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by Martha Davidson
There is little in our contemporary world that has not been touched by the creative genius of Jerome Lemelson. Barcode readers and cordless phones, cassette players and camcorders, automated manufacturing systems, even crying baby dolls—these devices and hundreds of others that have shaped our lives derive from the inventions and innovations of this remarkable man. With more than 600 patents to his name and others still pending, Jerome Lemelson was one of the most prolific American inventors of all time, and in the sheer range of his ideas—from cutting-edge medical and industrial technologies to novelties, gadgets, and toys—undoubtedly one of the most versatile.

Jerome Lemelson.Courtesy of the Lemelson family
Physically unimposing—a thin, sharp-featured man of average height—Lemelson possessed not only an extraordinary intelligence and insatiable curiosity, but also an indomitable spirit. They enabled him to persevere in the face of financial and legal obstacles, championing the rights of the independent inventor and becoming, late in life, a multimillionaire. He used his wealth for philanthropic endeavors, as well as to support and defend his patents. In his philanthropy, as in his professional work, he was devoted to invention.
In the 1990s, he and his wife Dorothy established the Lemelson Foundation, inaugurated the Lemelson National Program in Invention, Innovation, and Creativity, and gave major grants to Hampshire College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Nevada, and the Smithsonian Institution. These grants funded programs to encourage young people to pursue careers in invention and entrepreneurship, to promote industrial innovation, and to foster greater awareness and appreciation of inventors and invention in the United States.
Born in Staten Island, NY, on July 18, 1923, Jerome Lemelson was the oldest of three brothers. Their father, a physician trained at Columbia University School of Medicine, was a second-generation American of Austrian Jewish descent. He maintained his medical office in their home and was able to support the family in relative comfort through the years of the Great Depression, though he was occasionally paid with a chicken or a bottle of wine in lieu of money. Their mother was a teacher, trained at the Trenton Normal School in New Jersey. The boys' education began at PS 33, a two-room schoolhouse on Staten Island, where their mother had once taught.

Jerry (left) with his brother Howard and the family dog. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
Jerome—known as Jerry to his family and friends—showed an early fascination with technology, particularly with airplanes. It was the age of aviation, and he and his brother Howard, two years younger, were avid hobbyists, building gas-powered model planes and flying them in competitions on the weekends. They read aeronautical magazines with the enthusiasm that other children read comic books. Even at this early age, Jerry Lemelson's gift for invention was evident. He once devised an illuminated tongue depressor for his father to use in his medical practice. His fighting spirit manifested itself in his youth, too. Though small in stature, he was a fierce defender of his younger brothers, Howard and Justin, ready to take on anyone of any size who tried to bully them.

Jerome Lemelson (right) and his brother Howard worked together on many projects, starting as children in their family home. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
After high school, he enrolled at New York University, but his college years were interrupted by World War II and service in the Army Air Corps engineering department. Before serving a stint in Alaska, he was assigned to teach auto mechanics to African American troops in Louisiana. This first-hand experience of segregation in the military heightened his sensitivity to issues of racism, discrimination, and civil rights—issues about which he would care deeply for the rest of his life.
Lemelson subsequently returned to New York University and completed his studies, graduating in 1951 with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering and two master's degrees: one in aeronautical and the other in industrial engineering, a field that encouraged his creative thinking about production processes. About this time, he and his brother Howard, also an engineer, experimented with ways to produce a substitute for stainless steel, which was in short supply and very expensive during the war and early postwar years. They attempted to make chromized steel by infusing chrome into the surface of ordinary carbon steel. Although moderately successful, they did not pursue a patent. The process later was used in Europe.

