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...that in 1800 ether was first used by partyers as a fun diversion? Sniffing the gas led to hilarious and raucous laughter as people watched each other become more and more intoxicated and silly. Several doctors independently realized the value ether would have to anesthetize surgery patients. Of those who claimed rights to the "discovery," none had a happy ending. One had a seizure and died defending his rights. Another spent his life in an asylum because he had been denied acclaim. A third became addicted to chloroform and, in a New York City jail, he soaked a cloth in the drug, severed an artery and bled to death.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D660009 | Embossed paper product | 05/22/2012 |
| 7970753 | System and method for enhancing keyword relevance by user's interest on the search result documents A system and method are provided for enabling a user to search for documents that the user has previously viewed on its local machine. The system includes three main components: the desktop integration module, the index module, and the graphical user interface modul... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962508 | System and method for searching and retrieving related messages A system and method is provided which utilizes a threading service to offer enhanced features for a document management system including an email system. Various enhanced email features may be provided through one or more of the following components: a delete module... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7790583 | Clean process for an electron beam source One embodiment of the present invention is a method for cleaning an electron beam treatment apparatus that includes: (a) generating an electron beam that energizes a cleaning gas in a chamber of the electron beam treatment apparatus; (b) monitoring an electron beam ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7718347 | Method for making an improved thin film solar cell interconnect using etch and deposition process The present invention provides a method of forming interconnects in a photovoltaic module. According to one aspect, a method according to the invention includes processing steps that are similar to those performed in conventional integrated circuit fabrication. For ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7697696 | Audio amplification apparatus with howling canceler In an audio amplification apparatus connected to a microphone and a speaker, an audio amplification circuit amplifies an audio signal and inputs the amplified audio signal to the speaker. A howling canceller has an adaptive filter which is set with a filter coeffici... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7678662 | Memory cell having stressed layers A memory cell comprises a p-doped substrate with a pair of spaced apart n-doped regions on the substrate that form a source and drain about the channel. A stack of layers on the channel comprises, in sequence, (i) a tunnel oxide layer, (ii) a floating gate, (iii) an... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7569295 | Fuel cell unit and state display control method A fuel cell unit for supplying electric power to an electronic apparatus includes a DMFC that generates electric power using methanol as fuel. A microcomputer examines whether or not the fuel cell unit has been installed in the electronic apparatus. When the fuel ce... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7567245 | Information processing device and display brightness control method An information processing device comprises a display unit whose display brightness is changeable, a unit for detecting the lightness of surroundings, a unit for determining a target display brightness of the display unit responsive to the lightness detected by the u... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7564746 | Optical disk apparatus An optical disc apparatus includes a pickup assembly, a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, and a flexible printed circuit board. The pickup assembly is adapted to focus a laser beam through an objective lens onto an optical disc in order to... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7485396 | Scattering bar OPC application method for sub-half wavelength lithography patterning A method of forming a mask having optical proximity correction features, which includes the steps of obtaining a target pattern of features to be imaged, expanding the width of the features to be imaged, modifying the mask to include assist features which are placed... | 02/03/2009 |
| D582337 | Set of overhead racks | 12/09/2008 |
| D580790 | Container | 11/18/2008 |
| 7417715 | Stage apparatus, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method using two patterning devices In order to improve the productivity of a lithographic apparatus, a stage apparatus for holding two patterning devices is described. The patterning devices are arranged such that the distance between the patterns in the scanning direction corresponds to the length o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7342866 | Optical disc and its information recording method and apparatus Recording timing of a Data segment is set so as to avoid locating a wobble modulated portion as preformat information which indicates information on Physical segments of a recording type optical disc, and a recording start head position of the Data segment to be rec... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7323391 | Substrate having silicon germanium material and stressed silicon nitride layer A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes providing a region having doped silicon region on a substrate, and forming a silicon germanium material adjacent to the region on the substrate. A stressed silicon nitride layer is formed over at least a portio... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7164887 | Radio communication device The positional relationship between a master terminal and a slave terminal and the positional relationship of the slave terminal with the master terminal and with other slave terminals are measured, and a slave terminal subject to switching to master terminal is sel... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7137290 | Rotary rheometer magnetic bearing A rotary rheometer having a magnetic thrust bearing. The thrust disk of the magnetic thrust bearing being situated between a pair of magnetic actuator assemblies and extending beyond the circumference of the actuator assemblies so as to encompass the magnetic flux l... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129301 | Method for preparing a biodegradable copolyester A method for preparing a biodegradable copolyester includes: (a) optionally preparing an aromatic prepolymer by reacting a first aromatic dicarboxylic compound with a first aliphatic glycol; (b) reacting the aromatic prepolymer with a second aromatic dicarboxylic co... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7106428 | Focal length measuring device A focal length measuring device comprises a light source unit for generating a collimated light, a diffraction grating for deflecting the collimated light by a deflection angle θ, and an image-pickup element for measuring a position of a focused spot light after th... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7100719 | Hybrid-powered vehicle A rotary shaft of a motor-generator of a hybrid-powered vehicle is connected to an output shaft of a torque converter connected to an output shaft of an internal combustion engine. A control of acceleration or deceleration of the vehicle is assisted by controlling t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7026092 | Thermally-transferable polyester image-protecting layer A thermal transfer medium for use in mass transfer printing comprises a substrate bearing on at least part of one surface thereof a coating of an overlay material comprising polyester having a glass transition greater than 50° C. (preferably at least 75° C.) and a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7019127 | Solution phase synthesis of oligonucleotides A process for the synthesis in solution phase of a phosphorothioate triester is provided. The process comprises the solution phase coupling of an H-phosphonate with an alcohol in the presence of a coupling agent to form an H-phosphonate diester. The H-phosphonate di... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7005038 | Belt-machine combination A paper process belt and method for manufacturing the same are provided. The belt includes at least one elongated resilient coupling filament operatively connected to a first end section of the belt and a second end section of the belt such that the first end sectio... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005276 | Nucleic acid molecules correlated with the Rhesus weak D phenotype The present invention relates to novel nucleic acid molecules encoding a Rhesus D antigen contributing to the weak D phenotype which are characterized by one or a combination of missense mutations or by a gene conversion involving exons 6 to 9 of the RHD and RHCE ge... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6992121 | Aqueous, polymodal, multistage polymer emulsions Aqueous emulsion of a polymodal multistage polymeric material, wherein: (i) at least 50% of the polymodal multistage polymeric material comprises the polymers of at least two polymerisation stages having a Tg difference of ≧20° ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6982162 | Corynebacterium glutamicum strain with enhanced secretion activity The present invention refers to a Corynebacterium glutamicum bacterial strain which new isolated and identified secD and/or secF gene(s) is/are genetically modified in a way that secretion of the bacterial strain is enhanced, the protein- and polynucleotide s... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6977065 | Precipitated silicas A precipitated silica with the following physicochemical properties: BET ... | 12/20/2005 |
| D512583 | Desk | 12/13/2005 |
| 6960358 | Activated charcoal based composition and method for reducing hangover symptoms associated with the consumption of alcohol containing beverages The invention provides a composition which is effective in the prevention or delay of the onset of side effects associated with alcohol consumption or the reduction or alleviation of those effects. The composition of the invention includes activated charcoal and lim... | 11/01/2005 |
| D511059 | Desk | 11/01/2005 |
| 6938822 | Noncontact type IC card and system thereof In a noncontact type IC card, writing of data is executed when a voltage level of an operating voltage generated from a received power wave is a level suitable for the writing of the data to a nonvolatile memory, and it is recognized that the data write operation is... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6931610 | Method for rapid estimation of wire delays and capacitances based on placement of cells A fast method of estimating capacitances and wire delays in an integrated circuit design is based on placement information such as that contained in a gate schematic net list from a logic synthesis tool. A simple tree topology called a spine tree is constructed to c... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923015 | Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a refrigerating cycle unit for refrigerating an atmosphere in the refrigerator by means of heat absorption due to change of a flammable refrigerant from a liquid phase to a gaseous phase, and a deodorizer having first and second electrodes di... | 08/02/2005 |
