (Huntsville)
7,641,977 - Applications of nonconjugated conductive polymers - Mrinal Thakur
 
 (Auburn)
7,642,063 - Methods for targeting and killing glioma cells - Tatiana I. Samoylova
 
 (Auburn); Henry J. Baker (Auburn); Nancy R. Cox (Auburn); Ludmila P. Globa
 
 (Auburn); Nancy E. Morrison (Auburn)
7,642,323 - Heterobifunctional poly(ethylene glycol) derivatives and methods for their
   preparation - Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville); J. Milton Harris (Huntsville); Antoni
   Kozlowski
(Huntsville)
7,643,018 - Twisted pair communications line system - Steven F. Brown (Huntsville);
   Robert R. Asprey (Harvest); Winston J. Stewart (Decatur); Philip M. Kirshtein (New
   Market)
7,643,518 - Method for transferring and separating telephone call data - Ken Salter
 
 (Mobile); Seacol Chin (Mobile); Brian Wilson (Mobile); Veronica Diaz (Mobile); Jay
   Birch
(Mobile); Joseph Anders (Mobile)
7,644,359 - Parts marking system and method - Nancy Regan (Madison)
7,644,436 - Intelligent firewall - David Izatt (Huntsville); Billy Ray Wilson (Huntsville);
   Jackie Smith Cashion (Huntsville); J. Chandler Hall (Huntsville); Donald J. Davidson
 
 (Huntsville); Russ Langston (Huntsville)
D607,305 - Badge attachable handcuff key for new york and new jersey police - Michael
   Anthony Stahl
(Huntsville)
PP20,624 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU BUCK IV’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Auburn); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Auburn)

December 29, 2009

7,637,012 - Method of forming protrusions on the inner surface of a tube - Petur Thors
 
 (Decatur)
7,637,154 - Adjustable measuring container and cutting board - Rodney W. Robbins
 
 (Florence)
7,637,388 - Baby bowl - Barbara McNew Schantz (Huntsville); Hans Gregory Schantz
 
 (Huntsville); Patrick Allan McNew (Glencoe)
7,637,564 - Vacuum system for a highchair - Zachary D. Schroeder (Mobile); Candiace
   A. Schroeder
(Mobile)
7,640,382 - Virtual media systems, methods and devices - Steven Blackwell
 
 (Huntsville); Christopher L. Thomas (Madison); Philip M. Kirshtein (New Market);
   David H. Stafford (Huntsville); Paul D. Durden (Gurley)
D607,017 - Tiller - J. Phillip Fraley (Winfield); John W. Davis, III (Winfield)
D607,140 - Lighted display container - Alex F. Farris (Birmingham); Elizabeth M. Farris
 
 (Birmingham)

December 22, 2009

7,634,903 - Ion impulse engine - Richard Cary Phillips (Pinson)
7,635,063 - Swing stop for rotary crane - Phillip A. Dennis (Wetumpka)
7,635,236 - In situ remediation of inorganic contaminants using stabilized zero-valent iron
   nanoparticles - Dongye Zhao (Auburn)
7,636,351 - Methods, systems, and storage mediums for providing database management
   services for a telecommunications system - Elisa Andrews (Hoover)
D606,719 - Floor mopping head - Terry Robertson (Dadeville)
PP20,587 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU Premier’ - W. Alfred Dozier (Opelika); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)
PP20,588 - Chestnut plant named ‘Au Buck I’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)

December 15, 2009

7,631,487 - Constant volume rocket motor - Roberto DiSalvo (Madison); Mark
   Ostrander
(Madison); Adam Elliott (Hollywood)
7,631,566 - Method and apparatus maintaining multi-component sample gas constituents
   in vapor phase during sample extraction and cooling - William Earl Farthing (Pinson);
   Larry Gordon Felix (Pelham); Todd Robert Snyder (Birmingham)
7,631,683 - Combination garage door and roll-up curtain system - Grant W. Crider
 
 (Bremen)
7,631,735 - Mounting system for rotary damper - Charlie N. VanValkenburgh
 
 (Huntsville)
7,633,229 - Drop-in light emitting diode (LED) module, reflector, and flashlight including
   same - Gene Malkoff (Enterprise)
7,634,032 - System and method for detecting non-linear distortion of signals
   communicated across telecommunication lines - Fred Chu (Madison); Michael D.
   Turner
(Huntsville)
PP20,553 - Chestnut plant named ‘Au Gobbler II’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika);
   Joseph Daniel Norton (Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)
PP20,566 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 97-039’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)

 

