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Christopher Watkins, Penfield, NY US
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| 20110090367 | CAMERA FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL IMAGES - A camera includes memory for storing one or more stored images each with at least a day and month of capture; a processor which, based on the stored images, determines which day and month at least an image was captured; and a display that displays only the day and month on which at least an image was captured along with a visual indicator of whether a plurality of images was captured on the displayed day and month. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110093775 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DIGITAL IMAGES - A method for presenting images to a user on a display, the method comprising the steps of providing one or more stored images each with at least a day and month of capture; based on the stored images, determining which day and month at least an image was captured; and displaying only the day and month on which at least an image was captured; and a visual indicator of whether a plurality of images was captured on the displayed day and month. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110149138 | VARIABLE RATE BROWSING OF AN IMAGE COLLECTION - A method for browsing a collection of digital images on a display screen with a touch screen user interface, comprising: forming an ordered sequence of digital images; entering an image review mode and displaying a first digital image from the ordered sequence of digital images on the display screen; initiating a sequential image display process in response to a user touching the touch screen, wherein the sequential image display process sequentially displays digital images in the ordered sequence of digital images on the touch screen until such time that the user stops touching the touch screen, wherein a time interval between the display of sequential images is specified by a scroll rate which is controlled responsive to the position that the user is touching the touch screen. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110243397 | SEARCHING DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTIONS USING FACE RECOGNITION - A method for searching a collection of digital images on a display screen, comprising: entering an image review mode and displaying on the display screen a first digital image from the collection of digital images; designating a face contained in the first digital image by using an interactive user interface to indicate a region of the displayed first digital image containing the face; using a processor to execute an automatic face recognition algorithm to identify one or more additional digital images from the collection of digital images that contain the designated face; and displaying the identified one or more additional digital images on the display screen. | 10-06-2011 |
David Watkins, New York, NY US
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| 20120078750 | Method and system for purchasing goods and services for a group of individuals through a communication network - Allowing users to organize financial resources, it is one object of the present invention to provide a ticket vending and purchasing system for preventing illegal activities, such as ticket scalping, and for ensuring the price determiner is able to exercise their right to setting the price for events. A group purchasing method and system using the Internet is provided. Members of a group register for an event and provide a method of individual payment. A following permission to allow purchase by a system defined agent allows a single agent to purchase the group package for all registered members. The system uses each person's payment information and not only a single user's. | 03-29-2012 |
Dona Watkins, Rochester, NY US
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| 20110284712 | CIRCULAR COASTER FOR STEMMED GLASS - Disclosed in this specification is a coaster for stemmed glassware that has three sections joined together. The bottom section is circular and is attached to two curved top sections. The top sections are raised to form a pocket for receiving the base of the stemmed glassware. The curved inner edges of the top sections permit ease of attachment of the glass in a variety of ways. | 11-24-2011 |
Harold Watkins, Horseheads, NY US
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| 20100285691 | MODULAR NUT ASSEMBLY - A modular nut assembly includes a substantially cylindrical body portion having a threaded interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface includes a first portion configured for engagement by a mechanical tool and a second portion. A textured ring is configured for engagement by a hand of a user, wherein the second portion is configured to receive the textured ring. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20120142215 | MODULAR NUT ASSEMBLY - A modular nut assembly includes a substantially cylindrical body portion having a threaded interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface includes a first portion configured for engagement by a mechanical tool and a second portion. A textured ring is configured for engagement by a hand of a user, wherein the second portion is configured to receive the textured ring. | 06-07-2012 |
Michael Watkins, Rochester, NY US
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| 20110284712 | CIRCULAR COASTER FOR STEMMED GLASS - Disclosed in this specification is a coaster for stemmed glassware that has three sections joined together. The bottom section is circular and is attached to two curved top sections. The top sections are raised to form a pocket for receiving the base of the stemmed glassware. The curved inner edges of the top sections permit ease of attachment of the glass in a variety of ways. | 11-24-2011 |
Nicholas J. Watkins, New York, NY US
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| 20100315023 | Touch-Sensitive Lighted Hand Rail - A wall mounted hand rail system for assisting a patient includes a support beam. A plurality of lighting elements is disposed adjacent a bottom portion of the support beam and is configured selectively to direct light in a downward direction. An electronic system is configured to sense when the support beam has been touched by the patient and is configured to cause the lighting elements to illuminate an area below the support beam when the support beam has been touched by the patient. | 12-16-2010 |
Percil Watkins, Painted Post, NY US
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| 20100303419 | FIBER END FACE VOID CLOSING METHOD, A CONNECTORIZED OPTICAL FIBER ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME - A method for closing the holes on the end face of a nano-engineered fiber having a core, a cladding with non-periodically disposed voids, and at least one of a coating and a buffer, comprises the steps of: | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110217011 | HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER - Multimode optical fibers with a large core diameter and high numerical aperture are disclosed herein. Multimode optical fibers disclosed herein comprise a core region having a radius greater than 30 microns and a cladding region surrounding and directly adjacent to the core region, the cladding region comprising a depressed-index annular portion comprising a depressed relative refractive index. The depressed cladding region is surrounded by a titania doped cladding region. The fiber has a total outer diameter of less than 120 microns, and exhibits an overfilled bandwidth at 850 nm greater than 200 MHz-km. | 09-08-2011 |
