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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120130524 | Method For Providing Finishing Parameters A method implemented by computer means, for providing finishing parameters related to an ophthalmic lens adapted to a spectacle frame, wherein the method comprises: the step (S11) of providing generic finishing parameters (GFP) for an ophthalmic lens adapted to a... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105962 | NON-PERIODIC GRATING REFLECTORS WITH FOCUSING POWER AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME Aspects of the present invention are directed to flat sub-wavelength dielectric gratings that can be configured to operate as mirrors and other optical devices. In one aspect, a grating layer (102) has a planar geometry and is configured with lines (206,207 | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109352 | NESTING DATA GENERATION DEVICE AND NESTING DATA GENERATION METHOD A nesting data generation device generates nesting data for cutting off a part from a work supported by plural support projections. The nesting data generation device includes a nesting data generating unit that generates the nesting data by arranging a geometry of the ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120066873 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING A MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT SYSTEM A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120053718 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE In order to be able to freely define or program in a simple way a certain temperature profile which is exactly adjusted to each injection molding cycle in terms of time and run the same in a cycle-synchronized manner, according to the invention a control device for an i... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120053716 | DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MATERIALS WITH DESIRED CHARACTERISTICS FROM BASE MATERIALS HAVING DETERMINED CHARACTERISTICS In an object generation system, consumable base materials are characterized in a characterization process wherein an object generation system can use a plurality of so-characterized base materials. User input representing a desired object and set of characteristics for ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120033305 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING LENS ARRAYS A lens array for imaging image elements in an object plane, and a method of making a lens array. The lens array includes lenslets formed in or on one side of a transparent or translucent material with the image elements disposed on the opposite side, and has a gauge thi... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120029677 | CONTROL ASSET COMPARATIVE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGY A system and method is provided for determining the variability induced on a process output. The method includes the analysis of input variable values to determine the total variability. A series of processes may be analyzed and ranked so that a process owner may gain a... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120015797 | METHOD AND APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH ANISOTROPIC SHRINK IN SINTERED CERAMIC ITEMS A manufacturing method for producing ceramic item from a photocurable ceramic filled material by stereolithography. The method compensates for the anisotropic shrinkage of the item during firing to produce a dimensionally accurate item.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120004754 | Lens Customizing Method Method for customizing an initial ophthalmic lens, the initial ophthalmic lens being customized so as to provide a customized ophthalmic lens, the method comprising: a initial ophthalmic lens data providing step (S1) in which initial data representing the initial... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110307089 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A CHEMICAL OXIDE REMOVAL PROCESS A processing system and method for chemical oxide removal (COR) is presented, wherein the processing system comprises a first treatment chamber and a second treatment chamber, wherein the first and second treatment chambers are coupled to one another. The first treatmen... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110307088 | Auto Device Skew Manufacturing A system and method for manufacturing semiconductor devices is disclosed. An embodiment comprises using desired device parameters to choose an initial manufacturing recipe. Once chosen, the initial manufacturing recipe may be modified by determining and applying an offs... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110301734 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODELING INTERDEPENDENCIES IN BATCH PROCESSES According to various embodiments, an interdependency modeling method for controlling a batch process with an industrial automation system includes evaluating an input parameter expression residing in a level of a supervisory system of the industrial automation system to... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110301737 | INSTANT PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE IMPROVING METHOD The invention discloses a real-time production performance improving method comprising a real-time monitoring step, a performance satisfaction determination step and a real-time performance improving step. The real-time monitoring step monitors an operation status of a ... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110295402 | DENTAL PROSTHESIS CONNECTOR DESIGN Presented herein are methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media for dental prosthesis connector design. Embodiments include providing a computer-based interface for manipulating a connector that connects a first dental restoration component and a second dent... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110288669 | MASS PRODUCTION OF INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICAL DEVICES A plurality of individual medical devices is created that define a medical device family. Within the family of medical devices, each of the plurality of medical devices has at least one dimension that, within an acceptable tolerance, is substantially equal to the same d... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288671 | EQUATION BASED RETARGETING OF DESIGN LAYOUTS A method, system, and computer usable program product for equation based retargeting of design layouts are provided in the illustrative embodiments. A set of desirable combination of values of a set of layout parameters of the design layout is determined. A desirable re... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110288670 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING BUILD-TO-ORDER PRODUCTION PROCESS, PROGRAM, SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING BUILD-TO-ORDER PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING BUILD-TO-ORDER PRODUCTION PROCESS A build-to-order production process is determined in consideration of magnitude of demand. A lead time calculating section (122) calculates process-specific lead time proportional to the time at which the number of items required to produce the amount of demand f... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110282477 | ENDPOINT CONTROL OF MULTIPLE SUBSTRATES WITH MULTIPLE ZONES ON THE SAME PLATEN IN CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING A plurality of substrates are polished simultaneously on the same polishing pad. A sequence of spectra is measured from each zone of each substrate, and for each measured spectrum in the sequence of spectra for each zone of each substrate, a best matching reference spec... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110276163 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING OF HVAC CONTROL PANELS The present inventors devised, among other things, systems, methods, and software that radically simplify and reduce the time necessary to specify, design, manufacture, and document control panels and wiring harnesses for semi-custom and custom equipment, such as HVAC e... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110276160 | REFERENCE MODEL FOR PRODUCTION PLANTS AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD Systems and methods that include selecting a physical model and a procedural model associated with an industrial plant, projecting a cross-product of the physical model and the procedural model into a unit-operation association set using a projection matrix, the unit-op... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110264254 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REEL BUILDING AND ROLL RUNNABILITY IN MOVING WEB MANUFACTURING A method and apparatus are set forth for controlling an actuator in a moving web manufacturing process, comprising measuring a plurality of actuator profiles and in response generating nominal response models thereof; generating a multivariable profile prediction based ... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110257777 | Method and apparatus for performing pattern reconnection after individual or multipart alignment A method for patterning a second layer of a work piece in a direct write machine in the manufacturing of a multilayer system-in-package stack. The work piece having a first layer with a plurality of electrical components in the form of dies arbitrarily placed. Each comp... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110251710 | Apparatus and Method for Tuning Control Parameter An apparatus and a method for tuning control parameters are disclosed. The apparatus includes a parameter database, a user interface, a processing unit and a control unit. The parameter database stores several control parameter sets, which are classified into several da... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110251709 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING A MANUFACTURING PROCESS USING PRODUCT OVER-DELIVERY A method for dynamically controlling the output of a computerized manufacturing process includes storing a product target parameter in a computer memory of a computer system associated with the manufacturing process equipment. Control limit values for a product delivery... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110245953 | LIMIT REPOSITORY LIMIT MODEL AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD An apparatus includes at least one memory configured to store application information associated with multiple process control applications used to control an industrial process. The application information includes multiple boundaries associated with the process contro... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110238196 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD, ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD SIMULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE According to one embodiment, a method is disclosed for simulating an electromagnetic field. The method can set a first mesh on a calculation region provided based on a medium through which an electromagnetic wave propagates. The method can calculate an electromagnetic f... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110230995 | A Method and System for Managing Compatibility of a Plurality of Devices within a Work Cell According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method and system for managing compatibility of a plurality of devices within a work cell. A method for managing a compatibility of a plurality of devices within a work cell in a molding site, the pl... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230997 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUTTING SUBSTRATE INTO WORKPIECES A computer obtains user input from an input to control a cutter and a conveyor to cut a substrate. The control module of the computer calculates a total number of cuts of the substrate and a distance that the substrate moves before each cut of the substrate according to... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230996 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS Systems, devices, and methods for designing and/or manufacturing transparent conductors. A system is operable to evaluate optical and electrical manufacturing criteria for a transparent conductor. The system includes a database including stored reference transparent con... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110230998 | MODEL IMPORT FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION Methods and systems for providing processing parameters in a secure format are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for providing semiconductor fabrication processing parameters to a design facility is disclosed. The method comprises providing a set of processing paramete... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110231306 | Remotely controlled system and method for the preparation of a user-defined food product or beverage A remotely controlled system for the preparation of a user-defined food product or beverage including an input module on a remote device configured to input user-specified parameters associated with the preparation of the user-defined food product or beverage. A user pr... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110222019 | Progressive-Power Lens Designing Method, Progressive Power Lens Designing System, and Progressive-Power Lens A progressive-lens designing system includes a manufacturer-side terminal installed in a lens manufacturer connected to a shop-side terminal installed in a spectacle shop or any other location via a network. The manufacturer-side terminal includes an optimization coeffi... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110213486 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE SOLIDIFICATION OF A CAST STRAND IN A STRAND CASTING PLANT IN STARTUP OF THE INJECTION PROCESS A method for casting a cast strand (4) in a continuous casting installation equipped with a process computer and having at least one casting machine, the process computer comprising a first software (2), which computes in real time and regulates the castin... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213485 | Process Control Method With Integrated Database For Electronically Documenting The Configuration, Modification And Operation Of A Controlled Process A process control method that automatically and comprehensively manages the creation, storage and use of electronic records during the operation of a controlled process and for governing and documenting the users that operate the computer systems that are involved in th... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110213484 | Method and apparatus for performing pattern alignment to plurality of dies A method for patterning a workpiece in a direct write machine in the manufacturing of a multilayer stack, wherein a first circuit pattern comprising patterns for connection points is transformed according to determined fitting tolerances to fit to connection points of a... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205486 | TORIC OPTIC FOR OPHTHALMIC USE An ophthalmic lens for modifying or reducing non-axisymmetric higher order aberrations includes an optic body disposed about an optical axis having a primary meridian and an orthogonal secondary meridian. The optic body comprises an anterior surface and an opposing post... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110196524 | METHOD FOR PLANNING A DENTAL COMPONENT Presented herein are methods and devices for designing dental components, such as physical models of a patient's anatomy, crowns and bridges. An operator of a prosthetic designing system can receive information, such as from a scanner, which provides information on the ... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110196525 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING FILM PRODUCTION AND MINIMIZING FILM SCRAP The present invention relates to a method of optimizing self-supporting film production which includes the steps of: determining at least one scrap factor which relates to a total amount of scrap in processing a film product; correlating the at least one scrap factor to... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110196526 | Method and Assembly for Determining and/or Producing a Drive or Parts for a Drive and Interface and Method for Determining an Operational Reliability Factor Sb An interface and method for determining an operational reliability factor SB for a drive, including gear unit and motor, provided for a load, an operational reliability factor SB is determined for the drive or its gear unit from a load collective t... | 08/11/2011 |