Jerry Lemelson served in the Army Air Corps engineering department during World War II. Photo courtesy of the Lemelson family
While still in graduate school, Jerry Lemelson worked for the Office of Naval Research on Project Squid, a postwar effort to develop pulse jet and rocket engines. After graduation, he took a job designing guided missiles at Republic Aviation in New York. He shared his one-bedroom, East Side railroad flat with Howard, who recalls that Jerry would wake up almost hourly night after night, turn on the light, and write in a notebook he kept by his bed. In the morning, Jerry would ask Howard to read his notes and sign them as a witness to the six or seven new ideas for inventions that he had envisioned during the night. Although he had not yet filed for any patent, he was clearly preparing to do so, using legal binders and taking care to have his ideas witnessed and dated.
In 1951, Jerry Lemelson observed a demonstration of an automatic, punch-card-controlled metal lathe at the Arma factory in Brooklyn. Struck by the possibilities of automated industrial machines, he set to work developing plans for a universal robot that could measure, weld, rivet, transport, and even inspect for quality control. The robot employed a new technology: machine vision. Machine vision used computers to analyze digitized images from a video camera. It was a breakthrough invention and the one of which Lemelson was most proud despite the hundreds of others that he produced over the next 45 years.
Lemelson developed and refined this concept, writing a 150-page application that he finally submitted to the Patent Office on Christmas eve, 1954. By that time, he had also devised and submitted patent applications for an automated warehousing system, a flexible manufacturing system, and several other inventions related to industrial automation. Because he could not afford to hire a patent attorney, he wrote the applications himself, doing all the necessary research and legal work.
His inventions were not limited to industrial machinery and processes. By this time, he was filing patent applications at the rate of one per month, a pace he would continue and at times exceed for the remainder of his life. Many applications were for toys and novelty items.

This page from one of Jerome Lemelson's invention notebooks shows his sketch for his first issued patent—a new kind of propeller beanie that didn't need wind. The wearer could blow into a tube to spin the propeller, or swap the propeller for a whistle. Courtesy of the Lemelson family

About 70 of Lemelson’s patents describe toys, including his first patent, issued in 1953, for a new kind of propeller beanie. US Patent 2,6454,973, courtesy US Patent and Trademark Office
The postwar baby boom had created a rapidly growing market for children's toys, and manufacturers were seeking new product ideas. Toy companies were easier to approach than other types of corporations, and both the first patent issued to Lemelson (in October 1953, for a "toy cap," a variation on the propeller beanie) and the first invention he licensed (a wheeled toy to the Ideal Toy Company) were in this field.
Then Lemelson got his first bitter taste of patent infringement. It started with his idea for a cut-out face mask that could be printed on the back of a cereal box. He filed for a patent and then took his concept to a major cereal manufacturer. The company rejected his idea, but about three years later began packaging its cereal in boxes printed with cut-out face masks on the back. When Lemelson first saw such a box on the grocery store shelf, he was stunned. It was a crystal-clear case of patent infringement, and he filed suit. The case was brought to court, but dismissed; it was dismissed again on an appeal. These court appearances were the first of many he would make in coming years to defend his patents.

