Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185506 | Unified management method of various types of messages of a personal information terminal A mobile terminal includes a display and a controller. The display outputs a first input window configured to receive a first message. When input data is received into at least one message field of the first input window, the controller determines whether or not the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182900 | Injection molded product An injection molded product is provided that does not require any separate processes after the injection molding and has beautiful patterns on a surface thereof. The injection molded product includes an irregular prominent surface on which irregular prominences are ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181659 | Washing machine having UV generator A dishwasher having a UV generator that sterilizes dishes is provided. The dishwasher includes a tub that holds dishes to be washed, a sump that holds washing water, a spray nozzle that sprays the washing water into the dishwasher, and at least one UV generator that... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660508 | Frame for a ceiling light | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181199 | Method for displaying internet television information of broadcasting receiver and broadcasting receiver enabling the method The present invention relates to a method for, when a broadcasting receiver outputs a broadcast program, determining whether the same program is present in a program list of an Internet television (TV) provided by an Internet server, and performing a notification fu... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180074 | Display device and speaker system for the display device At least one exciter is used to produce sound for a flat panel display. The exciter vibrates the housing for production of sound. The housing may also include a plate mounted on the front surface of the housing and the exciter may be attached to the plate, which ser... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177522 | Mode changing apparatus for a scroll compressor A mode changing apparatus for a scroll compressor is provided that may include a low-pressure passage that communicates with a suction side formed by an orbiting motion of an orbiting scroll, an intermediate-pressure passage that communicates with an intermediate-pr... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659899 | LED lamp | 05/15/2012 |
| D659890 | LED lamp module | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173469 | Fabrication method of light emitting device Provided is a method for fabricating a light emitting device. The method for fabricating the light emitting device includes forming a buffer layer including a compound semiconductor in which a rare-earth element is doped on a substrate, forming a light emitting stru... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8170267 | Speaker A speaker is disclosed. A speaker includes a fixing part (500) fastened to a base frame; a motion part moved (400) with respect to the fixing part by an electromagnetic force; a vibration plate (200) that vibrates in communication with the motio... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169144 | Plasma display panel A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate opposite the front substrate, a barrier rib that is positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate to provide a discharge cell, a seal layer tha... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167582 | Fan assembly and refrigerator having the same A fan assembly. The fan assembly includes a rotation shaft, a rotor coupled to the rotation shaft, a stator disposed inside the rotor, and a fan including a hub having a receiving space therein, and a plurality of blades disposed at a circumference of the hub, and c... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163103 | Dishwasher and rack assembly therefor A dishwasher is provided in which heights of basket(s) of a rack assembly may be easily changed. The dishwasher may include a frame configured to be inserted into and withdraw from a washing tub and plurality of basket positioning device configured to receive and su... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163051 | Dust collector of vacuum cleaner A dust collector of a vacuum cleaner is provided. The dust collector includes a dust separation part that separates dust from air, a dust collecting body having a dust storage part that stores the dust separated by the dust separation part, and a division part that ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160568 | Mobile terminal and method for remote-controlling thereof A mobile terminal may be remote controlled by setting a condition for the mobile terminal to enter a remote-control mode, receiving a call connection request, and entering the remote-control mode when the call connection request is received at the mobile terminal an... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156591 | Washing machine and operating method thereof A washing machine and an operating method of the washing machine are provided. In the operating method of the washing machine, it is determined whether a washing machine has a regular laundry load or a single laundry load based on the amount of laundry and the numbe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155523 | WDM PON RF overlay architecture based on quantum dot multi-wavelength laser source In a Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) including, a system for overlaying an analog broadcast signal. An Optical Line Terminal of the WDM-PON includes a broadband light source for generating uplink seed light for each uplink channel o... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151597 | Refrigerator The present invention relates to a refrigerator, and more particularly, to a cold air flow passage structure for allowing ice, which is received in an ice-storing device provided in a refrigerating chamber door, to be in a frozen state without being melted. T... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151409 | Vacuum cleaner A vacuum cleaner is provided in which detachment of a dust collection device and compression of dust may be selectively performed. The vacuum cleaner may include a main body, a dust collection device selectively mounted on the main body, and a dust separation device... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151393 | Washing machine and method of controlling a washing machine The present invention relates to a washing machine and a method of controlling a washing machine. According to the washing machine and the method of controlling the washing machine in accordance with the present invention, the drum is operated at a first speed so th... | 04/10/2012 |
