Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7512666 | Global network of web card systems and method thereof A global network of systems of personal and business information management comprises a plurality of servers, each server having at least a local database and a local search engine, and a plurality of users' equipment that are accessible to the Internet and thus con... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7480964 | Hand tool handle modification system A hand-held instrument has a business end and a handle attached to the business end. The handle has a gripping portion and a longitudinal axis. A knob is provided on the gripping portion of the handle to facilitate the wielding of the hand-held instrument. The knob ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7481228 | Hair styling tool with rotatable cylinder A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7477748 | Session key distribution methods using a hierarchy of key servers Methods, apparatuses, media and signals for facilitating secure communication between a first device and a second device are disclosed. One method includes automatically identifying a common key server potentially accessible by both the first and second devices, and... | 01/13/2009 |
| D584041 | Umbrella stand | 01/06/2009 |
| 7465382 | Precision flow control system A precision flow controller is capable of providing a flow rate less than 100 microliters/minute and varying the flow rate in a prescribed manner that is both predictable and reproducible where the accuracy and precision of the flowrate is less than 5% of the flow r... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7458613 | Rotatable fire sprinkler fitting A fire sprinkler fitting has a cylindrical body and an insert. The insert has an inner end which is disposed within a proximal portion of the bore, such that the outer end protrudes beyond the open bore end by a distance D. The outer end has internal threads which a... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448313 | Dual line conveyor system and method An apparatus for combining delivery of objects from a first transport conveyor (34) and a second transport conveyor (40), comprising a first continuous discharge conveyor (36), a second continuous discharge conveyor (42) which is rotatabl... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7449511 | Polymeric thickeners for oil-containing compositions Thickeners for oil-containing compositions, particularly cosmetic and personal care compositions, are side chain crystalline polymers which are uniformly dispersed as a crystallized solid in the oil. ... | 11/11/2008 |
| D579413 | Amplifier cable plug end | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436397 | Touchpad stylus having isolated low-mass contact element A touchpad stylus includes a housing, a stylus member axially moveable in the housing, and an energy-absorbing cushion member interposed between a rear extremity of the stylus member and an internal cavity of the housing, the cushion member lightly forwardly biasing... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431686 | Portable vapor containment structure A portable vapor containment structure has a support frame, at least three wheels to roll the support frame about the ground and wheel retractors for retracting each of the wheels so as to allow the frame to be lowered to the ground. Typically, the apparatus further... | 10/07/2008 |
| D577678 | Cable plug | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429317 | Electrokinetic device employing a non-newtonian liquid A non-Newtonian fluid is used in an electrokinetic device to produce electroosmotic flow therethrough. The nonlinear viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid allows the electrokinetic device to behave differently under different operating conditions, such as externally ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7426784 | Compact fire sprinkler attachment insert The invention satisfies this need. The invention is an internally threaded insert for use with a polymetric pipe fitting in a fire sprinkler system. The insert comprises an outer side surface, an outer rearward surface and an outer forward surface. The outer forward... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7422747 | Transgenic plant-based vaccines A method of inducing partial or complete immunity to an infectious disease in a mammal comprising providing to the mammal for oral consumption an effective amount of a protein complex comprising five monomeric fusion proteins. ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412742 | Paint applicator An applicator having a handle; a shank coupled to the handle; a first wall coupled to the shank; a second wall coupled to the first wall, the second wall being perpendicular to the first wall; a third wall coupled to the second wall, the third wall being parallel to... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7406388 | Calibration process management system and data structure A method for calibration process management of a calibration testing unit and a plurality of units under test, comprising configuring a user interface in communication with a calibration process management software system, configuring a communications link in commun... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7380879 | Self-leveling furniture leg foot A furniture leg foot includes (a) a body adapted for attachment to a lower portion of a furniture leg, the body having a longitudinal axis and being made from a first material; and (b) one or more resilient inserts disposed within the body, the one or more resilient... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381711 | Substances for preventing and treating autoimmune diseases A substance for preventing, delaying the onset of, or treating one or more than one autoimmune disease, the substance comprising a polynucleotide construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding the pro-apoptotic protein BAX and encoding one or more than one ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7380140 | Providing a protected volume on a data storage device The invention establishes a protected volume on a data storage device associated with a computational device by allowing an operating system of the computational device to boot up to a point (the volume conversion crossover point) at which predetermined functionalit... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379825 | Multifunctional electronic device for a mechanical seal and control and management process realised by such device A multifunctional electronic device for checking and managing the operating and diagnostic conditions of a mechanical seal. A method of controlling and managing the operating and diagnostic conditions of a mechanical seal. ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7377014 | Device for hanging cords from a structure A device for hanging one or more cords, such as cables or ropes used to hang banners or electrical wires used to hang strings of decorative lights, includes (a) an elongate housing, (b) an interior member which is slidably disposed within the housing, and (c) biasin... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360736 | Viscous braking device equipped with monodirectional mechanism, particularly for mosquito curtains A monodirectional braking mechanism for use with a device for extending and retracting a sheet of material on a roller, the braking mechanism comprising one or more than one housing, one or more than one rotor within the housing, a brake controller connected to the ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7348933 | Compact multi-polarized antenna for portable devices A compact multi-polarized antenna for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals, and a method for constructing same, is disclosed. The antenna comprises at least two radiative antenna elements each having a first end and a second end. The second end... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7347939 | Adjustable contaminated liquid mixing apparatus An adjustable contaminated mixing apparatus includes a reactor head and a down tube extending from the reactor head. A plurality of ports are formed in the reactor head and configured to impart a spinning motion to the contaminated liquid as it passes from the react... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336860 | Microfluidic detection device having reduced dispersion and method for making same A microfluidic detection device provides reduced dispersion of axial concentration gradients in a flowing sample. The microfluidic detection device includes a cell body and a flow path through the cell body. The flow path has an inlet segment, an outlet segment, and... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7329452 | Gas-permeable membrane Gas-permeable membranes comprising a microporous film and a coating on the microporous film, the coating being obtained by coating the microporous film with a liquid coating composition comprising a polymer and hollow polymeric particles dispersed in the composition... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322888 | Method for player-influenced random distribution of game tokens A method for distributing game tokens, such as playing cards, in a game which includes the distribution of game tokens to n players (P1, P2, . . . Pn), includes the steps of: (a) obtaining from each player Pi a first unit ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317599 | Multifactor adaptive auto-reclosing of high voltage transmission lines One embodiment of the invention provides a method, system, and device for the auto-reclosing a faulted power transmission line by measuring the characteristics of voltage on a faulted line to determine, in real-time, the moment that the secondary arc is extinguished... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311338 | Remotely operated equipment coupler A modular chemical handling apparatus has a first component coupled to a second component. The first component is retained proximate to the second component by a locking mechanism. Fluid conduit connection devices and/or electrical connection devices in the first co... | 12/25/2007 |
| D557928 | Hub | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312083 | Control value assignment method A method of assigning expected recovery values to control substances used in analytical testing is disclosed. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7309808 | Process for non-incineration decontamination of hazardous agents A process for the low temperature, non-incineration decontamination of contaminated materials, such as chemical weapon components containing residual quantities of chemical warfare agents. The process includes the steps of (a) contacting the contaminated materials w... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7306761 | Method of manufacturing composite sandwich structures A method of manufacturing a composite sandwich structure, the method comprising a preform assembly method. The method comprises providing a preform (8) comprising at least two sheets (12, 14) connected by a plurality of extensible threads (16), ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7306940 | Electroporation device and method, delivering a modulated signal under continuous control of cell electropermeabilization An electroporation device having a signal generating circuit (3) connectable at the output to electrodes (5) fittable to a substrate (35) having cells. The electrodes (5) produce an electric field which induces permeabilization of the cel... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7303146 | Pipe fitting with length adjustment A length adjustable conduit has a hollow tubular body and a hollow tubular shaft coaxially disposed in fluid tight communication with the hollow tubular body. The conduit further includes an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the combined length of the tubular body ... | 12/04/2007 |
| D555657 | Monitor support arm | 11/20/2007 |
| 7291389 | Article having temperature-dependent shape Articles, particularly fibers, whose shape is dependent on temperature. The articles have a first component composed of a sharply-melting crystalline polymer and an overlapping second component. As the crystalline polymer is cooled through its melting range, the vol... | 11/06/2007 |
| D551357 | Portable spa shell | 09/18/2007 |