Jerry and Dolly were married in 1954. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
It was in the early 1950s, too, that he began dating Dorothy Ginsberg, the daughter of a friend of the family. They had met for the first time on the Staten Island Ferry, many years before, when both were children. Dolly, as she is called by all who know her, has always had a strong intuitive sense about people. She remembers that on that first meeting on the ferry she said to herself, "I'm going to marry that boy!" They were married in 1954, about 20 years after their childhood encounter.
Dolly had grown up in Perth Amboy, across the river from Staten Island. After graduating from high school, she worked as a keypunch operator to earn money to pay for her art education. With a strong aesthetic sense and talent in the visual arts, she went on to study at the Parsons School of Design. Following graduation, she taught at the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts, simultaneously opening her own interior design studio. With her creativity and her self-reliance, she was a good match for Jerry Lemelson.
Their honeymoon was spent in the Bahamas, but on the way home they stopped in Washington, DC, so that Jerry could do some research at the Patent Office. It was a sweltering day in Washington, and the process of obtaining documents in the Search Room was frustratingly slow. Dolly overheard a patent lawyer complaining that the place ought to be mechanized. When she repeated the comment to her husband, the idea immediately took hold. It was the seed that grew into his video filing system, for which he filed a patent application in 1955. The video filing system employed reels of magnetic or videotape to record documents, about 250,000 pages per reel. The documents could be read from stop-frame images on a television monitor. He devised a mechanism to operate the tape, and included it in his patent application. This mechanism later became the core component of audio and video cassette players.
The Lemelsons settled in Metuchen, NJ, in a garden apartment. With the birth of their sons Eric in 1959 and Robert in 1961, they moved into a single-family house. Metuchen, nicknamed "the brainy borough" because it attracted many intellectuals, was close to Menlo Park, where Thomas Edison—one of Lemelson's heroes—had developed his best-known inventions.
By this time, Lemelson's own inventions and patent applications were taking more and more of his time, and filing and legal fees were consuming most of his income. His inventions of the late 1950s included machines for injection molding, fax transmission technology, and a Velcro ping-pong ball target game. He had left his last engineering job to strike out on his own. He later explained to Kenneth Brown, author of Inventors at Work:
"In the beginning, I wanted to manufacture certain ideas I had in the toy and hobby field and become financially independent. After that, I planned to get my own lab and machine shop and develop my ideas further. I made several efforts to get into manufacturing, and they weren't very successful. I was working on a shoestring, and the money I had wasn't enough to carry me through. . . It wasn't until my last failure in business that I realized I should become a professional inventor and spend most of my time at it."
He kept an apartment in New York as a place for meeting clients, but did most of his work in an office-laboratory in the attic of the house in Metuchen. Dolly operated her interior design business from a studio on the first floor. Her income sustained the family well into the mid-1960s.

Jerry and Dolly in 1982. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
Although his time and energy were focused on his work and legal activities, Lemelson did not fit any stereotypical image of the isolated or eccentric scientist. He very much enjoyed the company of other people, especially his family and friends, and he and Dolly kept up a social life despite the pressures of work. In their home, the conversation often turned to social or political issues of the day, such as the civil rights movement or the Vietnam war. He was an advocate of physical fitness, typically starting his day by running a mile or two, followed by sets of push-ups and sit-ups, and was shopping in health-food stores long before they became part of the popular culture. Although he did not enjoy professional sports, he found time to play ball with his sons. He also loved to ski, both downhill and on water, well into his seventies, even after breaking a collarbone in a skiing accident at the age of 72. He had a sweet, gentle, playful side that was particularly evident when he was with children.

