Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6431554 | Metal gaskets A metal gasket is disclosed in which a shim laid on a bead plate around bore apertures in the bead plate is varied in radial width along the peripheries of the bore apertures to compensate for sealing stress circumferentially of the bore apertures. The me... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6431343 | Intake device of an automated redemption machine for returnable containers such as bottles, cans and the like An intake device of an automated redemption machine is disclosed for returnable containers, the intake device comprising half-conveyors for transporting the container in an essentially horizontal position and rotator assemblies for rotating the container ... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6427366 | Physical-chemical scale reducing device with flake disintegrating grid for a pressing iron A steam iron composed of: a metal heating body containing a chamber that has a steam generating zone; a water flow path in communication with the chamber, the water flow path including a compartment containing a quantity of a scale reducing agent that is ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6429176 | Rapidly evaporating cleaning compositions Disclosed is a composition of about 20 to about 80 wt % benzotrifluoride and about 20 to about 80 wt % trichloroethylene. Up to about 1 wt % of a stabilizer for the trichloroethylene can be included in the composition.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425486 | Cylindrical screen and a method of manufacturing it In a pressure screening device for separating undesired particles from a fibre suspension a cylindrical screen (2) is provided. The screen has an outer side and an inner side and is provided with a plurality of projections (19) on the outer side of the sc... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6425198 | Method for making a two part reservoir and resulting reservoir A water reservoir for a clothes pressing iron, the reservoir being composed of two plastic parts, and a method for fabricating the reservoir by: simultaneously molding the two parts of one reservoir in a first injection molding step in two impressions of ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6426093 | Synergistic biocidal activity if ternary complexes of negatively-charged biocides (component A), transition metal ions (component B), and neutral chelators (component C) A biocidal composition composed of a ternary complex of a negatively-charged biocide, a transition metal ion and chelator has synergistic biocidal effects as compared with a composition of each of the components alone. The chelator is preferably a neutral... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6421933 | Insole for shoes for soccer, running or similar sports An insole for shoes for soccer, running or similar sports having a contoured plate-like element made of plastics, which has a first through slot composed of a transverse portion which lies ahead of the position of the line of optimum flexing of the foot, ... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424417 | Method and system for controlling the photolithography process A method and a system are presented for automatic optical control of at least one working parameter of a processing tool to be applied to a working area of a workpiece for providing certain process results. The at least one working parameter of the proces... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6424836 | Method for allocating frequency channels for sectors of a cell in cellular systems A cellular system, in which frequency channels are allocated among transceivers which transmit to sectors of a cell, in which adjacent frequencies do not appear in adjacent sectors within the cell. A series of consecutive frequency channels is allocated t... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6423440 | Closed battery and closing member The object of the present invention is to provide a closed battery capable of rapidly releasing the internal pressure thereof and at the same time disconnecting the current to effectively prevent itself from temperature rising and exploding so that in suc... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422573 | Monolayer metal gaskets A monolayer metal gasket is disclosed in which variations in radial width of a core plate around bore apertures help regulate a sealing stress throughout around bore apertures. The monolayer metal gasket is comprised of a core plate extending around the b... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6422526 | Structure of support leg member for seat slide device A structure of support leg member having a pair of reinforcing pieces formed laterally thereof, which is used with a seat slide device provided in an automotive seat, wherein an inclinable portion is defined in the upper securing portion of the support le... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6418767 | Round die type form rolling apparatus A round die type form rolling apparatus comprises: a pair of die moving blocks 15a, 15b rotatably supporting a pair of round dies 12a, 12b; four beam shafts 19 disposed around the rolling position of a work 33 being rolled by the round dies 12a, 12b and e... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421580 | Distributing equipment for piece goods Distributing equipment for piece goods composed of (a) an order device (1), (b) locations (3) where the available piece goods can be arranged in such a way that the same goods are contained at the same location (3), (c) a transporting arrangement includin... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421557 | Method for determining the baroreflex latent period and baroreflex sensitivity A method for determining the baroreflex provides a non-invasive measurement of cardiac-interval periods, and a mathematical analysis of these measurement values on the basis of non-linear dynamic methods.... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6421555 | Method and apparatus for discriminating between electromagnetic interference signals and electromedical scanning signals, particularly of cardiological implants A method for discriminating between externally-radiated, electromagnetic interference signals and electromedical scanning signals comprises the following steps: the preamplification of the scanning signals by means of two preamplifiers; the comparison of ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416245 | Device comprising a shaft and at least one hub which is attached to said shaft, and a method for producing this device The device comprises a shaft (1) and a hub (2) which is attached to said shaft. One of the edges (10) of the opening (5) in the hub (2) through which the shaft (1) should be passed has a curved profile (11). This profile (11) of the hub edge (10) is tange... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6417225 | Prophylactic/therapeutic agents for atherosclerosis Herein disclosed are prophylactic/therapeutic agents for atherosclerosis containing a compound of general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, R2 represents a lower alkyl group, R3 ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6417210 | Treatment of dyskinesias and Parkinson's disease with riluzole and levodopa This invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of riluzole in combination with levodopa and methods of treating Parkinson's disease and alleviating levodopa-induced dyskinesia and tardive dyskinesia therewith. Pharmaceutical compositions of riluzol... