Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7747287 | Mobile telephone A mobile telephone using the LCD for the display thereof wherein the address data bus connected to the CPU comprises two separate data buses; the one exclusively provided for the LCD, and the other one for the parts other than the LCD, and in the case of accesses ot... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7742789 | Mobile telephone A mobile telephone using a LCD for the display thereof wherein the address data bus connected to the CPU comprises two separate data buses; the one exclusively provided for the LCD, and the other one for the parts other than the LCD, and in the case of accesses othe... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7609322 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus having an opening of a front casing caulked with a pressure member. An O-ring is used for caulking the front casing and is designed to have an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first lens, and an outer diameter smaller than th... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7593381 | Mobile communication terminal, and antenna array directivity-pattern-controlling method In a mobile communication terminal for performing wireless communication by receiving wireless signals according to CDMA communication system containing pilot signals by an antenna array containing a plurality of antenna elements (1-1 to 1-N), d... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7589785 | Flash unit, camera device, and mobile terminal A flash unit having a light emitting element, and a light condensing plate. The light condensing plate is provided with a surface on which a dimmed light-dispersing print is disposed near the light emitting element for equalizing intensity of the light emitted from ... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7483720 | Portable terminal with display A portable terminal includes a first housing having at least a display unit and a second housing having at least an input unit. The housings are openably and closably connected together so that the display unit is visible to the user in at least a closed state. The ... | 01/27/2009 |