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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Ohio (June 7)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Ohio. *** Cooper-Standard Automotive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Cooper-Standard Automotive, Novi, Mich., has been assigned a patent (7,950,186) developed by David M. Gross, Clinton Township, Mich., Alan Peth, Holland, Ohio, and Mark Faunce, Milford, Mich., for a "clip-on inner panel seal assembly." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vehicle seal assembly incorporates an integrated attachment feature to secure a flexible seal to closely spaced inner and outer body panels joined along a flange region. First and second spaced openings are aligned in a direction extending from the flange region. The seal assembly includes a generally planar portion having a finger secured at one end and extending outwardly in a generally parallel direction to the planar portion. The finger extends through the first opening and directs the seal assembly as the seal assembly is advanced toward the second opening where a retaining member snap fits therethrough for retaining the weatherstrip to the body panel." The patent application was filed on Nov. 9, 2006 (11/595,019). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,50,186.PN.&OS=PN/79,50,186&RS=PN/79,50,186 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ohio Inventor Develops Patent for Roof Gutter Cover Section with Water Draining Upper Surface ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Anthony M. Iannelli, Cincinnati, Ohio, has developed a patent (7,950,187) for a "roof gutter cover section with water draining upper surface." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A top portion (12) of the gutter section (10) is formed with a pair of longitudinally extending, relatively spaced apart ridges (20) and with a plurality of openings (22) disposed on, in front of, in between and behind the ridges (20) for draining rainwater into the gutter (10). A front wall (13) extends downwardly from the top portion (12) and a ledge (14) extends generally horizontally form a lower portion 13B of the front wall (13). The distance D between an upper edge (17) of the front wall (13) and the horizontal ledge (14) is relatively short to improve the versatility and appearance of the cover section 10. The aluminum alloy from which the cover section (10) is formed is relatively thin and the openings (22) in the on the cover section top portion (12) are large enough to facilitate drainage, yet small enough to keep debris from accumulating on the cover section (10)." The patent application was filed on March 22, 2006 (12/282,228). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,50,187.PN.&OS=PN/79,50,187&RS=PN/79,50,187 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ohio Ordnance Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Ohio Ordnance Works, Chardon, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,178) developed by Robert I. Landies, Chardon, Ohio, Daniel L. Albright, Chardon, Ohio, and Joshua G. Hershberger, Concord Township, Ohio, for a "rifle striking mechanism for semi-automatic operation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A striking mechanism for the semi-automatic operation of a cartridge firing firearm includes a receiver, a barrel attached to the receiver and providing a breach, an op rod assembly, and a bolt adapted for reciprocating movement within the receiver and engagable with the breach of the barrel and the face of a cartridge chambered therein. The bolt carries a primary firing pin, and a bolt lock means is pivotally connected to the bolt for selectively locking the bolt within the receiver. A bolt link assembly is pivotally connected to the bolt lock means and to the op rod assembly. The bolt link assembly provides a bolt link transfer pin. An op rod transfer pin is carried by the op rod assembly and can engage the bolt link transfer pin. A linear hammer can engage the op rod transfer pin such that, when a cartridge is chambered and the primary firing pin, the bolt link transfer pin and the op rod transfer pin are in alignment, the force of the linear hammer engaging the op rod transfer pin is transferred through the op rod transfer pin, the bolt link transfer pin and the primary firing pin to strike the primer of a cartridge chambered within the barrel. The striking mechanism is incorporated into prior art fully-automatic firearms to convert them to semi-automatic operation, and methods for such conversion are included." The patent application was filed on March 25, 2009 (12/411,026). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=79,50,178.PN.&OS=PN/79,50,178&RS=PN/79,50,178 Written by Ruby Maibam; edited by Jaya Anand. *** GOJO Industries Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- GOJO Industries, Akron, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,548) developed by Nick E. Ciavarella, Seven Hills, Ohio, Mark E. Rosendranz, Parma, Ohio, and Detlev F. Smith, Fairlawn, Ohio, for a universal collar. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A universal collar that attaches to a pump and, in turn, a container used in a dispenser having a keyplate, the universal collar including: a first flange and a second flange, wherein the flanges extend radially outward and are axially spaced from each other for receiving the keyplate therebetween." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2003 (10/693,567). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,548.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,548&RS=PN/7,950,548 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Harger Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Harger, Grayslake, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,950,568) developed by Curtis R. Stidham, Medina, Ohio, and Mark S. Harger, Libertyville, Ill., for an exothermic welding assembly. