Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7556154 | Drill fluid screening device In a method and apparatus for screening drilling fluids to remove entrained debris, the fluid is urged upwardly from the lower side to the upper side of an inclined or horizontal mesh screen, so that debris falls from the face of the screen under gravity to be colle... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7482976 | Antenna calibration method and apparatus Measurements of frequency and/or phase are taken at the signal ports (S1-S4) of an ISS device (10). These measurements are used to determine phase errors within the ISS device, and phase errors due to the antenna cables (C1-C4). On... | 01/27/2009 |
| D583608 | Frozen ice drink machine | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466528 | Overload and short-circuit protection device with a breaker ribbon A protective device for an electrical installation, having at least two electrodes between which an electric arc can form, and a device for interrupting (6) the arc, extending between an upstream end (6A) and a downstream end (6B), with an entry... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7452005 | Duct sealing apparatus An apparatus for coupling and sealing tubes, comprising a flexible duct having a first and second end portions, each portion having an outwardly extending seal portion connected to a flat portion, which in turn is connected to an angled portion which connects to a f... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7441991 | Chamfering tool A circular truncated cone-shaped cutting section (3) of a chamfering tool (1) is formed with a first blade section (31) which is tilted so that a chip is discharged to a side of a shank section (2), and a second blade section (32) ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7425543 | Microencapsulated materials and method of making same A method of forming microspheres of a bioactive material, such as a protein polymer or drug by nebulizing a solubilized form of a material to be encapsulated and an encapsulating material, such as albumin, in a stirred chilled solvent system comprising a vegetable o... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7405923 | Circuit breaker panel The invention provides a circuit breaker panel with several safety features. The main breaker is separated from the circuit breakers by a non-conducting shield. The main breaker is also covered by a transparent, non-conducting shield. A further transparent non-condu... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7395341 | System, method, apparatus and computer program product for facilitating digital communications A computer-implemented method and apparatus prevents unsecured access to a computer over a network by a client running on a remote computer. In one aspect of the present invention, a client policy is stored on the remote computer. The client policy includes a config... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7386077 | Receiver diversity technique for wireless communications An electronic circuit for decoding wireless communication signals comprises: a combiner adapted to receive one of an incoming time diverse or frequency diverse signal representing blocks of encoded symbols. The blocks of symbols have been transmitted by a plurality ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372370 | Remotely activated, multiple stage alarm system An alarm system (100) to wake sleeping occupants in the event of an emergency has a receiver (105) for detecting a warning signal (130) emitted from an external device (125), such as a smoke or carbon monoxide detector. A processor (11... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7362823 | Maximum ratio transmission An arrangement where a transmitter has a plurality of transmitting antennas that concurrently transmit the same symbol, and where the signal delivered to each transmitting antenna is weighted by a factor that is related to the channel transmission coefficients found... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360158 | Interactive education tool An interactive education tool for graphically representing components of a complex system. When the user selects a displayed component of the system, the tool provides educational information relating to the selected component. A user may then “drill-down” furth... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7346360 | Location caching with expiration based on location A system for locating a device in a wireless network that caches a known location and sets an expiration time based on the location. The system correlates the location with known places, such as movie theaters, restaurants, etc. to set the expiration time. For examp... | 03/18/2008 |
| D560961 | Frozen ice drink machine | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328210 | Attribute rule enforcer for a directory An attribute rule enforcer for evaluating the attributes of a call to add, modify, or delete information in a directory, such as a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) directory. The attribute rule enforcer determines if the attributes of the call comply wit... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324813 | Method and system for controlling the operation of movable wireless networks The invention can provide a movable wireless network that is capable of operating in a multiple network environment. The movable wireless network has a coverage area and includes a detector that detects a network event when the coverage area of the movable wireless ... | 01/29/2008 |
