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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6522698 | Method of transmitting and receiving data, system and receiver therefor A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data, wherein a narrow band data signal is transmitted at an unknown frequency within a known range of frequencies and received, and, at the receiver, the range of frequencies is divided into plural fr... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6103028 | Method of fabricating thinned free-standing metallic hydrogen-selective palladium-bearing membranes and novel pin-hole-free membranes formed thereby A new method of creating thin free-standing pin hole-free hydrogen-selective palladium-bearing membranes that comprises thinning cold-rolled membranes by chemical etching or electrochemically electrolyzing of at least one membrane surface, and novel membr... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6003457 | Boat powered by means of a kite via a hinged arm Apparatus for powering a boat by a kite so as to use wind as a prime mover and without generating significant rolling and yawing moments, having, in combination with the boat, an arm hinged at one extremity to the boat with means for controlling the posit... | 12/21/1999 |
| 6001412 | Method of making vital wheat gluten into layered fibers, apparatus therefor, and novel resulting textured and protein-denatured fiber products A method of and apparatus for transforming the clumped untextured putty-like and high viscoelastic adhesion physical and chemical properties of hydrated vital wheat gluten into a loose layered minimally adhering serated permanently textured fiber strand s... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5921786 | Flexible shielded laminated beam for electrical contacts and the like and method of contact operation A novel flexible laminated beam contractor interface package for applications between chips and the like and test equipment therefor, containing a flexible core beam contractor laminated within outer ground shield beam coverings and provided with an expos... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5918074 | System architecture for and method of dual path data processing and management of packets and/or cells and the like A novel networking architecture and technique for reducing system latency caused, at least in part, by access contention for usage of common bus and memory facilities, wherein a separate data processing and queue management forwarding engine and queue man... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5900387 | Method of and products for promoting improved growth of plants and more water-efficient growing soil or other media and the like with zeolite crystals treated with preferably water-based plant-derived nutrient extractions and the like Improved cation exchange zeolite crystalline and zeolite-like plant bed structures are disclosed, preferably saturated with water-based extracts of particular plant/herb materials exhibiting plant growth acceleration properties and synergistically providi... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5848869 | Container restraining mechanism and method A system and technique for holding down and restraining a roll-off container in place as it is winched into its final position on the bed of a truck or other transport device, wherein, as the roll-off container is winched into position on the truck, a pro... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5739769 | Method of intelligence support of aircraft crew A novel intelligence support of an aircraft crew and the like embodying videocards with pictogram signs indicating corrective action to be taken by the crew for emergency flight situations and monitoring the achieving of such corrective action.... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5667204 | Slit-tube replicated in-place constrained layer damper and method An economic and efficient method for providing an inner constrained layer damping system to a tubular structure by inserting an inner damping tube that has been substantially slit along its length at several places around its circumference and then wrappe... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5606144 | Method of and apparatus for computer-aided generation of variations of a sequence of symbols, such as a musical piece, and other data, character or image sequences A procedure for generating different variations of a sequence of symbols, such as a musical piece, based on the properties of a chaotic system--most notably, sensitive dependence on the initial condition--is described and demonstrated. This method prefera... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5589686 | Method of an apparatus for real-time nanometer-scale position measurement of the sensor of a scanning tunneling microscope or other sensor scanning atomic or other undulating surfaces A method of and apparatus for producing real-time continual nanometer scale positioning data of the location of sensing probe used with one of a scanning tunneling microscope, an atomic force microscope, or a capacitive or magnetic field-sensing system, f... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5488771 | Method for manufacturing externally pressurized bearing assemblies A novel means for manufacturing a precision linear or rotary motion system that is comprised of one or a set of precision machine bearing rails (i.e., long straight and parallel surfaces, or a single straight shaft), precision manufactured modular bearing... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5479009 | Highly efficient collection optical systems for providing light detectors such as photodetectors and the like with hemispherical fields of view This invention involves a novel egg-shaped hollow dual-compound conical light-ray concentrator with mirror-like inner walls (preferably tandem substantially inverted paraboloidal and ellipsoidal conical sections) for receiving light through one aperture e... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5466071 | High speed hydrostatic spindle design A novel means for the design of the pockets of a hydrostatic spindle and the flow supply, collection, and pocket injection means to allow for very high speed rotation with a minimum of heat generation, mid maximum load capacity; furthermore the concept of... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5460188 | Method of inducing safety in sexual acts and aids in support thereof A method and garment aid to facilitate and induce the use of a condom for safe or safer sexual acts are disclosed, wherein a pocket containing a condom is carried, for example, at the inner forward waistband region of underpants, such that a potential par... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5449180 | Safety device for primary pump The invention relates to a safety device that ensures longitudinal sealing of the shaft of a primary pump following the rupture of one of the seals separating the high-pressure chamber from the low-pressure chamber of the fluid in the pump, the device mad... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5387858 | Energy-conserving multiple power source and method for battery-operated products An energy-conserving photvoltaic- or solar-rechargeable power source for commercial or industrial battery-operated products is provided, enabling a high degree of reliability of continued operation through a method involving the use of a backup battery or... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5380962 | High-power RF switch The invention relates to a novel high-speed actuated high-voltage RF switch for such purposes as the cold switching of short very high current RF pulses in applications such as solid-state Loran-C transmitters and the like, as for switching between coupli... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5361700 | Ball-firing cartridge and method A novel cartridge for conventional shot gun and other weapons, suitable for training and other applications, and containing a thin-walled ball encapsulating a substance to be ejected upon the ball hitting the target, provided with a folded fan enclosure f... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5340216 | Uniform temperature reference apparatus for use with modular screw-terminal block A uniform temperature reference block for connection with the cold reference wires of a plurality of thermocouples employing a corresponding plurality of screw terminal modular connectors each provided with an insulated termination cavity containing a ter... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5318800 | Method of forming high temperature thermally stable micron metal oxide coatings on substrates and improved metal oxide coated products A method is disclosed of forming thin uniform micron range and submicron range aberration-resistant and hole-free high-temperature thermally stable metal oxide coatings upon metal, insulating and other substrates, involving the application of a polymer me... | 06/07/1994 |
| 5316406 | Surface marker strip and methods for providing improved integrity and adhesion to roadway and the like An improved roadway marker rubber-like strip in which the upper layer is deformed into protruberances such as wedges or ridges, preferably provided with a coating of exposed retro-reflective beads, that have been cross-link-vulcanized to provide the same ... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5295439 | Incapacitating non-lethal multiple projectile ballistic round A novel multi-slug bullet or round is provided that, through the use of flat-faced abutting end walls of successive cylindrical slugs, tightly packed above the powder charge in the cartridge casing, and appropriate fast-burning powder charge tailored to t... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5278568 | Method of and apparatus for two-way radio communication amongst fixed base and mobile terminal users employing meteor scatter signals for communications inbound from the mobile terminals and outbound from the base terminals via Loran communication signals A method of and apparatus for two-way radio meteor scatter communication amongst mobile transceiver-equipped terminals and fixed meteor scatter base terminal(s) that comprises communicating high volume point-to-point inbound information from the mobile te... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5276005 | Method of and root and systemic herbal treatment for improving the growth and/or yield of plants An herbal treatment for plant growth comprising a water solution of extracts of the type withdrawn at elevated temperature from Artemesia plants and the like, applicable to the root structure of plants and as an external spray.... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5251240 | Method and apparatus for employing resonance-produced gamma rays to detect the presence of both nitrogen and oxygen in objects that may contain explosives Generating nuclear resonance-produced gamma rays of 14 N, 16 O (and C1) for scanning objects such as luggage that may contain explosives of nitrogen-oxygen (-chorine) constituents, and detecting such by Resonance Absorption Analysis ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 5230140 | Process for environmentally safe disposal of used fluorescent lamp potted ballast assemblies with component part reclamation and/or recycling A process for the environmentally safe disposal of used fluorescent lamp potted ballast assemblies and the like, with the potential for component part reclamation and/or recycling, involving preferred cryogenic freezing of the potted assembly to the exten... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5127941 | Process and device for separating the constituents of an alloy The invention relates to a process for separating the constituents of an alloy, especially an alloy comprising a refractory base metal and at least one nonrefractory additive metal, which consists in: heating said alloy by means for preferably continuous melti... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5060066 | Integrating-phase lock method and circuit for synchronizing overlay displays on cathode-ray-tube monitors of digital graphic information and video image information and the like A novel separate synchronizing error signal integrating filter section and error signal phase lock loop section independently controllable for such purposes as controlling the horizontal synchronization of overlayed video and graphic display rasters, part... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5055117 | Air filtering apparatus An air filtering apparatus for obtaining high purity purified air by separating diffused particles from air, including a fibre filter, an upper porous plate, a lower porous plate, and a purification means fixed between the upper porous plate and the lower... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5035701 | Device and method to check the tension of a suture during a surgical operation The invention concerns a device to check the tension of a suture during a surgical operation. A forceps comprises two jaws which can pivot on one another around an axis to tighten a suture and it can pivot around another axis almost perpendicular to the f... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5024428 | Magnetic workpiece clamping blocks A novel magnetic workpiece clamping block carrying resilient magnetized plastic surfacing over its complete clamp-engaging surface and of dimensions larger than the clamp to enable ready adjustment of different block areas held to the clamp, all without s... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4921277 | Method of labeling needle syringes and medication vials and novel labels therefor Methods of labeling and novel labels for needle syringes and medication vials are provided, involving fool-proof transfer of medication information labels peelable from the vial and applied as a syringe label tag or flag remote from the syringe barrel cal... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4909714 | Pressure balanced external gear pump or motor of floating shaft type An external gear pump and/or motor of floating-shaft type comprising a front cover, a back cover and a housing forming a cavity in which a pair of meshed gears are mounted, characterized in that the gear shafts are brought toward the high-pressure side by... | 03/20/1990 |