December 8, 2009

7,629,664 - Lateral-moving micromachined thermal bimorph and method for fabricating
   same - Robert Faye Elliott (Madison); Philip John Reiner (Huntsville)
7,630,983 - System and method for efficiently storing information related to a telephone
   number - Douglas Van Natter (Birmingham); John D. Ensminger (Birmingham)
D605,724 - Flash suppressor - Micheal Dwayne Heath (Decatur)
PP20,539 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 99-006’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)

December 1, 2009

7,625,152 - Prefabricated plastic raised rumble strips and edge line for roadways -Paul M.
   Swamidass
(Auburn)
7,627,370 - Brain function decoding process and system - Donald H. Marks (Hoover)
7,627,444 - Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for facility integrity testing
   - Anthony Scott Dobbins (Rainbow City); Murray E. Nuckols (Birmingham); Linda A.
   Stephens
(Riverside)
7,627,624 - Digital signal averaging using parallel computation structures - Chester
   Carroll
(Camp Hill)
D605,289 - Surgical drill guide - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)

November 24, 2009

7,621,018 - Road/pavement cleaning machine having air-blast functionality - Anthony
   Libhart
(Huntsville)
7,621,166 - Die components for making pressure relief devices - Mark A. Ferreira
 
 (Decatur); Richard A. Henry (Decatur)
7,621,404 - Insulating packaging material and related packaging system - Joeseph C.
   Murray
(Mobile)
7,621,535 - Method of playing a combination of three card poker and draw poker -
   George Talmadge O'Neal Spivey (Attalla)
7,621,670 - Unbalanced-flow, fluid-mixing plug with metering capabilities - John Dwight
   England
(Arab); Anthony R. Kelley (Somerville)
7,621,818 - System for assembly and leveling of playing surface for billiards - Tilden S.
   Tippit
(Daphne)
7,622,151 - Method of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of diamond using
   methanol-based solutions - Yonhua Tzeng (Auburn)
7,622,300 - Trans-lentiviral vector particles and transduction of eukaryotic cells
   therewith - John C. Kappes (Birmingham); Xiaoyun Wu (Birmingham)
7,624,314 - Echo canceler-based mechanism for performing and reporting fault diagnostic
   testing of repeatered telecommunication line - Fred T. Chu (Madison)
PP20,506 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 98-009’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)

November 17, 2009

7,617,637 - Playground roof system - Amy E. Yates (Ft. Payne)
7,617,914 - Lightweight brake drum with centerline squealer band - Sik-Kan Huang
 
 (Albertsville); Christopher G. Ramsden (Hartselle)
7,618,269 - Compliant cap - Brian A. Naro (Bessemer); Lawrence E. Bradford
  
(Sterrett)
7,619,042 - Polyimide polymer with oligomeric silsesquioxane - Garrett Poe (Madison);
   Brandon Farmer (Huntsville)
7,620,277 - Fiber pigtails and method for fabricating the same - Paul R. Ashley (Toney)
7,620,532 - Object discretization to particles for computer simulation and analysis -
   Steven T. Tillman (Huntsville); Andrew J. Witzig (Harvest)
RE40,979 - Targeted disaster warning system and method - R. Keith Vinson (Vestavia
   Hills)

November 10, 2009

7,614,637 - Refuse container hitching device - Alan D. Kidd (Shoal Creek)
7,615,097 - Nano powders, components and coatings by plasma technique - Timothy N.
   McKechnie
(Brownsboro); Leo V. M. Antony (Huntsville); Scott O'Dell (Arab); Chris
   Power
(Guntersville); Terry Tabor (Huntsville)
7,615,172 - Methods for producing sintered particles from a slurry of an
   alumina-containing raw material - Thomas C. Palamara (Eufaula)
7,615,240 - Method and composition for the control of gastrointestinal parasites in
   animals - Jorge A. Mosjidis (Auburn)
7,615,349 - Melanoma gene signature - Adam I. Riker (Mobile)
7,616,200 - System for reducing aliasing on a display device - Steven J. Heinrich
 
 (Huntsville); Mark A. Mosley (Arab); Clifford A. Whitmore (Huntsville); James L.
   Deming
(Madison); Stewart G. Carlton (Harvest); Matt E. Buckelew (Madison); Dale
   L. Kirkland
(Madison); Timothy S. Johnson (Huntsville)
7,616,390 - Apparatus and method for magnifier and illuminator for reading material -
   Pryor E. Cosby (Foley)
7,617,244 - Computer-readable medium and data structure for communicating technical
   architecture standards to vendors - Michael J. Bradley (Birmingham)
D604,018 - Scratching platform for pets - Jeffrey M. Simpson (Auburn); Gary L.
   Rockwell
(Auburn)
PP20,465 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 94-035’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)

