Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| 20100284560 | AUDIO TRANSDUCER An audio transducer for use in a loudspeaker system. The transducer includes a pair of flexible, curved diaphragms, with each diaphragm having a distal end and a proximal end. The curved diaphragms form hemi-cylindrical lobes being substantially tangent to one another a... | 11/11/2010 |
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| 20100114599 | SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION PATIENT CARE OUTCOMES A system for providing healthcare providers, hospitals, and health plans with quality and cost data for risk-adjusted outcomes for patients within clinical service lines. The system integrates with the provider's or hospital's existing data management systems and source... | 05/06/2010 |
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| 20100051814 | STIMULATED EMISSION AND ENHANCED DETECTION OF CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS A method and apparatus for remotely detecting, locating, and identifying chemicals and chemical compounds through optically opaque materials. Electromagnetic radiation in the Terahertz range emitted from an antenna array is modulated to excite target molecules. The appa... | 03/04/2010 |
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| 20100043181 | NAPKIN BAND NOTE SYSTEM A napkin or eating utensil band, wrap or holder imprinted with a quotation or written material. The napkin band may be made of paper, ribbon, cardboard, cloth, foil, metal, plastic, glass or any other suitable material. One or both surfaces of the napkin band may be imp... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20100000763 | UNIVERSAL VARIABLE TRANSMISSION LINE HANGER A universal cable hanger or clamp that can accommodate a variety of cable sizes, and can be mounted on a variety of structures in a various ways. The hanger comprises a fixed block with a movable block, where the fixed block can be clamped or attached to a fixed structu... | 01/07/2010 |
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| 20090304368 | COMMUTATOR MOTOR COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE ANGULAR POSITION AND ROTATIONAL SPEED OF THE ARMATURE THEREOF An electric commutator motor comprising a housing and a shaft which is solidly connected to a rotor. The housing comprises a stator and supply brushes which can be connected to an electric power source. The rotor is solidly connected to a commutator with bars, and compr... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090292626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE MAP, DATABASE, AND SOCIAL NETWORKING ENGINE A system and method for selling or assigning locations to a purchaser. The location can be identified or delineated in several ways. Location identifiers may be used separately or in conjunction with each other. Sale of a particular location may be exclusive, partially-... | 11/26/2009 |
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| 20090234671 | PATHOLOGY LAB MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and related methods for receiving, processing, managing, reviewing, analyzing, evaluating, and reporting information about pathology specimens and specimen handling. A system in accordance with the present invention provides a functional data environment for re... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090229386 | ELECTRIC POWER TAKE OFF MECHANISM A PTO engagement assembly comprising an electric motor mechanically connected to a lever arm through a set or series of gears. The electric motor turns both forward and backward, causing the lever arm to move forward and backward as well. A cable looped around the end o... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090228330 | HEALTHCARE OPERATIONS MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD An automated and quantitative way to measure patient experience by tapping into existing hospital information systems and aggregating all pertinent information that impacts patient experience, and compiling this information into a meaningful patient experience index. Ap... | 09/10/2009 |
| 20090216570 | TRAVEL RESERVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method to identify Small and Disadvantaged Business (SDB) travel suppliers and account for the SDB expenditures. SDB suppliers submit their information to the system for inclusion in an SDB database. Initially, the suppliers self-certify their status. Statu... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090197227 | RELATIONSHIP PERFORMANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD An apparatus for negotiating a work role relationship between two participants, comprising a Dialog and Agreement Board with multiple in-dialog areas where participants place one or more cards representing elements or parts of the work role relationship or personal char... | 08/06/2009 |
| 20090183504 | COMPRESSED AIR ENGINE AND POWER TRAIN SYSTEM An engine and drive train system suitable for personal or commercial transportation vehicles. The system converts the expansive energy of compressed air or gas into mechanical energy to produce motion or force. The engine of the present invention further uses the intrin... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090181777 | NETWORK COMPUTER GAME LINKED TO REAL-TIME FINANCIAL DATA A network-based computer game that both uses real-time financial data to affect game state and uses participants' actions to determine and engage in financial transactions. A game server receives financial data on market conditions (such as currency markets) from a fina... | 07/16/2009 |
| 20090177967 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERNET RADIO SERVICE A stand-alone desktop application (i.e., client) that resides on an end user's local computer and receives customized music playlists and content via the Internet from a network of distributed servers. The end user may install the application in a variety of ways, inclu... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090159307 | MAGNETIC LIGHT SWITCH COVER PLATE A light switch cover plate with small but powerful neodymium (NIB) magnets, or other forms or types of strong magnets, located on the back or just beneath the surface of the cover. The magnets may be located 1 to 2 inches below the openings for the light switch, althoug... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090157015 | Apparatus and method of applying sunscreen or similar liquid A central body or device adapted to take payment in a variety of means and dispense sunscreen, insect repellant, hand sanitizers, or similar lotions, gels, or liquids. The sunscreen (or similar lotion, gel or liquid) may be dispensed in foil packets, plastic bladders, g... | 06/18/2009 |