| RE40004 | Adjustable shelf for vehicular campers A slidable and adjustable shelf assembly adapted to be fitted to the rear of a pickup truck, more precisely the side walls. While overriding such side walls, the shelf assembly is in rolling contact with a rigid canopy or camper shell fixed to the side walls. The as... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7311959 | Carpet with improved liquid barrier properties and methods of manufacture thereof A method for producing a carpet comprising the steps of (a) providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer and an underside region comprising back stitch yarn fibers; (b) applying effective repellency enhanci... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303348 | Dosing dispenser for cream-based medicines A dispenser for metered dosing of cream-based medicines comprising a barrel, a base having a threaded rod extending therefrom, a riser having at least one flexible seal which engages the barrel, an applicator cap having apertures therein for spreading dispensed crea... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7277714 | Location caching and extrapolation based on speed A system for locating a device in a wireless network that caches a known location and estimates a location at a given time based on a speed at which the device is moving. The system initially determines plural locations and determines the speed from location. The sp... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7274752 | Maximum ratio transmission An arrangement where a transmitter has a plurality of transmitting antennas that concurrently transmit the same symbol, and where the signal delivered to each transmitting antenna is weighted by a factor that is related to the channel transmission coefficients found... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272612 | Method of partitioning data records A tree-structured index to multidimensional data is created using occurring patterns and clusters within the data which permit efficient search and retrieval strategies in a database of DNA profiles. A search engine utilizes hierarchical decomposition of the databas... | 09/18/2007 |
| D550364 | Handheld medical information terminal | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264864 | Tiles and method of making same A tile, made for example of leather, having a first face, a second face, side edges and a plurality of holes that bring into communication first face with second face. In a lining made with such tiles like this, the holes lead the air from below to above the tiles. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7257913 | Louver and clip for a rotational sign A signage system comprising a prism-shaped tri-panel louver having a slot at each corner into which can be slid a clip. The clip is generally V-shaped with a pair of opposing sides joined at one end to form an apex. At the apex end is a pair of opposing fingers whic... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7251250 | Method and apparatus for efficient sharing of communication system resources A method for accessing a reverse channel for communication from a remote unit to a base station is disclosed. The method includes waiting a random period of time in response to determining that the reverse channel is available at a first time. The method also includ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247101 | Billiard target practice device An apparatus for billiards practice, comprising a housing; an emitter connectively disposed to the housing; a pair of detectors equally spaced about the emitter; a controller having logic controlling the emitter; at least one indicator in communication with the logi... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7247352 | Method for manufacturing a carpet with improved liquid barrier properties A method of producing carpet having the steps of: providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer, and an underside region comprising back stitch yarn fibers and the primary backing layer; applying effective r... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243611 | Drinking trough with elongated actuator and method of dispensing water therefrom A drinking trough having a drinking valve assigned to a water-supply line, the drinking valve having a valve pin that moves in order to discharge water; a water-collecting bowl assigned to the respective drinking valve; an actuating means or elongated actuating end ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7226370 | Golf ball position marker assembly A golf ball position marking assembly that includes a marker removably secured to a decorative or functional accessory item such as a ring, pendant, clip, belt, key ring, bracelet, buckle, divot tool, or the like. The marker is magnetically secured to a base in such... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7226373 | Batting swing practice apparatus A batting practice apparatus comprising an upright support mast associated with a base having a plurality of legs which are able to be mounted to a surface. A rotatable sleeve slides over the mast. The sleeve can rotate about the mast and a pin slides within the slo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220970 | Process and device for measuring ions The invention relates to a method and a device for the measurement of ions by coupling different measurement methods/techniques, a first detector being a collector (17) and a second detector being an SEM (18), and the ions to be measured or resulting s... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7214254 | Method of removing mercury from mercury contaminated materials A method of reducing mercury levels in a mercury contaminated material using microwave energy. The method comprises the steps of (a) placing the mercury contaminated material in a microwave reactor; (b) providing a stream of gas in the microwave reactor, the stream ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7213994 | Dosing dispenser for cream-based medicines A dispenser for metered dosing of cream-based medicines comprising a barrel, a base having a threaded rod extending therefrom, a riser having at least one flexible seal which engages the barrel, an applicator cap having apertures therein for spreading dispensed crea... | 05/08/2007 |
| D541472 | Hair iron | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204199 | Thermopolymeric switching mediums and temperature monitoring devices embodying such mediums The use of thermopolymeric switching medium in temperature monitoring devices in which thermopolymeric switching medium is used as a retaining materials and are based on polymeric compositions that can be designed and programmed to meet selective parameters in produ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200879 | Waterfall waterjet with debris removing outlet A waterfall waterjet that can be attached to a spa, with at least one chamber, at least one primary outlet, at least one debris outlet that can be opened and closed, and a water source fluidly connected to the waterfall waterjet. ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7193705 | Method for determining atomic isotope masses A method for determining atomic isotope masses in mass spectrometry, atomic isotope ratios being determined from molecular isotope ratios measured by means of an isotope mass spectrometer—ion correction, the determination of the atomic ratios being carried out by ... | 03/20/2007 |
| D537091 | Router bit | 02/20/2007 |
