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...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.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7751316 | Relay Server for SIP/RTP messages with buffer management A system, method, and apparatus are directed towards managing a Voice over IP (VOIP) messages over a network, employing the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) over the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). The VOIP messages are s... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7718172 | Anti-IL-TIF antibodies and methods of using in inflammation The present invention relates to blocking the activity of IL-TIF polypeptide molecules. IL-TIF is a cytokine involved in inflammatory processes and human disease. The present invention includes anti-IL-TIF antibodies and binding partners, as well as methods for anta... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7714651 | Apparatus and method for low power rail-to-rail operational amplifier A rail-to-rail amplifier is provided. The rail-to-rail amplifier includes a p-type differential pair, an n-type differential pair, switches, and an output stage. The switches are arranged to selectively couple either the p-type differential pair or the n-type differ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7714016 | Cytotoxic compounds and conjugates with cleavable substrates The present disclosure provides drug-cleavable substrate conjugates that are potent cytotoxins. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-cleavable substrate conjugates, and to methods of treatment using them. ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710168 | Apparatus and method for two tier output stage for switching devices A circuit for reducing EMI is provided. The circuit includes driver circuitry that drives a power switch, such as a power MOSFET. The power switch provides an output voltage. The circuit decreases the drive strength by which the power switch is driven during each ou... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7709620 | Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and associated biosynthetic genes The present invention describes the identification of novel non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and associated biosynthetic genes from Streptomyces hygroscopicus. The present invention further provides methods for generating novel compounds, such as antibiotics... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7707122 | System and method of information filtering using measures of affinity of a relationship A system, apparatus, and method are directed towards enabling information filtering using measures of an affinity of a relationship between subscribers of an online portal system. The affinity of a relationship may be determined based, in part, on the tracking of va... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7707051 | Video game for predictive modeling of premiums for insurance A game that serves to educate a player about the decision making process for determining the cost of a premium for insurance coverage for an entity. The player(s) and/or team(s) select a fictitious name for an insurance company. The company can subsequently bid on p... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706627 | Method for reducing blocking artifacts A method for removing blocking artifacts from moving and still pictures, comprising classifying horizontal and vertical boundaries in each picture as blocky or non-blocky; for each blocky boundary, defining an adaptive, picture contentdependent, one-dimensional filt... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706155 | Current mode half-bridge power converter The invention relates to a half-bridge power converter controller that employs current mode control. The power converter controller includes pulse modulation circuitry, error circuitry, and stabilization circuitry. The stabilization circuitry stabilizes the voltage ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705884 | Processing of video data to compensate for unintended camera motion between acquired image frames Video data of successive image frames are processed in a digital camera or other video image data acquisition device immediately after acquiring the video data, or during post-processing of the video data at some time after acquiring the video data, to reduce the ef... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705746 | Simplified control system for electronic media A control system with a simplified control device (10) for direct selection of electronic media operations, and for programmed navigation through the content without using dedicated navigation functions of a media player. The simplified control device (10 | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705648 | Duty cycle detector with hysteresis A circuit for monitoring a PWM signal and providing an output indicating a condition of the PWM signal. The circuit also uses condition based hysteresis to maintain an output value at a previous state until the condition of the PWM signal has remained unchanged for ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7705579 | Apparatus and method for faster unloading of transient response in a synchronous buck switching regulator A synchronous buck regulator controller is provided. The regulator controller includes switch control circuitry, an unloading event detection circuit, an inductor current detection circuit, and a synchronous switch control logic circuit. In operation, the regulator ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703428 | Spark plug and internal combustion engine in which the spark plug is disposed To provide a spark plug with improved heat resistance and an internal combustion engine in which that spark plug is mounted where there is good conduction of the heat near the opening on the combustion chamber side of the mounting hole for the spark plug provided in... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702809 | Method and system for scaling network traffic managers A method and system is directed to routing a flow of packets over a network to multiple traffic management devices. An apparatus receives each packet from a network and forwards the packet to one of a group of traffic management devices. The apparatus also may recei... | 04/20/2010 |
| RE41252 | Peptidyl prodrugs and linkers and stabilizers useful therefor The present invention provides analogues of duocarmycins that are potent cytotoxins. Also provided are peptidyl and disulfide linkers that are cleaved in vivo. The linkers are of use in forming prodrugs and conjugates of the cytotoxins of the invention as well as ot... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7697689 | Secure transmission system for a digital trunked radio system A security system for a digital trunked radio system having a digital control channel and a plurality of working channels, wherein said working channels are assigned for temporary use of individual radio units by digital control signals transmitted over said control... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7694636 | Furnace A furnace includes: a furnace housing; a perforated tray mounted in the furnace housing; and a stirring rod disposed rotatably on the perforated tray. The stirring rod has top and bottom ends, two opposite lateral ends, a middle portion, and opposite first and secon... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7691962 | Chemical linkers and conjugates thereof The present disclosure provides drug-ligand conjugates that are potent cytotoxins, wherein the drug is linked to the ligand through either a peptidyl, hydrazine, or disulfide linker. The disclosure is also directed to compositions containing the drug-ligand conjugat... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7690089 | Reverse opening type slide fastener The reverse opening type slide fastener has a separable bottom end stop including upper and lower sliders, wherein a stopper for preventing the lower slider from slipping off is provided at the bottom end of a box pin. A first engaging portion is formed on an opposi... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7685416 | Enabling content security in a distributed system A method and system are directed towards enabling content security in a distributed environment. The system includes a data store for content associated with an application that may be tagged as exclusively memory resident at a client. The content may also be encryp... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7685126 | System and methods for providing a distributed file system utilizing metadata to track information about data stored throughout the system The intelligent distributed file system enables the storing of file data among a plurality of smart storage units which are accessed as a single file system. The intelligent distributed file system utilizes a metadata data structure to track and manage detailed info... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7681230 | Data synchronization for a secure electronic device Method for synchronizing stored data in one device (102, 106, 202, 206, 210) with other devices (102, 106, 202, 206, 210) at multiple levels of security classification. The methods and systems disclosed herein can advantageously utilize unique protocol... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7680115 | Internet protocol based encryptor/decryptor bypass device A system (706, 714) is provided for a network signaling protocol bypass around a cryptographic device (1006, 1106). The system is comprised of a bypass means for receiving a packet (900) having a transport layer protocol header (908), for... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678902 | Process for the preparation of 11-(4-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]-1-piperazinyl)dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine Disclosed is a process for the preparation of 11-(4-[2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl]-1-piperazinyl)-dibenzo[b,f][1,4]thiazepine. In the process, low-priced 2,2′-dithiosalicylic acid as starting material is subjected to bond formation reaction with 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzen... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678860 | Composition for polymer solid electrolyte, polymer solid electrolyte, polymer, polymer solid electrolyte battery, ionconductive membrane, copolymer and process for producing the copolymer The present invention provides a polymer solid electrolyte excellent in thermal properties, physical properties and ion conductivity and being close to practical level; especially, a totally solid electrolyte and a composition for producing the same. A composition f... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676921 | Method of manufacturing printed circuit board including embedded capacitors A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board including embedded capacitors, composed of a polymer condenser laminate including a plurality of polymer condenser layers, each of which has a polymer sheet and a conductor pattern formed on the polymer sheet, and a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7676828 | Method and system for authenticating and authorizing requestors interacting with content servers A method and system for authenticating and authorizing requesters interacting with content servers. A message including a request is forwarded from an upstream device and received by an intermediate device. The intermediate device authenticates the upstream device. ... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676529 | System and method for efficient rectangular to polar signal conversion using cordic algorithm A system and method is provided for converting an input signal from a sequence of rectangular coordinate pairs to a sequence of polar coordinate pairs. The input signal includes a sequence of input vectors each including a pair of rectangular coordinates. A pluralit... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7676205 | Active receiver detection and ranging Method (500) and system (402) for actively detecting and determining a range of a remotely located radio receiver (100). The invention also provides a method and system to determine whether a remote receiver (100) is receiving a transmitt... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7671699 | Coupler Various directional coupler arrangements are disclosed. For instance, an apparatus includes first, second, and third conductive patterns disposed on a substrate. Each of these conductive patterns includes a first end and an opposite second end. Moreover, each of the... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7670817 | Dynamin mediated diseases and associated methods and products This invention relates generally to the treatment of cathepsin or dynamin mediated diseases, such as proteinuria, cancer, and cognitive disease and related products. Diagnostic and other assays are also provided, as well as methods for podocyte cell gene transfer. | 03/02/2010 |
| 7665748 | Driving mode switching apparatus and control method therefor A driving form switching apparatus enabling even a user of wheelchair who cannot freely use limb to easily change over a driving form by single hand self-operation. By using a differential gear mechanism or a combination mechanism comprising pinions and racks, the r... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665194 | Slide fastener A slide fastener with a slider locking mechanism comprising a slider body, a tab attached to the slider body rotatably, and a slider having a locking pawl formed integrally with the tab, wherein the locking pawl has a pawl portion fitted into between the elements, a... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7665193 | Metallic double-sided element and slide fastener A metallic double-sided element comprising a coupling head includes: thin flat plate portions; coupling convex portions projecting at a central portion in the right-left direction of the thin flat plate portion; right and left raised portions which are raised in the... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7662311 | Fluorescent substance for light-emitting diode A novel fluorescent substance for a light-emitting diode, emitting light of any one of three primary colors by excitation of an ultraviolet light-emitting diode. Alternatively, a novel fluorescent substance for a light-emitting diode, emitting light in a red region ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662020 | Method for manufacturing surface-coated cutting insert This method for manufacturing a surface-coated cutting insert includes clamping and holding a surface-coated cutting insert with a pair of rotary shafts which are rotatable around an axis, and jetting an abrasive fluid to the surface of the surface-coated cutting in... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660631 | Methods and systems for electrical and/or drug stimulation as a therapy for erectile dysfunction Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to tissue affecting the penis to treat erectile dysfunction (for instance, following prostate surgery) uses at least one implantable system control unit (SCU) pr... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7659778 | Apparatus and method for class D amplifier with sampling rate conversion A class D amplifier is provided. The class D amplifier includes an interpolator, a sampling rate converter, a pulse width modulator, a sigma-delta modulator, and a pulse width modulation (PWM) pulse generator (PPG). The sampling rate converter interpolates the outpu... | 02/09/2010 |
