Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110046738 | Sliding Intervertebral Implant Method A sliding intervertebral implant method includes a first member that connects to an intervertebral space between two adjacent vertebrae. The first member includes a pair of curved side walls connected to each of a front wall, an upper curved wall, and a lower curved wal... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046684 | Screw Assembly and Method A screw assembly and method includes a coupling member comprising a semi-bulbous end; a fixator component that receives the semi-bulbous end of the coupling member; a resisting member mounted in the coupling member and comprising a mating member; a connection pin compri... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110044276 | System and Method for Routing in a Wireless Mesh Network A system and method for routing in a wireless mesh network providing a first device, which includes a first device transceiver, a first device memory unit that includes a first device first queue, a first device second queue and a first device table of neighboring devic... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110034258 | Polyaxial Pedicle Screw Assembly and Method A method comprising attaching a screw head to a bone fixator component, wherein the screw head comprises a first portion comprising a slot and an inwardly curved bottom portion; and a second portion comprising an outwardly protruding and expandable bulbous end extending... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027749 | Water Floss Pick An apparatus and system for performing dental hygiene comprising a motorized cleaning device comprising a water intake component and an oppositely positioned water exit component; a power component operatively connected to the motorized cleaning device; a floss componen... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026854 | Ecologically Safe Storage Bag and Transporting System and Method of Making Same The present invention is directed to a storage system including a biodegradable plastic material that can be used in applications where biodegradability and biocompatibility are among primary desirable features, while having qualities which are desired for the various u... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110010200 | Patient and Physician Communication Tool A method of performing communication between a healthcare provider and a patient by accessing a communication server includes a healthcare provider module, a patient module, and a database. The patient registers and accesses the patient module. The healthcare provider r... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110009706 | Adjustable Polyaxial Tissue Retractor An adjustable polyaxial tissue retractor includes a retraction bar including a plurality of etched teeth, a retraction blade coupled to the retraction bar, a connector including a quick release component cavity and an outwardly protruding and expandable round bulbous bo... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110007631 | Network Communication The invention relates to methods and processes of congestion control for a communication network which may be designed to be compatible with a wide variety of buffer sizing regimes, particularly small buffers, for routers in the network. Each router may include a proces... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110003573 | System and Method for Performing RF Filtering A method of filtering and a RF filtering circuit comprising a LO adapted to generate in-phase and quadrature LO signals; a quadrature passive mixer operatively connected to the LO; a filtering impedance operatively connected to the quadrature passive mixer, wherein the ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110002880 | Material For Wound Healing and Skin Reconstruction The invention relates to a material for wound healing and skin reconstruction containing a peptide, wherein the peptide is a self-assembling peptide which is an amphiphilic peptide having 8 to 200 amino acid residues with periodic repeats of alternating hydrophilic amin... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100281166 | Software Platform and System for Grid Computing A software platform for providing grid computing on a network of computing nodes, comprising a configurable service container executable at the nodes, including message dispatching, communication, network membership and persistence modules, and adapted to host pluggable... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100274291 | Spinal Fixation Mechanism A mechanism for fixing a spinal support to vertebrae includes a support member and a pedicle screw component. The support member comprises an elongated end comprising a longitudinal axis. A hook connects to the elongated end and receives the vertebrae. The hook is angle... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100274094 | Tissue Retraction Apparatus A tissue retraction apparatus comprising a first body including a first body lower surface with a plurality of tracks embedded therein; a second body coupled to the first body that allows rotational movement of the first body relative to the second body, the second body... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100259120 | Unlocking Actuator An unlocking actuator for automatic unlocking of vehicle seat and manual unlocking of vehicle seat. Rotary torque generated by an electric motor in order to unlock a vehicle seat is transmitted to a rotary gear which is thereby rotated. A substantially sectorial inserti... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253009 | Gasket for Food Processing Plant, Piping Joint Structure for Food Processing Plant Using the Gasket and O-Ring for Food Processing Plant The present invention relates to a gasket for a food processing plant, a piping joint structure for a food processing plant using the gasket and an O-ring for a food processing plant.... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100248627 | Identification of Make and Model of Communication Devices over Bluetooth Protocol Embodiments herein provide methods and systems for identifying make and model, and other features of a communication device using the MAC ID, profile name and services offered on the communication device. Also, disclosed herein is a method of building a database where a... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100229306 | Infant Head Cradle A head-restraint system includes a rotatable base portion; a stationary platform positioned underneath the base portion, wherein the platform supports the base portion; a rotatable head cradle positioned within an open region of the base portion; a first pivoting mechan... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100227596 | Method and system to enable users to request for a specific content, action and information over a Bluetooth Network Embodiments herein disclose a method and system for a user to access content and information present on the content server on his communication device without having subscribed to any data access plans or without installation of any application on his communication devi... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100227304 | VIRTUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SCHOOL CITY SYSTEM A virtual school system includes a school management side system with a teacher's terminal and a server computer connected to the teacher's terminal by way of LAN, and a student side system including a plurality of student's terminals connected to the server computer by... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100220242 | Area and Power Efficient Architectures of Time Deinterleaver for ISDB-T Receivers A method and apparatus for de-interleaving interleaved data in a deinterleaver memory in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) based Integrated Services Digital Broadcasting Terrestrial (ISDB-T) receiver. In different embodiments, the apparatus comprises ... | 09/02/2010 |