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An assembly is disclosed for exothermic welding comprising a mold which is formed of a material which withstands exothermic welding temperatures and includes a weld cavity therein for positioning at least two members which are to be exothermically welded together, and an ignition cavity communicating with the weld cavity. The mold is capable of accommodating any one of several exothermic welding procedures which may involve either a flint igniter or the use of an electrical igniter which is readily accommodated by the mold in the performance of several of the procedures. The electrical igniter is formed of a pair of flat, longitudinally extending conductor strips with a sheet of insulation laminated therebetween, a filament adjacent one end of the strips, and one or more positioning tabs adjacent one end of the strips. A cartridge is also provided which contains the weld metal and the electrical igniter and which may be positioned in the ignition cavity of the mold. The cartridge is formed of a material which is consumed during the welding procedure and may contain a plate of a different material adjacent its bottom which melts at a higher temperature than the materials of the cartridge." The patent application was filed on Jan. 4, 2008 (11/969,572). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,568.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,568&RS=PN/7,950,568 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Diebold Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Diebold, North Canton, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,573) developed by seventeen co-inventors for a "data bearing record based capture and correlation of user image data at a card reading banking system machine." The co-inventors are Jeffery M. Enright, Akron, Ohio, Kevin F. Martin, North Canton, Ohio, Brad L. Stephenson, Canton, Ohio, Roy Hathaway, North Canton, Ohio, Tom Kehner, Massillon, Ohio, Christopher J. Knouff, North Canton, Ohio, Kenneth C. Varn, Canton, Ohio, Jeffrey R. Thomas, Massillon, Ohio, Jay Paul Drummond, Massillon, Ohio, John Kortis, Canton, Ohio, David A. Crane, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Evan F. Goldring, Redmond, Wash., Robert Novitskey, Redmond, Wash., Michael Russell, Hartville, Ohio, Michael Mott, Elyria, Ohio, Chris DiVita, North Canton, Ohio, and Doug Williams, Mentor, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A banking system operates responsive to data read from data bearing records. Based on user data read by a card reader from a user card, a banking system machine can be used to carry out a transaction. Data read by the card reader is compared by a computer to data stored in an authorized machine user database. The banking system machine is operative to capture images of machine users. The captured user images can be stored in correlation with user transaction data in data bearing records. The banking system machine can produce markup language documents which include the data bearing records. The markup language documents can be communicated to a remote authorized analysis terminal." The patent application was filed on May 18, 2009 (12/454,468). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,573.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,573&RS=PN/7,950,573 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Orange Township Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Orange Township Products, Bluffton, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,709) developed by David D. Cheney, Bluffton, Ohio, and Joseph E. Cheney, Jenera, Ohio, for a "method and apparatus for gripping and installing pipe." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Apparatus for gripping and handling a length of pipe includes first and second pipe gripping members supported on a frame. The first pipe gripping member is movable along a straight line path from an open position to a closed position closer to the second pipe gripping member. The first pipe gripping member is supported on a movable transfer plate having an engagement member connected thereto and to a piston rod of a hydraulic cylinder." The patent application was filed on March 27, 2008 (12/079,791). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,709&OS=7,950,709&RS=7,950,709 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Autoliv Assigned Patent for Gas Generation Device with Consumable Ignitor Tube ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Autoliv, Ogden, Utah, has been assigned a patent (7,950,692) developed by four co-inventors for a "gas generation device with consumable ignitor tube." The co-inventors are Marcus T. Clark, Kaysville, Utah, Nyle K. Longhurst, Layton, Utah, Steve Olsen, Ogden, Utah, and Patti Quinney, Layton, Utah. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A gas generation device includes an elongated housing and an ignitor tube. The elongated housing defines a generant bed. The ignitor tube is disposed within the housing and extends at least substantially along the entire length of the generant bed. The ignitor tube defines an unobstructed path for ignitor gases to travel into the generant bed. The ignitor tube is constructed of a consumable material." The patent application was filed on Dec. 14, 2007 (11/956,514). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,692&OS=7,950,692&RS=7,950,692 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Creative Extruded Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Creative Extruded Products, Tippy City, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,716) developed by Timothy J. Schlater, Ludlow Falls, Ohio, Bradley M. Gross, Tipp City, Ohio, and Marvin O. Reynolds, Troy, Ohio, for a "trim molding for a motor vehicle window panel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A motor vehicle window panel has a peripheral trim molding formed by an extruded body of plastics material, and the body includes a mounting flange and a vehicle body sealing flange integrally connected by an intermediate connecting portion. The mounting flange carries a pressure sensitive contact adhesive tape which bonds to an inner surface of the window panel, and the intermediate connecting portion has an internal stabilizing strip and a durometer greater than the durometer of the mounting flange and of the sealing flange. The molding may be supported within a fixture for receiving the window panel or may carry a tear-off locating flange which slides against an edge surface of the window panel to locate the molding on the panel. The mounting flange may carry a spacer rib, and the mounting flange, sealing flange and connecting portion are located inwardly of the inner surface of the window panel." The patent application was filed on Feb. 27, 2008 (12/072,649). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,716&OS=7,950,716&RS=7,950,716 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** East Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- East Manufacturing, Randolph, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,722) developed by Howard Booher, Atwater, Ohio, for a "smooth side body structure and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method for constructing a wall structure for a bulk commodity carrying truck body or trailer is defined. The method includes arranging a plurality extruded aluminum panels to define a wall structure, wherein each of the plurality of panels includes a flat inner wall, an outer wall spaced-apart from the inner wall, and first and second end walls that extend between and interconnect the inner and outer walls. The arranging step includes locating the panels in a series with first and second end walls of adjacent panels abutted with each other and defining a seam. The method further includes fixedly securing the adjacent panels together by welding the seam and arranging the wall structure as part of the bulk commodity carrying truck body or trailer with each seam extending vertically. A wall structure and panel for same are also disclosed." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2007 (11/981,704). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,722&OS=7,950,722&RS=7,950,722 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Plastic Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Plastic Technologies, Holland, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,295) developed by four co-inventors for a "handheld torque and linear force meter." The co-inventors are Frank E. Semersky, Holland, Ohio, Jonathan A. McGurk, Toledo, Ohio, Aaron R. Teitlebaum, Holland, Ohio, and Spencer W. Crissman, Toledo, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A handheld torque measuring meter adapted to measure the downward thrust and torsional force required to apply or remove a screw type closure from the threaded neck or finish of an associated container is disclosed, the handheld meter having a first portion graspable a user, a member adapted to receive a portion of a closure of a container, means connecting said main body to said member including a load cell, and a means for displaying a measurement adapted to receive the output signal from the load cell and indicate one of the torsional force and the linear force required to effect a movement of the closure relative to the associated container." The patent application was filed on Jan. 16, 2009 (12/355,374). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,295.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,295&RS=PN/7,950,295 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Honda Motor Assigned Patent for System and Method of Forming Vehicle Test Road by Joining Pre-fabricated Pavement Modules ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Honda Motor, Tokyo, has been assigned a patent (7,950,276) developed by David Freyhof, Plain City, Ohio, for a "system and method of forming vehicle test road by joining pre-fabricated pavement modules." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A modular vehicle test road construction system and associated installation method. The system includes pre-fabricated pavement modules adapted to be transportable. The pre-fabricated modules are formed so that an upper driving surface thereof includes one or more vehicle testing profiles. The modules are preferably placed adjacent to one another on an engineered surface (e.g., road bed). Adjacent modules may be bonded together using a grout key. A number of modules may be arranged to create a test road of a desired shape and length, and having one or more desired vehicle testing profiles. Use of the modules allows for the creation of an adaptive test road that can be easily reconfigured. Modules of the present invention may also be inserted into an existing test road to impart a particular testing profile thereto." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2008 (12/169,487). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,276.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,276&RS=PN/7,950,276 Written by Anjali Jha; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Spectrum Diversified Designs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Spectrum Diversified Designs, Streetsboro, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,537) developed by Sheldon H. Goodman, Solon, Ohio, and Omer I. Sazir, Cleveland, for a ventilated shelf divider. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A ventilated shelf divider comprises a downwardly opening frame assembly including laterally diverging wire walls that are releasably mountable to laterally spaced shelf wires. Each of the wire walls includes a plurality of spaced legs that extending to couplers for gripping the shelf wires. The legs may be manually moved towards one another and positioned between the shelf wires, and, upon release, the legs bias the couplers into gripping engagement with the shelf wires." The patent application was filed on Jan. 21, 2008 (12/017,182). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7950537.PN.