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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942438 | Airbag with stop leak material An inflatable cushion assembly for deployment in a vehicle. The assembly has an inflator, an inflatable cushion, and particles of a stop leak material. Upon deployment, the stop leak material becomes temporarily dispersed by and suspended in inflation gas such that ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938809 | Quick release hemostasis valve A hemostasis valve apparatus having a quick release apparatus that allows for the exchange of guidewires and other medical instruments into a patient's vasculature while controlling the flow of blood during the exchange. The quick release capability allows tools and... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938445 | Dual chamber airbag cushions with a safety vent in the front chamber An airbag cushion has two chambers to permit the front chamber to inflate less rapidly than the back chamber for cushioning the head of an occupant in a vehicle with less force than the chest of an occupant is cushioned by the back chamber. The front chamber has at ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938444 | Mounting bracket for tether release mechanism An inflatable airbag cushion assembly with a release device and a release device mounting bracket. The release device is in electronic communication with at least one sensor in a vehicle and is configured to release one or more active vent tethers or airbag restrain... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938436 | Slide-on inflator housing An inflator assembly is disclosed for use in an automobile. The inflator assembly features a slide-on housing around an inflator. ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938121 | Abdominal restraint for medical procedures The present invention provides an abdominal restraint for use in medical and surgical procedures that is specially adapted for restraining an abdominal pannus and exposing the groin area of a patient. The abdominal restraint of the present invention includes a base ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935941 | Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots spaced on-axis on non-adjacent structures Methods and systems selectively irradiate structures on or within a semiconductor substrate using a plurality of laser beams. The structures are arranged in a row extending in a generally lengthwise direction. The method generates a first laser beam that propagates ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935140 | Delivery device with anchoring features and associated method A delivery device for positioning and deploying an implantable device within a lumen is provided. The device includes an inner tube positioned within an outer tube and capable of sliding therein, wherein the inner and outer tubes have proximal and distal ends. A mec... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934335 | Pop-up adjustment cap system for sighting device Adjustment mechanisms that may be employed for making operational adjustments to sighting mechanisms such as riflescopes, telescopes, binoculars, monoculars or other types of viewing devices. One configuration being directed to a pop-up cap that is retained and rema... | 05/03/2011 |
| D637291 | Portable ultrasonic imaging device | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933439 | Ultrasound imaging method and appartus for adaptively suppressing tissue flickering The present disclosure provides an ultrasound imaging method and apparatus for adaptively suppressing tissue flickering. The method includes transmitting ultrasound pulses to an object to be detected and receiving ultrasound echo signals from the object to be detect... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7933045 | Color conversion system and method A processor is provided that includes a primary memory and color conversion logic. The primary memory may store a first color look-up table (LUT) related to a second color space. The color conversion logic, in response to a received set of pixels having color values... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931424 | Apparatus and method for producing soil columns A method and apparatus for constructing soil columns in-situ in the ground are disclosed for the purpose of improving the structure supporting capability of surface soils to support loads from buildings and other structures. Some embodiments use a surcharge ring or ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7931201 | Sample plate for supporting bar code scanning A sample plate for supporting bar code scanning is provided, comprising first-circle sample slots distributed along the circumference of the sample plate and clear slots each communicating correspondingly with each of the sample slots, wherein an angle α is formed ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636736 | Vehicle light plug locking system | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930561 | System and method for regulating the transmission of media data A system and method regulate the transmission of media data. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a header portion of a media file is encoded to include an access code. The access code corresponds to one or more permitted methods by which the media fi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930453 | Method and apparatus for transmitting audio and video signal via three twisted pairs of conductors A system, apparatus and methods for transmitting video and audio data over twisted pairs are described. A differential signal that contains video color information is transmitted over each twisted pair. Data representing digital samples of at least one audio signal ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929857 | Optimizing use and performance of optical systems implemented with telecentric on-axis dark field illumination Systems and methods are provided for imaging a planar specular object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, an imaging system for imaging a defect on a planar specular object includes a telecentric lens having a sufficiently aspherical surface such that ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929744 | Method and device for color blood flow frame averaging The present invention provides a method and device for color blood flow frame averaging. In the present invention, whether aliasing occurs to an output blood flow velocity of a previous frame is first determined. If aliasing does occur to the output blood flow veloc... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926844 | Airbag assembly and method of packing Embodiments herein include inflatable cushion airbag assemblies and methods for folding, rolling, and packing an airbag cushion within a housing such that the cushion deploys with predetermined characteristics. ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7925770 | Systems and methods for selecting buffering time for media data The invention is related to methods and apparatus for tailoring an amount of Pre-Data that can be used in media clip streaming applications. A variable-bit-rate encoded media clip can be encoded at an average playback bit rate. When the actual transmission bit rate ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925337 | Systems and methods for graphic display of ST-segment deviation Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a patient and graphically representing ST-segment deviations. A receiver acquires, from a plurality of leads, electrocardiogram (ECG) signals that each includes an ST-segment. A processor processes the ECG signals to d... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923306 | Semiconductor structure processing using multiple laser beam spots Methods and systems selectively irradiate structures on or within a semiconductor substrate using a plurality of pulsed laser beams. The structures are arranged in a row extending in a generally lengthwise direction. The method generates a first pulsed laser beam th... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923068 | Fabrication of composite materials using atomic layer deposition Methods of constructing composite films including particles embedded in a filler matrix involve preparing a collection of stacked particles, then depositing a matrix material throughout the particle collection using an atomic layer deposition (ALD) method so as to s... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922734 | Methods for forming an anastomosis with a vessel having everted tissue Compression plate apparatus enables vessels to be joined together in various anastomosis configurations. The compression plates are guided to each other in a parallel orientation by guides. The compression plate apparatus may be utilized with an intraluminally direc... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921570 | Eye alignment assembly for targeting systems An eye alignment assembly for targeting systems. A sight point of an optical fiber is positioned within a housing behind an alignment indicia on a lens. An adjustment system permits the sight point of the optical fiber to be repositioned relative to the alignment in... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920562 | System and method for switching from a unicast to a multicast data transmission session A communications system and method provide a seamless switch from a first session to a plurality of multicast sessions. A server transmits data over both a first session and alternatingly between a plurality of synchronized multicast sessions. At predetermined time ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920440 | Method for real-time calculation of receive focusing parameters for beamforming and apparatus thereof A method and an apparatus for real-time calculation of receive focusing parameters for beamforming are provided. The apparatus is coupled to the signal input end of the receive beamforming module of an ultrasound imaging system as an independent accessory, including... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920062 | Shopping cart The present invention teaches and discloses method and apparatus for alerting a grocery store check out cashier of merchandise placed on the bottom tray of a typical grocery shopping cart. A passive RFID transponder is incorporated into the structure of the cart whi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919186 | Thin-layer lignocellulose composites having increased resistance to moisture A method to produce thin-layer lignocellulosic composites, such as wood-based doorskins, that exhibit substantial resistance to moisture is disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of forming a mixture including a refined lignocellulosic fiber, wax... | 04/05/2011 |
| D635663 | Drip stand | 04/05/2011 |
| D635599 | Ice auger bit | 04/05/2011 |
| 7914181 | Display with lighting device The present invention discloses a display with a lighting device comprising a display body having a housing and a power supply panel. The lighting device mounted at the bottom of the housing comprises a transparent base having a receiving cavity and a light source b... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913841 | Temporary needle holder with lateral needle holder aperture A temporary needle holder having one or more lateral surface needle holder apertures configured to receive needles therein. The lateral surface needle holder aperture is provided in addition to a top surface needle holder field and is positioned in the side of the t... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913722 | Watercraft fueling apparatus and methods A fuel fill port that helps prevent spillage of fuel during watercraft fueling includes a housing having an opening for installation on a surface of the watercraft and a cap for sealing the opening. A fill tube has one end sized to accept a fuel dispensing nozzle an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909814 | Drainage catheter hub with rotatable lever handle A drainage catheter hub having a rotatable lever handle adapted to secure a suture thread to maintain the anchor configuration of the distal end of the catheter to secure the position of the catheter within the patient's body. The rotatable lever handle has a releas... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909577 | System and method for pulverizing and extracting moisture A venturi receives incoming material through an inlet tube and subjects the material to pulverization. The material, as it undergoes pulverization, is further subject to moisture extraction and drying. An airflow generator, coupled to the venturi, generates a high s... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909248 | Self checkout with visual recognition A system and method is disclosed for using object recognition/verification and weight information to confirm the accuracy of a UPC scan, or to provide an affirmative recognition where no UPC scan was made. In the preferred embodiment, the checkout system comprises: ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7908083 | System and method for recording a note with location information derived from rangefinding and/or observer position A method and system to record a note regarding a target observed by an observer, determine a location of at least one of the observer or the target, and associate and store the note and the location. Optionally, the method and system further measure a distance betwe... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905471 | Vacuum ring designs for electrical contacting improvement Recesses (72), surface contours, contact tip modifications (52, 56), and/or other methods of ensuring pressure between a bottom surface (50) of a test plate (5) and top surfaces (52) of electrical contacts (18) are employed ... | 03/15/2011 |
