http://www.patentsquire.com Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:25:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A dumb network is marked by using intelligent devices (i.e., PCs) at the periphery that make use of a network that does not interfere with an application’s operation. The dumb network concept is the natural outcome of the end to end principle. The Internet was originally designed to operate as ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/27/applications-associated-dumb-network/ Intellectual property organizations encompass international intergovernmental organizations that involve cooperation in the area of copyrights, trademarks and patents, and non-governmental, non-profit organizations, lobbying organizations, think tanks, as well as professional associations. Contents 1 General organisations 2 Specialized organisations 2.1 Patent offices 2.2 Patent-related organisations 2.3 Trademark- and design-related organisations 3 Think tanks, institutes, non-profit and professional organizations 3.1 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/26/and-patent-intellectual-property-organization/ A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. List of patent offices For a list of patent offices and their websites, please see this list maintained by WIPO. The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices. African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) IP ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/25/patent-occasionally-patent-office/ The 3500 is a 5-speed overdrive manual transmission manufactured by New Venture Gear. It is designed for longitudinal engine applications and can handle up to 285 ft·lbf (386 N·m) of torque. General Motors used the 3500 as RPO MG5. Gear ratios: 1 2 3 4 5 R 4.02 2.32 1.40 1.00 0.73 3.55 Applications: 2004–2005 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and 2500 2004–2005 GMC Sierra 1500 and 2500  ????-2004 Jeep ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/25/applications-in-new-venture-gear-3500-transmission/ On a synthesizer, note priority determines how the instrument's polyphony will be divided among incoming notes when there are more notes being played than the synthesizer has voices. There are four kinds of note priorities that are commonly used: last note, first note, highest note, and lowest note. With last ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/25/priority-note-priority/ The Cruelty to Animals Act 1835 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 59), which was intended to protect animals from mistreatment. The British legal action to protect animals began with the passing of the Cruel Treatment of Cattle Act 1822 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/25/pending-legislation-cruelty-to-animals-act-1835/ The term of a patent is the maximum period during which it can be maintained into force. It is usually expressed in number of years either starting from the filing date of the patent application or from the date of grant of the patent. In most patent laws, renewal annuities ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/24/original-patent-application-term-of-patent/ Charles G. Hutchinson invented and patented the Hutchinson Patent Stopper in 1879 as a replacement for cork bottle stoppers which were commonly being used as stoppers on soda water or pop bottles. His invention employed a wire spring attached to a rubber seal. Production of these stoppers was discontinued in ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/24/yet-enacted-patent-hutchinson-patent-stopper/ In the APG II system for the classification of the angiosperms the name rosids refers to a clade, meaning a monophyletic group of plants. This clade is one of the two main groups in the eudicots, the other being the asterids. The clade includes, roughly speaking, those species that ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/24/family-is-rosids/ Chronic toxicity is a property of a substance that has toxic effects on a living organism, when that organism is exposed to the substance continuously or repeatedly. Compared with acute toxicity. Two distinct situations need to be considered: Shout out to Marpol. Prolonged exposure to a substance For example if a ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/23/is-the-basis-chronic-toxicity/ Paranuclear countries are those that have the ability to have nuclear weapons within months. The more common term for this is "nuclear capable" — the nation chooses not to develop nuclear weapons, but has the infrastructure to do so in a short period of time. Germany and Japan are usually ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/21/different-countries-paranuclear/ In fencing, the riposte (French for retort) is an offensive action with the intent of hitting one's opponent, made by the fencer who has just parried an attack. Explanation In sabre and foil, the priority switches when the parry is successfully executed; the defending fencer now has right of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/priority-each-riposte/ League for Programming Freedom (LPF) was founded in 1989 by Richard Stallman to unite free software