Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7636871 | Method for comparing customer and test load data with comparative functional coverage hole analysis One aspect of the present invention includes performance of a comparative functional coverage technique for comparing analysis of actual operational load data, such as customer data, with test operational load data. In one embodiment, coverage and holes analysis ope... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7559928 | Apparatus and method for minimally invasive total joint replacement A method and apparatus for minimally invasive total joint replacement is disclosed. The method involves sculpting the articular surface of a second bone that normally articulates with a first bone by attaching or supporting a bone sculpting tool directly or indirect... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7315837 | Communication interface for a financial modeling and counseling system The present invention provides a method and a computer system for providing a communication medium over a network for financial modeling and counseling. The system includes financial modeling using a profile of a user and provides automated customized financial coac... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7289964 | System and method for transaction services patterns in a netcentric environment The present disclosure provides for implementing transaction services patterns. Logical requests are batched for reducing network traffic. A batched request is allowed to indicate that it depends on the response to another request. A single message is sent to all ob... | 10/30/2007 |
| D527387 | Graphic for a portion of a computer display screen | 08/29/2006 |
| D526655 | Graphic for a portion of a computer display screen | 08/15/2006 |
| D526653 | Graphic for a portion of a computer display screen | 08/15/2006 |
| D526323 | Graphic for a portion of a computer display screen | 08/08/2006 |
| D526324 | Graphic for a portion of a computer display screen | 08/08/2006 |
| 7062505 | Content management system for the telecommunications industry New functions for a contact center system include: testing user's comprehension of informational messages with a quiz; capturing insight of superior users having a KPI score above a threshold by having those users submit information on why they perform so well; dyna... | 06/13/2006 |
| D512195 | Safe handle | 11/29/2005 |
| 6769829 | Drawable and/or traceable binder The cover of a binder is provided with a coating which is receptive to inks which are water based, solvent based or gel based, and which is substantially water-fast after the ink has dried. A coated transparent sheet may be provided on the front cover of the binder ... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6760964 | Key pad assembly and method of assembling The key pad assembly includes a housing that attaches to a secure container. The housing has a front wall, and a key pad attaches to the front face of the front wall. A cylindrical side wall extends back from the front wall. The side wall is truncated at an angle to... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6748448 | High performance internet storage access scheme Systems and methods of increasing the performance of computer networks, especially networks connecting users to the Web, are provided. Performance is increased by reducing the latency the client experiences between sending a request to the server and receiving a res... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6739370 | Floating heated packaging shoe An anvil assembly having a housing and two rotatable inserts with flat upper surfaces against which the heated shoes of a package sealing machine may press a covering sheet onto a plastic package tape. The inserts have a limited range of rotation so that they automa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6717308 | Electric spindle motor and method having magnetic starting/stopping device A high precision spindle suitable for hard disk drives, optical disk drives, such as DVDs, CD drives, and other applications includes a hub, a hybrid hydrodynamic an aerodynamic bearing system, a brushless motor, a starting/stopping assistant device and a base. The ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6682152 | Secure wheel locking system A wheelchair wheel locking system reduces the likelihood that a wheel will inadvertently disengage from the wheelchair. An axle is attached to the wheel and has a protrusion for engaging annular grooves within a wall forming an inner passage through an ax... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6677438 | Method for attaching polyethylene glycol to macromolecules A process for attaching a polyethylene glycol compound to a macromolecule to prepare a conjugate or adduct between the polyethylene glycol compound and the macromolecule is described. The process comprises the steps of (1) preparing an activated PEG or an... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6674201 | Spindle motor with an aerodynamic and hydrodynamic bearing assembly A spindle motor (10) including a stator component (16), a rotor component (18), including a hub (14) for supporting one or more discs, and a bearing assembly between tHe components, formed of a journal bearing (54) and a thrust bearing (52), wherein the j... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6620378 | Precious metal solder Platinum, silver and gold solder compositions for repairing, assembling, or sizing jewelry. Platinum compositions having about 90% to about 95% by weight platinum. Silver compositions having at least 92.5% by weight silver. Gold solder compositions having... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6536223 | Cool wrap food service refrigeration system A collar assembly including cooling coils is provided to increase the top surface cooling of food being served from food pans which are mounted to extend down into a food service cabinet or counter. The collar is preferably lower in the front toward the s... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6505217 | Method and apparatus for file placement A file placement process operates to respond to requests for creation of a file, accompanied by file statistics, such as storage space needed by the file, to locate a storage volume having space best fitting the file statistics.... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6481509 | Impact generator In a conventional impact generator, a great shock is generated when a weight collides with a rotary member, and a rotary shaft of the rotary member and a bearing supporting the rotary shaft receive the great shock. Therefore, it is necessary to employ a b... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6476907 | Apparatus and method for carrying out histological analysis of specimens A system for conducting a histological inspection of a biological specimen supported on or in a substrate which may be provided in the form of an optically transparent disc. The disc is mounted for rotation about its central axis while a light source and ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6474375 | Reconstitution device and method of use A method and apparatus for reconstituting a multiple component material is disclosed. More particularly, the present invention discloses an apparatus utilizing an operator controllable pressurization device to generate a pressure differential between two ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6471282 | Reliable retractable protective cover assembly A reliable retractable and extendable protective cover assembly for covering the bed of a pick-up truck includes a pair of elongated guide tracks and rollers on each of the sides of the bed. The guide tracks are positioned in parallel formation on either ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6473525 | Method for detecting an image edge within a dithered image A method for detecting an image edge within a dithered image. A pixel within a support region is selected for processing. The differences between pixel values in the region and the selected pixel are computed to form a current difference map. Whether the ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6473177 | Particle-size distribution measuring apparatus The present invention presents a particle-size distribution measuring apparatus which allows measuring simultaneously the dispersion state of particles in suspension medium and the particle-size distribution of the particles. The present invention is a pa... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6471667 | Medical suctioning methods A medical fluid suctioning device for selectively applying varied levels of suction pressure at a device-tissue interface includes a direct "trumpet"-type control mechanism in conjunction with a "venturi"-type control. A valve manifold is adapted to coupl... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6461361 | Gas-driven spraying of mixed sealant agents A gas-driven spray applicator particularly suitable for spray delivery of mixed fibrin sealants for surgical use has a spray nozzle wherein droplets or a stream of mixed sealant agents are entrained in a stream of gas such as sterile compressed air. Gas e... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6457125 | Encrypted download of SRAM-based FPGAs Method and apparatus is provided for securely configuring a programmable hardware device from a remote source. The programmable hardware device includes a plurality of programmable logic modules. A host receives configuration information from the remote s... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449733 | On-line replacement of process pairs in a clustered processor architecture In a multiple processing system or cluster, a pair of processes, assuming the role of a primary process and a backup process to the primary process, are replaced on-line by stopping the backup process; creating the replacement backup process; checking to ... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6422056 | Method for correcting the effect of a effect of a coexistent gas in a gas analysis and a gas analyzing apparatus using same In analyzing the concentration of an objective component contained in a sample gas by a gas analyzer, an output of the gas analyzer is corrected at a fixed point by applying the relationship between the concentration of a coexistent gas and a span sensiti... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6393774 | Construction system for modular apartments, hotels and the like A modular construction system uses preformed room-size U-shaped modules and preformed room-size L-shaped modules to form modular housing such as apartments, hotels and the like. The modules may be formed of reinforced concrete. By using U-shaped modules j... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6392989 | High speed protection switching in label switched networks through pre-computation of alternate routes Method of providing a recovery plan for a connection in a communications network when the connection is disrupted by a failure of a switch, switch or link in the network. In a provisioning phase, a primary plan and recovery plan for a connection to be pro... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6374367 | Apparatus and method for monitoring a computer system to guide optimization A method for sampling the performance of a computer system is provided. The computer system includes a plurality of functional units. The method selects transactions to be processed by a particular functional unit of the computer system. State information... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6344253 | Leakproofing article for building use The present invention concerns a manufactured article impervious to water, the water being rain water, water coming from a water-bearing stratum, and/or from concrete. The manufactured article of the invention may be used in building of habitations, facto... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6343376 | System and method for program verification and optimization A system and method for increasing the speed of operation of a theorem prover relating to program verification using adaptive pattern matching technique is disclosed. Source code in a specific programming language is converted to one or more formulae, eac... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6322759 | Ozonizer using a thermally sprayed ceramic dielectric An ozonizer is disclosed, having a first electrode and a second electrode between which a discharge gap is formed, a dielectric being arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. The dielectric comprises a support element made of glass o... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6302443 | Centering cuts or tabs for binder frames A three ring binder includes a spine, a front cover and a back cover, each of which includes a substantially solid base plate and an outer plastic shell. The front cover and spine may each include a front cover pocket and a spine pocket, respectively. A t... | 10/16/2001 |
