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USPTO – Reexamination Update July 18th to July 24th, 2012

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Requested

date

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

Class

Other

Class

1 5,482,539 90/012,343 08-Jun-12

Benjamin

C.

Spehlmann

, Banner &

Witcoff,

LTD.,

Washingto

n, DC

Ex Parte

Multiple

stage semi-

permeable

membrane

process

and

apparatus

for gas

separation

A

membrane

process

and

apparatus

are

described

for the

production

of a

desired

very high

purity

permeate

gas by use

of a

multiple

stage

membrane

process

wherein in

a primary

stage a

process

feed gas

mixture is

provided

Enerfex,

Inc.

(Burlington,

VT)

Callahan,

Richard A.

(Burlington,

VT)

95/51 95/45,

95/55

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5482539


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to a

primary

membrane

separator

unit

comprisin

g a

membrane

having a

relatively

high

intrinsic

permeabili

ty to

provide an

intermedia

te

permeate

gas and a

retentate

gas, and

providing

the

intermedia

te

permeate

gas in a

secondary

stage to a

secondary

membrane


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separator

unit

comprisin

g a

membrane

having a

relatively

low

intrinsic

permeabili

ty, to

produce

therefrom

a very

high

purity

permeate

gas

product.

2 5,827,178 90/012,340 06-Jun-12

Hoya

Corporatio

n, Scott A.

McKeown,

Oblon

Spivak

McClellan

d

Maier &

Neustadt,

LLP.,

Alexandria

Ex Parte

Laryngosc

ope for use

in trachea

intubation

A

laryngosc

ope, for

use in

intubating

a patient's

trachea,

especially

in

emergenc

y

situations.

Berall,

Jonathan

(173

Columbia

Heights,

Brooklyn,

NY, 11201)

600/185 600/188



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Class

, VA The

laryngosc

ope has a

camera

mounted

in the

vicinity of

a distal

end of its

blade to

observe

the

patient's

trachea

opening

and other

oral

internal

structures

in a visual

field. The

camera is

connected,

typically

via a

fiberoptic

cable, to a

lightweigh

t portable

television

screen,


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preferably

mounted

on the

laryngosc

ope

handle, for

displaying

the visual

field to the

a

Profession

al

Intubator

so as to

enable

him or her

to observe

continuou

sly the

trachea

opening

and other

oral

internal

structures

as he or

she

manipulat

es the

intubating

instrument


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. The

laryngosc

ope with

the

camera

and screen

thereon

preferably

is held in

one of the

Profession

al

Intubator's

hands to

lift and

move

aside the

patient's

tongue

steadily

and

constantly

. The

other hand

of the

Profession

al

Intubator

then is

free to

manipulat


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Class

e the

intubating

instrument

.

Mounting

the

camera

and the

screen on

the

laryngosc

ope,

which

remains

quite

steady,

provides

the

Profession

al

Intubator

with a

continuou

s steady

display of

the

trachea

opening

and other

oral

internal


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structures

on the

screen

while the

intubator

also sees

directly

down the

patient's

mouth.

3 5,928,907 90/012,341 06-Jun-12

Jeffrey B.

Oster,

Troll

Busters,

LLC.,

Mercer

Island, WA

Ex Parte

System for

real time

detection

of nucleic

acid

amplificati

on

products

A system

is

provided

for

carrying

out real

time

fluorescen

ce-based

measurem

ents of

nucleic

acid

amplificati

on

products.

In a

preferred

embodime

nt of the

invention,

The Perkin-

elmer,

Applied

Biosystems

Division

(Foster City,

CA)

Woudenber

g, Timothy

M. (Half

Moon Bay,

CA);

Bodner,

Kevin S.

(San Mateo,

CA);

Connell,

Charles R.

(Redwood

City, CA);

Ganz, Alan

M.

(Trumbull,

CT);

Mcbride,

Lincoln J.

