Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7940685 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method that can comprise establishing a tunnel between a monitor and at least one router; sending a message to join a multicast transmission; and/or transmitting a packet via the tunnel to a router. The packet can comprise a s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938622 | Tapered helical auger turbine to convert hydrokinetic energy into electrical energy A helical auger turbine and hydrokinetic device for use with electrical generators for producing electricity. The auger turbine includes a generally helical turbine blade rotatably mounted on a central shaft, which may be tapered at each end, and a flange extending ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937888 | Foliage lifter A vineyard trellis system that includes a ground anchored upright post, at least one foliage wire passing by the post and having a supporting interengagement with the post, and lifting means arranged to effect a lifting or lowering of the wire in relation to the pos... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934305 | Process for manufacturing a fluidtight slide fastener A fluidtight slide fastener comprising a pair of tapes both delimited by two opposite long edges and by two opposite short edges. Each tape comprises a textile material strip coated with a fluid barrier material layer on at least opposite faces thereof, the strip re... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933957 | Tracking email and instant messaging (IM) thread history Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, email messages and IM chat session transcripts are threaded to each other so that an email thread history may be traced back to an IM chat sessio... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933782 | Quality assurance scorecard for diagnostic medical agent administration The present invention relates to a method and apparatus where pre-defined diagnostic medical agent administration data are prospectively collected and analyzed, in order to provide an objective contrast administration risk-benefit analysis, and provide an impartial ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933586 | Systems, methods and devices for reliable asynchronous message transmissions A system and method composing, sending and receiving voicemail transmissions in an asynchronous manner is disclosed wherein mobile device users can compose and store audio messages in their respective local devices whereby the messages are subsequently forwarded to ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7924813 | System, device, and method for providing data to a call participant Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a method comprising a plurality of activities, comprising: via a CPE telephony device simultaneously connectable to a POTS connection and to a connection to a data network: facilitating, via the POTS connection, a PSTN call, an... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921160 | Initiating instant messaging (IM) chat sessions from email messages Systems and methods for integrating instant messaging (IM) services and email services are described. In one embodiment, among others, an email message is received and an IM chat session is automatically initiated from the email message. In some embodiments, the ini... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7911690 | Firearm sighting device for viewing around obstacles A viewing device (10) includes a body enclosing a first reflective surface or mirror (40), second reflective surface or mirror (42) and a mechanism for securing the body to a conventional sighting device or telescope (82) on a firearm. Fi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911109 | Permanent-magnet mono-phase synchronous electric motor with improved stator structure, in particular for discharge pumps of washing machines and similar household appliances The invention regards a permanent-magnets mono-phase synchronous electric motor (7) for washing machines and the like, in particular for washing pumps (1), with improved stator (4) structure and of the type centrally comprising a permanent-magne... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7911074 | Tapered helical auger turbine to convert hydrokinetic energy into electrical energy A helical auger turbine and hydrokinetic device for use with electrical generators for producing electricity. The auger turbine includes a generally helical turbine blade rotatably mounted on a central shaft, which may be tapered at each end, and a flange extending ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909198 | Tamper evident enclosure for the storage and transport of bank notes A tamper-evident enclosure for the storage and transport of bank notes comprises a frame spanned by a membrane of elasticated material. The frame is located in the top of an open-topped container and bank notes are pushed through the frame, deflecting flaps, until t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908898 | Method and device for the integral molding of a flange to the end of a round or oval pipe of thin-walled sheet metal and pipe produced by the method The invention proposes a method for the integral molding of a flange (5) onto the end of a round or oval pipe (11) of thin-walled sheet metal. This method takes place in two stages. In a first stage, for the purpose of accumulating material, a sectiona... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7906335 | Culture medium for the production of filamentary fungi A culture medium for filamentary fungi comprising at least one carbon source chosen from the group consisting of molasses, malt extract and sucrose and at least one organic nitrogen source chosen from yeast extract and corn steep liquor is described; a method for pr... | 03/15/2011 |
| D634209 | Container for chemical diffuser | 03/15/2011 |
| D633765 | Electric scissors | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897130 | Process for synthesis gas production A process for obtaining a synthesis gas (GS) at a predetermined high pressure corresponding to the ammonia synthesis pressure, in which there are hydrogen and nitrogen in a 3/1 molar ratio, comprising the steps of feeding a continuous flow of natural gas to a primar... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7896586 | Indexable insert The invention relates to an indexable insert having a first and a second insert surfaces (10a, 10b), three side faces (11, 12, 13) and a cutting projection (2), wherein the cutting projection (2) comprises at least on... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894579 | Managing emergency services on a per-telephone-number basis Computer readable storage media containing computer executable instructions for performing methods for managing emergency services on a per-communication-address basis in a call distributor are described herein. A plurality of different communications addresses may ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891851 | Headlamp with long-distance illumination without glaring effect A headlamp, developed especially for motor vehicle illumination, wherein the light source and reflector surfaces are fully concealed from the oncoming traffic users, having a light plane with fully adjusted height, operating according to the half-lens illumination p... | 02/22/2011 |