Lemelson's patents cover a wide range of fields, and many of his patents are used in electronics and toys. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
Yet his mind never ceased generating ideas or working out solutions to the problems he decided to tackle. On family outings to the beach, he would spend most of the day under a big umbrella (he was always concerned about over-exposure to the sun and to other carcinogens and pollutants), writing on legal pads or later recording his thoughts on a hand-held Dictaphone. Periodically, he would take a break and go for a brisk swim in the ocean. He regularly transcribed his notes into the ever-present bound notebooks and solicited the signatures of those around him—his secretary, friends, visitors—as witnesses.
Lemelson was filing a dozen or more patent applications each year. Each application required payment of a fee. Once filed, the applications had to be examined by the Patent Office for technical and legal merit before they could be approved, and the rate at which they were approved varied considerably. It could take a couple of years for even the simplest of them, the toy patents, to be issued. With his more complex inventions in medicine and industry, which often included many components and dealt with emerging technologies, it could take far longer—in some cases, decades. The Patent Office would subdivide Lemelson's applications into separate claims, and research them at different times. Once a patent was issued, there was another, slightly larger, fee to pay. But those were not the only costs.
Although Lemelson actively sought to license his inventions, he found that few companies were interested. In the late 1960s, operating out of his Manhattan apartment, he set up a company, Licensing Management Corporation, to market his own patents and those of a few other inventors. For a while, the company even represented NASA's spin-off technologies from the space program, but with little success. Lemelson would set up other similar companies from time to time in the ensuing years, but the effort was labor-intensive, with few results. Often only about one out of every 100 letters he sent out elicited an answer, and few led to licenses.
He found, as had other independent inventors before him, that many corporations with their own research and development departments were resistant to purchasing rights to products or technologies that were "NIH" ("not invented here"), particularly if the originator were an individual or small group. Corporations generally did not want to take risks in introducing products for which a market had not yet been developed. And if their R&D staff did eventually develop a similar product or technology, many companies were reluctant to pay licensing rights to the original patent holder.
Patents, like copyrights, are constitutionally protected, "securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive rights to their respective writings and discoveries" (Article 1, Section 8). Because patent infringements were not considered theft, criminal charges could not be brought for infringement, and civil charges by individual inventors were rarely sustained. Punitive damages were reserved for instances of willful infringement, and most corporate legal departments knew how to protect their companies against that charge. Moreover, the laws were not enforced consistently. Most judges did not have technical expertise or a specialty in patent law. Prior to 1982, when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was established in Washington, DC, cases could be appealed only in regional Circuit courts, which varied greatly in their degree of support for the claims of inventors. In the New York Second Circuit, where Lemelson appealed his cases, only about one in four decisions in infringement cases would be in favor of the independent patent holder.
Lemelson was spending about 20 percent of his time in court or on legal issues related to patent infringements, and he was paying huge legal fees. However, he was beginning to have some success in licensing inventions to companies. In 1961, Texas Instruments bought rights to his system for manufacturing integrated circuits; in 1964, he negotiated an exclusive license for his automated warehousing system with the Triax Company of Cleveland, OH; and in 1967, he licensed his flexible manufacturing system to Molins, a British firm. Yet much of the profit from the licenses went to support suits against other companies that he believed had pirated his ideas. For example, soon after he made the deal with Triax, other companies began using the automated warehouse system; he and Triax jointly sued those companies for violating Triax's exclusive license, and the litigation dragged on for more than 20 years.

Lemelson submitted a patent in 1967 for a flexible track toy for miniature cars. Photo by Marty Lederhandler, AP, courtesy of the Lemelson family
Another case centered on a flexible track toy for miniature cars for which Lemelson had submitted patent applications in 1967. The Mattel Corporation introduced Hot Wheels® the next year, and it became one of its most widely sold items. Hot Wheels® was based on a concept that Lemelson had developed and documented for the Patent Office, and he sued Mattel for infringement. A 22-year legal battle ensued; a $71 million settlement in Lemelson's favor in 1989 was overturned on appeal in 1992.
Fortunately, not every patent he received ended in litigation. His successes in licensing grew with time. In 1974, he licensed his audio cassette drive mechanism to Sony Corporation, who in turn sublicensed it to more than a hundred other firms in Japan and other parts of Asia. It was the basis for the Sony Walkman, one of the best-selling electronic products of its time. In 1981, he licensed about 20 patents for word-processing and data-processing technologies to IBM Corporation; for the first time in his life, he was financially secure. He also had the resources to take on even bigger challenges.
In 1989, one of the biggest challenges pitted Lemelson against four major Japanese auto makers: Toyota, Mazda, Nissan, and Honda. Gerald Hosier, one of the nation's top patent attorneys, represented Lemelson. The case centered on Lemelson's invention of machine vision, the concept behind barcode readers as well as sophisticated automated manufacturing systems used by Japanese companies and other auto makers. Lemelson had filed his original patent application back in the 1950s; the patents had only recently been approved. With Hosier in charge of Lemelson's legal team, the case was settled within a month, and the four companies, along with eight other Japanese automotive manufacturers, paid Lemelson royalties. Later, numerous Japanese, Korean, and European electronics manufacturers and European auto makers also agreed to settle.
Lemelson generally found that he had more success asserting his patent rights against foreign companies than against domestic companies. American corporations would go to great lengths and great legal expense to avoid paying royalties, perhaps to avoid setting a precedent in favor of other independent inventors. Sometimes the cost of their legal fees over the years of litigation would far exceed what they might have paid to license the patented product or process that they were fighting in court. The cereal company that printed masks on the backs of its boxes spent $150,000 to $200,000 in legal expenses to avoid paying $15,000 for licensing the idea from Lemelson.
Lemelson's innate optimism, his absolute confidence in himself, his underlying faith in the power of government to do good, and his firm belief in the legitimacy of his claims gave him the strength and tenacity to stand up to multinational industries. He made it his personal crusade to defend the rights of independent inventors against corporate giants, just as he had defended his brothers against neighborhood bullies in his youth. As his lawyer Gerald Hosier observed, "What Jerry is doing is standing up for the civil rights of inventors." In so doing, he became a hero to other lone inventors who lacked the stamina or the resources to do battle for themselves.

