Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410679 | Optical compensation sheet, polarizing plate and liquid crystal display An optical compensation sheet is provided and includes: a cellulose acylate film having optical anisotropy and meeting all of requirements represented by the following expressions (1) to (3); and an optically anisotropic layer having a slow axis orthogonal to a slow... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7402336 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape contains a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the substrate contains colored layers containing a silver layer, a layer of a color other than silver and black, a... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7402346 | Organic electroluminescent devices An organic electroluminescent device comprising an anode, an electroluminescent region, and a cathode. The luminescent region comprises a light-emitting material of Formula I wherein R1 is independently selected ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401758 | In mold manufacture of an object with embedded display panel This invention relates to an object having a display panel embedded in its top surface and processes for its manufacture. This invention also relates to an in-mold display transfer film or foil, which comprises a temporary carrier film, a release layer, a display pa... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7401817 | Invisible, machine-detectable security marking, production of the security marking, and security system comprising this security marking The invention relates to a security marking whose level of proof against forgery is greater than that of known security markings, comprising liquid-crystalline material with chiral phase, wherein the security marking is imperceptible to the eye and the properties of... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7399537 | Organic electroluminescence device and phenylenediamine derivative The invention is to provide an organic EL device having a long life time that can reduce the driving voltage of the organic EL device, and to provide a material having a small ionization potential and exhibiting a large hole mobility by using as a layer or a zone. T... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399519 | Treated textiles and compositions for treating textiles Certain chemical compositions provide superior repellency, durability, and soil (stain) release properties when applied to a textile or fabric. Compositions may contain a fluorochemical-containing soil release component or a crosslinking component, or both, and also... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399574 | Curable resin for photo-patterning, process for producing the same, curable resin composition, color filter, liquid crystal panel substrate, and liquid crystal panel Provided are a curable resin and a curable resin composition which have alkali-solubility and curability that can freely be adjusted and a high sensitivity, a liquid crystal panel substrate which can maintain an even cell gap, and a liquid crystal panel using the li... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7399527 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape contains a substrate and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer disposed on at least one side of the substrate, wherein the substrate contains colored layers containing a white layer, a layer of a color other than white and black, and... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7396572 | Alignment layer and liquid crystal display with the same A liquid crystal display includes; a first and a second display panel facing each other, an alignment layer formed on at least one of the first and the second display panels and including a polyamic acid moieties and a polyimide moieties which form a block copolymer... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7393598 | Light emitting molecules and organic light emitting devices including light emitting molecules Light emitting molecules and organic light emitting devices comprising such light emitting molecules are described. In one embodiment, a light emitting molecule comprises an anchoring group and a charge transport group having a first end and a second end. The first ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393570 | Broad-band-cholesteric liquid-crystal film, process for producing the same, circularly polarizing plate, linearly polarizing element, illiminator, and liquid-crystal display A broad band cholesteric liquid crystal film of the present invention is a cholesteric liquid crystal film obtained by coating a liquid crystal mixture containing a polymerizable mesogen compound (a), a polymerizable chiral agent (b) and a photoisomerizable material... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7378137 | Display device The display device of the invention includes: a first plastic substrate including a composite layer having a resin-impregnated fiber fabric, an inorganic barrier layer 25 formed on the composite layer, and a planarizing resin layer formed on the inorganic bar... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7371336 | Water dispersible polyanilines made with polymeric acid colloids for electronics applications Compositions are provided including aqueous dispersions of at least one polyaniline and at least one colloid-forming polymeric. New compositions are useful in electronically conductive and semi-conductive layers in electronic devices and other applications. Also pro... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7371468 | Organic EL light emitting device and liquid crystal display using the same The organic EL light emitting device of the invention has an organic EL light emitting layer (3a, 3b, 3c) and an electrode (1, 4) for applying a voltage to the organic EL light emitting layer. The organic EL light emi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368181 | Organic electroluminescent elements including triazine derivative compounds An organic electroluminescent element including an organic compound layer which is composed of a C—F compound (PFPT) having a triazine group is provided. The organic electroluminescent element includes: two electrodes; and at least one organic compound layer forme... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7361416 | Donor film for flat panel display and method of fabricating OLED using the same A donor film for a flat panel display and a method of fabricating an Organic Light Emitting Device using the same. The donor film for the flat panel display has a base film, a Light-To-Heat Conversion layer disposed on the base film, a transfer layer disposed on the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361413 | Electroluminescent device and methods for its production and use A luminescent device comprises an electroluminescent phosphor in operative contact with a light-emitting material wherein excitation of the electroluminescent phosphor by an alternating current electrical field causes the emission of light by the light-emitting mate... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7357986 | Security articles This invention provides security articles comprising fibers, threads and fiber sections (“dots”) possessing multiple verification characteristics. The fibers possess unique and difficulty duplicated combinations of complex cross-sections, components, and multipl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357989 | Di(het)arylaminothiazole derivatives and their use in organic light-emitting diodes(OLEDs) and organic photovoltaic components Novel 4,5-di(het)aryl-substituted 2-(N,N-di(het)arylamino)-thiazole derivatives of general structure (a), whereby the following applies: R1, R2and R3 and R4, independent of one another, are each a monofunctional (het)aryl ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358204 | Soft, thick, non-linting nonwoven The nonwoven web 10 of the present invention is a layered structure that takes advantage of the beneficial properties of different types of fibers advantageously distributed in each layer. In particular, the present invention is a multi-layer nonwoven web sui... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357984 | Polymer-coated carbon nanotube By coating the outer surface of carbon nanotubes with various polymers of different properties, such properties as insulation property, reactivity, optical visibility, solvent dispersion property and so on are given to the outer surface of the carbon nanotubes. ... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354876 | Fabric reinforcement and cementitious boards faced with same Fabric and reinforcements are provided by this invention which, in a first embodiment, include a plurality of warp yarns having a first twist (turns/inch) and a plurality of weft yarns having a second twist which is greater than the first twist. A coating is applied... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7345004 | Scrim reinforced absorbent article with reduced stiffness An absorbent structure can include a matrix of fibers, wherein the matrix is reinforced with a reinforcing member, such as scrim. The scrim is secured to the fibrous matrix by entanglement of fibers with the scrim and entanglement of fibers in the matrix from opposi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7338721 | Condensed polycyclic compound and organic light-emitting device using the same A new condensed polycyclic compound represented by general formula [I]: wherein R1 is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, a substituted amino or a group selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, heterocyc... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7329623 | Durable hydrophilic nonwoven mat A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or no... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326453 | Article with selectively activated adhesive An index card assembly which allows selective adherence of an index card to a mounting surface is disclosed. A base paper layer of the index card has a front side and an opposite back side. The paper layer has an upper edge with a portion of the paper layer removed ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314840 | Waterproof/breathable, moisture transfer, soft shell Alpine boots, and snowboard boots, insert liners and footbeds The waterproof/breathable moisture transfer liner for alpine, snowboard and hiking includes an inner liner selected from technically advanced fabrics which are carefully selected. A series of layers are provided outside the inner liner including foam material and in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7300895 | Elastically stretchable composite sheet and process for making the same A sheet-like fibrous assembly having an inelastic stretchability is intermittently joined to at least one surface of an elastically stretchable sheet. The elastic sheet is elastically stretchable at least 80% in one direction and the fibrous assembly is curved betwe... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294391 | Contamination resistant fiber sheet A fiber sheet composed of knitted, woven, or non-woven fiber, which is resistant against contamination, and such contamination is easily washed off, and is durable, and suitable for use as materials to make curtains, tapestries, screens, flags, wallpaper, and slidin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294591 | Absorbent composite including a folded substrate and an absorbent adhesive composition An absorbent composite is provided including a substrate, at least a portion of which is coated with an absorbent adhesive composition. The substrate is folded upon itself to provide a plurality of panels. A personal care product including the absorbent composite is... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7294406 | Medical fibres and fabrics A fibre or fabric comprising silicon for use as a medical fibre or fabric. The silicon present can be biocompatible, bioactive or resorbable material and may also be able to act as an electrical conductor. In addition, porous silicon may be used as a slow release me... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291382 | Low density flexible resilient absorbent open-cell thermoplastic foam A low density, flexible, resilient, absorbent open-cell thermoplastic foam includes a combination of thermoplastic elastomer, ethylene ionomer, stiff polymer, and surfactant selected to provide various advantageous properties. The foam is useful in personal care abs... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288494 | Electro-magnetic wave shield cover An electro-magnetic wave shield cover having an array of first yarn members (10) formed by bundling (48) ends of polyester fibers around which a tin-plated copper metallic foil (12) is wound. The second yarn member (20) is formed by bundl... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282462 | Body armor strand structure, method and performance Structure, methodology and performance involving and utilizing body armor strand material which includes an elongate strand body possessing elongate brittle ceramic surface structure, elongate ductile core structure disposed within that surface structure, and elonga... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273640 | Highly reflective optical element A reflective optical film comprises a layer containing a polyester voided with inorganic particles such as barium sulfate in a size and an amount sufficient to provide a visible light reflectivity of at least 93%, a void volume of 40 to 70%, the film at least (1) ha... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7270858 | Inclined optical compensation film, method for producing the same and liquid crystal display including the same An inclined optical compensation film formed from a non-liquid-crystal polymer, which is useful in a TN mode liquid crystal display. A substrate is coated with a non-liquid-crystal polymer to thereby form a coating film; the non-liquid-crystal polymer of the coating... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267870 | Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for steel plates A pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet for steel plates, which comprises a backing and a resin layer, wherein the backing comprises a resin-coated glass cloth obtainable by coating a glass cloth with a resin emulsion (A) followed by coating with a resin emulsion (B) wh... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264852 | Liquid crystal panel and liquid crystal display apparatus A liquid crystal panel having improved contrast ratio in an oblique direction and good display evenness without causing shift or unevenness in retardation values due to shrinkage stress of a polarizer or heat of backlight is provided. A liquid crystal panel a... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261927 | Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting low seam usage and simultaneously high available inflation volume The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within the cushion i... | 08/28/2007 |