| D657485 | Head of a street lamp | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148737 | Light emitting device, light emitting device package and lighting system Disclosed are a light emitting device, a light emitting device package and a lighting system. The light emitting device of the embodiment includes a light emitting structure including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer over the first conductive ... | 04/03/2012 |
| D657089 | LED lamp | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143784 | Display device A display device includes a transparent plate having a first area and a second area, a first conductive line on the second area of the transparent plate, a substrate having a third area and a fourth area on the first area of the transparent plate, a display element ... | 03/27/2012 |
| D656659 | Head of a street lamp | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139573 | Mobile communication terminal and multimedia message processing method using the same Example embodiments disclose a mobile communication terminal by which a user can recognize a reception-completed message among a plurality of transmission messages in a manner of searching a transmitted message by reading received transmission state data in the case... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136896 | Laundry treating machine A laundry treating machine is provided which includes a cabinet that forms an external appearance of the laundry treating machine, a washing tub mounted in the cabinet, a housing mounted in the cabinet below the washing tub, the housing defining a predetermined spac... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136264 | Method for controlling automatically dryness An automatic dry control method is disclosed, enabling exact drying by stabilizing a detection value of a temperature sensor and performing an additional drying according to a first dryness achieving point at an automatic drying washer and a drum type dryer that det... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136189 | Method for controlling washing course of washing machine A method for controlling operation of a washing machine is provided. The method may include performing heated washing courses at different temperatures while also selectively controlling an operating rate of a driving motor to enhance sterilizing effects on items be... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134577 | System and method for changing orientation of an image in a display device A method for displaying an image in a display device initially includes storing a plurality masks in a memory. A mask of the plurality of masks is selected randomly from the plurality of masks, when control information is received for a source image and used to chan... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132934 | Light emitting device and light unit having the same Disclosed are a light emitting device and a light unit having the same. The light emitting device includes a body; a first light emitting diode for emitting a light having a first main peak in a wavelength range of a first color; a second light emitting diode for em... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131093 | Transferring system for huge and high quality images on network and method thereof A transferring system for huge and high quality images on network and a method thereof are disclosed, wherein various individual image data are converted into high quality image data to be converted into layered image data, and classified into a plurality of sub cel... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128452 | Building block A block for building is provided. The block may include a body, a case provided in the body, a holder movably provided within the case, and a magnet installed in the holder. The holder may include a sliding prevention part to provide for engagement with adjacent blo... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8126332 | Method of wavelength alignment for a wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network Described is a method for controlling the wavelength of a laser in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) system. The method includes generating broadband light having a dithered optical power and a wavelength spectrum that includes a plurality of WDM wavelengths. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125148 | Plasma display panel with a defined relationship between an exhaust hole circumferential length and distances between main and separation barrier ribs and seal layer structures A plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate arranged to face the front substrate, barrier ribs for partitioning discharge cells between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and an exhaust hole formed on the rear substrate in an area be... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125147 | Plasma display device with light-absorbing filter In a plasma display apparatus of the preset invention, a filter including an external light shielding sheet configured to shield externally incident light to the greatest extent possible is disposed at the front, thus effectively implementing a black image and impro... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122875 | Burner assembly for gas burners of radiant heating type A burner assembly for a radiant heating type gas burner is provided. The burner assembly includes a burner chamber that receives a mixed gas, a burner mat on top of the burner chamber for making combustion, and a baffle part between a bottom of the burner mat and a ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8122732 | Refrigerator with noise reduction structure using inverse phase sound wave Disclosed is a refrigerator having a noise reduction structure. According to the refrigerator, a branch pipe for reducing the intensive noise occurring from an impeller part is provided to a discharge pipe connected so that the refrigerant is discharged in a directi... | 02/28/2012 |
| D655032 | LED lighting apparatus | 02/28/2012 |
