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...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 |
| 8171651 | Squareness testing instruments and methods of operation thereof A squareness testing instrument (1, 100, 200) has one or more pairs of arms (2,3, 122,123), such as a one or more pairs of slats or rods, pivotally interconnected using suitable fasteners (4). The one or more pairs of arms are shaped such that t... | 05/08/2012 |
| D655058 | Dog toy | 02/28/2012 |
| D655057 | Dog toy | 02/28/2012 |
| D655056 | Dog toy | 02/28/2012 |
| 8083169 | Collapsible storage and transportation system A flexible fluid storage system for holding large volumes of fluid and a process and apparatus for the handling and transportation of the flexible storage system is provided. The flexible storage system includes a main storage bag with an attachment apron with finge... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8048236 | Doped GdGeSicompounds and methods for reducing hysteresis losses in GdGeSicompound A Gd5Ge2Si2 refrigerant compound is doped or alloyed with an effective amount of silicide-forming metal element such that the magnetic hysteresis losses in the doped Gd5Ge2Si2 compound are substantial... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7908121 | Determination of time zero from a charged particle detector A method, system and computer program is used to determine a linear track having a good fit to a most likely or expected path of charged particle passing through a charged particle detector having a plurality of drift cells. Hit signals from the charged particle det... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7892488 | Thermal liquid flow sensor and method of forming same A thermal liquid flow sensor and method of forming same. The sensor has a substrate and one or more sensing elements, disposed on the substrate, for sensing a property of a liquid. The liquid flow sensor, which can be for example a microsensor having a microbrick® ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7843313 | Distributed stand-off verification and face recognition systems (FRS) A system for providing stand-off biometric verification of a driver of a vehicle while the vehicle is moving and/or a person on foot at a control gate, including an RFID vehicle tag reader, an RFID personal smart card reader and a facial detection and recognition (v... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7838841 | Measuring momentum for charged particle tomography Methods, apparatus and systems for detecting charged particles and obtaining tomography of a volume by measuring charged particles including measuring the momentum of a charged particle passing through a charged particle detector. Sets of position sensitive detector... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7833303 | Sifting apparatus with filter rotation and particle collection Sifting apparatus, for sifting solid particles from a gaseous or liquid fluid, having a rotating conical filter and fan blade assembly connected to the filter exterior, both rotated together by a motor/pulley assembly, the fan blades slanted in a direction opposite ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7756415 | Method and system for automatically estimating the spatial positions of cameras in a camera network A method for automatically estimating the spatial positions between cameras in a camera network utilizes unique identifying signals, such as RFID signals, transmitting between nearby cameras to estimate the relative distances or positions between cameras from receiv... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748383 | Air filters Air filters for use in nostrils, building structures and vehicles. The air filter is washable, reusable, non-toxic, and, for nostrils, comfortable to wear. It filters or stops allergens, while allowing airflow. ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7714297 | Particle detection systems and methods Techniques, apparatus and systems for detecting particles such as muons and neutrons. In one implementation, a particle detection system employs a plurality of drift cells, which can be for example sealed gas-filled drift tubes, arranged on sides of a volume to be s... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7652310 | Negative resistance field effect device and high-frequency oscillation device There is provided a 3-terminal negative differential resistance field effect element having a high output and high frequency characteristic, requiring low power consumption, and preferably having a high PVCR. The field effect element uses a compound hetero structure... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651574 | Doped GdGeSicompounds and methods for reducing hysteresis losses in GdGeSicompound A Gd5Ge2Si2 refrigerant compound is doped or alloyed with an effective amount of silicide-forming metal element such that the magnetic hysteresis losses in the doped Gd5Ge2Si2 compound are substantial... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7643958 | Method and system for validating PCI/PCI-X adapters An automated system for validating Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) bus adapters or PCI-X bus adapters has a computer, motherboard, a PCI-X bus and isolated test slot for operatively coupling a PCI/PCI adapter under test through the PCI-X bus to the motherboa... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633062 | Radiation portal monitor system and method A portal monitoring system has a cosmic ray charged particle tracker with a plurality of drift cells. The drift cells, which can be for example aluminum drift tubes, can be arranged at least above and below a volume to be scanned to thereby track incoming and outgoi... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7623271 | Automatic grainy noise control for optimal macro uniformity appearance A system's intrinsic mottle & graininess levels are either measured or predicted based on the knowledge of system states including material states and actuator states. The optimal amount of total graininess is then calculated based on established visual models or cu... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7583776 | Portable multiplicity counter A portable multiplicity counter has signal input circuitry, processing circuitry and a user/computer interface disposed in a housing. The processing circuitry, which can comprise a microcontroller integrated circuit operably coupled to shift register circuitry imple... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7573268 | Direct imaging of neural currents using ultra-low field magnetic resonance techniques Using resonant interactions to directly and tomographically image neural activity in the human brain using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques at ultra-low field (ULF), the present inventors have established an approach that is sensitive to magnetic field di... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7557303 | Electronic component connection support structures including air as a dielectric Electronic component supporting mediums includes dielectric support material having voids adapted to include the use of air as a dielectric, which is commonly used in printed circuit boards and electrical connectors. The support medium provides physical support to c... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7454397 | Method and system for classifying print product descriptions A system and method for classifying a print product description in a print shop vocabulary. Initially, a system of classification having a set of classifications, such as product classes, in a print shop vocabulary is provided in an automated system with classificat... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7425824 | Magnetoresistive sensor A magnetic sensor, system and method include a magnet located proximate to a target comprising a plurality of teeth and a plurality of slots formed therebetween. An integrated circuit is located on a side of the magnet wherein the integrated circuit comprises a plur... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7408133 | Method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor and sensor systems formed thereby A method of thermally coupling a flow tube or like component to a thermal sensor comprises bonding the component to the thermal sensor such that thermally conductive portions formed on the component are thermally coupled to corresponding sensing/heating elements dis... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7380721 | Low-cost compact bar code sensor A barcode sensor package has an optical emitter circuit and an optical detector circuit which are formed as one or more integrated optical circuits disposed in a housing which has a reading surface and one or more apertures located between the optical emitter and de... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380478 | Linear cam mechanical interlock A master controller mechanical interlock including at least one linear cam to actuate multiple interlocks. Operation of the mechanical interlock is determined by the position of two cams, one of which may be connected to a key switch or a direction switch. A third c... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375613 | Passive entry sensor system Passive entry sensor systems and associated sensors are disclosed. The system sensor is locatable in the handle of a door or like structure and can provide an electromagnetic radiation beam transmitted either along the length of the handle between opposite ends ther... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365535 | Closed-loop magnetic sensor system A closed loop magnetic sensor system for measuring an input magnetic field from a magnetic field source has a compensation circuit, which can be for example a printed wire board, and a magnetic sensor, such as a Magnetoresistive (MR) sensor, for measuring an input m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7322243 | Acoustic wave etch rate sensor system An acoustic wave sensor system for monitoring the etch rate or etch ability of a selective material has an acoustic wave sensing device having a piezoelectric substrate and at least one electrode coupled to the substrate for generating a propagating acoustic wave an... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7293450 | Oil quality sensor structure for permanent applications An oil quality sensor system comprise an acoustic wave viscosity and an etch rate sensor. The etch rate sensor system includes a piezoelectric substrate and one or more sensing layers configured upon the piezoelectric substrate. A layer of gold is generally configur... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290454 | Pressure flow sensor systems and pressure flow sensors for use therein A differential pressure flow sensor system comprises a disposable flow sensor which has upstream and downstream pressure sensing devices for detecting a differential pressure in a flow channel. Each sensing device comprises a diaphragm, a capacitor and an inductor e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289924 | Self-calibrating sensor A method for self-calibrating a sensor can be implemented in a system having a calibration circuit. The calibration circuit has differential circuitry which compares an output signal of the sensor with a predetermined reference signal associated with a reference pro... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7255001 | Thermal fluid flow sensor and method of forming same technical field A thermal fluid flow sensor and method of forming same. The flow sensor has an integrated circuit substrate, such as a silicon substrate, and a region of low thermal conductivity material carried on the top surface of the integrated circuit substrate. One or more pa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7218206 | Automotive latch debug and diagnostic user interface Diagnostic data associated with a latch can be generated in response to automatically analyzing the latch. A graphical user interface is provided for graphically displaying the diagnostic data within a display area thereof. Additionally, a communications link betwee... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7205622 | Vertical hall effect device A vertical Hall effect apparatus, including methods thereof. A substrate layer can be provided upon which an epitaxial layer is formed. The epitaxial layer is surrounded vertically by one or more isolation layers. Additionally, an oxide layer can be formed above the... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7181975 | Wireless capacitance pressure sensor A wireless pressure sensor system has a pressure sensing capacitor and an inductor mounted on a common housing. The pressure sensing capacitor has a conductive diaphragm, a dielectric layer and a fixed electrode separated at least in part from the diaphragm by a gap... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173412 | Quadrature sensor systems and methods Sensor systems and methods are disclosed, including first and second sensing elements element co-located on a leadframe structure with respect to a particular target. In general, target-specific sensing applications can be determined by varying the distance between ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7141964 | Adaptive integrated circuit for magnetoresistive sensors A device, system and method for adaptively tracking amplitude boundary values of a real time sensor output signal. In accordance with the method of the present invention, an amplitude boundary value, which may be a peak or min amplitude value, representing the curre... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129828 | Encapsulated surface acoustic wave sensor Sensor package systems and methods are disclosed, which include a quartz sensor package encapsulated by an overmold material. A surface acoustic wave sensing element and one or more bonding pads can be integrated with the quartz sensor package. Additionally, one or ... | 10/31/2006 |
