...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185111 | Method, terminal, and system for cell reselection A terminal and system are disclosed. The terminal includes an obtaining unit and a processing unit. The obtaining unit is configured to obtain a dedicated priority list and a valid time of the dedicated priority list from a Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. When the... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184985 | Control circuit for optical transmitter/receiver A control circuit for an optical transmitter/receiver that transmits/receives an optical signal, comprises: a memory having a digital value storage area and an area that stores limit values; a register; an analog/digital conversion circuit that receives analog signa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184978 | Method and device for channel-adapted signal transmission in optical networks A method for optical data transmission in a wavelength multiplexing system having at least two transmission channels of different wavelengths includes determining at least one value which is a measure of a physical property of an optical data transmission path of th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184051 | Method and arrangement for measuring the directional characteristic of an antenna to be tested A method of measuring a directional graph of a test antenna includes disposing a plurality of measuring probes relative to the test antenna, each being disposed at a different first predetermined height above a reference plane; disposing the test antenna at a second... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183448 | Musical string A string for musical instruments comprises a core including a gut material and a coating covering the core. The coating includes a material of a polyaryletherketon (PAEK) material class. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183206 | Drugs comprising combination of antithrombotic agent with pyrazolone derivative It is intended to provide drugs for treating ischemic diseases which are safe and have little side effects. Namely, drugs having a combination of an antithrombotic agent and a pyrazolone derivative defined in the description or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt. | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183093 | Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by lamination A wiring circuit layer 2 having at least a wiring part and an insulating part, whose top and bottom surfaces (20A, 20B) is adhesive surfaces, is formed on a metal support substrate 1 in a way such that the layer 2 can be peeled fro... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182860 | Dental filler The present invention provides dental fillers having the optical and/or mechanical characteristics required to dental materials, a method of producing the same, and a dental composite material prepared with use of the dental filler. More specifically, the present in... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182682 | Fluid treatment elements and assemblies Fluid treatment elements and assemblies include a spring-biased electrical contact arrangement to dissipate electrical charge from the fluid treatment pack and/or the end caps to the housing. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182225 | Blade for a gas turbine A blade for a gas turbine includes a leading edge running in a longitudinal direction substantially radially to an axis of the turbine; a trailing edge running in the longitudinal direction; a blade body disposed between the leading edge and the trailing edge so as ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182210 | Heat shield segment for a stator of a gas turbine A gas turbine includes a turbine housing; a rotatable turbine rotor with turbine blades; and at least one heat shield segment for a stator. The heat shield segment is disposed radially between the rotor and the housing and attached to the housing and has a profile w... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181793 | Depth filter sheet material and method for manufacturing same The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a depth filter sheet material, the method comprising preparing a flowable aqueous pulp composition comprising a fibrous material and a binding agent; dispensing the flowable aqueous pulp composition onto a ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181654 | Condom rolled on a rigid ring sheathed with a rotor A ring structure for rolling a tubular region of a condom. A condom held and rolled on a ring includes a rigid ring, a lubricant layer, and a rotor. As an opening in the tubular region of the condom is expanded, the rigid ring is sheathed via the lubricant layer wit... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181423 | Beam A hollow flange channel beam has a planar web with a pair of narrow rectangular cross-section flanges extending along opposite sides of said web and extending perpendicular to a face of said web in the same direction. The section capacity is optimized when Wf=(0.3)D... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181309 | Upright vacuum cleaner An upright vacuum cleaner for cleaning a surface includes an upper body having a dust collection container received therein, a base unit and a carriage configured to provide movement of the base unit at the surface. A motor-fan unit is disposed in the upright vacuum... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660057 | Removable drawer front panel for display bin | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180948 | Two-wire loop process IO transmitter powered from the two-wire loop A two-wire process input-output (“IO”) transmitter powered by a two-wire process loop and configured as a single transmitter. The transmitter including a gateway module and at least one local IO module. The gateway module including a first circuit configured to ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180394 | Wireless terminal having an extending layer body A wireless terminal in a wireless communication field is provided, which not only includes a top layer body and a bottom layer body, but also includes at least one extending layer body to provide an extending function. The extending layer body is connected in a stac... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179942 | Semiconductor optical element A semiconductor optical element has an active layer including quantum dots. The density of quantum dots in the resonator direction in a portion of the active layer in which the density of photons is relatively high is increased relative to the density of quantum dot... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179881 | Method for allocating time and frequency resource for resource request indicator, method for transmitting resource request indicator and device thereof A method for allocating a time and frequency resource of a resource request indicator (RRI), a method for transmitting an RRI, and a device thereof are provided, which relate to a wireless communication technique and reduce the overhead of the time and frequency res... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178508 | Methods of stimulating an immune response against prostate specific antigen The invention provides a prostate specific antigen oligo-epitope peptide (PSA-OP) that is useful as an immunogen in the prevention or treatment of prostatic cancer and in the inhibition of prostatic cancer cells and in the establishment and characterization of PSA-s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178105 | Composition containing Murill The invention provides a composition containing a fruit body of Agaricus blazei murill or an extract of the fruit body, and an amino acid constituting the ornithine cycle or a salt thereof, wherein the pharmacological activities of the fruit body of Agaric... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178102 | Emulsified composition for dilution and cancer vaccine composition Provided is an emulsified composition for diluting a cancer antigen peptide or a dimer thereof. Also provided is a novel cancer vaccine composition or specific CTL inducer that efficiently induces CTL irrespective of the type of cancer antigen peptide when mixing th... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178077 | Drug development target protein and target gene, and method of screening The present invention provides novel target proteins and target genes for drug discovery, and the means that enable the development of novel drugs using the same. More particularly, the present invention provides NCS proteins and genes thereof; screening methods for... | 05/15/2012 |
| D659448 | Removable drawer front panel for display bin | 05/15/2012 |
| D659447 | Removable drawer front panel for display bin | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176147 | Method and messaging system for managing media contents in uniform storage A method for managing media contents in a uniform storage includes: storing media contents and media content metadata corresponding to the media contents at a messaging system network side, performing management operations on the media contents by a user client base... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175398 | Method for encoding a plurality of video signals into a single video signal A method of encoding video signals into a single video signal includes extracting background images from corresponding video signals, encoding the video signals into a single video signal, the single video signal containing information for reconstructing the video s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175055 | System, apparatus and method for providing services A system and apparatus for providing services are provided by embodiments of the present invention. It is guaranteed that a UE is able to establish a call branch at the CS network side with a CSA. The CSA and the S-CSCF are able to establish a call branch at an IMS ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174836 | Data card A data card includes a casing provided with a circuit board therein. One end of the casing is provided with a plug electrically connected with the circuit board. The data card further includes a connecting part and a cap part. One end of the connecting part is conne... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174323 | High frequency amplifier A high frequency amplifier includes a package substrate, an amplifying active device disposed on a top surface of the package substrate, a transmission line connected to the amplifying active device and transmitting a high frequency signal, a surface mounted device ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173832 | Process for producing 2-isopropenyl-5-methyl-4-hexene-1-yl-3-methyl-2-butenoate Provided is a method capable of solving the problems associated with production of LVSA, which is a pheromone produced by female pest mealybugs, and is useful as an agrochemical pest, at an industrial large scale, and producing LVSA in a high yield. Specifically, th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173608 | Compound having cyclic structure and use thereof The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following formula (1′) wherein R is an aldopyranose residue, R2 is a C2-18 hydrocarbon group optionally having substituent(s), R3 is an ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173416 | Circuit arrangement for injecting nucleic acids and other biologically active molecules into the nucleus of higher eucaryotic cells using electrical current The invention relates to a novel circuit arrangement for electrotransfection or electrofusion, which enables the transportation of DNA and/or other biologically active molecules to the nucleus of higher eukaryotic cells or the fusion of cells, independent of cell di... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173122 | Methods of treatment using antibodies to neutrokine-alpha The present invention relates to a novel Neutrokine-alpha, and a splice variant thereof designated Neutrokine-alphaSV, polynucleotides and polypeptides which are members of the TNF family. In particular, isolated nucleic acid molecules are provided encoding the huma... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173041 | Method for intercalating chromophores into zeolite-L nanochannels and products thereof The present invention discloses a method for the intercalation of a chromophore within channels of a zeolite L crystal. The intercalated chromophores exhibit J type aggregation of the chromophores within the channels of the zeolite L crystals. The invention disclose... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172920 | Filter and method A fluted filter element may include one or more bridging elements to provide resistance to telescoping of the layers of the fluted filter element. The bridging elements are attached to one or both of the filter faces via adhesives, and/or mechanical means, and may a... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172709 | Tensioning rail or guide rail with securing means for retaining bolts The present invention relates to a tensioning rail or a guide rail for tensioning and/or guiding a drive chain, comprising an opening for receiving a retaining bolt and a retaining bolt which can be inserted into the opening, wherein a lock device working between th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172344 | Safety cabinet with spill-sloped shelf A safety cabinet includes an enclosure defining an opening and a door rotatably attached to the enclosure. The door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the door configured to selectively cover the enclosure when in the closed position. The saf... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172278 | Threaded component and device for connecting piping A threaded component for connecting piping employed on motor vehicles includes a thread formed thereon and at least one unthreaded, contacting surface. A first coating having a first coefficient of friction is disposed on at least a portion of the thread, and a seco... | 05/08/2012 |