Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6812805 | Differential transmission line for high bandwidth signals In one aspect, the invention relates to a waveguide structure for differential transmission lines. The waveguide structure includes a first ground structure, a first signal line, a second ground structure, a second signal line, a third ground structure. The first si... | 11/02/2004 |
| 6809679 | Surveillance system and method for aircraft approach and landing A system and method for measuring and predicting information on the position of approaching aircraft are disclosed. The system features a processor, an interrogating antenna, a receiving antenna, and a data link. The processor schedules interrogations and suppressio... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6801107 | Vacuum electron device with a photonic bandgap structure and method of use thereof A vacuum electron device with a photonic bandgap structure that provides the ability to tune the behavior of the device to a particular mode of a plurality of modes of propagation. The photonic bandgap structure comprises a plurality of members, at least one of whic... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6743222 | Method of treating disorders associated with sebaceous follicles Disclosed herein is a method of treating mammalian, for example, human, skin afflicted with a sebaceous follicle disorder, for example, acne. The method involves cooling an exposed surface of a region afflicted with the disorder and applying energy, for example, ene... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6514241 | Apparatus and method for treating glaucoma using a gonioscopic laser trabecular ablation procedure A non-invasive apparatus and method for treating open angle glaucoma in a human eye comprises thermally ablating a targeted region of the trabecular meshwork of a human eye by irradiating the region with a beam of pulsed laser radiation. The beam of pulse... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6475738 | Methods for detecting mutations using primer extension for detecting disease Methods of the invention comprise assays for markers indicative of cancer, precancer, and other diseases or disorders. Assays of the invention are preformed on heterogeneous samples obtained from patients by non-invasive or minimally-invasive methods. Suc... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6352534 | Deflectable interstitial ablation device A deflectable interstitial ablation device includes an elongated housing, an electrode mounted within the elongated housing, a driver coupled to the electrode, an imaging device integrally mounted within the elongated housing and a deflection system dispo... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6274553 | Method for stabilizing peptides and freeze-dried medicinal compositions containing peptides obtained by using the method A method is provided for elevating the stability of peptides containing the sequence -Asp-Gly- or -Asn-Gly- by preventing these sequences from changing into succinimide compounds or ଲ-transition compounds. The method comprises adding an organic acid... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6140660 | Optical synthetic aperture array A synthetic aperture system for producing a non-periodic pattern in a region of overlap. The system includes a source of electromagnetic radiation producing a plurality of electromagnetic beams, a plurality of beam controllers positioned to receive a resp... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6135051 | End effector assembly for inclusion in a system for producing uniform deposits on a wafer An end effector in a transport module includes a body and a web defined by a panel and first and second flanges at opposite panel ends. The first flange is attached to the body. The second flange is displaced from, and transverse to, the panel. Rods exten... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6117238 | End effector assembly for inclusion in a system for producing uniform deposits on a wafer An end effector in a transport module includes a body and a web defined by a panel and first and second flanges at opposite panel ends. The first flange is attached to the body. The second flange is displaced from, and transverse to, the panel. Rods exten... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6059517 | End effector assembly for inclusion in a system for producing uniform deposits on a wafer An end effector in a transport module includes a body and a web defined by a panel and first and second flanges at opposite panel ends. The first flange is attached to the body. The second flange is displaced from, and transverse to, the panel. Rods exten... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5874531 | Identification of self and non-self antigens implicated autoimmune disease The present invention provides isolated peptides relating to the autoimmune diseases pemphigus vulgaris and multiple sclerosis. The peptides relating to pemphigus vulgaris are self epitopes and those relating to multiple sclerosis are foreign antigens der... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5861378 | Horseshoe crab hemocyte polypeptides, and preparation and DNA encoding thereof The present invention relates to polypeptide having a primary structure of amino acid sequence shown by Sequence List Sequence No. 1 and DNA encoding for the polypeptide. The polypeptide is obtainable by following steps (1)-(3): Step (1): extracting small... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5854071 | OP-3- induced morphongenesis Disclosed are (1) nucleic acid and amino acid sequences for a novel morphogenic protein; (2) methods for producing and expressing the protein in a biologically active form; and (3) methods for utilizing the protein to induce tissue morphogenesis in a mamm... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5741682 | Expression induction method Disclosed is a method of producing increased amounts of a protein of interest in a cell by induction. The method includes transfecting a cell with multiple copies of an expression vector, each copy of which includes an expressible gene encoding an enzymat... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5645591 | Synthetic bone matrix Disclosed is an osteogenic device capable of inducing the formation of endochondral bone in a shape conforming substantially to the shape of the device when implanted in a mammalian host. The device includes an osteogenic protein dispersed within a porous... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5594386 | Pulse width modulated amplifier A class-D pulse width modulated amplifier. The amplifier includes a current switch, an integrator and a comparator connected in a feedback loop. The feedback loop generates an ultrasonic frequency carrier which is utilized in the pulse width modulation of... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5560700 | Light coupler A light coupler includes an array of non-imaging optical microcollectors. Each of the microcollectors has an entrance aperture for receiving light emitted from a source, an optical axis, and an exit aperture for emitting the light received by the entrance... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5561221 | Methods and compositions for promoting protein folding Disclosed are 1) compositions comprising isolated monomeric subunits of chaperonin-60 or truncated fragments thereof that promote the folding of a polypeptide chain in vitro, 2) monomeric subunits of chaperonin-60 or truncated fragments thereof, immobiliz... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5558786 | Process for high quality plasma arc and laser cutting of stainless steel and aluminum Plasma arc or laser cutting uses a mix of reactive and reducing gas flows to cut sheets of stainless steel, aluminum and other non-ferrous metals. The reducing gas flow to the cut varies as a percentage of the total gas flow to maintain a reducing atmosph... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5555518 | Depth sensing expendable oceanographic probes An expendable oceanographic probe includes a body having a weighted nose section and an after body having a tail for stabilization. A spool of wire is paid out through the tail of the after body for coupling to a data acquisition system. The expendable oc... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5552041 | Perfusive chromatography Disclosed are chromatography methods and matrix geometries which permit high resolution, high productivity separation of mixtures of solutes, particularly biological materials. The method involves passing fluids through specially designed chromatography m... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5547962 | 5-amino-8-methyl-7-pyrrolidinylquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivative A 5-amino-8-methyl-7-pyrrolidinylquinoline-3-carboxylic acid derivative represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkan... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5548097 | Plasma arc cutting torch ignition circuit and method providing a forced arc transfer function Circuitry and methods for reducing nozzle wear during starting of a plasma arc torch, even with a large standoff distance from a workpiece is described. The invention features a method of starting a plasma arc torch for cutting a workpiece using a pilot v... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5542237 | Recycle shipping assembly A cushioned shipping assembly includes a carton and foam inserts to support a product shipped by a supplier, which elements are successively returned by an end user to be reused in the same or other shipping assembly, while various components are recycled... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5541087 | Expression and export technology of proteins as immunofusins Disclosed are DNAs produced by recombinant techniques for inducing the expression and subsequent secretion of a target protein. The DNAs encode, in their 5' to 3' direction, a secretion cassette, including a signal sequence and an immunoglobulin Fc region... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5537947 | Expendable underwater vehicle An expendable underwater vehicle for use in training naval forces in anti-submarine warfare in ocean waters, including shallow waters, is between about three to five feet in length and about five inches in diameter, and it includes various improvements wh... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5537213 | Light measurement apparatus with resiliently biased sheath for defining light-tight enclosure and related method Light measurement apparatus includes an elongate member which has at one end thereof light emitter(s) and light detector(s). At least the end of the elongate member that has the light emitter(s) and light detector(s) is surrounded by a resiliently biased ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5537586 | Enhanced apparatus and methods for retrieving and selecting profiled textural information records from a database of defined category structures A method for extracting a preferred set of textual records from a database includes the following features. Priority values are assigned to each of a plurality of predefined category structures. Textual records are assigned a relevance value with respect ... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534254 | Biosynthetic binding proteins for immuno-targeting Disclosed is a formulation for targeting an epitope on an antigen expressed in a mammal. The formulation comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier together with a dimeric biosynthetic construct for binding at least one preselected antigen. The biosy... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5531168 | Adjustable table and shelf unit An adjustable shelf unit includes a pair of parallel, vertical stanchions each defining a vertical channel. A pair of adjustable braces each has horizontal support surfaces and a proximal end slidably retained in a respective front channel. A locking mean... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5530350 | Magnetic resonance analysis in real time, industrial usage mode Pulsed NMR system for industrial measurements comprising sample throughput system (P, LI, V1, V2) and user system controls (104) to establish digitized free induction decay curves (C), from which Abragam, Gaussian, and exponential components are determine... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5530553 | Fiber optic probe apparatus and method A fiber optic probe comprises a pair of substantially parallel optical fibers separated by a gap and positioned in a centrifuge tube which contains a stratified medium. The pair of fibers includes a transmit fiber for directing light from a light source i... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5527675 | Method for degradation and sequencing of polymers which sequentially eliminate terminal residues A method and apparatus for sequentially degrading at least a portion of a polymer of backbone repeating units, the polymer having a terminal repeating unit comprised of a nucleophile and a backbone carbonyl carbon distant from the nucleophile, comprising ... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5528491 | Apparatus and method for automated natural language translation Method and apparatus for automated natural language translation. Source language textual statements are stored in computer memory, and interpretations of source language textual statements are stored in a graph. An editing interface allows for the display... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525491 | Serine-rich peptide linkers Disclosed are serine-rich peptide linkers for linking two or more protein domains to form a fused protein. The peptide linkers contains at least 40% serine residues and preferably have the formula (Ser, Ser,Ser,Ser,Gly)y where y is ࣙ1. The re... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5522602 | EMI-shielding gasket One embodiment of a gasket for shielding electromagnetic interference passing through a seam between first and second electrically conductive bodies includes a base for securing the gasket to the first, electrically conductive body and a multiplicity of d... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522252 | Device detecting excessive wear of a carbon wiper of an autotransformer A detection device for detecting excessive wear of a carbon brush of an autotransformer includes a winding wound on a toroidal iron core, a shaft secured by the iron core, a rotary arm extending from the shaft with a hole facing the iron core, a copper bl... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5518759 | High growth rate plasma diamond deposition process and method of controlling same A process for depositing diamond on a substrate using a microwave plasma generator including introducing a feed which includes diamond forming constituents in a desired ratio to the microwave plasma generator, and providing sufficient microwave power to t... | 05/21/1996 |
