Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D627270 | Wheelchair | 11/16/2010 |
| 7828203 | Data writing apparatus, method, and program for portable terminal memory An object is to easily store a data required for actuating a portable terminal, which is used in association with an identification data of a user, while maintaining the security. The present invention comprises a data reading/writing device having a function... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7801228 | Analog fourier transform channelizer and OFDM receiver An OFDM receiver having an analog multiplier based I-Q channelizing filter, samples and holds consecutive analog I-Q samples of an I-Q baseband, the I-Q basebands having OFDM sub-channels. A lattice of analog I-Q multipliers and analog I-Q summers concurrently recei... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7709223 | Method for detecting bacteria with chromogenic substrates for β-D-ribofuranosidase A method of detecting β-D-ribofuranosidase activity in bacterial samples includes the step of incubating a sample to allow bacterial growth in the presence of chromogenic β-D-ribofuranosidase substrate, the cleavage products of which produce an indicator, for inst... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7681987 | Inkjet recording head An inkjet recording head includes a nozzle plate, chamber plate, and a diaphragm plate. The nozzle plate includes a plurality of nozzles for ejecting ink droplets, a plurality of connecting channels in communication with the nozzles and pressure chambers. The nozzle... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7651363 | Terminal component The invention describes a terminal component (1) with an insulating housing (2) and at least one spring-force clamping connection (3), which has a bent clamping spring (4), formed from sheet spring steel, with bearing limbs (8) and... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7651197 | Method of manufacturing an inkjet head through the anodic bonding of silicon members In a method of manufacturing an inkjet head, a silicon dioxide (SiO2) layer is produced on the surface of first silicon member formed from single-crystal silicon. Next, a glass layer formed of borosilicate glass or the like is sputtered onto the surface o... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7579745 | Motor A rotor is operable to rotate in a rotating direction, and is provided with five teeth that define five slots therebetween at regular intervals in the rotating direction. A pair of arc-shaped magnets surrounds the rotor, and faces each other through the rotor. A val... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7576137 | Molding made from polyurenthane A polyurethane molding is composed of at least two different polyurethane materials, namely of a polyurethane gel and a polyurethane foam. The foam and the gel are arranged in layers one above another so that both materials act together as spring or damping element ... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7567600 | Laser diode driver and N-wavelength optical pickup including the same A laser diode driver for driving laser light sources of a N-wavelength optical pickup capable of recording on and playing N types of optical discs by using N laser beams having different wavelengths, the N-wavelength optical pickup including first to N-th laser diod... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7566828 | Power source device and charge controlling method to be used in same A power source device is provided which is capable of charging a secondary cell in a stable manner even in an environment in which power generated by a solar cell varies due to changes in sunlight intensity and/or ambient temperatures. By power generated by a solar ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7560536 | Morning glory-derived anticancer agents, and novel ipomoeassin compounds Ipomoeassin compounds derived from morning glory plant material (especially Ipomoea sp. from Suriname) are useful as anti-cancer agents. The novel compounds also are useful for treating neurodegenerative disorders (such as Alzheimer's disease) in human patien... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7559074 | Program processing apparatus, program processing system, and program A program processing apparatus and system is disclosed by which an electronic program guide can be used to confirm a condition of each program readily and perform various operations for a program. The program management apparatus is formed from a personal computer h... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7557215 | Anthraquinone compounds as anti cancer compounds Anthraquinone compounds of the general formula (I) or a salt thereof (Formula I) in which R1 to R4 are each selected from the group consisting of H, C1-4 alkyl, X1, —NHR0N (R5)2 in which ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555788 | Integral helmet The invention relates to an integral helmet comprising a shock resistant helmet shell (1) which covers the top part of the head to the neck and the ear area of a user, defines a visor opening (3) at lower and top edges and is complimented by the chin a... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7553173 | Vehicle connector lockout apparatus and method of using same According to the present invention, a vehicle connector lockout apparatus capable of being connected to the diagnostic port of a vehicle is provided. The preferred embodiment of the invention uses a raised protrusion, located in the common space below the two rows o... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7544764 | Sulfonated polymer composition for forming fuel cell electrodes A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell is described. The materials for the membrane electrode assembly are formed from sulfonated polymers. A polymer dispersion ink containing the sulfonated polymer and a mixture of solvents is used to form the electrodes on ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7538645 | Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay is provided which enables a coating process with a coating agent even after being mounted on a printed circuit board having undergone reflow heating by preventing invasion of water while maintaining air permeability. A main body making up th... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7537769 | Webbed immunogens comprising recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) envelope glycoproteins and the M9 scorpion toxin HIV envelope immunogens that display multivalent epitopes are provided. The immunogens are aggregated, “webbed” HIV envelope immunogens in which native envelope structures are stabilized due to interactions with multimeric derivatives of M9 scorpion toxin. ... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7531646 | β-D-ribosidase activity indicators with a chromogenic substrate This invention provides a method of detecting enzyme activity on a solid medium. The enzyme substrate has a chromogenic portion comprising a catechol residue, in which a derivitising moiety is linked to the aromatic ring of the catechol via a bond, and an enzyme cle... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7530568 | Double-sided document transport device In a double-sided document transport device having a document reverse mechanism for suppressing the occurrence of jam and deterioration of read image, after a document is transported to a reading position, it is transported to the reading position again to read a re... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7527595 | Pump provided with exhaust valve device and hemodynamometer incorporating the same A diaphragm is provided in a pump case so as to define a pump chamber communicated with an external member having an air chamber. The actuator is provided in the pump chamber. An exhaust valve is provided with a valve body, formed with a slit through which air the p... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7500625 | Feeding mechanism True zero-clearance cutting on a commercial scale is provided via a cutting area including a sacrifice material that is relatively softer than the cutter. One example is a cutting system which is capable of cutting a material such as, for example, tape or paper, int... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7494210 | Inkjet recording head having dynamic vibration absorber An inkjet recording head includes a base member, an ink channel unit, a plurality of piezoelectric elements, and a dynamic vibration absorber. The ink channel unit is formed with a plurality of nozzle holes and a plurality of ink pressure chambers. The ink channel u... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493063 | Image-forming device comprising a contact charging unit An image-forming device including a plurality of supporting rollers, a photosensitive belt, a pressing roller, an intermediate roller, and a charging roller. The plurality of supporting rollers includes a preselected supporting roller. The photosensitive belt is cir... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7489620 | Optical information recording and reproducing medium Optical information recording and reproducing medium 10 has two recording layers of first and second recording layers 12 and 14, from a laser beam incident surface side. In each control area 21, recording layer management information cont... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7478168 | Device, method and program for band control A band control device, a band control method and a band control program for regulating specific application level traffic autonomously so that network resources can be fairly utilized. In the band control device, an application processor checks the contents of appli... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7468067 | One hand tourniquet with locking mechanism Provided is a tourniquet having two opposing and pivotally movable plates. The plates comprise a clamp that pinches an elastomeric cord. The plates are pivotally biased together by a spring. The cord is attached to a back end of the clamp. A free end of the cord is ... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7453323 | Circuit, control system, IC, transmitting and receiving apparatus, control method and program The present invention provides a circuit, a control system, an IC, a transmitting and receiving apparatus, a control method, and a program which can reduce a phase error and simultaneously suppress a high-frequency jitter component and a low-frequency wander compone... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7421222 | Electrophotographic device with contaminant-resistant photoconductor and charger In a charging device having saw-tooth electrodes for generating corona discharges, an amount of dust, toner, or paper dust attached to the tip end portions of saw-tooth electrodes is reduced. First to third pairs of saw-tooth electrode plates are disposed in a side-... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414584 | Antenna device and shield cover thereof A circuit board has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. An antenna element is mounted on the first face. A shield cover is attached to the second face. The shield cover includes a polygonal base portion, a first wall provided on a first side o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7413555 | Joint orthosis A joint orthosis with a first joint part (4), a first splint (5) connected to the first joint part (4), a second joint part (1), a second splint (2) connected to the second joint part (1), and a pivot hinge part (3) f... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404937 | Production of synthetic rutile by continuous leaching A reactor 20 has a plurality of tubular downcomers 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and risers 42, 44, 46, 48, 50, joined by sections 86, 88 in a continuous serpentine path the tubes dimensioned to provide substantially plug flow conditions for solid a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405824 | Optical coupling system of light measuring device and sample A light measuring device is designed, so that excitation light, emitted by a light source, is guided through an excitation light optical fiber to irradiate a sample, and that fluorescence discharged by the sample is guided to an optical detection system through a re... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403681 | Wavelength selective optical device and method of tuning wavelength characteristics In a wavelength selective optical device, a lens for transmitting multiplexed optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths is provided to face an end of a first optical fiber such that light output from the end of the first optical fiber is converted into paral... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7396590 | Soft block with repeat units that favor migration to a surface and repeat units with an activity of interest, and polymeric articles or coatings using same Polymers, and particularly conventional commodity bulk polymers, are modified to have a surface activity of interest using a surface modifying polymer that includes a moiety that favors migration to the surface of the bulk polymer together with a moiety provides the... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7398112 | Folding cell phone and other folding mobile terminal A problem has been resolved by providing a folding cell phone having a position detecting unit which detects the coupling state between the first frame part and the second frame part and a communication controlling unit which performs processing to control enabling ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395268 | Address link system, method and program product The address linker of an LDAP client has a capability of requesting retrieval of data in local files or retrieval of data in files registered on an LDAP server. The address linker of the LDAP server serves to share personal data and has a capability of retrieving da... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381443 | Method for forming print with surface textures corresponding to printed image The hard copy has a transparent coat layer which is formed on an image recording surface of a recording medium on a side of which an image is recorded and covers at least a part of the image recording surface. The transparent coat layer has asperities corresponding ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377756 | Rapid exhausting mechanism in pump unit A diaphragm is provided in a pump case so as to define a pump chamber communicated with an external member having an air chamber. A motor actuates the diaphragm to introduce air to the air chamber. An exhaust valve exhausts air in the pump chamber to lower a pressur... | 05/27/2008 |
