Did You Know...
...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 |
| 8185481 | Spectral clustering for multi-type relational data A general model is provided which provides collective factorization on related matrices, for multi-type relational data clustering. The model is applicable to relational data with various structures. Under this model, a spectral relational clustering algorithm is pr... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179882 | Voice over internet call center integration An internet telephony system (ITS) comprising a browser display having a hyperlink, communicating with a server, retrieving a user's preferences, and initiating a voice communication with the user, through a communications channel defined by the user preferences. An... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179299 | Method and apparatus for the detection of objects using electromagnetic wave attenuation patterns A method, comprising: characterizing an electromagnetic radiation path based on at least a scattered electromagnetic radiation pattern resulting from propagation of electromagnetic radiation through the path; receiving a plurality of scattered portions of a modulate... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179133 | High linearity superconducting radio frequency magnetic field detector A superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUID) comprises a superconducting inductive loop with at least two Josephson junction, whereby a magnetic flux coupled into the inductive loop produces a modulated response up through radio frequencies. Series and par... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173260 | Nano-structure enhancements for anisotropic conductive adhesive and thermal interposers The present invention features additions of nano-structures to interconnect conductor fine particles (spheres) to: (1) reduce thermal interface resistance by using thermal interposers that have high thermal conductivity nano-structures at their surfaces; (2) improve... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171567 | Authentication method and system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficul... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168120 | Reliable switch that is triggered by the detection of a specific gas or substance A sensor, having a resonant frequency responsive to presence of an analyze, comprising a DC electrostatic excitation component, to produce a static force pulling a moveable element toward a backplate; an AC electrostatic excitation component, to produce an oscillati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165916 | Internet appliance system and method A system comprising a user-analysis component that examines at least one user action and content associated with the action, and an advertisement delivery component that determines at least one advertisement to present to a user based at least in part on the user ac... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165886 | Speech interface system and method for control and interaction with applications on a computing system A speech processing system which exploits statistical modeling and formal logic to receive and process speech input, which may represent data to be received, such as dictation, or commands to be processed by an operating system, application or process. A command dic... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164629 | Linear system based, qualitative independent motion detection from compressed mpeg surveillance video The present invention features a qualitative method to detect independent motion revealed in successive frames of a compressed surveillance MPEG video stream using linear system consistency analysis without decompression of the stream, identifying the segments conta... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160293 | Determining whether or not a digital image has been tampered with Apparatus and method to verify the integrity of a digital image (i.e., deciding whether or not the entire image or just a portion has been tampered with, and/or finding the doctored area in the image). One first determines the imaging sensor's reference pattern nois... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159825 | Method for fabrication of electrical contacts to superconducting circuits A method for electrically interconnecting two substrates, each having a corresponding set of preformed electrical contacts, the substrates comprising an electronic circuit, and the resulting module, is provided. A liquid curable adhesive is provided over the set of ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158201 | Method of manufacturing surface coatings for electronic systems A bi- or multi-layer coating is deposited upon a substrate using a low temperature process. The bi-layer is a lower layer of a SAM coating, which is overlaid with a hard coating. The hard coating can be made of materials such as: polymer, Si3N4... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153435 | Methods and articles for identifying objects using encapsulated perfluorocarbon tracers A system and method for tagging, tracking, locating and identifying people and vehicles transporting people using Perfluorocarbon tracers. An on-going problem faced by military as well as law enforcement personnel is that of friendly fire incidents. To prevent possi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144619 | Multifactorial optimization system and method A method for providing unequal allocation of rights among agents while operating according to fair principles, comprising assigning a hierarchal rank to each agent; providing a synthetic economic value to a first set of agents at the a high level of the hierarchy; a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138075 | Systems and methods for the manufacture of flat panel devices A backplane having a circuit array having at least one region comprising a substrate having a conductive plane under a dielectric surface, a first conductive layer on said dielectric surface, a selectively disposed insulator disposed over said first conductive layer... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8130880 | Wideband digital spectrometer A method for reducing interference, comprising receiving a wideband signal, having at least one large amplitude component; adaptively modifying the wideband signal with respect to at least one high intensity component without substantial introduction of non-linear d... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129001 | Composite thermal interface material system and method using nano-scale components A method of manufacturing a thermal interface material, comprising providing a sheet comprising nano-scale fibers, the sheet having at least one exposed surface; and stabilizing the fibers with a stabilizing material disposed in at least a portion of a void space be... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122683 | Support panel for thin brick A support panel for thin brick, comprising a metal sheet, an array of groove retaining tabs having first tab edges, said first tab edges protruding from said sheet having at an upward angle of less than about 45 degrees, for a distance of less than about one quarter... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8121896 | System and method for presenting advertisements A system and method, comprising providing a speech engine running on a computer system supporting an interface selected from the group consisting of one or more of a text-to-speech interface and a speech-to-text interface; presenting to a user through a user interfa... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8073167 | Comb sense microphone A miniature microphone, comprising a diaphragm, supported for displacement in response to acoustic waves, from which a plurality of projections extend; a plurality of projections extending from a surface; a body, supporting the surface to maintain the plurality of p... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8066967 | System and method for the manipulation, classification sorting, purification, placement, and alignment of nano fibers using electrostatic forces and electrographic techniques A system and method for the manipulation of nanofibers using electrostatic forces. The nanofibers may be provided in a liquid medium, and the nanofibers may be nano-scale (i.e. measured in nanometers). The process is sensitive to the charge properties of the nanofib... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8055318 | Superconducting integrated circuit technology using iron-arsenic compounds A new family of superconducting materials with critical temperature up to 55 K have recently been discovered, comprising a crystal structure with atomic layers of iron and arsenic alternating with atomic layers of rare-earth oxide or alkaline earth. The present inve... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8055235 | System and method for digital interference cancellation A system and method for receiving a signal, comprising an input adapted to receive a radio frequency signal having a strong interferer; a signal generator, adapted to produce a representation of the interferer as an analog signal generated based on an oversampled di... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8054965 | Telephony control system with intelligent call routing A system and method for communicating in a communication network, comprising presenting a communication comprising data over a communications network to a router, said router being adapted to route the communication to one of a plurality of available network destina... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8050648 | Superconducting digital mixer Digital mixers which permit mixing of asynchronous signals may be constructed of Rapid Single Flux Quantum (RSFQ) logic elements. The logic elements may include an RSFQ non-destructive readout cell (NDRO), an RSFQ D flip-flop, an RSFQ XOR circuit, and an RSFQ T flip... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046558 | File system having predictable real-time performance A file system that permits predictable accesses to file data stored on devices that may have a variable access latency dependent on the physical location of the file on the physical storage device. A variety of features that guarantee timely, real-time response to I... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046425 | Distributed adaptive network memory engine Memory demands of large-memory applications continue to remain one step ahead of the improvements in DRAM capacities of commodity systems. Performance of such applications degrades rapidly once the system hits the physical memory limit and starts paging to the local... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046313 | Ergonomic man-machine interface incorporating adaptive pattern recognition based control system An adaptive interface for a programmable system, for predicting a desired user function, based on user history, as well as machine internal status and context. The apparatus receives an input from the user and other data. A predicted input is presented for confirmat... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046107 | Method and apparatus for optimizing refrigeration systems A refrigeration system comprising a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing refrigerant to a liquid, an evaporator for evaporating liquid refrigerant from the condenser to a gas, an inner control loop for optimizing a supply of liquid re... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045660 | Wideband digital spectrometer A method for reducing interference, comprising receiving a wideband signal, having at least one large amplitude component; adaptively modifying the wideband signal with respect to at least one high intensity component without substantial introduction of non-linear d... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8045490 | Voice over internet call center integration An internet telephony system (ITS) comprising a browser display having a hyperlink, communicating with a server, retrieving a user's preferences, and initiating a voice communication with the user, through a communications channel defined by the user preferences. An... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8043163 | Practice aid for golfers A practice aid (22) for golfers (10), which is formed by a jacket-shaped textile upper part (24) with at least one tubular-shaped sleeve (26, 28). The sleeve (26, 28) comprises a stiffening and follows the motion sequence of the go... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8041773 | Automatic clustering for self-organizing grids Computational grids have traditionally not scaled effectively due to administrative hurdles to resource and user participation. Most production grids are essentially multi-site supercomputer centers, rather than truly open and heterogeneous sets of resources that ca... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8032477 | Adaptive pattern recognition based controller apparatus and method and human-factored interface therefore The need for a more-readily usable interface for programmable devices is widely recognized. The present invention relates to programmable sequencing devices, or, more particularly, the remote controls for consumer electronic devices. The present invention provides a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8031060 | Mobile system and method of operating mobile system A mobile system and method of operation thereof, comprising a radio frequency system, adapted to derive information relating to a position within an environment, based on communications with at least one terrestrial or extraterrestrial transmitter, and remotely tran... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7995196 | Authentication method and system A method for authenticating an object, comprising determining a physical dispersion pattern of a set of elements, determining a physical characteristic of the set of elements which is distinct from a physical characteristic producible by a transfer printing technolo... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7992283 | Surface micromachined differential microphone A differential microphone having a perimeter slit formed around the microphone diaphragm that replaces the backside hole previously required in conventional silicon, micromachined microphones. The differential microphone is formed using silicon fabrication technique... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7991013 | Digital receiver for radio-frequency signals A system and method for receiving radio frequency signals, comprising a plurality of analog signal couplers, for communicating a representation of a radio frequency signal; a respective analog to digital converter for each of said couplers, each having an output pre... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7987003 | Network media appliance system and method A network media appliance, comprising at least one packet data network interface, adapted for communicating data packets with a data network according to an Internet Protocol; a media data interface, and a processor, having an associated memory for storing executabl... | 07/26/2011 |
