Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 016741/0570
Dividend from Subsidiary to Parent
Recorded: 2005-11-07
Pages: 12
Assignor
RESPIRONICS, INC.
Executed: 2002-06-27
Assignee
RIC INVESTMENTS, INC.
801 WEST STREET, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19801
Covered Properties
(155)
Valve Apparatus
Patent:
4,913,401 →
Application:
07/302,187 →
Medical Gas Flow Control Valve, System and Method
Patent:
5,002,050 →
Application:
07/309,006 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
5,239,995 →
Application:
07/786,269 →
Display Control System for Determining Connection of Optional Display Unit by Using Palette
Application:
07/904,021 →
Valving Arrangement for a Negative Pressure Ventilator
Patent:
5,299,599 →
Application:
07/946,897 →
Method and Apparatus for Thermal Regeneration of Molecular Sieve Material Used in Oxygen Concentrators
Patent:
5,335,426 →
Application:
07/949,047 →
Spirometer with Zone Graph
Patent:
5,320,107 →
Application:
07/996,611 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
6,427,689 →
Application:
08/057,622 →
Pressure Application Method
Patent:
5,343,878 →
Application:
08/069,739 →
Physiological Monitoring System
Patent:
5,394,882 →
Application:
08/095,290 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus with Reset Circuitry
Patent:
5,551,418 →
Application:
08/110,372 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus Having Multiple Ramp Cycles
Patent:
5,492,113 →
Application:
08/110,537 →
Quick Release Mechanism for Nasal and/or Oral Gas Delivery Mask
Patent:
5,441,046 →
Application:
08/128,902 →
Two-Point/Four-Point Adjustable Headgear for Gas Delivery Mask
Patent:
5,517,986 →
Application:
08/128,984 →
Automatic Safety Valve and Diffuser for Nasal and/or Oral Gas Delivery Mask
Patent:
5,438,981 →
Application:
08/129,950 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Proportional Positive Airway Pressure to Treat Sleep Disordered Breathing
Patent:
5,535,738 →
Application:
08/253,496 →
Respiratory Mask with Floating Seal Responsive to Pressurized Gas
Patent:
5,492,116 →
Application:
08/254,408 →
Mask Apparatus
Patent:
5,592,938 →
Application:
08/288,005 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
35,295 →
Application:
08/296,018 →
Respiratory Mask Facial Seal
Patent:
5,540,223 →
Application:
08/352,876 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
5,540,219 →
Application:
08/378,467 →
Flow Regulating Valve and Method
Patent:
5,685,296 →
Application:
08/426,644 →
Respiratory Mask Having a Vertically Adjustable Spacer Element That Limits Seal Deformation on a Wearer's Face
Patent:
5,570,689 →
Application:
08/431,626 →
Automatic Safety Valve for Respiratory Equipment Which Is Counter- Balanced and Self-Adjusting
Patent:
5,647,355 →
Application:
08/453,642 →
Flow Regulating Valve in a Breathing Gas Delivery System
Patent:
5,937,855 →
Application:
08/466,582 →
Passive Humidifier for Positive Airway Pressure Devices
Patent:
5,598,837 →
Application:
08/467,017 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
5,724,965 →
Application:
08/470,982 →
Respiratory Mask with Floating Seal Responsive to Pressurized Gas
Patent:
5,655,527 →
Application:
08/472,015 →
Humidifier for a Ventilator
Patent:
5,564,415 →
Application:
08/472,328 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus and Passive Humidifier for Use Therewith
Patent:
5,537,997 →
Application:
08/484,526 →
Respiratory Mask Facial Seal
Patent:
5,647,357 →
Application:
08/525,404 →
Respiratory Facial Mask
Patent:
5,662,101 →
Application:
08/568,961 →
Start-Up Ramp System for Cpap System with Multiple Ramp Shape Selectio N
Patent:
5,682,878 →
Application:
08/569,829 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus with Minimum Leakage Assurance Circuit
Patent:
5,901,704 →
Application:
08/645,110 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus with Reset Feature
Patent:
5,904,141 →
Application:
08/645,111 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus with a Therapy Delay Circuit Arrangement
Patent:
5,823,187 →
Application:
08/645,245 →
Humidifier for a Ventilator and an Associated Attachment
Patent:
5,673,687 →
Application:
08/653,362 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus and Passive Humidifier for Use Therewith
Patent:
5,655,522 →
Application:
08/655,403 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
5,970,975 →
Application:
08/677,320 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Proportional Positive Airway Pressure to Treat Congestive Heart Failure
Patent:
5,794,615 →
Application:
08/679,898 →
Pressure Control in a Blower-Based Ventilator
Patent:
5,694,923 →
Application:
08/697,831 →
Oxygen Mixing in a Blower-Based Ventilator
Patent:
