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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6550886 | Ink jet printer capable of adjusting deflection amount in accordance with positional shift of head modules An ink jet recording device 1 includes a plurality of head modules 101 each formed with a plurality of nozzles. The ink jet recording device 1 prints a test pattern using the all nozzle of the head modules 101. Precise positions of dots forming the test p... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6547714 | Magnetized scleral buckle for use with silicone magnetic fluids in the treatment of retinal diseases The basic principle in repairing retinal detachments is closing the retinal break. An internal tamponade is a material suitable for intraocular use which is used to directly close a retinal break. A scleral buckle is a flexible device which can conform to... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6547455 | Optical module for a semiconductor light-emitting device An optical module includes a semiconductor light-emitting device and a lens structure, which are held by a housing while being optically aligned with each other. A ferrule of an optical plug to which the optical module is to be coupled is fittingly receiv... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6546528 | System and method for evaluation of electric characteristics of printed-circuit boards A printed-circuit board characteristic evaluation system is basically configured by an input device, a data processing device, a storage device and an output device. Herein, the input device inputs layout information representing an overall layout of a pr... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6546316 | Two dimensional network of actuators for the control of damping vibrations An interconnected distributed network of actuator devices for the control of damping vibrations in mechanical structures. The network includes at least two actuators and at least two impedances arranged in parallel with respective actuators of the at leas... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6543874 | Liquid droplet ejecting apparatus The liquid droplet ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting head having a plurality of nozzles for ejecting liquid droplets and a plurality of liquid droplet ejecting devices arranged in correspondence with the plurality of nozzles, respectively, and drive... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6542505 | ATM switching apparatus with server function An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switching apparatus is provided in a communication network, and includes an ATM switch for switching a path for a cell. A control unit controls the ATM switch. A network interface board is installed in a slot to interfa... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6541783 | Stencil reticle incorporating scattering features for electron beam projection lithography Proximity (exposure dose) effects and/or local Coulomb (space charge defocussing) effects, both dependent on local pattern density of exposed areas, are simultaneously compensated in a charged particle beam projection device or tool by a projection reticl... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6538848 | Magnetic disk A magnetic disk 20 includes a disk-like magnetic data recording medium 4 in which data are allowed to be read and written; and a disk case 2 which rotatably incorporates the magnetic data recording medium 4, liners 9 are bonded to faces of the case 2 whic... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6538753 | Method and apparatus for dimension measurement of a pattern formed by lithographic exposure tools Increased accuracy of measurement of variation of a critical dimension is achieved through measurement of area of a test mark by detection of intensity of radiation such as broadband light with which at least a portion of a test mark is imaged. The test m... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6538290 | Static protection device A static protection device protects an internal circuit of a semiconductor device from surge voltages. An emitter terminal of the PNP transistor is connected to the input/output terminal, a collector terminal of the PNP transistor is connected to the grou... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534501 | Allosteric inhibitors of pyruvate kinase Chemical structures have been identified which allosterically modify pyrvate kinase and inhibit enzymatic activity. These compounds can be used as pharmaceuticals in the treatment of a wide variety of diseases and disorders where influencing metabolic pro... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6531720 | Dual sidewall spacer for a self-aligned extrinsic base in SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors A method for forming a heterojunction bipolar transistor includes forming two sets of spacers on the sides of an emitter pedestal. After the first set of spacers is formed, first extrinsic base regions are implanted on either side of an intrinsic base. Th... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6531282 | Multiplex amplification and analysis of selected STR loci The present invention provides a means to identify the alleles present in a DNA-containing sample by providing subsets of loci for amplification by multiplex PCR. The loci include the thirteen CODIS short tandem repeat (STR) loci and amelogenin. The loci ... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6529711 | Terminal for wireless communication When a request for reception of radio signals is delivered by wireless communication section 3, subordinate processing portion 12 fetches programs necessary for reception of radio data from external memory 2 and stores them into command cache memory 13. A... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527833 | Hydrogen-selective silica based membrane A new type of silica-modified membrane has been developed by the high-temperature, atmospheric-pressure CVD of Vycor glass. The new membrane, Nanosil, showed unprecedented selectivity to hydrogen (100%), without loss of permeability compared to the porous... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6527375 | Ink jet recording device capable of controlling impact positions of ink droplets A single dot on a recording medium is formed by dots of a plurality of ink droplets ejected from different orifices 201 of a head 107. For example, four dots are formed overlapping one on the other to form a single dot. In order to suppress unevenness in ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6526396 | Personal identification method, personal identification apparatus, and recording medium The present invention relates to improving the identification rate for a person without lowering the rate of excluding another person probabilistically. The invention is a personal identification system that finds the verification results of feature data ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6522902 | Apparatus for saving power consumption of a portable electronic device A battery pack for containing a plurality of cells and being attached to an electronic device comprises a plurality of switches for switching connection status of the cells between parallel connection and series connection. In the case of a battery pack c... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521903 | Deflection noise reduction in charged particle beam lithography A common deflection signal is provided, simultaneously, to individual yokes in an electron beam (e-beam) deflection apparatus of an electron beam projection lithography system. A single digital-to-analog converter (DAC) generates the common deflection sig... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519774 | Scuba wet suit with constant buoyancy An article of insulation includes a plurality of containers supported by at least one support layer. Each of the containers have rigid walls which enclose either a vacuum or a gas. When in water, the rigid-wall containers provide insulation and buoyancy w... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6519091 | Imaging optical element An imaging optical element is comprised of a gradient index rod lens 12 of which external peripheral surface is a smooth surface without being processed by means of a flare-cut treatment and a field limitation stop member 14 mounted on the lens surface at... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6518297 | Selective 5-HT6 receptor ligands Compounds which have enhanced affinity and selectivity for 5-HT6 receptors have been identified. These compounds can be used therapeutically in the treatment of mental disorders via administration in a pharmacologically acceptable delivery rout... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6517189 | Ink jet print device and ink supply method for supplying ink to print head of the ink jet print device A head is formed with a plurality of nozzles and a common ink chamber fluidly connected with the nozzles. A sub ink tank is provided above the head. Ink housed in a main ink tank is supplied into the sub ink tank through the common ink chamber when an ima... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6509872 | Adaptive antenna receiving apparatus An adaptive antenna receiving apparatus includes (a) a plurality of antennas, (b) a plurality of adaptive receivers each of which receives signals received in the antennas, in an adaptive antenna pattern in an order in which the signals arrived at the ant... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6509864 | Distance measuring device and method for calibrating a distance measuring device The invention relates to a distance measuring device. A transmitting part (E) for electromagnetic radiation especially radar radiation, emits measuring pulses (A, B) which are controlled by a pulse generator (1), and a receiving part (8) is switched to a ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6505471 | Method and apparatus for adjusting device used at low temperature without deterioration thereof A method and apparatus for adjusting a device is provided in which characteristics of the device used at low temperature such as a high temperature superconductive filter are measured and adjusted without deterioration of the device. The device used at lo... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6502071 | Comfort noise generation in a radio receiver, using stored, previously-decoded noise after deactivating decoder during no-speech periods Power conservation, when generating background noise samples in a radio receiver, is disclosed. Background noise data is generated using at least one noise parameter that is transmitted in a manner included in framed noise information. This information is... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6501800 | Variable bit-rate encoding device A variable bit-rate encoding device is provided that can perform a variable bit-rate encoding process at high rate. The subtracter 103 calculates a predictive error between compressed frame data and motion-compensated reference frame data and then outputs... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6499006 | System for the three-dimensional display of wireless communication system performance A method for displaying the results of predicted wireless communication system performance as a three-dimensional region of fluctuating elevation and/or color within a three-dimensional computer drawing database consisting of one or more multi-level build... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6496954 | Viterbi decoder and viterbi decoding method A Viterbi decoder comprises a coordinate data separating system which inputs coordinate data, and which outputs high order coordinate data and low order coordinate data. The coordinate data have an integer part of n bits and a decimal part of m bits which... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6492666 | Semiconductor wafer with scribe lines having inspection pads formed thereon A plurality of IC chips each having an internal circuit are mounted on a wafer substrate. A plurality of scribe lines are formed on the wafer substrate for separating the IC chips from one another. A plurality of inspection pads are formed on the scribe l... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6492096 | Patterned molecular self-assembly A patterned molecular self-assembly is provided. The patterned molecular self-assembly comprises a support having an exposed patterned surface and a non-patterned surface. A compound is selectively adsorbed on the exposed patterned surface. The compound m... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6490669 | Memory LSI with compressed data inputting and outputting function A memory LSI with compressed data inputting and outputting function provides reduction of data transfer amount and whereby to expand effective passband width with restricting transfer loss upon transfer of variable length compressed data. Data size detect... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6490497 | Working process end point real time determination method A working process end point real time determination method by which a working process end point can be determined accurately without an error even if a working process measurement signal has such a great variation that; the variation cannot be removed ful... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6489977 | Received information display method A method for displaying a combination of an icon and a message in a selective call receiver is disclosed. A notification mode is designated through a key input section. When receiving information including icon specifying information and a message, an ico... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6489808 | Buffer circuit capable of carrying out interface with a high speed A buffer circuit has a high-impedance function mode. The buffer circuit is for outputting a buffer output level. The buffer circuit comprises a buffer output control section for controlling the buffer output level to an opposite level in a moment before t... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6489488 | Selective 5-HT6 receptor ligands Compounds which have enhanced affinity and selectivity for 5-HT6 receptors have been identified. These compounds can be used therapeutically in the treatment of mental disorders via administration in a pharmacologically acceptable delivery rout... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6488145 | Material handling lift gate A material handling lift gate for allowing ingress and egress from a conveyor system. The material handling lift gate provides a mechanism for clearing packages from the lift gate prior to the opening thereof, as well as preventing packages from entering ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6486342 | Substituted chiral allosteric hemoglobin modifiers A family of substituted chiral allosteric effectors of hemoglobin is useful for delivering more oxygen to hypoxic and ischemic tissues by reducing the oxygen affinity of hemoglobin in whole blood.... | 11/26/2002 |