(Belmont,

CA);

435/91.2

422/82.05,

422/82.06,

422/82.07,

422/82.08,

422/82.11,

435/6.11



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an

excitation

beam is

focused

into a

reaction

mixture

through a

surface,

the

reaction

mixture

containing

(i) a first

fluorescen

t indicator

capable of

generating

a first

fluorescen

t signal

whose

intensity

is

proportion

al to the

amount of

an

amplificati

on product

in the

Saviano,

Paul G.

(Norwalk,

CT);

Shigeura,

John

(Fremont,

CA); Tracy,

David H.

(Norwalk,

CT);

Young,

Eugene F.

(Wilton,

CT); Lee,

Linda G.

(Palo Alto,

CA)


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volume of

the

reaction

mixture

illuminate

d by the

excitation

beam and

(ii) a

second

fluorescen

t indicator

homogene

ously

distributed

throughou

t the

reaction

mixture

capable of

generating

a second

fluorescen

t signal

proportion

al to the

volume of

reaction

mixture

illuminate

d by the


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excitation

beam.

Preferably

, the

excitation

beam is

focused

into the

reaction

mixture

by a lens

through a

portion of

a wall of a

closed

reaction

chamber

containing

the

reaction

mixture.

The same

lens is

used to

collect the

first and

second

fluorescen

t signals

generated

by the first


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and

second

fluorescen

t

indicators,

respectivel

y, in

response

to the

excitation

beam. The

ratio of

the

fluorescen

t

intensities

of the first

and

second

fluorescen

t signals

provides a

stable

quantitativ

e indicator

of the

amount of

amplificati

on product

synthesize

d in the


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date


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Class

course of

the

amplificati

on

reaction.

4 5,955,141 90/012,336 04-Jun-12

Arthur G.

Schaier,

Carmody

&

Torrance,

LLP.,

Waterbury,

CT

Ex Parte

Process for

silver

plating in

printed

circuit

board

manufactur

e

In PCB

manufactu

re, the

pads

and/or

through-

holes of a

bare board

are

protected

prior to

mounting

of other

componen

ts by a

silver

plating

process.

The silver

plate is

applied

from a

plating

compositi

on by a

replaceme

Alpha

Metals, Inc.

(Jersey City,

NJ)

Soutar,

Andrew

Mcintosh

(London,

GB);

Mcgrath,

Peter

Thomas

(Mission

Viejo, CA)

228/209

205/85,

427/97.2,

427/97.4,

427/97.9,

427/98.8,

427/99.5,

427/125,

427/304,

427/307,

427/405,

427/421.1,

427/427,

427/437,

427/443.1



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date


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nt process

in which

silver ions

oxidized

copper

and

deposit a

layer of

silver at

the

surface. In

the

aqueous

plating

compositi

on the

silver ions

are

maintaine

d in

solution

by the

incorporat

ion of a

multidenta

te

complexin

g agent.

The

compositi

ons may


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contain a

silver

tarnish

inhibitor

and are

free of

reducing

agent

capable of

reducing

silver ions

to silver

metal,

halide

ions and

substantial

ly free of

non-

aqueous

solvent.

Surface

mounted

componen

ts can be

soldered

direct to

the silver

coated

contact

using any

commerci


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ally

available

solder.

Silver

does not

deposit

onto

solder

mask, but

only onto

metal

which is

less

electropos

itive than

silver.

5 6,779,118, 90/012,342 08-Jun-12

James J.

Wong,

Redwood

City, CA

Ex Parte

User

specific

automatic

data

redirection

system

A data

redirection

system for

redirecting

user's data

based on a

stored rule

set. The

redirection

of data is

performed

by a

redirection

server,

which

Auriq

Systems,

Inc.

(Pasadena,

CA)

Ikudome,

Koichiro

(Arcadia,

CA);

Yeung,

Moon Tai

(Alhambra,

CA)

726/7 726/14



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number

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date


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Class

receives

the

redirection

rule sets

for each

user from

an

authentica

tion and

accountin

g server,

and a

database.

Prior to

using the

system,

users

authentica

te with the

authentica

tion and

accountin

g server,

and

receive a

network

address.

The

authentica

tion and

accountin


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date


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Class

g server

retrieves

the proper

rule set for

the user,

and

communic

ates the

rule set

and the

user's

address to

the

redirection

server.

