Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8170079 | Code division multiple access signaling for modulated reflector technology A method and apparatus for utilizing code division multiple access in modulated reflectance transmissions comprises the steps of generating a phase-modulated reflectance data bit stream; modifying the modulated reflectance data bit stream; providing the modified mod... | 05/01/2012 |
| 7519998 | Detection of malicious computer executables A method of detecting malicious binary executable files is accomplished by inputting a binary executable file; converting the binary executable file to byte hexadecimal text strings; calculating the frequency of each byte pattern in the byte hexadecimal text strings... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7385188 | Linear electric field time-of-flight ion mass spectrometer A linear electric field ion mass spectrometer having an evacuated enclosure with means for generating a linear electric field located in the evacuated enclosure and means for injecting a sample material into the linear electric field. A source of pulsed ionizing rad... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7289207 | Integrated optical biosensor system (IOBS) An optical biosensor has a first enclosure with a pathogen recognition surface, including a planar optical waveguide and grating located in the first enclosure. An aperture is in the first enclosure for insertion of sample to be investigated to a position in close p... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7256707 | RF transmission line and drill/pipe string switching technology for down-hole telemetry A modulated reflectance well telemetry apparatus having an electrically conductive pipe extending from above a surface to a point below the surface inside a casing. An electrical conductor is located at a position a distance from the electrically conductive pipe and... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7232477 | Environmental continuous air monitor inlet with combined preseparator and virtual impactor An inlet for an environmental air monitor is described wherein a pre-separator interfaces with ambient environment air and removes debris and insects commonly associated with high wind outdoors and a deflector plate in communication with incoming air from the pre-se... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7095311 | Identification coding schemes for modulated reflectance systems An identifying coding apparatus employing modulated reflectance technology involving a base station emitting a RF signal, with a tag, located remotely from the base station, and containing at least one antenna and predetermined other passive circuit components, rece... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079192 | Letter box line blackener for the HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid system A blackener for letter box lines associated with a HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid television transmission where the blackener counts horizontal sync pulses contained in the HDTV/conventional-analog hybrid television transmission and determines when the HDTV/convent... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7043204 | Through-the-earth radio A method and apparatus for effective through-the-earth communication involves a signal input device connected to a transmitter operating at a predetermined frequency sufficiently low to effectively penetrate useful distances through-the earth, and having an analog t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025856 | Processing materials inside an atmospheric-pressure radiofrequency nonthermal plasma discharge Apparatus for the processing of materials involving placing a material either placed between an radio-frequency electrode and a ground electrode, or which is itself one of the electrodes. This is done in atmospheric pressure conditions. The apparatus effectively etc... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6923252 | Borehole sounding device with sealed depth and water level sensors A borehole device having proximal and distal ends comprises an enclosure at the proximal end for accepting an aircraft cable containing a plurality of insulated conductors from a remote position. A water sensing enclosure is sealingly attached to the enclosure and c... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6909237 | Production of stable, non-thermal atmospheric pressure rf capacitive plasmas using gases other than helium or neon The present invention enables the production of stable, steady state, non-thermal atmospheric pressure rf capacitive α-mode plasmas using gases other than helium and neon. In particular, the current invention generates and maintains stable, steady-state, non-therma... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6894278 | Electron radiography A system capable of performing radiography using a beam of electrons. Diffuser means receive a beam of electrons and diffuse the electrons before they enter first matching quadrupoles where the diffused electrons are focused prior to the diffused electrons entering ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6807802 | Single rotor turbine A rotor for use in turbine applications has a centrifugal compressor having axially disposed spaced apart fins forming passages and an axial turbine having hollow turbine blades interleaved with the fins and through which fluid from the centrifugal compressor flows.... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6806467 | Continuous time-of-flight ion mass spectrometer A continuous time-of-flight mass spectrometer having an evacuated enclosure with means for generating an electric field located in the evacuated enclosure and means for injecting a sample material into the electric field. A source of continuous ionizing radiation in... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6800321 | Reduced AC losses in HTS coated conductors Methods for reducing hysteresis losses in superconductor coated ribbons where a flux distribution is set into the superconductor coated ribbon prior to the application of alternating current. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6766141 | Remote down-hole well telemetry The present invention includes an apparatus and method for telemetry communication with oil-well monitoring and recording instruments located in the vicinity of the bottom of gas or oil recovery pipes. Such instruments are currently monitored using electrical cablin... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6676813 | Technology for fabrication of a micromagnet on a tip of a MFM/MRFM probe A method for coating the tip of a mechanical resonator for use in magnetic force microscopy and magnetic resonance force microscopy in which the tip is coated with a ferromagnetic material and the cantilever is not, and the product resulting from the meth... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6643005 | Line sensing device for ultrafast laser acoustic inspection using adaptive optics Apparatus and method for inspecting thin film specimens along a line. A laser emits pulses of light that are split into first, second, third and fourth portions. A delay is introduced into the first portion of pulses and the first portion of pulses is dir... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6624993 | Adjustable direct current and pulsed circuit fault current limiter A fault current limiting system for direct current circuits and for pulsed power circuit. In the circuits, a current source biases a diode that is in series with the circuits' transmission line. If fault current in a circuit exceeds current from the curre... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6577479 | Arc suppression circuit A circuit for suppressing electrical arcing in an ion beam source or other plasma devices is provided. The arc suppression circuit of this invention detects current rises on ion beam source grids which cause arcing, disconnects the current flowing to the ... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6557565 | In-situ well cleaning and refurbishing device In order to simplify the cleaning and disinfection of water wells, perforated casings are installed outside and adjacent to a water well casing and screen. This installation provides cleaning and disinfection capability of the well without removing the we... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6546938 | Combined plasma/liquid cleaning of substrates Apparatus and method for cleaning substrates. A substrate is held and rotated by a chuck and an atmospheric pressure plasma jet places a plasma onto predetermined areas of the substrate. Subsequently liquid rinse is sprayed onto the predetermined areas. I... | 04/15/2003 |
| 6530287 | Alpha-environmental continuous air monitor inlet A wind deceleration and protective shroud that provides representative samples of ambient aerosols to an environmental continuous air monitor (ECAM) has a cylindrical enclosure mounted to an input on the continuous air monitor, the cylindrical enclosure h... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6529573 | Proton recoil scintillator neutron rem meter A neutron rem meter utilizing proton recoil and thermal neutron scintillators to provide neutron detection and dose measurement. In using both fast scintillators and a thermal neutron scintillator the meter provides a wide range of sensitivity, uniform di... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6469794 | High resolution non-contact interior profilometer Apparatus and method for inspecting the interior surfaces of devices such as vessels having a single entry port. Laser energy is introduced into a device under test and to a time delay. Light reflected from the interior surfaces of the device under test i... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6424665 | Ultra-bright source of polarization-entangled photons Utilizing the process of spontaneous parametric down-conversion in a novel crystal geometry, a source of polarization-entangled photon pairs has been provided that is more than ten times brighter, per unit of pump power, than previous sources, with anothe... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6378321 | Semiconductor-based optical refrigerator Optical refrigerators using semiconductor material as a cooling medium, with layers of material in close proximity to the cooling medium that carries away heat from the cooling material and preventing radiation trapping. In addition to the use of semicond... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6317517 | Statistical pattern recognition A method of performing statistical pattern recognition in a set of data having predetermined dimensions involving the steps of performing feature selection on the set of data to determine a selected feature; performing pattern recognition using the set of... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6229617 | High resolution non-contact interior profilometer Apparatus and method for inspecting the interior surfaces of devices such as vessels having a single entry port. Laser energy is launched into the vessel, and the light reflected from the interior surfaces is interfered with reference laser energy to prod... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6216020 | Localized electrical fine tuning of passive microwave and radio frequency devices A method and apparatus for the localized electrical fine tuning of passive multiple element microwave or RF devices in which a nonlinear dielectric material is deposited onto predetermined areas of a substrate containing the device. An appropriate electri... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6065119 | Data validation A method of authenticating digital data such as measurements made for medical, environmental purposes, or forensic purpose, and destined for archival storage or transmission through communications channels in which corruption or modification in part is po... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6038067 | Scanning computed confocal imager There is provided a confocal imager comprising a light source emitting a light, with a light modulator in optical communication with the light source for varying the spatial and temporal pattern of the light. A beam splitter receives the scanned light and... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6021196 | Reference palette embedding A method of embedding auxiliary information into the digital representation of publication quality color-component digital data. The method applies to all digital data for which individual values are represented by discrete numerical values, and for which... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6011479 | Personal continuous air monitor A personal continuous air monitor capable of giving immediate warning of the presence of radioactivity has a filter/detector head to be worn in the breathing zone of a user, containing a filter mounted adjacent to radiation detectors, and a preamplifier. ... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5970140 | Modular error embedding A method of embedding auxiliary information into the digital representation of host data containing noise in the low-order bits. The method applies to digital data representing analog signals, for example digital images. The method reduces the error intro... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5966224 | Secure communications with low-orbit spacecraft using quantum cryptography Apparatus and method for secure communication between an earth station and spacecraft. A laser outputs single pulses that are split into preceding bright pulses and delayed attenuated pulses, and polarized. A Pockels cell changes the polarization of the p... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5949840 | Neutron guide A neutron guide in which lengths of cylindrical glass tubing have rectangular glass plates properly dimensioned to allow insertion into the cylindrical glass tubing so that a sealed geometrically precise polygonal cross-section is formed in the cylindrica... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5900265 | Apparatus and method for inserting a filling into a food product Apparatus and method for inserting fillings into foods such as bagels, donuts, other pastries and confectioneries. A base supports a movable platform onto which a restraining device are mounted for fixing a food to be filled in a fixed position. Coiled tu... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5880871 | Minimizing radiation damage in nonlinear optical crystals Methods are disclosed for minimizing laser induced damage to nonlinear crystals, such as KTP crystals, involving various means for electrically grounding the crystals in order to diffuse electrical discharges within the crystals caused by the incident las... | 03/09/1999 |
