The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents to Chicago-area companies between Nov. 30 and Dec. 6:
6,823,647–Apparatus for manufacturing flexible packages having slide closures, Kraft Foods Holdings Inc., Northfield
6,823,679–Anti-icing fluid injection nozzle, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,823,709–Synchronized rivet-gun system, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,823,719–Method and apparatus to locally test pressure seal, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,823,734–Electrostatic spring softening in redundant degree of freedom resonators, Boeing Co., Chicago, and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.
6,823,773–Roaster with hanging and interlocking rack, Wilton Industries Inc., Woodridge
6,823,902–Tie-wrap debris catcher, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,823,905–Inflation-valve assembly for a dunnage or cargo air bag, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,823,916–Label-printer applicator with tamp-pad back-pressure return, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,823,917–Label-printer-applicator unwind sensor, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,823,983–Conveyor belt cleaner, Flexible Steel Lacing Co., Downers Grove
6,823,988–Container for housing a premium, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago
6,823,992–Tool carrying and storage case, Travel Caddy Inc., Des Plaines
6,824,009–Merchandise self-facing system with interlocking pushers, RTC Industries Inc., Rolling Meadows
6,824,074–Air-assisted spray-nozzle assembly for spraying viscous liquids, Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton
6,824,097–Vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,824,100–Airplane landing gear, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,824,101–Apparatus and method for mounting a cascade support ring to a thrust reverser, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,824,209–Collapsible portable-seat construction, Travel Caddy Inc., Des Plaines
6,824,311–Self-contained fiber-optic connector module, Molex Inc., Lisle
6,824,404–Light-socket device, Inliten LLC, Northfield
6,824,415–Coaxial connector with spring-loaded coupling mechanism, Andrew Corp., Orland Park
6,824,470–Bidirection torque-limiting interface, Square D Co., Palatine
6,824,555–Combustion needle for medical applications, UOP LLC, Des Plaines
6,824,566–Stem-taper adapter, Zimmer Technology Inc., Chicago
6,824,628–Method and apparatus for automated location marking, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,824,669–Protein and peptide sensors using electrical detection methods, Motorola Inc., Chicago
6,824,688–Blood-collection systems and methods using a porous membrane element, Baxter International Inc., Deerfield
6,824,840–Ink-jet-printing paper and methods for producing and using the same, Nalco Co., Naperville
6,824,916–Hybrid-battery housing, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,824,919–Hybrid-battery housing, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,825,384–Bromine-free Tempo-based catalyst system for oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols using NaOCl as an oxidant, NutraSweet Co., Chicago
6,825,754–Radio-frequency-identification device for increasing tag-activation distance and method thereof, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,825,762–Device for directing a premises alarm panel to a backup radio network upon detection of use of the PSTN by another premises device, Tellular Corp., Vernon Hills
6,826,029–Methods and apparatus for distributing electrical power, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,826,030–Method of offset voltage control for bipolar ionization systems, Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview
6,826,240–Method and device for multiuser channel estimation, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,826,241–Apparatus and method for filtering maximum-length code signals in a spread-spectrum communication system, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,826,336–Fiber-optic LED illuminator, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,826,348–Beam-splitter wave-guide apparatus and method, Boeing Co., Chicago
6,826,399–Apparatus and method of updating a mobility database, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg
6,826,488–Crystals, molecular complexes and methods of developing lead compounds for inhibitors of bacterial IMPDH, University of Chicago, Chicago
6,826,509–System and method for measuring the linear and rotational acceleration of a body part, Riddell Inc., Chicago
PP15,393–Impatiens plant named “Balfusinred,” Ball Horticultural Co., West Chicago
