Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946730 | Light emitting diode replacement lamp The invention is a replacement for a conventional incandescent or halogen light bulb. Besides providing regular illumination, it has advantages over a conventional bulb while maintaining the bulb's decorative function, such as visual effects associated with the bulb... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7449449 | Particle-mediated transformation of vertebrate tissue cells A method of transferring a gene to vertebrate cells is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing microprojectiles, the microprojectiles carrying polynucleic acid sequences, the sequences comprising, in the 5′ to 3′ direction, a regulatory seque... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7419816 | Attenuated rabies virus with nucleoprotein mutation at the phosphorylation site for vaccination against rabies and gene therapy in the CNS A mutant virus contains a mutation at a phosphorylation site in one or more viral proteins, which attenuates the virus, and an improved vaccine composition. The invention also relates to methods of inducing an immune response, and protecting mammals from infection b... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7401679 | Adaptor for mounting a sound tube in an earpiece The present invention relates to mounting of a sound tube inside a shell of a hearing aid. The invention provides a sound tube adaptor, a tool for insertion of the adaptor and a method for attaching a sound tube to a shell, the sound tube adaptor facilitating attach... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7404086 | Method and apparatus for biometric authentication A biometric authentication method and system may be implemented in a client server architecture to provide substantial access control security and ease of administration. Users are enrolled in the system by providing multiple biometric measurements which are stored ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400093 | Standing wave particle beam accelerator A method for generating an electron beam includes prescribing a location, and generating an envelope of electrons, the envelope having a waist, wherein the generating is performed such that the waist of the envelope is at or adjacent to the prescribed location. A de... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400634 | MAC address learning apparatus In a network providing a wide-area LAN service which allows communications to be performed between user networks (12, 13) via a carrier network (11), edge switches (14, 15) each comprise: a tentative learning registration means (16) which... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400098 | Method and apparatus for applying adaptive precharge to an electroluminescence display According to the present invention, a display driver includes a voltage and current source that drive pixels and compensate for parasitic voltage to produce row pixels having intensities that are relatively uncorrelated to the number of “ON” pixels in a given ro... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400094 | Standing wave particle beam accelerator having a plurality of power inputs A device for generating a particle beam includes a particle source, and a structure having a first section and a second section, the first section coupled to the particle source, the first section having a first power input, and the second section having a second po... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396293 | Hollow golf club A golf club with improved performance over a larger percentage of the strike face, including the lower extremities of the face, is disclosed and claimed. The club head has a coefficient of restitution that approaches substantial uniformity across the face. The golf ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395033 | Radio communication apparatus A plurality of carriers are divided into two systems, one on a low-frequency side and the other on a high-frequency side, a transmitting unit that executes processing for transmitting a signal wirelessly is provided in each of the two systems, and output lines of tr... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393755 | Dummy fill for integrated circuits A method and system are described to reduce process variation as a result of the electrochemical deposition (ECD), also referred to as electrochemical plating (ECP), and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) processing of films in integrated circuit manufacturing proc... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7392255 | Federated system and methods and mechanisms of implementing and using such a system A federated system and methods and mechanisms of implementing and using such a system is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more mappings are created between a taxonomy view at a node and one or more taxonomies of one or more data sources. The one or more data s... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7389284 | Method and mechanism for efficient processing of remote-mapped queries A method and mechanism for reducing the expense of data transmissions and storage between a first node and a second for a remote-mapped query or a query involving a distributed join operation is disclosed. Data prefetching can be utilized to predictably retrieve inf... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7389538 | Static code image modeling and recognition A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a content stream having an operation code and an operand, and building a new stream by either adding data to the operation code or removing the operand from the content stream. A method for processin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7385682 | Cytometer A cytometer includes an illuminating unit having a laser and a light beam shaping module for shaping and converging the laser beam emitted from the laser. A sample generation unit includes a gas-liquid transmission controlling module and a flow chamber which are con... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386615 | Method and system for reliably de-allocating resources in a networked computing environment A system and method is disclosed that allows resources to be shared among multiple entities, but which can appropriately release system resources after the failure or shutdown of the calling entity. In one approach, a monitoring entity is available to check for sess... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7386813 | Transformation of simple subset of PSL into SERE implication formulas for verification with model checking and simulation engines using semantic preserving rewrite rules The disclosure presents a formulation to support simulatable subset (also known as ‘simple-subset’) of a property specification language. This method is applicable for model checking and simulation. In this formulation, the ‘simple-subset’ is transformed to ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7384343 | Method and imager for determining the point of impact on a putter face Imaging circuitry integrated into a golf club head, such as a putter, obtains an image from as the golf club head strikes a golf ball as well as successive images after the golf ball is struck, such n | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383521 | Characterization and reduction of variation for integrated circuits A method and system are described to reduce process variation as a result of the semiconductor processing of films in integrated circuit manufacturing processes. The described methods use process variation and electrical impact to modify the design and manufacture o... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379232 | Fiber optic link gain control An optical attenuator is included within an aircraft decoy driver system for driving a fiber optic towed decoy system to compensate for variability in the fiber optic connection to the towed decoy system. The attenuator is controlled by a control signal from the tow... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380220 | Dummy fill for integrated circuits A method and system are described to reduce process variation as a result of the electrochemical deposition (ECD), also referred to as electrochemical plating (ECP), and chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) processing of films in integrated circuit manufacturing proc... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7378972 | RFID tag In an RFID tag, a ground portion attached to a magnetic recording medium so as to be electromagnetically coupled to a metal surface inside the magnetic recording medium in a high-frequency band, a monopole portion provided on a same plane as the ground portion and i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380239 | Method and mechanism for diagnosing computer applications using traces A method and mechanism for diagnosis of computer applications using traces is disclosed. Trace messages can be materialized using a markup language syntax. Hyperlinks can be placed in the trace messages to facilitate navigation between sets of related traces. Specif... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7375163 | Cement admixture for improved slump life Described are polymers and cement admixtures which reduce drop in fluidity with time. Said admixture comprises at least one polymer of the present invention and at least one polymer A. The polymer of the present invention comprises side chains of which at least 10 w... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376937 | Method and mechanism for using a meta-language to define and analyze traces A method and mechanism for utilizing a meta-language to define and analyze traces is disclosed. A set of trace format grammars can be defined for traces. Each trace format grammar is preferably compliant with guidelines for a meta-language grammar. The trace format ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7376864 | Method and system for diagnostic preservation of the state of a computer system A method and system for diagnostic preservation of the state of resources in a computer system after a failure is disclosed. An aspect of the invention is directed to the real-time diagnostic analysis of a computer system after a failure, in which the state of resou... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373620 | Methods and mechanisms for extracting and reducing capacitor elements A method of extracting capacitance from a layout record includes imposing voltages on conductors in a layout record, and determining a total charge for each of the conductors to obtain a capacitor element for the conductors. A method of extracting capacitance from a... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373618 | Method and system for selection and replacement of subcircuits in equivalence checking A system, method, computer program, and article of manufacture for generating a golden circuit including datapath components for equivalence checking of synthesized revised circuit. The method includes generating a set of static, dynamic and derived candidates for t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371840 | Isolation and characterization of , a gene overexpressed in endometrioid carcinomas of ovary and endometrium This invention provides an isolated polynucleotide encoding an ECA1 polypeptide. Also provided is the isolated ECA1 polypeptide Further provided is an antibody that specifically recognizes and binds the ECA1 polypeptide or an epitope thereof. The polynucleotides, an... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370062 | SQL predicate migration A method of rewriting a Structured Query Language (SQL) statement in order to prevent processing of a join between a master table and a detail table in a database is disclosed. The method includes determining in the SQL statement a unique identifier to a row of the ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367897 | COR adjustment device A golf club head with a variable coefficient of restitution is disclosed and claimed. The club head includes a bias member that contacts and exerts a force against the interior surface of the face. The force exerted against the interior of the face lessens the face ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369158 | Launch monitor system with a calibration fixture and a method for use thereof The present invention is directed to a launch monitor system that measures flight characteristics of an object moving in a predetermined field-of-view. The system includes a support structure, a lighting unit, a camera unit disposed on the support structure, and a c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365690 | Antenna device An antenna device is disclosed. An antenna such as a dipole antenna and a parallel feeder each formed of a conductor pattern are disposed on a dielectric plate. The connector is connected to the antenna through the parallel feeder. The parallel feeder has a length o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367006 | Hierarchical, rules-based, general property visualization and editing method and system A hierarchical, rule-based, general property visualization and editing system, method, and computer program for circuit designs is provided. A general rules dictionary is created or obtained that determines how the rules will be applied to the circuit design hierarc... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7367008 | Adjustment of masks for integrated circuit fabrication A pattern-dependent model is used to predict characteristics of an integrated circuit that is to be fabricated in accordance with a design by a process. The process includes (a) a fabrication process that will impart topographical variation to the integrated circuit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365615 | Method and apparatus for digital synthesis of microwaves Conductor segments are positioned within a two conductor transmission line in order to generate microwave pulses. The conductor segments are switchably coupled to one or the other of the transmission lines in parallel. Microwave pulses may be induced in the transmis... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7363584 | Method and article for interactive data exploration A markup programming technique is described which directs a rendering agent to display at least two charts at the same time and, in response to a cursor operation over one of the charts, to replace the other chart. The cursor operation need not be a mouse click and ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363538 | Cost/benefit based checkpointing while maintaining a logical standby database A method, system, and computer program product for generating checkpoint information in a database management system that determines the frequency of checkpointing of transactions based on a cost/benefit tradeoff analysis. A method for generating checkpointing infor... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363099 | Integrated circuit metrology Sites to be measured on a device that is to be fabricated using at least one fabrication process, are selected based on a pattern-dependent model of the process. A metrology tool to measure a parameter of a semiconductor device includes a control element to select s... | 04/22/2008 |
