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 |
| 8168497 | Low-resistance electrode design A solution for designing a semiconductor device, in which two or more attributes of a pair of electrodes are determined to, for example, minimize resistance between the electrodes, is provided. Each electrode can include a current feeding contact from which multiple... | 05/01/2012 |
| D657844 | Water treatment housing | 04/17/2012 |
| D657210 | Lunchbox | 04/10/2012 |
| D657180 | Water pitcher and filter | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150105 | Inspection using three-dimensional profile information A three-dimensional profile of at least a portion of an object, such as a vehicle, is generated using image data corresponding to the object. The image data can be acquired as the object passes an inspection location and can be enhanced using emitted electromagnetic... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8140250 | Rail vehicle identification and processing A solution for further automating the identification, processing, and/or routing of rail vehicles is provided. Each individual rail vehicle in a series of rail vehicles is identified and measurement data is acquired for the rail vehicle. The measurement data is anal... | 03/20/2012 |
| D649827 | Pitcher | 12/06/2011 |
| 8053271 | Device and method for managing radiation A device and method for managing terahertz and/or microwave radiation are provided. The device can comprise one or more field effect transistors (FETs) that each include at least one channel contact to a central region of the device channel of the FET. The frequency... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8030575 | Mounting structure providing electrical surge protection A solution for protecting an electronic device from an electrical surge using a mounting structure is provided. In particular, the mounting structure comprises a conductive material and is electrically connected to the protected electrical device. The conductive mat... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8015044 | System and method for determining a promise date for a demand in a business environment The present invention provides a method and a system for determining a promise date for a demand whose supply depends on constraints in a business environment. According to the present invention, information related to the business environment is stored within a dat... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8006559 | Wayside rolling stock inspection Inspection of rolling stock (e.g., rail vehicles) traveling along a set of rails is performed using devices that are placed in a housing that is attached to the set of rails. The housing conforms to standard width, height, and load bearing requirements for a railroa... | 08/30/2011 |
| D642827 | Multi-configuration table set | 08/09/2011 |
| 7955882 | Method of radiation generation and manipulation A method of managing radiation having a frequency in the terahertz and/or microwave regions. The method comprises providing a semiconducting device having a two-dimensional carrier gas. Plasma waves are generated in the carrier gas using a laser pulse. The frequency... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7928451 | Shaped contact layer for light emitting heterostructure An improved light emitting heterostructure and/or device is provided, which includes a contact layer having a contact shape comprising one of: a clover shape with at least a third order axis of symmetry or an H-shape. The use of these shapes can provide one or more ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7899640 | Integrated circuit characterisation system and method There is presented a system and method for characterizing an integrated circuit (IC) for comparison with a pre-defined system-level characteristic related to an aspect of IC operation, wherein a test procedure on the IC that invokes this aspect is executed, while at... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899207 | Image-based visibility measurement The invention provides an image-based visibility measurement solution in which an image is used to calculate a visibility (visual range). In one embodiment, a lighting condition for the image is determined and the visibility calculation is adjusted based on the ligh... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7848379 | LED-based optical pumping for laser light generation Laser light generating solutions are provided that use one or more light emitting diodes to optically pump a laser light generating structure. The laser light generating structure can include organic or inorganic laser material. The light emitting diodes can be loca... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7874675 | Pupillary reflex imaging A method, system and device for recording image data for a pair of eyes exposes to a series of flashes that includes flashes that vary chromatically is provided. More particularly, one eye is exposed to the series of flashes, and the resulting pupillary reflexes of ... | 01/25/2011 |
| D631286 | Bottle top with filter | 01/25/2011 |
| D631285 | Bottle top with filter | 01/25/2011 |