November 3, 2009

7,610,714 - Fishing lure - Braxton McNaughton (Georgiana)
7,610,729- Structural vent assembly for a roof perimeter - W. Howard Ayers, Jr. (McCalla)
7,610,805 - Combination capacitive proximity sensor and ultrasonic sensor for material level monitoring - Brett Crider (Bremen)
7,611,366 - Meter socket bypass disconnect device - Danny J. Davis (Moundville)
7,613,855 - Modular control system and method for water heaters - Terry G. Phillips (Meridianville); Wade C. Patterson (Huntsville)
D603,397 - Electronic bible - Meschelle W. Love (Gadsden)
D603,542 - Outdoor lamp with electrical cord - Larry Moss (Tuscaloosa)
PP20,453 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 99-012’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)
PP20,454 - Camellia plant named ‘Green 94-010’ - Robert M. Green, Jr. (Fairhope)

October 27, 2009

7,607,184 - Personal field expedient stretcher - Robert A. Goodner, Jr. (Alabaster)
7,607,408 - Water heater burner clogging detection and shutdown system - Jacob A. Peart (Wetumpka)
7,608,253 - Hydrolytically degradable carbamate derivatives of poly (ethylene glycol) - Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville)
7,608,268 - Ferritin fusion proteins for use in vaccines and other applications - Daniel C. Carter (Huntsville); Chester Q. Li (Madison)
7,608,412 - P62 as a diagnostic tool for alzheimer's disease - Marie W. Wooten (Auburn)
7,608,597 - Methods and compositions for treating hepatitis C virus - Jean-Pierre Sommadossi (Birmingham)
7,608,663 - Method of preparing propionic acid-terminated polymers - Antoni Kozlowski (Huntsville); Samuel P. McManus (Huntsville)
7,608,678 - Hydrolytically degradable polymers and hydrogels made therefrom - J. Milton Harris (Huntsville); Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville); Xiaoming Shen (Madison)
7,608,976 - Electroactive co-polymer systems and devices using the same - Zhongyang Cheng (Auburn); Yuhong Wang (Auburn)
7,609,817 - Termination circuit for network interface unit - David E. Jones (Huntsville)
7,610,184 - Sector meshing and neighbor searching for object interaction simulation - Steven T. Tillman (Huntsville); Andrew J. Witzig (Harvest)

October 20, 2009

7,603,723 - Therapeutic eye mask - Alpha Carolyn Ulm (Montgomery)
7,603,738 - Blower mounting apparatus - James Woodcock (Warrior); Jason Belcher (Gardendale)
7,603,931 - Angularly offset wrench - Paul Powell (Castleberry)
7,604,007 - Integrated operating room sheet system and method for using the same - Deborah M. Wooley (Birmingham)
7,604,067 - Roller system for cover crop termination - Ted Stanley Kornecki (Auburn); Randy L. Raper (Auburn)
7,604,169 - Methods and systems for customer validation using any of a plurality of identification documents and identification document readers - Raymond S. Demere (Montgomery)
7,604,394 - Self-cleaning and mixing microfluidic elements - Sivaramakrishnan Krishnamoorthy (Madison)
7,604,735 - Combined chlorine and ozone generator sterilization system - Ronald L. Barnes (Owens Cross Roads)
7,604,807 - Use of pullulan to isolate and preserve biological material - Vitaly J. Vodyanoy (Auburn); James M. Barbaree (Dadeville); Bryan A. Chin (Auburn); William Charles Neely (Auburn); Timothy D. Braden (Auburn)
7,604,844 - Method, system and apparatus for scraping a roll surface in a molten metal coating process - Erin G. Sapp (Vestavia)
7,605,923 - Embeddable polarimetric fiber optic sensor and method for monitoring of structures - Jeffery Lee Williams (Huntsville); Michael Scott (Madison); Larry Christopher Heaton (Huntsville)
7,606,274 - Mid-IR instrument for analyzing a gaseous sample and method for using the same - Sergey Mirov (Birmingham); Vladimir Fedorov (Birmingham); Igor Moskalev (Birmingham)
7,606,378 - Radio distortion processing - Joseph A Hinkle (Huntsville)

October 13, 2009

7,603,204 - System and method for controlling temperature of a liquid residing within a
   tank - Wade C. Patterson (Huntsville); Terry G. Phillips (Meridianville)
7,602,339 - Method and system for extensible position location - Larry W. Fullerton
 
 (Owens Crossroads): Mark D. Roberts (Huntsville); W. Michael Einhorn, II (Madison);
   Kelly Loum (Athens); Irina Dodoukh (Huntsville); S. Scott O'Hanian (Huntsville)
7,602,143 - System for replenishing energy sources onboard different types of
   automotive vehicles - Peter David
Capizzo
7,600,423 - Volume or fluid level sensing system and method - Herbert U.
Fluhler
 
