Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178109 | Compositions and methods of use for MGD-CSF in disease treatment Disclosed is a newly identified secreted molecule, identified herein as “monocyte, granulocyte, and dendritic cell colony stimulating factor” (MGD-CSF), the polypeptide sequence, and polynucleotides encoding the polypeptide sequence. Also provided is a procedure... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8161651 | Method for manufacturing a door-trim assembly and its assembly line A process and assembly line for assembling a door-trim assembly in which resin-made door-trim parts are automatically fixed to a resin-made door-trim main body. Resin-made door-trim parts and deformable members associated therewith are temporarily installed to a res... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8033316 | Flask unit and cope-and-drag molding machine and line A flask unit for producing a cope and a drag that are stacked, comprising at least two uprightly disposed connecting rods (4), a cope flask slidably fitted on the connecting rods and formed with a molding sand blowing-in port in one of its sides, and a drag f... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7873447 | Position estimation apparatus, position estimation method and program recording medium The present invention provides a position estimation apparatus capable of determining whether an estimated value deviates from an actual value and trying a process to correct the estimated value if the estimated value is determined to be incorrect. The position esti... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7869019 | Device, method, and program for estimating light source A light source estimating device includes a light receiving section for receiving visible light and invisible light radiated from a light source, and a light source estimating section for estimating a type of the light source on the basis of an intensity of the rece... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7856722 | Cutlery set assembly A cutlery set assembly is disclosed and comprises a knife (50) and a spoon (10) and/or a fork (30). The items of cutlery are made of resilient plastics material and each item of cutlery has a cylindrical handle. The handles are shaped such that ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7813407 | Segmented diode laser system Disclosed is a laser system that comprises a laser source adapted to emit a laser beam, wherein the laser source comprises a plurality of emitters for emitting respective beam contributions to the emitted laser beam; and first and second feedback means adapted to pr... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7791652 | Image processing apparatus, image capture apparatus, image output apparatus, and method and program for these apparatus An image processing apparatus includes: a contrast area detector detecting a partial area from among partial areas in an input image signal as a contrast area, the input image signal being formed by a plurality of pixels, the contrast area being a partial area in wh... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7762019 | Plant protective cover This invention relates to a plant protective cover of a translucent polymeric material including at least one transmission spectrum modifier for minimizing the transmission in the ultraviolet range up to 350 nm; and for adjusting the transmission in the visible ligh... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7735485 | Dry powder inhalation system for transpulmonary administration A dry powder inhalation system suitable for transpulmonary administration. The dry powder inhalation system is characterized by using a combination of: (1) a vessel housing a freeze-dried composition prepared by freeze-drying a com... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727812 | Singulation method of semiconductor device Provided is a singulation method of a semiconductor device that can perform a sawing process while protecting a pad. In the singulation method for forming a semiconductor device including a scribe lane region and a chip region, pads are formed in the chip region. Ph... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723149 | Color filter of image sensor, image sensor, and method for manufacturing the image sensor A color filter of an image sensor, an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the image sensor are disclosed, wherein shapes of respective unit color cells closely form various color patterns, such as a red color pattern, a green color pattern and a blue color p... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7687392 | Semiconductor device having metal wiring and method for fabricating the same A method for fabricating a semiconductor device having a metal wiring is provided. The method includes: forming an inter-metal dielectric (IMD) layer on the semiconductor substrate having a first metal wiring formed therein, the IMD layer including a first IMD layer... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7678145 | Devices and methods for heart valve treatment Devices and methods for treating heart valves include members that assist the valve in closing during at least a portion of the cardiac cycle. Such devices include members configured to alter the shape of a valve annulus, reposition at least one papillary muscle, an... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662714 | Method for forming metal line of semiconductor device A method for forming a metal line of a semiconductor device uses a low dielectric constant material as an interlayer dielectric layer and treats a surface of the interlayer dielectric layer with plasma to prevent moisture and ammonia from being adsorbed in the low d... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7625822 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same including two antireflective coating films A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device deposits a plurality of bottom antireflective coating films to prevent a standing wave caused by a light source of a short wavelength in forming a fine pattern. The method includes forming a pattern formation layer o... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7598554 | CMOS image sensor and method for fabricating the same A complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The image sensor includes a sub-layer having a photodiode and a plurality of transistors formed thereon, a pad insulating layer formed on the sub-layer... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7569384 | Albumin fusion proteins The present invention encompasses albumin fusion proteins. Nucleic acid molecules encoding the albumin fusion proteins of the invention are also encompassed by the invention, as are vectors containing these nucleic acids, host cells transformed with these nucleic ac... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7557030 | Method for fabricating a recess gate in a semiconductor device A method for fabricating a recess gate in a semiconductor device is provided. The method includes selectively etching an active region of a substrate to form a recess pattern, performing a post treatment on the recess pattern using a plasma, and forming a gate patte... | 07/07/2009 |
| 6737559 | See-through medaka This invention relates to a see-through medaka deficient in iridophores, melanophores, xanthophores and leucophores; a see-through medaka deficient in iridophores, melanophores and xanthophores, and whose sex can be identified by the presence or absence of leucophor... | 05/18/2004 |
