...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7703660 | Method and system for weld bead sequencing to reduce distortion and stress In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method and system of determining the weld bead sequence on a mechanical component is disclosed. In one specific embodiment, the sequence is determined by numerical analysis of a plurality of weld bead sequences t... | 04/27/2010 |
| D551726 | Training basketball | 09/25/2007 |
| 7212938 | Method of using a self-locking travel pattern to achieve calibration of remote sensors using conventionally collected data The present invention provides a method to calibrate an on-board remote sensing system using a self-locking travel pattern and target remote sensing data. The self-locking travel pattern includes a number of parallel travel lines having overlapping swath widths betw... | 05/01/2007 |
| D537491 | Basketball | 02/27/2007 |
| 7127348 | Vehicle based data collection and processing system A vehicle based data collection and processing system which may be used to collect various types of data from an aircraft in flight or from other moving vehicles, such as an automobile, a satellite, a train, etc. In various embodiments the system may include: comput... | 10/24/2006 |