Did You Know...
...that the x-ray was discovered purely by accident? When German physicist Wilhelm Konrad von Roentgen was experimenting with cathode rays in 1895, he put an activated Crookes tube in a book and went out to lunch. When he returned, he discovered that a key that had also been placed in the book showed up as an image on the developed film!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080235339 | SUBJECT MATTER RESOURCE WEBSITE A method and apparatus for providing searchable data. The method includes the steps of detecting a content capture request from a user and analyzing a screen being viewed by the user to capture a content and format of any information elements displayed on the screen. Th... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080230666 | Dispensing, displaying and containing case for products and object A container, displaying and dispenser shelf for products or objects, which comprises a body formed by 4 elements: two side pieces joined to a base and a front piece, which form an inner space to contain products or objects, said base having a slope suitable for immediat... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080231113 | Multiple device battery charger An improved method of charging multiple batteries and battery powered devices of different types at one time. Utilizing multiple methods of supplying DC power to external batteries, a user can charge a variety of devices at the same time. The power is routed in three di... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080229616 | SANDAL WITH REMOVABLE UPPER Sandals, particularly sandals known as thongs or flip-flops that have removable and interchangeable uppers that allow the wearer to have a single pair of soles and multiple uppers so that they can have multiple colors and styles of sandals without having to buy and stor... | 09/25/2008 |
| 20080227659 | Incrementally Truncated Nucleic Acids and Methods of Making Same A series of methods that utilize the incremental truncation of nucleic acids are described to create a plurality of modified nucleic acids and hybrid polypeptides. A plurality of substantially all possible single base-pair deletions of a given nucleic acid sequence is c... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080226398 | Installation of Underwater Anchorages A method of securing a load bearing structure to the bed of a sea, river or estuary. The method comprises placing the load bearing structure on the bed; forming a pile-receiving hole in the bed by means of drilling equipment which is connected to a surface vessel by fle... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080227650 | Incrementally Truncated Nucleic Acids and Methods of Making Same A series of methods that utilize the incremental truncation of nucleic acids are described to create a plurality of modified nucleic acids and hybrid polypeptides. A plurality of substantially all possible single base-pair deletions of a given nucleic acid sequence is c... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080221992 | Business to Business Marketing System A method and apparatus are provided for marketing products. The method includes the steps of a first vendor contracting with a second vendor under a contract whereby the first vendor pays a commission to the second vendor in exchange for referrals of customers by the se... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080216754 | RAISED DOG FOOD BOWL WITH INTEGRATED FOOD STORAGE An animal feeder includes a storage region having a bottom wall, and sidewalls extending upwards from the bottom wall. The animal feeder further comprises a cover with at least one depression in the cover to receive a feeding bowl. The cover forms an airtight with the s... | 09/11/2008 |
| 20080213450 | Antimicrobials Useful for Beverages A method for reducing the growth of organisms in beverages and food items intended for mammalian consumption utilizes food grade antimicrobials of a blend of an aqueous solution of sodium benzoate and an aqueous solution of potassium sorbate that can be added to beverag... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080212949 | Advanced television system A digital television recording method comprising: broadcasting a television program associated with a broadcaster set of parameters enabling access to a first set of predetermined portions of the program; operating an agent for determining whether to record the program ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080212775 | Novel Trick Mode System A method is described for trick mode playback, the method including selecting a key-frame in a recording substantially in the vicinity of a trick mode playback starting position, preparing a decryption key associated with a key period including the selected key-frame, s... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080212642 | Fluid temperature control device A fluid temperature control device, which includes: a main body block having a passage channel formed in a surface thereof; a thermal conducting plate that is provided on the surface of the main body block, and covers the passage channel to form a passage for passing a ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080213438 | Reduction of Benzene in Beverages and Compositions Therefor Compositions useful for the reduction of the formation of benzene in beverages containing ascorbic acid in the presence of certain transition metals utilize a blend of aqueous solutions of sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate, in an approximate 50%/50% by weight soluti... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080216108 | Application Blocking System A set-top box system for blocking signaled applications from being run on a set-top box, the system comprising an audio/video service receiving module to receive at least one audio/video service, an application receiving module to receive an application, an application ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080209164 | Microprocessor Architectures A microprocessor architecture comprises a plurality of processing elements arranged in a single instruction multiple data SIMD array, wherein each processing element includes a plurality of execution units, each of which is operable to process an instruction of a partic... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080196254 | Rotary Cutters A rotary cutter head assembly for attachment to a head of a rotary cutter comprises an elongate band for attachment around an outer diameter of a rotary cutter head, the band having first and second end regions, an attachment arrangement for securing the first end regio... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080199004 | Cipher System A system including a pseudo-random number generator having a register to store an extended state having a reduced state and a dynamic constant, an initialization module to initialize a part of the extended state based on a Key and/or an Initial Value, a state update mod... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080190285 | DIAPHRAGM DELIVERY PUMP AND PUMPING DIAPHRAGM FOR A DIAPHRAGM DELIVERY PUMP A delivery pump for a delivery fluid comprises at least one valve plate (4), at least one actuatable pumping diaphragm (3) attached to the at least one valve plate (4) in a fluid-tight manner for delivering the delivery fluid, said pumping diaphragm... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080192249 | Portable Device and Method for On-Site Detection and Quantification of Drugs The present invention discloses a portable, reliable, automated and simple device using Spectral Fluorescence Signature technology (SFS) for fast and accurate drug detection, quantification and data storage. The present also discloses a method for using Spectral Fluores... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080186107 | Cellular Antenna An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed net... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080187914 | Induced Heteroduplex Generators Heteroduplex band resolution is found to be improved by modifying the induced heteroduplex generator (IHG) molecule such that the identifier is spaced apart from the nucleotide position immediately adjacent to the site of the polymorphism which is to be genotyped. Unexp... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080189514 | Reconfigurable Logic in Processors A data processor comprises an array of processing elements (PEn 4), each element in the array comprising a respective configurable logic unit (CLU 11), whereby the logic capability of each processing element can be reconfigured at will. Memory (14, ... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080182176 | Rechargeable magnesium battery This invention generally relates to electrochemical cells utilizing magnesium anodes, new solutions and intercalation cathodes. The present invention is a new rechargeable magnesium battery based on magnesium metal as an anode material, a modified Chevrel phase as an in... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080183167 | Skin treatment using a multi-discharge applicator A method for medical treatment includes bringing an applicator, having an array of protrusions disposed thereon, into proximity with a skin surface of a patient so as to maintain a space between a plurality of the protrusions and the skin surface. Radio-frequency (RF) e... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080175400 | COMM-CHECK SURROGATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS A test system includes an instrumented mannequin head coupled to measurement and control circuits. The instrumented head can be located at a test site. Audio from a communications system emitted by a helmet placed on the instrumented head can be evaluated and the system... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080177826 | System And Methods For Servicing Electronic Transactions A service transaction provider for administering a plurality of accounts for a client includes a computer having a processor, a data storage medium, and a network port. The storage medium is configured to store the clients' personal information, account information, and... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080173765 | Airframe structure of an aircraft or spacecraft The present invention provides an airframe structure of an aircraft or spacecraft, with: a hollow body section which can be subjected to an internal pressure; a membrane arrangement which has at least one single-part, multi-curved membrane component for sealing off the ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080175831 | NEUROPROTECTION BY BLOOD FLOW STABILIZATION A treatment is disclosed for alleviation or prevention of abnormal blood flow to various organs such as the eye, brain, kidneys, heart, feet and other tissues of organs with fine vascular networks that can lead to neurodegeneration as is seen in wet age-related macular ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080168324 | Basic Matrix Based on Irregular Ldpc, Codec and Generation Method Thereof Basic matrix based on irregular LDPC codes, codec and generation method thereof. The codec includes an encoding/decoding operation module and a basic matrix storage module. In the stored basic matrix Hb, for all girths with length of 4, any element of i, j, k or l const... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080167614 | Endobronchial fluid exhaler devices and methods for use thereof Apparatus is provided, including a first rotating member configured to be implanted in an airway of a subject and rotated in an inhalation direction by an inhaled flow of fluid in the airway. A mechanical energy accumulator is configured to accumulate energy from the ro... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080158244 | System and method of generating light maps A method and system for generating light maps for use with an out the window, or a night vision goggles display utilizes inputs from a variety of different geographical and structural data sources. These data sources are then used to determine the locations of structure... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080159735 | Bi-Directional Ring Network Having Minimum Spare Bandwidth Allocation And Corresponding Connection Admission Control The present invention provides for a method for reserving spare bandwidth for a link in a communication network including a plurality of links. The method provides for monitoring the volume of traffic routed through each link of the communication network. A single link ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080154548 | Beltless Detector Systems for Combat Vehicles A beltless system for attaching MILES, laser signal-type, sensors to sides of combat vehicles during combat simulations includes at least one mounting magnet attached to each MILES sensor for a vehicle. The sensors can be mounted on respective sides of the vehicle in an... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080154099 | Health monitoring system and method A system for ongoing collection, transmission, storage, analysis, and presentation of physiological and other personal data from individuals is provided. The information is collected through a communications network from sources such as physiological sensors, existing d... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080151747 | Bi-Directional Ring Network Having Minimum Spare Bandwidth Allocation And Corresponding Connection Admission Controls The present invention provides for a method for reserving spare bandwidth for a link in a communication network including a plurality of links. The method provides for monitoring the volume of traffic routed through each link of the communication network. A single link ... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080152561 | MESOPOROUS ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID MATERIALS FOR SEPARATING GASES The invention concerns a method for preparing organic-inorganic hybrid materials with controlled porosity and functionality comprising hydrolysis and condensation polymerization of a compound of formula (I): Z-R1—Si(OR)(OR′)(OR″), with an alkaline or al... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080148069 | Transferring electronic content A method and apparatus for transferring electronic content. The method and apparatus include providing electronic content to a first user, providing the first user with a key packet, the key packet including a decryption key and content rights information, transferring ... | 06/19/2008 |
| 20080134411 | Surgicl Glove A surgical glove adapted to be worn by a user has a portion at the underside of the wrist area of the glove which is enlarged or expandable provides relief from pressure to the wrist of a user wearing the glove during use of the glove. A second enlarged or expandable po... | 06/12/2008 |
| 20080138580 | Imprinted Polymer Support There is disclosed an imprinted polymer support for solid phase organic synthesis (SPOS). The polymer support being obtainable from a method that comprises providing a substrate and a mold, the mold having a defined surface pattern. A composition is placed between the d... | 06/12/2008 |
