Quotables
"There is practically no chance communications space satellites will be used to provide better telephone, telegraph, television, or radio service inside the United States."
T. Craven, FCC Commissioner ; 1961
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939590 | Composition for forming silica-based coating film A composition for forming a silica-based coating film includes a siloxane polymer and an alkali metal compound. The siloxane polymer is preferably a hydrolysis-condensation product of a silane compound having a hydrolyzable group. Sodium, lithium, potassium, rubidiu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939300 | Device and method for high-throughput quantification of mRNA from whole blood Disclosed are a method, device kit, and automated system for simple, reproducible, and high-throughput quantification of mRNA from whole blood. More particularly, the method, device, kit and automated system involve combinations of leukocyte filters attached to olig... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939243 | Resin, resist composition and method of forming resist pattern A resist composition including a base resin component (A) and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the component (A) including a resin (A1) which has a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a-0) shown below: | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938738 | Iron golf club with improved mass properties and vibration damping A golf club is provided having improved playing characteristics based upon a multiple material construction. This construction involves a club body in combination with a face insert that defines a hollow channel therebetween. This hollow channel is substantially fil... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938737 | Golf club head with top line insert A golf club head having a recess located in a top portion thereof is described and claimed. The recess is located between the heel and the toe and extends toward the sole. The recess may be in the top line of the club head. An insert may be placed within the recess.... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938425 | Bicycle assembly with rear shock A bicycle frame can have a main frame, a sub-frame and a shock. The sub-frame can move in relation to the main frame and the shock can be used to regulate that relationship. A linkage can also be used to regulate the relationships and control the rotation. The shock... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937896 | Bird repellant device An improved bird repellent device which is simple and inexpensive to produce and install, yet which is 100% effective in preventing birds from landing or nesting on the protected structure by presenting a surface which projects outwardly from the protected structure... | 05/10/2011 |
| D637737 | Reagent holder | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936603 | Purge operations for solid-state storage devices A storage system that comprises multiple solid-state storage devices includes a command set that enables a host system to initiate one or more types of purge operations. The supported purge operations may include an erase operation in which the storage devices are e... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936121 | Organic light emitting display device An organic light emitting display device having a touch panel function comprises at least one organic light emitting diode and an encapsulating thin film for encapsulating the organic light emitting diode; and an external input device formed on the display panel for... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935792 | Antibody reacting with N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase product A polypeptide of N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase and a DNA encoding the peptide are provided. The polypeptide is (a) or (b) below: (a) a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 2; or ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935231 | Rapidly cleanable electroplating cup assembly Embodiments of a closed-contact electroplating cup assembly that may be rapidly cleaned while an electroplating system is on-line are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a cup assembly and a cone assembly, wherein the cup assembly comprises a cup bottom co... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935144 | Profile reduction of valve implant A method for reducing an axial profile of a valve implant includes providing a valve implant having a longitudinal axis and a delivery catheter having a central axis and a distal receiving section. The method further includes helically rolling the valve implant arou... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935084 | Catheter securement device A medical article securement device holds a medical article in position upon the body of a patient and can be used to inhibit lateral and longitudinal motion of the medical article. The securement device includes a retainer with a base and at least one post, and at ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934588 | Torque damper A torque damper can comprise a clutch piston arranged within a cover of a torque converter and can be adapted to be moved between a connected position and a non-connected position relative to the cover. Damper springs can be arranged along the circumference of the c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934361 | Packaging apparatus There is provided a packaging apparatus including a mechanism for joining a film from a film roll and a film from another film roll to each other. The packaging apparatus is capable of preventing a joint of the films from suffering a thermal sealing failure thereby ... | 05/03/2011 |
| PP21892 | plant named ‘FLORIAMETRINE’ A new cultivar of Dianthus plant named ‘FLORIAMETRINE’ is characterized inter alia by altered inflorescence with respect to tissue and/or organelles including flowers or flower parts. This trait sets ‘FLORIAMETRINE’ apart from all other existing varie... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933475 | Method and apparatus for providing back-lighting in a display device Methods and apparatus for providing lighting in a display are provided. In one embodiment, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) is provided that includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of interferometric modulators. The interferometric modulators include ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933300 | Resonant fabry-perot semiconductor saturable absorbers and two photon absorption power limiters An intracavity resonant Fabry-Perot saturable absorber (R-FPSA) induces modelocking in a laser such as a fiber laser. An optical limiter such as a two photon absorber (TPA) can be used in conjunction with the R-FPSA, so that Q-switching is inhibited, resulting in la... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932683 | Balancing transformers for multi-lamp operation A ring balancer comprising a plurality of balancing transformers facilitates current sharing in a multi-lamp backlight system. The balancing transformers have respective primary windings separately coupled in series with designated lamps and have respective secondar... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932460 | Thermoelectric heterostructure assemblies element Improved thermoelectric assemblies are disclosed, wherein layers of heterostructure thermoelectric materials or thin layers of thermoelectric material form thermoelectric elements. The layers are bound together with agents that improve structural strengths, allow el... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932277 | Peptide inhibitors of hepatitis C virus replication The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formula I, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical compositions, comprising a subject compound. The embodiments provide compounds of the general Formula II, as well as compositions, including pharmaceutical ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931615 | Infusion set An infusion set comprises a base member (60), an introducer cap (64), and an infusion cap (54). The base member (60) preferably comprises a soft cannula (52) extending from a lower side (118) of the base member (60), ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636930 | Lighter | 04/26/2011 |
| D636712 | Applique for motor vehicle | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929257 | Magnetic thin film having spacer layer that contains CuZn A magnetic thin film has a pinned layer whose magnetization direction is fixed with respect to an external magnetic field, a free layer whose magnetization direction is changed according to the external magnetic field, and a spacer layer which is sandwiched between ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927942 | Selective silicide process A method of self-aligned silicidation on structures having high aspect ratios involves depositing a metal oxide film using atomic layer deposition (ALD) and converting the metal oxide film to metal film in order to obtain uniform step coverage. The substrate is then... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927914 | Manufacturing method for semiconductor photoelectrochemical cell and semiconductor photoelectrochemical cell The invention provides a manufacturing method for a semiconductor photoelectrochemical cell, comprising the steps of burning a base made of titanium or a titanium alloy in an atmosphere of 700° C. to 1000° C. at a rate of temperature increase of no lower than 5° ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927780 | Resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, novel compound and method of producing the same, and acid generator A compound represented by formula (I); and a compound represented by formula (b1-1): wherein X represents —O—, —S—, —O—R3— or —S—R4—, wherein each of R3 and R4 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927778 | Chemically amplified positive photoresist composition for thick film, thick-film photoresist laminated product, manufacturing method for thick-film resist pattern, and manufacturing method for connection terminal A chemically amplified positive photoresist composition for thick film that is used for forming a thick-film photoresist layer with a film thickness of 10 to 150 μm on top of a support, including (A) a compound that generates acid on irradiation with active light o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926293 | Thermoelectrics utilizing convective heat flow An improved efficiency thermoelectric system is disclosed wherein convection is actively facilitated through a thermoelectric array. Thermoelectrics are commonly used for cooling and heating applications. Thermal power is convected through a thermoelectric array tow... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925374 | System and arrangement for producing a dental replacement component, and such a component A system for production of a dental crown (23, 24) includes identification equipment (2), modeling equipment (9), ordering equipment (6), and an automated production arrangement (16). The latter, as a function of one or more first ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924057 | Logic system for DPA resistance and/or side channel attack resistance DPA-resistant logic circuits and routing are described. An architecture and methodology are suitable for integration in a common automated EDA design tool flow. The architecture and design methodology can be used in logic circuits, gate arrays, FPGAs, cryptographic ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923524 | Silicone copolymer having condensed polycyclic hydrocarbon group Provided is a novel silicone copolymer which exhibits high absorption even in a far-ultraviolet region of 200 nm or more, and also is soluble in an alkaline reagent since it has a phenolic hydroxyl group. The silicone copolymer comprises a silsesquioxane having a ph... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923511 | Polypropylene compositions A polymer composition having (i) 0.01 to 50% wt (e.g. 0.05 to 15% wt) of a propylene polymer with a polymeric nucleating agent is disclosed. Preferably, the agent contains vinyl compound units and (ii) a heterophasic propylene polymer which includes less (or no) pol... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923373 | Pitch multiplication using self-assembling materials Self-assembling materials, such as block copolymers, are used as mandrels for pitch multiplication. The copolymers are deposited over a substrate and directed to self-assemble into a desired pattern. One of the blocks forming the block copolymers is selectively remo... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922604 | Multi-material golf club head A golf club head formed of multiple materials is disclosed. Those portions of the club head that are subject to high stresses during normal use of the golf club head are formed of a metallic material. Most of the material beyond what is required to maintain structur... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922552 | Organic light emitting display device and laser based method of manufacturing the same Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device in which a laser beam is used. The method includes forming an organic light emitting unit on a substrate; forming a sealing unit that seals the organic light emitting unit; forming an pro... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921851 | Nipple covering system One aspect of the present invention relates to a covering member for a protruding portion of a patient's body. This cover is flexible and collapsible so that it conforms to the shape of the encased portion of the body. This prevents the cover from being noticed whil... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921805 | Deposition from liquid sources A liquid injector is used to vaporize and inject a silicon precursor into a process chamber to form silicon-containing layers during a semiconductor fabrication process. The injector is connected to a source of silicon precursor, which preferably comprises liquid tr... | 04/12/2011 |
