Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8175799 | Location system One embodiment of the present invention provides a ground surface location system for identifying an object and its location within a coverage area. The ground surface location system includes a location transmitter and a location identifier. The location transmitte... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172846 | Method for performing high speed surgical procedures A method for performing a surgical procedure on tissue at a target site of a patient includes providing a surgical cutting instrument including an outer tube, inner wire assembly and a cutting tip. The outer tube defines a curved segment. The inner wire assembly is ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8161803 | Micromachined comb drive for quantitative nanoindentation A microelectromechanical (MEMS) nanoindenter transducer including a body, a probe moveable relative to the body, an indenter tip coupled to an end of the moveable probe, the indenter tip moveable together with the probe, and a micromachined comb drive. The micromach... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8127651 | Multi-pattern material punch A system for punching one or more patterns selected from a plurality of related patterns into a workpiece (typically paper or similar materials). The system comprises a punch element having a plurality of cutting surfaces arranged at discrete heights relative to eac... | 03/06/2012 |
| D652452 | Writing instrument | 01/17/2012 |
| D652451 | Writing instrument | 01/17/2012 |
| D652196 | Cutout collar design | 01/17/2012 |
| 8089292 | System and method of measuring probe float A system and method allow accurate calculation of probe float through optical free-hanging and electrical planarity measurement techniques. In accordance with an examplary embodiment, probe float may be determined by acquiring a free-hanging planarity measurement, o... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8079605 | Rider platform for self-propelled vehicle A self-propelled vehicle comprises a frame and a platform pivotally mountable to a rear portion of the vehicle frame. The platform is pivotally movable between a first position in which the platform extends generally horizontally from the rear portion of the frame t... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079230 | Food dispensing machine A food dispensing machine includes a product chamber with a dispensing valve connected to the product chamber and having an outlet through which a product contained in the product chamber is dispensed. The product chamber has a cleaning solution inlet connectable to... | 12/20/2011 |
| D649900 | Identification insert for recipient identification wrist band | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045788 | Product setup sharing for multiple inspection systems An inspection tool includes a camera for obtaining images of a wafer and a controller configured for performing light source flat field correction, optical image warping correction, and optical image scale correction of the images. In operation, separate inspection ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028947 | Depth finder retractor for ice fishing An embodiment of the invention comprises a retractor for use with a depth finder unit. The retractor includes a depth probe on a length of cord, a winding mechanism, a ratcheting slip ring assembly, and a housing. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| D646328 | Grip for a writing instrument | 10/04/2011 |
| 7798011 | Actuatable capacitive transducer for quantitative nanoindentation combined with transmission electron microscopy An actuatable capacitive transducer including a transducer body, a first capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as an electrostatic actuator, and a second capacitor including a displaceable electrode and electrically configured as a... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791177 | Electronic device Embodiments provide an electronic device including a carrier defining a first major surface, a chip attached to the first major surface, an array of leads connected to the first major surface, and a thickness of encapsulation material disposed on the first major sur... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7785097 | Concrete block mold with moveable liner A mold assembly for an automated dry-cast block machine including a mold cavity formed by at least one frame element having a plurality of guide holes therein, a moveable liner plate positioned within the mold cavity and having a plurality of non-driven guide posts ... | 08/31/2010 |
| D618219 | Ear bud adapter | 06/22/2010 |
| D618218 | Ear bud adapter | 06/22/2010 |
| 7689885 | Integrated circuit and method for identifying propagation time errors in integrated circuits An integrated circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, for each clock domain there is at least one clock driver which is situated in the integrated circuit and which drives circuits situated in the clock domain. Each clock driver in the clock domain contains a clock... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7675189 | Power generation system including multiple motors/generators An electric power-generating system configured to convert a source of energy to electricity by turning a rotor shaft with the source of energy includes a mounting plate coupled to the rotor shaft, a drive gear coupled to the rotor shaft and configured to move when t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7647862 | Linear actuator A dual-acting linear actuator including a hollow body and a stationary hollow rod. The stationary hollow rod includes a first rod segment separated from a second rod segment by a separator plate, the stationary hollow rod extending through the hollow body such that ... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7646061 | Power semiconductor component with charge compensation structure and method for producing the same A power semiconductor device with charge compensation structure and a method for producing the same is disclosed. In one embodiment, the power semiconductor device has in a semiconductor body a drift path between a body zone and a substrate region. The drift path is... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7645636 | Semiconductor device and method for producing it, and use of an electrospinning method A semiconductor device and a method for producing it, and the use of the electrospinning method is disclosed. In one embodiment, delamination of the plastic housing composition from the circuit carrier can occur under loading, which can lead to the failure of the se... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7644332 | Integrated circuit and method for identifying propagation time errors in integrated circuits An integrated circuit is disclosed. In one embodiment, for each clock domain there is at least one clock driver which is situated in the integrated circuit and which drives circuits situated in the clock domain. Each clock driver in the clock domain contains a clock... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7635910 | Semiconductor package and method A semiconductor package is disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor package includes a leadframe including a chip position and a plurality of leadfingers. Each leadfinger includes a cutout in an inner edge providing a chip recess. The semiconductor package fu... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7628065 | Method of measuring properties of interfacial adhesion A method for measuring toughness of interfacial adhesion including applying a normal force with a probe to a surface of a coating joined to a major surface of a substrate, wherein the surface is substantially parallel to the major surface, and applying a lateral for... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7602032 | Memory having cap structure for magnetoresistive junction and method for structuring the same A memory and method of making a memory is disclosed. In one embodiment, the memory includes a cap structure for a magnetoresistive random access memory device including an etch stop layer formed over an upper magnetic layer of a magnetoresistive junction (MTJ/MCJ) l... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7546966 | Bale processor with feed cutter A feed cutter is mounted in a discharge area of a bale processor and includes a rotating member with a series of mounted blades. The feed cutter may be used to substantially reduce the length of crop material separated from a bale being processed that is to be used ... | 06/16/2009 |
| D589408 | Floorboard cover | 03/31/2009 |
| 7506086 | Electronic network with identification code generation and assignment An electronic network is disclosed. One embodiment includes a plurality of network devices, a bus for transferring data between the network devices and a bus master for controlling the transfer of data between the network devices. Each network device is identified u... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7415569 | Memory including a write training block A memory includes a plurality of first-in-first-out (FIFO) cells, an output pointer counter and a write training block. The output pointer counter is for switching a value of a FIFO output pointer among the FIFO cells. The write training block is for generating info... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7408241 | Semiconductor device with a recessed bond pad A semiconductor device with surface-mountable outer contacts and to a process for producing it is disclosed. In one embodiment, surface-mountable outer contacts are arranged on outer contact connection surfaces on the underside of the semiconductor device. In their ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7400528 | Intergrated circuit for programming resistive memory cells Methods and devices for programming conductive bridging RAM (CBRAM) memory cells improve the cycle stability by ensuring that the memory cells are erased before being written to anew. Optionally, in the event of overwriting the memory cells, memory cells may be writ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391050 | Phase change memory device with thermal insulating layers A memory device is described an active material configured to be placed in a more or less conductive state by means of appropriate switching processes. The active material is positioned between a material having low thermal conductivity or material layers having low... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7365382 | Semiconductor memory having charge trapping memory cells and fabrication method thereof A semiconductor memory having charge trapping memory cells, where the direction of current flow of each channel region of the memory transistors runs transversely with respect to the relevant word line, the bit lines are arranged on the top side of the word lines an... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358520 | Semiconductor memory cell, method for fabricating it and semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory cell, a method for fabricating it and a semiconductor memory device. A phase change material region of a storage element of the semiconductor memory cell has been or is formed as a lining region of a wall region of a contact recess which passe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7359226 | Transistor, memory cell array and method for forming and operating a memory device A substrate forming an array of vertical transistor cells for selecting one of a plurality of memory cells and wherein each memory cell couples a transistor to a bit line via a memory element and is addressable by selecting two word lines and a bit line is disclosed... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355911 | Semiconductor memory component and method for testing semiconductor memory components having a restricted memory area (partial good memories) A semiconductor memory component and method for testing semiconductor memory components having a restricted memory area (partial good memories is disclosed. In one embodiment, in order to test the semiconductor memory components, test data are written to the memory ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7339840 | Memory system and method of accessing memory chips of a memory system A memory system and method is discussed. The memory system includes a memory controller and at least one memory module on which a certain number of semiconductor memory chips and connecting lines are arranged in a respectively specified topology. The connecting line... | 03/04/2008 |
