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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190366 | LC resonance probe for determining local plasma density An apparatus and method for determining plasma parameters such as plasma electron density ne. The probe apparatus includes an LC resonance probe comprising an inductive element and a capacitive element connected in series. The capacitive element of the pr... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8024120 | Complex phase locked loop A method of estimating an instantaneous frequency of a component of interest in a complex primary signal via a complex Phase Locked Loop (PLL). A complex incident signal including a complex exponential evaluated at a synthesis frequency is calculated according to a ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7987053 | Monitor units calculation method for proton fields A method for determining a monitor unit that is associated with a process using ions, includes obtaining a depth dose curve, determining a characteristic parameter based on the depth dose curve, and using the characteristic parameter to determine a first monitor uni... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7979209 | Temporal mapping and analysis A compositing process for selecting spatial data collected over a period of time, creating temporal data cubes from the spatial data, and processing and/or analyzing the data using temporal mapping algebra functions. In some embodiments, the temporal data cube is cr... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7908084 | System for co-ordinated ground processing The invention relates to a system for co-ordinated soil cultivation, said system comprising a plurality of soil compacting devices (W1, W2) used to determine location-related relative compacting values (V(W1; TB1, xi, yi;I−1 . . . n)), ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7844399 | Method and system to model materials for use in articles, such as tampons A modeling method for a fibrous material to be made into a product, which may be but one example of a family of such modeling methods, includes analyzing processes and conditions under which the fibrous material is made into the product, determining that moisture, t... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7827189 | Sense database There has been conventionally a problem that when the searcher uses, for example, “dry wine” selected according to the searcher's preference as a search key, the searcher cannot be satisfied with the search result because wine entries stored in a database as “... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7822552 | Control devices for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer A control device or “bird” for controlling the position of a marine seismic streamer is provided with an elongate, partly flexible body which is designed to be electrically and mechanically connected in series with a streamer. In its preferred form, the bird has... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7814048 | Knowledge extraction from online discussion forums Concepts presented herein relate to extracting knowledge for a chatbot knowledge base from online discussion forms. Within a thread of an online discussion form, replies are selected based on structural features and content features therein. The replies can be ranke... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7574302 | Parcel networks The present invention provides apparatus for defining a parcel network in a control coordinate system. The parcel network is formed from a number of interconnected parcels with each parcel being formed from a number of interconnected boundary lines. The parcels are ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7546208 | Method and apparatus of signal processing for use in spectrometry using an improved apodization function A method and apparatus is disclosed for signal spectrometry using an improved apodization function. Such method and apparatus involve (i) obtaining sample and reference time domain waveforms; (ii) applying sample and reference apodization waveforms to the sample and... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7480571 | Apparatus and methods for improving the stability of RF power delivery to a plasma load Methods for improving the stability of RF power delivery to a plasma load are disclosed. The method includes adding an RF resistor and/or a power attenuator at one of many specific locations in the RF power system to lower the impedance derivatives while keeping the... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7436324 | Maritime port inspection and ingress control A marine port monitoring system including an inspection apparatus, either fixed or mobile, for intercepting cargo vessels entering the port. The system includes sensors placed in a shipping channel for examination of a hull of a passing vessel to detect externally m... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426439 | Method and apparatus for marine seismic data acquisition The present invention provides a method and apparatus for seismic data acquisition. One embodiment of the method includes accessing data acquired by at least two particle motion sensors. The data includes a seismic signal and a noise signal and the at least two part... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7417577 | Methods of estimating precipitation characteristics A method of estimating precipitation characteristics including acquiring a radar image including at least a vertical plane of a precipitation zone; processing a vertical profile to generate digital signals representative of reflectivity in vertical direction z; inte... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412356 | Detection and quantification system for monitoring instruments A method of detecting real events by obtaining a set of recent signal results, calculating measures of the noise or variation based on the set of recent signal results, calculating an expected baseline value based on the set of recent signal results, determining sam... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403857 | Enhanced measurement of azimuthal dependence of subterranean parameters with filters and/or discretely sampled data A method for estimating an azimuthal dependence of a parameter of a borehole using logging sensor measurements acquired as a function of azimuth of the logging sensors is provided. The method includes acquiring at least one logging sensor measurement and a correspon... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399446 | Apparatus and process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal surface of equipment The present invention relates to an apparatus and a process for locating and for measuring variations in temperature and/or in degree of fouling over the internal suface of equipment. ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7397026 | Efficient electron transfer dissociation for mass spectrometry The present invention relates to, inter alia, methods and apparatuses for electron transfer dissociation (ETD) that vary the internal energy of precursor ions for ETD. The methods and apparatuses are particularly useful in mass spectrometry. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391358 | Weather radar echo tops forecast generation Described are a method and a system for generating a short-term forecast of echo tops as defined by weather radar measurements. The method includes receiving echo tops images for different times. An echo tops growth rate and an echo tops maximum value are determined... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7392135 | Adaptive equalization of downhole acoustic receivers Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing and/or substantially eliminating sensitivity mismatch of acoustic receivers used with acoustic sources to determine acoustic properties of geologic formations as a logging tool traverses the formations. Methods are dir... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7383128 | Implementing two dimensional segment inversions with inversion-conforming data sets processing being rendered to include generalized composite weight factors in the processing of error-affected multivariate data samples Representations of data inversions are generated by alternate forms of maximum likelihood estimating and associated least-squares and regression analysis which are rendered in correspondence with either single component residual deviations or projections between dat... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7376512 | Method for determining an optimal absorber stack geometry of a lithographic reflection mask The present invention relates to a method for determining an optimal absorber stack geometry of a lithographic reflection mask comprising a reflection layer and a patterned absorber stack provided on the reflection layer, the absorber stack having a buffer layer and... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373338 | Access control to shared resources Controlled access is provided to a shared resource 23 such as an ontology (knowledge database) in order to maintain its quality without restraining the ability of users 21a, 21b, 21c . . . to contribute to that resour... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373279 | Network A network including a bus through which data is transmitted and a plurality of network devices connected to the bus to form the network. In the network, at least one of the network devices performs measurement at timings in a predetermined cycle T and outputs data c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372374 | Measuring device used in process technology, comprising a central power supply unit A measuring device for process technology, having a central unit for the connection of different measurement modules, with the central unit containing a central power supply, to which the measurement modules can be connected. In the measurement module a module power... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369954 | Event tracing with time stamp compression and history buffer based compression An improved method, apparatus, and computer instructions for generating trace data. In response to detecting a trace event, a determination is made as to whether identifiers for the trace event match recorded identifiers for a record in a set of previously recorded ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366632 | Method and apparatus for three-dimensional measurements An apparatus and method for measuring the physical quantities of a data center during operation and method for servicing large-scale computing systems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a cart that supports a plurality of sensors. The cart is moveable within the d... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359799 | Method and system for automated location dependent probabilistic tropical cyclone forecast A method for automated location dependent probabilistic tropical cyclone forecast. A plurality of new data records representative of alternative tracks are generated based on historical tracks by a first MonteCarlo-module. Points of the new data records are generate... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7349760 | System and method for sensing and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution A system for measuring and controlling the concentration of a chemical agent in a solution has a reaction cell for receiving a sample, a titrant dropper for releasing one or more drops of titrant into the sample, a first photosensor for sensing disruptions of light ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349807 | Quantitative risk assessment applied to pore pressure prediction Pre-drill pore pressure and fracture gradient predictions obtained from seismic velocity data are used in well design taking into account uncertainties in the velocity estimation and in the models that use the velocities to determine pore pressure. Using geological ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346457 | Method for identification of inhibited wells in the mature fields A method is provided for evaluating the performance of a plurality of oil wells which were established to produce from a common reservoir beneath the earth's surface. The method comprises inputting information about the reservoir into a computer and establishing a t... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7340345 | Method and circuit arrangement for determining a quality level of phase signals The present invention relates to a method and a circuit arrangement for evaluating phase signals for determining an angle or a path of a linearly or rotationally displaced component, whereby a number (N) of measured phase values (α), produced by scanning at ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7340381 | Characterization of radio frequency (RF) signals using wavelet-based parameter extraction Embodiments of the present invention apply wavelets to radio frequency (RF) signals to extract specific characteristics (e.g., jitter, phase variations, frequency variations) so that their timing, phase, and frequency components can be characterized. In one embodime... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7333890 | Chinese lunar calendar-based tidal prediction system and method thereof The present invention provides a Chinese lunar calendar-based tidal prediction system and method that generate tidal predictions using empirical prediction models, wherein the empirical prediction models are generated using Genetic Algorithms-based regression analys... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333906 | Quality analysis including cumulative deviation determination A device and technique for monitoring the quality of a manufacturing process, a resulting part or both includes determining a cumulative deviation of an actual process signature from an expected signature. A disclosed example includes determining a quantitative valu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333921 | Scalable, concurrent, distributed sensor system and method A sensor system and method for collecting and analyzing sensor data transmitted by various distributed sensors in a secure, scalable, and efficient manner. Sensors having sensor data to transmit establish concurrent connections with a central server that is configur... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330794 | Water monitoring system using bivalve mollusks A toxicant detection system comprises at least one watertight chamber containing a mollusk. Water to be screened is introduced into the chamber. The mollusk is preferably supported on a mounting structure which facilitates quick mounting of the mollusk in the device... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328239 | Method and apparatus for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session A system and method for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference. The system allows a session moderator or other guests to request data streaming of the multiparty. The data-stream-initiation request is received from an Internet-based interface. Upon rec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321852 | System and method for transcribing audio files of various languages System, method and program product for transcribing an audio file included in or referenced by a web page. A language of text in the web page is determined. Then, voice recognition software of the language of text is selected and used to transcribe the audio file. I... | 01/22/2008 |