developers as well as developers of proprietary software to fight against software patents and the extension of the scope of copyright. Their logo is the Statue of Liberty holding a floppy disk and tape ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/patents-league-for-programming-freedom/ pnetC is the Portable.NET C library. The goal of the project is to create an ANSI-compatible C library (based on GNU C Library - glibc), that can be compiled to IL using Portable.NET's "cscc" compiler. The C compiler can be used to develop standard C applications and/or applications using ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/applications-resulting-pnetc/ The Deutsches Patent- und Markenamt (DPMA) or German Patent and Trade Mark Office (GPTO) is the German national patent office, with headquarters at Munich. See also Bundespatentgericht European Patent Office Gebrauchsmuster Ralf Sieckmann v Deutsches Patent und Markenamt German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR e. V.) ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/patent-applications-deutsches-patent-und-markenamt/ This article is about a hand lever used in various vehicles, for other uses of the term, see Johnson bar (disambiguation). A Johnson bar is a hand lever with several distinct positions and a positive clutch to hold the lever in the selected position. The positive clutch is typically ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/controls-the-use-johnson-bar-vehicle/ This is an alphabetical list of Asian countries and dependencies. Notes Other lists Asian countries List of Asian countries by GDP: by GDP per capita by GDP PPP Other countries by continent Africa Europe North America Oceania South America http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/countries-all-of-list-of-asian-countries/ Gubernatorial and legislative elections were held in the Northern Mariana Islands on 5 November 2005. Contents 1 Gubernatorial election results 2 Legislative election results 3 Referendum question results 4 External links Gubernatorial election results Legislative election results Referendum question results In the 4 general questions, all 3 justices on the Supreme Court of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/results-in-several-northern-mariana-islands-general-election-2005/ 'Platinum silicide (') is a semiconductor material used in infrared detectors. It is used in detectors for infrared astronomy. Platinum silicide is capable of operating at 1-5 µm wavelength range. It has a good sensitivity (up to 0.05 °C) and high stability. Its manufacturing process is relatively simple, with good yields, ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/20/resulting-from-a-platinum-silicide/ Public Patent Foundation, or PUBPAT, is a nonprofit organization that seeks to limit perceived abuse of the United States patent system. It was founded in 2003 by Dan Ravicher. As of 2004, there was growing concern by many technology professionals over the number of patents granted that are ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/19/subsequent-patent-applications-a-public-patent-foundation/ Hermann Plauson was an Estonian engineer and inventor. Plauson investigated the production of energy and power via atmospheric electricity. Biography Plauson was the director of the Fischer-Tropsch "Otto Traun Research Laboratories" in Hamburg, Germany during the Weimar Republic of the 1920s. He built on Nikola Tesla's idea for connecting machinery to ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/19/many-patents-throughout-the-hermann-plauson/ One question that divides libertarians is the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of copyrights, patents and trademarks — those usually subsumed under the rubric of "intellectual property". Many libertarians, particularly those unaware of online politics, don't have a strong opinion on the topic. A good number consider it a minor matter ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/18/patent-and-trademark-libertarian-perspectives-on-intellectual-property/ The 2001 Rugby World Cup Sevens or the Melrose Cup was the 3rd edition of the tournament and held in Argentina. New Zealand defeated Australia to win the tournament for the first time. This was the first major rugby event ever held in South America. See also Rugby World Cup ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/18/the-world-2001-rugby-world-cup-sevens/ A transformer is the means interposed between the electrical source and the electrical load circuit for controlling the voltage, current magnitude, or phase. More specifically, a transformer is an electrical device that transfers energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling with no moving parts. A transformer comprises two ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/18/with-the-original-patent-list-of-transformer-patents/ This is a list of bong patents, innovation in devices used to smoke cannabis and tobacco. Innovations Water pipes or bongs Automatic loading bong Smoking pipe Smoking apparatus and methods of constructing and utilizing same Smoking tube with check valve Removable water tight base for bong Smoking Device Designs