Today In History
Theo and Wayne Hart received a patent for a ponytail hair clasp.
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 |
| 7907988 | Method and device for generating a passive movement in a diagnostic device A method and an apparatus for generating a passive movement of a patient in a magnetic resonance tomograph. The apparatus includes a support for supporting at least one body part of the patient. The support, together with a patient bed can be moved into a passage of... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7822462 | Diagnosis device and method A diagnosis device having a device for producing a series of images, such as a computer tomography device or an ultrasound device. There is also a device for the passive movement of an object and a device that can be stereotactically moved independent of the passive... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7817036 | Cabled and cableless interface method for connecting units within a rack A system and method for automatically determining a physical location of one or more units in a rack, including: using one or more physical cables between rack units; cascading a first signal through the one or more units located in the rack, the first signal being ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7812745 | Coding apparatus, decoding apparatus, amplitude adjustment apparatus, recorded information reader, signal processing apparatus and storage system A general purpose of the present invention is to improve a DC-free property with a further reduced circuit scale while satisfying a run-length limit. An RLL/DC-free coding unit coding includes a first RLL coding unit, a first signal processing unit, a second RLL cod... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7802037 | Control of an actuator-sensor-interface compatible device using a remote intelligence device A communication network that includes a master device, an actuator-sensor-interface (AS-I) communication bus, a device configured to be monitored and controlled, and a slave device in communication with the master device via the AS-I communication bus. The device th... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7795813 | Ultraviolet lamp for use in water purifiers A lamp is provided having terminal pins mounted on and extending outwardly along a longitudinal axis of an end cap of the lamp. The pins are offset relative to one another along the longitudinal axis. The end cap has semi-circular, parallel surfaces with an asymmetr... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7791978 | Design structure of implementing power savings during addressing of DRAM architectures A design structure embodied in a machine readable medium used in a design process includes random access memory device having an array of individual memory cells arranged into rows and columns, each memory cell having an access device associated therewith. Each row ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7786192 | Nanomodified concrete additive and high performance cement past and concrete therefrom A concrete additive for a reinforced concrete composite is provided. The additive can have an exfoliated clay having an exfoliated layered silicate plate comprising structure, and at least one of an oligomer or polymer linking at least a portion of said silicate pla... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786076 | Immunogenic compositions and methods of use Disclosed herein are immunogenic compositions comprising a multilayer film comprising two or more layers of polyelectrolytes, wherein adjacent layers comprise oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. A first layer polyelectrolyte comprises an antigenic polypeptide compr... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779975 | Shock absorbing and indicating impact bumper and method Disclosed herein is a shock absorbing and indicating bumper. The bumper includes, a spherical shaped body with a surface mountable to a corner of a device to which shock is to be absorbed. The bumper includes a crushable conical member engaged with a conical recess ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7771573 | Microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating pH of fluid therein and method of regulating pH of fluid using the microfluidic device Provided is a microfluidic device for electrochemically regulating the pH of a fluid. The microfluidic device includes: an ion-exchange material; an anode chamber having a surface defined by a surface of the ion-exchange material and an anode electrode disposed alon... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7762848 | Interconnect device for battery cell assemblies An interconnect device for battery cell assemblies is provided. The interconnect device couples a first set of electrodes at a first polarity in series with a second set of electrodes at a second polarity in a battery module. ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7762571 | Split bottom bracket A bottom bracket assembly for use on a bicycle, the assembly provided as a split bracket assembly with an upper portion formed integrally with the bicycle frame and a lower portion detachably connectable to the upper portion, the lower portion completely removable f... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752592 | Scheduler design to optimize system performance using configurable acceleration engines A reusable hardware control structure is provided for a hardware acceleration engine that can be configured for implementation within an electronic integrated circuit design according to any one of a plurality of configuration alternatives. The reusable hardware con... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7747893 | Method and system for managing resources during system initialization and startup A method for managing a system's computer resources, includes: detecting an error condition in a computer resource; labeling the computer resource as not usable based on the error condition detected; reconfiguring the remaining computer resources to compensate for t... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7741374 | Methods of use of fenofibric acid Fenofibric acid formulations comprising 105 mg of fenofibric acid are described as well as methods of use thereof. Dosage forms include, for example, immediate-release dosage forms. ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7737733 | Current-voltage conversion circuit A current-voltage conversion circuit which converts a current to be detected into a voltage, includes a detection resistor, amplifier circuit having a first operational amplifier, and an offset adjusting current source having a third resistor and a fourth resistor w... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7737247 | Polymers of thieno[3,4-b]furan, method of making, and use thereof Polymers and copolymers having units derived from unsubstituted or substituted thieno[3,4-b]furan are disclosed. Also provided are methods of making and using the same. ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7734954 | Method, computer program product, and system for providing a multi-tiered snapshot of virtual disks An object in a tier of a multi-tier virtual storage system is saved while the storage system is active. The object to be saved in an upper-level tier in the multi-tier storage system is identified. Servers associated with lower-level tiers below the tier containing ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7720802 | Reclaiming resident buffers when a reclaim threshold has been exceeded by swapping the oldest in use buffer and a new buffer, and referencing the new buffer via an updated set of read and write pointers Systems methods and computer products for reclaiming resident buffers on demand. Exemplary embodiments include systems and methods for reclaiming resident buffers, including allocating a buffer, determining that the buffer allocation pushes the buffer pool below a r... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7696727 | Apparatus and method for measuring the amount of the current in battery cells using a plurality of sensing resistors Disclosed is an apparatus for measuring an amount of current in battery cells. The apparatus includes: a plurality of resistors (R1, R2, and R3) connected in parallel; a main chip connected to both ends of one (R1) of the plurality of res... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7689870 | Efficient and flexible trace trigger handling for non-concurrent events A method and system for creating trace triggers from non-concurrent events, the system comprising: a trace trigger mechanism including: a plurality of multiplexers for breaking down a plurality of signals into a plurality of groups of signals; a pattern match mechan... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7688019 | Method and system for compensating for position error of step motor The present invention relates to a method and a system for compensating for a position error of a step motor. A method for compensating for a position error of a step motor includes: sequentially inputting a predetermined number of a pulse as a rotator position comm... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7682449 | Heterostructure semiconductor nanowires and method for producing the same Disclosed herein are heterostructure semiconductor nanowires. The heterostructure semiconductor nanowires comprise semiconductor nanocrystal seeds and semiconductor nanocrystal wires grown in a selected direction from the surface of the semiconductor nanocrystal see... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7667397 | Flat panel display device with at least two-layer sealing passivation layer A flat panel display device including a display area in which a desired image is displayed, and a non-display area arranged outside the display area includes bank portions arranged on a substrate in a predetermined pattern in the display area and partitioning a plur... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666693 | Top-emitting nitride-based light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same Provided are a top-emitting N-based light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the same. The device includes a substrate, an n-type clad layer, an active layer, a p-type clad layer, and a multi ohmic contact layer, which are sequentially stacked. The multi ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7661977 | Snap-lock connector An end cap may include an end cap body that is tubular in shape, an end cap face provided at a first end of the end cap body, a plurality of end cap terminals provided on the end cap face, and a clip notch provided on an exterior side of the end cap body. The second... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7646781 | Methods, systems, and computer program products for selectively discarding packets A method, system, and computer program product are provided for selectively discarding packets in a network device. The method includes receiving an upstream bandwidth saturation indicator for a queue in the network device, and identifying one or more codecs employe... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7629402 | Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin composition having good weatherability and thermostability The present invention relates to an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin composition, and more precisely, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene resin composition which is prepared by adding a brominated organic compound flame retardant, an antimony flame retardant aux... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7626331 | Active matrix organic light emitting device having organic thin film transistor disposed on organic light emitting diode structure A bottom-surface emitting organic light emitting device and a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting device includes providing a transparent substrate, an organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) that includes a transparent electrode, an organic light e... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7625625 | Silicone compositions, methods of manufacture, and articles formed therefrom A silicone grip comprising a cured silicone film layer with a Shore A Durometer of less than or equal to about 60 wherein the silicone film layer is formed from a curable silicone composition comprising a catalyst that promotes cure of the silicone composition, a hi... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7595785 | Display device and driving device for a light source A light source portion for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device may prevent reduction of the life span of the multiple lamps (LPs) when a surrounding temperature of the multiple LPs is less than a predetermined temperature of the LCD device. The LCD device comprise... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7581945 | System, method, and article of manufacture for adjusting CO emission levels at predetermined locations in a boiler system A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for adjusting CO emission levels in predetermined locations in a boiler system are provided. The boiler system has a plurality of burners and a plurality of CO sensors disposed therein. The system determines location... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579151 | Isolation and purification method of biomolecules using hydrogel Provided is a method of isolating and purifying biomolecules using a hydrogel, the method including: bring a sample containing charged biomolecules into contact with a hydrogel to bind the biomolecules to the hydrogel; washing the hydrogel bound with the biomolecule... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7570257 | Display device and method for driving display device An element driving transistor controls an amount of power supplied from a power supply PVDD to an element to be driven (display element) provided in a pixel of each row. A storage capacitor has a first electrode connected to a gate electrode of an element driving tr... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7559848 | Golf club A golf club has a device for the alternate picking up and simultaneous placing down of a marker on the green or respectively the placing down of a golf ball through the intermediary of a mechanical pivotal mechanism, wherein both the picking up of the ball and the s... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7492617 | Frequency control and power balancing in disturbed power inverter system and method thereof A system and method are disclosed for controlling DC to AC power converters (inverters) that are operated as voltage sources and are paralleled on the AC side. This method allows for controlling frequency while sharing real power. The disclosed method requires no co... | 02/17/2009 |