5,701,883 →
Application:
08/707,185 →
Pressure Sensitive Flow Control Valve
Patent:
5,878,743 →
Application:
08/710,682 →
Swivel Device Utilizing Bearing Clearance to Allow Carbon Dioxide Laden Exhaust
Patent:
5,937,851 →
Application:
08/810,332 →
Respiratory Mask Facial Seal
Patent:
5,884,624 →
Application:
08/832,267 →
Method and Apparatus for Diode Laser Pulse Oximetry Using Fiber Optical Cables
Patent:
6,026,312 →
Application:
08/876,181 →
Oxygen Mixing in a Blower-Based Ventilator
Patent:
6,123,074 →
Application:
08/899,432 →
Gas Flow Pressure Filter
Patent:
5,947,115 →
Application:
08/909,118 →
Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography Sensor
Patent:
5,913,830 →
Application:
08/915,210 →
Gas Supplying and Substance Suctioning Relative to a Patients Trachea
Patent:
6,109,259 →
Application:
08/988,605 →
Patient Monitor and Method of Using Same
Patent:
6,017,315 →
Application:
09/030,221 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Positive Airway Pressure to a Patient
Patent:
6,105,575 →
Application:
09/041,195 →
Medical Ventilator
Patent:
6,543,449 →
Application:
09/156,463 →
Method and Apparatus for Diode Laser Pulse Oximetry Using Multifiber Optical Cables and Disposable Fiber Optic Probes
Patent:
6,095,974 →
Application:
09/209,380 →
Unit for Adjusting Humidification
Patent:
6,394,084 →
Application:
09/230,010 →
Tracheal Gas Insufflation Bypass and Phasic Delivery Sysem and Method
Patent:
6,269,813 →
Application:
09/232,277 →
Humidification Control Unit and Method of Manufacturing Same
Patent:
6,201,223 →
Application:
09/242,584 →
Low Contact Nasal Mask and System Using Same
Patent:
6,412,488 →
Application:
09/310,548 →
Monitoring Catheter and Method of Using Same
Patent:
6,259,938 →
Application:
09/312,540 →
Swivel Device Utilizing Bearing Clearance to Allow Carbon Dioxide Laden Exhaust
Patent:
6,615,830 →
Application:
09/337,595 →
Pressure Support System and Method and a Pressure Control Valve for Use in Such System and Method
Patent:
6,615,831 →
Application:
09/347,071 →
Respiratory Mask
Patent:
6,467,483 →
Application:
09/362,402 →
Apparatus and Method for Determining Respiratory Mechanics of a Patient and for Controlling a Ventilator Based Thereon
Patent:
6,257,234 →
Application:
09/376,211 →
Customizable Seal, Mask with Customizable Seal and Method of Using Such a Seal
Patent:
6,397,847 →
Application:
09/388,326 →
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Patent:
6,629,527 →
Application:
09/393,003 →
Interactive Pressure Support System and Method
Patent:
6,564,797 →
Application:
09/399,023 →
Pressure Support System with a Primary and a Secondary Gas Flow and a Method of Using Same
Patent:
6,269,811 →
Application:
09/405,565 →
Pressure Support System Having a Two-Piece Assembly
Patent:
6,837,260 →
Application:
09/432,192 →
Intraoral Electromuscular Stimulation Device and Method
Patent:
6,212,435 →
Application:
09/436,857 →
Pressure Support System with a Low Leak Alarm and Method of Using Same
Patient Monitor and Method of Using Same
Patent:
6,342,040 →
Application:
09/438,081 →
Insufflation System, Attachment and Method
Patent:
6,102,042 →
Application:
09/453,303 →
System and Method for Monitoring and Controlling a Plurality of Polysomnographic Devices
Patent:
6,425,861 →
Application:
09/454,374 →
Pressure Application Method
Application:
09/473,196 →
Gas Supplying and Substance Suctioning Relative to a Patients Trachea
Patent:
6,227,197 →
Application:
09/477,986 →
Fluid Mixing Apparatus, Method and System Using Same
Patent:
6,431,170 →
Application:
09/479,136 →
Phototherapy System and Method
Patent:
6,494,899 →
Application:
09/484,368 →
Breath-Based Control of a Therapeutic Treatment
Patent:
6,467,477 →
Application:
09/525,786 →
Apparatus and Method of Providing Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Patent:
6,401,713 →
Application:
09/539,386 →
Total delivery oxygen concentration system
Patent:
6,346,139 →
Application:
09/560,754 →
Vestibular stimulation system and method
Patent:
6,314,324 →
Application:
09/563,522 →
Air Flow Control in a Gas Fractionalization System and Associated Method
Patent:
6,395,065 →
Application:
09/567,244 →
Method and Apparatus for Producing a Model Emg Signal from a Measured Emg Signal
Patent:
6,411,843 →
Application:
09/567,795 →
Gas fractionalization system and associated method
Patent:
6,348,082 →
Application:
09/569,487 →
Average Volume Ventilation
Patent:
6,920,875 →
Application:
09/586,054 →
Insufflation System, Attachment and Method
Patent:
6,439,228 →
Application:
09/596,389 →
Method and Apparatus for Providign Positive Airway Pressure to a Patient
Patent:
6,609,517 →
Application:
09/610,733 →
Apparatus and Method for Providing High Frequency Variable Pressure to a Patient
