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...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20090132801 | CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT FOR REAL-TIME SERVER A Realtime Event Server comprising a component to operate on data from data streams; and a configuration system adapted to supply configuration for the realtime event server, the configuration including dynamic configuration, the dynamic configuration being changeable w... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090129247 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING DOMAIN FORMATION IN A FERROELECTRIC MEDIA AND FOR IMPROVING TIP LIFETIME An information storage device comprises a ferroelectric media, write circuitry to provide a first signal and a second signal to the ferroelectric media, a tip platform and a cantilever operably associated with the tip platform. A tip extends from the cantilever toward t... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128417 | ELECTROLESS/ELECTROLYTIC SEED LAYER PROCESS An electroless metallization catalyst layer can be formed in a RFID antenna pattern. A first metallic layer can be deposited over top of the electroless metallization catalyst layer. An electrical short layer connecting regions of the metallic layer can be formed. A por... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090128295 | RFID BASED IDENTIFICATION DEVICE A RFID-based identification device comprising a first RFID antenna; and a second RFID antenna, wherein the first and second RFID antennas are in a first arrangement, the resonant frequencies of the antennas are away from an interrogation frequency such that no identific... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090125881 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY REDEFINING CLASS FILES IN AN APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT Disclosed herein is a system and method for dynamically redefining class files in a Java-based development environment. The existing development cycle in Java generally requires developers to edit, build, and deploy before they can test changes to the code. This process... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124894 | MARKERS FOR USE IN BRACHYTHERAPY AND OTHER RADIATION THERAPY THAT RESIST MIGRATION AND ROTATION In an embodiment, an implantable marker, which is adapted to be implanted into patient tissue using a hollow needle, includes a marker body including a radiopaque material and a polymeric material that encapsulates at least a portion of the marker body. In an embodiment... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090124846 | ANCHOR SEED CARTRIDGE FOR USE WITH BRACHYTHERAPY APPLICATOR In an embodiment, a brachytherapy device includes a cartridge adapted for use with a brachytherapy applicator. A plurality of anchor seeds are stacked parallel to one another within the cartridge. Each anchor seed includes a radioactive seed that is at least partially e... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121889 | PROXIMITY SENSORS AND METHODS FOR SENSING PROXIMITY In an embodiment, a proximity sensor includes a driver, a photo-diode (PD) and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The proximity sensor can also include a controller to control the driver. The driver selectively drives a light source, e.g., an infrared (IR) light emit... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090121698 | BANDGAP VOLTAGE REFERENCE CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING BANDGAP VOLTAGES A bandgap voltage reference circuit includes a first circuit portion and a second circuit portion. The first circuit portion generates a voltage complimentary to absolute temperature (VCTAT). The second circuit portion generates a voltage proportional to absolute temper... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090120823 | TRAY PALLET The present invention provides a lightweight, thermally insulating tray pallet for retaining cargo in place and preventing damage of the cargo loaded on the corners of the pallet. The tray pallet simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces the weight of the pallet ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090119674 | COMMON HANDLER FRAMEWORK A common handler framework can allow handlers for multiple different types of web services programming models to be used in a single handler chain.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117988 | SKILL GAME PLAYABLE ON A CASINO SPINNING REEL DISPLAY WITH AN AWARDS TABLE HAVING A VARIABLE PAYOUT LINE AND A METHOD OF CALCULATING AWARDS PROVIDED WITHOUT OPERATOR HOLD SUBTRACTED FROM PLAYER BUY-IN A skill game that is playable on a casino type display is provided that employs methods to hold a player's interest by dynamically changing an awards table as well as providing payout without subtraction from player buy-in to provide an operator hold. The awards table c... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117825 | BREAST LIFT APPARATUS A tape used to reduce the degree of breast ptosis of a human breast, wherein the tape can be attached to the bottom portion of a breast, placed over the nipple and areola, and then lifted and attached to the top portion of the breast.... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090117672 | Light emitting devices with phosphor wavelength conversion and methods of fabrication thereof A method of fabricating a light emitting device having a specific target color, CIE xy, of emitted light is described. The device comprises a light emitting diode that is operable to emit light of a first wavelength range and at least one phosphor material which convert... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090114475 | SOUND REDUCING DEVICE FOR A COFFEE GRINDER AND OTHER KITCHEN APPLIANCES A device and a method for reducing or muffling sound from kitchen appliances such as coffee grinders. The sound reducing or muffling device can be left on the appliance even when not in use, providing a decoration to the kitchen in a style appropriate to it's surroundin... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090113419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A LIGHT WEIGHT SERVER INSTALLER In one embodiment a light weight server installer is provided which enables a user to install a Java Platform Enterprise Edition compatible application server with no additional functionality. The user can then select the functionality he or she requires and the light w... | 04/30/2009 |
| 20090102560 | SLEW-ENHANCED INPUT STAGES AND AMPLIFIERS Provided herein are input stages, and operation amplifiers including input stages. In an embodiment, an input stage includes a complimentary differential input transconductor, first and second npn-pnp current mirrors, and first and second pnp-npn current mirrors. The co... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090101930 | Light emitting device with phosphor wavelength conversion A light emitting device comprises an excitation source (20), one or more light emitting diode(s) operable to generate excitation light of a first wavelength range (λ1) and a light emitting surface (14) having a phosphor material (26) whi... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090100994 | FIREWORKS TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL UNIT A mobile apparatus for treatment and disposal of fireworks which includes a conveyor belt, chopper, chute, burn chamber and a heavy-gauge screen cover, the conveyor belt delivering fireworks to be disposed of to the chopper where the fireworks are shredded, the shredded... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090100031 | Method and System for Detecting Changes in Geographic Information Data related to changes in real-world geography are collected promptly for incorporating into a geographic database. Query strings are created using keywords targeted to detect data related to changes in real-world geography. Automatic Web search technology is utilized ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090099402 | IMPLANTS FOR USE IN BRACHYTHERAPY AND OTHER RADIATION THERAPY THAT RESIST MIGRATION AND ROTATION In an embodiment a therapeutic member includes a solitary radioactive seed. The seed includes a metallic housing with radioactive material contained within the metallic housing. The metallic housing has a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end and a longit... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090098847 | APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING THE BANDWIDTH OF A SPECTRUM ANALYZER A spectrum analyzer is provided with frequency-scalable circuit architectures that extend the bandwidth of the spectrum analyzer using an array of couplers. The array of couplers is distributed along the RF signal path at one end, and interfaced to one or more frequency... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096574 | RFID TAG USING ENCRYPTED PASSWORD PROTECTION A permanent ID can be read off of an RFID chip of an RFID tag. The permanent ID can be combined with a seed value to form a combined value. The combined value can be encrypted to form an encrypted value. This encrypted value can be stored on the RFID chip. Later, the RF... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090096413 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE CHARGING OF PORTABLE DEVICES A system and method for variable power transfer in an inductive charging or power system. In accordance with an embodiment the system comprises a pad or similar base unit that contains a primary, which creates an alternating magnetic field. A receiver comprises a means ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090093827 | SUBCUTANEOUS WAIST BAND AND METHODS RELATED THERETO A subcutaneously placed abdominal band for waistline reduction and methods related thereto, wherein an abdominal band is subcutaneously wrapped around a person's waistline underneath the subcutaneous fat and adjacent to a facia and a muscle, the abdominal band being tig... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090093817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INJECTING BONE FILLER INTO THE SPINE Systems and methods for injecting bone filler into a vertebra, wherein a spinous process and/or lamina can be strengthened by injecting the bone filler into the spinous process and/or lamina. An insertion device including a needle can be positioned proximal to the junct... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090090858 | SAMPLING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH SURFACE IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY In various embodiments of the invention, a device permits more efficient collection and transmission of ions produced by the action of a carrier gas containing metastable neutral excited-state species into a mass spectrometer. In one embodiment of the invention, the dev... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090089319 | System and Method for Differentiating Duplicate Addresses in a Locality A method and system are presented for differentiating duplicate addresses within a locality. A relational database of geographical features is constructed where each geographical feature has related attributes which can be used to differentiate among multiple same-named... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090089229 | MOBILE BRAIN-BASED DEVICE HAVING A SIMULATED NERVOUS SYSTEM BASED ON THE HIPPOCAMPUS A brain-based device (BBD) having a physical mobile device NOMAD controlling and under control by a simulated nervous system. The simulated nervous system is based on an intricate anatomy and physiology of the hippocampus and its surrounding neuronal regions including t... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090086475 | Color tunable light emitting device A color/color temperature tunable light emitting device comprises: an excitation source (LED) operable to generate light of a first wavelength range and a wavelength converting component comprising a phosphor material which is operable to convert at least a part of the ... | 04/02/2009 |
| 20090083726 | NON INVASIVE CONTEXTUAL AND RULE DRIVEN INJECTION PROXY User requests for a web application can be received at a reverse proxy. Web application code for a first application can be obtained. Data can be checked at the reverse proxy to determine whether to insert an element into the first application. If there is a match, a co... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090083260 | System and Method for Providing Community Network Based Video Searching and Correlation Systems and methods are described which allow a more accurate determination of relationships among videos in terms of their subject matter, context and social preferences. Rather than relying on user-specified metadata to relate videos, the present embodiments use socia... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079816 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MODIFYING NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOR FOR SOCIAL APPROPRIATENESS IN VIDEO CONFERENCING AND OTHER COMPUTER MEDIATED COMMUNICATIONS A method is described for modifying behavior for social appropriateness in computer mediated communications. Data can be obtained representing the natural non-verbal behavior of a video conference participant. The cultural appropriateness of the behavior is calculated b... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090079505 | GROUND SKIMMING OUTPUT STAGE Ground skimming output stages that are designed to drive wideband signals with the ability to provide a high quality output signal all the way to the low supply rail are provided. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the output stage of the present... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20090070792 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE SERVICE CONFIGURATION OF APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENTS A system and method for dynamic, application dependency implicit, service configuration of application server environments. A dynamic and implicit mechanism can be provided using technologies such as OSGi and the Java Module System, that then reduce the need for externa... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070786 | XML-BASED EVENT PROCESSING NETWORKS FOR EVENT SERVER An event server running an event driven application implementing an event processing network. The event processing network can include at least one processor to implement a rule on at least one input stream. The event driven application can be specified by XML that is a... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070785 | CONCURRENCY IN EVENT PROCESSING NETWORKS FOR EVENT SERVER An event server running an event driven application implementing an event processing network. The event processing network can include at least one processor to implement a rule on at least one input stream. The event processing network can define concurrent operation o... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070776 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE MEMORY USAGE IN VIRTUAL MACHINES RUNNING AS HYPERVISOR GUESTS A system and method to improve memory usage in virtual machines running as hypervisor guests. In accordance with an embodiment, the invention provides a system for changing the memory usage of a virtual machine on request from a hypervisor, comprising: a hypervisor; a g... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070765 | XML-BASED CONFIGURATION FOR EVENT PROCESSING NETWORKS An event server running an event driven application implementing an event processing network the event processing network can include at least one processor to implement a rule an at least one input stream. Priority for parts of the event processing network can be setta... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090069172 | Novel Platinum-Ruthenium Based Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Embodiments of the present invention are directed to ternary and/or quaternary catalyst alloys for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The catalyst has the composition (Pt1-xRux)yM′zM″1-y-z, where M′ is select... | 03/12/2009 |