Richard D. Watkins, Lake Luzerne, NY US
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| 20080251622 | LOOPED-CORD TENSIONER FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL COVERING - A looped-cord tensioner for an architectural covering including a housing adapted for attachment to a looped-cord, an abutment member positioned within the housing, a slide member positioned within the housing, and at least one biasing element having a first end and a second end. One of the slide member and the abutment member is adapted to engage the second end of the biasing element and the first end of said biasing element is adapted to engage the housing such that one of the slide member and the abutment member is moveably positioned in the housing so as to bias one of the slide member and the abutment member toward engagement with the looped-cord such that the looped-cord is normally non-movably sandwiched between the slide member and the abutment member prior to installation of the looped-cord tensioner. One of the slide member and the housing is adapted to be fixedly installed to a non-movable structure adjacent the architectural covering such that one of the slide member and the abutment member is disengaged from the looped-cord and the looped-cord is free to moveably pass through the housing. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090205789 | CELLULAR WINDOW SHADE - A window covering includes at least one pair of cell-supporting cords comprising a first support cord supporting an upper portion of each cell and a second support cord supporting a lower portion of each cell. The collapse and expansion of each cell is accomplished by the respective raising and lowering of the second support cord without movement of the first support cord. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20120012261 | WINDOW SHADE ASSEMBLY WITH RE-CHANNELING SYSTEM, TWO-PART SIDE CHANNELS AND SINGLE SEAL STRIP OF WRAPPING MATERIAL - A window shade assembly includes a flexible shade material having a pair of non-beaded vertical edges positioned in a pair of opposed vertical side channels. A re-channeling system includes a lip to at least partially define a plane of the flexible shade material within the side channels, and a bottom rail irremovably and slidingly received in each side channel. The side channels can be two parts. A single resilient seal strip is used with the side channels to seal the flexible shade material. The seal strip can be an edge of the flexible wrapping material for the side channels. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120012262 | WINDOW SHADE ASSEMBLY WITH RE-CHANNELING SYSTEM, TWO-PART SIDE CHANNELS AND SINGLE SEAL STRIP OF WRAPPING MATERIAL - A window shade assembly includes a flexible shade material having a pair of non-beaded vertical edges positioned in a pair of opposed vertical side channels. A re-channeling system includes a lip to at least partially define a plane of the flexible shade material within the side channels, and a bottom rail irremovably and slidingly received in each side channel. The side channels can be two parts. A single resilient seal strip is used with the side channels to seal the flexible shade material. The seal strip can be an edge of the flexible wrapping material for the side channels. | 01-19-2012 |
Ryan T. Watkins, Ballston Spa, NY US
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| 20100308137 | Food dispenser with a vacuum system - A first, exemplary embodiment has a first container (spice rack) to organize and house the spices. On the outside of this container, there is a plurality of buttons with each button corresponding to each spice in a plurality of second containers (spice container) mounted on a Lazy Susan device. When a button is pushed, the appropriate spice will come out of the selected second container. Each button corresponds to a barcode. Each spice container will have a barcode on it representing the spice within the spice container and a scanner on the inside of the first container will scan each barcode until it comes to the barcode that corresponds to the button hit. | 12-09-2010 |
Vicki H. Watkins, Alplaus, NY US
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| 20120178019 | METHOD OF MAKING HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING MATERIALS AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREBY - A method of manufacturing an article for display of a holographic image is described that includes thermally fusing a holographic recording medium containing a photochemically active dye dispersed in a transparent thermoplastic polymer binder to another layer or material; and then exposing the holographic film to intersecting beams of coherent light to form a holographic image therein formed by photoreacted areas of the photochemically active dye and unreacted areas of the photochemically active dye. | 07-12-2012 |
Vicki Herzl Watkins, Schenectady, NY US
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| 20090214828 | BLUNT TIP PRISM FILM AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - In one embodiment, a film can comprise a transparent substrate comprising a plurality of prism structures, wherein the prism structures have a blunt tip having a tip length of 250 nm to 2,000 nm. The film can be used in various applications, such as back light displays. In one embodiment, a method for forming a master for a film can comprise ion beam etching a diamond tip to form a blunt tip having a tip length of 250 nm to 2,000 nm, and forming negatives of prism structures into a master using the diamond tip. | 08-27-2009 |
Vicki Herzl Watkins, Alplaus, NY US
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| 20100147762 | MEMBRANE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - A method of making a membrane assembly is provided. The method comprises forming an inorganic membrane layer disposed on a substrate, and forming a plurality of macropores in the substrate at least in part using anodization. Further, a membrane assembly is provided. The membrane assembly comprises a filtering membrane that is coupled to an anodized substrate comprising a plurality of macropores. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110080823 | DISC STRUCTURE FOR BIT-WISE HOLOGRAPHIC STORAGE - An optical article is provided. The optical article includes a first layer. The first layer includes an active holographic layer configured to store holographic data. The first layer has a first surface and a second surface. A second layer includes a low birefringence material. The second layer also has a first surface and a second surface. Guide grooves are present in any one of the first layer or the second layer. In certain embodiments, the article may further include a reflective layer, an anti-reflective layer, a barrier layer, and a combination thereof. | 04-07-2011 |