Did You Know...
...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 |
| 8181242 | Interactive virtual library system for expeditiously providing user-desired information from content providers, at least one of which is commercial, to a user without the need for the user to access the content providers individually An interactive library system is disclosed which receives, by a library system computer, a user identification and password from a user computer. The library system computer compares the user identification and password with authorized user identifications and corre... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8153745 | Multi-branched polypropylene Multi-branched polypropylene having a g′ of less than 1.00. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142871 | Coated pipes having improved mechanical properties at elevated temperatures and a method of production thereof The present invention deals with coated pipes having a layer of multimodal polyethylene. The multimodal ethylene copolymer is a copolymer of ethylene with one or more alpha-olefin comonomers having from 4 to 10 carbon atoms and has a weight average molecular weight ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8092817 | Biorational insecticide and fungicide and method of application A biorational insecticide and fungicide and method of application on trees and plants, fruits and vegetables to enhance the growth thereof and to effectively control insects and fungi comprising at least one surfactant and at least one high terpene containing natura... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8079747 | Counter-rotating twin screw extruder A screw extruder having a body forming a chamber of two barrels housing two counter-rotating axis-parallel rotors, a supply port for the material to be mixed in the chamber at one end of the body, a discharge port for discharging the mixed material at the other end ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8030403 | Transparent polypropylene composition The present invention relates to a composition, in particular to a polypropylene composition, and articles thereof, having an optimal balance between mechanical properties and transparency and thus the composition is particular suitable for packaging applications. | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024247 | System and method for publishing liquidity replenishment prices in a hybrid auction market The system and method determines both a sweep liquidity offer price, and a momentum liquidity offer price. If the sweep liquidity offer price is less than the momentum liquidity offer price, the system and method publishes the sweep liquidity offer price. If the swe... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8002281 | Methods and devices for playing a modified baccarat game Aspects of the present inventions concerns methods and devices for playing a game with predetermined rules using at least one standard deck of 52 actual or virtual playing cards, wherein at least two but no more than three cards are dealt to a first hand, at least t... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995173 | Liquid crystal display device To provide a liquid crystal display device to suitably perform color balance adjustment. For this, the liquid crystal display device includes pixel regions each including a light reflection portion and a light transmission portion on a liquid-crystal-side surface of... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7943152 | Treatment of chronic chalazion and hordeolum with botulinum toxin Chalazia and hordeola are the most common lesions occurring in the human eyelid, and often recurrences are managed by surgical intervention to remove fatty inclusions within the lid with associated inflammatory reaction. The present invention provides non-surgical m... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7459164 | Composition for therapeutic and cosmetic botulinum toxin This invention relates to a composition of botulinum based pharmaceuticals used for therapeutic and cosmetic treatment. This invention offers an improvement on the prior art by eliminating the potential of blood-borne contamination with botulinum based pharmaceutica... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7451109 | Method and system for administering a discounted security An exchangeable security, tradable on a securities exchange is issued at a share price that is a discount from the share price of an underlying security or basket of underlying securities. At or prior to maturity of the exchangeable security, a holder of the exchang... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7441983 | Energy absorbing system with support An energy absorbing system. The system includes two anchors, a net mechanically coupled thereto and spanning a roadway, and a first raising/lowering arm arranged on one side of the roadway. The first raising/lowering arm mechanically coupled to and supporting an upp... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7415496 | Method for dividing computations In certain aspects, the invention features methods that include receiving a parent job configured to produce one or more descendant jobs, and scheduling computation of the parent job on a node computing device that is one of a plurality of node computing devices of ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7348010 | Vaccine against cancer diseases that are associated with the her-2/neu oncogene The present invention relates to peptides of the extracellular domain of a HER-2/neu protein, conjugates comprising said peptides linked to an immunogenic carrier, compositions thereof, nucleic acid molecules, vectors and transformed or transfected host cells compri... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341735 | Method for using an adjuvant composition with herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, ovicides and fungicides to control pests, insects and fungi An adjuvant is disclosed for use with systemic herbicides, pesticides, insecticides, ovicides and fungicides for application on animals, birds, trees, plants, fruits and vegetables to enhance the action and effect of the systemic herbicides, pesticides, insecticides... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7323813 | Cathode ray tube Assuming an aperture diameter of an electron beam aperture formed in a shield cup as Vsc, an aperture diameter of an electron beam aperture formed in an inner electrode of a focusing electrode as V5, and a distance between the electron beam aperture formed in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7315114 | Display apparatus provided with a light-emitting glass face panel having an inner surface coated with a phosphor layer A display apparatus includes a face plate that constitutes a part of a vacuum envelope, a phosphor layer formed on an inner surface of the face plate, and an electron beam source that emits electron beams to the phosphor layer. The face plate includes a light-emitti... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304423 | Emissive display device To obtain a paste for electron sources which can enhance heat resistance of carbon nanotubes, which can suppress burn-out of the carbon nanotubes even during heating at a high temperature, and can exhibit a high electron emission performance, boron (B) is added to t... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294341 | Method using an insecticide and fungicide on fruits and vegetables Insecticide and fungicide, and method of application on trees and plants, fruits and vegetables to enhance the growth thereof and to effectively control insects and fungi comprising at least one surfactant and at least one high terpene containing natural oil. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7284577 | Container control apparatus and manufacture-related plant Damage or deformation of a container in a processing device downstream a convey path is prevented. A filling device includes a filling unit (1), star wheel (2), and timing screw (3). Containers (10) are supplied to the timing screw (3 | 10/23/2007 |
