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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7375069 | Method for masking and removing stains from rugged solid surfaces Methods, compositions and kits for masking and subsequent removal of oil, grease, rust and other stains from a variety of rough solid surfaces, including, but not limited to stone, concrete, asphalt, stucco brick, and ceramic. The methods include coating the stains ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7369204 | Fast response liquid crystal mode A novel nematic liquid crystal (LC) mode is based on the Fringing-Field-Switching of Vertically-Aligned liquid crystals. The VA-FFS mode is capable of generating very fast optical modulation without the use of very thin cell gap. IA major feature of this LC mode is ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369779 | Regeneration of optical phase modulated signals A regenerator for restoring the originally encoded optical phase of a differential-phase-shift-keyed signal. In an embodiment, the regenerator simultaneously provides limiting amplification and reduces amplitude noise based on a phase-sensitive optical amplifier tha... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361204 | Generator for flux specific bursts of nano-particles Methods, systems and apparatus for producing a variable, known number of nanoparticles of various materials in an expanding mist in a vacuum or enclosure. The configurations allow for this mist of small particles to be produced in bursts, at repetition rates over a ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359015 | Transflective liquid crystal display using separate transmissive and reflective liquid crystal cells and materials with single cell gap A transflective liquid crystal display (TLCD) using separate transmissive (T) and reflective (R) cells in which two liquid crystal materials with different birefringence changes are used. The birefringence change of the R region is half of the birefringence change o... | 04/15/2008 |
| D566263 | High efficiency air conditioner condenser twisted fan blades and hub | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339641 | Transflective liquid crystal display with fringing and longitudinal electric field A transflective liquid crystal display with uniform cell gap configuration throughout the transmissive and the reflective display region is invented. Mutually complementary common electrode pattern and reflector pattern or mutually complementary ITO pixel electrode ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7338202 | Ultra-high temperature micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors Novel micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors for use in ultra-high temperature environments are disclosed. The MEMS-based sensors are derived from a class of polymer-derived ceramics selected from the group consisting of SiCN, SiBCN and SiAlCN. The ma... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7305061 | Efficient image reconstruction algorithm for the circle and arc cone beam computer tomography Methods, systems and processes for providing efficient, accurate and exact image reconstruction using portable and easy to use C-arm scanning devices and rotating gantries, and the like, that combines both a circle and a curve scan. The invention can provide exact c... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7298445 | Fast response liquid crystal mode A novel nematic liquid crystal (LC) mode is based on the Fringing-Field-Switching of Vertically-Aligned liquid crystals. The VA-FFS mode is capable of generating very fast optical modulation without the use of very thin cell gap. IA major feature of this LC mode is ... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7251113 | Active transient voltage compensator for improving converter fast transient response A direct current to direct current (DC-to-DC) converter having an active transient voltage compensator (ATVC) coupled with the DC-to-DC converter output terminal to improve a fast transient response of the DC-to-DC converter. The active transient voltage compensator... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7230663 | Transflective LCD using multilayer dielectric film transflector A novel transflective liquid crystal display (LCD) is provided with a multilayer dielectric film transflector. The dielectric transflector is composed of alternating high and low refractive index dielectric material layers deposited directly on the inner side of the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210910 | Enhancements to high efficiency ceiling fan Twisted ceiling fan blades for low, medium and high speed operation of less than approximately 250 rpm. The novel blades twisted blades can be configured for 60″ and 64″ diameter fans, and have less blades (3 for example) than conventional flat type bladed fans ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7197105 | Efficient image reconstruction algorithm for the circle and line cone beam computed tomography Methods, systems and processes for providing efficient, accurate and exact image reconstruction using portable and easy to use C-arm scanning devices and rotating gantries, and the like. The invention can provide exact convolution-based filtered back projection (FBP... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7075707 | Substrate design for optimized performance of up-conversion phosphors utilizing proper thermal management Methods and compositions for using an up-conversion phosphor as an emitting material in a reflective displays and Polymer compositions for display mediums, and blue green red (BRG) display mediums. Roles of the pumping duration and character on the temperature and t... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7010079 | 3PI algorithm for spiral CT Methods and systems for reconstructing images of moving objects being spirally scanned with two dimensional detectors with a 3PI algorithm. The moving objects can be scanned at a rate of up to approximately three times slower than those of pre-existing systems. In a... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999239 | Head-mounted display by integration of phase-conjugate material This invention has incorporated projective optics and phase conjugate material thus eliminating the requisite use of an external phase conjugate material to provide a see-through head mounted projective display. A key component of the invention is the use of optical... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6963454 | Head-mounted display by integration of phase-conjugate material This invention has incorporated projective optics and phase conjugate material thus eliminating the requisite use of an external phase conjugate material to provide a see-through head mounted projective display. A key component of the invention is the use of optical... | 11/08/2005 |
| D510998 | High efficiency air conditioner condenser twisted fan blades and hub | 10/25/2005 |
| 6958816 | Microrheology methods and systems using low-coherence dynamic light scattering Methods and systems for using dynamic light scattering, for investigating local rheological responses of complex fluids over a frequency range larger than that provided by standard instrumentation. A low-coherence radiation source is used with fiber optics to allow ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6927694 | Algorithm for monitoring head/eye motion for driver alertness with one camera Visual methods and systems are described for detecting alertness and vigilance of persons under conditions of fatigue, lack of sleep, and exposure to mind altering substances such as alcohol and drugs. In particular, the intention can have particular applications fo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6922221 | Broadband quarter-wave film device including in combination a chromatic half-wave film and a TN-LC polymeric film A quarter-wave film having a wide bandwidth is invented. A preferred device configuration includes a chromatic half-wave film adjacent to a twisted nematic liquid crystal (TN-LC) film. When a linear polarizer is attached to the side of chromatic half-wave film and t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6921901 | Lutetium yttrium orthosilicate single crystal scintillator detector A single crystal having the general composition, Ce2x(Lu1-yYy)2(1-x)SiO5 where x=approximately 0.00001 to approximately 0.05 and y=approximately 0.0001 to approximately 0.9999; preferably where x ranges from app... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6898264 | Method of reconstructing images for spiral and non-spiral computer tomography General scheme processes and systems for constructing algorithms for reconstructing images of objects that have been scanned in a spiral or non-spiral fashions with detectors. Application of the scheme requires finding of a weight function, which would lead to the r... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6859333 | Adaptive liquid crystal lenses An adaptive optical lens device, system and method of using the same is composed of at least two planar substrates and at least one homogeneous nematic liquid crystal (LC) layer. One planar substrate has a spherical or annular ring-shaped Fresnel grooved transparent... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6858748 | Treatment of colon cancer The novel compound of the disclosure is 4-chloro-4-(4-ethoxy-phenyl)-2-(fluoren-9-ylidene-hydrazono)-but-3-enoic acid methyl ester (3F-19), and it alone or in combination with 4-(4-Ethoxy-phenyl)-2-(N′-fluoren-9-ylidene-hydrazino)-2-hydroxy-4-oxo-butyric acid meth... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6782207 | Narrow band transmitting-receiving telescope system This disclosure relates to a laser communication system which allows changing the direction of reception and transmission without external manipulation of the system container. The basic unit of the system is a narrow-band transmitting-receiving telescope apparatus ... | 08/24/2004 |
| 5619517 | Optical parametric oscillator with built-in seeding laser source An apparatus and method for energy conversion of laser light with optical paramedic oscillation with reduced threshold and improved efficiency. A laser and an optical parametric oscillator are combined so that they share the same optical cavity. The laser... | 04/08/1997 |