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6412381 | Venetian blind cutting machine A Venetian blind cutting machine comprises a machine stand on which a cutting device and the clamping device are mounted. The cutting device has a blade which moves back and forth to execute the cutting of the Venetian blind. The pivoting center of the bl... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412394 | Method and device for preparing espresso coffee Espresso coffee or similar drinks in manual or automatic machines is prepared by causing a forced flow of boiling water to pass through a percolation chamber containing coffee powder, in which an adjustable back pressure is created in the percolation cham... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6413607 | Cyanine dyes The present invention provides organic dye compounds which exert excellent recording characteristics in high-density optical recording media, and uses thereof. The present invention solves the objects of the present invention by providing non-symmetric tr... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6413654 | Multi-layered plain bearing and producing method thereof Disclosed is a multi-layered plain bearing which comprises a steel back, an intermediate layer made of an aluminum alloy and an aluminum-base bearing alloy layer comprising one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Cu, Zn, Mg and Si. The ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414005 | Heterocyclic compounds having nos inhibitory activities Compounds represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## [wherein R1 is typically an aminoalkyl group; R2 is typically a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, R3 or SR4 (where R4 is typically a lower ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414019 | Synergistic mixtures of selected amino acids Novel synergistic fungicidal compositions used for protecting seeds, plants and other vegetative material against fungi contain a mixture of one or more compounds selected from group A and one or more compounds selected from group B. Compounds from group ... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414029 | Vanadium complexes of monohydroxamates and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them Monohydroxamate vanadium complexes of the formula (1): R--CO--NHOH.X, wherein R is a residue selected from: (i) H2 N--CH(COY)--(CH2)n --, wherein n is 1, 2 or 3, and Y is OH or NH2 ; (ii) H2 N--CH | 07/02/2002 |
| 6414033 | Drug dosage form based on the teorell-meyer gradient A method for delivery of pharmaceutically effective amounts of drugs and therapeutic ions is disclosed. More particularly, a method of formulating a dosage form that will move drugs, pro-drugs or therapeutic ions in either cationic or anionic form between... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6412983 | Linear motion guide units In a linear motion guide unit in which separators are arranged between any adjacent rolling elements, or balls, running through recirculating passages, the separators are each formed for elastic deformation to well compensate the recirculating passages fo... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6409702 | Plunger and needle holder of safety hypodermic syringe A safety hypodermic syringe includes a barrel having a receiving hole, a needle holder slidably and controllably disposed therein and having an insertion hole, an inner tapered hole, a pull stop edge located between the insertion hole and the inner tapere... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410509 | Use of MHC class II ligands as adjuvant for vaccination and of LAG-3 in cancer treatment The present invention concerns the use of a MHC class II ligand, LAG-3, for the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating pathological conditions involving an antigen specific immune response, as well as the use of LAG-3 in cancer immunothera... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410523 | Vitamin D derivatives substituted at the 2beta-position The present invention provides a vitamin D derivative of the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A denotes a straight chain or branched chain alkylene group with 2 to 10 carbon atoms and R denotes SO3 R1 in which R1 ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408823 | Fuel injection control device for engines The fuel injection control device for engines minimizes variations of the pressure of the common rail that stores fuel, by equalizing the amount of fuel delivered by pump chambers of the fuel pump. For example, the common rail pressure that has fallen as ... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408639 | Device and conveyor belt for making pellets A device for making pellets of a material that can be made to solidify by changing its temperature having an endless belt (6) on which the material is placed at a feeding location and is conveyed along a processing path (7) to a guide roller (4) at a disc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6408877 | Directional control valve The valve comprises a slider-valving member having two lateral valving elements (22, 22A, 22B) positioned on one and the other side of the transverse central plane, they being subjected to the direct action of thrust means (15) and movable axially between... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6409442 | Vertical internal push broaching machine A vertical internal push broaching machine comprises a machine column and a workpiece lifting table which is guided for displacement on carriage guideways. Underneath the lifting table, a feeder carriage is disposed vertically displaceably on guideways. T... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6410303 | Frozen dough-resistant, practical baker's yeast The invention provides a diploid or higher polyploid, practical baker's yeast with good frozen dough resistance. This is produced through mating with one or more NTH1 gene-disrupted, haploid yeasts as produced through gene manipulation of disrupting the N... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6407265 | Tin polyoxaalkanecarboxylates and compositions containing them Tin polyaalkanecarboxylates having the formula [(R1p R2q Sn)r Os ]t wherein R1 represents C1 -C6 alkyl, branched or straight, substituted or not by on... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406708 | Therapeutic compositions The invention relates to a composition comprising, from 2 to 8% squalane, from 1.5 to 8% cyclodextrin, and from 1.5 to 8% of a pharmaceutically and/or cosmetically acceptable acid selected from aliphatic mono-, di- and -hydroxy carboxylic acids hav... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6406566 | Copper-based alloy having shape memory properties and superelasticity, members made thereof and method for producing same The present invention provides a copper-based alloy having high shape memory properties and superelasticity while maintaining an excellent workability, members such as a wire, plate, pipe, etc. made of the copper-based alloy, and methods for producing the... | 06/18/2002 |
