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 |
| 7395291 | Multiplierless correlators for HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11A wireless local area networks A sliding correlator for timing synchronization in HIPERLAN/2 and IEEE 802.11a wireless local area networks by correlating the received signal with a known waveform is disclosed. The disclosed sliding correlator avoids the large number of complex multiplications per... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7355775 | Photochromic diarylethene-containing coordination compounds and the production thereof Diarylethene-containing ligands and their coordination compounds are described. The ligands display photochromism with UV excitation, while the coordination compounds display photochromism with both excitation in the UV region and excitation into lower energy absorp... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7267942 | Diagnostic assay for the human virus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) The present invention relates to a diagnostic assay for the virus causing Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in humans (“hSARS virus”). In particular, the invention relates to a real-time quantitative PCR assay for the detection of hSARS virus using revers... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257167 | System and method for multi-access MIMO channels with feedback capacity constraint Systems and methods of MIMO wireless communication system with partial feedback are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base station estimates the channel matrices of the K mobile units and transmits an index value corresponding to each of the estimated channel matrix. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7129223 | Inhibition of SARS-associated coronavirus (SCoV) infection and replication by RNA interference The present invention relates to therapeutic agents useful for the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in humans. In particular, the present invention relates to RNA interference (RNAi) molecules useful for inhibiting the infection and replication ... | 10/31/2006 |