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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 |
| 8175139 | Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for tha... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167928 | MRT-compatible valve prosthesis for use in the human or animal body for replacement of an organ valve or a vessel valve The invention relates to a biological or artificial valve prosthesis (4, 5) for use in the human or animal body for replacement of an organ valve or a vessel valve, in particular a cardiac valve prosthesis or venous valve prosthesis, with a stent (8) o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8159969 | Systems and methods for high rate OFDM communications using first and second cyclic prefix lengths Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized commu... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8122059 | Cache system and method for generating uncached objects from cached and stored object components Methods and apparatus for constructing objects within a cache system thereby allowing the cache system to respond to requested objects that are not initially available within the cache system. One embodiment of the invention caches image files, where the images are ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8116361 | Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for tha... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108914 | Converged logical and physical security A security management system that includes a hierarchical security platform, converged IT and physical security management, unified credentialing, credential issuance and incident(s) management. An exemplary aspect of the invention also relates to physical and logic... | 01/31/2012 |
| RE43147 | Abnormality detection and surveillance system A surveillance system having at least one primary video camera for translating real images of a zone into electronic video signals at a first level of resolution. The system includes means for sampling movements of an individual or individuals located within the zon... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8103335 | Cardiogram waveform correcting and displaying device and a method of correcting and displaying cardiogram waveforms A cardiogram waveform correcting and displaying device is disclosed that is capable of facilitating visibility of cardiogram waveforms. A first filtering system 58-1 through nth filtering system 58-n are low-cut filters, each having a fir... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8102909 | Systems and methods that provide frequency domain supplemental training of the time domain equalizer for DMT Using a known or later developed time domain equalizer coefficient training algorithm, a least square solution for the time domain equalizer coefficients is taken at a starting point and iteratively improved on. In particular, the improvement is directed towards max... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8094703 | Systems and methods for loop length and bridged tap length determination of a transmission line Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8090008 | System and method for scrambling the phase of the carriers in a multicarrier communications system A system and method that scrambles the phase characteristic of a carrier signal are described. The scrambling of the phase characteristic of each carrier signal includes associating a value with each carrier signal and computing a phase shift for each carrier signal... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8076613 | Panel heating device The invention depicts and describes a panel heating device (1) for placing in the area of floors, walls or ceilings, comprising an electrically conductive layer (2), another first layer (3), and electrical supply lines (5, 6). The inventi... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8073041 | System and method for descrambling the phase of the carriers in a multicarrier communications system A system and method that demodulates the phase characteristic of a carrier signal are described. The scrambling of the phase characteristic of each carrier signal includes associating a value with each carrier signal and computing a phase shift for each carrier sign... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069728 | Apparatus for optimizing system performance and related control methods Focusing on the criterion of “Energy save” or “Quiet noise” or other suitable operating parameter and considering the existing limitation of the operation of the electro-dynamic shaker system, apparatus for optimizing the operating condition of the vibration... | 12/06/2011 |
| RE42949 | Stereophonic audio signal decompression switching to monaural audio signal A communication system for sending a sequence of symbols on a communication link. The system includes a transmitter for placing information indicative of the sequence of symbols on the communication link and a receiver for receiving the information placed on the com... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8058842 | Cell controller, battery module and power supply system A cell controller having excellent productivity is provided. A cell-con 80 has 12 ICs IC-1 to IC-12 mounted on a substrate, and these ICs detect voltages of respective cells constituting a cell pack, perform capacity adjustment on the respective... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8010294 | Extraction of depositional systems A process that assists with the identification of potential hydrocarbon deposits that includes performing a structural interpretation of a three-dimensional seismic volume, transforming the three-dimensional seismic volume into a stratal-slice volume, performing a s... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006417 | Tube-like advertising device that is fixed between two structural members and includes a clear outer member An advertising device, where one exemplary use is as a “stripper pole” having associated ad material. The ad material can be placed inside a portion of the pole and be visible through a protective cover, and be dynamic. Additionally, the stripper pole may be in ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7979778 | CRC counter normalization The ability to accurately and efficiently calculate and report communication errors is becoming more important than ever in today's communications environment. More specifically calculating and reporting CRC anomalies in a consistent manner across a plurality of com... