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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 |
| 7944305 | RF pre-amplifiers and power amplifiers An RF amplifier circuit includes a MOSFET connected to an RF output of the circuit via an impedance matching network including an inductor and a tuning capacitor connected in parallel with the inductor and the MOSFET. DC voltage is applied to the MOSFET via a series... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7553783 | Cleaning sheet Disclosed is a cleaning sheet which has low frictional resistance to an object to be cleaned and is effective in removing various types of dirt and dust when used in a liquid retaining state. The cleaning sheet to be supported by a support member of a holder include... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553641 | Tumour necrosis factor binding ligands The present invention relates to cell lines that produce ligands that bind to human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) in a manner such that upon binding of these ligands to TNF the biological activity of TNF is modified. In preferred forms cell lines produce ligands... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553614 | High sensitivity fluorometric assays Spectrophotometric assays are rendered more sensitive by adding to the assay mixture a light-emitting moiety. The decrease in intensity of light emitted due to the presence of a light-absorbing moiety associated with the photometric assay is much more sensitive to a... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7553333 | Hip prosthesis provided with a shaft inserted into the femur A hip prosthesis includes a shaft which can be inserted into a hole in the femur without using cement. The proximal section of the shaft includes a base body having a form that is complementary to the shape of the hole in the femur into which the shaft is to be inse... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551326 | Image reading apparatus for detecting noise in image data An image reading apparatus includes, with the purpose of detecting noise in an image due to dust on a platen, three line sensors, a platen between an original and the line sensors, a moving mechanism for moving the platen, a noise detection processor detecting noise... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7551258 | Patterned light modulating device A repeated pattern layer having areas for imparting different electro-optic characteristics to a light modulating device is disclosed. The repeated pattern is arranged so that any pixel area formed in the assembled device (above a certain minimum size) will contain ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550862 | Wind turbine and method for the automatic correction of wind vane settings The invention relates to a wind turbine comprising a machine housing (12) equipped with a rotor (14), which is mounted to pivot on a sub-structure (10). Wind parameters and an electromechanical quantity are determined by means of measuring devic... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550658 | Keyboard musical instrument with fallboard located at proper position and rotary connector used for fallboard A front fallboard, a rear fallboard and a hinge connected between them form in combination a fallboard assembly connected between side arms of a piano cabinet by means of a pair of rotary connectors, and each of the rotary connectors includes a front metal plate con... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550484 | Chemokine receptor binding heterocyclic compounds with enhanced efficacy Compounds that interact with the CXCR4 receptor are described. These compounds are useful in treating, for Example, HIV infection and inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, as well as asthma or cancer, and are useful in methods to elevate progenitor a... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7550096 | Light emitting diode, optical semiconductor device, epoxy resin composition and phosphor suited for optical semiconductor device, and method for manufacturing the same A method for producing a fluorescent material involving firing a mixture of a stock material and a flux. The method may involve a first firing process involving firing the mixture of the stock material and the flux in a weakly reducing atmosphere, followed by firing... | 06/23/2009 |
| D594678 | Car seat base | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548993 | Data transmission apparatus, data transmission method and data transmission program A data transmission apparatus capable of transmitting image data to a recipient using recipient's desired transmission parameters regardless of whether the recipient resides inside or outside an intranet to which the apparatus is connected, wherein the recipient is ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547839 | Performance data processing apparatus, performance data processing method, and computer readable medium containing program for implementing the method An automatic performance data processing apparatus which makes it possible to simply convert a plurality of automatic performance data into digital audio data in a batch. Each of a plurality of automatic performance data in an order designated by a playlist data sto... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547534 | Methods for making a composition to treat a wood, a pulp or a paper The invention relates to xylanases and to polynucleotides encoding the xylanases. In addition, methods of designing new xylanases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The xylanases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and temperature. ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547510 | Thermostable proteinases from thermophilic bacteria The present invention relates to thermostable proteinases from thermophilic Bacillus species and their uses in the preparation of nucleic acid samples. The enzymes of the invention are stable and active at 65-80° C., but are readily autolysed or denatured above 90Â... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7547323 | Stent for irrigation and delivery of medication A stent comprises a flexible tube having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway extending from said proximal end toward said distal end. A first generally straight tube segment extends from the proximal end while a first generally curved segment extends from... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7546678 | Electronic component mounting apparatus This invention provides an electronic component mounting apparatus which can detects an electronic component held by a suction nozzle without fail after a mounting operation of electronic components on a printed board and perform various processes in a case where th... | 06/16/2009 |
| D594611 | Vacuum cleaner part | 06/16/2009 |
| D594609 | Vacuum cleaner | 06/16/2009 |
