Patent #

Issued

Assignee

Title

3,990,054  

11/2/1976

Honeywell Inc.

Microprogram organization techniques

3,997,771  

12/14/1976

Honeywell Inc.

Apparatus and method for performing an arithmetic operation and multibit shift

4,039,765  

8/2/1977

Shure Brothers, Inc.

Headset with adjustable microphone support

4,055,287  

10/25/1977

.

Protective coverings for snow ski bindings with carrying case

4,066,191  

1/3/1978

.

Drinking and pouring spout for use with easy-opening containers

4,072,890  

2/7/1978

Honeywell Inc.

Voltage regulator

4,093,829  

6/6/1978

.

Single line telephone hold circuit

4,093,830  

6/6/1978

Vortex Design Ltd.

Key telephone system line circuit

4,194,744  

3/25/1980

Shure Brothers, Incorporated

Phonograph pick-up transducer using a one-piece bearing and inertial damper fabricated from different materials

4,255,626  

3/10/1981

Guardian Electric Manufacturing Company

Multiple position switch

4,289,993  

9/15/1981

Quietlite International, Ltd.

Direct current power source for an electric discharge lamp

4,352,274  

10/5/1982

Signetics Corporation

Circuit board mounting and cooling assembly

4,376,297  

3/8/1983

Signetics Corporation

Virtual memory addressing device

4,430,711  

2/7/1984

Signetics Corporation

Central processing unit

4,671,300  

6/9/1987

Associated Mills, Inc.

Smokeless ashtray

4,697,242  

9/29/1987

The Regents of the University of Michigan

Adaptive computing system capable of learning and discovery

4,881,178  

11/14/1989

The Regents of the University of Michigan

Method of controlling a classifier system

5,008,901  

4/16/1991

U.S. Robotics, Inc.

Asymmetrical duplex error-controlled modem

5,142,707  

9/1/1992

Additive injection unit for a marine toilet system

5,175,855  

12/29/1992

Laboratory Technologies Corporation

Method for communicating information between independently loaded, concurrently executing processes

5,371,551  

12/6/1994

Pause Technology

Time delayed digital video system using concurrent recording and playback

5,491,775  

2/13/1996

Ford Motor Company

Microcontroller fuzzy logic processing module using selectable membership function shapes

5,551,410  

9/3/1996

Ford Motor Company

Engine controller with adaptive fuel compensation

5,721,827  

2/24/1998

Logan, James D.

System for electrically distributing personalized information

5,732,216  

3/24/1998

Logan, James D.

Audio message exchange system

5,751,908  

5/12/1998

Ford Motor Company

Fuzzy logic output defuzzification

5,761,683  

6/2/1998

Microtouch Systems, Inc.

Techniques for changing the behavior of a link in a hypertext document

5,781,909  

7/14/1998

Microtouch Systems, Inc.

Supervised satellite kiosk management system with combined local and remote data storage

5,802,299  

9/1/1998

Microtouch Systems, Inc.

Interactive system for authoring hypertext document collections

5,880,740  

3/9/1999

Network Sound & Light, Inc.

System for manipulating graphical composite image composed of elements selected by user from sequentially displayed members of stored image sets

5,913,210  

6/15/1999

Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet

5,913,210

6/15/1999

.

Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet

6,002,427  

12/14/1999

.

Security system with proximity sensing for an electronic device

6,075,755  

6/13/2000

Recall Services, Inc.

Medical reminder system and messaging watch

6,091,530  

7/18/2000

Recall Services, Inc.

Low power infrared communication system

6,154,738  

11/28/2000

.

Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet using universal product codes

6,154,738  

11/28/2000

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Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet using universal product codes

6,199,076

3/6/2001

Logan, James D.

Audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller

6,199,076  

3/6/2001

Logan, James D.

Audio program player including a dynamic program selection controller

6,260,555  

7/17/2001

.

Method of retaining human hair

6,295,657  

10/2/2001

.

Adjustable additive injection unit for a marine toilet system

6,338,167  

1/15/2002

.

Detachable toilet seat

6,411,568

6/25/2002

.

Timepiece for automatically displaying times with intermittent fast settings to encourage punctuality

6,418,441  

7/9/2002

.

Methods and apparatus for disseminating product information via the internet using universal product codes

6,445,694  

9/3/2002

Web Telephony LLC

Internet controlled telephone system

6,517,214  

2/11/2003

Urbanus, David

Lighted safety hunting and outdoor activity vest

6,549,922  

4/15/2003

Oracle International Corp.

System for collecting, transforming and managing media metadata

6,570,610  

5/27/2003

.

Security system with proximity sensing for an electronic device

6,591,295

7/8/2003

Oracle International Corp.

Methods and apparatus for using multimedia data stored in a relational database in web applications

6,594,666

7/15/2003

Oracle International Corp.

Location aware application development framework

6,606,621  

8/12/2003

Oracle International Corp.

Methods and apparatus for aggregating sparse data

6,631,271  

10/7/2003

.

Rules based methods and apparatus

6,665,659  

12/16/2003

.

Methods and apparatus for distributing and using metadata via the internet

6,710,553  

3/23/2004

.

Switching device for controlling a lamp from both a wall switch and the lamp's switch

6,785,266  

8/31/2004

Web Telephony LLC

Internet controlled telephone system

6,788,766  

9/7/2004

.

Methods and apparatus for providing location dependent cellular telephone communications

6,816,577 

11/9/2004;

Cellular Telephone with Audio Recording Subsystem

6,818,907

11/16/2004

The President and Fellows of Harvard College

Surface Plasmon Enhanced Illumination System

6,863,220

3/8/2005

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Manually operated switch for enabling and disabling an RFID card

7,117,227

10/3/2006

.

Methods and apparatus for using the Internet Domain Name System to disseminate product information

7,177.664

2/13/2007

.

Bluetooth interface between cellular and wired telephone networks

7,181,362

2/20/2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A three dimensional tangible interface for interacting with spatial-temporal data using infrared light sources and infrared detectors

7,178,100

2/13/2007

.

Methods and apparatus for storing and manipulating variable length and fixed length data elements as a sequence of fixed length integers

7,181,362  

2/20/2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A three dimensional tangible interface for interacting with spatial-temporal data using infrared light sources and infrared detectors

7,181,363  

2/20/2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A three dimensional tangible interface for interacting with spatial-temporal data using a laser scanner

7,249,077  

7/24/2007

Inc. Retirement Engineering

Methods for issuing, distributing, managing and redeeming investment instruments providing securitized annuity options

7,313,463  

12/25/2007

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Biomimetic motion and balance controllers for use in prosthetics, orthotics and robotics

Re 36,810  

8/1/2000

Pause Technology

Time delayed digital video system using concurrent recording and playback