Patent:
6,708,690 →
Application:
09/652,747 →
Apparatus and Method of Providing High Frequency Variable Pressure to a Patient
Patent:
6,581,596 →
Application:
09/665,280 →
Method and Apparatus for Determining Cardiac Output
Patent:
6,413,226 →
Application:
09/691,595 →
Method and Apparatus for Monitoring and Controlling a Medical Device
Patent:
7,225,809 →
Application:
09/698,743 →
Intraoral Apparatus for Enhancing Airway Patency
Parameter Variation for Proportional Assist Ventilation or Proportional Positive Airway Pressure Support Devices
Intraoral Electromuscular Stimulating Device and Method
Piston Assembly for Reducing the Temperature of a Compressor Cup Seal
Combined Patient Interface and Exhaust Assembly
Patent:
6,584,977 →
Application:
09/824,291 →
Method and Apparatus for Anatomical Deadspace Measurement
Nasal Mask and System Using Same
Impeller and a Pressure Support System and Method Using Such an Impeller
Patent:
6,622,724 →
Application:
09/883,035 →
Automatic Rise Time Adjustment for Bi-Level Pressure Support System
Patent:
6,532,960 →
Application:
09/896,644 →
Pneumatic Release Mechanism for a Patient Contacting Article
Patent:
6,952,605 →
Application:
09/924,869 →
Method and Apparatus for Providing Variable Positive Airway Pressure
Patient Monitor and Method of Using Same
Medical Ventilator Triggering and Cycling Method and Mechanism
Vestibular Stimulation System and Method
System and Method for Upgrading a Pressure Generating System
Monitoring Fluid Flow in a Pressure Support System
Patent:
6,644,311 →
Application:
10/027,487 →
Total Delivery Oxygen Concentration System
Pressure Support System with a Low Leak Alarm and Method of Using Same
Customizable Seal, Mask with Customizable Seal and Method of Using Such a Seal
Exhaust Port Assembly for a Pressure Support System
Insufflation System, Attachment and Method
Unit for Adjusting Humidification
Portable Pressure Transducer, Pneumotach for Use Therewith, and Associated Methods
Air Flow Control in a Gas Fractionalization System and Associated Method
Heater for Optical Gas Sensors, Gas Sensors Including the Heater, and Methods
Low Contact Nasal Mask and System Using Same
Method and Apparatus for Determining Cardiac Output
Microspectrometer Gas Analyzer
Respiratory Mask
Medical ventilator
Application:
10/295,141 →
Publication:
US 2003/0062045
Method and System for Determining Bilirubin Concentration
Unit for Adjusting Humidification
Apparatus and Method for Providing High Frequency Variable Pressure to a Patient
Medical Ventilator Triggering and Cycling Method and Mechanism
Sleep Apnea Treatment Apparatus
Intraoral Electromuscular Stimulation Device and Method
Impeller and a Pressure Support System and Method Using Such a Method
Swivel Device Utilizing Bearing Clearance to Allow Carbon Dioxide Laden Exhaust
Pressure Support System and Method and a Pressure Control Valve for Use in Such a System and Method
Nasal Mask and System Using Same
Portable Pressure Transducer, Pneumotach for Use Therewith, and Associated Methods
Method and Apparatus for Determining Cardiac Output
Vestibular Stimulation System and Method
Method and Apparatus for Providing Variable Positive Airway Pressure
Intraoral Apparatus for Enhancing Airway Patency
Medical Ventilator Triggering and Cycling Method and Mechanism
Exhaust Port Assembly for a Pressure Support System
Nasal Mask and System Using Same
Respiratory Mask Body
Patent:
362,061 →
Application:
29/017,739 →
Respiratory Mask Facial Seal
Patent:
377,089 →
Application:
29/039,856 →
Combined Medicxal Testing Device and Charging Unit
Patent:
429,333 →
Application:
29/085,679 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
431,077 →
Application:
29/101,555 →
Nasal Mask and Features
Patent:
448,473 →
Application:
29/109,078 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
458,993 →
Application:
29/139,983 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
502,261 →
Application:
29/141,340 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
458,365 →
Application:
29/141,482 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
457,622 →
Application:
29/141,529 →
Nasal Mask Cushion
Patent:
464,428 →
Application:
29/142,449 →
Respiratory Mask
Patent:
464,728 →
Application:
29/142,895 →
Nasal Mask Seal
Patent:
493,523 →
Application:
29/145,358 →
Nasal Mask
Patent:
464,133 →
Application:
29/156,161 →
Respiratory Mask
Patent:
475,453 →
Application:
29/156,209 →
Portable Power Charger
Patent:
727,257 →
Application:
29/478,783 →
Console
Patent:
1,027,509 →
Application:
29/801,175 →
Related Assignments
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Other recorded transfers of the patents in this record — the chain of ownership.
