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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D626850 | Bottle | 11/09/2010 |
| 7772234 | Bicyclic inhibitors of MEK and methods of use thereof Disclosed are compounds of the Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R8, R9 and R10, W, X, and ... | 08/10/2010 |
| D619011 | Bottle | 07/06/2010 |
| D618553 | Bottle | 06/29/2010 |
| D618107 | Bottle | 06/22/2010 |
| 7712306 | Dynamic control of selective non-catalytic reduction system for semi-batch-fed stoker-based municipal solid waste combustion The present invention controls reagent flow levels in a selective non-catalytic reduction (SNCR) system by more accurately predicting Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) production with a municipal waste combustor. In one embodiment, the reagent levels correspond with measured fu... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7703583 | Ventilated disc braking band for a disc brake A braking band of a disc for a disc brake of the ventilated type, unusually capable of improving the disc cooling efficiency, extends between an inner diameter close to an axis of rotation of the disc and an outer diameter away from the said axis of rotation of the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7703582 | Device for adjusting a dual-servo drum brake with internal shoes A device for adjusting a dual-servo brake with internal shoes (9) being supported on a shoe-holder plate (2) so as perform floating selfreinforcing or automatic activation movements against a braking surface of a drum. The device comprises: adjustment ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7538120 | Method of treating inflammatory diseases Disclosed are methods of treating inflammatory diseases and disorders, such as arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, in mammals. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7511058 | Heterocyclic inhibitors of MEK and methods of use thereof Disclosed are compounds of the Formula III and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof, wherein R1, R2, R7, R8, R9 R10, and W are as defined i... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7386933 | Method of fabricating thin film write heads with a shortened yoke and improved dimension control A method for fabricating a magnetic recording head writer. The writer includes a bottom magnetic pole and a write gap formed over the bottom pole and a coil trench formed in the bottom pole. A top magnetic pole is provided as two layers with the first layer includin... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7333894 | Methods for the diagnosis of hemodialysis patients and utilization of such methods to improve the administration of intravenous levocarnitine treatments to hemodialysis patients The disclosed invention pertains to methods for diagnosing clinical conditions that are common in hemodialysis patients and that may be related to abnormal carnitine metabolism resulting from hemodialysis. Further, the present invention pertains to methods for monit... | 02/19/2008 |
| D538141 | Universal mount for a large flat panel display | 03/13/2007 |
| 7155400 | Universal task management system, method and product for automatically managing remote workers, including automatically recruiting workers A computer implemented method, a system, and a software product to automatically manage one or more human workers carrying out a process of manipulating source data provided to produce result data. The process including a set of one or more task steps each having an... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7143195 | HTTP redirector A system and method for managing state information between processes in different domains, and, more particularly, to software, systems and methods for determining and updating state information using hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) cookies. A state management se... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7131239 | Structural slab and wall assembly for use with expansive soils A foundation assembly for use with expansive soils. The assembly includes a slab form, such as metal pan, for receiving poured concrete, a structural slab cast into the form, and structural members, e.g., piers, footing pads, and the like, contacting and/or extendin... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127518 | System and method for implementing application functionality within a network infrastructure A system and method for implementing functionality within a network on behalf of first and second computers communicating with each other through the network. A front-end computer is provided within the network having an interface for communicating data traffic with... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7120662 | Conductor gateway prioritization parameters A system and method for prioritizing sets of information transmitted across a network. The priority of a set of information determines the order in which it is transmitted and other characteristics associated with the set of information, such as connection reliabili... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7111006 | System and method for providing distributed database services A database system operating over a communication network. A plurality of client applications coupled to the network generate database access requests. An intermediary server coupled to the network receives the requests. A data storage mechanism coupled to the networ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107241 | System and method for processing a secured collateral loan A method of processing a secured loan so as to close the loan in time periods on the order of one hour. The loan process is initiated by accepting a loan application from a borrower. The loan application includes at least the borrower's identity, collateral identity... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093528 | Seal and valve systems and methods for use in expanders and compressors of energy conversion systems An epicycling device with improved sealing. A housing is provided with adjacent walls spaced apart to allow a substantially planar partition to pass. A piston is linked eccentrically to a drive shaft and positioned within the housing, has a cross sectional shape for... | 08/22/2006 |
