Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8139356 | Plunger security lock and personal electronic device configured to be secured by the plunger lock A plunger-type security lock includes a slotted, cylindrical sliding key receptacle, a ferrule arranged on an outer cylindrical surface of the sliding key receptacle that is configured for attachment to a locking member, a cylindrical plunger, a sliding key includin... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136630 | Architectural acoustic device An acoustic device and a method for altering sound. The acoustic device includes an architectural structure having a solid body. The architectural structure is adapted to be mounted on a wall of a room. The solid body has a channel therethrough to define a cavity th... | 03/20/2012 |
| D656272 | Color chart | 03/20/2012 |
| D656271 | Color chip used for color chart | 03/20/2012 |
| D656270 | Tray for holding color chips | 03/20/2012 |
| 8109880 | Noninvasive method to measure intracranial and effective cerebral outflow pressure A method to measure effective cerebral outflow pressure or intracranial pressure is disclosed. The craniospinal venous system has multiple anastomoses between the jugular veins and vertebral venous plexus. Jugular veins collapse with cervical compression or head ele... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8099803 | Method of using clips for retrofit installation of a portable swimming pool barrier fence The installation and removal of a portable but sturdy pool barrier fence uses the hardware installed for attaching a safety pool cover during the pool use season. Multiple rectangular panel frames support a mesh fabric. Spaced anchors mounted in said deck adapted to... | 01/24/2012 |
| D651729 | Candle vessel | 01/03/2012 |
| 8046590 | System and method for protection of creative works The inventive method for protection of creative works is accomplished by creating a creative work, securing the creative work using biometric information of an author of the creative work, and restricting an access to the creative work to the author and select users... | 10/25/2011 |
| D646995 | Male figurine | 10/18/2011 |
| 7941872 | Waistless underwear alternative secret pants shield A women's waistless and seamless clothing adherable underwear includes an oval pad made of a soft absorbent material, wherein the pad has double sided strips of adhesive tape with removable peel-off cover strips to attach to the inside crotch area of low slung cloth... | 05/17/2011 |
| D634761 | Ice cube tray mold | 03/22/2011 |
| D634242 | Congressional transparency snow globe | 03/15/2011 |
| D634241 | White house transparency snow globe | 03/15/2011 |
| D629714 | Novelty global cooling snow globe | 12/28/2010 |
| D629266 | Spoon | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844900 | Visual management system A process for dividing an electronic screen, such as a television or computer screen, into discrete, independently operating sub-screens includes the step of electronically linking the screen to a screen operating system. This operating system is capable of selectiv... | 11/30/2010 |
| D625344 | Ice cube tray mold | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793734 | Reinforced polymer horseshoe A flexile shoe to protect a horse's hoof, made of a moldable composition, and reinforced throughout with pliant metal, and further reinforced with a hard wear insert at the toe of the shoe. A method of molding the shoe, and of bonding the shoe to the hoof with adhes... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7690879 | Single towing device for both car and cart The invention is a towing device which utilizes a towing base, wheels, and a plurality of movable tracks, a tongue hitch attachment, and a vehicle locator swivel plate. The invention can be supplied with hydraulic surge brakes or electric brakes as well as brake and... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7607461 | Pocketbook with interchangeable covers An interchangeable foundation bag, foundation bag system a method of using the foundation bag system is described. In one embodiment, an interchangeable carrying bag system, is provided which includes a discrete inner foundation bag having an inner surface and an ou... | 10/27/2009 |
| 6810144 | Methods of and system for detecting a cartoon in a video data stream A method of and system for detecting a cartoon in a video stream are provided. The system comprises a storage device for storing the encoded signal and a processor for processing low parameter information extracted from the encoded video signal. The information is e... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6795418 | Wireless MAC protocol based on a hybrid combination of slot allocation, token passing, and polling for isochronous traffic In this document, we proposed a hybrid MAC protocol that can utilize the precious wireless link bandwidth efficiently in the environment of a partially connected wireless network topology and VBR connections running in the network. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6788827 | Image processing method and system for following a moving object from one image to an other image sequence An image processing method for processing the images of an image sequence (S) comprising steps of determining image data related to first points of an Object of Interest observed in a first image, said Object of Interest having possible movements, and image data rel... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6784432 | X-ray detector module An X-ray detector module (1) is provided, in which a preferably metallic carrier (3) forms tubular cells (4) in which there is provided a mixture of a binder (7) and scintillator particles (6). The absorption of X-rays by the scint... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6782054 | Method and apparatus for motion vector estimation A method to enhance motion estimation is provided. The method includes providing a motion estimator, obtaining at least two candidate motion vectors from the motion estimator and applying an error function having a penalty that depends on the position and size of th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6776758 | RFI-protected ultrasound probe An ultrasound imaging system including an electromagnetically protected ultrasound TEE probe, a display for displaying ultrasound images, a housing including a transducer connector including at least one connection and a computer for processing electrical signals re... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6779119 | Actual and perceived response time, user interface, and security via usage patterns A variety of performance optimization techniques are provided that are based upon a history of a user's usage patterns. To reduce actual response time, the system prefetches information in anticipation of the user's request. To reduce perceived response time, if a r... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6778098 | Method and electronic device for speech control Reliable and efficient activation and deactivation control of a number of electronic products (P1, P2, P3) is effected by activation of one of the products by emission of an activation command specific to the product and controlling performance ... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6479996 | Magnetic resonance imaging of several volumes A magnetic resonance imaging method involves acquisition of sets of magnetic resonance signals from several scan-volumes of an object. According to the invention different spatial approaches are taken in the scanning of the respective scan-volumes. In par... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6426999 | X-ray apparatus including a filter provided with filter elements having an adjustable absorption An X-ray apparatus with an X-ray source for producing a beam of X-rays, an X-ray detector for detecting the beam, and an X-ray filter with filter elements which is arranged between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector so as to attenuate the X-ray beam ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6389304 | Method of and device for imaging an object by means of magnetic resonance The invention relates to a method of imaging perfusion parameters of, for example blood in a volume of the brain in the head of a body by means of magnetic resonance, in which a contrast medium is introduced into a blood flow within the body, said contras... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6375353 | X-ray device An X-ray device includes a C-shaped arm, a first end of which supports an X-ray source and a second end of which supports an X-ray image pick-up device. The C-shaped arm is pivotable about a pivot axis relative to a carriage. The carriage is tiltable abou... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6366684 | Image processing method and system involving contour detection steps The present invention includes a method for processing an intensity image (J0) formed of points representing an object (LV), including steps for automatically supplying points so as to determine a minimum path representing the object contour (C... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366165 | Amplifier with stabilization means An amplifier comprising an input stage (IPST) having a pair of inputs (INN,INI) for receiving a differential input signal (Vin) and a pair of outputs (CQ6,CQ7) for delivering a differential intermediate signal i... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6366604 | Compensation for phase errors caused by clock jitter in a CDMA communication system A CDMA reverse link has a system for providing compensation for phase errors caused by clock jitter in a CDMA reverse link. After filtering, data spread by a pilot PN sequence is supplied to a shift register that produces several data samples for sequenti... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6363136 | Grid for the absorption of X-rays In order to increase the ruggedness and the scattered radiation attenuation quality, a grid (3) with comb elements (12) which absorb electromagnetic radiation and are intended to form a grid is constructed, in such a manner that comb lamellae (11) extend ... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6358206 | Ultrasound process for the determination of the location of a parietal surface in a tissue and of the absolute radius of an artery, and ultrasound apparatus for carrying out such process An ultrasound process and apparatus for determining the location of an ultrasonic homogeneity discontinuity called parietal surface situated in a tissue from a radio-frequency signal (y(z)) function of digital depths along an excitation line (Z) crossing ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6351401 | Series resonant converter comprising a control circuit The invention relates to a series resonant converter (1) comprising a control circuit (8) for controlling the output voltage of the converter. To improve the behavior of the converter, it is proposed that the control circuit (8) is provided for processing a fi... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6333965 | X-ray examination apparatus with a brightness control system An X-ray examination apparatus includes an X-ray source with a brightness control signal input, an X-ray image device for providing an X-ray image of an object to be imaged, X-ray absorption means between the X-ray source and the X-ray image device, a bri... | 12/25/2001 |
