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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in Tennessee (June 14)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in Tennessee. *** Dentek Oral Care Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Dentek Oral Care, Maryville, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,954,496) developed by John M. Jansheski, Maryville, Tenn., and Ronald W. Spencer, Maryville, Tenn., for a dental guard. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A custom-fitted dental appliance prevents grinding contact between upper and lower teeth of a wearer. The appliance includes a base member having a generally U-shaped horizontal portion with opposing posterior sections and an anterior section disposed between the posterior sections. The anterior section has an arcuate curvature substantially matching the curvature of the dental arch of most wearers. The base member has a vertical portion connected to a forward edge of the horizontal portion. The vertical portion of the base member has an arcuate curvature substantially following the curvature of the anterior section. The appliance includes over-molded anterior occlusal pads and molar pads that are attached to the upper surfaces of the base member. An over-molded anterior flange is attached to the vertical portion of the base member. The anterior occlusal pads, molar pads and anterior flange are formed from a thermoplastic material having a Vicat softening temperature below that of the base member. After heating the appliance to above the softening temperature of the over-molded portions, the anterior occlusal pads, molar pads and anterior flange may be custom fitted to the upper teeth and gums of the wearer." The patent application was filed on Feb. 8, 2007 (11/672,683). 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=7,954,496.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,496&RS=PN/7,954,496 Written by Rajat Puri; edited by Jaya Anand. *** TDY Industries, Baker Hughes Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- TDY Industries, Pittsburgh, and Baker Hughes, Houston, have been assigned a patent (7,954,569) developed by eight co-inventors for an earth-boring bits. The co-inventors are Prakash K. Mirchandani, Hampton Cove, Ala., Jimmy W. Eason, The Woodlands, Texas, James J. Oakes, Madison, Ala., James C. Westhoff, The Woodlands, Texas, Gabriel B. Collins, Huntsville, Ala., John H. Stevens, Houston, Steven G. Caldwell, Hendersonville, Tenn., and Alfred J. Mosco, Spring, Texas. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to compositions and methods for forming a bit body for an earth-boring bit. The bit body may comprise hard particles, wherein the hard particles comprise at least one of carbide, nitride, boride, and oxide and solid solutions thereof, and a binder binding together the hard particles. The binder may comprise at least one metal selected from cobalt, nickel, and iron, and, optionally, at least one melting point reducing constituent selected from a transition metal carbide in the range of 30 to 60 weight percent, boron up to 10 weight percent, silicon up to 20 weight percent, chromium up to 20 weight percent, and manganese up to 25 weight percent, wherein the weight percentages are based on the total weight of the binder. In addition, the hard particles may comprise at least one of (i) cast carbide (WC+W2C) particles, (ii) transition metal carbide particles selected from the carbides of titanium, chromium, vanadium, zirconium, hafnium, tantalum, molybdenum, niobium, and tungsten, and (iii) sintered cemented carbide particles." The patent application was filed on April 28, 2005 (11/116,752). 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=7,954,569.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,569&RS=PN/7,954,569 Written by Arpi Sharma; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Whirlpool Assigned Patent for Molded Plastic Support Frame for a Drawer-type Dishwasher ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Whirlpool, Benton Harbor, Mich., has been assigned a patent (7,954,913) developed by six co-inventors for a "molded plastic support frame for a drawer-type dishwasher." The co-inventors are Kory A. Gunnerson, West Lafayette, Ind., Kristen K. Hedstrom, Orlando, Fla., Mark E. Palm, Davie, Fla., John R. Sanderson, Oakland Park, Fla., Rodney M. Welch, Beach Bluff, Tenn., and Kurt W. Wight, Ann Arbor, Mich. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A support frame for a drawer-type dishwasher includes a top section and opposing side sections formed from a plurality of support members which define an open lattice work and establish a cavity for a slidable dishwasher drawer. The support frame also includes first and second rail supports that are provided on respective ones of the opposing side sections. The first and second rail supports are designed to support corresponding first and second extensible rails which, in turn, support the wash tub for movement relative to the frame. In addition, the support frame includes lid support elements for a mechanism that provides shifting of a lid member relative to the wash tub." The patent application was filed on July 11, 2007 (11/822,940). 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=7,954,913&OS=7,954,913&RS=7,954,913 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Meco Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Meco, Greeneville, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,954,890) developed by Douglas G. Wright, Morristown, Tenn., for a folding chair. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A folding chair is disclosed. The chair includes a plurality of legs, including front and back legs, a seat, and a folding unit. The folding unit is attached to the legs and the seat, and it is configured to fold the legs using a force applied to at least one of the legs. The front legs nest beside the back legs." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2008 (12/033,615). 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=7,954,890&OS=7,954,890&RS=7,954,890 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tennessee Inventor Develops Patent for System and Method for Matching Customers to Financial Products, Services, and Incentives Based on Bank Account Transaction Activity ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Robert K. Pliha, Nashville, Tenn., has developed a patent (7,954,698) for a "system and method for matching customers to financial products, services, and incentives based on bank account transaction activity." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A financial scoring system measures, classifies, rates, and forecasts the deposit and withdrawal patterns processed through a direct deposit account (DDA) residing in a bank's central database. The scoring metric generated by the financial scoring system is converted into a monthly mandatory, lifestyle, leisure, and luxury expenditure classifications for each DDA household. These expenditure classifications are converted by the financial scoring system to the rate of expenditure substitution each DDA household will support, the amount of the rate of expenditure substitution that the DDA household is willing to risk, and the rate of expenditure substitution that will require a preference spending decision. The DDA expenditure classifications generated by the financial scoring system are compared to the consumer expenditure survey and consumer price index tables published by U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics to provide a scoring validation benchmark." The patent application was filed on Sept. 27, 2007 (11/862,977). 