These include ornamental designs ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/17/of-1952-patent-list-of-bong-patents/ Edit means to revise, correct, or improve, and may also refer to: edIT, an American electronic DJ and producer Edit (application), a simple text editor for the Apple Macintosh. Edit (MS-DOS), a plain-text editor for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows "Edit" (song), a song by Regina Spektor from her 2006 album ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/17/family-edit-see-also-edit/ The World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty, abbreviated as the WIPO Copyright Treaty, was an international treaty on copyright law adopted by the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 1996. It provides additional protections for copyright deemed necessary by knowledge monopoly dependent industries due to advances ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/16/kingdom-copyright-designs-and-world-intellectual-property-organization-copyright-treaty/ World Rank Country Population Area (km²) Density 147 Ecuador 13,363,593 283,109 47 168 Colombia 42,954,279 1,138,910 37 181 Venezuela 25,375,281 912,050 27 186 Brazil 186,112,794 8,511,965 21 187 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/16/countries-list-of-south-american-countries-by-population-density/ The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) is a body of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), which decides issues of patentability. If an applicant for an invention cannot convince a patent examiner that they are entitled to their claims, then the applicant can appeal the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/15/numerous-patent-acts-canada-board-of-patent-appeals-and-interferences/ The EPC 2000 or European Patent Convention 2000 is the version of the European Patent Convention as revised by the Act Revising the Convention on the Grant of European Patents signed in Munich on November 29, 2000. On June 28, 2001, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Office adopted ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/15/patent-act-of-1793-epc-2000/ This a list of land patents provided by the British crown for land in what is now the state of Maine: Gorges Patent, 1622 First Kennebec Patent, 1627 Comnock's Patent, 1629 Second Kennebec Patent, Kennebec Purchase or Plymouth Patent, 1629 Lygonia Patent, 1630 Waldo Patent, 1630 Pemaquid Patent, 1631 Black ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/15/is-all-the-patents-list-of-maine-land-patents/ Mukhtar, meaning "chosen" in Arabic, refers to the head of a village or mahalle (urban district) in many Arab countries. The name refers to the fact that mukhtars are usually selected by some consensual or participatory method, often involving an election. Mukhtar is also a common name. In Arab countries it ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/15/different-countries-all-of-mukhtar/ The Register of European Patents, or European Patent Register, is a public register (or registry) kept by the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains legal information relating to the published European patent applications and the European patents granted under the European Patent Convention (EPC). See also epoline esp@cenet ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/14/use-of-patents-register-of-european-patents/ The year 1817 in architecture involved some significant events. Contents 1 Buildings 2 Awards 3 Births 4 Deaths Buildings Dulwich Picture Gallery in London designed by Sir John Soane as the first purpose-built art gallery. In Nassau, the lighthouse on Hog Island is built, replacing the light at Fort Pincastle (built in 1793). Awards Grand Prix de ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/14/1793-1817-in-architecture/ Marriage Act may refer to a number of pieces of legislation: The Marriage Act, 1753 which abolished common-law marriage in England and Wales The Marriage Act 1961, Australia's law that governs legal marriage. The Marriage Act (1697), a penal law passed in 1697 discouraging interfaith marriages. All interfaith marriages would ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/14/law-amendments-act-marriage-act/ Aruba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Contents 1 Results by event 1.1 Athletics 1.2 Swimming 2 References Results by event Athletics Men's marathon Richard Rodriguez Final - DNF Women's 100m Luz Marina Geerman Round 1 - 12.96 (did not advance) Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle Davy Bisslik Heat - 25.57 (did not advance) Women's 50m Freestyle Roshendra ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/14/occasionally-results-aruba-at-the-2000-summer-olympics/ A transformer is the means interposed between the electrical source and the electrical load circuit for controlling the voltage, current magnitude, or phase. More specifically, a transformer is an electrical device that transfers energy from one circuit to another by magnetic coupling with no moving parts. A transformer comprises two ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/13/subsequent-patent-list-of-transformer-patents/ Portugal Angola - Manuel de Almeida e Vasconcelos, Governor of Angola (1790-1797) Macau - D. Vasco Luis Carneiro de Sousa e Faro, Governor of Macau (1790-1793) Great Britain New South Wales - Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (1788 - 1792). http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/13/of-1790-patent-act-list-of-colonial-governors-in-1791/ Warren Thompson may refer to: Demographer Warren Thompson developed the demographic transition model in 1929. The model focuses on observed changes in the birth and death rates of industrialized countries. See Demographic transition. Warren A. Thompson, noted explorer and original citizen of Butler County, Alabama, locally known as the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/13/the-original-warren-thompson/ Parliamentary copyright was first created in the United Kingdom by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Prior to this legislation being passed, what is now covered by Parliamentary copyright was Crown copyright. Parliamentary copyright was created with a lifespan of 50 years, the same as that for published Crown copyright ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/13/and-patents-parliamentary-copyright/ INPADOC, which stands for International Patent Documentation Center, is an international patent collection. The database is produced and maintained by the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains patent families and legal status information, and is updated weekly. INPADOC was founded by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the government of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/12/patent-family-is-inpadoc/ The C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. was a furniture maker located on Kenner St. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Streit manufactured a number of adjustable furniture pieces, most notably the Slumber Chair which had a combination upholstered seat and back element which could be inclined at various angles. Streit also manufactured ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/12/1790-patent-act-c-f-streit-mfg-co/ Games Slayter (December 9 1896 - October 15 1964) was a prolific inventor best known for developing Fiberglass. Born Russell Games Slayter in Argos, Indiana (he dropped the first name "Russell" early in life), he married Maude Marie Foor in 1917. Graduated Argos High School in 1914 and from Western ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/11/patents-and-applications-associated-russell-games-slayter/ Aldgate Country Fire Service is the fire service for the small town of Aldgate, South Australia. Brigades in Mt Lofty group Aldgate Country Fire Service Burnside Country Fire Service Bridgewater Country Fire Service Bradbury Country Fire Service Ironbank Country Fire Service Mylor Country Fire Service Stirling Country Fire Service Upper Sturt ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/10/one-country-sometimes-aldgate-country-fire-service/ A number of local elections took place in Mexico during 2005: Contents 1 6 February 2005 1.1 Baja California Sur 1.2 Guerrero 1.3 Quintana Roo 2 20 February 2005 2.1 Hidalgo 3 10 April 2005 3.1 Colima 4 3 July 2005 4.1 Nayarit 4.2 Estado de México 5 25 September 2005 5.1 Coahuila 6 February 2005 Baja California Sur Governor, five mayors, and 21 (15+6) local ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/08/2005-currently-mexican-elections-2005/ The Eurasian Patent Organization (EAPO) is a regional organization set up by the Eurasian Patent Convention (EAPC). Its task is to grant Eurasian patents. The official language of the EAPO is Russian and its current president is Alexander Grigoriev. Member states There are 9 member states: Turkmenistan, the Republic ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/07/canada-canadian-patent-eurasian-patent-organization/ The Zerewitinoff determination or Zerevitinov determination is a quantitative chemical test for the determination of active hydrogens in a chemical substance. A sample is treated with the Grignard reagent methylmagnesium iodide which reacts with any acidic hydrogen atom to form methane. This gas can be determined quantitatively. External ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/06/in-several-patents-in-zerewitinoff-determination/ World Rank Country Population Area (km²) Density 147 Ecuador 13,363,593 283,109 47 168 Colombia 42,954,279 1,138,910 37 181 Venezuela 25,375,281 912,050 27 186 Brazil 186,112,794 8,511,965 21 187 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/05/countries-see-also-list-of-south-american-countries-by-population-density-2/ North Country could refer to: Contents 1 Locations 2 Graphic Novel 3 Film 4 Music 5 Other uses Locations North Country, New York, a region of Upstate New York in the United States North Country, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom The term is sometimes used to describe the extreme northern regions of the continental United States, bordering Canada (especially the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/05/in-one-country-north-country/ A patent office is a governmental or intergovernmental organization