| 7868399 | Semiconductor sensing device A semiconductor sensing device in which a sensing layer is exposed to a medium being tested in an area below and/or adjacent to a contact. In one embodiment, the device comprises a field effect transistor in which the sensing layer is disposed below a gate contact. ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7841248 | Wheel measurement systems and methods An improved maintenance, inspection, and/or measurement solution is provided. An embodiment of the invention includes a handheld measurement device for measuring an object, such as a railway wheel on a train. The handheld measurement device can comprise a single uni... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7832281 | MEMS-based monitoring A solution for monitoring a property of an object and/or an area using a Micro-ElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)-based monitoring device is provided. In an embodiment of the invention, the MEMS-based monitoring device includes a MEMS-based sensing device for obtainin... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810928 | Evaluating pupillary responses to light stimuli Solutions for evaluating the pupillary responses of a patient are disclosed. An illustrative method includes alternately exposing a first eye and a second eye of the patient to light stimulation in successive intervals, the light stimulation provided by at least one... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7795672 | Profiled gate field effect transistor with enhanced high harmonic gain A field effect transistor that can be operated as a low voltage Class FN radio frequency (RF) amplifier with harmonic tuning is provided. The field effect transistor includes a common electrode, a gate, and multiple separate electrodes. The common electro... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7794107 | Device for the optical display of n switching states The invention relates to a device for the optical display of n switching states of a switching device or sensor, with a plurality of differently coloured lighting devices for the optical display of the information to be transmitted and each lighting device has at le... | 09/14/2010 |
| D621660 | Water bottle | 08/17/2010 |
| D620758 | Water bottle | 08/03/2010 |
| 7701591 | Portable electronic measurement The invention provides a handheld electronic gauge that is configured to obtain measurement data for an object, such as a wheel, rail, axle, or the like. The gauge includes one or more position sensors that automatically determine when the gauge is in a measurement ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7674666 | Fabrication of semiconductor device having composite contact A method of fabricating a semiconductor device with a composite contact is provided. The fabrication includes forming the composite contact to a semiconductor layer in a semiconductor structure. The composite contact is formed by forming a DC conducting electrode at... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7667614 | Housing for receiving an electrical device The invention relates to a casing (i.e., housing) for receiving an electrical device, particularly a switching device or sensor, having at least one indicating apparatus for indicating different electrical states, particularly switching states, of the device. The ca... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7655962 | Enhancement mode insulated gate heterostructure field-effect transistor with electrically isolated RF-enhanced source contact Aspects of the present invention provide an enhancement mode (E-mode) insulated gate (IG) double heterostructure field-effect transistor (DHFET) having low power consumption at zero gate bias, low gate currents, and/or high reliability. An E-mode HFET in accordance ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7638817 | Device and method for managing radiation A device and method for managing terahertz and/or microwave radiation are provided. The device can comprise one or more field effect transistors (FETs) that each include at least one channel contact to a central region of the device channel of the FET. The frequency... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7634996 | Ultraviolet radiation sterilization A solution for sterilizing one or more hollow components of a device, such as a medical device, is provided. Ultraviolet radiation having one or more predominant wavelength(s) and a sufficient dose is generated and directed to an interior side of the hollow componen... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7619263 | Method of radiation generation and manipulation A method of managing radiation having a frequency in the terahertz and/or microwave regions. The method comprises providing a semiconducting device having a two-dimensional carrier gas. Plasma waves are generated in the carrier gas using a laser pulse. The frequency... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7619238 | Heterostructure including light generating structure contained in potential well A light emitting heterostructure and/or device in which the light generating structure is contained within a potential well is provided. The potential well is configured to contain electrons, holes, and/or electron and hole pairs within the light generating structur... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7602937 | Image-based visibility measurement The invention provides an image-based visibility measurement solution in which an image is used to calculate a visibility (visual range). In one embodiment, a lighting condition for the image is determined and the visibility calculation is adjusted based on the ligh... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7590604 | Custom electronic learning system and method A system and method for generating a custom learning object. The system and method generate the custom learning object based on a knowledge object and a set of user characteristics for a user. In one embodiment, the knowledge object is converted to a set of knowledg... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7348606 | Nitride-based heterostructure devices A method of producing nitride based heterostructure devices by using a quaternary layer comprised of AlInGaN. The quaternary layer may be used in conjunction with a ternary layer in varying thicknesses and compositions that independently adjust polarization charges ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7278604 | Multi-use dispensing stand A multiple-type paper product dispensing mobile stand with mini-table and storage is provided. The invention can be configured in various dispensing arrangements for dispensing one or more paper products comprising paper towel rolls, toilet tissue rolls, and/or a bo... | 10/09/2007 |
