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Patent Owner	Address
KOBISHI ELECTRIC CO LTD 4-6 KAMINAKAZATO 3-CHOME KITA-KU TOKYO JAPAN	Not Provided

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Inventor Name	Address	# of filed Patents	Total Citations
Kojima, Yoshikazu	Urawa, JP	81	2743
# of filed Patents : 81 Total Citations : 2743
Moriya, Seita	Ageo, JP	1	13
# of filed Patents : 1 Total Citations : 13

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Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unavoidable	$700.00	$350.00	$175.00
Surcharge after expiration - Late payment is unintentional	$1,640.00	$820.00	$410.00

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US Patent No: 6583371

Timer

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Cam-operated timers for various appliances, such as a clothes washer and a dryer, wherein the timers that are nearly identical from the user's standpoint. For example, the timer may be provided on both a clothes washer and a dryer. Each timer may be set and started in a same or similar manner. The timers each include a rotatable cam-carrying member having cam surfaces thereon, a timing motor, a drive mechanism, a plurality of cam-actuated switches and members generating a motion pattern, audible and/or tactile feedback, and both timers in response to actions by an operator setting the timer.

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Date	Code	Event	Description
Jul 25, 2011	STCH	INFORMATION ON STATUS: PATENT DISCONTINUATION	free format text: PATENT EXPIRED DUE TO NONPAYMENT OF MAINTENANCE FEES UNDER 37 CFR 1.362
Jun 24, 2011	FP	LAPSED DUE TO FAILURE TO PAY MAINTENANCE FEE	Effective Date: Jun 24, 2011
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Nov 16, 2006	FPAY	FEE PAYMENT	year of fee payment: 4
Dec 16, 2003	CC	CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
Jun 24, 2003	I	Issuance
Dec 05, 2001	AS	ASSIGNMENT	free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:SOKALSKI, ROBERT G.;AMONETT, DANIEL KEITH;SMITH, DONALD E.;REEL/FRAME:012570/0879 Owner name: FRANCE/A SCOTT FETZER COMPANY, TENNESSEE Effective Date: Dec 05, 2001
Nov 02, 2001	F	Filing
Nov 02, 2001	PD	Priority Date