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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4604710 | System for converting data processing information to text processing format and vice versa A method and control apparatus for operating an interactive text processing system wherein the system emulates a terminal for a data processing system which is capable of accessing information from the data processing system data base, copying the informa... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4498148 | Comparing input words to a word dictionary for correct spelling A method and apparatus for vectorizing text words for compact storage and spelling verification in a mini-processor system without the use of complex mathematics functions. A binary storage table contains a plurality of addressable binary numbers. Each ch... | 02/05/1985 |
| 4456973 | Automatic text grade level analyzer for a text processing system A system for proofreading a text document and automatically detecting and replacing text words in the document which exceed a predetermined understandability level for the documents intended audience. Text words and synonyms are stored in a dictionary whi... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4456969 | System for automatically hyphenating and verifying the spelling of words in a multi-lingual document Disclosed is an improved system for verifying the spelling and providing hyphenation points for text words from a plurality of interspersed languages. The control system includes control codes which are inserted in the text to define the language of the t... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4429372 | Method for integrating structured data and string data on a text processing system An improved method is disclosed for operating an interactive text processing system to integrate and process DP (data processing) type structured field data and WP (word or text processing) type text or string field data in the same record. The method inv... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4417322 | Report generation control system for text processing machines A report generation control system for operating a text processor to produce output reports containing inter-report summary data from data processing-type files. The system is compatible with text pagination functions and is useable by a text entry/revisi... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4407193 | Solenoid impact print hammer with uniform free flight time In an impact printer including a print wheel having a plurality of selectable character type bearing elements for respectively printing a plurality of characters, said print wheel being rotatable for selectively positioning selected type elements in succe... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4400753 | Universal magnetic recording disk cartridge An information storage cartridge utilized in a disk drive including a rotary magnetic recording disk and cover for containing the disk. The cover includes a plurality of orientation apertures and transducer apertures which are associated such that orienta... | 08/23/1983 |
| 4384329 | Retrieval of related linked linguistic expressions including synonyms and antonyms A storage method and control system for storing and interactively accessing a large data base of related linguistic expressions such as synonyms and antonyms. The data base structure includes a stored ordered vocabulary of the linguistic expressions and a... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4377849 | Macro assembler process for automated circuit design A process automatically generating topology data for fabricating large scale integrated circuits. Technology data, a logic function description and logic circuit components are generated and input to a data processing system together with geometric dimens... | 03/22/1983 |
| 4357680 | Selective formatting of blocks of text codes in a memory of a word processing system A system for automatically adjusting text codes and control codes stored in a memory into text blocks having variable formatting parameters and variable line counts. The detection of a code signal causes the system to enter a non-playout adjust mode. The ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4342085 | Stem processing for data reduction in a dictionary storage file A system for reducing storage requirements and accessing times in a text processing machine for automatic spelling verification and hyphenation functions. The system includes a method for storing a word list file and accessing the word list file such that... | 07/27/1982 |
| 4328561 | Alpha content match prescan method for automatic spelling error correction A system for reducing the computation required to match a misspelled word against various candidates from a dictionary to find one or more words that represent the best match to the misspelled word. The major facility offered is the ability to computation... | 05/04/1982 |
| 4267555 | Rotatable raster scan display Apparatus for rotating a cathode ray tube (CRT) which is operated as a graphic display through 90 degrees such that different size pages of data may be displayed while minimizing the control circuitry required. The display deflection yoke is fixedly attac... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4252309 | Document sheet flipper Apparatus for flipping document sheets such as paper or the like from one side to the other such that the document sheets may be stacked in a hopper in sequenced order after printing or copying on one side or used for printing or copying on both sides. Th... | 02/24/1981 |