| D594608 | Vacuum cleaner | 06/16/2009 |
| D594464 | Display panel for display of fantasy sports team roster data trends | 06/16/2009 |
| 7545936 | Method and device for incorporating additional information into main information through electronic watermarking technique Two data units are selected from main information, such as MIDI data, into which additional information is to be incorporated, to calculate a difference between respective values of the two data units. A particular data segment to be incorporated into one of the MID... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545842 | Pre-ionizer for pulsed gas-discharge laser In a CO2 laser a pre-ionizer is assembled in a flange configured to be attached to a laser-gas enclosure of the laser over an aperture in a wall of the enclosure. An aperture in the base of the flange is aligned over the aperture in the enclosure wall. Th... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545838 | Incoherent combination of laser beams A method of combining beams from a plurality of laser resonators includes frequency modulating the output of each of the lasers with one or more of the lasers frequency modulated out-of-phase with the others. The frequency modulated beams are directed along parallel... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545683 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device arranged for minimizing the duration of time required for conducting a batch verify action and thus speeding up a buffer write action is provided. The device which conducts a write action to memory cells in an address area, a batch veri... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545386 | Unified mobile display emulator The conversion of Mobile Display information used in a wide variety of Mobile Devices into Unified Image Formats is disclosed to enable viewing on a desktop computer system in addition to manual and automated testing of Mobile Content. In order to support the variet... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545379 | Artist directed volume preserving deformation and collision resolution for animation A computer-based animation method and system for deforming animated characters (people, animals, etc.) using a volume preserving and collision resolution process for the animation. Parts of a character are deformed by a soft mesh deformation to emulate skin deformat... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7545095 | Electroluminescent display device The invention is directed to an electroluminescent display device in which a first planarization insulating film need not be used so that a manufacturing cost reduces, and a display defect caused by a cut in an organic EL layer or moisture absorption at a step porti... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544944 | Camera and method for use with camera A method of displaying together IR image data and visible light image data corresponding to the same field of view in the same image is disclosed, comprising displaying IR image data in at least a first portion of the image and visible light image data in at least a... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544879 | Tone generation processing apparatus and tone generation assignment method therefor A plurality of tone generator devices include respective waveform data memories, and each of the waveform data memories is exclusively usable by the corresponding tone generator device, not sharable with the tone generator device. Once event information indicative o... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544878 | Musical performance apparatus In an electronic keyboard instrument (1) being an example of a musical performance apparatus having a musical operation unit, a unique musical performance apparatus is formed by an outer face of its exterior (2), and part or a whole of the outer face o... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544877 | Musical keyboard instrument A musical keyboard instrument which not only allows a music stand to be erected in a desired position in the transverse direction on a panel section, but also ensures easiness of viewing a written musical score of a music book even when the music stand is erected in... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544876 | Keyboard apparatus of electronic keyboard instrument A keyboard apparatus of an electronic keyboard instrument, which is compact in size and broad in a permissible movable range at the time of receiving a force exerting in a width direction of keys. The keyboard apparatus includes key main bodies each provided with a ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544855 | Transgenic mouse whose genome comprises an APP having a mutation at amino acid 664 In accordance with the present invention, it is demonstrated that selected mutations such as an Asp->Ala (D664A) mutation in APP (which prevents cleavage at the caspase cleavage site) prevent both hippocampal synaptic loss and dentate gyral atrophy, even though such... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544782 | Tumour necrosis factor binding ligands The present invention relates to ligands which bind to human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) in a manner such that upon binding of these ligands to TNF the biological activity of TNF is modified. In preferred forms the ligand binds to TNF in a manner such that the... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544670 | HoxD3, HoxA3 and HoxB3 compositions and methods for improved wound healing The present invention provides methods and compositions useful in localized transfer of genetic material or proteins. Moreover, the present invention provides methods and compositions for improving and/or controlling wound healing by applying a wound care device com... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544408 | Biaxially oriented polyester film for molding process Described are smooth biaxially oriented films and methods of making smooth biaxially oriented films for molding processes. The films may include an outer film layer A, and an outer film layer B that includes particles. Layer A has a SRa roughness of from 1 nm to 5 n... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7544192 | Sinus delivery of sustained release therapeutics The invention provides biodegradable implants for treating sinusitis. The biodegradable implants have a size, shape, density, viscosity, and/or mucoadhesiveness that prevents them from being substantially cleared by the mucociliary lining of the sinuses during the i... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7543935 | Soft multifocal contact lens A multifocal contact lens (10, 50) made of flexible material is able to translocate on an eye by virtue of a lower end (22) of the contact lens (10, 50). being truncated so as to provide a relatively wide surface. The lower end (22) engag... | 06/09/2009 |