| D633191 | Container for volatilizing chemicals | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888300 | Cleaning liquid for semiconductor device and cleaning method The invention provides a cleaning liquid for semiconductor devices which is capable of removing deposits on a surface of an object to be cleaned including a photoresist, an antireflective film, an etching residue and an ashing residue at a low temperature in a short... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7887276 | Load port device A mount base is adapted to be fixed to a partition wall which is disposed between a stockyard for temporarily storing a wafer carrier which houses a wafer and a wafer processing device for processing the wafer. A wafer transfer window is provided on the mount base. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886462 | Padded shoe A padded shoe, such as a kicking boot, is disclosed that is lightweight and padded for use in mixed martial arts and other related activities. The padded shoe may be formed from a flexible, resilient sole; a shoe upper adjoined to the sole, wherein at least a portio... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7883514 | Fixation of an intraocular implant to the iris For attaching an intraocular implant having pincher like clamping arms forming a pinching area between end portions of the clamping arms to an iris of an eye, the implant is positioned against a surface of the iris in the anterior chamber of the eye, a passage in a ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883435 | Tunable broadhead A tunable broadhead is disclosed for rotating an elongated body of a broadhead relative to an extension member. The tunable broadhead enables the blades of a broadhead to be rotated relative to an arrow shaft into which the tunable broadhead may be attached to tune ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7882981 | Device for storing and dispensing parts in particular rivets The invention concerns a device for storing and dispensing (D) parts such as rivets comprising a frame (100) provided with zones for receiving (100′) cartridges (200) for storing parts such as rivets displaced by a transporting fluid. The inve... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881434 | Radiographic imaging system A radiographic imaging system comprises: a radiation source for irradiating an examinee with radiation; a radiation detector for detecting radiation that has penetrated the examinee to acquire radiographic image data; image data receiving unit for receiving the radi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7878070 | Chuck body for a chuck, chuck and method for determining a clamping force on such a chuck A chuck body for a clamping chuck for clamping a workpiece has a substantially rotationally symmetrically formed basic body, provided on which is a receiving opening, which is formed as a portion of a cone and is formed for receiving a clamping head in such a way as... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875845 | Automated extraction and purification of samples using optical tweezers An apparatus and method for purifying a forensic sample using an automated extraction and purification system includes optical tweezers; an input channel through which the sample is introduced; a chamber which receives the sample from the input channel; a collection... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7875344 | Steel-plate-reinforcement resin composition, steel plate reinforcing sheet, and reinforcing method of steel plate Steel-plate-reinforcement resin composition that can provide improvement in both of adhesiveness and handleability in a wide temperature range around room temperature, a steel plate reinforcing sheet using the steel-plate-reinforcement resin composition, and a metho... | 01/25/2011 |
| D631535 | Container for volatilizing chemicals | 01/25/2011 |
| 7873823 | Dynamically reconfigurable power-aware, highly scaleable multiplier with reusable and locally optimized structures A large bit width multiplier with multiple copies of a core small bit width multiplier and ROM cells. The present invention provides a power system that trades off processing speed against power dissipation. The present invention reduces power dissipation to about h... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7873031 | Methods and systems for converting signals Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method, comprising: receiving, at a subscriber interface line card, an analog signal from a POTS subscriber loop circuit; quantizing the analog signal into a plurality of digital samples; encoding the plurality of digital samp... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872200 | Wired circuit board and connection structure between wired circuit boards A wired circuit board includes a metal supporting layer, an insulating layer formed on the metal supporting layer and a conductive pattern formed on the insulating layer, and having a terminal portion for connecting to an external terminal. The terminal portion is d... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872154 | Method for the preparation of 4-fluoro-α-[2-methyl-1-oxopropyl]-y-oxo-n-β-diphenylbenzenebutanamide and products therefrom A method for the preparation of 4-fluoro-α-[2-methyl-1-oxopropyl]-γ-oxo-N-β-diphenylbenzenebutanamide also known as 2-[2-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-oxo-1-phenylethyl]-4-methyl-3-oxo-pentanoic acid phenylamide of the formula I containing about 0.1% or less of α-[2-methyl... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7864672 | Method for tracking source and destination internet protocol data In an IP network, tabulating the number of data packets received from and/or sent to a particular IP address over time can provide a mechanism by which it is possible to determine or predict overloading of a node or nodes in an IP data network. By selectively deleti... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7862661 | Device and method for treating the surfaces of substrates The invention relates to a device for treating the surfaces of silicon wafers, comprising transport rollers for transporting the silicon wafer, and at least one conveyor device which wets the surface of the silicon wafer with an aqueous medium on a transport plane w... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861965 | Reel and recording cartridge The reel includes a reel hub that is made of a resin material and is formed into a cylindrical shape, an upper flange that is made of a resin material and is extended integrally outward in a radial direction from one end portion in an axial direction of the reel hub... | 01/04/2011 |
