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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187697 | Cooling product A cooling product (e.g., pad, bandage, headband, wrap, cloth, and so forth) that contains a gel configured to cool the skin of a body part when placed adjacent thereto is provided. The gel is contained within a composite that has two or more fibrous layers structure... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8182905 | Ceramic matrix laminates The invention provides systems and methods for forming low density ceramic felt material cores which are sandwiched between ceramic matrix composites to form a ceramic matrix laminate possessing a high strength-to-density ratio while maintaining a stiffness required... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8173246 | Transparent conductive laminate and touch panel equipped with it The transparent conductive laminate of the present invention is a transparent conductive laminate, comprising: a transparent film substrate; a transparent conductive thin film provided on one side of the transparent film substrate with a dielectric thin film interpo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168289 | Component having wear coating applied by cold spray process A component (10) including a substrate material (12) and a wear alloy coating (14) applied to the substrate by a cold spray process. Particles of the wear alloy coating material (16) are directed toward a target surface (18) of the... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8158240 | Stock shape for machining A stock shape for machining, which is composed of an extruded product of a resin composition comprising 30 to 94% by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 5 to 40% by mass of a carbon precursor (B) having a volume resistivity of 102 to 1010 Ωcm a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158241 | Article displaying edgewise, angular multi-chromatic characteristics The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture having differently colored layers which, when viewed from the edge, change color depending on the angle of view. The articles can be used in decorative or eye-catching displays suitable for displaying in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158242 | Stock shape for machining and production process thereof A stock shape for machining, which is composed of an extruded product of a resin composition comprising 30 to 94% by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A), 5 to 40% by mass of a carbon precursor (B) having a volume resistivity of 102 to 1010 Ωcm a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153239 | Polycarbonate resin composition and heat ray shielding molded product Polycarbonate resin compositions containing 100 parts by weight of aromatic polycarbonate resin having a concentration of end hydroxyl group of 100 to 1800 ppm and 0.0001 to 5 parts by weight of fine particles of a boride of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Y, Sm, Eu, Re... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142883 | Porous carbon sheet and process for production thereof A porous carbon sheet obtained by binding separate carbon short fibers with a carbonization product of a resin, wherein the pore mode diameter of the sheet is 45 to 90 μm and the mean fiber diameter of the carbon short fibers is 5 to 20 μm. The sheet can be produc... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142882 | Method and apparatus for cross-sectional scanning of parts Improved methods and apparatus for cross-sectional scanning of transparent (or nearly transparent) parts that cannot otherwise be effectively scanned, because the transparency of the part prevents the scanner from discriminating between the part and the potting mate... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142884 | Release film and stacked body The present invention provides a release film which has a release layer on a film substrate, which has excellent long-term preservation stability and yet maintains a stripping performance of the release film, which serves to make inspection for foreign materials eas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8133576 | Coated cutting insert and manufacturing method thereof A coated cutting insert according to the present invention includes a substrate, a base layer formed on the substrate, and an indicating layer formed on a part of the base layer. The base layer exhibits a color different from that of the indicating layer. The indica... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8129014 | Developing blade and its manufacturing method A developing blade (11) comprises a blade member (14) located along one side edge of a support member (12) and having a surface shape defined by a maximum height roughness Ry of 0.35 to 4.5 μm and a length ratio under load tp (at a 30% cut leve... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114505 | Free-standing silicon carbide articles formed by chemical vapor deposition and methods for their manufacture Improved methods for manufacturing silicon carbide rings using chemical vapor deposition. Cylindrical tubes are used as deposition substrates and the resulting material deposited on the inside surface of cylindrical tubes or on the outside surface of cylindrical man... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114504 | Polyester laminated film and transfer foil A polyester laminated film includes at least a polyester layer, a highly crystalline polyester layer made of a highly crystalline polyester having a crystallinity parameter ΔTcg of 35° C. or lower, and a release layer laminated in that order, wherein the contact a... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8101267 | Multilayer polymeric laminates and high strength laminates produced therefrom The present invention provides for certain multilayer polymeric laminates and high strength laminates produced therefrom. The multilayer polymeric laminates provide improved acoustic barrier properties of the high strength laminates of the present invention. ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097330 | Transparent conductive multilayer body and touch panel A transparent conductive multilayer body of the invention comprises a transparent film substrate with a thickness of 2 to 120 μm; a first transparent dielectric thin film, a second transparent dielectric thin film and a transparent conductive thin film laminated in... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8097331 | Mold release sheet There is provided a mold release sheet (4) disposed between silica powder M and an inner face of an outer member 1b of a mold and made of expanded graphite. The mold release sheet has a gas permeability represented by the following equation (1) ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8092901 | Multi-layer weather-resistant, coloured panel A multilayer product characterized by its improved weatherability and mechanical properties is disclosed. The product contains a layer A containing a member selected from the group consisting of transparent thermoplastic material and a lacquer, the member containing... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088472 | Armored glass composition with perimeter reinforcement The invention relates to a special array of materials located on the periphery of a glass armored composition (BRG), with the purpose of having a controlled deformation zone being able to absorb residual energy of impacts made on the edge of the armored piece, there... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088473 | High infrared reflection coatings, thin film coating deposition methods and associated technologies The invention provides low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective of infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver. ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080308 | One-part moisture curable hot melt silane functional poly-alpha-olefin sealant composition Disclosed is a moisture curable sealant composition that includes silane functional poly-α-olefin polymer, thermoplastic elastomer, and tackifying agent. ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080309 | Coating composition, its coating film, antireflection film, and image display device A coating composition forms a coating film having an eliminated or reduced photocatalytic action-derived deterioration, and forms a coating film having a lowered haze value, excellent dispersibility and dispersion stability in a coating liquid form, excellent storag... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8075984 | Thermoplastic resin composition and formed article using the same The present invention provides a thermoplastic resin composition characterized by comprising (A) a thermoplastic resin and (B) a white pigment in a mass ratio of 50:50 to 90:10 and further comprising (C) a black coloring material and a blue coloring material; and pr... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8075985 | Metallized biaxially oriented polypropylene film with high metal adhesion Described are laminate films including a polyolefin base layer, and a metal receiving layer including a blend of propylene homopolymer or mini-random propylene-ethylene copolymer, and an amorphous poly-alpha-olefin or ethylene-propylene elastomer. The metal receivin... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8071202 | Water-absorbing polymer structures with improved absorption properties The present invention relates to a process for production of water-absorbing polymer structures comprising the process steps of providing an untreated, water-absorbing polymer structure (Pu) with a retention of at least about 35 g/g; and bringing this water-absorbin... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8062739 | Hydrogels with gradient The present invention provides a hydrogel article having a multi-layered structure and exhibiting a gradient in polymer molecular weight. The invention also provides a method of forming a hydrogel article having a multi-layered structure and exhibiting a gradient in... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053062 | Biaxially drawn multilayer laminated film and method for producing the same A film composed of a number of layers having different refractive indices and alternately laminated one upon another has characteristic optical properties by light interference. Conventional films having such structure have problems of poor interlaminar adhesivity a... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048511 | Titanium oxide coating agent and titanium oxide film forming method This invention provides a coating agent, which can form a coating film over a wide area in a simple manner, is chemically and physically stable, and can form an ultrathin film, a coating film, a method for formation of coating film, and various products coated with ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048512 | Transparent conductive laminate and touch panel equipped with it The transparent conductive laminate of the present invention is a transparent conductive laminate, comprising: a transparent film substrate; a transparent conductive thin film provided on one side of the transparent film substrate with a dielectric thin film interpo... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8043691 | Process of making a glossy film An impact resistant provided PMMA moulding material according to DE 195 44 563 is process into a surface-hardened film which is highly glossy, essentially free of gel bodies and can be processed in the “in-mould-film-decoration” method. The melted mass is genera... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8034436 | Fluorescent article having multiple layers A fluorescent article includes an underlayer colored fluorescent film and an overlayer colored fluorescent film, which is provided over the underlayer colored fluorescent film. The underlayer colored fluorescent film includes a first fluorescent colorant in an under... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034435 | Plastic film with a multilayered interference coating The invention relates to a plastic film with an interference multilayer system applied thereon that comprises at least two layers. Said layers can be obtained by hardening and/or applying thermal treatment to a coating composition containing nanoscale inorganic soli... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8034437 | Optical member, optical system using the optical member, and method of manufacturing an optical member Provided is an optical member capable of keeping a high performance antireflection effect over a long period of time with respect to an arbitrary substrate. The optical member has plural layers on a substrate, and includes at least one metal oxide layer having a voi... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8029884 | Antistatic white polyester film Provided is an antistatic white polyester film for a surface illuminant reflector, which has practically adequate reflective performance in a visible light region, can form a film with stability even if inorganic fine particles are added in a high concentration, pre... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8025954 | Sandwich panel A sandwich panel that has excellent practicality as an inner wall material used in aircraft, for example, whereby the abovementioned requirements of flexural strength, peel strength, and in-plane shear strength can be satisfied while having reduced weight. A sandwic... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017224 | Solar heat responsive exterior surface covering An exterior surface covering has a colored outer layer that transmits infrared radiation and an inner layer with a thermochromic pigment that absorbs heat at low temperature and reflects at high temperatures. The outer layer conceals the color change of the thermoch... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8017223 | Containment structure and method Containment structures for an organic composition, comprising a first zone having a first surface energy, and a second zone having a second surface energy different than the first surface energy, and methods for making the same. ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8012571 | Optical film comprising birefringent naphthalate copolyester having branched or cyclic C4-C10 alkyl units The present invention relates to multilayer optical films and birefringent copolyester films. The birefringent copolyester optical layer or birefringent copolyester film comprises a major amount of naphthalate units, ethylene units, and a minor amount of branched or... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8003199 | Noise prevention plate consisting of acrylic glass An acrylic glass plate for use as an opaque noise protection element in noise protection walls, the plate measuring a minimum of 2×2 m and having a minimum thickness of 8 mm wherein threads, strips, grids or networks consisting of a material which is incompatible w... | 08/23/2011 |
