Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7949362 | Satellite positioning aided communication system selection A software communication device with a tunable transceiver that is capable of receipt of both satellite positioning data and a communication network with a wireless network where positioning data is used to efficiently make a connection to the communication network ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7948313 | Class D amplifier circuit A class D amplifier circuit includes a signal generation section that generates a first pulse width modulation signal and a second pulse width modulation signal based on an input signal. When a level of the input signal is zero, the signal generation section generat... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7947812 | Neoplasm specific antibodies and uses thereof The present invention features polypeptides, such as antibodies, and their use in the treatment and diagnosis of neoplasms. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946515 | Shredder throat safety system The present invention relates to a shredder that includes a housing having a movable part that forms at least a part of an opening for the insertion of articles to be fed into the shredder. A detector detects motion of the movable part, and in response, a controller... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945358 | System and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system A system and method for testing the integrity of a vehicle testing/diagnostic system is provided. Examples of vehicle testing/diagnostic systems may include any equipment (portable or stationary) found in an automotive maintenance and/or testing environment (or othe... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7943485 | Composite wafers having bulk-quality semiconductor layers and method of manufacturing thereof Method for producing composite wafers with thin high-quality semiconductor films atomically attached to synthetic diamond wafers is disclosed. Synthetic diamond substrates are created by depositing synthetic diamond onto a nucleating layer deposited on bulk semicond... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940938 | Sound reproducing apparatus A sound reproducing apparatus which can be relatively inexpensive as a whole and also be simple in construction with reduced wiring even in the case where many speakers are used. Pulse-width modulated (PWM) pulses are generated based on respective audio signals for ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940511 | Electrostatic clamp, lithographic apparatus and method of manufacturing an electrostatic clamp An electrostatic clamp for use in a lithographic apparatus includes a layer of material provided with burls, wherein an electrode surrounded by an insulator and or a dielectric material is provided in between the burls. The electrostatic clamp may be used to clamp a... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940300 | Automatic door assembly with video imaging device An automatic door assembly is provided for determining whether an individual in a door approach area. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940168 | System, apparatus and method for automated emergency assistance with manual cancellation A system, apparatus and method for automated emergency assistance with manual cancellation that is responsive to physiological, environmental and/or input sensors associated with an individual. In embodiments, the invention enables a sensor system or device to be bi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939230 | Overcoat layer comprising core-shell fluorinated particles The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to an improved electrophotographic imaging member in which the overcoat layer incorporates core-shell fluorinated nano- or micro-particles encapsulated in a melamine shell to reduce torque and cleaning failu... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938412 | Transportable containers A container assembly is provided that includes a base container that has an upper opening and an upper container mounted in covering relation over the upper opening of the base container. A linkage connects the upper container to the base container in a manner that ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938347 | Shredder having a dual stage cutting mechanism A shredder is disclosed having a dual stage cutting mechanism. The dual stage cutting mechanism generally includes two pairs of cutters for performing two distinct cutting operations. The pair of first cutters is configured to pierce rows of staggered cross-cuts int... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938013 | Method and apparatus for a self-powered RFID-readable pedometer A device, system and method for analyzing a user's motion using a piezoelectric film to generate a plurality of deformation signals based upon an associated plurality of deformations, an EEPROM to record data associated with the plurality of deformation signals, and... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937842 | Plane blade adjustment improvement A plane includes a plane body having an opening positioned in a bottom surface of the plane body, an angled support structure carried by the plane body, a blade supported by the angled support structure, the blade having an edge positionable to protrude from the ope... | 05/10/2011 |
| RE42338 | Capping layer for EUV optical elements Optical elements such as multilayered EUV mirrors are provided with protective capping layers of diamond-like carbon (C), boron nitride (BN), boron carbide (B4C), silicon nitride (Si3N4), silicon carbide (SiC), B, Pd, Ru, Rh, Au, MgF... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937759 | System and method for protecting communication devices from denial of service attacks A system for preventing successful denial of service attacks comprises a first communication device, a second communication device, and a network. The first and second communication devices establish a communication session via the network. Based on various informat... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937559 | System and method for generating a configurable processor supporting a user-defined plurality of instruction sizes A processor generation system includes the ability to describe processors with three instruction sizes. In one example implementation, instructions can be 16-, 24- and 64-bits. This enables a new range of architectures that can exploit parallelism in architectures. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937461 | Method for controlling a daily living activity monitoring system from a remote location A system is provided for monitoring a user in a user living area. The system includes a system controller and an activity detection subsystem. The activity detection subsystem monitors a daily living activity of the user and provides information representative of th... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937460 | System and method for providing service level management A system and method for providing service level management in a web-based environment are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes intercepting a communication between a web-based environment and a client. The client is identified based, at least in part, on... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7937358 | System and method for building and merging a rulebase with object oriented software A method for building a rulebase includes receiving a plurality of rulebase components. The method also includes merging the rulebase components to create a consolidated rulebase. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936953 | Optical printed circuit board and manufacturing method The invention provides a method of manufacturing an optical printed circuit board and an optical printed circuit board. The method comprises providing a support layer; on the support layer, providing an optical core layer; forming optical channels from the optical c... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936755 | Ingress processing optimization via traffic classification and grouping An arrangement is provided for ingress processing optimization via traffic classification and grouping. A plurality of packets are classified according to a classification criterion. The classified packets are used to generate a packet bundle containing packets that... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936558 | Electronic device An electronic device includes first and second screens, and a slide mechanism. The first screen includes a housing and a first display panel. The second screen is disposed behind the housing, and includes a second display panel. The slide mechanism includes two slid... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936534 | Apparatus for supporting a disk drive about a rotation centre which is outside a disk drive receiving portion for reducing vibrations and a disk drive test apparatus using same Apparatus for supporting a disk drive with a rotating disk about a disk axis and an arm which pivots over the disk about an arm axis. The disk axis and the arm axis are perpendicular to the plane of the disk. The apparatus includes a disk drive carrier having a disk... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936447 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A masking apparatus for preventing irradiation of an outer region of a substrate during lithography is disclosed. The masking apparatus includes a mask that includes a plurality of discrete segments arranged to form a continuous ring shaped mask positioned between a... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936444 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method In a lithographic apparatus, a localized area of the substrate surface under a projection system is immersed in liquid. The height of a liquid supply system above the surface of the substrate can be varied using actuators. A control system uses feedforward or feedba... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936018 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes an active zone doped according to a first type; a drain zone formed in the active zone and doped according to a second type; a source zone formed in the active zone and doped according to the second type; an insulated gate zone separa... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935218 | Optical apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method An optical apparatus includes an illumination system configured to form a pulsed radiation beam, an optical element with a surface on which the radiation beam is incident in operation, and a gas source arranged to supply a mixture of a first type of gas and a second... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934889 | Hydraulic elevation apparatus and method In various embodiments, a method for transporting objects within a multiple chamber framework may include loading objects into a transport container, elevating the container in a delivery chamber and lowering the container in a return chamber. Preferably, fluid elev... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637001 | Toolbox top | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933627 | GPS RF front end IC with frequency plan for improved integrability A GPS RF Front End IC using a single conversion stage, which is immune from self jamming from clock signal harmonics generated internally or from dominant clock signal harmonics generated externally by the subsequent baseband GPS processor which uses a clock of 48â—... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933067 | Flat field Schmidt telescope with extended field of view Various embodiments provide a flat field Schmidt-type telescope including a spherical primary mirror, an aspheric correcting plate spaced apart from the primary mirror, a detector disposed between the primary mirror and the corrector plate, and a field lens disposed... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933000 | Device manufacturing method, method for holding a patterning device and lithographic apparatus including an applicator for applying molecules onto a clamp area of a patterning device A lithographic apparatus includes an illumination system configured to condition a radiation beam; a support constructed to support a patterning device, the patterning device being capable of imparting the radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932999 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic projection apparatus includes a support structure configured to hold a patterning device, the patterning device configured to pattern a beam of radiation according to a desired pattern; a substrate table configured to hold a substrate; a projection sy... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932117 | Pressure sensor and manufacturing method therefor A pressure sensor (e.g., a condenser microphone) includes a plate having a fixed electrode, a diaphragm having a moving electrode positioned opposite to the fixed electrode, and a support, wherein the diaphragm is subjected to displacement due to pressure variations... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931866 | Micelle-controlled nanoparticle synthesis for SERS The methods and apparatus disclosed herein concern nanoparticle layers uniformly distributed on a surface or substrate. In certain embodiments of the invention, the nanoparticle layers are of use for Raman spectroscopy. In certain embodiments of the invention, a mic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931844 | Imprint lithography An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed which has a needle, and a substrate table arranged to hold a substrate to be imprinted, wherein the needle is moveable between a first position and a second position, the first position being such that in use the needle ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930979 | Mounting of drag reducing devices for stacked intermodal rail cars Disclosed is a series of stacked intermodal containers, being pulled by a locomotive of a train, with aerodynamic drag reducing devices. A first set of containers has an aerodynamic drag reducing device with a drag reducing fairing and an attachment frame attached t... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930931 | System and method for quantifying the presence of components in the exhaust of commercial and/or heavy-duty vehicles A system and/or method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in vehicle exhaust, and more particularly to a non-contact, extractive sampling system and method for quantifying the presence of one or more components in exhaust emissions of commercial ... | 04/26/2011 |
