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...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.

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Examiner: Rude, Timothy


Primary examiner statistics: 86 patents; average approval time: 98 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 118 patents; average approval time: 1132 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
8154691 Altering surfaces of display screens
8045832 Mode size converter for a planar waveguide
8023055 Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconducto...
8013949 Liquid crystal display device with optoelectronic component and m...
7990508 Liquid crystal display device and method of manufacturing the sam...
7986387 Transflective liquid crystal display device and method of fabrica...
7982832 Transflective liquid crystal display device
7973865 Thin film transistor display plate and liquid crystal display hav...
7973897 Multi-domain liquid crystal display
7969521 Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same
7936423 Display device
7929098 Liquid crystal display element, display device, observation devic...
7924369 Light guide plate structure and back light module
7920244 Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
7916224 Pixel array substrate and liquid crystal display
7916258 In-plane switching LCD panel
7880856 Display panel and short circuit detection device thereof
7852449 Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
7847902 Liquid crystal display with scanning lines each having dual paths
7826021 Substrate for liquid crystal display
7821607 Liquid crystal display device
7817231 Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating same
7817230 Liquid crystal display device and fabricating method thereof
7817216 Flat panel display and method for fabricating the same
7812915 Method of fabricating liquid crystal display device
7812911 Liquid crystal display
7804549 Image display system and light source unit
7782408 3-D molecular assembly and its applications for molecular display...
7773194 Liquid crystal display device
7768619 Method and apparatus for sealing flex circuits made with an LCP s...
7768615 Liquid crystal display having wide viewing angle
7764341 Single unit liquid crystal display touch panel having reduced lig...
7764324 Terahertz camera
7751022 Liquid crystal display device and method of fabricating the same
7746421 Optical element, light condensation backlight system, and liquid ...
7745729 Conductive connection and cutting method thereof
7742120 Image display device
7742664 Liquid crystal waveguide having refractive shapes for dynamically...
7719639 Transflective-type liquid crystal display device and method of fa...
7719656 Liquid crystal display device

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7408614 Liquid crystal display panel having seal pattern for easy cut lin...
7405784 Compensators for liquid crystal displays with biaxially stretched...
7352424 Altering surface of display screen from matt to optically smooth
7346258 Optical fiber and optical fiber coupler, erbium-doped optical fib...
7342624 Dual display liquid crystal display device with particular CLC fi...
7325975 Optical module with lever that abuts case to release latch from l...
7327424 Nematic liquid crystal display device with multi-domain pixels an...
7312840 Active matrix liquid crystal display with 5MM contact hole in col...
7298439 Transflective liquid crystal device with particular color filter ...
7292303 Liquid crystal display and panel therefor including regular and s...
7271863 Color liquid crystal display with internal rear polarizer
7262825 Liquid crystal cell process for circular electrode in-plane switc...
7257297 Optical communication module with particular fiber guide hole, op...
7245341 Laminated structure, display device and display unit employing sa...
7233371 Liquid crystal display module for notebook computer with particul...
7221424 Liquid crystal display having a horizontal electric field and cap...
7215849 Connection structure between optical fibers on a substrate and co...
7196751 Display unit comprising one large and one small display and elect...
7164819 Side-light extraction by light pipe-surface alteration and light-...
7148936 Color-separation/synthesis optical system with particular cut-off...
7133112 Method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display device with comp...
7130014 Liquid crystal display device with particular electrode taper usi...
7126656 Reflective liquid crystal display device having cholesteric liqui...
7123784 Electro-optic modulator with particular diffused buffer layer
7123331 Array substrate for use in in-plane switching mode liquid crystal...
7103251 Dispersion flattened NZDSF fiber
7102718 Liquid crystal display device with particular TFT structure and m...
7079320 Bandwidth properties of LC-SLMs for telecommunication application...
7079206 Color filter substrate for transflective liquid crystal display d...
7057696 In-plane switching LCD panel with particular discontinuous auxili...
7046866 System and method for fabricating Bragg gratings with overlapping...
7038758 Liquid crystal cell, display device, and particular method of fab...
7031587 Waveguide type photoreceptor device with particular thickness rat...
7016009 Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device with parti...
7012668 Method of measuring AC residual image in a liquid crystal display...
7009669 Transflective liquid crystal device with particular thickness adj...
7006179 Method for manufacturing liquid crystal display device using a di...
6980725 Space reuse during technology upgrade in a protection area of an ...
6961112 Method of scattering fine particles, method of manufacturing liqu...
6956632 Transflective liquid crystal device with particular stack of refl...
 
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