Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7942027 | Door latch A door latch for securing a door of a building in a closed condition, the door latch including a housing, a handle rod, a lock set assembled into the housing and including a movable key tab, a main lock pivotally connected to the handle rod and including a connectin... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7938297 | Pump dispensers Certain pump dispensers, for example foam dispensers, are specially adapted for inverted use. One feature especially useful in a foam dispenser having both an air cylinder and a liquid cylinder with respective pistons is an intake conduit arrangement to increase the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935063 | System and method for breaking a sterility seal to engage a lancet An integrated lancing test strip includes a test strip and a lancet packet coupled to the test strip. The lancet packet includes a sterility sheet enclosing a lancet to maintain the sterility of the lancet and prevent cross-contamination between the test strip and t... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932455 | Method and apparatus for comparing musical works The present disclosure relates to audio and music processing devices and methods. A system is provided that utilizes tonal and rhythmic visualization methods to accurately and empirically determine the level of similarity between two or more musical works. ... | 04/26/2011 |
| D636780 | Digital sign with graphical user interface | 04/26/2011 |
| 7927554 | Air purifier An air purifier has an air flow cavity bounded by cavity walls and a source of ultraviolet light emitting ultraviolet light within the cavity. The cavity walls have an ultraviolet light reflective coating. A plurality of photocatalytic particles are associated with ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927331 | Method and apparatus for surgical pocket creation and dissection A surgical instrument for creation of tissue dissection and creation of space is disclosed. The instrument may be used any place in the body where a physician could or would use finger or instrument dissection to create a tissue pocket or space. The pocket dissector... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927291 | Blood acquisition suspension system A body fluid sampling device includes a firing mechanism that is configured to be automatically cocked and fired. In one form, the device includes an electric motor that is operable to cock the firing mechanism and fire an integrated lancet/sampling device to form a... | 04/19/2011 |
| D636263 | Sequined lid for a tanning lotion bottle | 04/19/2011 |
| 7922759 | Apparatus and methods for vascular treatment According to one embodiment there is disclosed a device including a shield member including an ECM material and a retaining member conformable to maintain at least a portion of the shield member in a desired relationship with respect to an area of a blood vessel to ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919906 | Ultrasound probe, particularly for diagnostic imaging An ultrasound probe particularly for diagnostic purposes includes a first array of ultrasound transducers that generate ultrasound waves by electric excitation and transforming ultrasound waves impinging on them into electric signals. Each transducer is provided wit... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919702 | Apparatus and method of displaying infinitely small divisions of measurement The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of precise levels of measurement. In one embodiment, labels are placed around the perimeter of a circle. The difference between a target quantity and a measured quantity is visualized by display... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7919060 | Dispenser for flattened articles A substantially moisture-proof, airtight dispenser for both storing and dispensing several flattened articles such as diagnostic test strips. The inventive dispenser includes a novel pivotable housing that a user need merely grab and squeeze to eject a test strip. I... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7918337 | Pharmaceutical waste container system A pharmaceutical waste disposal device comprises an upper portion adapted for receiving pharmaceutical waste and a lower portion adapted for collecting the pharmaceutical waste, the lower portion being selectively and removably engagable with the upper portion. The ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917971 | Energy absorbing and displacing structure for athletic protective equipment An energy absorbing and displacing structure for athletic protective equipment, such as an athletic shin-guard, is provided using a flexible web-shaped body to hold a rigid band-shaped member in place. The inner rigid band-shaped member follows the contour of... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915748 | AC electrical generation system Disclosed herein is an AC electrical generator system for coupling a variable speed rotating power source to an AC electrical generator through a continuously variable transmission having a finite variable transmission ratio. A controller controls the continuously v... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914602 | Process to reduce steel furnace slag carry-over during tapping A process for tapping a steel furnace with a reduced amount of entrained slag is disclosed. During tapping, particles of a slag foaming agent are added. The foaming agent may include calcium carbide and/or other chemicals. The agent foams the slag to decrease its de... | 03/29/2011 |
| D635215 | Divot repair tool | 03/29/2011 |
| 7909776 | Lancets for bodily fluid sampling supplied on a tape A supply of lancets for a multi-use lancing device are carried by a tape and sequentially brought from a storage position to an activating position by advancing the tape around a bend. The lancets are non-circular in cross-section along their longitudinal lengths, a... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905826 | Methods for modifying vascular vessel walls This invention relates in one aspect to the treatment of a vascular vessel with a biomaterial. The biomaterial can be a remodelable material that strengthens and/or supports the vessel walls. Additionally the biomaterial can include a variety of naturally occurring ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7905645 | Illuminated floor mat An apparatus comprises a floor mat configured to illuminate at least partial outlines defining feet placement areas to assist a user in getting out of a bed in low light conditions. The floor mat includes left and right illumination paths at least partially outlinin... