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Dennis Gabor, British physicist
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7201101 | Punch capable of punching an object at four directions A punch includes a jig having four punching regions, each punching region having a pattern hole and a concave embossment; guide columns extended upward from a border of the punching regions on the jig; a base for fixing the jig; a punching member punching and emboss... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7037013 | Ink-receptive card substrate In a method of forming an ink-receptive card substrate, an ink-receptive material is provided. The ink-receptive material includes a backing layer and an ink-receptive coating on a surface of the backing layer. Next, a card member is provided. Finally, the ink-recep... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6979141 | Identification cards, protective coatings, films, and methods for forming the same The present invention relates to a protective film for application to a card member and forming identification cards having protective films. The method of applying protection to a card member includes providing a protective film. The protective film includes a prot... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6972151 | Magic slate capture and display device A device for forming erasable images on a reusable medium, comprising: an erasing portion; and a writing portion; wherein the erasing portion comprises a separator for separating at least two layers of the reusable medium; and wherein the writing portion comprises a... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6749710 | Combination static cling and product label assembly A method of making the label assembly comprises providing a label stock material having a printed upper surface and a lower surface adhesively secured to a backing web having a release coating; laminating a web of static cling material is to the upper surface of the... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6723820 | Solvent soluble poly(urethane/urea) resins Solvent based poly(urethane/urea) resins suitable for formulating flexographic and gravure laminating printing ink and coating compositions formed from a poly(urethane) prepolymer solution made from a blend of polymeric diols and diols reacted with diisocyanates and... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6578615 | Magic slate capture and display device A device for forming erasable images on a reusable medium, comprising: an erasing portion; and a writing portion; wherein the erasing portion comprises a separator for separating at least two layers of the reusable medium; and wherein the writing portion ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 5954916 | Adhesive tape applying device including printing systems for printing on the outer surface of the tape An improved device for applying an adhesive tape, provided with printing systems for printing on the outer surface of the tape, comprises a handle coupled to a frame bearing a supporting element for a tape roll and cutting means for cutting the tape, the ... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5735994 | Film printing device In a film printing method for printing a print design on a substrate areas of a surface of a substrate to be provided with a print design is coated in a first step with an adhesive layer. The transfer film for the printing method includes a support film h... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5595795 | Composite, preform therefore, method of making, and apparatus The present invention is a highly predictable composite usable to fabricate such structural articles as complex-shaped automotive body parts and building panels. Included in this composite is at least one netlike preform having a plurality of inter-crosse... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5296084 | Tape alignment mechanism In a tape alignment mechanism for overlapping two or more tapes with an alignment operation in a width direction, the tape alignment mechanism comprises an alignment member. For example, when a tape is fed through a roller member having a pair of flange p... | 03/22/1994 |
| 4188256 | Apparatus for manufacturing identification plates having indented retroreflective characters Identification plates are produced by applying retroreflective material upon a male die member and subsequently pressing a plate blank over the retroreflective material to adhere the material to the blank. The blank is then lifted from the male die member... | 02/12/1980 |