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1 5,845,219 90/012,126 3-Feb-12

Research In

Motion,

LTD.,

Timothy J.

May,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Washington

, DC

Ex Parte

Mobile

station

having

priority call

alerting

function

during silent

service

mode

A method

includes the

steps of (a)

storing at

least one

predetermin

ed telephone

number in a

memory

(24, 24a) of

a mobile

station (10);

and (b) in

response to

the receipt

of an

incoming

call

indication

when a

silent

service

mode is

active,

comparing

at least a

portion of

the

telephone

Nokia

Mobile

Phones

Limited

(Salo, FI)

Henriksson,

Hannu

(Oulunsalo,

FI)

455/567 379/373.0

2

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=5845219


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number of

the calling

party to the

stored at

least one

predetermin

ed telephone

number. If

the received

calling party

number

matches one

of the stored

numbers,

the method

executes a

step of

generating

an audible

alert to

inform the

user of the

presence of

the

incoming

call. If the

received

calling party

number

does not

match one


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of the stored

numbers,

the method

instead

executes a

step of

inhibiting

the

generation

of an

audible

alert. In one

embodiment

of this

invention

the step of

generating

an audible

alert

generates a

predetermin

ed audible

alert that is

different

from an

audible alert

that is used

when an

incoming

call is

received


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when the

silent

service

mode is not

active.

2 6,122,482, 90/012,127 3-Feb-12

Bruce H.

Stoner,

Jr.,

Greenblum

&

Bernstein,

PLC.,

Reston, VA

Ex Parte

Satellite

broadcast

receiving

and

distribution

system

The present

invention

provides a

satellite

broadcast

receiving

and

distribution

system that

will permit

for the

transmission

of vertical

and

horizontal

or left-hand

circular and

right-hand

circular

polarization

signals

simultaneou

sly via a

single

coaxial

cable. The

Global

Communica

tions, Inc.

(Tallahasee,

FL)

Green Sr.,

James A.

(Tallahassee,

FL); Coker

Jr., Austin S.

(Tallahassee,

FL)

725/68

348/E7.05

,

348/E7.09

3,

455/12.1



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system of

the present

invention

will

accommoda

te two

different

polarity

commands

from two or

more

different

sources at

the same

time. This

satellite

broadcast

receiving

and

distribution

system of

the present

invention

will provide

for the

signals

received

from the

satellite to

be

converted to


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standard

frequencies

so as to

permit for

signals to

travel via

existing

wiring

which the

present day

amplifiers

can

transport in

buildings,

high-rises,

hospitals,

and the like

so that

satellite

broadcastin

g can be

viewed by

numerous

individuals

by way of a

single

satellite

antenna.

3 6,152,137 90/012,118 31-Jan-

12

SleepNet

Corporation

, Donald S.

Ex Parte

Pliable and

resilient

sealing pad

A sealing

pad (14)

made of a

Schwartz,

Alan N.

(19211 93rd

128/846

2/428,

2/429,

2/430



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Holland,

Holland &

Bonzagni,

PC.,

Longmeado

w, MA

compliant

and

resiliently

deformable

gelatinous

elastomer

suitable to

conform

under

pressure to

form a

substantially

airtight seal

with at least

a portion of

the user's

skin

adjacent to

the sealing

pad (14).

The

gelatinous

elastomer

may be

attached to a

second

material by

incorporatin

g the

gelatinous

elastomer

Pl. W.,

Edmonds,

WA, 98020);

Theisen,

Thomas D.

(434 NE.

Maple Leaf

Pl., Seattle,

WA, 98115)


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into a large

plurality of

interstitium

in the

second

material. In

addition, the

second

material can

be

configured

to form an

endoskeleto

n or

exoskeleton

that

modifies the

physical

properties of

the

gelatinous

elastomer.

4 6,230,878 90/012,100 2-Feb-12

Margaret

Polson,

Oppendahl

Patent Law

Firm, LLC.,

Westminste

r, CO

Ex Parte

Personalize

d rubber

banded card

and

currency

holder

An

assembled

article of

manufacture

for rubber-

banding

credit cards

and folded

paper

Lehr,

Barbara C.

(44 Doyle

St., Long

Beach, NY,

11561)

206/37 24/17B



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currency in

which only

initially a

rubber band

is stretched

to undergo a

necking

down to

facilitate

insertion

into

opposite

peripheral

compartmen

ts of a

personalized

or otherwise

inscribed

cooperating

metal

component

and the

assembly

completed

by the

release of

the rubber

band which

assumes its

unstretched

thickness


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within the

peripheral

compartmen

ts.

Thereafter

stretching of

the rubber

band about

an

assemblage

of the credit

cards and/or

paper

currency

bulk, or

both, does

not

disassemble

the metal

component

and the

rubber band.

