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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110047123 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BUILDING AND MERGING A RULEBASE WITH OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE A method for building a rulebase includes receiving a plurality of rulebase components. The method also includes merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110047048 | INTEGRATED SOLAR AGENT BUSINESS MODEL A method of delivering a solar system and related services from a solar system vendor to a customer is provided. The method includes estimating the customer's solar system requirements, delivering the estimated requirements to the customer, providing a sales lead that i... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046489 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING GIANT STOKES SHIFT A method comprising exposing a sample comprising water to near infrared (NIR) light and detecting the presence of one or more objects by measuring a Stokes shift in the emission spectra in the near infrared.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045768 | CREATION OF A BEAM USING ANTENNAS Method and apparatus for creating a pencil beam using a plurality of small diameter dish antennas. A plurality of small diameter dish antennas are spatially arranged and driven by varying electronic signals in such a way that the plurality of small diameter dish antenna... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045628 | METHOD OF THERMOCLEAVING A POLYMER LAYER A method of thermocleaving a thermocleavable polymer layer which is in thermal contact with a heat sensitive component that is not tolerant of the temperature required for thermocleavage of the thermocleavable polymer layer, in which the thermocleavable polymer layer is... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110045231 | LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF This invention provides a leather-like sheet excellent in hand softness and appearance durability, as a composite sheet consisting of a nonwoven fabric composed of ultrafine long fibers in which ultrafine fibers with a fiber fineness of 0.0001 to 0.5 dtex are entangled ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044425 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTERS FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A spectral purity filter includes a plurality of apertures extending through a member. The apertures are arranged to suppress a first wavelength of radiation and to allow at least a portion of a second wavelength of radiation to be transmitted through the apertures. The... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043795 | Inspection method and apparatus In an aspect, an inspection method for detecting the presence or absence of a defect on an object, the object comprising a recess having a physical depth, is disclosed. The method includes directing radiation at the object, the radiation having a wavelength that is subs... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043782 | SPECTRAL PURITY FILTERS FOR USE IN A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS A spectral purity filter includes a plurality of apertures extending through a member. The apertures are arranged to suppress radiation having a first wavelength and to allow at least a portion of radiation having a second wavelength to be transmitted through the apertu... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043780 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Disclosed is a method of determining higher order distortions of a patterning device of a lithographic apparatus, and associated apparatus. The higher order distortions are measured using the transmission imaging device. In a main embodiment, enhanced reticles are used ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043777 | TARGET MATERIAL, A SOURCE, AN EUV LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND A DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD USING THE SAME A target material is configured to be used in a source constructed and arranged to generate a radiation beam having a wavelength in an extreme ultraviolet range. The target material includes a Gd-based composition configured to modify a melting temperature of Gd.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043775 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DISTORTION DETERMINING METHOD, AND PATTERNING DEVICE The invention relates to a lithographic apparatus arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, wherein said apparatus is operable to measure higher-order distortions and/or image plane deviations of the patterning device, said apparatus comp... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043331 | MULTIELEMENT AND MULTIPROPERTY TAGGING An embodiment relates to a man-made object comprising a distinctive structure with a feature to identify the object, wherein the object has a size such that the object is observable under visible light, wherein the feature is embedded in or on the object and a size of t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042886 | VALUE DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET PICKUP APPARATUS A valve device is provided with a first block connected to an upstream-side suction tube that is connected to a negative-pressure chamber, a second block connected to a downstream-side suction tube that is connected to a pump, first and second shielding plates rotatably... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042882 | SHEET TAKE-OUT APPARATUS, SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SHEET TAKE-OUT METHOD To provide a sheet take-out apparatus for preventing double feed of sheets and controlling gaps to a desired value, a sheet processing apparatus, and a sheet take-out method. A take-out apparatus includes a supply structure for supplying postal matter to a take-out posi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042163 | FINISHING COMPOUND SUITABLE FOR ACOUSTIC SUPPORTS A finishing compound having acoustic properties and including iii percentage by weight relative to the total weight of the product, at least 10 to 70% of water; 0.1 to 5% of a foaming agent; 0.1 to 5% of a thickening agent; 35 to 70% of a monogranular filler having a si... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042114 | POWER TOOL WITH IMPROVED START ACTUATOR A power tool system includes a two-handed power tool having first and second start actuators, one for each hand of an operator. A controller prevents the power tool from initiating an operating cycle unless both actuators are turned ON to reduce the possibility of the o... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110042017 | ELECTRICAL CONTROL MECHANISM FOR BUILT-IN SUNSHADE PRODUCTS FOR HOLLOW GLASS The present invention discloses an electrical control mechanism for a built-in sunshade product for a hollow glass. The electrical control mechanism a handle disposed outside the hollow glass and a sliding block disposed within the hollow glass, the handle and the slidi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041736 | ADDITIVES FOR CEMENT A belite-calcium sulphoaluminate-ferrite (BCSAF) cement composition including: a BCSAF clinker which clinker has the following mineralogical composition, based on the total weight of the clinker: 5 to 25%, preferably 10 to 20%, of a calcium aluminoferrite phase having t... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A PROXY AUTHENTICATION SERVER TO PROVIDE AUTHENTICATION FOR RESOURCES NOT LOCATED BEHIND THE PROXY AUTHENTICATION SERVER Networked resources that are not located behind a proxy authentication server may be enabled to use the proxy authentication server for authentication. This may provide one or more of the features associated with a proxy authentication server (e.g., centralized administ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040841 | MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATION AND PRESENTATION The invention provides a method and system for entry and editing of multimedia objects for communication and presentation, associating multimedia objects with received sequences of keystroke or mouse action abbreviations. When an abbreviation is detected, the abbreviati... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040665 | FIXED INCOME SECURITIES RATINGS VISUALIZATION An arrangement is provided for enabling online retail fixed income. A fixed income online retail enabling mechanism analyzes a request received from a user to determine the requested operation related to online retail fixed income. If the request is for visualizing info... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040539 | PROVIDING A SIMULATION OF WEARING ITEMS SUCH AS GARMENTS AND/OR ACCESSORIES A user may simulate wearing real-wearable items, such as virtual garments and accessories. A virtual-outfitting interface may be provided for presentation to the user. An item-search/selection portion within the virtual-outfitting interface may be provided. The item-sea... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110040486 | Method for standardization of chemical and therapeutic values of foods and medicines using animated chromatographic fingerprinting The present invention provides a method of standardization of chemical and therapeutic properties and quality of foods and medicines. The present invention provides a method of chromatographic finger printing facilitating correlation of traditional methods used for chem... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110039181 | Electrochemical cell, and particularly a metal fueled cell with non-parallel flow The present invention relates to an electrochemical cell with a gap between an anode and a cathode for transport flow of an electrolyte containing charge carrying ions from a solid fuel and an oxidizer.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037961 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS COMPRISING AN INTERNAL SENSOR AND A MINI-REACTOR, AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SENSING SURFACE OF THE INTERNAL SENSOR A lithographic apparatus includes a projection system constructed and arranged to project a beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate, an internal sensor having a sensing surface, and a mini-reactor movable with respect to the sensor. The mini-reactor inclu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037960 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEANING A PATTERNING DEVICE A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a beam of radiation, and a support structure configured to support a patterning device. The patterning device is configured to impart a pattern to the beam of radiation. The apparatus inclu... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037958 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD In an embodiment, a lithographic projection apparatus has an off-axis image field and a concave refractive lens as the final element of the projection system. The concave lens can be cut-away in parts not used optically to prevent bubbles from being trapped under the le... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037379 | SUBSTRATE FOR ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND ALSO ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE INCORPORATING IT A substrate for an organic light-emitting device, includes a transparent substrate having an optical index n0, bearing, on a first main face, a first transparent or semi-transparent coating of an electrode, referred to as the lower electrode, with a sheet resista... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110037201 | IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD An imprint lithography method is disclosed for forming a patterned layer from a UV-curable, imprintable liquid medium on a substrate by means of an imprint template with a patterned surface. The method involves bringing together the patterned surface and the UV-curable ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036510 | MAGNETIC DRIVING DEVICE AND BUILT-IN SUNSHADE PRODUCTS ADAPTED FOR USE IN DOUBLE GLAZING A magnetic driving device comprises a slider disposed on an inside of a glass; a handle disposed on an outside of the glass; a plurality of magnets respectively disposed in the slider and the handle, the polarities of the adjacent magnetic poles of the magnets disposed ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035860 | GARMENTS The invention provides a garment (12) for stimulating the human body to trigger desired responses in selected physiological systems. The garment (12) includes a flexible structure that is configured to extend in close proximity around part of the body and ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035368 | System And Method For Processing Database Queries A system and/or method are implemented to process queries to a database. In particular, the processing of queries to the database is enhanced by enhancing the determination of join orders of tables implicated in queries. Join orders between relatively large numbers of t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034608 | FINISHING COMPOUND SUITABLE FOR AN ACOUSTIC SUPPORT A finishing compound having acoustic properties and including in percentage by weight relative to the total weight of the product, at least 25 to 80% of water; 0.1 to 5% of a thickening agent; 0.01 to 0.8% of a dispersing agent; 10 to 60% of a monogranular filler wherei... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032631 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF GENERATING A TEST PATTERN OF DATA, ANALYSING A TEST PATTERN OF DATA, AND TESTING A DATA STORAGE DISK MEDIUM AND/OR A READ/WRITE HEAD A method of generating a test pattern of data to be written to a data storage disk medium for testing includes: rotating the disk; detecting fluctuations in the speed of rotation of the disk; producing a reference clock signal in accordance with the fluctuations so as t... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032618 | LAMINATION OF OPTICAL SUBSTRATES A method is provided for laminating optical substrates and in particular for manufacturing a thin combiner for an optical display that preserves the flatness of the component parts and ensures an even separation of layers, in particular an optical substrate and a thin c... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110032497 | CONDUIT SYSTEM FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, PUMP, AND METHOD FOR SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCING VIBRATIONS IN A CONDUIT SYSTEM A conduit system for a lithographic apparatus is disclosed, the conduit system including a conduit configured to guide a liquid or liquid-gas mixture, and a gas injection nozzle configured to introduce a gas in the liquid or liquid-gas mixture to at least partially abso... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031683 | SHEET MASS MEASURING UNIT A mass measuring unit includes two driving rollers vertically separate from each other and intersecting the direction of conveyance of a mail matter. Servo motors for driving the driving rollers are connected to torque detection units. A control unit controls motor cont... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030826 | MAGNETIC ASSEMBLY, A FLUID-FLOW ASSEMBLY AND AN INDICATOR The invention provides a magnetic assembly, the assembly comprising: a magnet (4); and a ferromagnetic component (6) having at least two regions of different Curie temperature, the magnet (4) and the ferromagnetic component being movable with respec... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030789 | AIR STABLE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE A method of forming a conducting polymer based photovoltaic device including: (a) providing a transparent first electrode; (b) providing the transparent first electrode with a layer of metal oxide nanoparticles, wherein the metal oxide is selected from the group consist... | 02/10/2011 |
