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...that two musicians were responsible for the invention of color print film? Fascinated by photography, Leopold Godowsky and Leopold Mannes worked together to produce an easy-to-use, practical color film. They worked full time as music teachers and gave concerts while experimenting during their off hours in Mannes' kitchen. Their success earned them full-time, well-paying jobs at Kodak and their efforts resulted in Kodachrome film, which was introduced in 1935.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6119041 | Apparatus and method for linear lesion ablation An apparatus for ablating body tissue, and particularly for creating linear lesions within a chamber of a patient's heart, includes an elongate member having an ablation section. The ablation section includes an infusion tube and a plurality of spaced ele... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6118618 | Disk cartridge loading device for recording and/or reproducing apparatus A disc cartridge loading device for a recording medium utilizes a cartridge holder for holding a disc cartridge used as a recording medium for information signals. The cartridge holder performs a movement operation when moved from a first position permitt... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6111196 | Slide tray having a rolling conductive path An electronic apparatus having a casing of a main body portion and a slide tray mounted on the casing for being extracted forward via an opening surface of the casing. A resilient member is mounted on one of the casing and the slide tray for sliding in th... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6069345 | Apparatus and method for cooking food with a controlled spectrum A lightwave oven for cooking with light having wavelengths in the visible, near visible, and infra-red spectral ranges uses one or more quartz halogen tungsten lamps or quartz arc bulbs positioned above and below the food item and delivers light energy in... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6065874 | Linear bearing Prior art linear bearings generally have a roller element which, in such a reciprocating motion application, tend to creep or slide along the surfaces upon which they roll. This is due to unequal frictional forces between the rolling surfaces. The linear ... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6062541 | Portable jackbolt positioning system and method A apparatus and method for moving and aligning objects such as machine components includes a plate positionable beneath and engageable with an object to be moved, a block engageable with the plate, and a bolt extending through a bore in the block. The bol... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6064686 | Arc-free electron gun An electron gun that prevents undesirable arcing by providing an improved electrostatic field that generates a confined electron stream, an improved magnetic field that directs the confined electron stream to a crucible with minimal divergence, and an imp... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6041938 | Compliant process cassette A cassette for supporting substantially planar objects such as photomasks, glass plates or semiconductor wafers during processing. The cassette is composed of bars connected at each end to an endpiece. Arms which form part of the endpiece are hinged to pe... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6041961 | Cup with anti-rotation mechanism A container for containing food and/or beverage ingredients is described. The container is of a type which may be supported in a cup holder while the ingredients inside are processed, such as by a rotating blade or other mechanism, and which is restrained... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6042863 | Method for skinning the seeds of legumes, drupes, and grains A method and apparatus for removing the skins or hulls from seeds, including those of legumes, grains, drupes, silques, and achenes involves wetting the seeds with an alkaline solution and then with a peroxygen solution. The two substances react underneat... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6035950 | Method and apparatus for fluid and soil sampling A sampling device includes a barrel having a downhole end, an exterior surface, an interior surface defining a hollow interior, and an open end at the downhole end of the hollow interior. A fluid entrance penetrates the exterior surface. A fluid path havi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6032077 | Ablation catheter with electrical coupling via foam drenched with a conductive fluid An ablation catheter for ablating tissue, such as endocardial tissue. The ablation catheter includes a foam tip with an electrode embedded therein. Conductive fluid, such as saline solution, is pumped through the foam tip out to the tissue adjacent to the... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6010500 | Telescoping apparatus and method for linear lesion ablation A catheter device for creating linear lesions in endocardial tissue or other body tissue is described. The catheter includes an inner shaft telescopically received within an outer shaft. The inner shaft has one or more spaced apart electrodes along its di... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6000481 | Method and apparatus for environmental sampling A sampling device capable of collecting fluid and soil samples includes a sensor for measuring a fluid parameter. The sensor is coupled to a monitor which records the fluid parameter measurements. A regenerative gas is passed through the sensor to regener... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5999505 | Information processing device for continuously and discontinuously processing recorded data and recording medium therefor In a magnetooptical recording and reproducing device, a segment allocation table containing identification information for identifying whether a file should be time-continuously processed is recorded on a magnetooptical disc. When it is judged on the basi... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5993462 | Shapable catheter using exchangeable core and method of use In a shapable catheter and method for positioning a shapable catheter within a body cavity, a core wire is provided which includes a pre-shaped region bent into a predetermined shape. A catheter is provided which includes a lumen proportioned to slidably ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5961530 | Apparatus for attaching suture to bone An apparatus for use in arthroscopically attaching a suture to bone comprises a cannula and drill guide for use in drilling parallel holes in the bone and a scissors-like component for carrying a suture down one hole and pushing the suture through soft bo... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5962060 | Method for making frozen drinks The present invention is a method for making frozen drinks from a frozen substance which has been frozen into a cup. According to the method of the present invention, a cup containing a frozen substance is positioned in a cup support located in a frozen d... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5941819 | Apparatus for creating a mediastinal working space A mechanical lifting retractor is provided which increases working space in the chest for cardiac surgery by temporarily expanding the space between the rib cage and the pericardium. The lifting device has a pair of parallel right-angled retractors. Dista... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5882598 | Wafer gap conductivity cell for characterizing process vessels and semiconductor fabrication processes and method of use A conductivity cell for use in determining ionic concentrations in the gap between two semiconductor substrates or wafers. The wafer gap conductivity cell is composed of two flat electrodes separated by a fixed gap. The electrodes are fabricated from wafe... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5882346 | Shapable catheter using exchangeable core and method of use In a shapable catheter and method for positioning a shapable catheter within a body cavity, a core wire is provided which includes a pre-shaped region bent into a predetermined shape. A catheter is provided which includes a lumen proportioned to slidably ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5879575 | Self-cleaning plasma processing reactor A method for simultaneously processing a workpiece using a plasma and cleaning the reactor in which processing takes place is disclosed. The plasma generated in the reactor performs simultaneous workpiece processing and reactor cleaning. Reactor cleaning ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880037 | Oxide etch process using a mixture of a fluorine-substituted hydrocarbon and acetylene that provides high selectivity to nitride and is suitable for use on surfaces of uneven topography A method of plasma etching oxide in the presence of nitride includes contacting the oxide with a mixture of gases including one or more flourine-substituted hydrocarbon etching gases and acetylene. The method exhibits high selectivity to nitride, includin... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5827794 | Supported highly-polar liquid phase chiral sulfonated binap catalyst for asymmetric synthesis of optically active compounds The present invention relates to water soluble chiral sulfonated 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl and its use as organometallic catalysts for asymmetric synthesis of optically active compounds. Asymmetric reactions of the present invention incl... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5818805 | Reproducing apparatus using an information recording medium wherein multi-bit digital information is represented by a shift amount of a pit edge Digital information is recorded with high density. Positions of a leading edge and a trailing edge of an information pit are shifted from a reference position indicated by a leading edge of a reference clock in a step-wise fashion in respond to digital da... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5798583 | Spindle motor having recessed stator coils A magnet is provided on the inner circumferential surface of a hub rotatable about a central axis C of the motor, and a stator is arranged inside the inner circumferential surface of the hub to oppose the magnet. The stator core of the stator is formed by... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5762625 | Luminal stent and device for inserting luminal stent A luminal stent inserted and fixed in a vessel, such as a blood vessel, so as to maintain the shape of the vessel, and a device for inserting and fixing the luminal stent, are disclosed. The luminal stent is formed of a yarn of bioabsorbable polymer fiber... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5756838 | Method of asymmetrically synthesizing optically active compounds using supported phase chiral sulfonated BINAP catalyst The present invention relates to water soluble chiral sulfonated 2,2'-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1'-binaphthyl and its use as organometallic catalysts for asymmetric synthesis of optically active compounds. Asymmetric reactions of the present invention incl... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5748935 | Reconstruction of young bits in annex after mispredicted execution branch in pipelined processor In a pipelined processor, a method and apparatus for performing restoration of the previous values of young bits in the annex after a mispredicted branch has been detected. In a first embodiment, beginning with the oldest annex entry, the destination regi... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748736 | System and method for secure group communications via multicast or broadcast A system and method for secure group communication via multicast or broadcast transmission. In preferred embodiments, the system of the invention implements a secure multicast group consisting of senders, receivers, a group security controller (GSC), and ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745551 | Telecommunication apparatus for receiving, storing and forwarding a plurality of voice signals to a wireless network, in response to a control signal therefrom In the present telecommunication system, a wired network receives a plurality of voice signals and transmits them. A first communication device is connected to the wired network. The first communication device includes means for receiving the plurality of... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5736638 | Scanner housing structure The present invention is related to a scanner housing structure having an internal space for installing therein a charge-coupled device (CCD), a lens, a light gate piece and a reflecting mirror, which includes a housing floor, a first positioning device i... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5731812 | Liquid crystal display (LCD) protection circuit A display protection circuit includes a first OR gate which receives a first pulse at one input and a first clock signal at another input. A second OR gate receives the first pulse at one input and a second clock signal at another input. A first monostabl... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725663 | Apparatus for control of contamination in spin systems A substrate wafer processing method and apparatus is disclosed utilizing a bowl having a central axis, a baffle surface positioned above the inside bottom surface of the bowl and a chuck member having a top surface for supporting and spinning substrate an... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5721739 | Method for detecting read errors, correcting single-bit read errors and reporting multiple-bit read errors Read errors in data transferred from a remote memory to a buffer memory are detected and corrected by a series of error detection and correction techniques. In the present invention, the transferred data includes user data, a checksum that detects read er... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5716327 | Body wall retraction system for wide cavity retraction A method and apparatus for creating a surgical work space by lifting the abdominal wall and retracting abdominal organs during surgery utilizes a lifting body having two or more retraction rods supported by the lifting body. The rods are designed to be in... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5710143 | Anti-obesity agents Disclosed are anti-obesity agents comprising 3-ketosteroidal compounds as defined in the specification. The present invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions and use of these compounds in the prevention and treatment of obesity.... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5681445 | Modified surface bipolar electrode A bipolar electrode useful in bipolar cell stack electrochemical cells where one of the electrode surfaces is patterned with active and relatively inactive areas where the surface area ratio of the active areas of the electrode surface to the total electr... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5679235 | Titanium and cerium containing acidic electrolyte An electrolyte contains a tetravalent salt of titanium and a trivalent salt of cerium in a methanesulfonic acid solution. A reducing agent consisting of trivalent titanium and an oxidizing agent consisting of tetravalent cerium are provided in the same so... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5676636 | Method for creating a mediastinal working space A mechanical lifting retractor is provided which increases working space in the chest for cardiac surgery by temporarily expanding the space between the rib cage and the pericardium. The lifting device has a pair of parallel right-angled retractors. Dista... | 10/14/1997 |