The

redirection

server

then

implement

s the

redirection

rule set for

the user's

address.

Rule sets

are

removed

from the

redirection

server


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Class

either

when the

user

disconnect

s, or based

on some

predetermi

ned event.

New rule

sets are

added to

the

redirection

server

either

when a

user

connects,

or based

on some

predetermi

ned event.

6 7,386,555 90/012,344 08-Jun-12

Robert

Ryan

Morishita,

Morishita

Law Firm,

LLC., Las

Vegas, NV

Ex Parte

Post-

session

internet

advertising

system

The

present

invention

is directed

to a post-

session

advertisin

g system

that may

Vilcauskas

Jr., Andrew

J. (7305

SW.

Delaware

Cir.,

Tualatin,

OR, US);

Bloodgood

1/1

705/14.73,

707/999.0

1,

707/999.1

04,

715/802,

719/318



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number

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date


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be used in

media

such as

computers

, personal

digital

assistants,

telephones

,

televisions

, radios,

and

similar

devices. In

one

preferred

embodime

nt, a first

display is

viewed in

a first

platform

in the

foregroun

d of a

media by

a viewer.

A viewer

initiates a

load

triggering

III, Robert

D. (236 SE.

90th,

Portland,

OR, US);

Middleton,

Matthew G.

(14880 NW.

Fawnlily

Dr.,

Portland,

OR, US)


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Class

event and

in

response,

a post-

session

platform

is opened

to display

a post-

session

display in

the

backgroun

d of the

media.

Significan

tly, in the

preferred

embodime

nt, the

post-

session

platform

stays in

said

backgroun

d until a

view

triggering

event

occurs.


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number

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Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

The type

of

platform

and

display

used will

depend

significant

ly on the

media. In

one

preferred

embodime

nt of the

present

invention

an

optional

focus

timer is

activated

by the

view

triggering

event to

allow an

accurate

assessmen

t of the

actual

time a


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number

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date


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Class

viewer

focuses on

the

display in

the post-

session

platform.

In another

alternate

preferred

embodime

nt of the

present

invention,

the

number of

post-

session

platforms

is limited

to, for

example,

one

platform.

7 7,748,177 90/020,003 29-May-12

L. Grant

Foster,

Holland &

Hart, LLP.,

Salt

Lake City,

UT

Ex Parte

Modular

tile with

controlled

deflection

A modular

tile

configured

to

interlock

with

multiple

Connor

Sport Court

Internationa

l, Inc. (Salt

Lake City,

UT, US)

Jenkins,

Mark L.

(Salt Lake

City, UT,

US);

Shapiro,

Jeremiah

52/177

15/215,

52/387,

52/392,

52/592.1,

404/35



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date


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Class

tiles to

form a

modular

floor

covering

over a

floor. The

tile

includes a

top

surface

having a

periphery

defining

side walls

extending

downward

from the

top

surface,

the side

walls

having a

coupling

portion

configured

to couple

with other

tiles

adjacent

thereto to

(West

Valley City,

UT, US);

Forster,

Cheryl (Salt

Lake City,

UT, US);

North,

Vaughn W.

(Salt Lake

City, UT,

US); Stott,

David L.

(Providence,

UT, US)


S.N Patent

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date


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form the

modular

floor

covering.

The tile

also

includes a

bottom

side,

opposite

the top

surface,

having a

support

grid

including

an array of

downward

extending

polymeric

post

structures,

at least

some of

the post

structures

including

at least

one

resilient

end


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date


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Class

portion

with a

radial end

surface

configured

to be

positioned

against the

floor to

facilitate

controlled

deflection

of the post

structures.

The post

structures

may

comprise

primary

and

secondary

post

structures,

with the

secondary

post

structures

limiting

the

deflection

of the


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number

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date


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Class

primary

post

structures.

8 8,092,559 90/012,337 05-Jun-12

Karen E.

Flick, Law

Offices of

Karen E.