5 6,558,264 90/009,984 3-Feb-12

Manley

Toys, LTD.,

Ruben

Raucher,

Reuben

Raucher &

Blum,

Los

Angeles,

Ex Parte

Inflatable

wedge for

diving onto

a water slide

A water

play

structure

which

includes an

inflatable

wedge

which is

used with a

Aviva L. L.

C. (Osage

Beach, MO)

Gordon,

Donald W.

(Draper, UT)

472/117 472/134



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CA water slide.

The

inflatable

wedge is

positioned

at one end

of the water

slide and

connected to

a garden

hose to run

lubricating

water down

the wedge

and along

the water

slide.

Children

and adults

run and dive

onto the

inflatable

wedge

which

cushions

their

transition

from a

vertical

running

position to a


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horizontal

sliding

position

down the

wedge and

along the

water slide.

An

inflatable

sled with

gripping

handles can

be used to

slide on for

added

cushioning.

6 6,775,873 90/012,123 1-Feb-12

GT Water

Products,

Inc.,

Alexander

R. Schlee,

Schlee IP

Internationa

l IP.,

Manhattan

Beach, CA

Ex Parte

Apparatus

for

removing

hair from a

drain

An

apparatus

for

removing

hair from a

drain

consists of

an elongate,

flexible strip

with an

attached

handle. A

number of

barbed

portions are

Luoma,

Eugene H.

(Duluth,

MN)

15/104.33

15/104.00

1,

15/104.05,

15/104.31



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dispersed

along the

length of the

flexible

strip, with

the barbed

portions

alternating

along the

two sides of

the strip.

The barbed

portions are

oriented at

an acute

angle to the

longitudinal

axis of the

strip, with

the vertex of

the angle

pointing

away from

the handle.

The barbed

portions

serve to grip

hair in the

drain, the

hair being

removed


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when the

device is

removed

from the

drain.

7 7,119,277 90/012,087 16-Feb-

12

Richard D.

Getz,

O'Shea

Getz, PC.,

Springfield,

MA

Ex Parte

Convertible

electrical

device cover

and method

for

installing

same

A

convertible

electrical

device cover

including a

base plate

and an

adapter

plate that

are both

configured

to

accommoda

te an

electrical

device.

When the

convertible

electrical

device cover

is placed in

an operative

position

over the

electrical

device the

Shotey,

Michael J.

(Las Vegas,

NV, US)

Shotey,

Michael J.

(7272 E.

Gainey

Ranch Rd.,

Unit 35,

Scottsdale,

AZ, US);

Shotey,

Marcus J.

(Scottsdale,

AZ, US);

Maltby,

Edgar W.

(Mesa, AZ,

US)

174/66

174/53,

174/67,

220/241



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adapter

plate may

be located

between the

electrical

device and a

rear side of

the base

plate. A

method for

installing a

convertible

electrical

device cover

is also

disclosed

including

placing the

convertible

electrical

device cover

in an

operative

position

over an

electrical

device so

that an

adapter

plate may

be located


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between the

electrical

device and a

rear side of

a base plate.

8 7,752,142 90/012,121 1-Feb-12

GT Nexus,

Inc.,

Daniel M.

DeVos,

Blakely

Sokoloff

Taylor &

Zafman,

LLP.,

Sunnyvale,

CA

Ex Parte

Common

carrier

system

An on-line

system and

method for

buyers and

sellers of

international

container

transportatio

n services is

disclosed.

Specifically,

the system

offers

importing

and

exporting

customers

the

opportunity

to request

and select

specific

service

patterns

offered by

participating

INTTRA,

Inc.

(Parsippany,

NJ, US)

Bjerre, Poul

(Carinaparke

n, DK);

Eskesen,

Thomas M.

(Sdr.

Strandvej,

DK); Schutt,

Michael

(Morris

Plains, NJ,

US)

705/333 705/336



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carriers in

the booking

of full

container

shipments.

The system

includes

user

interfaces

that allow a

shipper to

track and

trace

containers

across

multiple

carriers and

an event

notifications

system,

which

notifies the

user when

an event has

or has not

occurred.

9 7,756,794 90/012,120 1-Feb-12

GT Nexus,

Inc.,

Daniel M.

DeVos,

Blakely

Ex Parte

Common

carrier

system

An on-line

system and

method for

buyers and

sellers of

INTTRA,

Inc.

(Parsippany,

NJ, US)

Bjerre, Poul

(Birkerod,

DK);

Eskesen,

Thomas M.

705/336 705/330



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Sokoloff

Taylor &

Zafman,

LLP.,

Sunnyvale,

CA

international

container

transportatio

n services is

disclosed.

Specifically,

the system

offers

importing

and

exporting

customers

the

opportunity

to request

and select

specific

service

patterns

offered by

participating

carriers in

the booking

of full

container

shipments.