| 7531008 | Use of at least one cationic cyanin derivative for dyeing the hair, composition containing it, process for treating keratin fibers using the composition, and device therefor The present disclosure relates to the use of a direct dye as an agent for lightening keratin fibers, such as, for example, human keratin fibers, and/or as an agent for coloring the said fibers. The disclosure also relates to a composition comprising, in a cosmetical... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525009 | Trimerisation of olefins The invention describes a process for trimerisation olefins, which process includes the step of contacting an olefinic feedstream with a catalyst system which includes a transition metal compound and a heteroatomic ligand and wherein the trimer is an olefin and wher... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511183 | Tetramerization of olefins The invention describes a process for tetramerisation of olefins wherein the product stream of the process contains more than 30% of the tetramer olefin. The process includes the step of contacting an olefinic feedstream with a catalyst system containing a transitio... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7507651 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device with bulb shaped recess gate pattern A method for fabricating a semiconductor device with a bulb shaped recess gate pattern includes selectively etching a first portion of a substrate to form a first recess; forming a spacer on sidewalls of the first recess; performing an isotropic etching process on a... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507619 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing semiconductor device Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes: a gate electrode formed of polysilicon on a substrate with a gate insulating layer interposed between the gate electrode and the substrate... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7507417 | Immunogenic compositions comprising human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) glycosylated and unglycosylated envelope proteins and their methods of preparation Four glycoproteins of apparent molecular weights 300,000, 140,000, 125,000, and 36,000 (gp300, gp140, gp125, and gp36) are detectable in human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) infected cells. The gp125 and gp36 are the external and transmembrane components, res... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7504094 | Cosmetic compositions containing a particular aminosilicone and a thickener, and uses thereof A novel cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one aminosilicone of as defined herein having, for example, a contact angle ranging from 90° to 180° and at least one thickener, being able to afford at least one improved cosme... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7495040 | Actinic ray curable composition, image forming method using the same and ink-jet recording apparatus using the same An actinic ray curable composition containing a phthalocyanine pigment or a carbon black pigment; a dispersant; a cationically polymerizable monomer; a photo acid generator; and a phthalocyanine derivative. ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7485289 | Cosmetic compositions containing a particular aminosilicone and a conditioner, and uses thereof A novel cosmetic composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one aminosilicone as defined herein having, for example, a contact angle with water ranging from 90° to 180° and at least one conditioner, being able to afford, for example, at ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7485696 | Oxytetramethylene glycol copolymer and method for producing the same Disclosed is an oxytetramethylene glycol copolymer, which is obtained by copolymerizing tetrahydrofuran and neopentyl glycol and which has a specific number average molecular weight Mn, a specific molecular weight distribution Mw/Mn, a specific neopentyl glycol copo... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7482692 | Tungsten plug structure of semiconductor device and method for forming the same A tungsten plug structure of a semiconductor device wherein a method for forming the same is performed at least twice to form a tungsten plug having a low aspect ratio, thereby obtaining an overlap margin between the tungsten plug and a metal line and minimizing con... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7483550 | Method and system for evaluating moving image quality of displays A test pattern is moved on a screen 5 subject to measurement with the field of view of an image sensor pursuing the motion of the test pattern so as to observe BEW. Subsequently, the field of view 33 of the image sensor is moved at the same velocity vc... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7479196 | Method for manufacturing or retreading a pneumatic tire A method for manufacturing a tire includes forming a carcass structure, forming a tread band, placing the tire in a curing mold, and molding and curing the tire. The carcass structure includes a crown portion defined between two axially opposed sidewalls that extend... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7446061 | Method of forming insulating film, method of manufacturing semiconductor device and their controlling computer program A semiconductor substrate with a groove is placed in a plasma generating reaction chamber. Silicon, oxygen and hydrogen containing gases are introduced into the reaction chamber as process gases. A ratio of a gas flow of the hydrogen containing gas except the silico... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442648 | Method for fabricating semiconductor device using tungsten as sacrificial hard mask The present invention relates to a method for fabricating a semiconductor device using tungsten as a sacrificial hard mask material. The method includes the steps of: forming a layer on an etch target layer; forming a photoresist pattern on the layer; etching the la... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7441688 | Methods and device for controlling pressure in reactive multilayer joining and resulting product The invention includes a method of joining two components. The method includes providing at least two components to be joined, a reactive multilayer foil, and a compliant element, placing the reactive multilayer foil between the at least two components, applying pre... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440779 | Radar detector having function of hands-free device A radar detector enabling hands-free communication over a mobile phone by connecting the mobile phone to the radar detector. The radar detector includes a horn antenna; a signal-processing unit (SPU) for detecting a signal received by the horn antenna; a laser modul... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439161 | Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes forming a first insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate having a semiconductor chip region and a scribe region; forming a mask pattern on the first insulating layer; removing portions of the first insu... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436589 | Reflective-type projection optical system and exposure apparatus equipped with said reflective-type projection optical system A reflective-type projection optical system has 8 reflective mirrors that form a reduced image of a first surface on a second surface. A first reflective imaging optical system (G1) forms an intermediate image of the first surface, and a second reflective ima... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435267 | Secondary para-phenylenediamines bearing an alkoxy group, dye composition comprising them, processes therefor and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel secondary para-phenylenediamines bearing an alkoxy group, to a process for preparing them, and to their use in the oxidation dyeing of hair. The invention also relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, in particular h... | 10/14/2008 |
