Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047664 | Pittosporum plant named 'CONPITTO' A new and distinct Pittosporum plant is provided. Attractive green foliage with irregular light yellow margins is displayed. The growth is vigorous. An upright and columnar growth habit is displayed. The new cultivar has been found to root very easily under custo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047660 | COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS FOR MODULATING ALKALOID PRODUCTION BY CONTROLLING PMT PROMOTER ACTIVATION MEDIATED BY TRANSCRIPTIONAL FACTORS ERF AND MYC Compositions and methods for modifying the production levels of alkaloids in plants are provided. Alkaloid production can be genetically controlled by modulating the transcriptional activation of PMT genes mediated by members of the ERF family and/or Myc family of trans... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047264 | ANALYZING A COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE OF AN IED A communication stack performance of an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is analyzed in a communication network of a Substation Automation (SA) system. The IED processes network messages that are transferred with, or belonging to, a specific configurable SA communica... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047075 | LOCATION CONTROLS ON PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS Geographical location information provided by a mobile device is used as a control on the use of a payment card as described. Mobile device identification is linked to a payment card account such that when a payment card authorization request is received, information ab... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046972 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH-CENTERED MEDICINE Methods and systems for personalized health plan are disclosed. The methods and systems determine a body system hierarchy corresponding to the patient that identifies elements of the patient's body and the associated functions of the elements, retrieve from a database o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046855 | APPARATUS FOR POWER SEAT An apparatus for a power seat includes: a motor; a transmitting member mechanically connected to a seat and driven by the motor, thereby changing a state of the seat; an operational switch outputting an operational signal indicating a changing direction of the state of ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046749 | MONITORING AND CONTROL APPARATUS A plant monitoring and control apparatus having a function to simulate an object to be monitored and controlled for verifying healthiness of a control processing unit is provided with an input separating operation unit and an output separating operation unit which separ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046595 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE The backsheet of an absorbent body is used as a wrapper. The backsheet includes a fastening device intended for use in an undergarment. The absorbent article is folded into a packet in such a way that the fastening device on the backsheet becomes hidden within the packe... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046309 | BIOABSORBABLE MATERIAL AND IN-VIVO INDWELLING DEVICE MADE THEREOF A bioabsorbable material which is flexible and degradable at a controlled rate, and an in-vivo indwelling device made thereof. The bioabsorbable material is a copolymer composed of an aromatic compound having an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic group and at least one hydrox... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046293 | Light diffusion film, anti-reflection film, polarizing plate and image A light diffusion film is provided and includes: a transparent plastic film; a light diffusion layer formed from a curable composition containing a leveling agent ant particles having an average particle diameter of 1.0 μm to 15 μm, the light diffusion layer having an... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045967 | CATALYST COMPOSITIONS BASED ON NANOPARTICLES OF A ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, A TITANIUM OXIDE OR A MIXED ZIRCONIUM/TITANIUM OXIDE DEPOSITED ONTO A SILICA SUPPORT THEREFOR Catalyst compositions include finely divided nanoscale particles of at least one supported oxide, based on a zirconium oxide, a titanium oxide or a mixed zirconium/titanium oxide deposited onto a silica based support, wherein, after calcination for 4 hours at 900° C., ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045492 | MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF PERFORMING A TEST The invention relates to a microfluidic system comprising a microfluidic device having a first and a second opposite surfaces and an optical detector, the microfluidic device comprises a flow channel with a detection channel section having a length of at least about 1 m... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045470 | PATHOGEN DETECTION IN LARGE-VOLUME PARTICULATE SAMPLES Methods and filter systems for detecting microorganisms in a sample, such as a food sample, are disclosed. The filter is configured to attract the microorganism, for example by electrostatic charge. The filter containing the microorganism is incubated to grow the microo... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045285 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM A transparent conductive film includes a polymer layer disposed on one of surfaces of a film base formed from polyester and biaxially stretched, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the polymer layer. A difference between a refractive index η1 of the film bas... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044948 | POXVIRAL ONCOLYTIC VECTORS A poxvirus comprising a defective F2L gene and compositions comprising such poxvirus are useful for therapeutic purposes, and more particularly for the treatment of cancer.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044705 | COLOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS A color image forming apparatus having photosensitive members; developing devices for developing electrostatic latent images formed on the photosensitive members into toner images with developers comprising toner and carriers; toner concentration sensors for detecting t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044125 | FLUID MIXING SYSTEM An object of the present invention is to provide a fluid mixing system able to mix the fluids of different lines by any ratio and control the flow rates of even pulsating fluids, able to control the flow rate of even a pulsating fluid, compact in configuration and able ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043911 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A PATTERNED BIREFRINGENT PRODUCT A method of producing a patterned birefringent product, containing at least steps (I) to (III) in this order:
