...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7047205 | Management of the flow of persons in relation to centers of crowd concentration via priority control A method and system for the loading of patrons at multiple attractions at an entertainment includes the first-in first-out line and a priority based line. A cellular telephone is used to obtain and claim priority status. In other forms different priorities are estab... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7009501 | System and method of optical data communication with multiple simultaneous emitters and receivers The system and method of the present invention optically transmits redundant packets of data using infrared signals at pseudo-random intervals to allow a receiver to distinguish between multiple simultaneous sources. The emitters repeatedly transmit a short packet a... | 03/07/2006 |
| D515608 | Combined camera and cradle | 02/21/2006 |
| D515552 | Boombox | 02/21/2006 |
| 6982929 | Height measurement method and apparatus The present invention provides for a system and method for measuring the height of a guest at a theme park, including employing an ultrasonic emitter and sensor to determine height. The park may have a plurality of different predetermined minimum height ranges or ca... | 01/03/2006 |
| D513193 | Alarm clock | 12/27/2005 |
| D512699 | DVD/VCR combination player | 12/13/2005 |
| D512701 | DVD player body | 12/13/2005 |
| D511345 | Monitor | 11/08/2005 |
| D510570 | DVD player | 10/11/2005 |
| D509957 | Combination CD player and jewelry box | 09/27/2005 |
| 6936063 | Highly heat-conductive body wrap A highly heat-conductive body wrap (10) comprises a casing (13) made of highly flexible, elastic material and equipped with means for fastening it to the shell (11) of a tub (12) for cosmetic treatments. The casing (13) has at leas... | 08/30/2005 |
| D508419 | Watch head design | 08/16/2005 |