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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942089 | Anvil drum and an anvil assembly provided with such an anvil drum An anvil drum for a rotary cutting apparatus having a rotary axis comprises an axle on each axial side of the anvil and concentric with the axis. Each of the axles is adapted to receive a bearing, and an anvil surface substantially concentric with the rotary axis. A... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7942088 | Anvil for a rotary cutting unit and a rotary cutting unit having such anvil A rotary cutting unit includes a rotary cutter overlying a rotatable anvil. The anvil includes an axle, at least one anvil portion adapted to co-operate with a knife member of a rotary cutter, and a pair of load transmitting portions adapted to abut a pair of abutme... | 05/17/2011 |
| D637880 | Drill tip | 05/17/2011 |
| 7533376 | Dynamic linking in constrained environment A platform independent binary object (PIBO) operable on disparate computing environments that have a selected hardware architecture without requiring rebuilding or reloading is provided. The PIBO can be parsed to generate source-code stub file. The PIBO can be loade... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532949 | Measuring system A measuring system which can easily measure a three-dimensional position of a target to be measured using a light receiving device mounted to a manipulator of a robot. When the manipulator is positioned at a first position, a moving process for moving an image of th... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532557 | Recording pulse generating apparatus and information recording apparatus The present invention provides a recording pulse generating apparatus capable of forming a recording pit having a proper shape even at the time of ultra-high-speed recording of, for example, 8× recording or higher. A recording controller 10 for genera... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532550 | Apparatus for setting a recorded parameter on non-used area of an optical disc When setting a recording power for use in recording optical information on a DVD-R, by using any one of sectors provided on the DVD-R as a PCA, whether a predetermined special detected signal is detected or not in the sectors is checked (Step S2), a non-used ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7532044 | Photodetector An I/F converter 10 contained in a photodetector is provided with a first comparing portion 111, a second comparing portion 112, a current mirror circuit 14, an SR type flip-flop circuit 16, a buffer amplifier... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531214 | Method for manufacturing an oxide coated cutting tool A method of depositing a crystalline α-Al2O3 layer onto a cutting tool insert by Chemical Vapor Deposition at a temperature of from about 625 to about 800° C. includes the following steps: depositing a from about 0.1 to about 1.5 μm layer of... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7531213 | Method for making coated cutting tool insert A method for making a coated cutting tool insert by depositing by CVD, onto a cemented carbide, titanium based or ceramic substrate a hard layer system, having a total thickness of from about 2 to about 50 μm, comprising at least one layer selected from titanium ca... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530512 | Rotor for a crusher A rotor for a vertical shaft impact crusher includes a vertical wall segment having a first wall portion which is tangential to the rotor and is located adjacent to the periphery of the rotor, and a second wall portion, which is angled in relation to the first wall ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530399 | Delivery system for downhole use A delivery system for downhole use comprising an elongate delivery member, such as a length of wireline cable or coiled tubing, an injector to control the insertion of the delivery member into the well, and a storage device such as a reel to store at least a portion... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527973 | Antibodies against West Nile Virus and therapeutic and prophylactic uses thereof The present invention relates to compositions comprising antibodies or fragments thereof that immunospecifically bind to one or more antigens of a flavivirus, particularly of West Nile Virus (WNV), and methods for preventing, treating or ameliorating symptoms associ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7527201 | Method of forming an optical pattern, optical pattern formation system, and optical tweezer Reading light (26) is phase-modulated by a phase-modulating spatial light modulator (12), the phase-modulated reading light (26) is Fourier-transformed, and an image of the Fourier-transformed reading light is focused on an output plane (24 | 05/05/2009 |
| D591779 | Ceramic wear plate | 05/05/2009 |
| 7526651 | Electronic group signature method with revocable anonymity, equipment and programs for implementing the method A ring-signature scheme is adapted so that at least one of the variability parameter values used is an identity trace of the anonymous signatory, determined as a function of anonymity withdrawal data stored and held secret by an anonymity withdrawal entity in connec... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526195 | Digital photographing apparatus having two display panels, and method of controlling the same A digital photographing apparatus includes: a first display panel; and a second display panel which performs a first motion that moves the second display panel between a first position, where the second display panel covers the first display panel, and a second posi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526180 | Image processing apparatus, image data managing method, and information recording medium An image processing apparatus has a configuration in which contents-data received via a TV receiving unit is recorded in a main recording apparatus. When the proportion of use in all of storage capacity of the main recording apparatus exceeds a threshold, a system c... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7526069 | X-ray tube The present invention relates to an X-ray tube capable of efficiently extracting X-rays of low energy and provided with a structure having excellent durability. The X-ray tube is provided with a silicon foil having a thickness of 3 μm or more but 30 μm or less as ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525279 | System and method for minimizing the charge time of a battery A system and method are disclosed for charging a battery in the least possible time in the presence of competing energy demands. A single source of energy is used to charge a battery and also to provide energy to one or more devices. Circuitry insures that the maxim... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7525131 | Photoelectric surface and photodetector Disclosed is a photoelectric surface including: a first group III nitride semiconductor layer that produces photoelectrons according to incidence of ultraviolet rays; and a second group III nitride semiconductor layer provided adjacent to the first group III nitride... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523712 | Sewing machine A sewing machine includes a looper formed with a thread hole, a looper shaft holding the looper, and a thread pipe fixed to the looper shaft. The thread pipe includes a thread inserting port at one end and a thread discharging port at the other end. The sewing machi... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7523680 | Gas membrane sampling device and gas sensor device for geological investigations A gas membrane sampling device, particularly for geological investigations, comprises a membrane element including a liquid-tight, gas-permeable membrane, a filler material contained in and stabilizing the membrane element, and a connection cable being adapted for c... | 04/28/2009 |
