Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144050 | Removing clutter from radar cross section measurements using spectral tagging A system for performing radar cross section measurements of a target may include a radar system and an antenna associated with the radar system to transmit signals and to receive reflected signals from the target and a clutter source. An EM tagging device is locatab... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141151 | Non-intrusive monitoring of services in a service-oriented architecture A method for monitoring a service provided in a service-oriented architecture may include submitting a subscription request to a plurality of intermediaries in the service-oriented architecture from which to receive monitored data related to the service and determin... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139209 | System and method for measuring a laser-induced damage threshold in an optical fiber A system for measuring a laser-induced damage threshold in an optical fiber may include a lens to direct a first laser beam through a core of the optical fiber. The system may also include an optical arrangement to direct a second laser beam through an exterior surf... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8127235 | Automatic increasing of capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world A system and method for automatically increasing a capacity of a virtual space in a virtual world. It is determined if an allowable number of avatars are currently in the virtual space, and a capacity of the virtual space is increased when the allowable number of av... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120789 | Method and system for processing an electronic document using streaming optimization via programmatic analysis of XML use A method for processing an electronic document may include performing a programmatic analysis to determine all required portions of an input document to produce an output document. The method may also include generating an executable transformer to produce the outpu... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8111734 | Device and method for fast transition from preamble synchronization to data demodulation in direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) communications A device for fast transition from preamble synchronization of a received baseband signal to demodulation of the received baseband signal may include a baseband chip tracking loop to generate an offset tracking value to track any initial chip phase offset and Doppler... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8098194 | Determining characteristics of a radar cross section (RCS) test range A method for determining characteristics of a RCS test range may include vertically orienting a field probe including an elongated rigid body at a predetermined location within the RCS test range. The method may also include generating incident radar waves at a sele... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8090777 | Method and system for managing instant messaging interruptions A method for managing instant messaging interruptions may include comparing at least one term in an instant message to a plurality of terms in a no-response-required (NRR) library. The method may also include representing the instant message as an instant message ag... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8062130 | Allowing an alternative action in a virtual world A method for allowing an alternative action in a virtual world may include permitting a user to request an original action for an avatar of the user in the virtual world. The method may also include receiving the request for the original action and storing the reque... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8045143 | Optical phase domain reflectometer An apparatus to measure optical characteristics of an optical medium may include an optical source to generate an optical square wave for transmission into the optical medium and an optical receiver to receive a reflected optical waveform from the optical medium cau... | 10/25/2011 |
| D647128 | Font of navigation symbols | 10/18/2011 |
| D646086 | Seat | 10/04/2011 |
| 8019447 | Method and system to control operation of a device using an integrated simulation with a time shift option A method to control a device may include forming an integrated simulation model of an actual environment in which the device is or will be operating. The integrated simulation model may be formed using pre-existing data and real-time data related to the actual envir... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8015877 | Imaging an anomaly using backscattered waves A method for generating an image of an anomaly may include generating a pulse wave into a structure being evaluated from each of a plurality of sensors and collecting any scattered wave data caused by the pulse wave impacting an anomaly. The scattered wave data may ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8001616 | System and method for presentation integrity A system for presentation integrity may include an encrypter to encrypt formatting data associated with information content data. A formatter may be included to decrypt the encrypted formatting data and to format the information content data in a predetermined forma... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997005 | Antenna and blower system to remove precipitation from the antenna A blower system to remove precipitation from an antenna may include a blower air plenum extending substantially completely along one side of the antenna. A vent is in communication with the blower air plenum and extends substantially completely along the one side of... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992155 | Method and system to correlate and consolidate a plurality of events A system to correlate and consolidate a plurality of events includes at least one adapter to correlate and consolidate every one of the plurality of events to form a multi-personality event. Each one of the plurality of events is emitted in response to an incident a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7957735 | System and method for associating a wireless mobile communications device with a specific vehicle A communications system may include a first transceiver and a second transceiver both mountable to a vehicle. The first transceiver may include a range substantially limited to a close proximity of the vehicle. The communications system may also include a mobile com... | 06/07/2011 |
| D636196 | Footrest | 04/19/2011 |
