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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 |
| 7408598 | Light sensitive display with selected interval of light sensitive elements A liquid crystal device comprises a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, and a liquid crystal material located between the front electrode layer and the rear electrode layer. The electrical potential is changed between the rear electrode layer and the fron... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7372510 | Reflection resistant touch screens A flexible, non-birefringent cover and a polarizer on the front of a resistive touch panel reduce touch screen image distortion and obscuration resulting from the reflection of ambient light. Reduced reflection of ambient light is also obtained by touch screens of a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7307675 | Display panel with backlighting structure and selectively transmissive window therethrough A backlighting structure for use with a display comprises a light source, an illumination area, a permanently reflecting material, and a selectively reflecting material. The illumination area is bounded by a back side, a front plane on a front side, and lateral side... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7294360 | Conformal coatings for micro-optical elements, and method for making the same A micro-optical element is produced through vapor deposition techniques, such as atomic layer deposition. An optical structure having a surface with uneven structures is exposed to one or more precursor vapors to create a self-limiting film growth on the surface of ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7280102 | Light sensitive display A light sensitive display. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7198820 | Deposition of carbon- and transition metal-containing thin films A process depositing a carbon- and transition metal-containing thin film on a substrate involves placing a substrate within a reaction space and sequentially pulsing into the reaction space a transition metal chemical and an organometallic chemical. Following each c... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191793 | Diaphragm valve for atomic layer deposition A shut-off type diaphragm valve adapted for use in an atomic layer deposition system includes a flexible diaphragm operable to flex between an open position whereby a valve passage is at least partially open and a closed position whereby a substantial portion of a f... | 03/20/2007 |
| D537821 | Display monitor | 03/06/2007 |
| 6947102 | Light sensitive display which senses decreases in light A light sensitive display that includes a front electrode layer, a rear electrode layer, a liquid crystal material. The display includes a light sensitive element with at least two terminals and a transistor with at least three terminals. A readout system determinin... | 09/20/2005 |
| D507266 | Modular computer workstation | 07/12/2005 |
| 6278423 | Active matrix electroluminescent grey scale display The system illuminates an active matrix EL device (AMEL) to provide a gray scale display. The device includes a first electrode layer comprising an active matrix of individually addressable pixel electrodes, a second electrode layer, and a thin film EL la... | 08/21/2001 |