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7901453 | Coated implantable medical device A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract, and at least one layer 18 of an immunosuppressive agent posited over at... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7901363 | Body fluid sampling device and methods of use A device for sampling body fluid includes a housing having a sleeve at a forward end thereof which is displaceable in response to being pressed against a user's skin to trigger the firing of a lancet. After the lancet is removed from the incision, the sleeve is repe... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7896914 | Coated implantable medical device A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one coating layer 16 posited on one surface of the structure; ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891522 | Airless dispensing pump An airless dispenser pump assembly includes a pump mechanism with an inlet valve that is configured to efficiently pump viscous fluids and that is able to be pre-primed when the pump mechanism is attached to a container. In one form, the inlet valve includes a seal ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891020 | Functional apparel item, in particular NBC protective apparel with integrated measuring appliance The invention concerns a functional apparel item, in particular protective apparel having a protective function against biological and/or chemical toxicant or noxiant materials, the apparel item being equipped with a measuring appliance capturing at least one measur... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846184 | Replacement facet joint and method Prostheses and methods for repair of a cervical facet joint. The articulating surfaces of the natural facets of the facet joint are removed only a sufficient amount to allow the insertion of flat or slightly curvilinear portions of prostheses therebetween in an over... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7877819 | NBC-protective clothing with an improved air-exchange function The invention relates to protective clothing with a protective function against chemical and/or biological contaminants, especially for civil or military purposes, such as NBC protective clothing, with the protective clothing having a multiple-layer construction or ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875787 | Apparatus and method for visualization of music using note extraction The present disclosure relates to a system and method for visualization of music and other sounds using note extraction. In one embodiment, the twelve notes of an octave are labeled around a circle. Raw audio information is fed into the system, whereby the system ap... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7871434 | Percutaneously deployed vascular valves Described are percutaneous vascular valves (11) free of attached support structures and deployment systems (31) and methods for providing attachment of the valves within a vascular vessel. ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871331 | Elastic joint member An elastic joint member (10) with at least one set of loops (12) and at least two bushes (14), which extend transversely through the set of loops (12), collars (16), which are fastened to a respective bush end (22) in order ... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867369 | Biosensor with multiple electrical functionalities A biosensor having multiple electrical functionalities located both within and outside of the measurement zone in which a fluid sample is interrogated. Incredibly small and complex electrical patterns with high quality edges provide electrical functionalities in the... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866977 | Rotary tubular kiln for the production of activated charcoal The subject of the invention is a rotary tube (1), in particular for a rotary tubular kiln for the production of activated charcoal, according to the invention the rotary tube (1) being provided on its outside with at least one reinforcing element (... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7863011 | Screening method for predicting susceptibility to breast cancer A method to aid in identifying a familial or sporadic pattern of risk in at least one individual for developing cancer of a mucosal epithelial tissue, the method comprising screening said at least one individual for heterozygosity or homozygosity for a mutation in a... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7861677 | Animal waste collection apparatus Among other things, apparatus and methods are disclosed for collecting animal waste. A garment or harness is provided for placement on a dog or other animal that collects eliminated waste before the waste contacts the ground, and without having to pick up the waste.... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7857825 | Embolization device A medical device (40) including a collagenous biomaterial (10) for causing embolus and treating an aneurysm. The collagenous biomaterial (10) includes a small intestine submucosa (12) that is configured into various components (16)... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857563 | Mechanically locked blind bolt fastener The present invention provides a blind bolt fastener having a core bolt. The core bolt has a threaded portion and a non-threaded portion engaging a deformable sleeve and a body. A protrusion extends from the sleeve or the body to engage a groove in the core bolt to ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851390 | Two-dimensional textile material, especially textile fabric, having shrink properties and products manufactured therefrom A heat-shrinkable planar textile material with a plurality of yarn systems forming the planar textile material, wherein the planar textile material having at least one heat-shrinkable plastic yarn. The planar textile material is suitable for producing furniture elem... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850985 | Tissue augmentation devices and methods Tissue augmentation devices, as well as methods of manufacturing and using the same, are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a tissue augmentation device comprises an elongate tissue penetrating member and an amount of remodelable material, wherein at least a portion... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7850700 | Tissue lifting device and method A surgical apparatus with an insertion tool and fixation device for lifting or remodeling soft tissue as described. A combination of a fixation device and insertion tool allows for incremental release and engagement of the fixation device, which is supplied with pro... | 12/14/2010 |