| 7921380 | Detachable and reattachable portal pages A portal environment may include at least one detachable and reattachable portal page. The detachable and reattachable portal page may include a detach feature to detach the portal page from the portal environment. A reattach feature may be provided to reattach a de... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920992 | Method and system for modeling uncertainties in integrated circuits, systems, and fabrication processes A method and system for modeling uncertainties in integrated circuits, systems and fabrication processes may include defining interval values for each uncertain component or parameter in a circuit or system. The method may also include replacing scalar operations wi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7916067 | Removing clutter from radar cross section measurements using spectral tagging A system for performing radar cross section measurements of a target may include a radar system and an antenna associated with the radar system to transmit signals and to receive reflected signals from the target and a clutter source. An EM tagging device is locatab... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7912813 | CMDB-based policy propagation A configuration management database (CMDB) that associates a policy with a configuration item (CI) in the CMDB. The policy contains an “applies to” field and a “type descriptor”. When a relationship is created between the CI and a second CI in the CMDB, the ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7900868 | Noise-shielding wing configuration Embodiments of the invention provide an aircraft configuration that provides for increased engine noise shielding for community noise reduction, while still providing desirable aerodynamic attributes such as good spanwise lift distributions and good structural integ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7891247 | Method and system for detecting an anomaly and determining its size A method for detecting an anomaly and measuring its size may include generating a wave signal into a structure being evaluated and collecting at least one of any front and back scattered wave data and any side scattered wave data caused by the wave signal impacting ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7889127 | Wide angle impedance matching using metamaterials in a phased array antenna system A phased array antenna system may include a sheet of conductive material with a plurality of aperture antenna elements formed in the sheet of conductive material. Each of the plurality of aperture antenna elements is capable of sending and receiving electromagnetic ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7882142 | Dynamic optimized datastore generation and modification for process models A method for generating and modifying a datastore may include identifying all processes associated with an observation model and identifying any metrics associated with each process to be recorded. The method may also include automatically constructing a database sc... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7843693 | Method and system for removing heat A system for removing heat includes a sealed container, and an evaporator, housed within the sealed container. The evaporator includes an evaporator inlet, a plurality of evaporator outlet ports and a plurality of tubes, each tube connecting the evaporator inlet wit... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835873 | Method and system for monitoring changes in a sample for a process or an environment Systems and methods for monitoring a sample or a sample flow associated with a process or an environment are disclosed. The systems and methods are used detect one or more chemical or biological agents present in a sample or detect changes in the chemical/biological... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831708 | Method and system to aggregate evaluation of at least one metric across a plurality of resources A method to aggregate evaluation of at least one metric across a plurality of resources may include determining an aggregate evaluation of a selected metric for a group of resources of the plurality of resources. The method may also include adjusting the aggregate e... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7813729 | System and method for associating a wireless mobile communications device with a specific vehicle A communications system may include a first transceiver and a second transceiver both mountable to a vehicle. The first transceiver may include a range substantially limited to a close proximity of the vehicle. The communications system may also include a mobile com... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7788539 | Method and system to debug a command A method to debug a user command that failed to execute on a computing device may include forming a syntactically valid built-up command. The method may also include comparing the user command to the built-up command and analyzing the user command holistically. ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7786945 | Beam waveguide including Mizuguchi condition reflector sets A beam waveguide may include a first set of dual offset reflectors and a second set of dual offset reflectors. The first set of dual offset reflectors and the second set of dual offset reflectors may each include reflector geometries to produce a radiation pattern t... | 08/31/2010 |
| D622740 | Mower blade | 08/31/2010 |
| 7783301 | Method and device for determining a location of a communications device A method to determine a location of a communications device may include measuring a time of arrival for each pulse received at a receiver. The method may also include generating a set of possible hypothetical matches between each received pulse and a transmission pa... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7743659 | Structural health monitoring (SHM) transducer assembly and system A transducer assembly may include a first layer of dielectric material and a pair of electrically conductive traces adjacent to the first dielectric layer. Each of the electrically conductive traces may include a first contact pad and a second contact pad. The first... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743018 | Transient storage in distributed collaborative computing environments Content files are managed and tracked in a distributed collaborative computing environment to receive, store, and maintain content descriptor data associated with a distributed content files in a central directory registry. The central directory registry can be acce... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7735779 | Optimized fuselage structure A fuselage structure including an upper fuselage portion defined by a first cross-section including at least three different radii of curvature. The fuselage structure may also include a lower fuselage portion defined by a second cross-section including at least thr... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7730392 | Electronic web sticky A method to provide an electronic web sticky may include placing a web sticky icon proximate to a selected feature on a web page to which the web sticky may be associated. The method may also include providing a plurality of options for selecting a web sticky type. | 06/01/2010 |
| 7710268 | System and method to protect personal property A system to protect personal property may include an electronic tag associable with a personal property item. The system may also include a controller adapted to wirelessly communicate with the electronic tag to determine a status of the electronic tag to protect th... | 05/04/2010 |
