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 |
| 7308439 | Methods and systems for user activated automated searching The present invention provides systems and methods for automating a search over a network such as the Internet. A user selects data such as text from within an application. The selected data is activated and a search is performed without the user having to leave the... | 12/11/2007 |
| D554903 | Eyeglass display | 11/13/2007 |
| 7254556 | System and method for paying down debt using an equity loan revolving line of credit A loan system program comprises a loan account having a loan principal on a purchased item, and a secondary account used to pay the amortized interest on the loan principal. A user deposits, such as through automatic deposit, user payments directly into the loan acc... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7230529 | System, method, and computer program for interfacing an expert system to a clinical information system A method and computer program for interfacing an expert system to a clinical information system. Embodiments of the invention provide tight integration of the systems permitting a clinician to use the functionality provided by the expert system without specifically ... | 06/12/2007 |
| D538555 | Eyeglass display | 03/20/2007 |
| D538067 | Eyeglass display | 03/13/2007 |
| D537900 | Dogleg stock | 03/06/2007 |
| D536905 | Eyeglass display | 02/20/2007 |
| D536261 | Eyeglass display | 02/06/2007 |
| 7152630 | Fluid system coupling A fluid system component is provided that includes first and second elements configured to be removably engaged with each other and defining a fluid passageway when engaged. The first element defines three grooves, each of which includes a terminal portion. Correspo... | 12/26/2006 |
| D534016 | Eyeglass display | 12/26/2006 |
| D533736 | Eyeglass display | 12/19/2006 |
| D533579 | Eyeglasses | 12/12/2006 |
| D530976 | Mobile mixer | 10/31/2006 |
| D530940 | Eye wear display case | 10/31/2006 |
| D530541 | Eye wear display case | 10/24/2006 |
| D527179 | Eyeglass case | 08/29/2006 |
| D527180 | Eyeglass case | 08/29/2006 |
| D525787 | Eyeglass case | 08/01/2006 |
| D525788 | Eyeglass case | 08/01/2006 |
| D525427 | Eyeglass case | 07/25/2006 |
| D525426 | Eyeglass case | 07/25/2006 |
| 7077436 | Gear operated coupler A gear operated coupler is provided for coupling and uncoupling mating first and second coupling portions of a piping system component. A sleeve with an attached spur gear includes threads that engage the first coupling portion, and the sleeve slidingly receives the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7069443 | Creating and verifying electronic documents Systems and methods for generating and verifying an electronic document with embedded digital signatures. When an electronic document is generated, signature blocks are included that are used to store corresponding digital signatures. When each digital signature is ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7059369 | Self-cleaning product transfer device A product transfer device is provided that includes telescoping tubular arm sections that collectively define a fluid passageway and are arranged so that a terminal arm section has the smallest diameter, while the diameters of the succeeding arm sections are increas... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7048723 | Surface micromachined microneedles Surface micro-machined micro-needles (32) are formed as single needles (32) or in two-dimensional or three-dimensional micro-needle arrays (30). The micro-needles (32) are fabricated on a substrate (12) which can remain attached to... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045811 | Signal amplification using architectures of nanodots and connecting channels Particle localization by geometrical nanostructures allows for the fabrication of artificial atoms and molecules suitable for use as building blocks for molecular electronic devices. Artificial lattices made from the artificial atoms and molecules can be used to cre... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7031957 | Methods and systems for creating a virtual work environment within which to develop ideas and perform intellectual work A system for facilitating engagement of one or more subscribers, the system including a subscriber module that is adapted to communicate with a data store by way of a network. The subscriber module is adapted to enable one or more subscribers to link a first documen... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7028778 | Fluid system component with sacrificial element A fluid system component is provided that is implemented as a section of metal pipe having a predetermined wall thickness and including a sacrificial element intended to preferentially fail upon the occurrence of certain predefined conditions. The sacrificial elemen... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6981513 | Fluid flow management system A fluid flow management system that includes a feedback system in communication with a fluid system component having discrete elements that, when joined together, define a joint and chamber. The fluid flow management system further includes a feedback fluid source i... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6965101 | Cooling structure for oven door of microwave oven usable as pizza oven A cooling structure for an oven door of a microwave oven usable as a pizza oven, which includes air inlet perforations formed through a portion of a chamber partition wall contacting one side section of the oven door to communicate with an electric device installati... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6920662 | Cleaning brush for medical devices A brush for in situ cleaning of one or more passageways defined by a medical device. The brush includes a NiTiNOL shaft attached to a fill section by way of a proximal connector sleeve that is resistance welded to the fill section and the shaft. The fill section is ... | 07/26/2005 |
| D506681 | Eyeglass display | 06/28/2005 |
| D506682 | Eyeglass display | 06/28/2005 |
| D506396 | Eyeglass display | 06/21/2005 |
| D505866 | Eyeglass display | 06/07/2005 |
