Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182564 | Multi-layer particle collector assembly A multi-layer bag assembly is used with a housing for collecting particles from air flowing through the multi-layer bag assembly. Multi-layer bag assembly includes at least two bags arranged one inside the other. Each of the bags includes an air permeable filtering ... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659458 | Drying mat | 05/15/2012 |
| D659403 | Fabric for drying mat | 05/15/2012 |
| D659400 | Organizer | 05/15/2012 |
| D659399 | Organizer | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172630 | Man-over-board rescue device A man overboard rescue device for use on a boat has a net with means of attaching a first end thereof to a boat and with a second opposed end thereof adapted for attaching to a hoisting means. The device further comprising a sinking means, a foreguy and an extendabl... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171866 | Safe construction for swing and slide door A safe of the swing and slide type has a closing stile which has a landing surface for the safe door and a pocket for housing the closing edge of the door. That edge is outwardly turned to prevent the insertion of a pry bar between the door and the hook of the closi... | 05/08/2012 |
| D657651 | Swivel tool | 04/17/2012 |
| D657650 | Multi-tool with solar-powered light | 04/17/2012 |
| 8123887 | Continuously formed fiber reinforced composite strength member A continuous method for making a thermoset resin matrix, which is reinforced with predominantly continuous fibers, and the product made from that method. The product can be produced at a thickness below about 0.060″, or even below a thickness of about 0.035″, an... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113047 | Ultrasonic measuring device for a container The invention relates to an ultrasound measuring device for a container. A coupling device supporting an ultrasound transducer serves for coupling and asymmetric alignment of the ultrasound transducer with respect to the container. This causes a sound field of the i... | 02/14/2012 |
| D652257 | Tumbler | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092457 | Drilling device and drilling procedures for surgical purposes A medical drilling device for drilling of human or animal tissue carries a drill (7) that is electrically contacted by a bore electrode (9) and a backing electrode (10). Both electrodes (9, 10) are charged by a resistance-measuring device... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088823 | Tuberculosis treatment using pleuromutilin derivatives A method of preventing or treating diseases caused by Mycobacterium, comprising administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount of a pleuromutilin. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8074541 | Portable tool kit with auto-release clasp and expandable tools A portable tool kit comprising a self-releasing clasp such that the clasp is released as a main body is rotated about a handle axle from a closed position to an open position with reference to a handle assembly. The main body and handle assembly cooperate to wholly ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8053055 | Stretch film A stretch film comprising a base film made of a stretchable plastic film material, a multiplicity of holes in the base film arranged in several columns along a main direction, at least one reinforcement strip made of a stretchable plastic film material. The reinforc... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051983 | Peelable, child-resistant package for film-shaped drug forms A package for flat, pliable objects, such as for wafer-shaped or film-shaped drug forms. The package has a carrier layer, a cover layer which is detachably connected to the carrier layer, and a first surface region wherein the carrier layer is not connected to the c... | 11/08/2011 |
| D648182 | Tumbler | 11/08/2011 |
| D648181 | Tumbler | 11/08/2011 |
| D648180 | Tumbler | 11/08/2011 |
| 8029895 | Painter's tape with improved absorbent barrier edge Painter's tape has an adhesive portion that covers said tape's partial or entire width on only one of its two opposing flat surfaces, an absorbent material layer across all or at least a portion of said width, and a layer of non-porous barrier film covering said abs... | 10/04/2011 |
| D644469 | Lotion pump | 09/06/2011 |
| D644052 | Lotion pump | 08/30/2011 |
| D644051 | Lotion pump | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003128 | Polylactide nanoparticles A drug targeting system for administering a pharmacologically active substance to the central nervous system of a mammal across the animal's blood brain barrier. The drug targeting system comprises nanoparticles made of poly(DL-lactide) and/or poly(DL-lactide-co-gly... | 08/23/2011 |
| 8002480 | Mechanically activated remote device for actuating camera A device having a support in the form of a base plate for being fixed to a camera such as with the receptacle for a tripod in the base of the camera, a slotted tube extending from the support for holding a spring loaded plunger rod and an actuator pin extending thro... | 08/23/2011 |
| D643172 | Wastecan | 08/09/2011 |
| D642841 | Suction sponge holder | 08/09/2011 |
| D642840 | Soap pump and caddy | 08/09/2011 |
| 7975433 | Door mount for a safe A security door construction has a pair of door hinges fixed to the door, a pair of frame hinges fixed to the frame and a pair of intermediate hinges by combined links which allow the door hinge to swing outside the plane of the door opening when the door is opened ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7967607 | Color, sheen and/or finish selector for coatings and other characteristics of surfaces A grout selector composed of a flat substrate, a coating on the substrate for simulating the color and/or finish of one of a plurality of grouts and fold lines for enabling the substrate to be folded and placed between adjacent bricks, tiles or other coverings to si... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7964721 | Ratiometric fluorescent chemosensor for selective detection of Hg (II) ions A mercury selective fluorescent chemosensor for detecting mercury ions by a compound represented by formula 1 and a novel fluorescent sensitive compound prepared by introducing two aminopyrene functions as a fluorescent sensitive moiety into a binding site of the co... | 06/21/2011 |
| D639095 | Toothbrush stand | 06/07/2011 |
| D639094 | Toothbrush stand | 06/07/2011 |
| D639093 | Toothbrush stand | 06/07/2011 |
| 7942320 | Park user management system and park user management method using the same A park user management system having a plurality of radio frequency tag readers installed along usable routes in a park for recognizing information stored in a radio frequency tag provided to each park user and an exercise quantity management module for calculating ... | 05/17/2011 |
| D637850 | Suction sink basket with brush holder | 05/17/2011 |
| D637847 | Lotion pump | 05/17/2011 |
| D637846 | Soap dish | 05/17/2011 |
| D637845 | Soap dish | 05/17/2011 |