Flick, El

Granada,

CA

Ex Parte

Generation

of

hydrogen

from

hydrocarbo

n bearing

materials

Disclosed

are

strategies

for the

economica

l

microbial

generation

of

hydrogen,

useful as

an

alternative

energy

source,

from

hydrocarb

on-rich

deposits

such as

coal, oil

and/or gas

formations

, oil shale,

bitumen,

tar sands,

carbonace

ous shale,

Luca

Technologie

s, Inc.

(Golden,

CO, US)

Debruyn,

Roland P.

(Highlands

Ranch, CO,

US);

Dodson,

James B.

(Castle

Rock, CO,

US);

Pfeiffer,

Robert S.

(Parker, CO,

US);

Szaloczi,

Eric L.

(Denver,

CO, US);

Ulrich,

Glenn A.

(Golden,

CO, US);

Weber,

Jeffrey L.

(Denver,

CO, US)

48/127.5 423/650,

435/168



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number

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date


Class

Other

Class

peat

deposits

and

sediments

rich in

organic

matter

through

the

manageme

nt of the

metabolis

m of

microbial

consortia.

9 6,293,866 95/002,013 12-Jun-12

Third Party

Requester:

Sony

Computer

Entertainm

ent

America,

LLC.;

(Att'y Is:

Callie

Pendergras

s, Erise IP,

PA.,

Overland

Park, KS),

Real Party

Inter

Partes

System for

adapting

gaming

devices to

playing

preferences

A slot

machine

networked

to a

central

server

receives

preference

data

correspon

ding to a

player

from the

central

server and

configures

Walker

Digital,

LLC

(Stamford,

CT)

Walker, Jay

S.

(Ridgefield,

CT);

Jorasch,

James A.

(Stamford,

CT);

Sparico,

Thomas M.

(Riverside,

CT)

463/20 273/139,

463/42



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number

Control

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Requested

date


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Other

Class

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

the game

to match

the

received

preference

data. The

player

inserts his

player

tracking

card into

the slot

machine,

which

transmits

player

identificati

on data to

the central

server.

The

central

server

transmits

player

preference

data and

casino

preference

data for

that player


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date


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Class

to the slot

machine

for

configurat

ion. While

the player

plays the

slot

machine,

the slot

machine

transmits

data about

the

player's

performan

ce to the

central

server.

The

central

server

determine

s

appropriat

e casino

preference

values

based

upon the

player's


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date


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Class

performan

ce and

transmits

those

values to

the slot

machine

for

configurat

ion.

10 7,113,867 95/002,012 06-Jun-12

Third Party

Requester:

iOnRoad,

LTD.;

(Att'y Is:

Guy

Yonay,

Pearl

Cohen

Zedek

Latzer,

New York,

NY), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

System

and

method for

detecting

obstacles

to vehicle

motion and

determinin

g time to

contact

therewith

using

sequences

of images

A time-to-

contact

estimate

determinat

ion system

is

disclosed

for

generating

an

estimate

as to the

time-to-

contact of

a vehicle

moving

along a

roadway

with an

obstacle.

The time-

Mobileye

Technologie

s Limited

(Nicosia,

CY)

Stein,

Gideon P.

(Jerusalem,

IL)

701/301



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number

Control

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Requested

date


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Class

to-contact

estimate

determinat

ion system

comprises

an image

receiver

and a

processor.

The image

receiver is

configured

to receive

image

informatio

n relating

to a series

of at least

two

images

recorded

as the

vehicle

moves

along a

roadway.

The

processor

is

configured

to process


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number

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date


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Other

Class

the image

informatio

n received

by the

image

receiver to

generate a

time-to-

contact

estimate

of the

vehicle

with the

obstacle.

11 7,259,972 95/002,009 01-Jun-12

Power

Integration

s, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

John

C. Phillips,

Fish &

Richardson

, PC., San

Diego,

CA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Primary-

side-

control

power

converter

having a

switching

controller

using

frequency

hopping

and

voltage

and current

control

loops

A power

converter

includes a

switch and

a

controller.

The

switch

switches

electrical

power in

the power

converter.

