...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 |
| D660459 | Double capture corner frame member for a modular building | 05/22/2012 |
| D660458 | Structural member | 05/22/2012 |
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| D617470 | Corner filler module | 06/08/2010 |
| D617009 | Brace tie for a concrete form | 06/01/2010 |
| D605309 | Corner coving | 12/01/2009 |
| D599490 | Corner weatherstrip seal | 09/01/2009 |
| D586002 | Corner piece | 02/03/2009 |
| D581060 | Sill screed | 11/18/2008 |
| D575412 | Sill screed | 08/19/2008 |
| D573726 | Corner post | 07/22/2008 |
| D569014 | Corner post | 05/13/2008 |
| D568496 | Corner molding for wall and roof coverings | 05/06/2008 |
| 7351003 | Vehicle barrier advertisement system A vehicle barrier advertisement system comprising a vehicle parking barrier having a lower face member, a spaced-apart top face member, with a vertical portion extending from the lower face and angularly oriented spaced-apart grooves for insertion of one or more adv... | 04/01/2008 |
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| D553758 | Building panel joint frame | 10/23/2007 |
| D551779 | Corner filler module | 09/25/2007 |
| D549846 | Sill screed | 08/28/2007 |
| D549845 | Sill screed | 08/28/2007 |
| D549840 | Sill screed | 08/28/2007 |
| D549841 | Corner support | 08/28/2007 |
| D549844 | Sill screed | 08/28/2007 |
| D549843 | Sill screed | 08/28/2007 |
| D549842 | Corner support | 08/28/2007 |
| D538443 | Capping unit | 03/13/2007 |
| D538442 | Corner cover | 03/13/2007 |
| D538444 | Corner coving | 03/13/2007 |
| D529193 | Building corner component | 09/26/2006 |
| 7044679 | Optical illusion speed bump and method of using the same A speed control method and device. A speed bump is optically simulated on a roadway as by painting the roadway to create the appearance of a real speed bump, or an actual speed bump is visually enhanced to appear larger than it actually is. Actual speed bumps can be... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6994489 | Utility cover system A utility cover system for preventing water and silt leakage into a utility entrance within a road surface. The utility cover system includes an outer frame having an opening defined by an inner tapered edge, and a wedge cover having an outer tapered edge that fits ... | 02/07/2006 |
| D501050 | Three way; 2-90° outside, 1-135° inside, bullnose corner | 01/18/2005 |
| D500863 | Radius corner form | 01/11/2005 |
| D498001 | Arched filler member for doorway casing head | 11/02/2004 |
| 4667451 | Collapsible truss unit, and frameworks constructed by combinations of such units A collapsible, or deployable, truss unit to be combined with a multiplicity of other similar units in an array for the construction of, for example, medium to large size frameworks in outer space. Each truss unit comprises two substantially rectangular ar... | 05/26/1987 |