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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185621 | Systems and methods for monitoring webpages Webpages at a universal resource locator (URL) address are compared at two different times. A request is received from a web browser for a first webpage at the URL. The first webpage is requested and received from the URL at a first time. A selectable webpage is cre... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180581 | Systems and methods for identifying correlated variables in large amounts of data Groups of correlated representations of variables are identified from a large amount of spectrometry data. A plurality of samples is analyzed and a plurality of measured variables is obtained from a spectrometer. A processor executes a number of steps. The plurality... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179816 | System and method for high resolution indoor positioning using a narrowband RF transceiver A sequence of two or more signals representing two or more data packets is transmitted through a wireless channel using a transmitter device. The two or more signals are a result of two or more transmissions that are made sequentially in time at different center fre... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177653 | Wearable swing training apparatus A swing training apparatus includes a first plate, a second, plate, a moveable joint, and an angular resistance mechanism. The movable joint connects the first plate to the second plate so that the first plate can rotate with respect to the second plate and about a ... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659908 | Eyelash conditioner container | 05/15/2012 |
| D659907 | Mascara container | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175811 | Scientist domain-centric user interface and enabling “soft” Translation The scientist domain-centric user interface system may prompt the user to supply scientist-centric information expressed utilizing terminology of a scientific domain, such as biology or analytical chemistry. A translation system then generates control parameters to ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175639 | NanoPC mobile personal computing and communication device It is the main object of this invention to provide a ubiquitous and multi-functional low power handheld mobile personal computing device which will function as a computing device the size of a PDA with large 17 inches or larger projection screen supporting various w... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8148678 | Systems and methods for reducing noise from mass spectra Systems and methods for reducing background noise in a mass spectrum. The method includes the following steps of: (a) obtaining an original mass spectrum; (b) determining a noise mass spectrum corresponding to background noise in the original mass spectrum; and (c) ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144320 | Method and apparatus for reconstructing optical spectra in a static multimode multiplex spectrometer The static MMS spectral reconstruction process is optimized using algorithmic methods. Because the static MMS encodes spectral information across the detector plane in a highly non-local way, optical errors have a non-local effect on the reconstruction which introdu... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8073639 | Method for identifying a convolved peak A method for identifying a convolved peak is described. A plurality of spectra is obtained. A multivariate analysis technique is used to assign data points from the plurality of spectra to a plurality of groups. A peak is selected from the plurality of spectra. If t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8073635 | Method of quantitation by mass spectrometry Quantitation is performed using data from a mass spectrometer. A calibration ion mass spectrum is acquired for each of a plurality of known quantities of a material. From the calibration spectra a plurality of ions that identify the material is determined, and for e... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067728 | Method of improving signal-to-noise for quantitation by mass spectrometry Selectivity of a measurement from a mass spectrometer is improved by selecting an extracted ion current window for the measurement after data acquisition. A plurality of mass spectra are acquired over a period of time. A first extracted ion current window is selecte... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8026479 | Systems and methods for analyzing substances using a mass spectrometer Systems and methods for analyzing compounds in a sample. In one embodiment, the present technology is directed towards a method of analyzing a sample, comprising: emitting ions from the sample; selectively filtering the emitted ions for at least one designated trigg... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013889 | Peripheral viewing system for a vehicle A peripheral viewing system for a vehicle includes a pair of digital cameras, each positioned on the exterior of the vehicle proximately positioned where a side view mirror would typically be mounted. An additional digital camera is mounted on the vehicle roof immed... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7997730 | Explicit raytracing for gimbal-based gazepoint trackers A system for determining a three-dimensional location and orientation of an eye within a camera frame of reference includes a camera, an illuminator, and a processor. The camera captures an image of the eye. The illuminator generates a reflection off of a corneal su... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7985948 | Systems and methods for analyzing substances using a mass spectrometer Systems and methods for analyzing compounds in a sample. In one embodiment, the present technology is directed towards a method of analyzing a sample, comprising: emitting ions from the sample; selecting the emitted ions for a designated ion; fragmenting the designa... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982180 | Methods and systems for analysis and correction of mass spectrometer data A background component of reporter ion signals is determined by fitting a distribution function. A plurality of samples that include a protein labeled with a plurality of isobaric reporter ions is analyzed at a plurality of different times using a mass spectrometer,... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7956742 | Method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags This invention relates generally to a method and system for storing, retrieving, and managing data for tags that are associated in some manner to any type of object. More particularly, the present invention writes data to these tags, reads data from these tags, and ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7953667 | Method and system to detect invalid and fraudulent impressions and clicks in web-based advertisement systems This invention improves upon existing pay-per-click arrangements periodically generating a code associated with the search-engine users. This code, preferably in the form of a serial number, is compared to the user of the website, such that by observing a metric lik... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7919745 | Methods and systems for background correction in tandem mass spectrometry based quantitation A corrected reporter ion intensity is calculated in tandem mass spectrometry based quantitation using isobaric labels. An analyte in each of two or more samples of a mixture of samples is labeled with a different isobaric label. The analyte is eluted from the mixtur... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7912173 | Reference structures and reference structure enhanced tomography A reference structure tomography device is provided which includes a reference structure configured to intercept and modulate energy in the form of waves or otherwise propagating from a source to a sensor, along longitudinal and traverse directions. The reference st... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7877315 | System and method for swapping of tangible items A system and method for an on-line swapping service. The service registers members and allows members to list items that each member is willing to swap in exchange for credits with the service for an item from listed by another member. An example of the items that m... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7865322 | Relative noise Relative noise is a single scalar value that is used to predict the maximum value of the expected noise at any point and is calculated from the measured signal and a mathematical noise model. The mathematical noise model is selected or estimated from an observation ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7830507 | Spatially patterned substrates for chemical and biological sensing A system and method are provided for imaging a test substrate having a test surface that is configured to enable spectroscopic detection of one or more chemical or biological species, wherein the test surface includes a testing site disposed thereon according to a p... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7805253 | Methods and systems for discovering protein modifications and mutations Accordingly, systems and methods for protein identification are provided. The present teaching provide for a system with one protein identification methodology based on one method and a second protein identification methodology based on a second protein identificati... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7773218 | Spatially-registered wavelength coding Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for spectral imaging. Electromagnetic energy emanating from an object is passed through a first dispersive element, a coded aperture, and a second dispersive element to a detector plane. A wavelength... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773111 | System and method for perceived image processing in a gaze tracking system An embodiment of the present invention provide a system for measuring and modifying at least one model parameter of an object of an image in order to distinguish the object from noise in the image includes a perceived image generator, an image-match function, and a ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7720694 | Pharmaceutical verification network Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for communicating pharmaceutical verification information between a server and a node using a network. A node includes a pharmaceutical identification and verification system. The verification inform... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7686451 | Explicit raytracing for gimbal-based gazepoint trackers One embodiment of the present invention is a method for computing a first gaze axis of an eye in a first coordinate system. A camera is focused on the eye and moved to maintain the focus on the eye as the eye moves in the first coordinate system. A first location of... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7634364 | Methods and systems for mass defect filtering of mass spectrometry data The present teachings relate to a method of filtering mass spectrometer data using a variable filter window. The width of the window can depend on the mass itself and the mass defects for a family of compounds. The teachings can be used with a plurality of compounds... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7616306 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical wavemeter includes a slit, a diffraction grating, a mask, a complementary grating, and a detector. A monochromatic source is incident on the slit. The diffraction grating produces an image of the slit in an image plane at a horizontal position that is wav... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7587285 | Method for identifying correlated variables According to various embodiments, variables are grouped in an unsupervised manner after principal component analysis of a plurality of variables from a plurality of samples. A number of principal components are selected. A subset principal component space is created... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7573579 | Coded aperture imaging photopolarimetry An imaging polarimeter includes a polarization dispersing element, a spatial light modulator, a complementary polarization dispersing element, a polarization analyzer, an electronic detection plane, and a processor. The polarization dispersing element polarimetrical... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7532772 | Coding for compressive imaging Embodiments of the present invention can estimate an image using an encodement provided by an optical component, an encodement provided by a detector array, or both an encodement provided by an optical component and an encodement provided by a detector array. The or... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7505130 | Static two-dimensional aperture coding for multimodal multiplex spectroscopy A class of aperture coded spectrometer is optimized for the spectral characterization of diffuse sources. The instrument achieves high throughput and high spatial resolution by replacing the slit of conventional dispersive spectrometers with a spatial filter or mask... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7463179 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical signal is compressively sampled using an optical component to encode multiplex measurements. A mapping from the optical signal to a detector array is created using spatial and/or spectral dispersion. Signals transmitted by a plurality of transmissive elem... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463174 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical signal is compressively sampled. An optical component with a plurality of transmissive elements and a plurality of opaque elements is created. The location of the plurality of transmissive elements and the plurality of opaque elements is determined by a t... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7432843 | Compressive sampling and signal inference A signal is temporally compressively sampled. A plurality of analog to digital converters are assembled to sample the signal. Each analog to digital converter of the plurality of analog to digital converters is configured to sample the signal at a time step determin... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7427932 | Compressive sampling and signal inference An optical signal is copressively sampled using an imaging system. The imaging system is created from a plurality of subimaging systems. Each subimaging system comprises a subaperture and a plurality of sensors. The optical signal is collected at each subaperture of... | 09/23/2008 |