The

controller

generates

a

System

General

Corporation

(TW)

Yang, Ta-

yung

(Taoyuan,

TW)

363/21.16

363/21.13,

363/21.18,

363/97



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date


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Class

switching

signal to

control the

switch in

response

to a first

feedback

signal

associated

with a

voltage

control

loop and a

second

feedback

signal

associated

with a

current

control

loop. The

controller

can also

allow the

switching

frequency

to hop

from

frequency

to

frequency


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number

Control

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Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

according

to a digital

pattern.

12 7,266,786 95/000,671 31-May-12

Third Party

Requester:

ARTERIS,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Jennifer

Lacroix,

DLA

Piper, US,

LLP.,

Chicago,

IL), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same

As Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Method

and

apparatus

for

configurabl

e address

mapping

and

protection

architectur

e and

hardware

for on-chip

systems

A method

and

apparatus

of a

configurab

le address

mapping

and

protection

architectur

e and

hardware

for on-

chip

systems

have been

described.

Sonics, Inc.

(Mountain

View, CA,

US)

Chou,

Chien-chun

(San Jose,

CA, US);

Tomlinson,

Jay Scott

(San Jose,

CA, US);

Weber,

Wolf-

dietrich

(San Jose,

CA, US);

Wingard,

Drew Eric

(San Carlos,

CA, US);

Kasetti,

Sricharan

(Palo Alto,

CA, US)

716/105 716/138

13 7,299,155 95/000,670 31-May-12

Third Party

Requester:

ARTERIS,

Inc.; (Att'y

Is: Jennifer

Lacroix,

DLA

Inter

Partes

Method

and

apparatus

for

decomposi

ng and

verifying

The

present

invention

includes a

method

and

apparatus

Sonics,

Incorporate

d (Mountain

View, CA,

US)

Ebert,

Jeffrey

Allen (Half

Moon Bay,

CA, US);

Venugopala

n, Ravi

702/182

702/57,

702/87,

714/E11.1

59




S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

Piper, US,

LLP.,

Chicago,

IL), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

configurabl

e hardware

for

decomposi

ng and

verifying

configurab

le

hardware.

In one

embodime

nt, the

method

includes

automatic

ally

decomposi

ng a set of

one or

more units

at a first

level of a

configurab

le

hardware

system

design

hierarchy

into a set

of two or

more units

of a lower

level of

(Santa

Clara, CA,

US); Evans,

Scott

Carlton

(Santa

Clara, CA,

US)


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

the

hardware

system

design

hierarchy.

The set of

one or

more units

at a first

level

includes

one or

more units

dynamical

ly

instantiate

d at design

creation

time as

well as at

least a

first unit

composed

of a

previously

instantiate

d

hardware

system

composed

with two


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

or more

levels of

units

within the

hardware

system

design

hierarchy

of the

previously

instantiate

d

hardware

system.

14 7,854,285 95/002,010 05-Jun-12

Third Party

Requester:

BRP, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Jeffrey D.

Karceski,

Thomas &

Karceski,

PC.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Suspension

architectur

e for a

snowmobil

e

The

present

invention

relates to

rear

suspensio

n systems

for

snowmobi

les have

endless

belt

assemblies

.

Specificall

y, the

present

Polaris

Industries

Inc.

(Medina,

MN, US)

Giese,

Timothy J.

(Roseau,

MN, US)

180/193 180/190,

180/191



S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

invention

relates to

rear

suspensio

n

architectur

e for

coupled

rear

suspensio

n systems

for

snowmobi

les and

belt

tensioning

assemblies

.

15 8,151,923 95/002,011 05-Jun-12

Third Party

Requester:

BPR, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Jeffrey D.

Karceski,

Thomas &

Karceski,

PC.,

Washingto

n, DC),

Real Party

in Interest:

Inter

Partes

Suspension

architectur

e for a

snowmobil

e

A rear

suspensio

n

architectur

e is

provided

for

coupled

rear

suspensio

n systems.

Polaris

Industries

Inc.

(Medina,

MN, US)

Giese,

Timothy J.

(Roseau,

MN, US)

180/193 time



S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requested

date


Class

Other

Class

Same As

Third Party

Requester

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