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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6882359 | Film scanner The image scanning system of the present invention scans slides and film strips containing photographic images and creates a corresponding plurality of digital representations of the photographic images. The system includes a touch screen monitor, a computer, a scan... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6480322 | Method of improving the respondability of moveable structures in a display A method improves the respondability of moveable structures in a display medium, such as a gyricon display. The inventive method includes heating the display and exercising the rotatable structures within the display by an application of an electrical fie... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6422840 | Hydraulic displacement pump having two stroke length A pump having both a short stroke pumping mode and a long stroke pumping mode. The pump has two material cylinders, each with an attached hydraulic cylinder for operating a piston rod extending through both the material and hydraulic cylinders. The piston... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6421079 | Film scanner A photographic film scanner for scanning a film strip containing a plurality of photographic images is disclosed. The film strip is advanced through the scanner and a digital image of the film strip is created. Individual images contained in the digital i... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6419781 | Index sticker print An index sticker print is created where small photographic images are printed on individual sticker blanks contained on a sticker blank carrier. The photographic images are derived from digital image data obtained when the photographic film is scanned. Th... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416880 | Amorphous permalloy films and method of preparing the same A magnetically permeable material comprising a substantially amorphous permalloy film is disclosed. The substantially amorphous permalloy film is formed by ion-beam sputtering. The substantially amorphous permalloy film exhibits improved output amplitude ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6418377 | Antenna recommendation map A map for providing television antenna recommendations for a selected geographic area is disclosed. The map comprises multiple contours, a legend and a channel list. Each contour corresponds to a type of antenna. The legend associates each contour with a ... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6415791 | Airway treatment apparatus with cough inducement An airway clearance system and method produces high frequency chest wall oscillations (HFCWO) and increased airflow velocities through the air passages to clear the lungs of mucus. The system includes a chest wall force applicator to produce the HFCWO, an... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6401040 | Antenna recommendation map A map for providing television antenna recommendations for a selected geographic area is disclosed. The map comprises multiple contours, a legend and a channel list. Each contour corresponds to a type of antenna. The legend associates each contour with a ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6394011 | All wheel steer variable load carrying tractor vehicle An all wheel steer variable load carrying tractor vehicle which is particularly suited for towing crop input implements, the front section of which comprises a cab and engine the back section of which comprises several storage containers for carrying bulk... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6379316 | Method and apparatus for inducing sputum samples for diagnostic evaluation An apparatus for inducing sputum samples for diagnosing pulmonary disorders, especially as it relates to detection of early stages of lung cancer. The apparatus is comprised of a pneumatic chest compression vest, a pneumatic pressure generator, and a mout... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6379368 | Occlusion device with non-thrombogenic properties An occlusion device for the closure of atrial or ventricular septal defects, for the closure of patent ductus arteriosus, patent foramen ovale, or other vascular defects. The occlusion device comprises a center section extending in an axial direction, wit... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6375224 | Index print for use in a positive sleeving system for photographic negatives A storage system for storing photographic film negatives that makes it easier for a consumer to identify the images on each negative. The storage system is made from sleeving material having several individual sleeves for storing strips of photographic fi... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6375432 | Pipeline air pocket detection system A method of detecting an air pocket in a concrete pump and minimizing the effect of the nozzle and boom reaction as the air pocket reaches the end of the boom. The hydraulic pressure of the pump is monitored to determine when a pump stroke contains air. U... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370804 | Cardboard-plastic slide mount A cardboard-plastic slide mount includes a cardboard bottom, a cardboard cover and a plastic brace between the bottom and the cover. The cardboard bottom and the cardboard cover include aligned film windows. The plastic brace is between the bottom and the... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6353994 | Method of securing a head assembly to an actuator arm using a base plate with improved torque retention A base plate is used to attach the head/gimbal assembly of a disc drive to an actuator arm. The base plate has a boss which fits into an opening in the actuator arm. In one embodiment, the boss includes a plurality of raised portions defining a cylinder h... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6354232 | Adjusting shelving system An improved hanging shelf system has shelves suspended from a webbing. The shelves can be adjusted along the webbing to be spaced at any distance. The manner in which the shelves are suspended is hidden from view making it more aesthetically pleasing.... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6351353 | Interconnect designs for micromotor, magnetic recording head and suspension assemblies The present invention is a package for incorporating a micromotor into a head gimbal assembly. The head gimbal assembly includes a slider package and a micromotor package assembled on a load beam. The slider package and micromotor package include circuitr... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6344953 | Magnetoresistive read sensor using overlaid leads with insulating current guide layer A magnetoresistive read sensor has amagnetoresistive element, first and second bias elements, first and second current guides, and first and second overlaid leads. The magnetoresistive element has a center region and end regions separated by the center re... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6341046 | Current biasing voltage sensing preamplifier for magnetoresistive heads A preamplifier for an MR element having first and second ends includes first and second feedback loops controlling the biasing of the MR element. The first feedback loop responds to a center voltage of the MR element to control a current source coupled to... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6340025 | Airway treatment apparatus with airflow enhancement An airway clearance system and method produces high frequency chest wall oscillations (HFCWO) and increased airflow velocities through the air passages to clear the lungs of mucus. The system includes a chest wall force applicator to produce the HFCWO and... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6318012 | Method for forming a plastic slide mount A post plastic lens photographic slide mount made from a plastic slide mount includes a first and second plastic frame portions connected along an outer border with a pocket into which a photographic film slide can be inserted. A top plastic lens and a bo... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6318362 | Nasal dilator A nasal dilator that prevents the outer wall tissue of the nasal passages of the nose from drawing in during breathing comprises a truss member. The truss member includes a flexible strip of material having a first end region, a second end region and an i... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6275454 | Microactuator for track positioning a slider-mounted lens of an optical disc drive A slider assembly for an optical disc drive includes a flyable slider supporting a pad with a pair of piezoelectric beams mounted to the pad to extend in spaced relation over the slider. An objective lens is mounted to the beams as to be cantilevered over... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6269687 | Force sensing slider A disc drive test slider apparatus for measuring contact force with a surface of a rotating disc media includes a slider body positioned proximate the surface of the rotating disc. The slider body includes an air-bearing surface substantially parallel to ... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6256175 | Magnetic shielding for electromagnetic microactuator A disc drive microactuation system finely positions a transducing head carried by a slider adjacent a selected radial track of a rotatable disc. An electromagnetic microactuator having a stator and a rotor operatively connected to the slider is provided o... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6242013 | Method and composition for enhancing oleic acid content of milk produced by ruminants A method of enhancing the oleic acid content of milk produced by a ruminant, the method including processing a high oleic material to form a ruminally-protected high oleic material that is resistant to degradation in the rumen of the ruminant, orally feed... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6223085 | Device and method for preventing restenosis A method and apparatus for reducing restenosis of a stenotic region of a blood vessel after performing a dilatation angioplasty treatment is disclosed. The method includes radiating microwave energy from a microwave antenna to kill a medial tissue layer o... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6203044 | Wheelchair docking device The present invention is a connector assembly for use in coupling a wheelchair to a wheelchair lift. The assembly includes a lift connector which has a lower arm and an upper arm, with each arm having first and second ends. An end link joins the first end... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6170608 | Scaffold conveyor system A scaffolding system that includes a pair of tower portions, with each tower portion having a proximal section that is held in working relation with a bearing surface and each tower portion having a distal section, a platform, the platform supported by th... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6150474 | Polyamid-polyketon-blends The invention relates to a polymer blend composition containing (A) a linear alternating polyketone polymer on the basis of carbon monoxide and at least one ethylenically unsaturated hydrocarbon compound, (B) at least one polyamide and/or block copolyeste... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6146711 | Curable coating composition for sheet goods A wear layer is applied to a flooring material to yield a product having superior properties. The wear layer is applied to the flooring material using a coating composition comprising (i) a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resin, (ii) an acrylic or methacrylic co... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6132382 | Non-invasive blood pressure sensor with motion artifact reduction A non-invasive blood pressure sensor includes a first fluid filled sensing chamber having a diaphragm. A first transducer is fluidly coupled to the first sensing chamber to sense fluid pressure within the first chamber. A flexible body conformable wall su... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6132858 | Membrane coated paper The present invention is a printing medium for use with an ink jet printer. The printing medium includes a substrate and a porous coating layer formed on the substrate using a phase inversion technique. The porous coating layer draws at least one componen... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6120820 | Method of modifying the color of a dairy material A method of producing a reduced color dairy product that includes separating a dairy material into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including at least about 30 weight percent, as determined by high pressure liquid chromatography at ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6122581 | Multi-variable rate dispensing system for agricultural machine An improved mobile agricultural products application system including a multi-variable rate dispensing system particularly adaptable for use in site-specific farming, wherein selected discrete crop input delivery information unique to selected on-board cr... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6118627 | Thin film head design improving top pole width control A thin film inductive head comprising a bottom pole, an insulation region fabricated on the bottom pole, a cavity layer formed on the insulation region, the cavity layer containing an aperture, and a top pole deposited on the cavity layer so that the top ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6108960 | Fishing lure A fishing lure which includes a crankbait body has a cavity in the lower surface of the body. An elongated insert (which may be a chemiluminescent tube or a colored tube) is positioned in the cavity so that the element is exposed below and on both sides o... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6105775 | Sleeving system for photographic film negatives A storage system for storing photographic film negatives that makes it easier for a consumer to identify the images on each negative. The storage system is made from sleeving material having several individual sleeves for storing strips of photographic fi... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6099477 | Method and apparatus for calculating blood pressure of an artery The present invention is a method for calculating blood pressure of an artery having a pulse. The method includes applying a varying pressure to the artery. Pressure waveforms are sensed to produce pressure waveform data. Waveform parameters are derived f... | 08/08/2000 |