which controls the issue of patents. List of patent offices For a list of patent offices and their websites, please see this list maintained by WIPO. The entries shown in italics are regional or international patent offices. African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) IP ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/04/numerous-patent-patent-office/ The SAE connector is a hermaphrodite two-conductor, electrical connector commonly used for automotive applications (also motorcycles). It is so named for the Society of Automotive Engineers who created its specifications. External links Manic Salamander FAQ compares and contrasts SAE with other common motorcycle accessory outlets US Patent 7,033,209 (patent application 20050014408) Vehicle ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/04/original-patent-application-is-sae-connector/ A Patent Act is a country's legislation that controls the use of patents. There have been numerous Patent Acts: Canada: Canadian Patent Act Germany: German Patents Act ("Patentgesetz") United Kingdom: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 United States: Patent Act of 1790 Patent Act of 1793 Patent Act of 1836 Patent Act of 1952 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/02/patents-and-patent-act/ The Register of European Patents, or European Patent Register, is a public register (or registry) kept by the European Patent Office (EPO). It contains legal information relating to the published European patent applications and the European patents granted under the European Patent Convention (EPC). See also epoline esp@cenet ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/02/the-patent-family-edit-register-of-european-patents/ Things known by the initialism CIDA include: Canadian International Development Agency Centro de Investigaciones de Astronomia Community and Individual Development Association City Campus Creative Industries Development Agency Center of Interior Design Accreditation Certificate in Digital Applications - An ICT qualification CiDA mean certificate in digital applications, it is a two year ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/02/applications-can-cida/ In German and Austrian patent laws, the Gebrauchsmuster (GBM, GbM or Gbm), also known as German utility model or Austrian utility model, is a patent-like, intellectual property right protecting inventions. The Gebrauchsmuster is slightly different from the patent. It mainly differs from the patent in that processes and methods cannot ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/08/01/germany-german-patents-gebrauchsmuster/ Edward Hugh Hebern (April 23, 1869 – February 10 1952) was an early inventor of rotor machines, devices for encryption. Contents 1 Background 2 Patent 3 Patents 4 External links Background Hebern was born in Streator, Illinois on April 23, 1869. He was brought up in the Soldiers' Orphan Home in Bloomington. At the age of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/31/patent-act-of-1952-edward-hebern/ The PCT Gazette is a weekly bilingual publication of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It is published by the International Bureau of WIPO pursuant to Article 55 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), which provides a system for filing international (patent) applications. The Gazette contains among ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/29/yet-enacted-patent-and-pct-gazette/ The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office or European Patent Institute (epi) is a professional association of European patent attorneys and an international non-governmental public law corporation. It was founded on October 21 1977 by the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation. Article 134(8)(b) of the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/28/1952-patent-reform-european-patent-institute/ The term assertion has several meanings: Assertion -- a computing programming technique Logical assertion -- logical assertion of a statement Patent assertion -- the enforcement of patent rights, usually by litigation against an infringing party Assertions are also a kind of speech act. See also Assertiveness Ipse dixit, an "Unsupported Assertion" http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/26/of-1793-patent-assertion/ The Abortion Law Reform Association is a former advocacy organisation which promoted access to abortion in the United Kingdom. It campaigned effectively after World War II for the elimination of legal obstacles to abortion and the peak of its work was the 1967 Abortion Act. In Autumn, 2003, ALRA combined ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/24/reform-act-of-2005-abortion-law-reform-association/ Kingdom of Italy can mean: Kingdom of Italy (476–493), a state established by Odoacer, the first Germanic King of Italy, between 476 and 493 Kingdom of Italy (Ostrogothic), a kingdom established by the Ostrogoths between 489 and 553 Kingdom of Italy (Lombard), a kingdom established by the Lombards between 568 and 774 Kingdom of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/24/united-kingdom-kingdom-of-italy/ Goskomizobretenie (Russian: Госкомизобретений), which stood for Gosudarstvennyi komitet po delam izobretenie i otkrytii, was the State Committee for Inventions and Discoveries in the former Soviet Union. It maintained a registry of inventions and discoveries and gave out authors certificates and patents. It has been succeeded by Rospatent in the modern day Russian ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/23/1793-patent-goskomizobretenie/ The filing date of a patent application is the date the patent application was filed in one or more patent offices. In the United States, if a patent application is mailed to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by Express Mail, Post Office to Addressee, then the date the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/23/for-filing-patent-filing-date/ This is the full table of the medal count of the 1988 Winter Olympics, which were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/23/act-1988-1988-winter-olympics-medal-count/ The Wireless Telegraphy Acts are laws regulating radio communications in the United Kingdom. Wireless telegraphy as a concept is defined in British law as "the sending of electro-magnetic energy over paths not provided by a material substance." The term telegraphy, although best known in relation to the electric telegraph, relates to the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/23/law-amendments-act-of-wireless-telegraphy-acts/ An indispensable party is a party to a lawsuit whose participation is required for jurisdiction or the purpose of rendering a judgment. An indispensable party may usually be joined at the discretion of the judge. Often, an indispensable party is any party whose rights are directly affected by disposition ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/23/act-of-1836-patent-indispensable-party/ A gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's county and geographical coordinates. Location names beginning with A (disambiguation page:) Location names beginning with A-Ak Location names beginning with Al Location names beginning with Am-Ar Location names beginning with As-Az Location names beginning with B (disambiguation page:) Location names beginning with Bab-Bad Location names beginning ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/22/patentgesetz-united-kingdom-list-of-united-kingdom-locations/ In the Java programming language a resource is a piece of data that can be accessed by the code of an application. An application can access its resources through Uniform Resource Locators, like web resources, but the resources are usually contained within the JAR file(s) of the application. A resource bundle is a ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/20/application-resource-java-2/ The Little Nine Partners Patent was the final patent granted (1706) in Dutchess County, New York, USA. It was located in the northern part of the county, and comprises all or parts of the modern towns of Milan, Pine Plains, and North East. Roughly triangular in shape, it was bounded on the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/19/patent-reform-act-little-nine-partners-patent/ The Return of Ishtar is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware and is the sequel to Tower of Druaga, which was released two years earlier. Gameplay The Return of Ishtar is an adventure game for two players. One person controls the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/16/that-controls-the-the-return-of-ishtar/ A vulnerability scanner is a computer program designed to search for and map systems for weaknesses in an application, computer or network. Step 1, typically the scanner will first look for active IP addresses, open ports, OSes and any applications running. Step 2, It may at this point ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/15/application-is-vulnerability-scanner/ Hugo Alexander Koch (1869 or 1870 – 1928) was a Dutch inventor who conceived of and patented an idea for machine encryption — the rotor machine, although he was not the first to do so. He is sometimes erroneously credited as the originator of the Enigma machine, although this has ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/15/the-use-of-patents-hugo-koch/ A Patent Act is a country's legislation that controls the use of patents. There have been numerous Patent Acts: Canada: Canadian Patent Act Germany: German Patents Act ("Patentgesetz") United Kingdom: Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 United States: Patent Act of 1790 Patent Act of 1793 Patent Act of 1836 Patent Act of 1952 ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/14/act-is-a-countrys-patent-act/ The Copyright Board of Canada is an economic regulatory body empowered to establish, either mandatorily or at the request of an interested party, the royalties to be paid for the use of copyrighted works, when the administration of such copyright is entrusted to a collective-administration society. The Board also has ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/14/kingdom-copyright-designs-copyright-board-of-canada/ As objects of intellectual property or intangible assets, patents and patent applications can be freely transferred. A