The system

includes

user

interfaces

that allow a

(Helsingor,

DK); Schutt,

Michael

(Morris

Plains, NJ,

US)


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shipper to

track and

trace

containers

across

multiple

carriers and

an event

notifications

system,

which

notifies the

user when

an event has

or has not

occurred.

10 7,761,387 90/012,119 1-Feb-12

GT Nexus,

Inc.,

Daniel M.

DeVos,

Blakely

Sokoloff

Taylor &

Zafman,

LLP.,

Sunnyvale,

CA

Ex Parte

Common

carrier

system

An on-line

system and

method for

buyers and

sellers of

international

container

transportatio

n services is

disclosed.

Specifically,

the system

offers

importing

and

INTTRA,

Inc.

(Parsippany,

NJ, US)

Bjerre, Poul

(Carinaparke

n 9d, DK);

Eskesen,

Thomas M.

(Sdr.

Strandvej,

DK); Schutt,

Michael

(Morris

Plains, NJ,

US)

705/333 705/336



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number

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Class

exporting

customers

the

opportunity

to request

and select

specific

service

patterns

offered by

participating

carriers in

the booking

of full

container

shipments.

The system

includes

user

interfaces

that allow a

shipper to

track and

trace

containers

across

multiple

carriers and

an event

notifications

system,


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which

notifies the

user when

an event has

or has not

occurred.

11 7,827,119 90/012,122 1-Feb-12

GT Nexus,

Inc.,

Daniel M.

DeVos,

Blakely

Sokoloff

Taylor &

Zafman,

LLP.,

Sunnyvale,

CA

Ex Parte

Common

carrier

system

An on-line

system and

method for

buyers and

sellers of

international

container

transportatio

n services is

disclosed.

Specifically,

the system

offers

importing

and

exporting

customers

the

opportunity

to request

and select

specific

service

patterns

offered by

INTTRA,

Inc.

(Parsippany,

NJ, US)

Bjerre, Poul

(Carinaparke

n, DK);

Eskesen,

Thomas M.

(Sdr.

Strandvej,

DK); Schutt,

Michael

(Morris

Plains, NJ,

US)

705/333 705/336



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participating

carriers in

the booking

of full

container

shipments.

The system

includes

user

interfaces

that allow a

shipper to

track and

trace

containers

across

multiple

carriers and

an event

notifications

system,

which

notifies the

user when

an event has

or has not

occurred.

12 6,427,873 95/001,882 16-Feb-

12

Third Party

Requester:

Grayling

Industries,

Inter

Partes

Method and

apparatus

for

enhancing

A bag is

modified to

include an

air input

A. R. Arena

Products,

Inc.

(Rochester,

Wilcox,

Donald E.

(Rochester,

NY)

222/95

222/386.5,

222/389,

383/3,

383/41,



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Inc.: (Att'y

Is: Dorian

B. Kennedy,

Baker

Donelson

Beaman

Caldwell &

Berkowitz,

PC.,

Atlanta,

GA), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

evacuation

of bulk

material

shipper bags

port that

allows

inflation of

an interply

region of

the bag. As

the interply

region

inflates, an

inner ply

rises and

becomes an

advancing

wall, raising

the bulk

material

level in the

bag and

inclining the

bottom of

the bag,

while

pulling

excess

material

away from a

drain region

of the bag.

In another

embodiment

, the bag is

NY) 383/109


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made with

half the

initial

number of

layers

folded in

half to

create the

upper and

lower plies

and the non-

fold edges

are bonded.

Where

corner drain

ports are

used, the

bag can be

arranged so

that an

interlayer

bond

parallel to

the fold is

parallel to a

diagonal of

a tote in

which the

bag sits and

so that the

interlayer


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bond is

opposite the

drain port to

enhance bag

evacuation.

An

additional

optional

feature of

the

invention is

the

inclusion of

an integral

filling

conduit or

snout on the

top of the

bag, a

mouth of

which acts

as a fill port

to ease

filling of the

bag.

Junctures

can be

created in

the interply

region to

guide its


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inflation.

The

invention

can also be

applied to

fitted bags.

13 6,879,691 95/001,892 14-Feb-

12

Third Party

Requester:

MicroStrate

gy, Inc.:

(Att'y Is: W.

Karl

Renner,

Fish &

Richardson,

PC.,

Washington

, DC), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Information

autocomplet

ion system

A

communicat

ion system

enters

information

into enabled

fields of a

hypertext

based page

when a hot-

linked

identifier is

activated by

a user. The

preferred

implementat

ion fills in

recipient

information

when a

sender

clicks on a

hot-linked

contact

name. The

BlueTie,

Inc.

(Rochester,

NY, US)

Koretz,

David A.

