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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047421 | NAND FLASH-BASED STORAGE DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN TEST-AHEAD FOR FAILURE ANTICIPATION A test-ahead feature for non-volatile memory-based mass storage devices to anticipate device failure. The test-ahead feature includes a method performed with a solid-state mass storage device having a controller, a cache memory, and at least one non-volatile memory devi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047322 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR INCREASING DATA RETENTION ON SOLID-STATE MASS STORAGE DEVICES Methods, systems and devices for increasing the reliability of solid state drives containing one or more NAND flash memory arrays. The methods, systems and devices take into account usage patterns that can be employed to initiate proactive scrubbing on demand, wherein t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046452 | WIRELESS DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGIC PARAMETERS A system for monitoring blood pressure and other physiologic parameters is provided. The system is designed such that it can be delivered to the patient with ease and minimal invasion. The system contains at least one self contained implantable sensing device consisting... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044086 | OPTICAL MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR A nonvolatile memory device and method using phase changes in a substrate to alter optical properties of the substrate for the purpose of data storage. The memory device includes a substrate containing a phase change material having phases comprising amorphous and cryst... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042965 | WIND TURBINE POWER TRAIN A wind turbine power train comprising a turbine rotor stage and drive shaft; an electric generator stage connected to the turbine rotor stage and a power electronic converter stage connected to the electric generator stage; wherein the electric generator stage comprises... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110039711 | THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS A system (20) for a PCR reaction includes an array of reaction vessels mounted on a thermal mount (21). The thermal mount (21) is provided with a liquid path therein coupled to a cooling liquid input port (22), a heating liquid input port ( 02/17/2011 | |
| 20110037333 | VARIABLE MAGNETIC GEARS A magnetic gear comprising: a first movable member having a first set of magnetic poles, a second movable member having a second set of magnetic poles, and a third movable member having a set of pole pieces; wherein the first and second members have magnetic poles at di... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110027063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONLINE MONITORING OF CORROSION OF GAS TURBINE COMPONENTS A system and method capable of performing online corrosion monitoring of a component installed in a gas turbine. A sensing device is located so that electrodes thereof are exposed to an operating environment within the gas turbine section containing the component. The e... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110024393 | PROCESS OF CLOSING AN OPENING IN A COMPONENT A process for closing an opening in a surface of a component, and components formed thereby. The process entails forming a channel in the component surface so that the channel at least partially surrounds an opening at the component surface. An alloy is then deposited i... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023573 | DIE CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND CRIMPING PROCESS A die carrier assembly configured for use in a crimping machine. The assembly includes die carriers disposed in a circumferential arrangement and adapted for radially inward and outward travel. Each die carrier has oppositely-disposed circumferential extents that define... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110020570 | MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR FABRICATING CONTAINERS AND CONTAINERS FORMED THEREWITH A sheet material and construction method suitable for manufacturing boxes and other types of containment devices, and containers formed with such materials and methods. According to one aspect, the sheet material includes a kraft paper, a reflective film material lamina... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110012458 | MAGNETIC DRIVE SYSTEMS A magnetic drive system comprising three members, a first and second of which form an input member and an output member each arranged to rotate relative to the third member, wherein two of the members have respective sets of permanent magnets, the two sets having differ... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110009773 | IMPLANTABLE SENSING MODULES AND METHODS OF USING Implantable sensing modules and methods for monitoring various physical parameters, including physical parameters of a living body and environmental parameters to which the living body may be subjected, for example, impacts. A method for monitoring impacts to which a li... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007477 | ENHANCEMENT OF THERMAL INTERFACE CONDUCTIVITIES WITH CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS A method of forming a well-anchored carbon nanotube (CNT) array, as well as thermal interfaces that make use of CNT arrays to provide very high thermal contact conductance. A thermal interface is formed between two bodies by depositing a continuous array of carbon nanot... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004728 | ON-DEVICE DATA COMPRESSION FOR NON-VOLATILE MEMORY-BASED MASS STORAGE DEVICES A non-volatile memory-based mass storage device that includes a host interface attached to a package, at least one non-volatile memory device within the package, a memory controller connected to the host interface and adapted to access the non-volatile memory device in ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100325352 | HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED MASS STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD A hierarchically-structured computer mass storage system and method. The mass storage system includes a mass storage memory drive, control logic on the mass storage memory drive that includes a controller and one or more devices for executing a hierarchical storage mana... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100320767 | PRESSURE GRID SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING A pressure grid system and method suitable for obtaining and/or generating, storing, distributing and using a pressurized gas. The pressure grid system obtains and/or generates pressurized gas by using the energy from various sources, preferably natural resources such a... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100312953 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING WRITE CYCLES IN NAND-BASED FLASH MEMORY DEVICES A NAND-based flash memory device and a method of its operation that extends the life of the device by reducing the number of unnecessary write cycles to the device. The memory device includes blocks, pages contained by each of the blocks, and a page abstraction layer co... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307698 | MULTIPLE WINDOW SHADE SYSTEM AND METHOD A window shade system and method of installing the shade system. The shade system includes first and second shade units and brackets for interconnecting the shade units. The first shade unit includes a first headrail, a roller mounted beneath the first headrail, a first... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100307697 | MULTIPLE WINDOW SHADE SYSTEM AND METHOD A window shade system and method of installing the shade system. The shade system includes first and second shade units and brackets for interconnecting the shade units. The first shade unit includes a first headrail, a roller mounted beneath the first headrail, a first... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100298081 | POWER SPLIT TRANSMISSION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY Power split drive (PSD) transmissions capable of energy recovery and suitable for use in automotive applications. Each PSD transmission includes a mechanical transmission system for mechanically transmitting mechanical power between a rotatable input shaft and a rotatab... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTER MEMORY MODULES A heat spreader and method for thermal management of a computer memory module by promoting natural convection cooling of the memory module. The heat spreader includes a frame surrounding a planar body adapted to be mounted to a memory module of a computer, and a grid de... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100296236 | MASS STORAGE DEVICE FOR A COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR A method and mass storage device that combine multiple solid state drives (SSDs) to a single volume. The device includes a carrier board and at least two solid state drives having power and data connections to the carrier board. The carrier board includes a circuit boar... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100283345 | ELECTRICAL MACHINES Embodiments provide an electrical machine bearing first and second pluralities of permanent magnets having different number of pole pairs, a plurality of pole-pieces that enable the magnetic interaction between the pluralities of permanent magnets, and winding that coup... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100275514 | BIOMASS GASIFICATION/PYROLYSIS SYSTEM AND PROCESS A system and process capable of promoting the energy content of a syngas produced from a biomass material. The system and process entail compacting a loose biomass material and simultaneously introducing the compacted biomass material into an entrance of a reactor tube,... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100273851 | METHODS OF USING PROTEINACIOUS CHANNELS TO IDENTIFY PHARMACEUTICAL TREATMENTS AND RISKS, AND TREATMENTS RESULTING THEREFROM Methods and therapeutic strategies utilizing proteinacious channels in lipid membranes of mammalian cells. The methods entail administering a pharmaceutical to a lipid membrane of a mammalian cell, and then determining the effect of the pharmaceutical on the electrophys... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100268122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING RISK AND/OR SEVERITY OF PRESSURE ULCERS A pressure monitoring method and system for warning a patient or caregiver that soft tissue pressure has exceeded some predetermined level that over time would necessitate moving the patient to minimize or prevent soft tissue damage. The method and system entail the use... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100263510 | APPARATUS FOR CUTTING FOOD PRODUCT Method and apparatus for reducing food products. The apparatus includes a casing, an impeller adapted for rotation within the casing, and a cutting device. The casing has axial and circumferential openings for product entering and exiting, respectively, the casing. The ... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262036 | SENSOR UNIT AND PROCEDURE FOR MONITORING INTRACRANIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES An anchor for an implantable sensing device, a sensor unit formed by the anchor and sensing device, and a surgical procedure for implanting the sensor unit for monitoring a physiological parameter within a cavity of a living body, such as an intracranial physiological p... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100261558 | TRAINING APPARATUS, GLOVE AND METHOD FOR PROMOTING BASKETBALL SHOOTING SKILLS A system and training method adapted to assist an individual in improving his or her basketball shooting skills and accuracy. The system includes an apparatus and glove that can be used independently or together. The apparatus is adapted for mounting to a basketball rim... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253633 | FINGERTIP TACTILE-SENSE INPUT DEVICE To provide a fingertip tactile-sense input device in an input device having a plurality of keys within an extremely small range such as within a range of person's fingertip movement, which while being made extremely small and thin, enables key input while maintaining a ... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100247927 | SULFIDATION-RESISTANT COATING SYSTEM AND PROCESS THEREFOR A coating system and process for protecting component surfaces exposed to sulfur-containing environments at elevated temperatures. The coating system includes a sulfidation-resistant overlay coating that is predominantly niobium or molybdenum.... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100243621 | HIGH-POWERED LASER BEAM WELDING AND ASSEMBLY THEREFOR A welding method and an assembly for performing the method. Articles to be welded are placed together so that faying surfaces thereof face each other, a joint region is defined by the faying surfaces and juxtaposed surfaces of the articles, a shim is between and contact... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100242310 | ACHILLES AND FOOT ARCH STRETCHING DEVICES AND METHODS PERFORMED THEREWITH Therapeutic devices and methods suitable for stretching the Achilles tendon. Each device includes a base portion and at least one wedge portion. The wedge portion has heel and toe ends, inside-foot and outside-foot edges, and an upper surface. The upper surface has a no... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100241799 | MODULAR MASS STORAGE SYSGTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR A modular mass storage system and method that enables cableless mounting of ATA and/or similar high speed interface-based mass storage devices in a computer system. The system includes a printed circuit board, a system expansion slot interface on the printed circuit boa... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100236339 | BIAXIAL STRESS MANAGEMENT A method of measuring biaxial stress in an object of a ferromagnetic material in which material in a region (10) in the vicinity of a surface of the object is subjected to a conditioning method by application of a conditioning magnetic field that is at least init... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100236066 | FIXTURE AND INSPECTION METHOD FOR AN ANNULAR SEAL A fixture assembly and inspection method by which the internal diameter and/or concentricity of a segmented annular seal can be readily inspected and optionally measured prior to final installation. The fixture assembly has at least two fixture segments supported on a b... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100221113 | INTERNALLY-DAMPED AIRFOIL AND METHOD THEREFOR An airfoil component and method for producing the component. The component has root and airfoil portions, the latter having an airfoil tip and oppositely-disposed concave and convex surfaces that converge at leading and trailing edges of the airfoil portion. The airfoil... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100212075 | PLUG PULLER FOR DRAIN CLEAN-OUT AND METHOD OF USING A plug puller device and method for removing a clean-out plug from a drain clean-out and permit draining of a drain line below an obstruction prior to removing the obstruction. The device includes first and second housings. The first housing includes a drain connected t... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100207472 | MAGNETIC GEAR Embodiments of the present invention relate to magnetic gears comprising a pair of rotors magnetically coupled in a geared manner via a magnetic space harmonic generated as a consequence of varying an air gap between sets of permanent magnets.... | 08/19/2010 |
