The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued the following patents recently to Chicago-area companies:
ACCO Brands Inc., Lincolnshire, and NISCA Corp., Japan, staple attracting member for attracting jammed staples, 6,918,524
Accurate Polymers, Highland Park, simulated activity of Protein A displayed by ligands attached to a cellulose bead surface, 6,919,021
Andrew Corp., Orland Park:
Amplifier control system with statistical enhancement of resolution of digital control signals, 6,919,764
Amplifier linearization by predistorting a decomposed input signal, 6,919,765
Tuned perturbation cone feed for reflector antenna, 6,919,855
Big Monster Toys LLC, Chicago, figure with spinner in base, 6,918,590
Boeing Co., Chicago:
Bi-propellant injector with flame-holding zone igniter, 6,918,243
Method for making a radome, 6,918,985
Surface protection of porous ceramic bodies, 6,919,103
Hydrogen diffusion hybrid port and method of forming, 6,919,623
Four-element array of cassegrain reflector antennas, 6,919,852
Brunswick Corp., Lake Forest, reverse battery protection for a trolling motor, 6,919,704
Chicago Display Marketing Corp., Melrose Park, method and apparatus for a wire shelf hooking onto slotted brackets, 6,918,498
Electro-Motive Diesel Inc., La Grange, diesel engine water pump with thrust bearing preload, 6,918,746
FMC Technologies Inc., Chicago, reduced torque gate valve with roller screw, 6,918,574
Global Material Technologies Inc., Chicago, composite non-woven fabric and method for making same, 6,919,117
Hollister Inc., Libertyville, skin barrier strip having triangular cross section, 6,919,492
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview:
Fastener for spacing object from substrate, 6,918,222
Method and apparatus for placing a product in a flexible recloseable container, 6,918,230
Dual motor strapper, 6,918,235
Dual purge manifold, 6,918,551
Headlamp adjuster, 6,918,691
International Truck International Property Co. LLC, Warrenville, fluid inlet grille with aerodynamic grille bars, 6,918,456
Kraft Foods Holdings Inc., Northfield:
Resealable food container, 6,918,532
Soft, fully baked breadsticks, 6,919,097
Midtronics Inc., Willowbrook, electronic battery tester/charger with integrated battery cell temperature measurement device, 6,919,725
Molex Inc., Lisle:
System for terminating optical fibers in a fiber optic connector, 6,918,703
High-speed differential signal connector particularly suitable for docking applications, 6,918,789
Female terminal with flexible sidewalls and flat angled contacts, 6,918,798
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg:
Method of making a semiconductor device, and semiconductor device made thereby, 6,919,244
Heterojunction bipolar transistor with monolithically integrated junction field effect transistor and method of manufacturing same, 6,919,590
Body worn antenna, 6,919,850
Method of call control for console sites monitoring critical talkgroups in a packet-based communication system, 6,920,114
Method for scheduling and allocating data transmissions in a broadband communications system, 6,920,119
Multiple access frequency-hopping network with interference anticipation, 6,920,171
Method and apparatus for providing echo cancellation, 6,920,219
MPC Products Corp., Skokie, systems and methods for passivation of servo motors, 6,919,702
Navteq North America LLC, Chicago, method and system for collecting meteorological data using in-vehicle systems, 6,919,821
Nike Securities LP, Lisle, techniques of selecting securities for a portfolio using buyback ratio and dividend yield, 6,920,432
Northwestern University, Evanston, methods and compositions for inhibiting angiogenesis, 6,919,309
Pactiv Corp., Lake Forest, process for attaching slider-operated closure on form-fill-seal packaging machinery, 6,918,234
Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, angled patch panel with cable support bar for network cable racks, 6,918,786
Pelstar LLC, Bridgeview, beam scale with user friendly features, 6,919,517
Radio Flyer Inc., Chicago, tricycle push handle arrangement, 6,918,606
Solo Cup Co., Highland Park, system and method for stacking a predetermined number of nestable objects, 6,918,737
Tenneco Automotive Operating Co. Inc., Lake Forest, stroke dependent bypass, 6,918,473
Valent Biosciences Corp., Libertyville, enhanced herbicide composition, 6,919,298
Zenith Electronics Corp., Lincolnshire, digital television signal translator, 6,919,930
