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...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7085729 | System and method for allocating manufactured products to sellers A software system is provided for managing available to promise (ATP) and making promises to fulfill customer requests. The software system includes a plurality of generic product models (600) each representing a generic product. Each generic product model ( | 08/01/2006 |
| 6712979 | Enclosed excavator for low moisture contaminated sediment removal A system and method removes contaminated sediments during mechanical dredging operations, while maintaining a predetermined low moisture content of the contaminated sediments. The system uses a specially designed positive pressure controlled enclosure or enclosed ex... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6432303 | Contaminated sediment excavator for subsurface sediment removal A system and method removes contaminated sediments during dredging operations to minimize the dispersion of particulate matter that normally occurs during conventional mechanical or hydraulic dredging operations. The system uses a specially designed press... | 08/13/2002 |
| 5322391 | Guided mole Boring apparatus for forming a generally horizontal underground passage in soil for a utility conduit or the like that includes a tool head with a base portion and a nose portion mounted on the base portion. The nose portion is rotatable relative to the b... | 06/21/1994 |
