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...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 |
| 7439342 | Thrombopoietin mimetics Invented are non-peptide TPO mimetics. Also invented are novel processes and intermediates used in the preparation of the presently invented compounds. Also invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia, in a mammal, including a human, in need thereof which comp... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7414040 | Thrombopoietin mimetics Invented are non-peptide TPO mimetics. Also invented are novel processes and intermediates used in the preparation of the presently invented compounds. Also invented is a method of treating thrombocytopenia, in a mammal, including a human, in need thereof which comp... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7358345 | Disperse azo dyestuffs The present invention claims dyestuffs of formula (I), wherein D, R1 to R7 and n are defined as given in claim 1, a process for their preparation and their use ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7141657 | Azo compound, tautomer thereof, and azo dye An azo compound or a tautomer thereof, wherein the azo compound is represented by the following Formula (1). In Formula (1), R1 represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl group, aryl group, acyl group, carbamoyl ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7105503 | Pyrazole compounds Pharmaceutical compositions and compounds are provided. The compounds of the invention demonstrate anti-proliferative activity, and may promote apoptosis in cells lacking normal regulation of cell cycle and death. In one embodiment of the invention, pharmaceutical c... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6989439 | Color developing agent, azo dye, silver halide photographic light-sensitive material, and image-forming method A color-developing agent of the formula (1-1): wherein X represents a hydrogen atom or a substituent, and Z represents a carbamoyl, acyl, alkoxycarbonyl, or aryloxycarbonyl gro... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6916798 | Inhibitors of GSK-3 and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds of formula I that are useful as GSK-3 inhibitors. The invention also relates to methods of using compounds of formula I or pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula I to inhibit GSK-3 activity. The inventi... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6878792 | Dye for an intraocular lens and an intraocular lens using it The present invention provides lenses for eyes having visible light transmission properties near to those of human crystalline lenses, particularly coloring techniques effective for soft lenses for eyes. The present invention is a yellow dye capable of chemical bond... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6878196 | Ink, ink jet recording method and azo compound An ink containing at least one dye represented by formula (1): wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently a hydrogen atom or a monovalent group; Z is a nitrogen atom, or a carbon atom... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6607563 | Hair dye composition Provided is a hair dye composition containing a direct dye A--D.dbd.D--B. This hair dye composition has markedly high hair dyeing power, has less color fade over time and undergoes a small change in the color tone of the dye even after storage. A represen... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6200371 | Aqueous ink compositions An ink comprising water, a water-dissipatable polymer and a dye of the Formula (1): ##STR1## wherein: R1 is optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl; R2 is H, optionally substituted alkyl or optionally substituted aryl;... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6191265 | Thermomigrationfast azo dyes Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## wherein the substituents are each as defined in the description, are useful for dyeing and printing synthetic textile materials.... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6187084 | Ink compositions An ink comprising water, a water-dissipatable polymer and one or more dyes of Formula (1): ##STR1## wherein: R1 is H or a substituent; R2 and R3 are each independently optionally substituted alkyl, aryl or aralkyl, or R | 02/13/2001 |
| 6042621 | Fibre-reactive dyestuffs The application is concerned with a compound of the formula (I) ##STR1## and a process for making the same. The compound is useful as fiber-reactive dyestuff in dyeing or printing onto hydroxy- or nitrogen-containing substrates. A printing compositio... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5964899 | Azo dyes, their production and use Azo dyes containing sulphur dye entities as a constitutional component are dyes of valuable properties, in particular for the dyeing of leather.... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5808014 | Process for the preparation of arlazotetronic acid derivatives A process for the preparation of arylazotetronic acid derivatives of the general formula: ##STR1## in which a 3-chloro-4-hydroxy-2(5H)-furanone of the formula: ##STR2## is diazotized. The arylazotetronic acid derivatives are important inter... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5760196 | Monoazo blue disperse dye compounds and methods for dyeing or printing hydrophobic fiber materials using the same A monoazo compound of the following formula(I): ##STR1## wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom; R2 represents a phenyl group or an alkyl group which is unsubstituted or substituted; R3 is a hydrogen... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5696243 | Diphenylamine compounds, polymers prepared therefrom and non-linear optics devices containing the same Diphenylamines of the formula ##STR1## where the ring A can be benzo-fused, and D is aryl or a five-membered aromatic heterocyclyl which contains one to three hetero atoms selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur, in the hete... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5644039 | Mixtures of blue disperse azo dyestuffs Mixtures of dyestuffs of the formulae (I) and (II) ##STR1## which are outstanding substitute products for the anthraquinone dyestuff Disperse Blue 56, have been found.... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5616696 | Azo dyes having utility for ink jet printers A group of compounds comprising the reaction product of a hydroxy naphthylamine sulfonic acid with a diazotized compound comprising, an aromatic azo substituted Cleves Acid such that the diazotized compound is coupled with the hydroxy naphthylamine sulfon... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5527888 | Thiophene-type monoazo dyes A monoazo dye of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R is phenyl, phenoxy or benzyl, and D is a group of the formula (D1), (D2), (D3) or (D4): ##STR2## wherein each of X1, X2 and X3, which are independent... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5514819 | Oxalylamino substituted indoaniline dyes The present invention provides a dye-donor element for use according to thermal dye sublimation transfer, said dye-donor element comprising a support provided with a dye layer containing a dye and a polymeric binder, characterized in that said dye corresp... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5502172 | Process for the preparation of pyrazole azo dyestuffs New pyrazole azo dyestuffs of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R1 denotes hydrogen or an acyl radical, R2 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic radical which is optionally bonded via alkylene,... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5502170 | Azo dyes with an acetalized diazo component of the thiophene or thiazole series Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where L1, L2, L3, L4, X and K are as defined in the specification, and crystal forms of thienylazobenzene dyes are useful for dyeing or printing textile materials such as po... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5466790 | Azo dyes with an acetalized diazo component of the thiophene or thiazole series Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## where L1 is hydrogen, C1 -C8 -alkyl or phenyl, L2 and L3 are each substituted or unsubstituted C1 -C8 -alkyl, or together a radical of the formul... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5446136 | Pyrazole azo dyestuffs Pyrazole azo dyestuffs of the formula (I) ##STR1## in which R1 denotes hydrogen or an acyl radical, R2 denotes hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl or a heterocyclic radical which is optionally bonded via alkylene, R | 08/29/1995 |
| 5440024 | 3-cyano-5-nitrothiophene type monoazo dyes and mixtures thereof A monoazo disperse dye for dyeing polyester fibers of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein one of R1 and R2 is ##STR2## wherein W is hydrogen, halogen, C1 -C2 alkyl or alkoxy, the other of ... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5391720 | Imidazole dyes formed by reaction of imidazoles with diazonium salts Disclosed is an imidazole azo dye of formula (I), which is useful for image formation and as a filter dye, which has a sharp absorption wave and which is fast to light, heat, air, moisture and chemicals. Also disclosed is a thermal transfer dye-donating m... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5352774 | Dyes containing thiophene radicals The compounds of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, SO2 E or unsubstituted or substituted hydroxyl or mercapto, E is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, chlorine or unsubstituted or substituted hy... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5340930 | Monoazo dye having a thiophene derivative as diazo component A monoazodye of the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen, methyl or chlorine, R2 is hydrogen or methyl, R3 is C1 -C5 alkyl, R4 is phenyl, benzyl, phenoxy, C1 | 08/23/1994 |
| 5328994 | Azinoneutromethines New azinoneutromethines of the formula ##STR1## in which the symbols used have the meaning given in the description, a process for their preparation and their use in thermal and photochromic recording materials, as nonlinear optical materials, as pho... | 07/12/1994 |
| 5324826 | Azo disperse dyes having 1,2,4-triazol-5-yl diazo component radicals having electron-withdrawing substituents in the 3-positions Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is C1-18 alkyl, substituted C1-18 alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, C3-6 alkenyl, substituted C3-6 alkenyl, C3-6 alkynyl or substituted C | 06/28/1994 |
| 5283326 | Dyes containing thiophene radicals The compounds of the general formula ##STR1## where X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, SO2 E or unsubstituted or substituted hydroxyl or mercapto, E is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, chlorine or unsubstituted or substituted hydr... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5278293 | Azo dyestuffs and intermediate products for their preparation Azo dyestuffs of the formula ##STR1## having the substituent meanings given in the description, are outstandingly suitable for dyeing and printing materials containing hydroxyl groups and amide groups.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5270456 | Azo dyes with A2-aminothiophene dye azo component and a coupling component and coupling component of the diphenylamine series Thiopheneazo dye I which are chiefly useful as disperse dyes for dyeing textile material, in particular polyesters, have the formula ##STR1## where the substituents are as defined in the description.... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5264032 | Pigment preparations Pigment preparation essentially comprising a) at least one pigment from the class of azo, anthrapyrimidine, anthanthrone, quinacridone, perinone, diketopyrrolopyrrole, dioxazine, flavanthrone, indanthrone, isoindolinone, isoviolanthrone, perylene, phthalo... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5233028 | Dicyanoimidazole compound derivative, and magenta toner, for colored resin, colored molded resin member and a color filter incorporating it (1) Dicyanoimidazole compound derivative represented by the formula [I] ##STR1## [R1, R2 : alkyl group, alkoxyalkyl group, hydroxyalkyl group, ଲ-cyanoethyl group, ଲ-chloroethyl group, aralkyl group, aryl group; X: hy... | 08/03/1993 |
| 5206375 | Thiophene derivatives The novel compound of the general formula I ##STR1## where X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, SO2 Y or unsubstituted or substituted hydroxyl or mercapto, Y is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, chlorine or unsubstituted or substitut... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5187265 | Chromogenic thiol indicating benzoisothiazolone compounds The present invention relates to a chromogenic benzoisothiazolone polymer derivative for measuring the presence or appearance of thiols in an aqueous system.... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5186865 | Electro-optical materials and light modulator devices containing same Azo-type optically active compounds and polymers are provided based on compounds of the general structure [substituted aryl]--N.dbd.N--[substituted aryl] wherein aryl substituents are introduced which hinder or prohibit rotation around the single bonds of the ... | 02/16/1993 |
