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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 |
| 7978389 | Optical scanning device and image output apparatus The present invention provides an optical scanning device that prevents a disadvantageous increase in device size. Transfer optical system 17 includes at least concave mirrors 19 and 20. Furthermore, transfer optical system 17 allows a li... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7887203 | Multiple reflection optical system The invention relates to a multiple reflection optical system comprising a light beam input (E) and output (S) means, a first mirror (M1) having a curvature radius (R1) and arranged at a distance (d2) in front of a second mirror (M2) havi... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7703932 | All-reflective, wide-field-of-view, inverse-telephoto optical system with external posterior aperture stop and long back focal length An imaging optical system includes a set of mirrors including at least three mirrors on a beam path. Only a last mirror on the beam path has a positive optical power and all other mirrors have negative optical power. The sum of the optical powers of the mirrors is z... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7481544 | Grazing incidence relays Optical relays having three or more reflector portions to allow efficient grazing angle reflections with a relatively high acceptance of light are described. Light collected by the relay can be delivered to a selected location for various applications, including sem... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7436589 | Reflective-type projection optical system and exposure apparatus equipped with said reflective-type projection optical system A reflective-type projection optical system has 8 reflective mirrors that form a reduced image of a first surface on a second surface. A first reflective imaging optical system (G1) forms an intermediate image of the first surface, and a second reflective ima... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7405871 | Efficient EUV collector designs A collector that includes a laser produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultra violet (EUV) light source and a first optical path from the source to a mirror. The mirror is the first mirror that light emitted from the source and traveling along the first optical path impinge... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7401928 | Scanning display optical system A display optical system includes a light-source unit, a first optical unit which collects a light beam from the light-source unit, a scanning member which scans the light beam from the first optical unit, and a second optical unit which focuses the light beam scann... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397615 | Directing electromagnetic energy from an area or volume source An eye mirror in which a first defining ray 5 is reflected from a further defined mirror 2 and intersects a fixed defined unit 75 at a respective further point 8 within a circular cone 91 defined by the angular input aperture at th... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7390101 | Off-axis two-mirror re-imaging infrared telescope An infrared telescope utilizes two mirrors in an off-axis, eccentric-pupil, re-imaging configuration. To improve the image quality of traditional two mirror telescopes, the reflective surfaces of both the primary and secondary mirrors are ellipsoidal. The ellipsoida... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7372624 | 8-mirror microlithography projection objective A projection objective provides a light path for a light bundle from an object field in an object plane to an image field in an image plane. The projection objective includes eight mirrors. The light path is provided via the eight mirrors, and is free of obscuration... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369736 | Light tunnel, uniform light illuminating device and projector employing the same Provided is a light tunnel including a guide member for guiding an incident light to proceed therein while being reflected by a side wall thereof to merge the incident light into a uniform light beam, and an optical path change portion provided at least one end port... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7367687 | Illumination system An illumination system is for providing a parallel illumination light beam. The illumination system includes two lamps, and each lamp includes a first lampshade, a burner and a reflector. The lampshade has a light outputting section. A first reflector is connected w... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364326 | Multiple light source illumination for image display systems A method for transmitting light in an image display system includes generating a first cone of light from a first light source. The first cone of light includes a plurality of light beams. A first portion of the first cone is projected in an illumination path. A sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362414 | Optical system having an optical element that can be brought into at least two positions There is provided an optical system including an optical element having a first used area and a second used area on which impinge rays of a light bundle, and a device for moving the optical element between a first position and a second position. The light bundle imp... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360906 | Projection optical system unit and projection-type image display apparatus using the same A projection optical system unit has a lower pedestal. The lower pedestal has first and second tubular portions opened to each other. An image formation device holding plate for a DMD is mounted on the first tubular portion at a side where one opening is formed. A m... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355678 | Projection system for EUV lithography An EUV optical projection system includes at least six reflecting surfaces for imaging an object (OB) on an image (IM). The system is preferably configured to form an intermediate image (IMI) along an optical path from the object (OB) to the image (IM) between a sec... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354167 | Beam focusing and scanning system using micromirror array lens A beam focusing and scanning system using a micromirror array lens (optical system) includes a light source configured to emit light and a micromirror array lens, including at least one micromirror, optically coupled to the light source, configured to reflect the li... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349050 | Ultraviolet irradiating device and method of manufacturing liquid crystal display device using the same A UV irradiating device and a method of manufacturing an LCD device using the same are disclosed. The UV irradiating device includes a UV light source part having a UV lamp and a reflecting plate, a support supporting the UV light source part, and a stage on which a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348565 | Illumination system particularly for microlithography There is provided a projection exposure apparatus for microlithography using a wavelength less than or equal to 193 nm. The apparatus includes an optical element with a pupil raster element, and a projection objective with a real entrance pupil. The optical element ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336403 | Optical element and illumination apparatus having same An object of the present invention is to efficiently shape a light flux emitted from a light source into a linear shape and so as to provide an optical element having high versatility that can be widely used irrespective of the original sizes and to provide an illum... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324187 | Illumination system and exposure apparatus Disclosed is an illumination optical system and an exposure apparatus having the same, and specifically, as an aspect of the invention, an illumination optical system for illuminating a surface to be illuminated, that includes an aperture stop for defining an effect... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7317583 | High numerical aperture projection system and method for microlithography The present invention relates to a high numerical aperture exposure system having a wafer. The exposure system in the present invention includes a beam-splitter, a reticle, a reticle optical group, where the reticle optical group is placed between the reticle and th... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313921 | Apparatus and method for thermo-electric cooling A temperature regulator provides thermoelectric temperature control in a X-ray detector. The temperature regulator maintains the temperature within the X-ray detector by controlling current through a thermoelectric device. The temperature regulator can both heat and... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7304425 | High brightness LED package with compound optical element(s) A light source includes an LED die with an emitting surface and a collimating optical element. The optical element includes an input surface in optical contact with the LED emitting surface, and an output surface. The optical element has a first portion that compris... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7301694 | Off-axis projection optical system and extreme ultraviolet lithography apparatus using the same Example embodiments are directed to an off-axis projection optical system including first and second mirrors that are off-axially arranged. The tangential and sagittal radii of curvature of the first mirror may be R1t and R1s, respectively. The... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297898 | Laser processing machine In a laser processing machine for processing workpieces using a laser beam (2), a telescope (1) for widening the laser beam (2) comprises an ellipsoidal mirror (3) and a paraboloidal mirror (4) whose axes of rotation (6) ext... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7275397 | Method of molding a silica article Disclosed are high temperature free-flow mold for the production of near net-shape silica articles and method for the production of near net-shape silica articles. The mold is preferably made of graphite, preferably coated with SiC on the surfaces of the mold cavity... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7267276 | Method and apparatus for optically reading target while folding reflected light In an apparatus for optically reading a target based on light reflected from the target, an imaging lens with a first optical axis is provided so that the reflected light enters into the imaging lens. A photodetector having an active area and a second optical axis d... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250317 | Method of fabricating optical waveguide reflectors The invention relates to a device for introducing light into a waveguide, which device comprises: a light source, preferably an electro-optical converter, more preferably a VCSEL, for generating a light beam; a reflector for receiving at least a part of the light be... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248667 | Illumination system with a grating element An illumination system, particularly for wavelengths ≦100 nm, with an object plane and a field plane, comprises a grating element and a physical diaphragm in a diaphragm plane, which is arranged downstream to the grating element in the beam path from the object pl... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7239453 | Projection optical system and projection exposure apparatus A catadioptric projection optical system includes a first optical system, for receiving light from an object, a second optical system, for forming an image of the object on an image plane, and a third optical system disposed optically between the first optical syste... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236301 | Polarized light valve A projection system for making an object appear and disappear to an observer on cue. The system remotely activates a reflective axis and a transmissive axis within a polarized window for making an object on cue appear and disappear. In one aspect, this system contai... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232233 | Catoptric reduction projection optical system and exposure apparatus using the same A catoptric reduction projection optical system that uses light of light with a wavelength of 200 nm or less includes six light-reflecting mirrors arranged from an object side to an image side such that said mirrors basically form a coaxial system, wherein a third m... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231017 | Lobster eye X-ray imaging system and method of fabrication thereof A Lobster Eye X-ray Imaging System based on a unique Lobster Eye (LE) structure, X-ray generator, scintillator-based detector and cooled CCD (or Intensified CCD) for real-time, safe, staring Compton backscatter X-ray detection of objects hidden under ground, in cont... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227195 | Led lamp including a plurality of led chips An LED lamp according to the present invention includes: a substrate 10 having a principal surface 10a; at least one LED 12, which is supported on the principal surface 10a of the substrate 10; a reflector 16, ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7217009 | Reflector-type light fixture A light fixture has a reflector having a part-elliptical surface and having at least one focal point at which is provided an LED set behind a main shield that prevents light from passing directly out of the light through a light-output plane. The reflector surface i... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7216065 | Reflecting surface design system, reflecting surface design method, recording medium, and computer program A reflecting surface design system (50) has (1) first rendering means (54) for displaying a free-form surface (20) on which a plurality of segments (24), each of which is defined by a plurality of vertices (251 to 25 | 05/08/2007 |
| 7215474 | Method and apparatus for combining optical beams According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus for optically combining light beams is disclosed. The apparatus includes a set of prism shaped doorways configured to receive output beams from at least one optical device. Each of the plurality of doorw... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7209286 | Objective with pupil obscuration In accordance with the present invention, a projection exposure apparatus includes an illuminating system to illuminate a drivable micromirror array and an objective which projects the drivable micromirror array onto the photosensitive substrate. The objective inclu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7196343 | Optical element, lithographic apparatus including such an optical element, device manufacturing method, and device manufactured thereby An optical element including an anti-reflection (AR) coating is configured to reflect Extreme-Ultra-Violet (EUV) radiation only. ... | 03/27/2007 |