transfer of patent or patent application can be the result of a financial transaction, such as an assignment, a merger, a takeover or a demerger, or the result of an operation of law, ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/14/triadic-patent-transfer-patent/ In mathematics, the standard basis (also called natural basis or canonical basis) of the <math>n</math>-dimensional Euclidean space Rn is the basis obtained by taking the <math>n</math> basis vectors <math>\{ e_i : 1\leq i\leq n\}</math> where <math>e_i</math> is the vector with a <math>1</math> in the <math>i</math>th coordinate and <math>0</math> elsewhere. In many ways, it ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/13/the-basis-for-filing-standard-basis/ The Parthenon is the student newspaper of Marshall University based in Huntington, West Virginia. The paper began publication in 1898. It is published in color on a nearly daily basis throughout most of the Fall and Spring semesters and on a limited basis during the Summer term. It is distributed ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/12/become-the-basis-for-the-parthenon-newspaper/ EuroLinux is a campaigning organisation that promotes open source software / free software in Europe, and that are opposed to the European Union's proposals to introduce laws on software patents. It is also known as EuroLinux Alliance. It is not the umbrella organisation for Linux User Groups in Europe. It describes itself ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/12/all-the-patents-and-eurolinux/ The United States occupied the Dominican Republic from 1916-1924. In May 1917, Rear Admiral William Caperton forced Arias to leave Santo Domingo by threatening the city with naval bombardment. U.S. Marines invaded and landed took control of the country within two months, and in November the U.S. imposed a military government. ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/12/countrys-united-states-occupation-of-the-dominican-republic/ Paranuclear countries are those that have the ability to have nuclear weapons within months. The more common term for this is "nuclear capable" — the nation chooses not to develop nuclear weapons, but has the infrastructure to do so in a short period of time. Germany and Japan are usually ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/11/countries-see-paranuclear/ Parliamentary Counsel are counsel (that is, lawyers) who are employed to draft legislation for Parliament. In the United Kingdom, there is the Parliamentary Counsel Office, which drafts legislation for the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and the Office of the Scottish Parliamentary Counsel, which drafts legislation for the Scottish Parliament. In the ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/11/pending-legislation-not-parliamentary-counsel/ A patent family is all the patents and patent applications resulting from a specific patent application. Generally, a patent application for an invention is originally filed in one country. Sometimes that original patent application is the basis for filing patent applications in several other countries (see also right of priority). ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/09/1836-patent-patent-family/ Gas lift chairs are a form of the office chair that allow the user to modify their height in relation to the height of a desk, leading to an increase in comfort and ergonomic benefit. The concept of using a gas spring to aid the adjustment of chairs is described ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/08/a-patent-act-gas-lift-chairs/ A reversible fuel cell (RFC) is a fuel cell that is designed to consume chemical A to produce electricity and chemical B and be reversed to consume electricity and chemical B to produce chemical A. A hydrogen fuel cell, for example, uses hydrogen (H2) and oxygen (O2) to produce electricity ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/07/in-many-many-patents-reversible-fuel-cell/ The SAE connector is a hermaphrodite two-conductor, electrical connector commonly used for automotive applications (also motorcycles). It is so named for the Society of Automotive Engineers who created its specifications. External links Manic Salamander FAQ compares and contrasts SAE with other common motorcycle accessory outlets US Patent 7,033,209 (patent application 20050014408) Vehicle ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/06/patent-applications-can-become-sae-connector/ Dr. European Patent Office, Former EPO President honoured with a street name, press release, October 10, 2007. Johannes Bob van Benthem (1921 - September 11 2006, The Hague, Netherlands European Patent Office, European Patent Office in mourning for Johannes Bob van Benthem, press release, September 13, 2006. ) ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/06/a-patent-family-johannes-bob-van-benthem/ Nikhil Kothari is an architect on the Web/ASP.NET team at Microsoft, and is primarily responsible for the server controls framework, Atlas (Ajax Framework) framework, and ScriptSharp. He is the author of "Developing ASP.NET Server Controls and Components" - which is the book on writing server controls. He is