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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 |
| 20110047471 | Apparatus and Methods for Associating a User's Activity in Relation to a Physical Location with a Virtual Community A system permits a user's activity in relation to a physical location to be associated with a virtual community web site and, therefore, with a virtual community created by the web site. Users indicate their presence at, or association with, a physical location by sendi... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110046573 | Anti-Drawback Medical Valve A gland member within a medical valve is configured to have a substantially consistent or enlarging internal volume as the valve transitions from a closed mode to an open mode. To that end, the valve has a housing forming an interior containing a flow path, and a statio... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043210 | MRI-Safe Implant Electronics A power supply arrangement for an implantable electronic system is described. An MRI power supply arrangement cooperates with an implantable power supply circuit to provide a high output impedance for implanted circuitry during magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110041609 | Offset Detection and Compensation for Micromachined Inertial Sensors Error sources relating to the drive signal applied to the resonator of an inertial sensor, such as in-phase offset errors relating to the drive signal and/or electronic pass-through of the drive signal to accelerometer sense electronics, are detected by modulating the d... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110040168 | System and Method for Predicting Future Fractures A method of predicting bone or articular disease in a subject includes determining one or more micro-structural parameters, one or more macroanatomical parameters or biomechanical parameters of a joint in the subject and combining at least two of the parameters to predi... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110038052 | Prismatic Laminate and Method for Making The Same A method for making a prismatic laminate includes the steps of: a) forming a back-coating roller having a roller surface with a plurality of recesses arranged in a predetermined pattern and produced by laser holography; b) preparing a prismatic structure including a pla... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110036360 | Methods and Devices for Analysis of X-Ray Images The present invention relates to methods and devices for analyzing x-ray images. In particular, devices, methods and algorithms are provided that allow for the accurate and reliable evaluation of bone structure from x-ray images.... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110035565 | Storage System Condition Indicator and Method A storage system condition indicator and method provides a visual display representing the operating condition of a set of storage devices. Various operating conditions may be defined based on available storage capacity and capacity to store data redundantly. One or mor... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110034857 | Implantable Fluid Delivery Apparatuses and Implantable Electrode An electrode for an implantable prosthesis includes a flexible front end including one or more metal contacts and a back end including one or more metal contacts. The electrode has a cross-sectional shape along the electrode, and the cross-sectional shape has a disconti... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110033154 | Connector for Multiple Optical Fibers and Installation Apparatus The present invention comprises a connector comprising shape memory material such as a shape memory alloy, an optical fiber conduit and an axial stress opening traversing the connector from the connector surface to the fiber conduit and along at least a portion of a lon... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030474 | Inertial Sensors with Reduced Sensitivity to Quadrature Errors and Micromachining Inaccuracies Inertial sensors with reduced sensitivity to quadrature errors and micromachining inaccuracies include a gyroscope incorporating two specially-configured single-axis gyroscopes for sensing rotations about two orthogonal axes (the axes of sensitivity) in the device plane... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110029093 | Patient-adapted and improved articular implants, designs and related guide tools Methods and devices are disclosed relating improved articular models, implant components, and related guide tools and procedures. In addition, methods and devices are disclosed relating articular models, implant components, and/or related guide tools and procedures that... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110029091 | Patient-Adapted and Improved Orthopedic Implants, Designs, and Related Tools Methods and devices are disclosed relating improved articular models, implant components, and related guide tools and procedures. In addition, methods and devices are disclosed relating articular models, implant components, and/or related guide tools and procedures that... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110028915 | Medical Valve with Improved Back-Pressure Sealing A medical valve transitions between an open mode that permits fluid flow, and a closed mode that prevents fluid flow. To that end, the medical valve has a housing with an inlet and an outlet, a rigid member movably mounted within the housing, and a resilient member with... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026732 | System for Detecting and Reducing Noise via a Microphone Array A system for detecting noise in a signal received by a microphone array and a method for detecting noise in a signal received by a microphone array is disclosed. The system also provides for the reduction of noise in a signal received by a microphone array and a method ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026674 | Walk-Through Shoe Inspection System An apparatus and method for x-ray inspection of footwear while the footwear is worn on the feet of walking persons. A source of penetrating radiation, such as an x-ray tube, mounted on one side of a system, provides a fan beam of penetrating radiation contained in a sub... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026673 | Top-Down X-Ray Inspection Trailer A system and method for inspecting a vehicle by means of one or more sources and detectors of penetrating radiation. The source(s) and detector(s) are carried on a mobile conveyance and deployed at a point of operation. One source swings away from the conveyance on a de... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110026009 | Surface Mapping by Optical Manipulation of Particles in Relation to a Functionalized Surface Methods and apparatus for analyzing surface properties of particles are provided. A method for analyzing the surface properties of the particle includes a associating a first particle with a first capture zone having a specific binding affinity for a first chemical spec... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023952 | PHOTOVOLTAIC CELL WITH SEMICONDUCTOR FINGERS A photovoltaic cell has a semiconductor substrate formed from semiconductor material doped by a first dopant type, and a doped region over at least a portion of the substrate. The doped region is doped by a second dopant type that is opposite to that of the first dopant... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023814 | Isochoric Heat Addition Engines and Methods Engines and methods execute a high efficiency hybrid cycle, which is implemented in a volume within an engine. The cycle includes isochoric heat addition and over-expansion of the volume within the engine, wherein the volume is reduced in a compression portion of the cy... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023045 | Targeted communication to resource consumers A method of communicating to a consumer is disclosed. The consumer's usage of a resource is compared to a relevant cohort's usage of the resource. Based at least in part on a result of the comparison, a message is selected to be provided to the consumer.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022835 | Secure Communication Using Asymmetric Cryptography and Light-Weight Certificates Encrypted communications between servers and client devices over an unsecured channel, such as the Internet, without using a public key infrastructure are disclosed. Messages to a client device are encrypted using an encryption key of an authorized individual, regardles... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022429 | Resource reporting A method of communicating a consumer's usage of a resource is disclosed. The consumer's usage of the resource is compared to usage of the resource by a relevant cohort that is not based solely on geography. A result of the comparison is communicated to the consumer.... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110022120 | Magnetic Attachment Arrangement for Implantable Device A magnet arrangement is described for use in implantable devices. An implantable housing contains a portion of an implantable electronic system. A cylindrical implant magnet arrangement within the housing includes multiple adjacent magnetic sections wherein at least two... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019835 | Speaker Localization The present invention relates to a method for localizing a sound source, in particular, a human speaker, comprising detecting sound generated by the sound source by means of a microphone array comprising more than two microphones and obtaining microphone signals, one fo... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019155 | Method and Apparatus for Real-Time Projection onto an Object of Data Obtained from 3-D Measurement Methods and apparatus for projecting a tangible image of data characterizing an object onto a surface of the object itself. Three-dimensional measurements of the object are obtained, the measurements are processed for projection, and a tangible image is projected onto t... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110017917 | Multiple Image Collection and Synthesis for Personnel Screening An apparatus and method for inspecting personnel or their effects. A first and second carriage each carries a source for producing a beam of penetrating radiation incident on a given subject. A positioner provides for relative motion of each beam vis-à-vis the subject ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110016221 | Brokerage Transaction Server and Method Using Encapsulated Messages Brokerage transactions servers and related methods are provided having low latency. In a first embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of processing exchange transaction information for exchange brokerage purposes in an inbound digital message stream in a... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110013818 | 3D Medical Image Segmentation A treatment planning apparatus comprises a means for receiving a three dimensional representation of a patient, a means for displaying at least a part of the representation, a means for user-designation of sub-regions of the representation, and a computing means adapted... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011736 | Disposable Cartridge for an Electrolytic Cell Illustrative embodiments of the present invention are directed to a cartridge for use with an electrolytic cell having an interface. The cartridge includes a reservoir for containing a catholyte solution. The reservoir is removably coupleable with the cell. The cartridg... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110011253 | Stress Induced Crystallographic Phase Transformation and Texturing in Tubular Products Made of Cobalt and Cobalt Alloys A method of producing a cobalt-based tubular product includes forming a cobalt or cobalt alloy tubular workpiece having at least about 30% by weight of fcc phase and subjecting the workpiece to at least about a 20% wall reduction at a temperature below a recrystallizati... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110010460 | Brokerage Transaction Server and Method Using Encapsulated Messages Brokerage transactions servers and related methods are provided having low latency. A transaction fuser operates to split incoming order flow into multiple independent streams of data, all of which can be processed in parallel without dependencies between them, allowing... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110009788 | Orthotic Device with Removably Attachable Actuator An orthotic device adapted to use one or more actuators includes a frame having a first section and a second section movably coupled to the first section in a coupling region to permit relative motion of the sections about a pivot axis. The frame is configured to receiv... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20110004274 | Cochlear Implant Stimulation with Low Frequency Channel Privilege A system and method for activating stimulation electrodes in cochlear implant electrode is described. A preprocessor filter bank processes an input acoustic audio signal to generate band pass signals that each represent an associated band of audio frequencies. An inform... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20110003218 | Device, Method and System for Producing Thermal and/or Kinetic and Electrical Energy The present concerns an apparatus (5, 105) for energy production from a hydrocarbon mixture (15) having at least one dehydrogenatable compound, in particular from a hydrocarbon-based fuel, preferably from kerosene, comprising a tank (10, 110) for pr... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100331388 | Crystalline Duloxetine Hydrochloride Crystalline duloxetine hydrochloride, compositions containing the same and methods for the production thereof.... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100329530 | Patient Selectable Knee Joint Arthroplasty Devices Disclosed herein are methods and devices for repairing articular surfaces in a knee joint. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable for each patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. Kits are also provided to enable customi... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100327591 | Kinetic Energy Recovery Turbine The invention consists of developing an environmentally friendly new energy converter using light weight material. The energy converter shall be fully submersed in running undercurrents waters and have high overall efficiency ratio. The energy converter consists of, amo... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100322462 | Liquid Level Detection Method A liquid level detection method includes capturing an image of a liquid surface, a structural surface, and graduation markings provided on the structural surface using an image-capturing device to thereby obtain an initial image. Subsequently, the initial image is proce... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100322446 | Spatial Audio Object Coding (SAOC) Decoder and Postprocessor for Hearing Aids An audio processor device for a hearing impaired listener is described. An input signal decoder decodes an audio input data signal into a corresponding multi-channel audio output representing multiple audio objects and associated side information. An audio processor adj... | 12/23/2010 |