| 20100211858 | Scalable VLIW Processor For High-Speed Viterbi and Trellis Coded Modulation Decoding An application specific processor to implement a Viterbi decode algorithm for channel decoding functions of received symbols. The Viterbi decode algorithm is at least one of a Bit Serial decode algorithm, and block based decode algorithm. The application specific proces... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211762 | Mechanism for Efficient Implementation of Software Pipelined Loops in VLIW Processors A system to implement a zero overhead software pipelined (SFP) loop includes a Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) processor having an N number of execution slots. The VLIW processor executes a plurality of instructions in parallel without any limitation of an instruction... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100211649 | Method and System for Sending Message with Geographic Reference Methods and systems for sending messages with a location token as a geographic location reference. A method for sending a message with location token from a sending station in a communications network, where user initiates a request by selecting a location, the sending ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100202436 | Timing Synchronization in Wireless Mesh Networks A system for synchronizing time amongst a plurality of wireless network devices in a wireless network is provided, where a message is exchanged between a transmitting wireless device and a receiving wireless device. Such a system includes: a controller that inserts sync... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100198799 | Method and Apparatus for Software Simulation A software simulation method and program storage device for software defect detection and obtaining insight into software code is disclosed, where simulation consists of executing target software program code for multiple input values and multiple code paths at the same... | 08/05/2010 |
| 20100174739 | System and Method for Wikifying Content for Knowledge Navigation and Discovery Systems, methods and computer program products for navigating concepts found in data produced by intellectuals in a knowledge discovery process are disclosed. The present invention utilizes data sources and facilities for enabling community-based contributions for ident... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100174675 | Data Structure, System and Method for Knowledge Navigation and Discovery Data structures, systems, methods and computer program products that enable precise information retrieval and extraction, and thus facilitate relational and associative discovery are disclosed. The present invention utilizes a novel data structure termed a “Knowlet”... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100174322 | Biased Bumper Mechanism and Method A dynamic screw assembly includes a screw head having a pair of diametrically opposed arms, a slot between the arms, an inwardly curved bottom portion, an outwardly protruding and expandable bulbous end extending from the inwardly curved bottom portion and an opening po... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100174313 | Sealed Lubrication System and Method for Dynamic Stabilization System A dynamic screw assembly includes a fixation component that connects to a vertebral body, the fixation component includes at least one inlet to allow a lubricant to pass inside the fixation component, a ring member coupled to the fixation component, a stopper sealing at... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100137988 | Compliant Interbody Fusion Device With Deployable Bone Anchors An interbody fusion implant with deployable bone anchors includes a support member, a monolithic body that accommodates the support member, and a longitudinal hole along a vertical length of the support member. The support member includes a first end and a second end. T... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100101642 | Large-Area Transparent Electroconductive Film and Method of Making the Same A large-area transparent electroconductive film having a high visible light transmittance, a suitable haze and a low sheet resistance and having an excellent in uniformity on a film surface and which does not require special crystal orientation. The large-area transpare... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100100016 | PLATFORM ASSEMBLY FOR A VIBRATION EXERCISER A platform assembly for a vibration exerciser has a base, a platform, a vibration generator and a resilient assembly. The platform is connected operationally to the base and has a bottom. The vibration generator is attached to the bottom of the platform to make the plat... | 04/22/2010 |
| 20100094923 | File Distribution in Wireless Networks File distribution in wireless mesh networks of devices interconnected in the wireless communications network including a gateway device and a remote device. The gateway device may include gateway storage unit with enumerated storage blocks, together forming the file, a ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100091395 | CORE MODULE WITH MULTIPLE LAYERS AND A WATER FILTER WITH THE CORE MODULE A core module for a water filter with multiple layers has an outer filtering barrel, an activated carbon rod and an inner filtering barrel. The activated carbon rod is mounted in a central channel of the outer filtering barrel. The inner filtering barrel is mounted in a... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100070034 | CERVICAL INTRA-LAMINA FUSION IMPLANT DEVICE AND METHOD A cervical intra-laminar fusion implant to be placed in cervical lamina includes a first lateral surface including a first arched edge, a second lateral surface positioned opposite to the first lateral surface, the second lateral surface including a plurality of posteri... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100057141 | MULTI-ANCHOR ANTI-BACK OUT MECHANISM AND METHOD A medical device and apparatus comprising a primary anchor component comprising a circular end comprising a first opening; a primary shaft extending from the circular end and comprising a second opening; a primary tip end positioned opposite to the circular end; and an ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100041571 | Multiplexed Lateral Flow Assay Arrays A diagnostic test device comprising at least one membrane disposed in any of one, two, and three dimensions; at least one test sample fluid input port that receives and transfers at least one test sample fluid and onto the at least one membrane; at least one contiguous ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20100020736 | INTERLEAVER ADDRESS GENERATION IN TURBO DECODERS FOR MEDIAFLO COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS Address generation for interleaving in a wireless communication system includes at least one input generation module to generate at least one input signal. A first address generator module and a second address generator module generate a first output address for interle... | 01/28/2010 |
| 20090323871 | Application of Superfast Algorithms to a Pilot-Based Channel Estimation Process An apparatus and method of applying a superfast algorithm to a pilot-based channel estimation process includes receiving a signal comprising information bits transmitted in a wireless channel, executing the pilot-based channel estimation process having p structures for ... | 12/31/2009 |
