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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7688503 | Microscopy system and microscopy method for plural observers A microscopy system allows to superimpose a light optically generated microscopic image of an object with an electronically generated image. The electronically generated image is composed of two input images, one of which is independent of optical settings of an ocu... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7369306 | Image reversion system, ancillary ophthalmoscopy module and surgical microscope The invention relates to an image reversion system (500) which enables an image reversion and beam transposition of a plurality of observation beam paths (503a, 503b, 504a and 504b) to be carried out sim... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7265899 | Stereoscopic microscope An observation device including an intermediate tube that houses two relay optical systems and an image rotator, each relay optical system having an exit axis that is substantially parallel to the exit axis of the other relay optical system, and an ocular tube that ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7184610 | Miniaturized microscope array digital slide scanner An array of microscopes and a method of imaging an object with the array of microscopes. The array includes a plurality of optical elements being individually disposed with respect to a corresponding image plane and configured to image respective sections of an obje... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7023614 | Portable microscope having an illumination device, and microscope stage A portable microscope and a microscope stage (10) for a portable microscope are disclosed. The microscope comprises a stand (4) that carries the adjustable-height microscope stage (10). The microscope stage (10) is constructed from a samp... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6937803 | Display arrangement for fading optical information into an observer's field of view A display arrangement for providing optical information into an observer's field of view, which can be carried at the head, includes a picture source, a picture transmission device and an eyepiece. The picture transmission device consists of at least partially of a ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6850362 | Microscope optical system with a stationary sample stage and stationary viewing ports suited for viewing various fields of view of a sample A microscope optical system in which both a sample and the viewing optics can be maintained stationary, while at the same time different points or fields of view of the sample can be examined. In the microscope optical system a sample is provided, e.g. on a stage, t... | 02/01/2005 |
| 5982549 | Ultra-wide field viewing system This invention provides a vision system that increases the field of view of an electronic binocular system without degrading image quality or requiring extremely large format sensors or displays. The vision system comprises an imaging device coupled with ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5617248 | Diffraction grating array and display having a diffraction grating A display having a diffraction grating comprises a substrate, a plurality of diffraction grating cells formed over a surface of the substrate and comprising a diffraction grating having curve portions arranged in a parallel shift relation, and a light-shu... | 04/01/1997 |
| 5561555 | Microscope subassembly apparatus An apparatus and method for aligning the optical elements of a microscope are disclosed wherein a fixture is provided for locating and mounting a plurality of mirrors for reflecting an object image along an optical path to an adjacent eyepiece connected t... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5557453 | Microscope that displays superimposed data A microscope includes a mount 18 secured to an eyepiece tube 10 to superimpose image data upon the microscope image. The image data is projected and reflected into the intermediate image plane using a receiving unit 27 to hold the image data on a slide 29... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5132837 | Operation microscope An operation microscope including a plurality of objective lenses arranged at different angles with respect to an object to be viewed and a selecting optical system having a function of selecting one of light beams from the objective lenses and enabling t... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5018846 | Microscope In an optical microscope, particularly an optical microscope having optics which include divergent beams of light being transmitted to the eyepieces, a facility for display or teaching is provided by replacing a conventional eyepiece with an eyepiece (21)... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4605287 | Surgical microscope for two surgeons The invention is directed to a double microscope for a surgeon and an assistant. The double microscope includes an optical splitter plate which splits the light coming from the operation field and directs the split beams to the two microscopes. The optica... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4530577 | Mounting assembly for synchronized adjustment of multiple microscope housing A mounting assembly for twin microscope housings to permit synchronized tilting of the microscopes including a central spindle whose outside surface is threaded to accommodate an annular collar whose inside surface has corresponding threads. A fixed brack... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4417789 | Observation device A device for observing, by use of two microscopes, two adjacent regions on two objects which are superposed with respect to the direction of an optical axis is provided with a magnifying and image projecting lens interposed between the microscopes and the... | 11/29/1983 |
| 4244634 | Attachment for connecting a plurality of independent microscopes An attachment for connecting independent microscopes to permit the object under inspection in one microscope to be simultaneously viewable through other microscopes is disclosed. Optical systems are described for connecting two or three microscopes in a m... | 01/13/1981 |
| 3994557 | Optical systems A dual viewing optical system, for attachment to an optical instrument, hng beam splitting means which can provide first and second beams of light, a first viewing position at which the first beam can be viewed, attached to the beam splitting means a fir... | 11/30/1976 |
| 3987463 | Automatic exposure control circuit for photomicrographic apparatus An automatic exposure control circuit comprises a pair of lamp circuits for displaying the fact that an automatic exposure is feasible and the exposure period which is automatically determined, as well as an electronic shutter circuit and an automatic shu... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3941452 | Microscopes A new microscope construction wherein the large components may be made in quantity using plastic molding techniques. The improved microscope comprises a base of inverted dish shape, a bridge comprising a plurality of legs, and an eye-piece housing. The lo... | 03/02/1976 |
