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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5778656 | Cable retention device A cable handling chain link assembly comprising: a chain link; and a releasably connectable cable retention device; the link having an open sided cable compartment defined between an upper wall, a lower wall, and a partition extending between the upper an... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5776704 | Method of detecting angiogenic protein The present invention is directed to methods of detecting angiostatin protein which is an endothelial cell inhibitor. The angiostatin protein is a protein isolated from blood or urine that is eluted as single peak from C4-reverse phase high performance li... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5776891 | Compositions for reducing multidrug resistance The present invention comprises methods and compositions for reducing or eliminating multidrug resistance in cancers or certain infections by drug resistant microorganisms in patients. According to the method and composition of the present invention, a no... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5773182 | Method of light stabilizing a colorant A light-stable colored composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narrow bandwidth radiation, to be mutable. The rad... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5771034 | Font format An improved font format for displaying text-based characters on pixel-oriented display devices. The improved font format includes a simplified header that includes font information and a plurality of flags indicating one of a plurality of predetermined fo... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5770806 | Acoustic flow measurement method and measurement apparatus implementing the method An acoustic measurement method of flow measurement for determinating fluid flow velocity or other variables in a measurement pipe section by determining over an exactly determined length (&#b1;a&#b1;b) the downstream propagation time TD and ups... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769074 | Computer assisted methods for diagnosing diseases The simultaneous multi access reasoning technology system of the present invention utilizes both existing knowledge and implicit information that can be numerically extracted from training data to provide a method and apparatus for diagnosing disease and ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5769467 | Pipe couplings for misaligned or out-of-round pipes and expanding/contracting pipes A pipe coupling for sealing a joint between pipes in a pipeline by compressing annular gasket members against the pipes around the joint, the pipe coupling comprising an annular coupling member having end members and spaced annular protrusions forming gas... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5765876 | Pipe coupling requiring low closing force A coupling for sealing a leak location in a pipe or pipeline by compressing against the pipe or pipeline a pair of annular gasket members fitted about the pipe or pipeline on opposite sides of the leak location comprising a first axial sealing pad dispose... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764747 | Personal number communication system A personal number communications system assigns a personal number to each subscriber, and receives from each subscriber communication routing information in the form of one or more hierarchical lists of destinations based on the time of day and day of the... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5764107 | Highly responsive automatic output power control based on a differential amplifier A circuit for automatically limiting fluctuations in the output power level of a transmitter by providing a feedback control signal which is based on the output power level. An RF signal (100) is input to a terminal of the RF detector (200). When the RF s... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5760829 | Method and apparatus for evaluating an imaging device A system and method allows a user to evaluate the critical optical parameters associated with an imaging device including a CCD array. The system includes a series of optical test targets. Digital images of the optical test targets are captured by the ima... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5760293 | Method and apparatus for measuring envelope and bulk densities A compaction device for determining envelope and bulk densities of sample materials. The device uses a rotating sample cylinder and a plunger positioned within the cylinder. The force on the plunger is measured as the plunger advances in the cylinder. The... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5756159 | Water absorbing compositions and methods of making and use thereof A water absorptive composition comprising, a fibrous substrate impregnated with a water absorptive, water insoluble polymer, wherein the polymer is intertwined and interlocked with fibers of the fibrous substrate, and the composition has high water absorb... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753260 | Vaccines against sterols The present invention relates to immunoreactive compositions and methods for immunizing humans or animals against sterols, such as cholesterol and its derivatives, and their use in methods for reducing the serum cholesterol levels of the immunized individ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5748512 | Adjusting keyboard An adjusting keyboard for a small, touch screen display for a personal digital assistant provides a system and method for selecting a character for entry when a key of the keyboard is struck off center. The system and method of the adjusting keyboard sele... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748980 | System for configuring a computer system A system for configuring a devices of a computer with minimal support by a user. Device information for the devices of the computer is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5747659 | Fusion gene products encoding avian alpha subunit inhibin protein, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, and a carrier protein The present invention relates, in general, to a method of enhancing the production performance of avians, by administering to a bird a heterologous protein comprised of inhibin protein, or a fragment thereof, and a carrier protein. The present invention a... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5740601 | Method of manufacturing an impedance detector The invention concerns an electrical impedance detector for measurement of physical quantities, in particular of temperature or humidity, as well as a process for manufacture of the detectors. The impedance detector is composed of pieces cut off from a co... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5739175 | Photoreactor composition containing an arylketoalkene wavelength-specific sensitizer A method of generating reactive species which includes exposing a photoreactor composition to radiation, in which the photoreactor composition comprises a wavelength-specific sensitizer associated with a reactive species-generating photoinitiator. Also de... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5733677 | Metal-air electrochemical cell with oxygen reservoir A metal-air electrochemical cell comprising an oxygen reservoir disposed in an air plenum adjacent the air cathode. The oxygen reservoir includes an oxygen binding compound characterized in that the oxygen binding compound reversibly binds oxygen and rele... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733693 | Method for improving the readability of data processing forms A data processing form for use with photo-sensing apparatus that detect the presence of indicia at indicia-receiving locations on the form. The form is composed of a sheet of carrier material and plurality of indicia-receiving locations. The indicia-recei... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733876 | Method of inhibiting angiogenesis The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis and methods of inhibiting endothelial cell proliferation by the administration an effective amount of angiostatin protein. The angiostatin protein is an endothelial inhibitor and is i... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5733413 | Method for removing contaminates from aqueous paper pulp The present invention provides a method for decontaminating aqueous paper pulp comprising a decontaminating cell. The decontaminating cell has an upper light contaminate collection hood and/or a lower heavy contaminate collection trough. Paper pulp is pro... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5728458 | Light-weight high-strength composite pad The present invention relates to a low-weight, high-strength composite pad, and a method of making the same. The composite pad has a substantially rigid board and at least one reinforcing coating on one or more sides of the board. The reinforcing coating ... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5725858 | Methods of enhancing production performance of birds comprising administration of heterologous protein comprising avian alpha-subunit inhibin protein The present invention relates, in general, to a method of enhancing the production performance of avians, by administering to a bird a heterologous protein comprised of inhibin protein, or a fragment thereof, and a carrier protein. The present invention a... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5726384 | Electrical fitting support device An electrical fitting support device includes a housing having a cylindrical tubular wall with a first open end and a base end opposite to the first end. A base is provided at the base end of the housing, and is constituted by two base walls extending at ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724674 | Reinforced sleeve for surgical gown Improved material utilization and barrier protection for surgical sleeves is provided by improved garment pattern design and methods of assembly. The surgical sleeve of the present invention is formed from a single sheet of material. By folding the sheet ... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5723297 | Process for detecting an antibody using a nucleic acid amplification probe A process for detecting the presence or absence of a specific nucleic acid sequence or antibody in a sample using an oligonucleotide to bind to the nucleic acid sequence or antibody to be detected, forming double-stranded nucleic acid sequence using the b... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5724409 | Speed forwarding system for personal number communications system A method for a subscriber having a personal number to forward calls to a selected calling line. A communication directed to a predetermined number is received, and the calling line identification number (CLID) from which the call originated is obtained, a... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5721287 | Method of mutating a colorant by irradiation A method of mutating a colorant in a composition which includes a colorant and a radiation transorber by irradiating the composition. The colorant, in the presence of the radiation transorber, is adapted, upon exposure of the transorber to specific, narro... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5721064 | Air manager system for reducing gas concentrations in a metal-air battery A rechargeable metal-air battery having a housing, an air flow path, and at least one metal-air cell positioned within the housing. An air movement device communicates with the housing. The metal-air cell generates oxygen and hydrogen during cell charging... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5718756 | Process for the manufacture of a structured paper coating Structured paper coatings having good opacifying characteristics and good rheological properties are manufactured by a process which consists essentially of mixing a fine particle size kaolin clay pigment; water; at least one material selected from the gr... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5716314 | Optimal angle corrugated board folder A corrugated board folder is disclosed for folding the flap of a corrugated board onto the base of the corrugated board along a fold line having an inside fold line and an outside fold line. The corrugated board folder includes a conveyor mounted on a fra... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5717741 | Method for handling telephonic messages A method for taking a message for a subscriber, including the steps of: receiving a communication on a calling line from a source, identifying the calling line number associated with the calling line, identifying the source of the communication, recording... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5717870 | Serial port controller for preventing repetitive interrupt signals An improved input/output FIFO buffering device with expanded buffers for a universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter (UART) that includes scalable trigger levels for generation of an external service request is disclosed. Standard selectable trigger lev... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5715638 | Fabric wall panel system A fabric wall panel system which mounts wall panels by means of releasable hanger. The fabric wall panel system includes a wall panel and a hanger. The fabric wall panel comprises a frame and a flat filler insert. The frame comprises a plurality of linear... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712291 | Methods and compositions for inhibition of angiogenesis The present invention comprises a group of compounds that effectively inhibit angiogenesis. More specifically, thalidomide and various related compounds such as thalidomide precursors, analogs, metabolites and hydrolysis products have been shown to inhibi... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5710880 | Method and system for creating a graphic image with geometric descriptors A method for creating a scalable graphic image for display by a pixel-oriented display device. A pixel-based design of the desired graphic image is created and thereafter separated into constituent parts. A geometric descriptor is created for each constit... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5709955 | Adhesive composition curable upon exposure to radiation and applications therefor An adhesive composition, a laminated structure, and a method of laminating a structure. The adhesive composition comprises an admixture of unsaturated polymerizable material and a photoreactor, the photoreactor comprising a wavelength-specific sensitizer ... | 01/20/1998 |
