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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| 7640702 | Floor support systems and methods According to the invention, a system for supporting a floor structure from a central structure is disclosed. The system may include a plurality of receptacles and a plurality of support members. Each of the receptacles may be located within a corner of an exterior p... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7627151 | Systems and methods for improved biometric feature definition Methods and systems are provided for performing a biometric function. A purported skin site of an individual is illuminated under distinct optical conditions during a single illumination session for a fixed position of the purported skin site. Light from the purport... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7624914 | Validating removable fare collection system A low cost fare collection system includes a removable farebox having an integral collection box. The farebox can be installed in a temporary installation at a fare collection location for the collection of fares and can be removed to a secure location for emptying ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7620212 | Electro-optical sensor Methods and systems are provided that extend the functionality of electro-optical sensors. A device has a multiple light sources, a light detector, and a processor configured to operate the light sources and the light detector to perform distinct functions. At least... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613504 | Spectroscopic cross-channel method and apparatus for improved optical measurements of tissue According to the invention, a sampling system for spectroscopic measurements of a biological sample is disclosed. The sampling system includes a plurality of illumination points, a plurality of detection points, a memory, and a processor. Each of the plurality of il... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603041 | Temperature compensated dynamic optical tag modulator system and method A dynamic optical tag system and method that allows for operation over a wide temperature range. A variable wavelength optical source, such as a dual wavelength fiber laser, is generated by combining the outputs from two distributed feedback lasers having separate o... | 10/13/2009 |
| D599232 | Universal current leakage testing adapter | 09/01/2009 |
| 7559479 | Financial presentation instruments with integrated holder and methods for use The present invention provides improved apparatus, methods, and systems for displaying and packaging financial presentation instruments, particularly stored value, gift, or other pre-paid debit cards. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displayi... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7541967 | Sounding transformation and recognition A method for scaling and converting sounding data into physical properties of a scanned medium is disclosed. In one embodiment, sounding data is received and transformed into phase space, where the phase space transformation linearizes the sounding data. The slope a... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7539330 | Multispectral liveness determination Methods and systems are provided for determining a liveness state of purported tissue. The purported tissue is illuminated under a plurality of distinct optical conditions during a single illumination session. Light scattered from the purported tissue is received se... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7033709 | Method and structure for fabricating patterns on phase shift mask for the manufacture of semiconductor wafers A reticle structure for integrated circuit device. The structure includes a transparent substrate having a surface region and a plurality of spaced regions on the surface region. Each of the spaced regions is configured to form an array, which has a plurality of row... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6730516 | Microfluidic devices and methods Embodiments of the invention are directed to microfluidic devices. In one embodiment, a microanalysis chip comprises a body having at least one transfer-separation channel with a channel bottom that has a bottom opening. The transfer-separation channel terminates in... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6668156 | Print media receiving unit including platform and print media A print media receiving unit is disclosed. In one embodiment, the print media receiving unit comprises a platform that includes a surface adapted to receive a print medium comprising a spine. The spine may be disposed in a spine receiving portion in the p... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6662602 | Security device for a portable computer An apparatus which inhibits the theft of equipment such as personal computers is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, a locking interface for the specially designed slot includes two legs pivotably coupled together about an articulation point. The two le... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6665086 | Automatic and transparent archiving of documents and document information An automatic archiving system that makes document archiving largely transparent to the user. In one embodiment, documents scanned in or printed during the course of office equipment operation are automatically archived. For example, an office local area n... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6658624 | Method and system for processing documents controlled by active documents with embedded instructions An improved document processing system is provided by virtue of the present invention, wherein documents and processing associated with those documents are combined by structuring documents according to a common structure applicable to both the documents ... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6650791 | Simultaneous registration of multiple image fragments Method and apparatus for aligning more than two fragments of an image to assemble the image while providing high alignment quality between each pair of overlapping image fragments. Image registration operations are performed rapidly. The disclosed method ... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6647313 | Insulation cutting systems and methods A method for cutting insulation is provided. The method includes assigning identifications to metal blanks in a batch of metal blanks that have been processed. The metal blanks are then fabricated where they may be rolled, bent, and have seams and joints ... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6645791 | Semiconductor die package including carrier with mask A carrier for use in a semiconductor die package is disclosed. In one embodiment, the carrier includes a die attach region and an edge region. A solder mask is on the edge region.... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6641401 | Interactive apparatus with templates An interactive apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the interactive apparatus includes a base unit. The base unit can has a surface and an array of electrical elements under the surface. A removable template is placed on the base unit and is positio... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6638824 | Metal gate double diffusion MOSFET with improved switching speed and reduced gate tunnel leakage A double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor ("DMOS") field-effect transistor (10) with a metal gate (26). A sacrificial gate layer is patterned to provide a self-aligned source mask. The source regions (20) are thus aligned to the gate (26), and the sourc... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6639577 | Portable information display device with ergonomic bezel A portable information display device has a backlit touch-sensitive display screen and a housing. The housing has a bezel portion which defines a perimeter of the display screen. The bezel has location identification means which identify touch-responsive ... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6633030 | Surface mountable optocoupler package An optocoupler package is disclosed. The optocoupler package comprises a carrier substrate and a plurality of conductive regions on the carrier substrate. An optoelectronic device, an optically transmissive medium, and a plurality of conductive structures... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6630358 | Arrays of proteins and methods of use thereof Protein arrays for the parallel, in vitro screening of biomolecular activity are provided. Methods of using the protein arrays are also disclosed. On the arrays, a plurality of different proteins, such as different members of a single protein family, are ... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6626978 | Method for dressing materials A material benefication process and device for dressing a material comprising noble metals including platinum group metals. The device includes a reactor vessel with an inlet and an outlet for the processing medium. The material to be processed and a hold... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6626758 | Random pay gaming method and system The method of the present invention allows a player who bets the proper wager amount and initiates game play on one or more new or existing electronic or computer-controlled gaming devices, to become eligible to win one or more randomly selected monetary ... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6611364 | Apparatus for flat-bed scanner imaging system transport The compact design of a CIS device is exploited, resulting in a more compact scanning mechanism and in lighter and smaller scanning devices. The CIS is incorporated into a drive belt attached to the length of the CIS. The CIS is forced to traverse the doc... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6604164 | Computer Disclosed is a computer having a plurality of adapter cards which are insertable in adjacent bus segments, which are routed interleaved in the middle of a backplane and standard connectors are provided with connections alternating between the two bus segm... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6582475 | Automatic adaptive document printing help system An automatic printing assistant application for documents in electronic form is provided by virtue of the present invention. In certain embodiments, an elongated thumbnail image of all or part of an electronically stored document is displayed. A section o... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6584464 | Grammar template query system An information server directs users of the information server to desired sources of information where the desired sources of information are determined, at least in part, based on user input. The information server includes a query input processor, a ques... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6580071 | Method for calibrating a mass spectrometer A method for calibrating a time-of-flight mass spectrometer is disclosed. The method includes determining the time-of-flight values, or values derived from the time-of-flight values for a calibration substance at each of a plurality of different addressab... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6580786 | Message store architecture A unified, intelligent message store is scalable and is optimized to provide both streaming and non-streaming data, as required, to telephony and web-based applications. A message application server (MAS) includes an expandable number of message pools, ea... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6556563 | Intelligent voice bridging An intelligent voice bridging system and process that scaleably extends the functionality of a VOIP telecommunication application by bridging data from external components into the VOIP data stream.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6553364 | Information retrieval from hierarchical compound documents A search query is applied to documents in a document repository wherein the documents are organized into a hierarchy. A search engine searches the hierarchy to return documents which match a query term either directly or indirectly. A specific embodiment ... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6461918 | Power MOS device with improved gate charge performance A double-diffused metal-oxide-semiconductor ("DMOS") field-effect transistor with an improved gate structure. The gate structure includes a first portion of a first conductivity type for creating electron flow from the source to the drain when a charge is... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6463257 | Interactive educational toy The present invention comprises a teaching toy that invites a child's interaction using an attractive play figure, for example a stuffed animal, to present more than one instructional modality in mixed formats. The child is presented with a declarative in... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6454924 | Microfluidic devices and methods Embodiments of the invention are directed to microfluidic devices. In one embodiment, a microanalysis chip comprises a body having at least one transfer-separation channel with a channel bottom that has a bottom opening. The transfer-separation channel te... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6306415 | Natural insect and arthropod repellent A topical insect repellent with extended duration of protection was obtained from mixtures of molecules based on two or more volatile repellent organic molecular species occurring naturally on the human skin surface. The novel repellent comprises mixtures... | 10/23/2001 |
| 5832259 | Apparatus for superscalar instruction pre-decoding using cached instruction lengths In a parallel processing pipeline system, a circuitry is provided to determine the length and align two instructions in parallel. Parallel decoding circuitry is provided for decoding and executing the two instructions. A branch prediction cache stores the... | 11/03/1998 |