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=7954698.PN.&OS=PN/7954698&RS=PN/7954698 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Kanzaki Kokyukoki Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Kanzaki Kokyukoki, Hyogo, Japan, has been assigned a patent (7,954,907) developed by Donald Wieber, Morristown, Tenn., Koji Irikura, Morristown, Tenn., and Masaru Iida, Amagasaki, Japan, for a "supplemental brake system of zero turn vehicle." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A supplemental brake system of a zero turn vehicle has a prime mover, a brake pedal, a pair of axles, and a pair of transaxles driven by the prime mover so as to drive the respective axles. The transaxles include respective brakes for braking the respective axles according to depression of the brake pedal. Also included are supplemental braking means for stopping transmission of power from the prime mover to the pair of transaxles according to depression of the brake pedal." The patent application was filed on Sept. 24, 2007 (11/860,282). 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=7,954,907&OS=7,954,907&RS=7,954,907 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Tekni-Plex Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Tekni-Plex, King of Prussia, N.J., has been assigned a patent (7,954,791) developed by William S. Mitchell, McKenzie, Tenn., and Roy Trence Johnson, McKenzie, Tenn., for a "fine bubble airlift device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates to an aeration device for use in a liquid medium. The device includes a housing adapted to float within the medium such that a top portion thereof remains above a top surface of the medium. The housing has a bottom portion and an open side portion. The device further includes a hose affixed to the bottom portion of the housing substantially parallel to the surface of the liquid medium. The hose has a wall with a plurality of pores formed therein. The device further includes a gas-supplying pipe affixed to the hose and means for supplying a gas to the pipe such that the gas passes through the pipe and into the hose." The patent application was filed on Feb. 26, 2007 (11/710,857). 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=7,954,791&OS=7,954,791&RS=7,954,791 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Illinois Tool Works Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Illinois Tool Works, Glenview, Ill., has been assigned a patent (7,954,681) developed by four co-inventors for a "single tool nailing bridge system." The co-inventors are Aubrey Smith, Cordova, Tenn., Stephen Fleming, Southaven, Miss., Robert Tucker, Memphis, Tenn., and Douglas Dodd, Hernando, Miss. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A new and improved nailing bridge system which comprises a single nailing gun which is mounted for movement along a stud frame locus or a seam locus, defined by means of abutting sheets of wall sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, wherein the single nailing gun can be moved to any one of effectively an infinite number of positions so as to permit nails to be driven into the covering, sheathing, paneling, or the like, in order to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to underlying stud frame members of a wall structure or wall panel member. Stitcher guns are also mounted upon a separate support beam so as to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to the upper and lower plate, header, or footer members of the wall structure or wall panel member." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/285,153). 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=7954681.PN.&OS=PN/7954681&RS=PN/7954681 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Thomas & Betts International Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Thomas & Betts International, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (7,954,858) developed by Roger Pyron, Arlington, Tenn., for a "conduit body with low friction inner surface layer." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conduit body assembly includes a conduit body having a layer of lubrication material thereon to aid in pulling wires therethrough. The conduit body includes an elongate side wall, an open upper end and a conduit body interior. At least one hub is in communication with said body interior for passage of wires therethrough. A layer of lubrication material having a low coefficient of friction is adhered to at least on portion of the surface of the body interior." The patent application was filed on Dec. 27, 2007 (12/005,535). 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=7,954,858&OS=7,954,858&RS=7,954,858 Written by Satyaban Rath; edited by Hemanta Panigrahi. *** Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Nashville, Tenn., has been assigned a patent (7,954,447) developed by Gregory M. Hawkins, Sparta, Tenn., and Dan S. Shipley, Murfreesboro, Tenn., for a "method and apparatus for protecting innerliner splice of a green tire." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of creating an air barrier on both sides of an innerliner splice on the inside surface of a green tire when a bladder release lubricant is being applied thereto to prevent contamination of the splice. High pressure air is directed through air nozzles on both sides of the innerliner splice just prior to and during the application of the lubricant. A pressure sensor detects high or low air pressure during the creation of the air barriers to stop the spray of lubricant should either situation be detected." The patent application was filed on July 2, 2008 (12/217,181). 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=7,954,447.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,447&RS=PN/7,954,447 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Electrolux Home Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 14 -- Electrolux Home Products, Cleveland, has been assigned a patent (7,954,424) developed by Wesley Owens Dunn, Mount Juliet, Tenn., and Timothy David Scott, Greenbrier, Tenn., for a full depth rack. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A rack for an appliance comprises a support platform including a support frame and a plurality of elongated support wires attached to the support frame to form a support surface extending generally along a plane. An upwardly projecting portion is adapted to engage structure of an appliance to inhibit the rack from being removed therefrom. In one example, at least one leg section is attached to the support platform and extends a distance along a longitudinal axis of the support platform that is less than half of the total length of the support platform. In addition or alternatively, the support frame includes a rear member having a portion that is bent inwardly in a direction towards the front member so as to be spaced a distance from a rear wall of an appliance. In addition or alternatively, an arrangement for supporting items in an appliance includes the rack." The patent application was filed on Aug. 14, 2006 (11/464,297). 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=7,954,424.PN.&OS=PN/7,954,424&RS=PN/7,954,424 Written by Ankita Das; edited by Jaya Anand. 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