| 4240758 | Method and apparatus for establishing tab settings and indexing parameters, and printouts representing same, for a word processing system Disclosed is a method and apparatus for establishing, verifying, and correcting tab settings and indexing parameters for text to be printed by a word processing system. The apparatus includes logic and related control networks for establishing a line of c... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4225249 | Variable character spacing matrix for proportional spacing printing systems The aesthetic characteristics of adjacent characters are used to enhance the quality of output in a proportional spacing printer and to provide right margin justification for composing. Spacing between characters is determined on the basis of the characte... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4220417 | Apparatus for producing preliminary character printout of text and instruction codes of word processing apparatus A method and apparatus associated with word processing equipment for producing a preliminary printout of accessible lines of intermixed text characters and code characters representative of the format of such text. The apparatus includes logic controlled ... | 09/02/1980 |
| 4194245 | System for randomly accessing a recirculating memory A control system for randomly accessing the contents of a recirculating shift register memory under the control of a processor. The processor provides to the control system an address equivalent to the number of positions the operating point (defined by a... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4136395 | System for automatically proofreading a document Spelling errors in a word processing system are detected and presented to the operator for correction at the end of a document page. A dictionary memory contains representations of the correct spellings for words most frequently used. As each word is type... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4095265 | Memory control structure for a pipelined mini-processor system A memory control structure for a pipe-lined mini-processor which allows the processor to work with relatively slow memories without degradation of performance. The memory structure includes a memory selector which provides an interface between the process... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4092729 | Apparatus for automatically forming hyphenated words Improved hyphenation apparatus is combined with word verification apparatus to automatically provide hyphenation points for input words from a keyboard or other input device. The spelling of each word input to the system is verified by the digital referen... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4057846 | Bus steering structure for low cost pipelined processor system Logic circuitry is provided for controlling the transfer of data between 1) a low cost pipelined processor and its associated memory, 2) between the processor and input/output devices, and 3) between the input/output devices and memory. A plurality of uni... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4028677 | Digital reference hyphenation matrix apparatus for automatically forming hyphenated words Apparatus for automatic hyphenation of input words from a word processing system. The apparatus includes a digital reference matrix memory containing a vector representation of all legal hyphenations for each dictionary word in the form of a calculated ma... | 06/07/1977 |
| 3995254 | Digital reference matrix for word verification A digital reference matrix apparatus is disclosed for verifying input alpha words from a keyboard, character recognition machine, or voice analyzer as valid linguistic expressions. The organization of the digital reference matrix is based upon the charact... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3968868 | Format control system for positioning final copy printed text A system for positioning final copy printed text, upon a first printing, at a specified location on a line in a format determined by input keying. The location can be a blank block on a form to be filled in. After initial setup and during any input or out... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3969700 | Regional context maximum likelihood error correction for OCR, keyboard, and the like A data processing system is disclosed for selecting the correct form of a garbled input word misread by an optical character reader so as to change the number of characters in the word by character splitting or concatenation. Dictionary words are stored i... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3969698 | Cluster storage apparatus for post processing error correction of a character recognition machine A cluster storage apparatus is disclosed for outputting groups of valid alpha words as potential candidates for the correct form of an alpha word misrecognized by a character recognition machine. Groups of alpha words are arranged in the cluster storage a... | 07/13/1976 |
| 3956635 | Combined multiple beam size and spiral scan method for electron beam writing of microcircuit patterns A method for electron beam writing of microcircuit patterns utilizing the combination of spiral scan techniques and variable beam sizes. The circuit patterns are outlined in a spiral scan motion using a small size beam in order to ensure good edge sharpne... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3953891 | Soundhead restore mechanism for use in a disc machine Apparatus in a disc dictation machine for accurately positioning the soundhead at a predetermined start phasing position during the execution of a disc change cycle. The apparatus includes means for disengaging the soundhead drive pawl from the soundhead ... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3936056 | Spindle depress/brake mechanism Spindle depress/brake apparatus in a disc dictation machine for depressing the record/playback spindle during a disc change cycle and for inhibiting rotational motion of the spindle after a new disc is loaded until the spindle properly engages a phasing s... | 02/03/1976 |
