The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents to Chicago-area companies between Aug. 10 and 16:
6,772,508–Fastener delivery and installation system, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,772,509–Method of separating and handling a thin semiconductor die on a wafer, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,772,663–Apparatus and method for rotary pressure cutting, Tamarack Products Inc., Wauconda
6,772,676–Beverage maker with average dispense rate and volume control, Food Equipment Technologies Co. Inc., Lincolnshire
6,772,742–Method and apparatus for flexibly regulating internal combustion engine valve flow, International Engine Intellectual Property Co. LLC, Warrenville
6,772,798–Strapping tool, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,772,854–Device and method for inserting acoustic dampers into earphones, Shure Inc., Niles
6,772,900–Can end, Rexam Beverage Can Co., Chicago
6,772,904–Container for food products, Kraft Foods Holdings Inc., Northfield
6,772,918–Safety can, Justrite Manufacturing Co., Des Plaines
6,772,975–Talking toilet paper roll holder, CCCS Inc., Elmhurst
6,773,018–Sealable antenna housing, Andrew Corp., Orland Park
6,773,214–Snap ring retention system, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,773,216–Binding apparatus, General Binding Corp., Northbrook
6,773,316–Non-ventilating aft thruster tunnel design, Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest
6,773,458–Angiogenic tissue implant systems and methods, Baxter International Inc., Deerfield
6,773,461–Constrained prosthetic knee with rotating bearing, Zimmer Technology Inc., Chicago
6,773,462–Method of coloring hair, Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco Inc., Chicago
6,773,464–Hair coloring compositions, Unilever Home & Personal Care USA Division of Conopco Inc., Chicago
6,773,671–Multichemistry measuring device and test strips, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago
6,773,682–Apparatus and method for purifying air, Artos Technology, Naperville
6,773,694–Process for synthesizing molecular sieves, UOP LLC, Des Plaines
6,773,716–Over-coated chewing gum formulations, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago
6,773,730–Ingestible and degradable chewing gum including enzymatic hydrolysates of proteins, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Chicago
6,773,740–Method for preparing cheese products and process cheese bases, Kraft Foods Holding Inc., Northfield
6,773,884–Nanoparticles having oligonucleotides attached thereto and uses therefore, Nanosphere Inc., Northbrook
6,773,885–Compositions and methods for visual ribonuclease detection assays, Integrated DNA Technologies Inc., Skokie
6,773,922–Reagentless analysis of biological samples, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago
6,773,940–Resonant tunneling diode with adjusted effective masses, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,774,062–Net-reinforced film structure with modified strand profile, Pactiv Corp., Lake Forest
6,774,111–Carbohydrate system and a method for providing nutrition to a diabetic, Abbott Laboratories North Chicago
6,774,211–Peptide antiangiogenic drugs, Abbott Laboratories, North Chicago
6,774,594–Asymmetric drive motor for a barrier operator or the like, The Chamberlain Group Inc., Elmhurst
6,774,606–Charge control circuit and method for charging multiple battery cells, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,774,724–Radio frequency power amplifier active self-bias compensation circuit, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,774,732–System and method for coarse tuning a phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizer using 2-PI slip detection, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,774,737–High Q resonator circuit, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,774,749–Trip cross bar and trip armature assembly for a circuit breaker, Square D Co., Palatine
6,774,796–Master authenticator, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,036–Holographic shrink wrap element and method for manufacture thereof, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,775,117–Zero threshold surge suppressor, Square D Co., Palatine
6,775,154–Electromagnetic baffle for printed circuit boards, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,256–Packet scheduler and method therefore, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,319–Spread spectrum receiver architectures and methods therefore, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,330–Predistorted modulation system for bandwidth efficient satellite links, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,775,341–Time recovery circuit and method for synchronizing timing of a signal in a receiver to timing of the signal in a transmitter, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,402–Method and apparatus for creating a virtual microscope slide, Bacus Laboratories Inc., Lombard
6,775,522–Concurrent wireless/landline interface apparatus and method, Telular Corp., Vernon Hills
6,775,536–Method for validating an application for use in a mobile communication device, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,541–Method and apparatus for controlling data rates to preserve voice quality in a CDMA system, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,641–Generalized lensing angular similarity operator, SmartSignal Corp., Lisle
6,775,642–Fault detection system having audio analysis and method of using the same, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,686–High availability redundant array of data storage elements that bridges coherency traffic, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,775,841–Dual rate periodic ranging system to reduce time to ascertain cable modem failure, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
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