&OS=PN/7950537&RS=PN/7950537 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Procter & Gamble Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Procter & Gamble, Cincinnati, has been assigned a patent (7,950,522) developed by four co-inventors for a "customizable package for feminine hygiene articles." The co-inventors are Nancy Deters Slayton, Springfield, Ohio, Jeanne Marie Hughes, Loveland, Ohio, Virginia Anne Lenahan, Cincinnati, and David Andrew Dalton, Loveland, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A package for feminine hygiene articles. The package includes a refillable cabinet having a front, a back, a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side, and a frame, the frame forming at least one feminine hygiene storage cavity having a frontward facing opening, and a plurality of replaceable drawers each containing a plurality of feminine hygiene articles and being slidingly installed within the feminine hygiene storage cavity." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2009 (12/414,875). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7950522.PN.&OS=PN/7950522&RS=PN/7950522 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Akron, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,430) developed by Roel Domingo Villanueva, Hudson, Ohio, and John Joseph Slivka, Danville, Va., for a pneumatic aviation tire. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Pneumatic tires for aircraft service having a belt package with shoulder reinforcement. The tire includes a belt reinforcing structure or belt package having multiple cut belts, multiple spiral wound belt layers positioned radially between the cut belts and the tread, and multiple spiral wound shoulder layers proximate the shoulder. The spiral wound belt layers and the spiral wound shoulder layers are formed by a continuous cord-reinforced strip having a strip width. The spiral wound belt layers are characterized by a first winding pitch of approximately one strip width per revolution and the spiral wound shoulder layers are characterized by a second winding pitch of less than one strip width per revolution. Alternatively, the spiral wound shoulder layers may be formed with a tiered arrangement by shifting the starting location for successive spiral wound belt layers laterally so that the side edges are not coincident." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2007 (11/697,353). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7950430.PN.&OS=PN/7950430&RS=PN/7950430 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Diebold Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Diebold, North Canton, Ohio, has been assigned a patent (7,950,574) developed by five co-inventors for an "ATM that places front customer interface in communication with rear servicer interface." The co-inventors are Natarajan Ramachandran, Uniontown, Ohio, Jeffrey A. Hill, Canton, Ohio, James Booth, Kimbolton, Ohio, Pedro Tula, North Canton, Ohio, and Paul Mercina, North Canton, Ohio. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automatic banking machine operates responsive to data read from data bearing records to cause financial transfers. The machine includes a card reader that reads data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards and carries out transactions related to the accounts. The machine includes a camera, a microphone, and the card reader at a customer interface located at the front of the machine. A servicer display device is at a servicer interface located at the rear of the machine. The customer interface and the servicer interface can be placed in audio/visual communication. Although a first servicer located at the customer interface may not be directly visible to a second servicer located at the servicer interface, they are still able to communicate through the customer interface and servicer interface during machine servicing." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2010 (12/657,687). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=7,950,574.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,574&RS=PN/7,950,574 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ohio Inventor Develops Patent for Broken Heart Necklace-urn ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Antoine Elhaj, Sandusky, Ohio, has developed a patent (7,950,117) for a broken heart necklace-urn. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A complementary pair of broken heart shaped urn pendants, each having an access port, magnet, jagged inner surface, curved outer surface, clasp, front vertical wall, and rear vertical wall, and means for removably securing the pair together." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2009 (12/497,395). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,950,117.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,117&RS=PN/7,950,117 Written by Shabnam Sheikh; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Ohio Inventor Develops Patent for Method for Removing a Pouch from a Pouch Container ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 7 -- Anthony H. Gates, Alliance, Ohio, has developed a patent (7,950,205) for a "method for removing a pouch from a pouch container." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Pouches are provided to the user of an automated pouch handling apparatus in a pouch container. The pouches are oriented the same way in the box. The box may be sealed to prevent pouch contamination. A door on the box is opened or removed to define a door opening. A portion of the pouch stack is accessible through the opening. These pouch containers may be stacked near a pouch handling apparatus where the operator may open the door and load the pouch containers directly into the pouch handling apparatus. The pouch handling apparatus removes the pouches directly from the pouch container through the door opening. The apparatus may include a pouch separator that bends the edge of the pouch out through the door and slides the first pouch away from the second pouch." The patent application was filed on Nov. 20, 2008 (12/274,761). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,950,205.PN.&OS=PN/7,950,205&RS=PN/7,950,205 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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