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 |
| 7542420 | Systems, devices, and methods utilizing port dimensioning strategies Methods, systems, and devices utilizing port dimensioning strategies for supporting, for example, bandwidth-on-demand (“BoD”) services in networks. At a given node, the traffic load consists of several components, such as an access component, which is generated ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 6786371 | Ladder carrying device The present invention provides for a ladder carrying device that can be used to carry a ladder either over or under a carrier's shoulder. The ladder carrying device of the present invention can be mounted in a variety of different positions on the side rails and/or ... | 09/07/2004 |
| D592060 | Bottle | 05/12/2009 |
| 7529201 | System and method for wireless remote control of locomotives A system and method for remotely controlling an increased number of subsystems having an onboard locomotive control unit (LCU) and two associated operator control units (OCUs) on a single wireless channel. A time slot is assigned to each subsystem for making two-way... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7522334 | Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods with flat noise figure profile Optical systems of the present invention include first and second optical amplifiers that are operated individually to provide gain profiles that do not conform with a desired composite, or overall or total, gain profile, e.g., substantially flat, but to produce a d... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521504 | Irreversible immobilization of enzymes into polyurethane coatings A method of irreversibly immobilizing an enzyme in a polyurethane and an enzyme-containing polyurethane having a degree of immobilization of the enzyme of approximately 100%. The synthesis of waterborne polyurethanes in the presence of enzyme has enabled the irrever... | 04/21/2009 |
| D589720 | Teardrop-shaped plant hanger | 04/07/2009 |
| D584623 | Bottle | 01/13/2009 |
| 7471447 | Device and method for reducing pump laser instability due to amplified rayleigh scattering feedback A device and method for reducing amplified Rayleigh backscatter at a Raman pump. A pump assembly for an optical amplifier includes a set of pump radiation sources for Raman pumping an optical transmission span. Each pump radiation source is adapted to produce radiat... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7464583 | Methods and apparatuses using proximal probes Apparatuses and methods for using proximal probes. A method includes measuring motion of an oscillating probe, producing a signal indicative of motion of the oscillating probe, and filtering the signal indicative of motion of the oscillating probe. In one embodiment... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7437082 | Private optical communications systems, devices, and methods A method for transmitting traffic in an optical communication system comprising separating the input traffic into a plurality of data signals, parameter encoding the data signals, transmitting each of the data signals on a separate optical channel, receiving the dat... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7424224 | Systems and methods for placing line terminating equipment of optical communication systems in customer points of presence A system for delivering optical signals to and from an undersea optical cable may include a cable landing station connected to the undersea optical cable and configured to convey a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal from the undersea optical cable. The s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7364812 | Multi-function solid oxide fuel cell bundle and method of making the same A multi-function bundle having all of the basic support functions integrated therein can be used as a basic building block component, for example, in a fuel cell engine. The multi-function bundle is modular, easy to assemble, and able to withstand the physical and t... | 04/29/2008 |
| D564881 | Energy shot bottle | 03/25/2008 |
| 7335400 | Irreversible immobilization of enzymes into polyurethane coatings A method of irreversibly immobilizing an enzyme in a polyurethane and an enzyme-containing polyurethane having a degree of immobilization of the enzyme of approximately 100%. The synthesis of waterborne polyurethanes in the presence of enzyme has enabled the irrever... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316904 | Automated pap screening using optical detection of HPV with or without multispectral imaging The present disclosure involves a method of preparing a cervical sample for medical examination in which a papanicolaou stained sample is additionally stained with a label targeted to one or more high risk cancer markers to allow for optical detection of the human p... | 01/08/2008 |
| D556038 | Bottle | 11/27/2007 |
| D552505 | Trim for vehicles | 10/09/2007 |
| D552698 | Putter head | 10/09/2007 |
| D552195 | Putter head | 10/02/2007 |
| D541359 | Putter head | 04/24/2007 |
| D540410 | Putter head | 04/10/2007 |
