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 |
| 8005063 | Uplink channel receiving and transmitting apparatuses and methods A receiving apparatus receives control, pilot and data channels in an uplink. The apparatus includes a data-channel receiving unit for receiving the pilot channel in an antenna gain pattern of a multi-beam having multiple fixed directional beams with respectively di... | 08/23/2011 |
| D592702 | Cartridge for coating film transfer tool | 05/19/2009 |
| 7506291 | Test emulator, emulation program and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A test emulator for emulating a test of a semiconductor device is provided. The test emulator includes a test pattern providing means for providing a test pattern to a device simulator which simulates the operation of a semiconductor device, an expected value storag... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505997 | Methods and apparatus for identifying cached objects with random numbers Methods and apparatus for obtaining a value from an associative dictionary are disclosed. Generally, an associative dictionary maps one or more keys to one or more values, enabling retrieval of each of the values using the corresponding one of the keys. The associat... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505791 | Antenna setting apparatus An antenna setting apparatus that allows a user to receive a broadcast from a desired direction easily and excellently is configured as follows: an antenna setting apparatus includes: a control unit changing the direction of a smart antenna with high sensitivity; a ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505082 | Broadcasting receiver using a directivity-switching antenna An antenna direction allocation screen is displayed on a television connected to a broadcasting receiver. On this screen, a user allocates direction numbers “0 to 15” indicating each directivity direction of a smart antenna that is assumed in a bro... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7502724 | Test simulator, test simulation program and recording medium A test simulator for simulating a test of a semiconductor device is disclosed, the test simulator including: a test pattern holding unit for holding an existing test pattern to be supplied to the semiconductor device; a device output holding unit for preliminarily h... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7479599 | Cord outlet structure of electric instrument cabinet A cord outlet structure of an electric instrument cabinet, includes: an opening window for a cord outlet; and a cover for the opening window, wherein: the cover being formed continuous with one of the sides of the edges of the opening window through a resin hinge; t... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7477684 | Testing method, communication device, and testing system A testing method of a communication device according to the present invention comprises: a step for transmitting and receiving a test signal generated based on a reference clock; a step for generating an anticipated value of the test signal based on the reference cl... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7470330 | Method for dissolving oilfield scale A method of removing metal scale from surfaces that includes contacting the surfaces with a first aqueous solution of a chelating agent, allowing the chelating agent to dissolve the metal scale, acidifying the solution to form a precipitant of the chelating agent an... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7435113 | Electric connector An electric connector includes a connector body 2 having contacts, and a connector housing 10. The connector housing 10 has a cavity 12, for housing the connector body 2, and an operation lever 16. The connector body 2 | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430643 | Multiple contexts for efficient use of translation lookaside buffer The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increased efficiency for translation lookaside buffers by collapsing redundant translation table entries into a single translation table entry (TTE). In the present invention, each thread of a multithreaded p... | 09/30/2008 |
| 6990613 | Test apparatus A test apparatus for testing an electronic device includes a pattern generating unit for generating a test pattern to test the electronic device, a reference clock generating unit for generating a reference clock, a timing generator for generating a timing signal, a... | 01/24/2006 |
