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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8048337 | Organic memory device using iridium organometallic compound and fabrication method thereof Disclosed are a composition comprising a mixture of at least one iridium organometallic compound and an electrically conductive polymer, an organic active layer comprising the same, an organic memory device comprising the organic active layer and methods for fabrica... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7312251 | Synthesis of stable solutions of rare earth tris (organophosphate) in hydrocarbon solvents Stable rare earth tris (organophosphate) solutions comprise a rare earth tris (organophosphate) and a hydrocarbon solvent. From about 2% to about 10% rare earth element, preferably from about 3% to about 8%, is present in the solutions. The rare earth tris (organoph... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7270770 | Triboluminescent materials and devices This invention relates to various phosphine oxides and their use in applications which exploit the triboluminescent effect. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7183008 | Electroluminescent materials A novel electroluminescent compound which emits blue or blueish purple light is a complex of a lanthanide or actinide and an organic complex e.g. mono(bathophenanthroline) thoriumIV chloride or mono(tripyridyl)yttrium chloride. ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7122129 | Fluorescent substance and fluorescent composition containing the same The present invention provides a fluorescent substance represented by the following general formula: (A1−xBx)2Si2O7, wherein A is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Gd, Y, Lu and La, B i... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7087904 | Positron emission tomography device This invention is a positron emission tomography (PET) device comprising as a scintillator a perovskite organic/inorganic hybrid compound selected from the group represented by the general formulae: (R1—NR113)2... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081365 | Scintillation proximity test The invention concerns scintillation proximity assays performed in multiwell plates where a charge coupled device is used to image the wells. Conventional phosphors emit blue light (350–450 nm) which is absorbed by yellow or brown assay components. This problem is... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7029919 | Electro-optical device and methods for hybridization and detection The invention provides an apparatus and method for detection of a target molecule. The apparatus includes a probe labeled with a transition metal-ligand complex that hybridizes with the target to form an initial complex, a metal ion for doping the initial complex an... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6974703 | Electro-optical devices and methods for hybridization and detection The invention provides an apparatus and method for detection of a target molecule. The apparatus includes a probe labeled with a transition metal-ligand complex that hybridizes with the target to form an initial complex, a metal ion for doping the initial complex an... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6911251 | Composite scintillator material and method of manufacture An optically nonisotropic composite material. The composite material includes two materials, a transparent bulk optical material and radiation absorbing or reflecting fibers embedded within the bulk material. The fibers are substantially parallel to one another and ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6911551 | Spiro compounds based on boron or aluminum and the use of the same in the electronics industry The present invention relates to substituted boron or aluminum spiro compounds and their use in the electronic industry. The compounds of the invention are used as electron transport material, hole blocking material and/or as host material in organic electroluminesc... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6544442 | Method of loading organic materials with group III plus lanthanide and actinide elements Disclosed is a composition of matter comprising a tributyl phosphate complex of a group 3, lanthanide, actinide, or group 13 salt in an organic carrier and a method of making the complex. These materials are suitable for use in solid or liquid organic sci... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6471888 | Dual neutron flux/temperature measurement sensor Simultaneous measurement of neutron flux and temperature is provided by a single sensor which includes a phosphor mixture having two principal constituents. The first constituent is a neutron sensitive Li6 F and the second is a rare-earth activ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6410766 | Emitting materials used for organic EL based on tridentate ligands A series of emitting materials used for organic EL based on tridentate ligands are characterized as Formula 1, Formula 2 and Formula 3, where: the group O-I-N is a bidentate ligand such as 8-hydroxyquinoline and 2-(o-hydroxyphenyl)-benzoxazole, II, III ar... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6288229 | Ruthenium complex having di or tetrapyridophenazine ligand useful for use as luminescent material A ruthenium (II) complex having a dipyridophenazine or tetrapyridophenazine ligand and being represented by the formula (1) or (2) shown in the specification. Upon absorption of light, the complex emits fluorescence for a longer life time in a protic solv... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6136233 | Hydrogen peroxide based ECL An electrochemiluminescence (ECL)-based assay for the quantitation of classical clinical chemistry analytes, where glucose, ethanol, carbon dioxide, cholesterol, as H2 O2 liberating systems coupled to a tris(bipyridyl)ruthenium(II) R... | 10/24/2000 |
| 5714089 | Luminescent metal chelatte labels and means for detection A chemical moiety is disclosed which comprises a chemical, biochemical, or biological substance attached to one or more electrochemiluminescent organometallic compounds. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the substance is attached to one or more r... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5658494 | Fluorescent compounds Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimido-triphenylphosphorane), or a phosphine oxide such as p-tolyldiphenylphosphine oxide, with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5606638 | Organic scintillator systems and optical fibers containing polycyclic aromatic compounds A class of polycyclic aromatic compounds containing at least two fused rings, is used to produce very bright liquid or plastic scintillators. When a member of this class, such as pyrene, is added at high concentration to a liquid or polymeric organic solv... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5507965 | Protonic, conductive, electrolytic materials Protonic, conductive, macromolecular materials comprising a solid complex of anhydrous orthophosphoric acid and polyoxyethylene and also having an antioxidizing agent and/or a thixotropic agent are useful as an electrolyte in electrochromic systems, parti... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5457186 | Luminescent lanthanide chelates with decreased non-radiative energy loss A method of conducting assays for analytes, usually from biological samples, utilizing bioaffinity reagents linked to luminescent lanthanide chelates, which are synthesized so that the non-radiative quenching of the ion luminescence through C--H bond vibr... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5435937 | Fluorescent compounds Novel compounds obtainable by reacting together an imido-reagent such as diphenylphosphonimidotriphenylphosphorane) with a chelate of a transition or lanthanide or actinide metal, such as tris(dibenzoylmethide) europium III, has the property of fluorescin... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5145750 | Rubber product identification by tagging The present invention provides for a method for positive product identification using tagging materials such as barium sulfate, manganese dioxide or mixtures thereof. Such materials may be employed, for example, in the dusting agent used in roofing materi... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5101015 | Reagents for an amphetamine-class fluorescence polarization immunoassay A fluorescence polarization immunoassay (FPIA) for detecting the presence of one or more amphetamine-class analytes in a test sample is provided. The immunoassay uses competition between the analyte and a fluorescently labeled tracer for the binding site ... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5015861 | Lead carbonate scintillator materials Improved radiation detectors containing lead carbonate or basic lead carbonate as the scintillator element are disclosed. Both of these scintillators have been found to provide a balance of good stopping power, high light yield and short decay constant th... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4965211 | Fluorometric analysis method Species-linked diamine triacetic acids of the formula ##STR1## wherein T is an organic species containing at least one amine, hydroxyl, or thiol functional group, L is the residue of at least one of those functional groups and R is a two or more atom... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4861727 | Luminescent oxygen sensor based on a lanthanide complex An oxygen sensor is provided for determination of the partial pressure of oxygen. In one aspect, the invention consists of oxygen-quenchable luminescent lanthanide complexes for an oxygen sensor. The complexes are oxygen-quenchable even though immobilized... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4837169 | Polypyridine Fluorescent labels for immunoassay There are described stable fluorescent labels comprising a complex of Eu+3 and a chelating agent comprising a nucleus which is a triplet sensitizer having a triplet energy greater than that of Eu+3 and at least two heteroatom-contain... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4713820 | Thermal lensing-compensated lanthanum beryllate laser A single crystal of rare-earth-doped lanthanum beryllate, whose crystal orientation is suitably chosen, provides a laser medium whose index of refraction is substantially independent of temperature. A laser using such a crystal as the laser medium display... | 12/15/1987 |
| 4637988 | Fluorescent labels for immunoassay There are described stable fluorescent labels comprising a complex of lanthanide metal and a chelating agent comprising a nucleus which is a triplet sensitizer having a triplet energy greater than that of said lanthanide metal and at least two heteroatom-... | 01/20/1987 |
| 4620939 | Scintillation converter for neutron radiography A scintillation converter for neutron radiography is described, comprising a composition formed of components (A) 100 parts by weight of an olefin rubber made mainly of ethylene and propylene, (B) from 100 to 400 parts by weight of at least one inorganic ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4533489 | Formable light reflective compositions A light-reflective, flowable and curable composition is described which comprises a resin containing light-reflective solid particles in an amount and of average particle size sufficient to provide the desired light reflectance/transmittance characteristi... | 08/06/1985 |
| 4432907 | Diamine acid fluorescent chelates Species-linked diamine triacetic acids of the formula ##STR1## wherein T is an organic species containing at least one amine, hydroxyl, or thio functional group, L is the residue of at least one of those functional groups and R is a two or more atom ... | 02/21/1984 |
| 4379070 | Tin-phosphorus oxyfluoride glass containing aromatic organic compound A tin-phosphorous oxyfluoride glass in the Sn--P--O--F composition field is used as a supporting matrix for light-responsive polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as triplet state or lasing dyes. Dye compatibility with the glass is good, as evidenced by ... | 04/05/1983 |
| 4375423 | Index-matched phosphor scintillator structures Scintillator structures are disclosed in which the phosphor is embedded or suspended in an optically transparent matrix which is selected or adjusted to have an index of refraction which is approximately equal to that of the phosphor embedded therein at t... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4374749 | Index-matched phosphor scintillator structures Scintillator structures are disclosed in which the phosphor is embedded or suspended in an optically transparent matrix which is selected or adjusted to have an index of refraction which is approximately equal to that of the phosphor embedded therein at t... | 02/22/1983 |
| 4365155 | Scintillator with ZnWO4 single crystal A scintillator formed of a ZnWO4 single crystal having an absorption coefficient less than or equal to 1.8 cm-1 for the light having a wavelength of 520 nm is disclosed which has a luminescence wavelength of 480 nm and therefore can ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4352751 | Species-linked diamine triacetic acids and their chelates Species-linked diamine triacetic acids of the formula ##STR1## wherein T is an organic species containing at least one amine, hydroxyl, or thiol functional group, L is the residue of at least one of those functional groups and R is a two or more atom... | 10/05/1982 |
| 4352186 | Laser crystal Improved laser system gain is achieved by using Gadolinium to totally replace the Yttrium in a Lithium Yttrium Fluoride (YLF) host crystal so as to increase the amount of Neodymium which can be doped into the host crystal.... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4316817 | Index-matched phosphor scintillator structures Scintillator structures are disclosed in which the phosphor is embedded or suspended in an optically transparent matrix which is selected or adjusted to have an index of refraction which is approximately equal to that of the phosphor embedded therein at t... | 02/23/1982 |
