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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703641 | Storage and dispensing container for paint An improved container for storing, dispensing and handling viscous and semi-viscous fluids such as paint and the like, having novel spout and other design features that enable substantially dripless dispensing and improved handling and storage. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7444764 | Method of and structure for shedding, or protecting shoe uppers from sole-ejected water spray and the like A novel technique for preventing ground-water wetting and spraying of footwear uppers during walking or running, through use of special downwardly opened cavities or recesses provided in the sole. ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7430484 | Signal processing method and apparatus for use in real-time subnanometer scale position measurements with the aid of probing sensors and beams scanning periodically undulating surfaces such as gratings and diffraction patterns generated thereby, and the like An improved signal processing method and apparatus are presented for use in real-time sub-nanometer scale position measurements with the aid of probing sensors and/or beams scanning periodically undulating surfaces such as a grating and diffraction patterns generate... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7391369 | Method of and apparatus for eliminating quadrature-generated signals in magnetic cross-loop antennas A technique for reducing radio frequency signal navigation errors in systems such as Loran-C and the like, comprising the use of an orthogonally crossed pair of antenna windings on a ferrite cross, tuned to the carrier radio frequency to generate from the received s... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392192 | Method of and apparatus for improving research and/or communication interaction with animals such as dolphins and the like, and providing more facile communication with humans lacking speaking capability A novel method and microprocessor-controlled apparatus are provided for improving research and/or communication interaction between human and animals, such as dolphins and the like, or between normal humans and speech-impaired humans, by playing back audible pre-rec... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7314178 | Method of and apparatus for controlling the selection, initiation and execution of computer programs automatically and directly in response to the remote (or proximal) scan of special barcodes or other coded indicia, in direct response to receiving the barcode scan signals from the reader, and without other human intervention A technique for automatically controlling a computer by the remote (or proximal or local) scanning of special coded-indicia to execute computer-stored programs directly and automatically in response to computer-translated instructions represented by the scanned code... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7261959 | Methods of generating oxygen from air via an alkali superoxide Novel methods of air-oxidizing a molten alkali hydroxide at least partially to superoxide state and then reversing the reaction to obtain nitrogen-free oxygen, and then regenerating the molten hydroxide for repeated use, providing for the generating of concentrated ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7231650 | Method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances such as rock and musical concerts and the like A novel method of geographically and financially expanding the business potential and commercial fall-out of local live event performances, such as local rock or other music concerts and the like, by enabling the live performance content simultaneously to be present... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225946 | Constant pressure fluid-dispensing pumping system and method An improved microprocessor-controlled dual piston-pump viscous fluid dispensing system as for dispensing uniform sealing beads and the like (as well as other types of uniform deposits), wherein the pressure throughout the fluid path is maintained constant including ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7188186 | Process of and system for seamlessly embedding executable program code into media file formats such as MP3 and the like for execution by digital media player and viewing systems A novel process and system for flexibly adding supplemental digital program content such as, for example, transactional advertising content, games, polls, contests, interactive music videos, and e-commerce content generally and the like, into pre-prepared digital me... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182917 | Steam-reforming catalytic structure and pure hydrogen generator comprising the same and method of operation of same A reactor/purifier for generating pure hydrogen in a stack or array of pairs of alternatingly connected high and low pressure reactor chambers wherein a gas-porous turbulence-promoting screen structure washcoated with a steam-reforming catalyst is sandwiched between... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178530 | Method of ameliorating vision-inhibiting effects of cataracts and the like A technique and apparatus for ameliorating, at least temporarily, vision-inhibiting effects of cataracts and the like within the lens of an eye, wherein MHz high-frequency ultrasound of relatively low power much less than that which would cause rupturing or fragment... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169281 | Electrochemical pressurizer/purifier of hydrogen for operation at moderately elevated temperatures (including high-temperature electrochemical pump in a membrane generator of hydrogen) An generator of pure pressurized high pressure hydrogen comprising a molten hydroxide or eutectic mixture electrolyte pressurizing chamber bounded by a hydrogen-selective anode and a hydrogen-selective otherwise gas impermeable cathode respectively connected to a D.... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7064705 | Method of and apparatus for increasing the peak output pulse power delivered by capacitor-driven high-power diode and square-loop saturable reactor pulse compression generators with the aid of minority carrier sweep-out circuits within the pulse compression circuit A technique and apparatus for increasing the peak output pulse power of a capacitor driven high-power diode and square-loop saturable reactor pulse compression generator or transmitter (such as a Loran-C transmitter or other high power pulse generator) with the aid ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7056865 | 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 providing also nut... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047676 | Rotational and positionable arm-controlled underwater bottom artifact and sample suction recovery apparatus and interchangeable bottom coring apparatus A novel rotational and positionable robotic arm-controlled underwater bottom artifact and sample suction recovery apparatus and interchangeable bottom coring apparatus, wherein the interchange is effected underwater by rotation of a common deploying arm and remote-c... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040949 | Flexible connector A structural connection device to be used primarily as a toy in conjunction with foam tubes, popularly known as “noodles” which are commonly used at swimming pools, wherein the connector is preferably made from foam and is configured as a longitudinal flexible m... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7039851 | Method of and apparatus for correcting errors in data packet flow streams as in closed ring sequential address generators and the like without data flow stream interruption A novel fault-tolerance technique for protecting against and correcting errors in packet data stream flow, preferably through not exclusively with closed ring sequential address generators and the like, through the use of pairs of independent but linked packet data ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7029515 | Method of optimally operating a palladium-copper alloy membrane in the generation of pure hydrogen from a fossil fuel reformate at a controlled high temperature An optimized method of operating a palladium-copper alloy membrane in the generation of pure hydrogen from a fossil fuel reformate and the like in a controlled high temperature range of from about 470° C. to 600° C., achieving substantially constant hydrogen perme... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6999464 | Method of scalable non-blocking shared memory output-buffered switching of variable length data packets from pluralities of ports at full line rate, and apparatus therefor A novel scalable-port non-blocking shared-memory output-buffered variable length queued data switching method and apparatus wherein successive data in each of a plurality of queues of data traffic is distributed to corresponding cells of each of successive memory ch... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6999651 | Method of and architecture for optically switching light communication signals in fiber optic networks and the like A novel optical path switching system, architecture and technique wherein light beam data traffic is to be switched by MEMS mirrors between source and destination nodes, and test ports are used to set up optical paths even before the real data traffic is propagated,... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996732 | Method of and apparatus for achieving “watch dog” functions in microcontrollers and microcomputers and the like, required to shut down for extended periods of time for energy-conservation purposes A watchdog timer circuit modified to operate during periods of microcomputer shut-down or sleeping, as for energy conservation purposes, controlled by an independent external rectangular-wave signal for inhibiting watchdog timer reset signal generation for the micro... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6928265 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING HIGH SPEED DATA COMMUNICATION BY PHASE (FREQUENCY) MODULATION OF LORAN-C NAVIGATION SYSTEM USING SOLID-STATE PULSE TRANSMITTERS AND HIGH-POWER SOLID STATE SWITCHING FOR DYNAMIC ANTENNA TUNING A frequency-hopping intrapulse frequency modulation Loran-C navigation pulse technique, preferably using a flat-topped pulse shape and a novel 16-ary phase hopping scheme, and a novel improved high-power solid-state switch for dynamic antenna modulation tuning. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6921451 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING THIN COPPER FOIL AND OTHER SHINY SUBSTRATES DURING HANDLING AND RIGOROUS PROCESSING, AS PCB MANUFACTURE AND THE LIKE, BY ELECTRIC-CHARGE ADHERENCE THERETO OF THIN RELEASE-LAYERED PLASTIC FILMS AND THE LIKE, AND IMPROVED PRODUCTS PRODUCED THEREBY An improved method of and apparatus for producing preferably thin plastic protective film layers for thin shiny copper foils and the like, as for PCB applications, with electric-charge adhering of the same to the foil and with peel-off releasable properties to provi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6883642 | Method of ladder-supported scaffold erection, and ladder bracing and scaffolding system for use therewith An improved ladder-supported scaffolding technique and system using a pair of horizontally spaced vertical ladders for supporting staging planks therebetween and held vertically and rigidly by top brackets parallely in front of, along, and spaced from a building str... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6847825 | Method and system for portable cellular phone voice communication and positional location data communication A novel method of and system for enabling the use of one portable cellular phone only in voice communication over a radio voice channel with a cellular network control center for voice-requesting position or location data or other services; and, with the aid of a ve... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6836220 | Miniaturized self-contained sensors for monitoring and storing data as to temperature and the like at remote areas and removable therefrom for digital reading, and novel method of operating the same An improved data output retrieval communication method and apparatus for reading portable miniaturized temperature and related sensors by novel radio-frequency capactively coupled communication paths established at a common readout station to which the sensors are b... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6832572 | Underwater deposit-recovery scooper and specimen storage container A transparent/translucent flexible resilient plastic scooper container for operation by underwater remotely operated vehicle jaws, having a flat-bottomed lower portion hollow bowl and an upper inverted bowl lid rearwardly hinged thereto and resiliently insertable in... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6814110 | Method of and apparatus for improved pressurized fluid dispensing for the guaranteed filling of cavities and/or the generating of guaranteed uniform gasket beads and the like A novel technique and apparatus for dispensing viscous fluids such as epoxies, urethanes, plastic adhesives, silicones and the like and particularly two-component fluid materials, that enables the injection of such fluid materials into grooves and closed cavities an... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6795783 | Method of and apparatus for accurate resistance measurement with a programmable current source Remote resistance measurement technique using a programmable current source to enable accurate measurement of resistance, such as physical parameter sensing resistors such as for the remote monitoring of vehicular construction equipment or the like, particularly whe... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6791451 | System and method for improving the security of storage of firearms and other objects, and for aiding the recovery of such if removed from storage A novel technique and system for improved monitoring of the storage security of firearms (and other objects) and, through a microprocessor radio-controlled transceiver embedded within the firearm, enabling detection of theft or removal, and then radio-tracking of th... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6785436 | METHOD OF AND OPERATING ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENT FOR COMBINING OPTICAL (PHOTONIC) AND DATA PACKET-BASED ELECTRICAL SWITCH FABRIC NETWORKS WITH A COMMON SOFTWARE CONTROL PLANE WHILE PROVIDING INCREASED UTILIZATION OF SUCH COMBINED NETWORKS A method of and operating architectural enhancement for combining photonic and data packet-based networks to be unified or integrated as a single device and with a common software control plane, enabling increased utilization of such combined networks and in particu... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6777021 | Method of flavoring protein denatured vital wheat gluten fiber products and improved flavored product A method of providing a denatured wheat gluten fiber product with flavoring applied at a critical period of time of its cooling and shrinking after hot moisture-denaturing, that is uniformly flavored throughout and, on consumption, is absent characteristic wheat glu... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6768980 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH-BANDWIDTH STEGANOGRAPHIC EMBEDDING OF DATA IN A SERIES OF DIGITAL SIGNALS OR MEASUREMENTS SUCH AS TAKEN FROM ANALOG DATA STREAMS OR SUBSAMPLED AND/OR TRANSFORMED DIGITAL DATA A novel technique for high-bandwidth steganographic embedding of supplemental data in a series of digital signals or measurements, such as taken from analog data streams or subsampled and/or transformed digital data, wherein the series of measurements are derived th... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6748362 | Process, system, and apparatus for embedding data in compressed audio, image video and other media files and the like A novel process and system for enabling the seamless and facile embedding of relatively large quantities of supplemental digital data into pre-prepared digital media files (audio, image, video, 3D, volumetric and multimedia and the like) by compressing such files an... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6747371 | METHOD OF REGULATING POWER CONSUMPTION BY ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT CONTAINING INTEGRAL RECHARGEABLE BACKUP BATTERIES AND USED IN SYSTEMS WHERE THE EQUIPMENT OPERATES FROM A VEHICLE ENGINE BATTERY AND THE LIKE, AND IMPROVED APPARATUS THEREFOR A method of and apparatus for regulating power consumption by electronic equipment containing integral rechargeable backup batteries used, among other places, in systems operating with vehicle engine main batteries and the like, and wherein techniques are employed t... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6735150 | Method of and apparatus for distinguishing engine idling and working hours A novel technique for distinguishing fuel-operated engine idling and working periods by monitoring the different values of the engine alternating-current alternator frequencies for distinguishing engine idling and working, and, where desired, total engine operating ... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6684317 | Method of addressing sequential data packets from a plurality of input data line cards for shared memory storage and the like, and novel address generator therefor A sequential data packet addressing technique and system, particularly adapted for shared memory output-buffered switch fabrics and related memories, using a ring of successive subaddress generators each assigning addresses for predetermined size data byt... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6678437 | Method of and architecture for optically switching light communication signals in fiber optic networks and the like A novel optical path switching system, architecture and technique wherein light beam data traffic is to be switched by MEMS mirrors between source and destination nodes, and test ports are used to set up optical paths even before the real data traffic is ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6665613 | Method of and apparatus for dynamically GoeFencing movable vehicle and other equipment and the like A technique and apparatus for dynamically establishing and varying GeoFencing of a GPS-processor equipped vehicle or the like by providing specialized software and firmware at the vehicle processor to enable internal calculation of shape and size of GeoFe... | 12/16/2003 |
