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...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6505311 | Network system having function of changing route upon failure A network system has a plurality of networks. A first internetwork apparatus has a plurality of first ports each connected to the plurality of networks and a second internetwork apparatus has a plurality of second ports each connected to the plurality of ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 5132806 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device Disclosed is a novel semiconductor integrated circuit device for use in a color VTR (Video Tape Recorder). Concretely, the semiconductor integrated circuit device comprises a substantially rectangular semiconductor chip which has a principal surface, a lu... | 07/21/1992 |
| 4937738 | Data processing system which selectively bypasses a cache memory in fetching information based upon bit information of an instruction A cache memory contained in a processor features a high efficiency in spite of its small capacity. In the cache memory control circuit, it is detected whether the access operation of the processor is directed to a particular region of the memory, and when... | 06/26/1990 |
| 4910162 | Method of manufacturing decoder circuit In a semiconductor integrated circuit device, such as a ROM having an instruction program set therein, in which an order for selecting word lines is variously different depending upon written information; a method of manufacture which can shorten a produc... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4737864 | Still picture recording system with noise detection and frame counting during shift from reproduction of picture in motion to reproduction of still picture including an intermediate slow motion mode A still picture reproducing system for a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus is disclosed. The system sends one frame in order to shift a reproduction mode from ordinary reproduction to reproduction of a still picture by use of so-called "fine sl... | 04/12/1988 |
