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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6358352 | Method for creating higher grade wood products from lower grade lumber The present invention is directed to a process whereby low-grade lumber, (i.e., lumber having surface defects such as knots, voids, wane, and bark pockets, and warp defects such as twist, bow, crook and sweep), is converted to higher grade lumber and pane... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6314749 | Self-clearing vacuum pump with external cooling for evacuating refrigerant storage devices and systems A method and system for fully evacuating refrigerant from storage devices, appliances, and refrigerant systems. An evacuation system is provided with a vacuum pump including a housing containing an electric motor positioned with its stator in heat conduct... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6286045 | Information storage and delivery over a computer network using centralized intelligence to monitor and control the information being delivered A system for storing information on a computer network and allowing the information to be accessed by terminals connected to the computer network, either directly, or through an intermediary device such as a local or proxy server, includes computer or web... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6283327 | Material feed system for selectively delivering lightweight, friable mesh fibers A material feed system and method for conveying a metered quantity of lightweight, friable mesh fibers without minimal damage to the mesh fibers to concrete and like materials mixing tank. The material feed system including a hopper with a spiral fiber gu... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6282104 | DC injection and even harmonics control system A control system is provided for positioning between a power source, such as a distributed generator, and a utility or utility grid to control the injection of dc current and even harmonics into the utility or utility grid. In one embodiment, the control ... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6276355 | Cutting method and apparatus for sectioning multilayer electronic devices The slitting assembly includes a grinding wheel with a wide flat grinding face for first cutting a multilayer sheet of soft and compressible, electronic device material, such as lithium-ion polymer material for a uni-cell battery, to a first depth and inc... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6276218 | Analog signal processing method for vortex detector A vortex detector for low flow rates comprises a vane that is located downstream from a vortex generator and is connected at only one end in a canthever manner to a cylindrical housing, which defines a flow passage. The end of the vane connected to the ho... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6246766 | Portable telephone mounting base A portable telephone or cell phone holder fits in a conventional cup holder of an automobile or other vehicle. It has an arcuate sidewall that is less than 360° and is resiliently deformable to be squeezed sown to less than the diameter of the cup holder... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6230731 | Valve closure seating method and apparatus A micro-mass flow controller (10) has a sonic choked flow restriction (28) with an oscillatable valve (26) for repetitiously opening and closing the sonic choked flow restriction (28) in a time-modulated sequence to set or vary mass flow rate of gas throu... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6194793 | Apparatus and method for charging an energy storage source A power supply for supplying energy to a load includes an energy supply source for generating energy, an energy storage device that is charged from the energy generated by the energy supply source, an optional regulator for improving the energy matching o... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6101768 | Center supported ventilated raised floor with grated core A raised floor panel is strengthened with a grated core. The working surface of the floor panel may be either solid or perforated. The floor panel is supported by a center pedestal that extends from a sub-floor. The angle of the panel can be varied by piv... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6101556 | Method for content-based dynamic formatting for interoperation of computing and EDI systems A method and associated structures for dynamically reformatting messages in a distributed computing environment based upon message content as represented by a description of the input message format and the output message format. An input message received... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6024051 | Collapsible bird house A light weight, easily collapsible bird house with a detachable water repellent rainfly/sunshade. The system is made of fabric with removable tension rods, and can be packed flat for transport or storage.... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6014698 | System using first banner request that can not be blocked from reaching a server for accurately counting displays of banners on network terminals A system for delivering information on a computer network and allowing the information to be accessed by terminals connected to the computer network, either directly or through intermediary devices such as local or proxy servers, including computer or web... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6010911 | Apparatus for performing a heparin-independent high sensitivity platelet function evaluation technique An apparatus and method for performing activated clotting time tests, including their use for evaluating platelet functionality of a blood sample. The apparatus includes a plurality of test cells. Each of the cells comprises a heparin-inactivating agent, ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5972712 | Heparin-independent, high sensitivity platelet function evaluation technique An method for performing activated clotting time tests, including a method for evaluating platelet functionality of a blood sample. The method includes the steps of combining a heparin-inactivating agent, an anticoagulant agent, a sufficient amount of clo... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5962291 | Metal dependent catalytic antibodies and method for producing the same The present invention relates to catalytic antibodies and a method for producing the same wherein a host is immunized using an "antigen chelate" or more specifically a stable compound capable of chelating metal ions. The immune response mounted in respons... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5954158 | Tree stand adjustable adapter An adjustable adapter for a tree stand has an adjustably moveable contact member mounted on one of two cross members for varying the effective distance between the two cross members on opposite sides of a tree trunk to adjust the tree stand for changing t... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5820641 | Fluid cooled trap The liquid cooled trap for effectively and efficiently collecting condensable vapor in a chemical vapor reaction system includes two stages. The first stage includes an entrance area to the trap that is purposely designed to be large in space and a very p... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5793603 | Ultracapacitor design having a honey comb structure A capacitor assembled in the form of a lightweight structural panel and including isolated capacitor cells. Each of the cells includes a honeycomb structure wherein each film-like layer in the honeycomb structure is an electrode stack. Each of the electro... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5661458 | Electronic house arrest monitoring system with automatic fee collection feature An EHAM system consists of a central monitoring system (CMS), a field monitoring device (FMD), an electronic detection circuit that generates a detection signal upon the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g., the absence of the monitored individual fr... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5566934 | Baseball trainer A baseball trainer includes a target apparatus set at a predetermined distance from a practicing ballplayer. The target apparatus includes a plurality of panels for indicating a "strike" or a "ball" which indication is communicated to a microcomputer in a... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5517857 | Apparatus for raising shaker table within thermal chamber A shaker table (10) for testing and quality control of devices attached to the table is shown. The mounting table has pneumatic exciters (50) attached thereto. The mounting table (20) provides uniform distribution of forces applied by the pneumatic excite... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5440928 | Nulling and measuring system A gravity meter includes a support framework which supports a suspension system having a weight beam to which a reaction mass is attached. The reaction mass includes a dielectric mass which extends partially within first and second cavities formed between... | 08/15/1995 |
