Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8132177 | System and method for load-balancing in server farms A system and method for receiving a server request, determining whether one of a plurality of servers scheduled to receive the server request is available, wherein the availability of the one of the servers scheduled to receive the request is based on a first stored... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129725 | Semiconductor sensor A semiconductor sensor determines physical and/or chemical properties of a medium, in particular a pH sensor. The semiconductor sensor has an electronic component with a sensitive surface, said component being constructed for its part on the basis of semiconductors ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7367509 | Methods and apparatus for swipe or presentation image scanning Methods and apparatus for swipe image scanning comprising a scan stand and an imaging scanner. An exemplary scan stand comprises an illumination module and a receiving structure to receive the imaging scanner. Other embodiments further comprise a scan module, an ill... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7360349 | Adjustable saddle An equestrian saddle comprises a modular construction including a tree having two side panels connected by a bridge of hinged construction whereby the side panels are angularly adjustable, and a seat plate secured to the side panels. ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7346603 | System and method for processing event predicates Described is a method comprising initializing a first set of bits corresponding to a first plurality of predicate indices to a first value, and initializing a second set of bits corresponding to a second plurality of predicate indices to a second value. A subscripti... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343299 | System and methods for mail security A method of securing the mails is described. Using a mail information retrieval system and a the use of data-rich, machine readable barcodes to make each mailing piece unique by including data that ‘lives’ with the mail piece or package allows mail to become tra... | 03/11/2008 |
| D562760 | Battery of a mobile device | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330696 | System and method for multi-mode radio operation Described is a system having a mobile station and an access point which connects the mobile station to a network. The mobile station has a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. In the first mode of operation, the mobile station transmits a data pac... | 02/12/2008 |
| D561182 | Cradle for a mobile device | 02/05/2008 |
| D556761 | Hand-held scanner | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300445 | Full thickness resection device An operating head for a full thickness resection system includes a first optical device disposed on a distal portion thereof and having a viewing area extending distally of the distal portion and a working chamber extending within an exterior wall of the operating h... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298822 | X-ray optical element An X-ray optical element for and influencing of X-ray beam characteristics in two dimensions includes two reflective, curved elements arranged side-by-side to receive X-ray radiation from an X-ray beam source so that the radiation is directed onto both reflective el... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7284178 | Method and apparatus for testing a device in an electronic component A method and apparatus is disclosed for testing a reconfigurable logic block. Preferably, this invention is intended to be used with Field Programmable Gate Array. According to the invention, a test bus addressing unit and a test bus activation unit are used to perf... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7253947 | Portable automated confocal microscope Described is a portable confocal microscope which includes a microscope stand including a shaft having top and bottom ends, a platform connected to the shaft by a height adjustment mechanism, a base member connected to the bottom end of the shaft and first and secon... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7251133 | Device with an external heat sink arrangement Described is a device which includes a housing, a chimney and a heat dissipation element. The housing includes at least one heat generating electric component mounted within an interior space thereof. The chimney extends from a proximal end surrounding a space adjac... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7240550 | Method and apparatus for material indentification by means of gravitational field analysis Described is a sensor for filling level measurement using a gravitational field analysis, comprising a first and a second gravimeter unit. The measurement is effected in a contactless manner, via the container wall and without input of energy into the filling good. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234369 | Continuously adjustable self-lubricating mill roll drive Described is an adjustable roll drive including a fixed drive cylinder having a fixed drive gear, a fixed intermediate gear rotated by the fixed drive gear, a movable intermediate gear rotated by the fixed intermediate gear, and a movable driven cylinder having a mo... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7186221 | Positive airway pressure system and method for treatment of sleeping disorder in patient Described are a positive airway pressure system and method for treatment of a sleeping disorder in a patient. The system includes a generator, a sensor and a processing arrangement. The generator supplies airflow and applies a pressure at to an airway of a patient. ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7168068 | Dynamic software code instrumentation method and system A method and system of monitoring code as it is executed by a target processor is provided for debugging, etc. Standardized software code function preamble and postamble instructions are dynamically replaced with instructions that will generate a predetermined excep... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7135974 | Power source system for RF location/identification tags Described is a RF device (e.g., an RF tag) which includes a communication arrangement and an input arrangement. The communication arrangement sends and/or receives data relating to a target device. The RF device may also include a memory for storing the target devic... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7120905 | System and method for transformation of assembly code for conditional execution A method and system may be implemented, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, to permit transformation of software to use conditional execution instructions. According to the preferred embodiment, a system and method is provided to transform ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7116281 | Universal dipole with adjustable length antenna elements Described is a universal dipole which may include a feed line coupled to a first fitting; a balun coupled to a second fitting; a first variable length antenna element coupled to the first fitting; a second variable length antenna element coupled to the second fittin... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6735445 | System and method for medium access control in a wireless network Described is a method and system for an access control in a communication network which includes a first wireless unit, a second wireless unit and at least one further unit. The first unit generates a frame for the second unit. The frame includes a first portion and... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6716222 | Stapling and cutting in resectioning for full thickness resection devices A stapling unit for use with an endoscopic stapling system adapted to be advanced along an endoscope to a predetermined location within a body lumen to staple the portion of tissue, as part of an occlusal or full thickness resectioning procedure. The stapling unit c... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6694843 | Preloaded shock absorbing bushing and cam follower A flexible bushing for a cam follower, comprising a substantially rigid inner sleeve including an inner cam follower engaging surface, a length of the inner sleeve being greater than a thickness of a ram into which the flexible bushing is inserted, a subs... | 02/24/2004 |