| 7270826 | Methods of using toxin for the treatment of hypervolemic lip deformity (lip ectropion) The present invention uses pharmaceutical preparations of Botulinum toxin to induce neurogenic atrophy to alter muscle volume and subsequently, facial contour. Reduction in lip volume is accomplished using the disclosed methods thereby producing a favorable e... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272851 | Interactive virtual library system for expeditiously providing automatic updates of user-desired information from content providers, at least one of which is commercial, to users The present invention provides an interactive library system having a computer in telecommunication link with at least one user computer and computer of at least one content provider requiring payment for information access. The interactive library system provides i... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7249091 | Method and system for credit authorization in a member exchange An exchange member establishes a threshold credit value for transactions by a non-member institution. The threshold value is provided to a credit authorization service of the exchange, which acts as a surrogate for the exchange members. Securities transaction or ord... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244103 | Windmill rotor comprising multiple separate wind channels Round honeycomb rotor for wind generators and most propellers has bent tubular trapezoids, two or more concentric tubular cylinders and a variable number of round bent tubular trapezoids. Both cylinders and trapezoids form modular trapezoidal tubes, which have large... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7233103 | Image display device The present invention provides an image display device which can realize the recycling at a low cost by shortening a disassembling time of a face substrate and a back substrate. In a support frame which is bonded and fixed to a face substrate and a back substrate by... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7220833 | Artificial low-density lipoprotein carriers for transport of substances across the blood-brain barrier This invention relates to a highly efficient artificial low-density lipoprotein (LDL) carrier system for the targeted delivery therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In particular, this invention relates to artificial LDL particles comprised of thr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7208865 | Display device and method of manufacturing the same The present invention ensures the hermetic bonding of a support body which is interposed between a face substrate and a back substrate and is formed of a plurality of members thus easily realizing the large-sizing of a screen of a display image and, at the same time... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7166694 | Vaccine against cancerous diseases which is based on mimotopes of antigens expressed on tumor cells The present invention provides a method for producing a vaccine against cancerous disease, and the vaccine itself. This method involves first using one or more antibodies that are specifically effective against one or more antigens specially expressed by the tumor c... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148615 | Color cathode ray tube The present invention enhances the quality of displayed images by enhancing the uniformity of the total transmissivity over the whole surface of a panel having a wavelength selective absorption layer imparted with gradation thus reducing the color difference of the ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7106467 | Information processing apparatus, device management apparatus, network system, method of coping with a device problem, and storage medium A network system with which a user can easily cope with various problems of a device and a maintenance service side can manage a device efficiently is provided. A user side transmits information that is a quantified version of a sensory problem, which a user feels w... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7078851 | Cathode ray tube The indirectly heated cathode structure includes a base metal having a thermal electron emitting material layer, a cylindrical sleeve holding the base metal at one end portion thereof and housing a heating heater in the inside thereof, an support having a large-diam... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7078071 | Glass composite including dispersed rare earth iron garnet nanoparticles Glass/nanoparticle composites are provided which include a glass matrix with a high density of heterologous nanoparticles embedded therein adjacent the outer surfaces of the composite. Preferably, the glass matrix is formed of porous glass and the nanoparticles are ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075221 | Projection tube having different neck diameters The present invention aims at maintaining the high focusing performance at a low deflection power in a single-beam projection tube which is used as a projection type TV receiver or a projector and is operated at a high voltage and with a high current. The neck outer... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7071607 | Display device having a large number of cathode lines The present invention provides a display device which can sufficiently ensure spaces for mounting distance holding members 5 when the distance holding members 5 are mounted, can facilitate the assembling and can realize the electron emission characteri... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7063744 | Coating device There is provided a coating device which can quickly cope with a change in size of a container. A pair of coating belts (annular belts) (11, 15) are arranged on two sides of a conveyor (10). The coating belt (15) is rotated at a high speed while... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7037329 | Bifurcated stent for percutaneous arterialization of the coronary sinus and retrograde perfusion of the myocardium The present invention provides a novel bifurcated stent for providing retrograde flow of oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the myocardium via the coronary sinus without a significant or deleterious left-to-right shunt. The present invention includes a main... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7030547 | Color cathode ray tube A color cathode ray tube has stress-absorbing hole patterns in skirt portions of its color selection electrode. Each of the stress-absorbing hole patterns is composed of a plurality of columns of rectangular through holes, and the columns are arranged in a lengthwis... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020538 | Look-up table method for custom fitting of apparel A method and system for coustom fitting an article to a human being or animal comprising, selecting on the basis of body information about the human being or animal a subset of entries from a database populated with entries, wherein the entries comprise data from wh... | 03/28/2006 |