also the creator ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/05/legislation-that-controls-nikhil-kothari/ The System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) is a mandatory document filing and retrieval system for Canadian public companies. Similar to EDGAR, SEDAR is operated by the Canadian Securities Administrators, a coordinating body comprising the 13 Canadian provincial and territorial securities commissions. Through SEDAR registered filing agents, public ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/02/basis-for-filing-system-for-electronic-document-analysis-and-retrieval/ Blakedown is a village in north Worcestershire, England. It is in the Wyre Forest District Council area. Its location on both road and rail links means that it is something of a dormitory village. It was originally part of Hagley Parish, but was in 1888 transferred to the small ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/01/is-originally-blakedown/ Edward Hugh Hebern (April 23, 1869 – February 10 1952) was an early inventor of rotor machines, devices for encryption. Contents 1 Background 2 Patent 3 Patents 4 External links Background Hebern was born in Streator, Illinois on April 23, 1869. He was brought up in the Soldiers' Orphan Home in Bloomington. At the age of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/07/01/patent-family-edward-hebern/ A patent family is all the patents and patent applications resulting from a specific patent application. Generally, a patent application for an invention is originally filed in one country. Sometimes that original patent application is the basis for filing patent applications in several other countries (see also right of priority). ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/30/generally-a-patent-patent-family/ Most countries of the world have different names in different languages. Some countries have also undergone name changes for political or other reasons. This article attempts to give all known alternative names for all nations, countries and sovereign states. It does not offer any opinion about what the "original", "official", ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/30/several-other-countries-list-of-country-names-in-various-languages/ The Patent Act is the Canadian Act of Parliament that governs the patent law in Canada. See also Bill C-9 - Jean Chrétien Pledge to Africa Act Pledge to Africa Act Manual of Patent Office Practice (MOPOP) External links Patent Act text http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/28/a-single-patent-occasionally-patent-act-canada/ A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - XYZ This is a list ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/28/united-states-list-of-rivers-in-the-united-states-v/ A divisional patent application (sometimes referred to as a divisional application or simply a divisional) is a type of patent application which contains matter from a previously-filed application (the "parent" application). Whilst a divisional application is filed later than the parent application, it may retain its parent's filing date, ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/26/single-patent-occasionally-divisional-patent-application/ Novelty is a patentability test, according to which an invention is not patentable if it was already known before the date of filing, or before the date of priority if a priority is claimed, of the patent application. In some countries, such as the United States and Japan, a grace period ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/23/continuing-patent-application-triadic-novelty-patent/ Braeburn Capital is an asset management company based in Reno, Nevada and a subsidiary of Apple Inc. Apple created the company on April 6, 2006 to better manage its assets and to avoid certain California state taxes. At the end of 2005 and 2006, Apple's cash and short-term investments were ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/22/filing-braeburn-capital/ Matthew Evans s one of two Canadians who developed and patented an incandescent light bulb, on July 24, 1874, five years before Thomas Edison's U.S. patent on the device. Evans, from Toronto, Ontario, and his friend Henry Woodward, made the light bulb by sending electricity through a filament made of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/22/patent-occasionally-results-mathew-evans/ The Commutation Act of 1784, enacted by the British Parliament, reduced the tax on tea from 119% to 12.5%, effectively ending the smuggling trade. William Pitt the Younger, acting on the advice of Richard Twining of the Twinings Tea Company, introduced the act to increase revenues through legitimate sales of ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/20/not-yet-enacted-commutation-act/ The Patent Busting Project is an EFF initiative launched April 19, 2004 to challenge patents that the EFF claim are illegitimate and suppress innovation or limit online expression. The initiative involves two phases: documenting the damage caused by these patents, and submitting challenges to the United States Patent and ... http://www.patentsquire.com/2008/06/20/and-patents-act-patent-busting-project/