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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185861 | Variable sized soft memory macros in structured cell arrays, and related methods The logic cells (HLEs) of a structured application-specific integrated circuit (structured ASIC) can be used to provide memory blocks of various sizes. Any one or more of several techniques may be employed to facilitate doing this for various user designs that may h... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184651 | PLD architecture optimized for 10G Ethernet physical layer solution An integrated circuit (e.g., a programmable integrated circuit such as a programmable microcontroller, a programmable logic device, etc.) includes programmable circuitry and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) transceiver circuitry. The programmable circuitry and the trans... | 05/22/2012 |
| D660419 | Needle tip cap for a medication administration device | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181200 | Method and system for displaying advertising, video, and program schedule listing A television schedule system and method for displaying television schedule information on a television screen includes a program guide having a schedule information area that depicts the programs that are being presented on each channel at each time during the day. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180896 | Global load balancing on a content delivery network The invention relates to systems and methods of global load balancing in a content delivery network having a plurality of edge servers which may be distributed across multiple geographic locations. According to one aspect of the invention, a global load balancing sy... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178536 | Sirtuin modulating compounds Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, dis... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178488 | Methods for increasing thermogenic adipocytes In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for increasing thermogenic adipocytes (e.g., brown adipocytes or other UCP-1 expressing adipocytes) by administering an antagonist of an ActRIIB signaling pathway. Examples of such antagonis... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178298 | Patched polypeptides and uses related thereto Methods for isolating patched genes, including the mouse and human patched genes, as well as invertebrate patched genes and sequences, are provided. Decreased expression of patched is associated with the occurrence of human cancers, particularly basal cell carcinoma... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176521 | Client server based interactive television program guide system with remote server recording An interactive television program guide system is provided. An interactive television program guide provides users with an opportunity to select programs for recording on a remote media server. Programs may also be recorded on a local media server. The program guide... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176518 | Systems and methods for providing fantasy sports contests based on subevents Fantasy sports contests based on segments of a single sports event. A segment or subevent may be a portion of a single sports event. The users choose a roster of selections to form an fantasy sports contest team roster. Fantasy points are awarded to the user for the... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176516 | Video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots The present invention is directed to a video recorder having user extended and automatically extended time slots. An embodiment of the present invention includes a set-top box having an internal storage device, such as a hard drive where broadcasts are transferred f... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176510 | Systems and methods for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback Systems and methods are provided for detecting inconsistent user actions and providing feedback about assets. A user may perform a first action restricting access to a first asset. The system may detect whether a second action performed relative to a second asset th... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175143 | Adaptive equalization using data level detection A method, and circuitry, for choosing the correct equalization curve in adaptive equalization uses a feedback loop in which the incoming high-speed serial data are digitized and deserialized for use in the remainder of the device, and also are used by an adaptive st... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173601 | Activin-ActRIIa antagonists and uses for treating multiple myeloma In certain aspects, the present invention provides compositions and methods for promoting bone growth and increasing bone density, as well as for the treatment of multiple myeloma. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169679 | MEMS anchors The invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for the design and manufacture of MEMS anchoring structures for light modulators in order to address the stresses of beams mounted on them. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168190 | HBV core antigen particles with multiple immunogenic components attached via peptide ligands This invention relates to hepatitis B virus (“HBV”) core antigen particles that are characterized by multiple immunogen specificities. More particularly, the invention relates to HBV core antigen particles comprising immunogens, epitopes, or other related struct... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168178 | Methods and compositions for regulating lymphocyte activity The present application is directed to the discovery that hedgehog gene products, and signal transduction pathways involving hedgehog, are involved in maturation of T lymphocytes. The invention provides a method to promote T lymphocyte development using low dose Hed... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167907 | Chiropractic table with continuous passive motion A therapeutic treatment table includes a plurality of table sections for supporting the body of a patient, one of which sections is a drop section. The table includes an extension/flexion section which includes a frame having a pivot axis and a terminal end, and a r... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166427 | Tracing and reporting registers removed during synthesis Circuits, methods, software, and apparatus that track the removal of, reasons for, and consequence of the removal of registers or other circuitry during the synthesis of electronic circuits. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention tracks the removal of regi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166204 | Systems and methods for automatically placing nodes in an ad hoc network A system may place nodes (110) within a non-biconnected network (100) that includes multiple interconnected nodes (110) to achieve biconnectivity within the network (100) and transform the network (100) from a non-biconnected one t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8165171 | Methods and systems for distributed synchronization The invention provides a set of methods and systems for obtaining a synchronized signal in a distributed fashion. The methods and systems described herein allow a node to obtain a periodic signal that would be synchronized with the periodic signal obtained at anothe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163908 | Sirtuin modulating compounds Provided herein are novel sirtuin-modulating compounds and methods of use thereof. The sirtuin-modulating compounds may be used for increasing the lifespan of a cell, and treating and/or preventing a wide variety of diseases and disorders including, for example, dis... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163719 | Regulators of the hedgehog pathway, compositions and uses related thereto The present invention makes available, inter alia, methods and reagents for modulating smoothened-dependent pathway activation. In certain embodiments, the subject methods can be used to counteract the phenotypic effects of unwanted activation of a hedgehog pathway,... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161514 | Program guide system with video-on-demand browsing An interactive television program guide system is provided in which a viewer may direct a television to simultaneously display a selected television program and a program guide display. A viewer may use the program guide display to browse available video-on-demand (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161469 | Method and apparatus for comparing programmable logic device configurations Compiled configuration files for different programmable logic devices that are intended to be functionally equivalent may be compared using multiple different comparisons to assure functional equivalence. The different comparisons include a fitter or resource report... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161071 | Systems and methods for audio asset storage and management Systems and methods for providing audio asset information using an audio asset information storage system are provided. The storage system includes a data store containing video program information associated with a video program that embeds the known audio asset. T... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160426 | Storage management of a recording device in a multi-user system Systems and methods for managing the storage of recordings in a recording device in which the recordings were requested by several users are provided. Each user may be assigned a storage space limit defining the amount of storage space each user is entitled to use. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159428 | Display methods and apparatus The invention relates to methods and apparatus for forming images on a display utilizing a control matrix to control the movement of MEMs-based light modulators. ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158578 | Methods for treating neurological deficits The present invention features methods and compositions for treating a patient who has a neurological deficit. The method can be carried out, for example, by contacting (in vivo or in culture) a neural progenitor cell of the patient's central nervous system (CNS) wi... | 04/17/2012 |
| D657866 | Device for administering medication | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156529 | System and method for preprogrammed purchasing of television offered products In one embodiment, the present invention is an improved interactive television system and method for t-commerce. The data for upcoming products is pre-loaded into the system's memory. When a product becomes available, a “trigger” appears on the Vertical Blanking... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156528 | Personal video recorder systems and methods Systems and methods are disclosed for providing an interactive television system for recording television programming. The interactive television system may include components for providing personal video recorder (PVR) functionality, such as an interactive televisi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156355 | Systems and methods for reducing static and total power consumption A method and system for reducing power consumption in a programmable logic device (PLD) is provided. The power consumption may be reduced by preferably continually considering power consumption as a factor in circuit design during the technology mapping, routing, an... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156171 | Digital logic circuit In one aspect, there is provided a digital logic circuit that comprises circuitry for generating a new iteration xn+1 of the reciprocal square root of A from the previous iteration xn by (i) multiplying the previous iteration xn by t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155336 | Wireless headset with integrated media player Additional functionality in a wireless headset allows it to be used during times that the external device with which it is wirelessly coupled is not being used, but when the headset is nevertheless being worn. This is accomplished by integrating a media player into ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155322 | Systems and methods for distributing and securing data A robust computational secret sharing scheme that provides for the efficient distribution and subsequent recovery of a private data is disclosed. A cryptographic key may be randomly generated and then shared using a secret sharing algorithm to generate a collection ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155180 | Adaptive equalization methods and apparatus A system includes a programmable transmitter device (e.g., a PLD) connected to a programmable receiver device (e.g., another PLD) via a transmission medium for transmitting a high-speed data signal from the transmitter to the receiver. During a test mode of operatio... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153581 | Process for producing an injectable medicament preparation The invention relates to a method for producing injectable medicament preparations containing a therapeutically and/or diagnostically effective substance which is comprised of an active agent, of a spacer molecule and of at least one protein-binding molecule. After ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152351 | Laser illuminated backlight for flat panel displays Laser lit flat panel displays are disclosed including edge-lit and direct lit backlights. In certain embodiments, laser assemblies are selected to obtain bandwidth distributions to reduce speckle. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151297 | System and method for distributing and broadcasting multimedia Multimedia distribution and broadcast systems and related processes are provided for transmitting multimedia contents and control information from a central uplink facility to a remote downlink via a satellite. The system is preferably implemented in order to genera... | 04/03/2012 |