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Jan 26, 1989
From: HANDKE, PATARICK M.
To: RESPIRONICS INC., A PA CORP.
Reel/Frame 005034/0766 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Nov 1, 1991
From: ESTES, MARK C.; CATTANO, JANICE M.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 005902/0664 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Aug 27, 1992
From: UEHARA, KEIICHI; HANADA, TOORU
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA A CORP. OF JAPAN
Reel/Frame 006238/0652 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Sep 17, 1992
From: FARMER, ROBERT B.; SHACKELFORD, JOHN T.
To: LIFECARE INTERNATOINAL, INC. A CORPORATION OF CO
Reel/Frame 006283/0620 →
Assignment of Assignors Interest.
Sep 22, 1992
From: SETTLEMYER, BERNARD W.; JOHNSON, WILLIAM A.; JOHNSON, ROBERT L.
To: FOOTHILLS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC.
Reel/Frame 006282/0750 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 1993
From: SCARBERRY, EUGENE N.; HANDKE, PATRICK M.; SANDERS, MARK H.
To: RESPIRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 006574/0055 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 21, 1993
From: MAWHINNEY, DANIEL D.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006647/0114 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 23, 1993
From: ESTES, MARK C.; CATTANO, JANICE M.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006691/0675 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 23, 1993
From: ESTES, MARK C.; CATTANO, JANICE M.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006679/0030 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 23, 1993
From: STARR, ERIC W.; WALTHOUR, MARY T.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006745/0309 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 29, 1993
From: STARR, JOHN R.; STARR, ERIC W.; WALTHOUR, MARY T.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006738/0642 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 30, 1993
From: STARR, JOHN R.; STARR, ERIC W.; KAIGLER, WILLIAM; PUJOL, JOHN R.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006734/0038 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 15, 1993
From: STARR, JOHN R.; STARR, ERIC W.; WALTHOUR, MARY T.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006783/0838 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 14, 1994
From: ESTES, MARK C.; CATTANO, JANICE M.; MECHLENBURG, DOUGLAS M.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 006886/0064 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 3, 1994
From: ESTES, MARK C.; FIORE, JOHN H.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 007026/0830 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 9, 1994
From: STARR, ERIC W.; STARR, JOHN R.; WALTHOUR, MARY T.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 007274/0692 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 18, 1995
From: MECHLENBURG, DOUGLAS M.; KIMMEL, STEVEN A.; FIORE, JOHN
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 007469/0838 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 14, 1995
From: STARR, JOHN R.; STARR, ERIC W.; KAIGLER, WILLIAM J.; PUJOL, JOHN RAYMOND
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 007556/0307 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 24, 1995
From: SIRIANNE, RAYMOND A.JR.; SMITH, ISIN S. R.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 007601/0201 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 27, 1995
From: FOOTHILLS MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, INC.
To: LIFECARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 007553/0649 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 26, 1996
From: MCGINNIS, GERALD E.
To: RESPIRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 007908/0148 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 14, 1996
From: SCARBERRY, EUGENE N.; HANDKE, PATRICK M.
To: RESPIRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 007989/0732 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 18, 1997
From: LIFECARE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 008382/0397 →
Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 24, 1999
From: O'BRIEN, KEVIN P.
To: RESPIRONICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 009857/0261 →
Change of Name
Nov 8, 2005
From: RIC INVESTMENTS, INC.
To: RIC INVESTMENTS, LLC.
Reel/Frame 016747/0177 →