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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171156 | Method and system for determining overall content values for content elements in a web network and for optimizing internet traffic flow through the web network Disclosed is a method for optimizing internet traffic flow through a web network including the steps of collecting content data corresponding to the content elements, determining a revenue value for each content element, calculating an overall content value for each... | 05/01/2012 |
| D656286 | Soleplate for electric iron | 03/20/2012 |
| D656285 | Electric steam iron | 03/20/2012 |
| D655971 | Electric fryer | 03/20/2012 |
| 8124736 | Alpha-1-antitrypsin compositions A streamlined method for purifying alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) from an AAT-containing protein mixture, such as a Cohn fraction IV precipitate, is provided. In the method of the invention, contaminating proteins are destabilized by cleavage of disulfide bonds with a re... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654621 | Hair straightener | 02/21/2012 |
| 8077453 | Modular protective housing with peripherals for a handheld communications device A peripherals device for coupling with a handheld communication device includes an interface to the handheld communication device and a processor for performing functions complementary to the communications device. According to another embodiment, the peripherals de... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071738 | Feline CD86 polypeptides and nucleic acids The present invention provides isolated and purified DNA encoding feline CD80 (B7-1) ligand, feline CD86 (B7-2) ligand, feline CD28 receptor, or feline CTLA-4 (CD152) receptor, as well as vectors comprising nucleic acid encoding feline CD80, feline CD86, feline CD28... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7979281 | Methods and systems for creating a second generation session file The present disclosure provides a speech editor for creating a session file having text segments synchronized with an audio file. The editor receives a text segment and a first file that has tag information lines associated with the text segment. Each tag informatio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7943401 | Detection and reduction of dielectric breakdown in semiconductor devices Methods for detecting the breakdown potential of a semiconductor device having a thin dielectric layer are disclosed. The method includes measuring a spectroscopy of the thin dielectric layer and determining whether the spectroscopy exhibits the presence of a breakd... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939248 | Hepatocyte bioreactor system for long term culture of functional hepatocyte spheroids A rotating wall vessel is used as a culture vessel and bioreactor for the cultivation of hepatocytes in the form of spheroids to generate a culture with many properties of the intact liver. These properties include enzyme activity comparable to fresh cells and long-... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7887360 | Cord, hose and cable fastening system and method A system and method for providing cord, hose and cable fastening (CHCF) so Industrial, Commercial and Home users (ICAHUs) can assure that cords, hoses and cables, including but not limited to electrical cords, cannot be accidentally disconnected or unplugged. The sy... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886486 | Adjustable pet door having removable decorative frames An adjustable pet door having decorative and customizable aesthetic features. The pet door includes subframe assemblies that are connected to each other with fasteners that extend through an aperture defined by a door. The pet door can be adjusted to fit doors of va... | 02/15/2011 |
| D630124 | Decorative container | 01/04/2011 |
| D626835 | Package for linens | 11/09/2010 |
| D626834 | Package for linens | 11/09/2010 |
| D626833 | Package for linens | 11/09/2010 |
| D626832 | Package for linens | 11/09/2010 |
| D622128 | Hinge | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777006 | Method for purification of alpha-1-antitrypsin A streamlined method for purifying alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) from an AAT-containing protein mixture, such as a Cohn fraction IV precipitate, is provided. In the method of the invention, contaminating proteins are destabilized by cleavage of disulfide bonds with a re... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7745593 | Feline CTLA-4 nucleic acid and polypeptides The present invention provides isolated and purified DNA encoding feline CD80 (B7-1) ligand, feline CD86 (B7-2) ligand, feline CD28 receptor, or feline CTLA-4 (CD152) receptor, as well as vectors comprising nucleic acid encoding feline CD80, feline CD86, feline CD28... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7695849 | Low Pt content direct methanol fuel cell anode catalyst: nanophase PtRuNiZr A method for the preparation of a metallic material having catalytic activity that includes synthesizing a material composition comprising a metal content with a lower Pt content than a binary alloy containing Pt but that displays at least a comparable catalytic act... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7693717 | Session file modification with annotation using speech recognition or text to speech An apparatus comprising a session file, session file editor, annotation window, concatenation software and training software. The session file includes one or more audio files and text associated with each audio file segment. The session file editor displays text an... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7669300 | Curtain fastener Fasteners for suspending aperture curtains, such as shower curtains, from a horizontal rod comprise pivotally connected top and bottom members adapted to close and lock through the insertion of a male protrusion on the bottom member into an aperture on the top membe... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7668718 | Synchronized pattern recognition source data processed by manual or automatic means for creation of shared speaker-dependent speech user profile An apparatus for transforming data input by dividing the data input into a uniform dataset with one or more data divisions, processing the uniform dataset to produce a first processed dataset with one or more data divisions, processing the uniform dataset to produce... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663878 | Modular protective housing with peripherals for a handheld communications device A peripherals device for coupling with a handheld communication device includes an interface to the handheld communication device and a processor for performing functions complementary to the communications device. According to another embodiment, the peripherals de... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7654473 | Flexible watering system and method for using same A watering system that has first and second upright supports, a plurality of bendable water conduits and substantially rigid water channels and a first spray head is disclosed. Each of the first and second upright supports have substantially laterally oriented brack... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7625591 | Amorphous insoluble cellulosic fiber and method for making same A method for producing amorphous insoluble cellulosic fiber gel, preferably in the form of a dietary fiber gel, and an aqueous product comprising soluble cellulose for use as an adhesive component from the fiber-containing by-products from a variety of grain manufac... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7604929 | Cellular compositions and methods for their preparation The present invention relates to novel cell (e.g., hepatocyte, etc.) compositions and methods for their preparation and use. In particular, the invention concerns methods of processing preparations of such cells so as to permit their repeated cryopreservation and th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7575911 | Hepatocyte bioreactor system for long term culture of functional hepatocyte spheroids A rotating wall vessel is used as a culture vessel and bioreactor for the cultivation of hepatocytes in the form of spheroids to generate a culture with many properties of the intact liver. These properties include enzyme activity comparable to fresh cells and long-... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7575859 | Hepatocyte bioreactor system for long term culture of functional hepatocyte spheroids A rotating wall vessel is used as a culture vessel and bioreactor for the cultivation of hepatocytes in the form of spheroids to generate a culture with many properties of the intact liver. These properties include enzyme activity comparable to fresh cells and long-... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7548765 | Telecommunications wake-up system and method A system and method for providing a telecommunication device wake-up (TWU) so vital communication, including but not limited to, priority and emergency calls, can be delivered to a telecommunications device that is turned from its normal “On-mode”, to a “Liste... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7516070 | Method for simultaneously creating audio-aligned final and verbatim text with the assistance of a speech recognition program as may be useful in form completion using a verbal entry method A system and method for creating a final text from an audio file. This has particular utility in completing forms with speech-to-text conversion. The system and method includes transcribing the audio file into a transcribed text file using a speech recognition progr... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7487881 | Dual chamber salad container A salad container having a container body with an open top, an exterior surface and an interior surface defining a cavity, the cavity divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a selective barrier cooperatively configured to rest on the interior surface of... | 02/10/2009 |
| 6210412 | Method for inserting frusto-conical interbody spinal fusion implants The present invention is directed to a method of inserting a variety of interbody spinal fusion implants having at least a partially frusto-conical configuration and the instrumentation and methods by which the implants.... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6124260 | Inhibition of smooth muscle cell migration by Tenascin-C peptides Peptides capable of interacting with smooth muscle cells are provided. Peptides are derived from Tenascin-C protein, particularly from the Fbg-L domain of Tenascin-C protein. Peptides of the present invention are useful in inhibiting smooth muscle cell mi... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116157 | Printing method and apparatus There are provided a printing method of printing an image of characters, figures or the like on a plate-making surface of a plate-making sheet, and an apparatus therefor. The apparatus feeds a plate-making sheet by a predetermined amount assigned to a for... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6116962 | Type III PCMCIA card with integrated receptacles for receiving standard communications plugs A Type III PCMCIA communications card for insertion in a slot in a host computer comprises a housing including a top wall and longitudinal, parallel side walls depending from the top wall, the longitudinal side walls and top wall defining an internal cavi... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6097038 | Semiconductor device utilizing annealed semiconductor layer as channel region There is provided a semiconductor device in which a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode are formed with a gate insulating layer between then and in which a region of the semiconductor layer opposite to the gate electrode is used as a channel region. ... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6094373 | Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device This invention is made to reduce the circuit area and shorten the testing time by simplifying the construction of the control circuit and reducing the number of commands. In the automatic programming operation, PVOK is set to "0", EVOK and LCKOK are set t... | 07/25/2000 |