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978753 | Multicarrier transmission system with low power sleep mode and rapid-on capability A multicarrier transceiver is provided with a sleep mode in which it idles with reduced power consumption when it is not needed to transmit or receive data. The full transmission and reception capabilities of the transceiver are quickly restored when needed, without... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7978706 | Combining multiple DSL transceivers for a high data rate connection At a transmitter, an ATM cell stream is received from the ATM layer and is distributed on a cell-by-cell bases across multiple DSL PHY's. At the receiver, the cells from each DSL PHY are re-combined in the appropriate order to recreate the original ATM cell stream, ... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7952327 | Assembled battery total voltage detection and leak detection apparatus The present invention provides an assembled battery total voltage detection and leak detection apparatus which is reduced in size and is reduced in manufacturing costs. Detection of a total voltage is performed at a measurement time of a total voltage of an assemble... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7944851 | Method for packet communication using training packets Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized commu... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940837 | Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for tha... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940836 | Multimode multicarrier modem system and method of communication over the same An alternative approach to coping with the ever increasing demand for faster communications hardware is to design modems that are capable of operating its speeds at a higher data rate than a speed required for a single port of the standard communication rate for tha... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7936907 | Fingerprint preview quality and segmentation A ridge flow based fingerprint image quality determination can be achieved independent of image resolution, can be processed in real-time and includes segmentation, such as fingertip segmentation, therefore providing image quality assessment for individual fingertip... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7925958 | CRC counter normalization The ability to accurately and efficiently calculate and report communication errors is becoming more important than ever in today's communications environment. More specifically calculating and reporting CRC anomalies in a consistent manner across a plurality of com... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924841 | High rate OFDM communications using bit allocation tables Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized commu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7916625 | Method for variable cyclic length in OFDM communications Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized commu... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7907995 | Electrocardiography chart apparatus and method thereof An electrocardiogram (ECG) chart device and method capable of easily assisting with the diagnosis of heart disease. Hexagonal radar charts displayed on a screen act as indicators of feature values corresponding to data obtained from each of 12 electrode leads and co... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7889784 | Multicarrier modulation messaging for SNR per subchannel during showtime information Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnosti... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7852910 | Systems and methods for loop length and bridged tap length determination of a transmission line Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7844882 | Resource sharing in a telecommunications environment A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency path... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836381 | Computer readable medium with instructions for resource sharing in a telecommunications environment A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency path... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835431 | Systems and methods for loop length and bridged tap length determination of a transmission line Through the use of a least squares minimization concept, the loop length, the number of bridged taps and length of the bridged taps on a transmission line can be determined from readily available modem data. In particular, the loop length, the number of bridge taps ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835430 | Multicarrier modulation messaging for frequency domain received idle channel noise information Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnosti... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7831890 | Resource sharing in a telecommunications environment A transceiver is designed to share memory and processing power amongst a plurality of transmitter and/or receiver latency paths, in a communications transceiver that carries or supports multiple applications. For example, the transmitter and/or receiver latency path... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7819813 | Graph display processing unit and method thereof A graph display processing device and method that facilitates easy viewing of data with periodicity. With each recognition of a cardiac cycle, a CPU of an electrocardiogram display device (100) finds a point between an R-wave and an S-wave in the cardiac cycl... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7809028 | Systems and methods for multi-pair ATM over DSL At a transmitter, an ATM cell stream is received from the ATM layer and is distributed on a cell-by-cell bases across multiple DSL PHY's. At the receiver, the cells from each DSL PHY are re-combined in the appropriate order to recreate the original ATM cell stream, ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7804765 | High rate OFDM communications with a variable cyclic prefix Messages transmitted between a receiver and a transmitter are used to maximize a communication data rate. In particular, a multicarrier modulation system uses messages that are sent from the receiver to the transmitter to exchange one or more sets of optimized commu... | 09/28/2010 |
