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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D659421 | Chair | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175127 | System of method for dynamic range extension The present invention generally relates to the operation of optical network equipment such as optical amplifiers. In one aspect, a method of operating an optical amplifier is provided such that output of the optical amplifier avoids the effects of operating an optic... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168002 | Device for clamping and positioning an evaporator boat The invention relates to a vacuum treatment plant comprising an evaporator (1) for vacuum coating facilities. The evaporator (1) according to the invention comprises a device for guiding a supply line (4) movable in a gripping direction (A) and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167038 | System and method for deflection compensation in power drive system for connection of tubulars The present invention generally provides methods and apparatus for connecting threaded members while ensuring that a proper connection is made, particularly for premium grade connections. In one embodiment, a method of connecting threaded tubular members for use in ... | 05/01/2012 |
| D658459 | Wrench | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162067 | System and method to expand tubulars below restrictions A method and apparatus for expanding a tubular below a restriction in a wellbore. An expandable tubular may comprise a first end having a first wall thickness, a second end having a second wall thickness, and a middle section disposed between the first and second en... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162045 | Stand compensator Methods and apparatus for connecting a tubular to a tubular string are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus suitable for engaging, compensating, and connecting a tubular includes one or more compensating pistons, an engaging assembly for engaging a tubular, and... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160410 | Bragg reflector grating A Bragg reflector grating comprises a plurality of chirped grating sections (65-72), in which at least a first chirped grating section and a second chirped grating section have differing ranges of grating pitches. The combined range of grating pitches ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158939 | High resolution gas field ion column An ion beam apparatus and a method for providing an energy-filtered primary ion beam are described. Therein, a primary ion beam having an asymmetric first energy distribution is generated by means of an ion source. The primary ion beam is energy filtered using, for ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8150242 | Use of infrared camera for real-time temperature monitoring and control Embodiments of the invention generally contemplate an apparatus and method for monitoring and controlling the temperature of a substrate during processing. One embodiment of the apparatus and method takes advantage of an infrared camera to obtain the temperature pro... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148733 | Vertical LED with current guiding structure Techniques for controlling current flow in semiconductor devices, such as LEDs are provided. For some embodiments, a current guiding structure may be provided including adjacent high and low contact areas. For some embodiments, a second current path (in addition to ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148663 | Apparatus and method of improving beam shaping and beam homogenization The present invention generally relates to an optical system that is able to reliably deliver a uniform amount of energy across an anneal region contained on a surface of a substrate. The optical system is adapted to deliver, or project, a uniform amount of energy h... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148269 | Boron nitride and boron-nitride derived materials deposition method A method and apparatus are provided to form spacer materials adjacent substrate structures. In one embodiment, a method is provided for processing a substrate including placing a substrate having a substrate structure adjacent a substrate surface in a deposition cha... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147614 | Multi-gas flow diffuser Embodiments of the disclosure generally provide a method and apparatus for processing a substrate in a vacuum process chamber. In one embodiment a vacuum process chamber is provided that includes a chamber body and lid disposed on the chamber body. A blocker plate i... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146973 | Tendon enhanced end effector An end effector assembly for a substrate transfer robot is described. The end effector assembly includes a robot wrist. At least one end effector is secured to the robot wrist. The end effector has a fixed end, a free end, a load-supporting surface and a tension mem... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146896 | Chemical precursor ampoule for vapor deposition processes An apparatus for generating a gaseous chemical precursor is provided and contains a canister having a sidewall, a top, and a bottom encompassing an interior volume therein, an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the interior volume, and an inle... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146530 | Cluster tool architecture for processing a substrate Embodiments generally provide an apparatus and method for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system (e.g., a cluster tool) that has an increased system throughput, increased system reliability, substrates processed in the cluster tool have a more... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8144276 | Liquid crystal optical device configured to reduce polarization dependent loss and polarization mode dispersion An LC-based optical device compensates for differences in optical path lengths of polarization components of input beam. As a result, PDL and PMD of the optical device are reduced. The compensation mechanism may be a glass plate that is disposed in an optical path o... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143589 | Stable emission gas ion source and method for operation thereof A method of operating a focused ion beam device for emitting during operation a focused ion beam including ions of a gas generated at a first partial pressure, comprising cleaning an emitter tip positioned in an emitter tip region of the focused ion beam device, the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143112 | Method for removing semiconductor street material Techniques for fabricating metal devices, such as vertical light-emitting diode (VLED) devices, power devices, laser diodes, and vertical cavity surface emitting laser devices, are provided. Devices produced accordingly may benefit from greater yields and enhanced p... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143093 | Process to make metal oxide thin film transistor array with etch stopping layer The present invention generally relates to thin film transistors (TFTs) and methods of making TFTs. The active channel of the TFT may comprise one or more metals selected from the group consisting of zinc, gallium, tin, indium, and cadmium. The active channel may al... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142606 | Apparatus for depositing a uniform silicon film and methods for manufacturing the same Methods and apparatus having a gradient spacing created between a substrate support assembly and a gas distribution plate for depositing a silicon film for solar cell applications are provided. In one embodiment, an apparatus for depositing films for solar cell appl... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141634 | Releasing and recovering tool Apparatus and methods for selectively releasing a first wellbore component to a second wellbore component using a disconnect device. The method includes coupling a disconnect device to a workstring and a downhole tool; performing a downhole operation using the downh... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141509 | Subsea salvage operation using lifting magnet Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a subsea salvage operation using a lifting magnet. In one embodiment, a method of salvaging a submerged production platform includes deploying a salvage vessel to a wreckage site of the submerged production pl... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140265 | Private, auditable vehicle positioning system and on-board unit for same This invention relates to a system and method to generate a private, auditable, evidentiary quality record of the location-history of an asset or person. This invention addresses ten critical improvements over existing systems that are proposed or used for metering ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138782 | Photovoltaic cell solar simulator Embodiments of the present invention relate to a solar simulator module of a solar cell production line. In one embodiment the solar simulator receives a solar cell module in a horizontal position and reorients the module into a vertical position. A light source is ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138320 | Fluorescent proteins and methods for using same The present invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding novel red fluorescent proteins from Entacmaea quadricolor and mutants thereof. Also of interest are proteins that are substantially similar to the novel red fluorescent proteins. In addition, host... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138069 | Substrate pretreatment for subsequent high temperature group III depositions Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus and method for pretreatment of substrates for manufacturing devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser diodes (LDs). One embodiment of the present invention comprises pre-treating the aluminum oxide... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137510 | Coater with a large-area assembly of rotatable magnetrons This invention relates to a coater for the coating, in particular, of large-area substrates by means of cathode sputtering, the coater having a coating chamber and, provided therein, a cathode assembly (2) where the material to be sputtered is located on a ta... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137468 | Heated valve manifold for ampoule Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus and a method for generating a gaseous chemical precursor that may be used in a vapor deposition processing system. In one embodiment, the apparatus contains a valve manifold assembly, which includes a valve assembly ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8137463 | Dual zone gas injection nozzle The present invention generally provides apparatus and method for processing a substrate. Particularly, the present invention provides apparatus and methods to obtain a desired distribution of a process gas. One embodiment of the present invention provides an appara... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136216 | Method of coupling expandable tubing sections A tubing connection arrangement and a method used for coupling expandable tubing sections together. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a tubing connection arrangement comprising a first expandable tubing section defining a male portion; a second expandable tubing... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133583 | Fire retardant antiflux fiber and its production process The present invention provides a fire retardant antiflux fiber, the fiber is composed of the following components: cellulose 60˜80% by mass, silicon fire retardant (calculated as silicon dioxide) 15˜36% by mass, tourmaline 0.1˜5%. The present invention also provi... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133368 | Encapsulated sputtering target Embodiments of the invention provide encapsulated sputtering targets and methods for preparing such targets prior to a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process. In one embodiment, an encapsulated target for PVD is provided which includes a target layer containing lan... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133096 | Multi-phase polishing pad An article of manufacture, a method, and an apparatus for use in a chemical mechanical polishing system is provided. In one aspect, an article of manufacture is provided for polishing a substrate including a polishing article having a polishing surface, the polishin... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129261 | Conformal doping in P3I chamber Methods for implanting ions into a substrate by a plasma immersion ion implanting process are provided. In one embodiment, a method for implanting ions into a substrate includes providing a substrate into a processing chamber, the substrate comprising substrate surf... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129237 | Vertical light-emitting diode device structure with SiNlayer A vertical light-emitting diode (VLED) structure fabricated with a SixNy layer responsible for providing increased light extraction out of a roughened n-doped surface of the VLED are provided. Such VLED structures fabricated with a Six | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129212 | Surface cleaning and texturing process for crystalline solar cells Methods for surface texturing a crystalline silicon substrate are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a crystalline silicon substrate, wetting the substrate with an alkaline solution comprising a wetting agent, and forming a textured surface w... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125034 | Graded ARC for high NA and immersion lithography A method of forming a device using a graded anti-reflective coating is provided. One or more amorphous carbon layers are formed on a substrate. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) is formed on the one or more amorphous carbon layers wherein the ARC layer has an absorpt... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124907 | Load lock chamber with decoupled slit valve door seal compartment Embodiments of the invention include a load lock chamber having a decoupled slit valve door seal compartment. In one embodiment, a load lock chamber includes a main assembly, a first slit valve door seal compartment and a seal assembly. The main assembly has a subst... | 02/28/2012 |