| 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043879 | OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE An optical scanning device to be employed in an image forming apparatus having a photosensitive member that is scanned with a plurality of beams, and the optical scanning device has a plurality of light emitting elements that are arranged in an area of a parallelogram, ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043863 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM An image forming apparatus includes an image reader that reads each of the plurality of documents and obtains image data corresponding thereto; a code detection/analysis portion that detects, from the image data, identification codes included in the documents and includ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043193 | MAGNETIC LINEAR SENSOR ARRANGEMENT A magnetic linear sensor arrangement for detecting the position of a component that can be moved along a predefined movement path includes a device disposed along the movement path for generating a magnetic field whose polarity changes along the movement path of the com... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043158 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND SEAT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A motor control device, which includes a main control portion configured to actuate a motor, which displaces a driven object between a first position and a second position in an acceleration control mode in which a rotation speed of the motor gradually increases, in a d... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043157 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE AND SEAT CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE A motor control device includes an acceleration portion for increasing a target number of rotations of a motor every predetermined calculation cycle until the target number of rotations of the motor reaches an upper limit number of rotations, which is set on the basis o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043149 | MOTOR CONTROLLING DEVICE In a controlling device for a permanent magnet synchronous motor, an asynchronous pulse mode is switched to a synchronous pulse mode in a situation where a modulation factor has become equal to or larger than a first set value or in a situation where an inverter output ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043050 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE Wireless power supply and information communication are achieved between electronic circuit substrates in the electronic equipment, and the size of the circuitry for achieving the above is reduced. There are provided a first electronic circuit substrate, a second electr... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043032 | VEHICLE WIRE HARNESS PORTION STRUCTURE A vehicle wire harness portion (4) is disposed along a metallic vehicle body reinforcing member (3) installed in a vehicle body, and the vehicle wire harness portion (4) includes an integrated power supply wire portion (20) connected to an in... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043024 | SEAT FOR VEHICLE A seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion frame reciprocating between seating and retracted positions, a seat back frame rotatable between standing and forward-tilted positions, a head rest movable between stationary and retracted positions, a pair of links provided ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043018 | SEAT CONTROLLING MECHANISM A seat controlling mechanism includes motors for actuating a plurality of seat sections, a position detecting apparatus detecting positions of the seat sections and a controlling apparatus controlling the seat sections to move to a predetermined position, wherein an int... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043017 | LOCK MECHANISM FOR ELECTRIC RETRACTABLE SEAT FOR VEHICLE A lock mechanism for an electric retractable seat for a vehicle, includes a seat cushion frame, a seat back frame, a guide groove, a latch including an engagement opening portion, a slide member disengaging from the engagement opening portion when the latch is in an unl... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043015 | SEAT STATE CHANGING APPARATUS A seat state changing apparatus changing seat states between a first state and a second state includes an actuator moving a seat between the first state and the second state, a change detection portion detecting a change according to a load applied to the seat when chan... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043009 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IMPACT ON VEHICLE AND APPARATUS FOR WARNING IMPACT ON VEHICLE An apparatus for determining an impact on a vehicle includes: a load detecting portion attached to an end portion of a seat portion of a seat for the vehicle, and detecting a compressing-direction load, and a pulling-direction load; and an impact determining portion det... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042993 | SEAT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a seat for a vehicle, a seat driving portion driving the seat to change a seat position, a controlling portion controlling an operation of the seat driving portion to change the seat position to a predetermined position, and an in... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042973 | DOOR HANDLE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE A door handle apparatus for a vehicle, includes a frame, a handle, a rotational movement connecting portion integrally formed at one of the frame and the handle, a contact wall portion integrally formed at the other one of the frame and the handle and restricting a disp... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042845 | Articles with Antibacterial and Antifungal Activity The present invention relates to articles with antibacterial and antifungal activity, comprising zinc sulphide. The yarns, fibres, filaments and articles according to the present invention may be used especially in the manufacture of any product liable to be placed in c... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042631 | CABLE-INSERTING APPARATUS The closed long bag enclosed a little air is connected to the preliminary line for inserting cable into the conduit by the small suction pump. The shape of closed long bag enclosed a little air can be changed easily. As the result, the closed long bag moves through a na... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042369 | HEATING EQUIPMENT FOR A PLATE TO BE HEATED AND HEATING METHOD Provided are a quick heating equipment that is small sized, has a simple structure, consumes less energy, and is easy repairable and replaceable, and a quick heating method. The heating equipment of a plate material to be heated has a contact-heating surface configured ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042248 | SLIDE AND SHELL CONTAINER HAVING DUAL HINGE LIDS A slide and shell container for consumer goods includes an outer shell and an inner slide for housing the consumer goods, the inner slide including a box, a first hinge lid and a second hinge lid, substantially opposed to the first hinge. The inner slide is slidable wit... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041996 | FLOORBOARD, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING A FLOORING, AND A FLOORING FORMED THEREOF A method of producing floor panels is disclosed. The method includes the steps of separating a roll formed surface material (51) into surface strips (53) and gluing said surface strips to a core (50) with a space (54) between the surface stri... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041981 | LAMINATION STATION FOR LAMINATING A PAPERBOARD OR CARDBOARD WEB A lamination station for laminating a film to a web of paperboard includes a nip roller and a cooling roller. Between the rollers there is formed a nip which presses together the film and the web of paperboard with an interjacent molten polymer layer or adhesive layer d... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040944 | INFORMATION EQUIPMENT, METHOD FOR SUPPORTING OPERATION THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM Information equipment having a memory area for which access restrictions are set is provided. The information equipment makes a determination, in response to operation for turning a security mode into a security level enhanced mode, on data in the memory area, whether o... | 02/17/2011 |