| D591181 | Digital timer | 04/28/2009 |
| D591171 | Note dispenser | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522643 | Semiconductor laser device The present invention relates to a semiconductor laser apparatus having a metal body which efficiently cools a semiconductor laser element, in which joining of copper-made members coated with DLC layers and prevention of corrosion in the vicinity of joined portions ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7522503 | Information recording medium having first and second synchronization signals recorded thereon, and information reproducing apparatus and method On an optical disc, a record mark having a variable length according to pit data DP is formed at a displaced position to which the record mark is displaced, in a direction crossing the reading direction thereof, according to a wobble signal WB obtained by modulating... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7520700 | Milling cutter and cutting insert therefor A milling cutter for sharpening welding electrodes includes a tool body, and a plurality of cutting inserts fastened to the tool body. The inserts include a center cutting insert and at least two peripheral cutting inserts. Each peripheral cutting insert includes at... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518344 | Method and damping device for damping a torsional vibration in a rotating drivetrain A method and a damping device are proposed for damping a torsional oscillation in a rotating drive train. Arranged on the drive train is an electrical machine (13), which is connected to an electrical multipole (31). A damping torque is generated in th... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517920 | Denture fixative composition A denture fixative composition containing lower alkyl vinyl ether-maleic anhydride copolymers, water-insoluble and water-swelling polymers, and at least one additional adhesive material which can be used as a denture fixative paste, liquid, powder, aerosol, dissolvi... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7517653 | Immunological test and diagnostic kit for prostate adenocarcinoma This invention concerns a test method for the purposes of diagnosis, prognosis or therapeutic monitoring in male patients with adenocarcinoma of the prostate or benign prostatic hyperplasia, which does not require a biopsy of prostate tissue, and which exploits the ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7514687 | Energy ray detecting element The present invention relates to an energy ray detecting element having a structure for reducing noise effectively. The energy ray detecting element comprises an energy ray sensitive region, an output section, a plurality of electrodes, and a voltage dividing circui... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514594 | Transgenic animal model of bone mass modulation The present invention relates to methods and materials used to express the HBM protein in animal cells and transgenic animals. The present invention also relates to transgenic animals expressing the high bone mass gene, the corresponding wild-type gene, and mutants ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7514061 | Method of making submicron cemented carbide The present invention relates to a method of making tungsten carbide powder by dissolving at least one organic or inorganic metal salt or compound of at least one of the groups IV, V, and VI of the periodic system preferably Cr, V, Mo and W in at least one polar sol... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513724 | Tool and a detachable body for chip removing machining A cutting tool including a basic body having a geometrical center axis, a loose top having a rear male element, and a drawbar having a front part in which a coupling means is included, which by engagement in a coupling means of the male element of the loose top can ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7513717 | Face milling insert A face milling insert comprising a pair of main cutting edges which are spaced apart from a center and meet at a corner where they transform into a surface wiping secondary edge, which is intersected by a bisector defining the corner between the main cutting edges, ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7512866 | Information recording/reproducing apparatus, and information recording medium In an information recording, a first data processor divides input data into a plurality of frames so as to arrange the plurality of frames for each unit block. The unit block is a unit of error-correction with respect to the input data and the frames include first i... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512314 | Recording/editing apparatus, recording/editing method, computer program product, and server for editing record contents A recording/editing apparatus is provided with an operation inputting device. A user uses this operation inputting device to input record-reservation information, a delete condition to delete record contents from a storage medium, or the like. Moreover, the recordin... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7512049 | Optical pickup apparatus including emission device, light beam emission control method, and computer-readable recorded medium in which light beam emission control program is recorded An optical pickup apparatus comprises a semiconductor laser output controller for emitting laser beam, a photodetector for detecting the emitted laser beam, a sampling processor for performing a sampling process, a pulse current generator for generating erase curren... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7510354 | Tool and a cutting insert for chip removing machining The invention relates to a cutting tool including a basic body and a cutting insert detachably connected to the basic body via an interface, which includes a pair of co-operating connecting surfaces in which engagement means are included, which may be in the form of... | 03/31/2009 |
