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US4936862
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Patent Overview — US4936862A Title: Method of designing and manufacturing a human joint prosthesis. Inventors/Assignee: Peter S. Walker and Frederick C. Ewald; current assignee listed as Zimmer Technology Inc. (original assignee…
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US4938219
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Patent Overview — US 4938219 Title: Electrocardiographic electrode Patent number: US 4,938,219 A Inventors: Hiroyoshi Ishii; Kenzo Suzuki; Misao Kaneko; Hiroshi Kawamoto; Chuji Shimizu; Yasuaki Onodera Assignees (original and current)…
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US4940116
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US4940116A — Unattended Checkout System and Method Title: Unattended checkout system and method Inventors: David F. O'Connor; Wesley Dickover; Steven J. Tilidetzke Original assignee: Checkrobot Inc. Current assignee listing (per source)…
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US4956288
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US4956288A — Concise Overview Title: "Method for producing cells containing stably integrated foreign DNA at a high copy number, the cells produced by this method, and the use of these cells to produce the polypeptides coded for by the…
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US4956388
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Patent Overview: US4956388A Title: 3-aryloxy-3-substituted propanamines Patent number: US4956388A Application number: US07/462,925 Filing date: 1990-01-12 Publication/grant date: 1990-09-11 Priority date (assumed): 1986-12-22 Inventor(s)…
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US4965822
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US4965822A — Full Duplex Speakerphone: Overview Title: Full duplex speakerphone Patent number: US4965822A Application number: US07/335,239 Inventor: Errol R. Williams Original assignee: VideoTelecom Corp (later recorded as VTEL…
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US496977
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Patent Overview: US 496,977 — "Injector" Title: Injector Patent number: US 496,977 A Inventor: Ernst Körting, of Hanover, Germany (a subject of the Emperor of Germany) Assignee: Louis Schütte, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Application…
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US4975808
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Patent Overview: US4975808A — "Backlighting Apparatus" Identification. US4975808A (application US07/415,741), filed and granted priority on 1989-10-02, published 1990-12-04. Inventors: David L. Bond and Kevin D. Kaschke. Original assignee…
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US4977594
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Patent Overview: US4977594A — Database usage metering and protection system and method Title: Database usage metering and protection system and method Inventor: Victor H. Shear Original/Current Assignee (as listed): Electronic Publishing…
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US4985710
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Patent Overview — US 4985710 A Title: "Buttable subunits for pagewidth 'Roofshooter' printheads" Patent number / application: US 4985710 A; Application US07/442,641 Assignee: Xerox Corp (original assignee); inventors Donald J. Drake and…
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US4991064
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Patent Overview: US 4,991,064 A Title: Silhouette lightpipe illumination for vehicle instrumentation Patent number / application: US 4,991,064 A (application US07/446,248) Inventor: James M. Clem Assignee: Delco Electronics Corporation (a…
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US4998241
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I'll verify against live sources before summarizing. Verification of identifiers I searched for the exact string 4998241 only (no truncation or normalization). Findings: - US 4,998,241 A — confirmed as "Echo canceller," Google Patents…
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US500466
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Patent Overview — US 500,466 Title: Boiler-flue expander Inventor: Leopold Biddle, of Raton, Territory of New Mexico Patent number: US 500,466 Application filed: January 14, 1893 — Serial No. 453,355 (No model) Granted/Publication date…
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US5005108
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Patent Overview — US 5005108 A Title: Thin panel illuminator Patent number: US 5005108 A Application number: US07/309,424 Inventors: David J. Pristash; Jeffery R. Parker Original assignee: Lumitex Inc. Current assignee listed (per source)…
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US5033048
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Patent Overview — US 5,033,048 A Title: Memory selftest method and apparatus same Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US5033048/en Bibliographic data (as supplied): Application US07/525,203; filed 1990-04-19; granted and published…
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US5050213
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Patent Overview — US5050213A Title: Database usage metering and protection system and method Assignee: Electronic Publishing Resources Inc (original and current assignee as listed; a 2002 reassignment to InterTrust Technologies Corp. is…
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US5050946
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Patent Overview: US 5,050,946 — "Faceted Light Pipe" Title: Faceted light pipe Patent Number: US 5,050,946 A Inventors: Kevin J. Hathaway; Richard M. Knox, Jr.; Douglas A. Arego; Gaylon R. Kornfuerhrer Original Assignee: Compaq Computer…
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US5056892
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Patent Overview — US 5056892 A Title: Totally internally reflecting thin, flexible film Assignee/Applicant of record: Original assignee Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co.; current assignee listed as 3M Innovative Properties Co (per the…
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US5072883
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US5072883A — Full Cone Spray Nozzle with External Air Atomization Title: Full cone spray nozzle with external air atomization Patent number: US 5,072,883 A Inventor: Daniel A. Vidusek Assignee: Spraying Systems Co. (assignment recorded…
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US5086429
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Patent Overview: US 5,086,429 A Title: Fault-tolerant digital computing system with reduced memory redundancy Patent number: US5086429A Application number: US07/506,714 Inventors: Scott L. Gray; Steven R. Thompson Assignee: Honeywell Inc…
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