Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6293356 | Method of and system for optimizing rate of penetration in drilling operations A method of and system for optimizing bit rate of penetration while drilling substantially continuously determine an optimum weight on bit necessary to achieve an optimum bit rate of penetration based upon measured conditions and maintains weight on bit a... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6274704 | Peptides derived from the heparin binding domain of fibronectin The biologically active peptide of the invention has a number of amino acids of 30 or less, comprises an amino acid sequence described as SEQ ID NO:13 (Tyr Thr Ile Tyr Val Ile Ala Leu) in the sequence listing and has cell adhesion inhibition activity. The... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6268152 | Probe kit for identifying a base in a nucleic acid Devices and techniques for hybridization of nucleic acids and for determining the sequence of nucleic acids. Arrays of nucleic acids are formed by techniques, preferably high resolution, light-directed techniques. Positions of hybridization of a target nu... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6207382 | Production of lampbrush chromosome A process for inducing a transcriptionally active chromosome (i.e., a "lampbrush" chromosome) from condensed chromatin or nucleus is disclosed. The condensed chromosome is contacted with the contents of a germinal vesicle. Preferably, the nuclear envelope... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6204514 | Ultraviolet electroluminescent element and laser luminescent element An EL element and a laser luminescent element are capable of emitting ultraviolet rays with high wavelength purity. The ultraviolet electroluminescent element includes a thin film made from one of a polymer and an oligomer in which the elements, selected ... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6204293 | Inhibitors of protein isoprenyl transferases Compounds having the formula ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof wherein R1 is (a) hydrogen, (b) loweralkyl, (c) alkenyl, (d) alkoxy, (e) thioalkoxy, (f) halo, (g) haloalkyl, (h) aryl-L2 --, and (i) heterocyclic-L | 03/20/2001 |
| 6204477 | Method to eliminate weld solidification cracking of 312 stainless steel overlay and to minimize the overlay's thermal expansion mismatch with carbon steel or low alloy steel substrate A method for applying a stainless steel weld overlay on a substrate, e.g., a carbon steel or low alloy steel, uses an arc welding process. The process includes welding a stainless steel weld overlay onto the substrate using a shielding gas mixture includi... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6199524 | Control apparatus for varying a rotational or angular phase between two rotational shafts A shoe housing 3 is connected to and rotatable together with an input shaft. A vane rotor 9 is connected to an output shaft and accommodated in shoe housing 3 so as to cause a rotation within a predetermined angle with respect to shoe housing 3. Vane roto... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6189759 | Fastener driving device with enhanced magazine latch assembly A fastener driving device comprising a magazine assembly including a rearward nosepiece portion cooperable with a fixed forward nosepiece portion to define a fastener guiding portion of a fastener drive track of the device. Cooperating guide structure dis... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6192384 | System and method for performing compound vector operations A processor particularly useful in multimedia applications such as image processing is based on a stream programming model and has a tiered storage architecture to minimize global bandwidth requirements. The processor has a stream register file through wh... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6188800 | Two-dimensional spatial transformation system for video processing A two-dimensional spatial transformation system performs two-dimensional spatial transformation on an original video image in accordance with a two-pass method. Video data representing the original video image are input to a first video memory. Herein, a ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6188087 | Semiconductor light-emitting device A novel light-emitting device includes a sapphire substrate with a light-emitting layer comprising InX Ga1-X N, where the critical value of the indium mole fraction X is determined by a newly derived relationship between the indium m... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6188568 | Display panel for a portable computer A display panel for a portable computer includes an LCD device, a cover and a frame joined together to receive the LCD device, a plurality of first screws fastening together the cover and the frame, and a plurality of second screws fastening the LCD devic... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6182886 | Envelope construction A rectangular envelope for square articles includes a rectangular front panel having a pair of shorter edges and a pair of longer edges. A sealing flap is attached to one of the shorter edges and a back flap is attached to the other shorter edge, A pair o... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6176992 | Method and apparatus for electro-chemical mechanical deposition The present invention deposits a conductive material from an electrolyte solution to a predetermined area of a wafer. The steps that are used when making this application include applying the conductive material to the predetermined area of the wafer usin... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6171419 | Apparatus and method for forming an interior panel for a vehicle An apparatus for forming an interior panel for a vehicle door includes mandrels which hold rolls of vinyl laminate and fiberglass reinforcing mat and from which sheets of vinyl laminate and reinforcing mat are pulled in overlying relation with respect to ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6169549 | Method and apparatus for providing continuous level of detail A method and apparatus that provides for off-line generation of, and run-time evaluation for, continuous LODs. The off-line multiresolution generation process is modified and constrained such that a progressive mesh representation for continuous LODs is c... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6162442 | Use of aqueous L-Tryptophan and/or L-Threonine salt solutions Highly concentrated aqueous L-Tryptophan and/or L-Threonine salt solutions are used to supplement mixed feeds with L-Tryptophan and/or L-Threonine. They can be metered easily and accurately, can be produced in a highly concentrated form with a content of ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6155357 | Method of and system for optimizing rate of penetration in drilling operations A method of and system for optimizing bit rate of penetration while drilling substantially continuously determine an optimum weight on bit necessary to achieve an optimum bit rate of penetration based upon measured conditions and maintains weight on bit a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6155221 | Control apparatus for varying a rotational or angular phase between two rotational shafts, preferably applicable to a valve timing control apparatus for an internal combustion engine A shoe housing 3 is connected to and rotatable together with an input shaft. A vane rotor 9 is connected to an output shaft and accommodated in shoe housing 3 so as to cause a rotation within a predetermined angle with respect to shoe housing 3. Vane roto... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6157754 | Optical transmission line The present invention relates to an optical transmission line, applicable to Wave Division Multiplexing (WDM) transmission, having a structure for restraining optical transmission characteristics from deteriorating due to each of the occurrence of nonline... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6153745 | Relating to mutagenesis of nucleic acids The invention concerns novel compounds having defined structural formulae and methods of mutating a nucleic acid sequence, the method comprising replicating a template sequence in the presence of a nucleoside triphosphate analogue in accordance with the i... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6152246 | Method of and system for monitoring drilling parameters A system includes a database that is adapted to store substantially continuously measured or calculated drilling parameters. At least one computer can access the database to display simultaneous user configurable graphical representations of selected dril... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6153311 | Soft sculpted article and method of making same A soft sculpted article includes a first substantially flat surface and a soft sculpted face affixed to the first substantially flat surface. The face includes at least a muzzle portion extending outwardly of the first substantially flat surface.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6148510 | Method for producing terminal wire connection An electric wire work is produced in the following manner. That is, a combination of a plurality of coaxial cables are cut to a predetermined length. External conductors are exposed in the vicinity of the ends thereof. The external conductors is fixed at ... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6141466 | Wavelength-variable light source and OTDR apparatus The wavelength-variable light source comprises a semiconductor light-emitting device 11; a first light waveguide 31 optically coupled to the semiconductor light-emitting device; a plurality of second light waveguides 32, disposed in parallel to each other... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6137931 | Method for determining a condition of aging for optical fiber grating The present invention provides a method for determining a condition of aging for an optical fiber grating. This method comprises a step of setting the aged deterioration curve of the optical fiber grating as a form proportional to t-n, where t ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6136334 | Medical uses of in situ formed gels Balanced pH, hyperosmotic, hypoosmotic, or isoosmotic gels are ideal vehicles for drug delivery. They are especially suited for topical body cavity or injection application of drugs or diagnostic agents; for drug or diagnostic agent delivery to the eye of... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6129377 | Air bag for side air bag device An air bag (11) for a side air bag device capable of reducing the size and weight of the device (M1) while retaining a tension line (L--L) when expanded is mounted on the peripheral edge of a door opening (W) at the inside of a compartment, and is formed ... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6128276 | Stacked-carrier discrete multiple tone communication technology and combinations with code nulling, interference cancellation, retrodirective communication and adaptive antenna arrays A "stacked-carrier" spread spectrum communication system based on frequency domain spreading that multiplies a time-domain representation of a baseband signal by a set of superimposed, or stacked, complex sinusoid carrier waves. In a preferred embodiment,... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6128486 | Reception method and base station receiver A base station receiver and a reception method in a CDMA cellular radio system includes, in each cell, at least one base station communicating with a plurality of mobile stations situated within its area. The base stations measure the direction angle of a... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6123463 | Optical fiber connector with non-PC-coupling An optical fiber connector at least comprising an optical fiber ferrule capable of fixing an optical fiber, and an optical fiber fixed in the optical fiber ferrule, a pair of the optical fiber connectors being used such that their respective end faces are... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6122020 | Frame combining apparatus A frame combining apparatus, having a plurality of decoding means for decoding frame data for each of a plurality of sub-frames through a decoding process opposite to a coding process when a plurality of coded data streams obtained by coding frame data of... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6120154 | Reflector for vehicle An electromagnetic reflector which is effective for electromagnetic waves in a range from 50 to 100 GHz, radiated from an on-board radar device, is integrally incorporated with an optical reflector for effectively receiving the electromagnetic waves by th... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6119908 | Article carrier assembly having a cross rail assembly with a turnable locking mechanism The present invention is an article carrier assembly for mounting on an exterior surface of a motor vehicle The article carrier includes a pair of elongated side rails constructed and arranged to be mounted on an exterior surface of the motor vehicle. The... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6113187 | Folding seat for vehicle An upper rail is slidably provided on a lower rail fixed to a floor of a vehicle body. The front end of a seat cushion is connected with the front end of the upper rail such that the seat cushion is pivotal forwardly for inversion. The lower end of a seat... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6111944 | Method for routing information in operations and maintenance network of telephone network The operation and maintenance network of a telephone network system comprises a plurality of operation and maintenance (OM) units for operation and maintenance of the telephone exchange connected thereto, and an operation and maintenance center (OMC). The... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111832 | Disk discrimination method and device An optical disk has a reflecting layer and a transparent substrate formed on the reflecting layer. The type of the optical disk changes depending on the physical characteristics of the reflecting layer and the thickness of the transparent substrate. When ... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6111597 | Stereo image forming apparatus Rendering is executed under conditions corresponding to the distance of a target object to obtain stereo display data, by preliminarily controlling its conditions such as the position or orientation of two-dimensional image projection planes (A mode). Alt... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6109036 | Sealed hydraulic intensifier A sealed hydraulic intensifier has a sealed hydraulic cylinder actuator having a cylinder defining a piston chamber, a piston fitted in the piston chamber of the cylinder, and a piston rod connected to the piston, and a pressure controller disposed adjace... | 08/29/2000 |