| 7185343 | Program flow method and method for expanding a program component system A program flow method in a program component system, comprising a running time system and several components each having one program portion, the method comprising the following steps during the execution of the program portion of a first component: data acquisition... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7166004 | Swimming aid A swimming aid (10) including a body portion (11), upon which is situated a locating means (12) for the foot of the wearer. The swimming aid (10) also includes a lobular flexible web (13) and at least two ribs (14), each of ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7093790 | Mooring facility for tethered gas balloon A mooring facility for a tethered gas balloon comprises a building structure containing a hemispherical basin capable of receiving the lower portion of an inflated lighter-than-air gas balloon for mooring the balloon. The surface of the bowl structure is complementa... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7085621 | Method of operating a dispensing cabinet A method of operating a dispensing cabinet to identify the locations where items to be dispensed are located is comprised of a login step in which user information is entered into a processor controlling the dispensing cabinet. The processor unlocks certain doors of... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7050051 | Parametric shape grammar interpreter A method of recognizing a first shape in a second shape. The method includes decomposing the first shape into at least one subshape belonging to one of a plurality of subshape groups, and searching the second shape for a parametric transformation of the subshape. | 05/23/2006 |
| 7010389 | Restocking system using a carousel A carousel used in a restocking system is comprised of a drive track. A plurality of bins are arranged into rows, with the rows being driven by said drive track. A drive mechanism, e.g. an electric motor, drives the drive track. A sensor is provided to sense the pos... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6996455 | Dispensing cabinet with unit dose dispensing drawer A drawer for use in a dispensing cabinet is comprised of a tray movable between an open position and a closed position. An insert, approximately the length of the tray, is carried by the tray and defines the volume of the drawer. A lockable or sealable lid is carrie... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6987701 | Phase detector for all-digital phase locked and delay locked loops A phase detector is comprised of two cross-coupled gates which are capable of phase discrimination down to a level of approximately 10 picoseconds. An arbiter circuit, responsive to the cross-coupled gates, generates mutually exclusive UP and DOWN pulse signals. The... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6985797 | Method of operating a dispensing cabinet A method of operating a dispensing cabinet to identify the locations where items to be dispensed are located is comprised of a login step in which user information is entered into a processor controlling the dispensing cabinet. The processor unlocks certain doors of... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6951981 | Asymmetric transfer molding method and an asymmetric encapsulation made therefrom A method of encapsulating an article having first and second surfaces, includes positioning a first molding section in a sealing relationship with the first surface of the article and positioning a second molding section adjacent the second surface of the article. T... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6950911 | Multi-port memory device with multiple modes of operation and improved expansion characteristics The present invention is directed to a multi-port memory device responsive to two systems. The device includes an array of memory cells each represented by a unique row and column address. The memory device has first and second input/output ports and an input/output... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6943448 | Multi-metal layer MEMS structure and process for making the same The present invention is directed to a structure comprised of alternating layers of metal and sacrificial material built up using standard CMOS processing techniques, a process for building such a structure, a process for fabricating devices from such a structure, a... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6943484 | Tunable piezoelectric micro-mechanical resonator One aspect of the invention relates to a composite member for a resonator having an active piezoelectric element and a passive piezoelectric element. The active piezoelectric element causes the resonator to vibrate and detects the frequency of the vibration. The pas... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936524 | Ultrathin form factor MEMS microphones and microspeakers A process comprises reducing the thickness of a substrate carrying a plurality of devices, with at least certain of the devices having a micro-machined mesh. A carrier wafer is attached to the back side of the substrate and the fabrication of the devices is complete... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934173 | 256 Meg dynamic random access memory A 256 Meg dynamic random access memory is comprised of a plurality of cells organized into individual arrays, with the arrays being organized into 32 Meg array blocks, which are organized into 64 Meg quadrants. Sense amplifiers are positioned between adjacent rows i... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6931483 | Memory device having different burst order addressing for read and write operations A method comprising reordering a block of n-bit words output from a memory array according to information in certain address bits before outputting at least one n-bit word from a memory device and ignoring said certain address bits before inputting at least one n-bi... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6925404 | Apparatus and method for determining effect of on-chip noise on signal propagation An integrated circuit testing apparatus having at least two of a test circuit producing a signal for determining at least one of an operating reference signal and a substrate coupling effect on a plurality of components within the integrated circuit; a test circuit ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6912666 | Interleaved delay line for phase locked and delay locked loops An interleaved delay line for use in phase locked and delay locked loops is comprised of a first portion providing a variable amount of delay substantially independently of process, temperature and voltage (PVT) variations while a second portion, in series with the ... | 06/28/2005 |
