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...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 |
| 8183541 | Inverse treatment planning method The invention relates to a radiation treatment apparatus and an inverse treatment planning method for intensity modulated particle therapy for the treatment of a target within a biological system using at least two fields, each field comprising a plurality of Bragg ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183542 | Temperature controlled ion source An ion source is provided that utilizes a cooling plate and a gap interface to control the temperature of an ion source chamber. The gap interface is defined between the cooling plate and a wall of the chamber. A coolant gas is supplied to the interface at a given p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178854 | Germicidal cigar humidifier The present invention relates to a cigar humidor, comprising: a hollow housing; a lid connected to the housing; a germicidal light assembly positioned inside the housing for disinfecting cigars; and a platform transparent to ultraviolet light produced by the assembl... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173975 | Method and device for removing particles generated by means of a radiation source during generation of short-wave radiation A method for removing contaminant particles, such as atoms, molecules, clusters, ions, and the like, produced by a radiation source during generation of short-wave radiation having a wavelength of up to approximately 20 nm, includes guiding a first gas between the r... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173976 | Linear ion processing apparatus with improved mechanical isolation and assembly An ion processing apparatus includes a plurality of electrodes, first and second insulators, a housing, and a plurality of compliant first supports and second supports. Each electrode has a length along a central axis, and includes a first end region and an axially ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168958 | Ionizing-radiation-responsive compositions, methods, and systems A method, composition and system respond to ionizing radiation to adjust biological activity. In some approaches the ionizing radiation is X-ray or extreme ultraviolet radiation that produces luminescent responses that induce biologically active responses. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164074 | Ionizing-radiation-responsive compositions, methods, and systems A method, composition and system respond to ionizing radiation to adjust biological activity. In some approaches the ionizing radiation is X-ray or extreme ultraviolet radiation that produces luminescent responses that induce biologically active responses. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8153994 | Cooling systems and methods for grazing incidence EUV lightography collectors A cooling system (10) for an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) grazing incidence collector (GIC) mirror assembly (240) having at least one shell (20) with a back surface (22) is disclosed. The cooling system has a plurality of spaced apart circul... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8143602 | High-volume manufacturing massive e-beam maskless lithography system The present disclosure provides a maskless lithography apparatus. The apparatus includes a plurality of writing chambers, each including: a wafer stage operable to secure a wafer to be written and a multi-beam module operable to provide multiple radiation beams for ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138485 | Radiation detector, method of manufacturing a radiation detector, and lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector A radiation detector, a method of manufacturing a radiation detector, and a lithographic apparatus comprising a radiation detector. The radiation detector has a radiation sensitive surface. The radiation sensitive surface is sensitive to radiation wavelengths betwee... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8110819 | Computer peripherals sterilization system A system and method including a wand-type ultraviolet (UV) light assembly positioned above a keyboard and other computer peripheral device(s) to be sanitized. The UV light assembly is preferably moved across the peripheral device surface to eliminate nearly all germ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8089054 | Charged particle beam acceleration and extraction method and apparatus used in conjunction with a charged particle cancer therapy system The invention comprises a charged particle beam acceleration and/or extraction method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. Novel design features of a synchrotron are described. Particularly, turning magn... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080812 | Multi-attribute light effects for use in curing and other applications involving photoreactions and processing Systems and methods that provide multi-attribute light effects, including one or more channels for each light effect, preferably both channels being provided in an array of solid state light emitters. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080811 | Method for manufacturing evaporation donor substrate and light-emitting device An evaporation donor substrate which enables only a desired evaporation material to be evaporated at the time of deposition by an evaporation method, and capable of reduction in manufacturing cost by increase in use efficiency of the evaporation material and deposit... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8076654 | Sample surface inspection apparatus and method The present invention provides a surface inspection method and apparatus for inspecting a surface of a sample, in which a resistive film is coated on the surface, and a beam is irradiated to the surface having the resistive film coated thereon, to thereby conduct in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067751 | System and method for high resolution field shaping A system and method are provided for a high resolution radiation treatment system which provide for projecting a field of radiation energy at targeted patient tissue. The system uses a multi-leaf collimator, which is positioned such that a significant clearance is p... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053745 | Device and method for administering particle beam therapy A device for circumscribing a target site with a beam. The target site is located within a target body. The path of the beam is varied rotationally so as to form a cone with an isocenter at the cone's apex. The isocenter is fixed on the approximate center of the tar... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8049187 | Charged particle beam irradiating apparatus The present invention provides a charged particle beam irradiating apparatus capable of irradiating a charged particle beam using both a wobbler method and a scanning method. A charged particle beam irradiating apparatus includes: scanning electromagnets that scan a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8044372 | Laser apparatus, laser irradiation method, semiconductor manufacturing method, semiconductor device, and electronic equipment Continuous wave laser apparatus with enhanced processing efficiency is provided as well as a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device using the laser apparatus. The laser apparatus has: a laser oscillator; a unit for rotating a process object; a unit for movin... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8039820 | Connection device There is provided a connection device for connecting a first depressurization vessel to a second depressurization vessel. The connection device includes a communication hole comprising a first opening which is connected to the first depressurization vessel, and a se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8039819 | Device and method for creating a spatial dose distribution in a medium volume A device and a method for creating a spatial dose distribution in a medium volume (22) are described. A laser system produces laser pulses (12) with a pulse length shorter than 200 fs (femtoseconds) and is capable to be focused to peak intensities grea... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7982194 | Single nanoparticle tracking spectroscopic microscope A system that can maintain and track the position of a single nanoparticle in three dimensions for a prolonged period has been disclosed. The system allows for continuously imaging the particle to observe any interactions it may have. The system also enables the acq... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7977651 | Illumination system particularly for microlithography There is provided a projection objective for a projection exposure apparatus that has a primary light source for emitting electromagnetic radiation having a chief ray with a wavelength≦193 nm. The projection objective includes an object plane, a first mirror, a se... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973295 | Method for making transparent carbon nanotube film The present method relates to a method for making a transparent carbon nanotube film. The method includes the following steps: (a) making a carbon nanotube film, and (b) irradiating the carbon nanotube film by a laser device with a power density thereof being greate... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973296 | Electromagnetic systems with double-resonant spiral coil components Spiral coils generate very powerful electromagnetic fields by operating with two different but simultaneous resonant behaviors. Quarter-wave resonance is established by adjusting the frequency (and wavelength) of a radiofrequency (RF) voltage source until the length... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7960708 | Device and method for manufacturing a particulate filter with regularly spaced micropores Various embodiments disclose devices and methods for fabricating microporous particulate filters with regularly space pores wherein sheet membrane substrates are exposed to energetic particle radiation through a mask and the damaged regions removed in a suitable dev... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7952082 | Sample preparation system A sample preparation system in which an ion beam is made to hit the surface of a sample while rotating the sample about an axis perpendicular to the processed surface of the sample under the condition where the processed surface of the sample is not perpendicular to... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7935940 | Measuring in-situ UV intensity in UV cure tool Consistent ultraviolet (UV) intensity for a semiconductor UV cure chamber is measured in-situ with a hot pedestal in vacuum by measuring reflected UV light from a calibration substrate at a UV detector mounted in the lamp assembly. The measurement apparatus includes... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7928412 | Lithographic apparatus, and device manufacturing method A lithographic apparatus configured to project a patterned beam of radiation onto a target portion of a substrate is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first radiation dose detector and a second radiation dose detector, each detector comprising a secondary electron... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928411 | Linear electron source, evaporator using linear electron source, and applications of electron sources A method of charging a web or foil is described. The method includes guiding a web or foil having a thickness of 10 μm or larger with at least on roller; providing a linear electron source having a housing acting as an anode, the housing having side walls; a slit o... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7893410 | Method and apparatus for processing multiphoton curable photoreactive compositions A method including providing a substrate having thereon a layer including a multiphoton polymerizable composition, applying a light beam to at least one region of the layer, wherein the light beam cures or initiates cure of the multiphoton curable photoreactive comp... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7880151 | Beam positioning for beam processing An improved method and apparatus of beam processing corrects for beam drift while a beam is processing a sample. The beam position is aligned using a fiducial that is sufficiently near the working area so that the fiducial can be imaged and the sample processed with... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7875862 | Ultraviolet plant eradication apparatus and method An ultraviolet plant eradication system providing an ultraviolet radiation beam delivered by at least one ultraviolet laser dispersing a selected bandwidth of ultraviolet radiation to an area containing certain specific plants in a pattern, projects the ultraviolet ... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7851771 | Method of constructing chimeric plant by heavy-ion beam irradiation Petunia explants are irradiated with heavy-ion beams, and the chimeric individuals differentiated from the explants are selected (FSRP method). Then, explants are obtained from the chimeric individuals and subjected to tissue culture, followed by selection of re-dif... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7842933 | System and method for measuring overlay errors A system and method for detecting overlay errors, the method includes (i) directing a primary electron beam to interact with an inspected object; whereas the inspected object comprises a first feature formed on a first layer of the inspected object and a second feat... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7834331 | Plasmonic laser nanoablation methods A novel femtosecond laser nano-ablation technique called Plasmonic Laser Nano-Ablation (PLN). The technique takes advantage of surface-enhanced plasmonic scattering of ultrashort laser pulses by nanoparticles to vaporize sub-cellular structures in attoliter volumes.... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7829871 | Sheet beam-type testing apparatus An electron beam apparatus such as a sheet beam based testing apparatus has an electron-optical system for irradiating an object under testing with a primary electron beam from an electron beam source, and projecting an image of a secondary electron beam emitted by ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7829870 | Method and apparatus for in-situ sample preparation An apparatus for in-situ specimen preparation is described. The apparatus includes an ion beam column 21 including at least: an liquid metal alloy ion source 56 including a first element for providing a light ion species with a mass of 10 g/mol to 60 g... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7807980 | Charged particle beam apparatus and methods for capturing images using the same The present invention provides a charged particle beam apparatus used to measure micro-dimensions (CD value) of a semiconductor apparatus or the like which captures images for measurement. For the present invention, a sample for calibration, on which a plurality of ... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7807981 | Data processing device, tomography apparatus for examination of an object of interest, method of examining an object of interest, computer-readable medium and program element A data processing device, comprising a plurality of emitter antennas arranged on a movable data acquisition device and adapted to emit electromagnetic radiation including data acquired by the movable data acquisition device, a plurality of receiver antennas each ada... | 10/05/2010 |
