...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
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| 20090053508 | Method for producing a partially shaped electrically conductive structure There is described a process for the production of a partially shaped electrically conductive structure on a carrier substrate (16), wherein it is provided that a latent magnetic image of the graphic form of the electrically conductive structure, which latent mag... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20080259416 | Optically Variable Elements Comprising An Electrically Active Layer There is described a security element having at least one optically variable device, in which at least one layer of the optically variable device is in the form of an electrically active layer (13, 14) of an electronic component and/or an electronic circuit.... | 10/23/2008 |
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| 20080245249 | Stamp For Hot or Cold Stamping A stamp die (10) having a surface structure (14, 16) for hot or cold stamping is described, said stamp die (10) being flexible such that it is no longer necessary during stamping to make the hitherto necessary adjustments for tolerance compensation ... | 10/09/2008 |
| 20080095992 | Decorated Injection-Moulded Article, Transfer Film, And Method For Producing One Such Article The invention concerns a decorated injection molded article which is formed from at least one injected plastic material and at least one decorative element mechanically fixedly connected thereto, wherein the decorative element has one or more layer portions and provides... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20070279045 | Piston and a Fluid Operated Setting Device Connected Therewith A piston for a setting device operated by fluid power is suggested. The piston includes a support body having an annular recess with an axis coinciding with the longitudinal axis of the piston, such recess having at least one annular permanent magnet arrangement therein... | 12/06/2007 |
| 20070014936 | Method and film system for producing a personalised, optically variable element The invention concerns a process for the production of a personalised, optically variable element having polarising properties, and a film system for carrying out the process. To produce the optically variable element a film body which comprises two or more layers and w... | 01/18/2007 |