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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7435353 | Patterning by energetically-stimulated local removal of solid-condensed-gas layers and solid state chemical reactions produced with such layers The invention provides a method for forming a patterned material layer on a structure, by condensing a vapor to a solid condensate layer on a surface of the structure and then localized removal of selected regions of the condensate layer by directing a beam of energ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7422980 | Methods of positioning and/or orienting nanostructures Methods of positioning and orienting nanostructures, and particularly nanowires, on surfaces for subsequent use or integration. The methods utilize mask based processes alone or in combination with flow based alignment of the nanostructures to provide oriented and p... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7422696 | Multicomponent nanorods Multicomponent nanorods having segments with differing electronic and/or chemical properties are disclosed. The nanorods can be tailored with high precision to create controlled gaps within the nanorods or to produce diodes or resistors, based upon the identities of... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7344756 | Method for scanning probe contact printing A method for fabricating scanning probe microscopy (SPM) probes is disclosed. The probes are fabricated by forming a structural layer on a substrate, wherein the substrate forms a cavity. A sacrificial layer is located between the substrate and the structural layer.... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7306823 | Coated nanoparticles and quantum dots for solution-based fabrication of photovoltaic cells CIGS absorber layers fabricated using coated semiconducting nanoparticles and/or quantum dots are disclosed. Core nanoparticles and/or quantum dots containing one or more elements from group IB and/or IIIA and/or VIA may be coated with one or more layers containing ... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300860 | Integrated circuit with metal layer having carbon nanotubes and methods of making same A method of fabricating an integrated circuit comprises forming or providing a solution containing carbon nanotubes and forming a metal layer utilizing the solution. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7273636 | Patterning of solid state features by direct write nanolithographic printing The present invention includes a method of fabricating organic/inorganic composite nanostructures on a substrate comprising depositing a solution having a block copolymer and an inorganic precursor on the substrate using dip pen nanolithography. The process can comp... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7264990 | Methods of nanotubes films and articles Nanotube films and articles and methods of making the same are disclosed. A conductive article includes an aggregate of nanotube segments in which the nanotube segments contact other nanotube segments to define a plurality of conductive pathways along the article. T... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7147966 | Coated carbon nanotube array electrodes The present invention provides conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) electrode materials comprising aligned CNT substrates coated with an electrically conducting polymer, and the fabrication of electrodes for use in high performance electrical energy storage devices. In ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7098056 | Apparatus, materials, and methods for fabrication and catalysis A method for producing carbon nanotubes, the method comprising: (a) providing a substrate with a top surface, (b) forming an island of catalyst material on the top surface using a tip having a patterning compound thereon, (c) heating the substrate and catalyst islan... | 08/29/2006 |
| 6674074 | Enhanced scanning probe microscope An enhanced scanning probe microscope is provided with means for controlling the atmosphere surrounding the probe tip and the sample or surface to be scanned. Additional enhancements include a tip holder which can be tuned to reflect the laser light of th... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6642129 | Parallel, individually addressable probes for nanolithography A microfabricated probe array for nanolithography and process for designing and fabricating the probe array. The probe array consists of individual probes that can be moved independently using thermal bimetallic actuation or electrostatic actuation method... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6635311 | Methods utilizing scanning probe microscope tips and products therefor or products thereby A method of direct-write nanolithography comprising: providing a solid substrate comprising a surface; providing a nanoscopic tip coated with patterning compound; and contacting the coated tip with the substrate, so that the patterning compound is deliver... | 10/21/2003 |
| 5116782 | Method and apparatus for processing a fine pattern A method and apparatus for processing a fine pattern of a sample of one of an electronic device, molecular device and bioelement device, wherein a needle having a sharpened tip is disposed in opposed relation to the sample with a gap therebetween. A volta... | 05/26/1992 |
| 4550257 | Narrow line width pattern fabrication The formation of lines of the order of 8 Angstroms wide is achieved using a tunneling current through a gas that changes to provide a residue that is the basis of the line. The tunneling current energy is tuned to the energy required to dissociate the gas... | 10/29/1985 |