| 6861214 | Immobilization of biopolymers to aminated substrates by direct adsorption An assay article for detection biopolymers contained in a sample is described. The assay article includes a substrate and a biopolymer directly adsorbed on the surface of the substrate. A plurality of biopolymers may be adsorbed on the surface of the substrate to fo... | 03/01/2005 |
| D502399 | Receptacle, in particular for single-use cosmetic products | 03/01/2005 |
| D499642 | Receptacle, in particular for single-use cosmetic products | 12/14/2004 |
| 6759903 | Amplifier An amplifier has a p-type and an n-type difference transistor pairs providing respective outputs, and is adapted to provide the outputs of the pairs in an integrated form. When the level of the input signal is below a predetermined level, only the p-type difference ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6756335 | Dielectric porcelain and resonator using the same The dielectric porcelain of the present invention comprises a polycrystalline material of which a main component comprises oxides containing at least a rare earth element (Ln), Al, M (M represents Ca and/or Sr) and Ti as metal elements, wherein the thickness of a gr... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6753507 | Wafer heating apparatus In a ceramic heater having a plate-like body made of a ceramic, heating element in one main face of the plate like body, and an electric supply portion to be electrically connected with the heating element, it has been a problem that the temperature is uneven if ben... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6753277 | Ceramics having excellent high-frequency characteristics and method of producing the same Ceramics comprising filler crystal particles having an average particle diameter of not smaller than 2.5 μm and a matrix crystal phase present on the grain boundaries of the filler crystal particles, the filler crystal particles being Al2O3 an... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6744402 | High-frequency diode oscillator and millimeter-wave transmitting/receiving apparatus An object of the present invention is to facilitate positioning of a metal member for mounting a high-frequency diode and of a dielectric strip, thereby remarkably improving control of oscillation characteristics and workability in production. The invention provides... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6732610 | Slide apparatus and its stage mechanism for use in vacuum The XY stage mechanism comprises a Y slide shaft 2 penetrating through only one side surface of the wall surfaces of a vacuum chamber 1 for holding a stage base plate in a cantilevered manner, a Y air slide bearing 4 for guiding the Y slide shaf... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6733734 | Materials and methods for the purification of hydride gases Regenerable gas purifier materials are provided capable of reducing the level of contaminants such as oxygen and moisture in a hydride gas stream to parts-per-billion levels or sub-parts-per-billion levels. The purifier materials of this invention comprise a thin la... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6730856 | Ceramic circuit board and method for manufacturing the same In the ceramic circuit board, within the through hole of the ceramic substrate is arranged the metal column which is 0 to 150 μm shorter relative to the thickness of the ceramic substrate; the metal circuit plates are attached to both surfaces of the ceramic substr... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6727773 | Method of generating a clock, a clock generation device, and electronic apparatuses having a clock generation device In generating a frequency-modulated clock, a first frequency modulation (FM) signal having frequency fm1 is frequency-modulated by a second FM signal having a second frequency fm2, generating a clock modulation signal fm0. The clock generation s... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6726488 | High-frequency wiring board A high-frequency wiring board of the present invention is characterized in that W1>W2 and S1≧S2 are satisfied in which W1 is a line width of a portion having a predetermined characteristic impedance of a line conductor, W2 is a conductor width of the line conducto... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6717728 | System and method for visualization of stereo and multi aspect images The method and system of the present invention displays autostereographic images without parallax barriers or loss of resolution. A stereopair is processed and sent to a distant display and one or more transmissive displays placed in front of it. Each display has a ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711186 | Optical module The present invention relates to an optical module for light path conversion, which is used in the fields of optical communications, optical information processing and the like. The optical module of the present invention comprises a surface light emitting element a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6711697 | Data transfer method A serial data transfer method utilizing one clock line and one serial data line. The method transfers a sequence of serial data bits on the serial data line, with each bit synchronized with a rise of a clock signal on the clock line. A chip enablement signal is plac... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6707685 | Multi-layer wiring board A multi-layer wiring board comprises an insulating substrate having, on a central part of its top surface, a semiconductor device mounting portion and having, on its under surface, an external electrode. The insulating substrate includes a multilayered wiring having... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6703876 | Reference clock generation system and device A clock generation system having a multiplicity of PLL circuit stages connected in series such that frequency division ratios are distributed over the respective PLL circuit stages to attain the predetermined ratio, with the first PLL circuit stage receiv... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6700789 | High-frequency wiring board There has been a problem that a mode (a high-order mode) different from a basic propagation mode occurs at a point of a through conductor and a transmission characteristic deteriorates greatly. The present invention is a high-frequency wiring board wherei... | 03/02/2004 |