(Rochester,

NY, US)

380/255 713/168



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click calls a

JavaScript

that

searches for

enabled

fields and

fills in

recipient

information

from a

contact

database

when it

finds an

enabled

field. The

recipient

could be

defined by

an e-mail

address, a

user name,

or other

unique

identifier,

and the

information

being

transmitted

to the

recipient


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can be e-

mail

messages,

data files,

another

user's data,

and other

types of

information

that can be

transmitted

electronicall

y. The

preferred

implementat

ion resides

on a Web

server

hosting a

service to

which users

can

subscribe, at

which point

the users

acquire

member

status and

member

names. The

members


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can create

contact

databases

that the

system

presents in a

contacts

frame when

the member

views pages

on which

the contact

information

can be used.

If the

member

goes to a

page from

which the

member can

send a

message,

transfer a

file, etc., the

member

simply

clicks on a

contact

listed in the

contacts

frame,


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calling the

field filler

function that

looks for

enabled

fields and

puts

appropriate

information

in the

enabled

fields. For

example,

the field

filler can

place an e-

mail address

or member

name in a

recipient

field.

14 7,212,829 95/001,896 16-Feb-

12

Third Party

Requester:

FedEx

Corp.:

(Att'y Is:

John S.

Sieman,

Finnegan

Henderson

Farabow

Inter

Partes

Method and

system for

providing

shipment

tracking and

notifications

Improved

approaches

for

monitoring

status of

articles

being

shipped are

disclosed.

The

Lau, Chung

(859 Russet

Dr.,

Sunnyvale,

CA, US);

Thomas,

Douglass C.

(1193 Capri

Dr.,

Campbell,

455/456.1

340/8.1,

340/539.1

3,

340/988,

342/357.4

6,

342/457,

455/404.2,

455/414.2,

455/440,



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Garrett &

Dunner,

LLP.,

Washington

,

DC), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

monitoring

can produce

notifications

to interested

parties. The

notifications

typically

contain

status

information

pertaining to

the articles

being

shipped.

Alternativel

y, interested

parties can

gain access

to status

information

pertaining to

the articles

being

shipped via

a website.

According

to one

embodiment

, the status

information

includes at

CA, US) 455/456.2,

455/456.3,

701/470,

701/484,

701/519


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least

position

(location)

information

and

shipping

conditions

information.

15 7,221,744 95/001,897 16-Feb-

12

Third Party

Requester:

Skype

Technologie

s; SA &

Skype, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Lissi

Mojica,

Schwegman

Lundberg

&

Woessner,

PA.,

Minneapolis

, MN), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third

Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Telephonic

voice

message

transmission

control

method

The present

invention is

directed to a

method of

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages or

information

via

telephonic

voice

message

systems,

which are

sometimes

referred to

as Voice

Mail

Systems.

Users of the

system

selectively

WorldVoice

Licensing,

Inc.

(Washingto

n, DC, US)

Finnigan,

Paul F. (Los

Gatos, CA,

US)

379/88.23

379/88.18,

379/211.0

2



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number

Control

Number

Requeste

d date


Class

Other

Class

specify

voice

message

transmission

instructions

for

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages

directed to

them. Upon

receipt of a

user's voice

message

address, the

voice

message

system

determines

whether the

destination

voice

message

address has

a specified

voice

message

transmission

instruction

previously


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requeste

d date


Class

Other

Class

selected by

the recipient

and

processes

the voice

message in

accordance

with the

instruction.

16 7,221,745 95/001,895 16-Feb-

12

Third Party

Requester:

Skype

Technologie

s; SA &

Skype, Inc.;

(Att'y Is:

Lissi

Mojica,

Schwegman

Lundberg &

Woessner,

PA.,

Minneapolis

, MN), Real

Party in

Interest:

Same As

Third Party

Requester

Inter

Partes

Telephonic

voice

message

transmission

control

method

The present

invention is

directed to a

method of

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages or

information

via

telephonic

voice

message

systems,

which are

sometimes

referred to

as Voice

Mail

Systems.

Users of the

system

WorldVoice

Licensing,

Inc.

(Washingto

n, DC, US)

Finnigan,

Paul F. (Los

Gatos, CA,

US)

379/88.23

379/88.18,

379/211.0

2



S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requeste

d date


Class

Other

Class

selectively

specify

voice

message

transmission

instructions

for

controlling

transmission

of voice

messages

directed to

them. Upon

receipt of a

user's voice

message

address, the

voice

message

system

determines

whether the

destination

voice

message

address has

a specified

voice

message

transmission

instruction


S.N Patent

number

Control

Number

Requeste

d date


Class

Other

Class

previously

selected by

the recipient

and

processes

the voice

message in

accordance

with the

instruction.

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