...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6323426 | Mounting structure for semiconductor device A mounting structure for a high temperature superconductor device, such as a filter, housed in a closed vacuum chamber and operated at a low temperature. The filter has dielectric substrate having: first and second surfaces; a circuit portion made of a su... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5818097 | Temperature controlling cryogenic package system A temperature controlled cryogenic package system for efficiently and precisely monitoring and controlling the operating temperature of a high temperature superconductor circuit placed on a substrate. The cryogenic package system comprises a heating eleme... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5449952 | Superconducting apparatus having dew-preventable Peltier-effect element integrated therewith A superconducting apparatus has a superconducting element, which is a member to be cooled and which exhibits a superconducting phenomenon; an electronic cooling element composed of a cooling electrode provided to the superconducting element via an insulat... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5173620 | Device for eliminating trap of magnetic flux in a superconduction circuit An apparatus for eliminating a magnetic flux from a superconducting circuit comprises a substrate on which a superconducting circuit is formed, a heating fixture including resistance heating elements and provided in the vicinity of the superconducting cir... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5166777 | Cooling apparatus for superconducting devices using Peltier effect cooling element A superconductive apparatus including a superconductive member to be cooled, a cooling element which exhibits Peltier effect upon supply of electric power thereto such that the superconductive member is thermally coupled with a cooling portion of the cool... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5130691 | Superconductive apparatus having a superconductive device in a airtight package A superconductive apparatus has a superconductive device such as a superconductive magneto-resistive device. The superconductive device is mounted within an airtight package which is sealed to create an airtight state. Before sealing, the airtight package... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4965246 | Current-carrying lead formed of a ceramic superconductive material carried by a support A current-carrying lead that may be connected between a source of current and a superconducting device and which comprises a ceramic superconductor and a support made of an insulator, a nonmagnetic metal or a good electrical conductor. The lead may be con... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4809133 | Low temperature monolithic chip A monolithic chip is described which is suited for a superconductive device. The chip includes a substrate with high and low temperature region, a superconductive device formed on the low temperature region and various lines for transmitting signals betwe... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4660061 | Intermediate normal metal layers in superconducting circuitry A thin, nominally 150 angstroms, normal metal layer, nominally the noble normal metal palladium, sandwiched intermediate between two superconducting layers, nominally niobium, supports totally superconducting current flow therethrough such normal metal la... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4075516 | Diffraction electroacoustic transducer In a bulk piezoelectric crystal an arbitrary wavefront of an acoustic wave is reconstructed from an array of wavelets generated subjacent a set of interdigital electrodes on a surface of the crystal.... | 02/21/1978 |