 (Huntsville); Hans Schantz (Huntsville)


October 6, 2009

7,596,923 - Method of constructing building foundation having wall structural element
   embedded in second foundation element located on top of first foundation element -
   Tammy Thomas (Hoover)
7,597,184 - Chain adjusting device for engine carriers - James D. Vinson (Hoover)
7,597,245 - Dental impression shipping box - David Allen Tillery (Bay Minette)
7,597,304 - Christmas tree stand - Daniel Gray (Tallassee)
7,597,657 - Package having reclosable pour spout and method of forming same - James
   W. Yeager
(Mobile)
7,598,187 - Reinforcing mat having thermally fused stitching - Colin J. Hallam (Phenix
   City); Derrell M. Winowich (Phenix City); Louis Kevin Horne (Opelika)
7,598,338 - Methods for the formation of hydrogels using thiosulfonate compositions and
   uses thereof - Zhihao Fang (Madison); Michael D. Bentley (Huntsville)
PP20,381 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU Buck III’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)

September 29, 2009

7,594,298 - Duster having a rotatable vacuum pick-up - Mason I. Greene (Auburn);
7,594,364 - Process for attaching an external pressure plate glazing element to a support
   structure - David M. Rinehart (Montgomery)
7,594,530 - Orbital foamed material extruder - Dennis S. Tucker (Huntsville)
7,595,669 - Method and apparatus for producing clean, undistorted variable voltage 
   50-60 Hz sine wave - Ricky Curl (Pinson); Frederick Howell von Herrmann 
   
(Homewood)
7,595,841 - Video image stabilization and registration—plus - David H. Hathaway
 
 (Huntsville)
D601,218 - Three bag football trainer - Charles P. Forrest, Sr. (Stapleton)
D601,251 - Surgical instrument - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham); Joshua J. Reardon
 
 (Tuscaloosa)

September 22, 2009

7,592,322 - RNAi modulation of RSV, PIV and other respiratory viruses and uses thereof -
   Sailen Barik (Mobile)
7,592,944 - System and method for intrusion detection using a time domain radar array -
   Larry W. Fullerton (New Hope); James L. Richards (Huntsville); Mark D. Roberts
 
 (Huntsville); Brandon S. Dewberry (Huntsville)
7,592,948 - System and method for dual polarization radar with automatic built-in test
 equipment and calibration - William H. Walker (Huntsville)
7,592,949 - Near field electromagnetic positioning calibration system and method - Hans
   Gregory Schantz
(Huntsville); David Wesley Langford (Madison)
7,593,494 - System and method for canceling impulse noise - Ayman Ghobrial
   (Huntsville); Michael D. Turner (Huntsville); Daniel M. Joffe (Owens Crossroads)
D600,806 - Cannulated surgical instrument - Kenneth L. Horton (Birmingham)
PP20,336 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU Encore’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)
PP20,337 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU Buck II’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); Joseph
   Daniel Norton
(Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)
PP20,338 - Chestnut plant named ‘AU Gobbler I’ - W. Alfred Dozier, Jr. (Opelika); J.
   Daniel Norton (Auburn); Curtis J. Hansen (Opelika)

September 15, 2009

7,588,062 - Candy powder dispensing apparatus - Scott David Green (Birmingham)
7,588,123 - Foothold for climbing tree stands - Ronald R. Woller (Decatur); Keith
   Wilson
(Hartselle); Scott Echols (Eva)
7,588,169 - High sensitivity mechanical fluid level sensing device and method of use -
   Scott David Green (Birmingham); Joseph Michael Wyatt (Pinson)
7,590,223 - Telephone emergency response systems and methods - James T. Beason
 
 (Birmingham); Benjamin V. Smith (Maylene)
7,590,574 - Mechanized tax worksheet - Ronnie Dale Johnson (Birmingham); Joseph M.
   Hanners
(Birmingham)
7,590,763 - Device for use in a system for processing keyboard, video and mouse signals
   - Christopher L Thomas (Madison); Steven Brown (Huntsville); Philip M Kirshtein
 
 (New Market)
7,590,921 - Data communication system and method - Richard Goodson (Huntsville)
D600,034 - Lounge chair - William Bew White, III (Birmingham); Robert Earl Taunton
 
 (Sterrett)
D600,294 - Putter head - David F. Mills (Tuscaloosa)


September 8, 2009

7,584,850 - Children's first aid kit for cuts and scrapes - James W. Turner (Warrior)
7,587,277 - Inertial/magnetic measurement device - Randy Wells (Huntsville)


 


 


 


 



 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 


 

 



 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 
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