Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7465334 | Zinc recovery process A process for the recovery of zinc metal from a zinc mineral includes the steps of leaching the zinc mineral in a solution including a halide species formed from two or more different halides, to leach the zinc into the solution. The zinc-bearing solution is then el... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7401859 | Deformable restraint guide for use with child restraint system Deformable guides for use with smaller persons and/or in a child restraint system are provided. The guides are of at least two varieties, one for inclusion within a belt system, so as to absorb the impact and stresses of a collision or other abrupt vehicular motion ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7374614 | Method for manufacturing single crystal semiconductor The method for manufacturing a single crystal semiconductor achieves an object to reduce the impurity concentration nonuniformity within a semiconductor wafer plane and thus to improve the wafer planarity by introducing an impurity into the single crystal semiconduc... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361352 | Influenza immunogen and vaccine A chimeric, carboxy-terminal truncated hepatitis B virus nucleocapsid (HBc) protein is disclosed that contains an immunogen for inducing the production of antibodies to the influenza M2 protein. An immunogenic influenza sequence in two to four copies is preferably e... | 04/22/2008 |
| D566817 | Hex single handle faucet | 04/15/2008 |
| D565138 | Golf club putter head | 03/25/2008 |
| D565139 | Golf club putter head | 03/25/2008 |
| D565143 | Golf club putter head weight | 03/25/2008 |
| 7340606 | Digital certificates A method for producing a certificate, the certificate including data, the method including choosing a seed s, the seed s including a result of applying a function H to the data, generating a key pair (E,D), such that E=F(s,t), F being a publicly known function, and ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7337332 | Transferring electronic content A method and apparatus for transferring electronic content. The method and apparatus include providing electronic content to a first user, providing the first user with a key packet, the key packet including a decryption key and content rights information, transferr... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7322271 | Rotary radial piston machine A rotary displacement machine (10) with radial pistons (19), includes a bearing (29) having a rotating thrust ring (28) and a stationary outer ring (30), with bearing rollers (31) therebetween. The thrust ring (28) in... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7274685 | System and method for recording incoming calls on demand in a transaction processing system A recording system for recording calls between callers and agents of a transaction processing system includes an Internet Protocol (IP) gateway, an interface configured to operatively couple the IP gateway to the transaction processing system, a communication networ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7272126 | Method and apparatus for beacon discovery in a spread spectrum cellular radio communication system An improved apparatus (and corresponding methodology) for discovering beacon signals in a spread spectrum radio communication system is provided, wherein the beacon signals comprise a plurality of different code sequences having index values assigned thereto and hav... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261433 | Miniature flashlight having replaceable battery pack and multiple operating modes A method and apparatus are provided for operating a flashlight using a light emitting diode as a primary light source. The method includes the steps of activating the light emitting diode as the primary light source of the flashlight under one of a plurality of diff... | 08/28/2007 |
| 6921294 | Universal wire harness for detectors An electrical unit, such as a fire or gas detector, carries a three conductor plug for receipt of energy, AC hot, and neutral, as well as for coupling to a bidirectional signaling line. A multiple conductor adapter makes it possible to couple the plug to a plurality... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6363964 | Adjustable pressure regulator An adjustable pressure regulator for controlling the delivery of a gas from a high pressure source to a low pressure device at a predetermined outlet pressure includes a body having an inlet port and an outlet port and defines a flow path therebetween. An... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6018600 | Sampling and reconstruction of signals and images including MR images of multiple regions A method and apparatus are provided for acquiring and reconstructing an image. The method includes the steps of obtaining prior knowledge of the image, possibly by coarse sampling of the image and using the obtained prior knowledge of the image to identif... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5858088 | Device for lifting crystal bodies The winding drum of the cable-winding device is kept air-tight by an air-tight container. A lower elastic sealing member 1a is interposed between the air-tight container and the rotation table. The air-tight container, the lower elastic sealing member 1a,... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5674418 | Method for assembling a metal design panel on a metal support structure A method for making and assembling a metal panel with laser cut decorative designs on a metal support structure, using electric-arc welding assembly to ensure all areas are coated during powder coating.... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5643887 | Daunomycin derivative with reduced cytotoxicity toward normal cells Chemotherapeutic agents that exhibit cytotoxicity similar to that of daunomycin against cancer cells, but exhibit lessened cytotoxicity against normal, non-transformed cells are disclosed, as are compositions, processes for making and using the same. A co... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5431621 | Process and device of an anatomic anomaly by means of elastic waves, with tracking of the target and automatic triggering of the shootings A Process and device of location and destruction of an anatomic target includes the periodic emission of a focused treatment beam of elastic waves and an echographic image of the target formed in real time during the treatment period by means of an ultras... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5421910 | Intermetallic compound semiconductor thin film An intermetallic compound semiconductor thin film comprises thin film made of the III-V group intermetallic compound InTlSb. Preferably, the thin film is grown by a vapor phase MOCVD method.... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5353042 | Method for determining an orientation of an object A method for determining an orientation of an object includes determining a plurality of boundary values defining a predetermined range of movement of the object; dividing the range into position segments using the plurality of boundary values; moving a m... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5271512 | Tamper-evident closure with reinforced band A molded tamper-evident closure for use with a container having a neck. The closure includes a generally planar top portion with an outer peripheral edge, an annular skirt depending from the peripheral edge and having a lower edge margin, an annular break... | 12/21/1993 |
| 4872551 | Working clamshell blister package for pliers or similar hand tools A working clamshell blister package for a pliers or similar tool includes a pair of opposing mirror-image panels having recesses and joined along a common lower end to form a base portion. The base portion is provided with a pair of openings for accomodat... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4659262 | Mobile self contained pneumatic conveying system A mobile, self-contained, pneumatic granular material conveying system is disclosed which comprises a trailer at least one granular material receiving and discharging kettle mounted thereon. An articulated vacuum arm is rotatably mounted on the rear porti... | 04/21/1987 |
