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 |
| 7371502 | Methods of fabricating organic light emitting display and donor substrate Methods of fabricating an OLED and a donor substrate are provided. The method includes: preparing a base substrate of a donor substrate; forming a light to heat conversion layer and a transfer layer on the base substrate; preparing a donor substrate including perfor... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7211294 | Method of making a material The invention provides a method of making a material. The method comprises the step of coating a support with a solution comprising a hydrophilic polymer and a blowing agent. Either prior to or after the step of coating the support, the solution is interacted with i... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7132200 | Hologram recording sheet, holographic optical element using said sheet, and its production process The hologram recording sheet according to the invention is made up of a base film and hologram sensitive materials sensitive to different wavelength regions formed therein in a desired pattern, or a film and at least two hologram recording sensitive materials sensit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108950 | Instant film unit Corner mask portions are provided at four corners of an exposure opening. The corner mask portions are formed by rounding the corners into curves. The quantity of developing solution contained in a developing solution pod is reduced, consequently, it is possible to ... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6964149 | Method for automatically packaging products An automatic packaging system has a first feed mechanism for feeding a light-shielded photosensitive roll in the direction indicated by the arrow A, an inspection mechanism for reading bar-code information from the light-shielded photosensitive roll, measuring and c... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6943930 | Method and system for fabricating optical film using an exposure source and reflecting surface An exposure system (5) for fabricating optical film (40) such as for photoalignment, where the optical film (40) has a photosensitive layer (20) and a substrate (10). The exposure system (5) directs an exposure beam from a l... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6922979 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photography film unit After first, second, and third continuous members are bonded to each other in a laminated state, they are cut together to a predetermined length for thereby producing an instant photography film unit. A predetermined number of produced instant photography film units... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6855473 | Intermediate transfer recording medium and method for image formation using the same The present invention relates to a method for image formation using an intermediate transfer recording medium. An object of the present invention is to provide an intermediate transfer recording medium and a method for image formation which can yield a thermally tra... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6790594 | High absorption donor substrate coatable with organic layer(s) transferrable in response to incident laser light Making a high absorption donor substrate for providing one or more OLED materials to an OLED device by: providing an absorber anti-reflection layer over a transparent support element, the anti-reflection layer having the real portion of its index of refraction great... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6783230 | Ink jet recording medium An ink-jet recording medium including a support having thereon an ink receptive layer, wherein the support includes a white-colored substrate and a blue-colored substrate laminated with each other. ... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6773860 | Transferable image receiving sheet and imaging process by use thereof An image receiving sheet, in which the received image is further transferable to a final recording medium is disclosed, comprising a support having thereon a heat-softening layer, an interlayer and an image receiving layer, wherein the interlayer has a surface rough... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6764813 | Lamination of emissions prevention layer in photothermographic materials A photothermographic film and a method for making same is taught. The film includes a support, a photothermographic imaging layer coated on the support, and a complement film generally confining the photothermographic imaging layer between the support and the comple... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6649318 | Self-contained imaging media comprising microencapsulated color formers and a resilient layer A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a color precursor, and a second support, wh... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6576390 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photographic film units An instant photographic film unit includes a mask sheet having an image frame and two sheets, one of which has a photosensitive layer, laminated and bonded together, and a developing liquid container disposed in a predetermined position for supplying a de... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6565271 | Self-developing film assemblages Disclosed is a film assemblage of the self-developing type comprising a first and a second sheet in juxtaposed relationship to one another. Each of the sheets contains a plurality of exposure cut-outs at spaced apart intervals. Portions of the first and s... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6544711 | Self-contained imaging media comprising microencapsulated color formers and a ceramic barrier layer A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support, an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a color precursor, and a second support, wh... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6541177 | Diffusion transfer photographic film unit A self-developing diffusion transfer photographic film unit which includes a latent image which becomes visible upon photographic processing of the film unit. The latent image is formed with a chemical compound such as an indicator dye and the visible ima... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6537717 | Self-contained imaging media comprising removable laminate A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a photohardenable composition and a color p... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6539179 | Photo-film unit masking material and photo-film unit The present invention provides a masking material and a photo-film unit which exhibit writability for any of the presently used writing materials including a ballpoint pen, an oily pen, an aqueous pen, a fountain pen and a pencil, are water-resistant, are... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6534236 | Method for forming an image A method for forming an image using a transfer material and an image-receiving material. The transfer material has at least a support, a light-heat exchange layer and a coloring material layer. The image-receiving material has at least an image-receiving ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6517989 | Retrofitted self-developing film assemblages and methods of making the same The present invention is an improved film assemblage of the self developing type that allows separation of both the pod and trap portions of the film frame, but sealing of the ends of the separated film portions including pod, trap, and image area. The pr... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6475695 | Intermediate image receiving sheet for a thermal transfer recording method Disclosed is provide an intermediate image receiving sheet for a laser thermal transfer recording method, which can easily transfer an image to even a rough surface paper with high quality and stable repeatablility, and can use a variety of papers to prod... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6468708 | Self-contained humidity stabilized imaging media comprising microencapsulated color formers A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a color precursor, and a second support, wh... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6468709 | Biaxially oriented image element with sharpening agent The invention relates to an element consisting essentially of a photographic element comprising a base material having an upper surface comprising an oriented sheet, at least one photosensitive silver halide layer, and at least one sharpness enhancing age... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6436603 | Image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording and laser thermal transfer recording method An image receiving sheet for thermal transfer recording is disclosed. The image receiving sheet comprises a lower layer and an image receiving layer on the support, and variation of position of point of a needle satisfies the following conditions when the... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6383707 | Self-contained imaging media comprising microencapsulated color formers and a halogenated polymeric support A self-contained photohardenable imaging assembly comprising in order: a first transparent support; an imaging layer comprising a developer material and a plurality of photohardenable microcapsules encapsulating a color precursor, and a second support, wh... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6346353 | Protective epoxy overcoat for imaging elements The present invention relates to imaged elements having a protective overcoat that resists fingerprints, common stains, and spills. In particular, an overcoat composition comprising water-dispersible epoxy-functional particles is coated over an imaging el... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6342331 | Diffusion transfer film units with two receiving layers The invention relates to a diffusion transfer type film unit which can produce the same two picture prints at one shot of photographing. The film unit comprises a first sheet and a second sheet. The first sheet includes at least transparent sheet through ... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6326121 | Thermal transfer material and laser thermal transfer recording method A thermal transfer material is provided which has a support on which a light-to-heat conversion layer and an image forming layer are provided, wherein a smoothster value of the surface of the image forming layer is no more than 2 mmHg, and a center line a... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6291128 | Photographic film assemblages of the self-developing type having removable portions The present disclosure relates to several embodiments in which different self-developing film formats are constructed in order to permit easy operator separation of the pod and trap from adjacent integral film units.... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6287744 | Method of and apparatus for manufacturing instant photography film unit After first, second, and third continuous members are bonded to each other in a laminated state, they are cut together to a predetermined length for thereby producing an instant photography film unit. A predetermined number of produced instant photography... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6221554 | Self developing-film unit There is described a self-developing film unit which has a photosensitive member and an image-receiving member and wherein one outermost surface of the film unit comprises a support layer carrying a layer of a releasable material and a layer of an adhesiv... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6197482 | Polymer overcoat for imaging elements The present invention is an imaging element which includes a support, an imaging layer superposed on a side of said support and an overcoat overlying the imaging layer. The overcoat is composed of an organic polymer. The overcoat is discontinuous such tha... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6130024 | Strippable repositionable back sheet for photographic element The invention relates to an imaging element comprising support having adhered to the backside a strippable polymer layer that when removed has an adhesive layer thereon.... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6130023 | Method for making lithographic printing plates according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process The present invention provides a method for making an offset printing plate according to the silver salt diffusion transfer process comprising the steps of: (a) image-wise exposing an imaging element comprising (i) a hydrophilic base, (ii) an image receiv... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6127084 | Photosensitive material employing microcapsules containing a hygroscopic polymer in the internal phase A photosensitive material including a support having a layer of photosensitive microcapsules on the surface thereof, the photosensitive microcapsules including an internal phase containing a photosensitive composition and a color precursor wherein, upon i... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6074793 | Digital reflective display material with voided polyester layer A imaging member comprising a polymer sheet comprising at least one layer of voided polyester polymer and at least one layer comprising polyethylene polymer, wherein said at least one polyethylene polymer layer comprises tints and wherein the imaging memb... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6030742 | Superior photographic elements including biaxially oriented polyolefin sheets The invention relates to a photographic element comprising at least one photosensitive silver halide layer comprising at least one dye forming coupler, a support comprising paper having laminated thereto a top and bottom sheet comprising biaxially oriente... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6027850 | Thermal transfer image forming method using laser A thermal transfer image forming method using a laser is disclosed. The method is comprises the steps of placing an image-receiving sheet comprising a substratum and an image receiving layer, on a supporting drum having suction holes to be held thereon so... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6019525 | Self-developing film assemblage A photographic film assemblage comprising: a plurality of photographic elements connected in end-to-end fashion and a separable portion connected to and between adjacent pairs of the elements is disclosed wherein each of the separable portions has at leas... | 02/01/2000 |
