Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7943066 | Electrically conductive paper composite The present invention provides electrically conductive paper composites prepared from cellulose fibers modified to bind a conducting polymer to a surface of the cellulose fibers and mixing these with unmodified cellulose fibers and forming paper products from the co... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7341680 | Printable composition with nanostructures of first and second types A printable composition for use in forming a printed element by printing and curing is described. The printable composition comprises a plurality of nanostructures of a first type that, upon printing and curing, form an arrangement defining intermediate volumes ther... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7332151 | Liquid animal hoof conditioner A liquid animal hoof conditioner for moisturizing, protecting and preventing animal hoofs, especially those of horses, from developing painful and debilitating cracks, such as quarter cracks and sand cracks, and for healing such cracks after they occur, includes who... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7110237 | Apparatus and method to reduce static charge on removable media An imaging device, including a reader adapted to receive a removable memory device, the reader having an opening through which to receive the removable memory device; and a static discharge device disposed proximate the opening such that the removable memory contact... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6855196 | Ink for a display panel and method for producing plasma display panel using the ink An ink for a display panel effective in reducing the uneven adhesion of the ink is applied by an ink application apparatus using an inkjet method to form a structural layer (e.g. reflective layer, phosphor layer) of a display panel such as a plasma display panel. Th... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6777477 | Coating solution for forming transparent and conductive tin oxide film and method for preparing transparent and conductive tin oxide film, and transparent and conductive tin oxide film The invention relates to a coating solution for forming transparent conductive tin oxide film, a method for producing transparent conductive tin oxide film, and transparent conductive tin oxide film. The coating solution is capable of forming, from an inexpensive st... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6500401 | Carbon foams and methods of making the same A method of making carbon foam is described which involves pyrolizing a mixture containing at least one pyrolizable substance and at least one unpyrolizable material and then removing the unpyrolizable material to obtain the carbon foam. Carbon foam made ... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6335077 | Electrically conductive paste for via-hole and method of producing monolithic ceramic substrate using the same As an electrically conductive paste for via-holes, an organic vehicle and an electrically conductive metal powder coated with a resin which is insoluble in the organic vehicle are prepared. Filling via-holes with the electrically conductive paste for via-... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6197219 | Conductive polymer composite materials and methods of making same A conductive polymer composite material comprises: a minor phase material comprising a semicrystalline polymer; a conductive filler material dispersed in said minor phase material in an amount sufficient to be equal to or greater than an amount required t... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6197222 | Lead free conductive composites for electrical interconnections An electrically conductive paste which includes a thermoplastic polymer, a conductive metal powder and an organic solvent system is disclosed. The invention further encompasses an electrically conductive composite which includes the aforementioned thermop... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6162615 | Stabilized coenzyme solutions and their use thereof for the determination of dehydrogenases or the substrate thereof in an alkaline medium Stabilized aqueous coenzyme solutions which contain up to ca. 60 mM of a heavy metal salt and optionally a complexing agent in a defined ratio to the heavy metal salt as well as their use for the determination of dehydrogenases in particular lactate dehyd... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6132646 | Polmerizable fluxing agents and fluxing adhesive compositions therefrom A thermally curable adhesive composition that includes a fluxing agent that also acts as an adhesive is provided. The composition includes: (a) a fluxing agent represented by the formula RCOOH, wherein R comprises a moiety having two or more carbon--carbo... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6030553 | Polymer thick film resistor pastes Polymer thick film resistor pastes with dimensionally stability and excellent processibility, such as coating, printing, and extruding, are disclosed. The resistor paste composition in accordance with the present invention comprises a low-k cycloaliphatic... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6005705 | Electrochromic thin-film systems and components thereof A description is given of electrochromic thin-film systems and their components, especially an improved electrochromic thin-film based on tungsten oxide and/or molybdenum oxide into which alkali metal ions are incorporated, an electrolyte which is improve... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5888711 | Polymeric conductive alumino-silicate material, element comprising said material, and process for preparing it The present invention concerns a novel synthetic inorganic material based on aluminum and silicon, and a process for obtaining it. By controlled hydrolysis of a mixed aluminum-silicon alkoxide, or a mixed aluminum-silicon precursor, and hydrothermal treat... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5866044 | Lead free conductive composites for electrical interconnections An electrically conductive paste which includes a thermoplastic polymer, a conductive metal powder and an organic solvent system is disclosed. The invention further encompasses an electrically conductive composite which includes the aforementioned thermop... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5863465 | Emulsion-polymerization process and electrically-conductive polyaniline salts Emulsion-polymerization of electrically conductive polyaniline salts is disclosed. The process comprises combining water, a water-solubilizing organic solvent, an organic acid that is soluble in the organic solvent, an aniline monomer, and a radical initi... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5714309 | Anti-static composition and photographic material containing a layer of that composition The invention concerns a film-forming aqueous composition comprising a binder and an inorganic anti-static substance. The binder is in the form of a water-soluble polymer such as gelatin or hydroxyethyl cellulose free from any aluminum-chelating groups, a... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5698015 | Conductor paste for plugging through-holes in ceramic circuit boards and a ceramic circuit board having this conductor paste A conductor paste for plugging a through-hole in a ceramic substrate which includes an electrically conductive powder having a metal powder as its main component, a swelling agent and a vehicle, and may also include adhesion improvers. After sintering the... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5656574 | Fabrication of superconducting wires and rods The fabrication of superconducting wires and rods having desired and consistent electrical and mechanical properties, in particular those based on Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide (YBCO) and Bismuth Strontium Calcium Copper Oxide (BSCCO), is disclosed. The fir... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5643721 | Bioreagent immobilization medium The present invention provides an immobilization medium which can immobilize bioreagents to support materials and which dries to a water resistant layer or film. The immobilization medium comprises (i) a liquid or fluid binding reagent and (ii) complexes ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5578247 | Electrically-conductive and ionically-conductive polymeric networks and their preparation The present invention relates to polymeric networks that can be made electrically conductive in bulk or which have a surface which is electrically conductive, and which networks exhibit resistivities in the ohm to kilo-ohm range. One aspect of the present... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575954 | Process for preparing conductive polymeric particles with linear and crosslinked portions A process for the preparation of conductive polymeric particles with linear and crosslinked portions, which comprises mixing a monomer with at least one conductive filler, solvent, at least one polymerization initiator, and a chain transfer component; eff... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5552370 | Silver additives for ceramic superconductors A method for making metal/ceramic superconductor thick film structures including the steps of preparing a silver/superconductor ink, applying the ink to a substrate, evaporating the ink's binder, decomposing a silver compound in the residue to coat the su... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5447791 | Conductive powder coating materials and process for the preparation thereof Submicron to micron sized conductive particles, on the order of 0.05 to 5 micron in average particle diameter, are produced using a semisuspension polymerization process in which the aqueous phase of the suspension contains an inorganic salt such as potas... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5407473 | Conductive ink Conductive ink has an inorganic compound comprising 70.0-95.0 wt. % of CuO which is conductive and 5.0-30.0 wt. % of inorganic binder mixed with each other, and solvent and organic binder in which the inorganic compound is dispersed. The inorganic binder ... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5366544 | Antistatic layers for photographic elements and coating compositions for preparing the same A coating composition for applying a vanadium pentoxide antistatic layer on a photographic element comprising from about 0.02 to about 0.08 percent by weight of vanadium pentoxide, from about 0.04 to about 1.6 percent by weight of a cellulose acetate bind... | 11/22/1994 |
| 5356468 | Antistat coating compositions and antistat layers formed therefrom Coating composition, antistat layer and photographic element having a V2 O5 antistat layer, the layer containing an amount of cellulose nitrate to prevent precipitation of the V2 O5 in the presence of film base.... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5288430 | Conductive pastes A conductive paste is provided which is prepared by kneading a composition comprising silver metal powder, an organic vehicle, and a silver-titanium alloy powder contained in an amount of 0.1 to 6.0% by weight based on the amount of the silver metal powde... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5284601 | Active mass for an electrode of an electrochemical cell, the active mass having a three-dimensional porous support A paste for impregnating a three-dimensional metal sponge porous support, which impregnated porous support is dried to provide an electrode for an electrochemical cell. The paste comprises (i) an electrochemically active material selected from a metal hyd... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5283007 | Conductive polymer compositions An electrically conductive thick film resin composition comprising finely divided particles of (1) a conductive metal dispersed in a liquid organic medium comprising (2) acrylic polymer primary binder and (3) network resin auxiliary binder having a therma... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5277844 | Resistor composition Low ohm RuO2 -based resistors are positively adjusted to 0 HTCR, without increasing resistance, using modified zeolite components of FCC catalyst. The non-metallic 0.2-8.0 wt % additions do not adversely affect past rheology or the physical pro... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5252632 | Low cost cathodic and conductive coating compositions comprising lightweight hollow glass microspheres and a conductive phase Improved, low-cost coating compositions, comprising lightweight, non coated hollow, glass microspheres having high isostatic crush resistance, low specific gravity and low oil absorption, are disclosed for use as cathodic coatings for prevention of corros... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5246623 | Method for the preparation of electrically conductive tin-IV-oxide of fine-particle size and the use of tin-IV-oxide as filler and pigment A method for the production of electrically conductive tin-IV-oxide of fine particle size is disclosed. Pursuant to the method, tin oxide and/or tin oxide hydrate is precipitated on a dihydroxy-tin-dichloride solution containing fluoride ions as doping ag... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5174923 | Cyclic phosphazene and salt antistatic composition The present invention provides an antistatic composition comprising a binder, a cyclic phosphazene, and a salt that complexes with the cyclic phosphazene. The cyclic phosphazene has the general formula ##STR1## wherein x is 3 or 4.... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5171480 | Electrophotographic photosensitive member containing a conductive layer which comprises a resin and a conductive zinc oxide having a tetrapad structure A conductive composition containing at least zinc oxide whiskers having a tetrapod structure. The conductive composition can be used to provide a conductive resin composition and a conductive coating composition, which have various uses, particularly in c... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5167869 | Gold conductor composition for forming conductor patterns on ceramic based substrates A gold conductor composition comprising by weight, basis total inorganic solids, finely divided particles of 75-95% metallic gold at least 90% by weight of which gold particle have an aspect ratio of no greater than 2, 0.5-10% cadmium borosilicate glass, ... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5064573 | Resistive paste comprising oxides of ruthenium, lead, iron and zinc Disclosed herein is resistive paste containing conductive powder, which is composed of iron oxide, ruthenium oxide, lead oxide and zinc oxide, glass frit, and organic varnish. The conductive powder contains 10 to 25 atomic percent of iron oxide in terms o... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5021194 | Thick film resistor material and thermal head obtained therefrom A thermal head obtained by calcining a mixed material comprising at least ruthenium oxide particles having a specific surface area of 10 to 40 m2 /g and a particle size of 1 μm as the upper limit value of particle size distribution, glass fine... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4971727 | Conductive primer for plastics or conductive primer surfacer paint and coated plastics molded products An electrically conductive coating composition is useful for a primer or a surfacer paint for a plastic article, in particular one having a small polarity on the surface, and comprises (A) a polyurethane, (B) a spiro-ortho-ester resin of the ring-opening ... | 11/20/1990 |