Jerome Lemelson's invention notebook volume A, pages 130–131, 1960, illustrate ideas he had in the 1960s for producing electricity from sunlight by focusing the sun’s rays with metallized plastic film stretched over a wire frame. An electron tube would convert the concentrated light into electrical power. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
His prominence and his concern for the rights of the inventor led to his appointment in 1975 to the Patent and Trademark Office Advisory Committee, where he worked to reshape the relationship between the patent system and the legal system, and between American inventors and industry. In 1979, Lemelson testified before a Senate committee on the innovation crisis in the United States, describing what he perceived as an anti-patent philosophy. In that testimony, he stated that the obstacles put in the way of independent inventors—from the high legal costs entailed in preparing and filing patent applications to the failure of the courts to perceive or prosecute patent violations—were responsible in large part for the decline in U.S. technological innovation.
In the past, the United States had achieved its economic power from its technological inventions, but by 1979, 40 percent of new patents approved by the United States Patent Office were being issued to foreigners. Lemelson believed that only by supporting and encouraging the creativity and innovation of individuals could America regain and maintain its economic strength. The establishment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in 1982 was a step forward, bringing more stability and consistency to the interpretation of the law in patent cases.
But Lemelson's ideas went beyond changing the legal framework. He had been thinking for many years about ways to change the system and to encourage innovation and enterprise. He wanted to see more opportunities open up for people of all backgrounds, and he believed that promoting invention and entrepreneurship to the younger generation was central to expanding opportunities. When he received his settlements from the auto and electronics manufacturers, he was finally able to put his ideas into action. In 1993, he established the Lemelson Foundation and launched the Lemelson National Program in Invention, Innovation, and Creativity with his wife and sons. During the first two years, the Lemelsons pledged more than $20 million to support educational initiatives that would attract young people to science and invention and encourage them to start their own businesses.
A key element of the program was what Lemelson called E-Teams, emphasizing excellence and entrepreneurship. At Hampshire College, his son Robert's alma mater in Amherst, MA, Lemelson put this concept into practice. Faculty-supported student E-Teams took on specific problems, such as finding more efficient ways of fish farming, with the aim of finding solutions that could be turned into independent enterprises after students graduated. Nearly a third of the students at Hampshire College, liberal arts majors as well as those in science programs, have participated in the E-Teams or related courses. A similar program was established at the University of Nevada at Reno. Lemelson envisioned expanding the E-Team concept to colleges and universities throughout the country, and even to elementary and secondary schools. He created the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA, now VentureWell) to carry out this vision.
The Lemelsons gave another generous grant to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish the Lemelson-MIT Awards Program, which honors and supports American invention through prizes, spokespersons, and activities. Two annual national awards, the Lemelson-MIT Prize of $500,000 and the Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award, celebrate great living American inventors. The Lemelson-MIT Prize is the world's largest single prize for invention and innovation. At MIT, the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize of $30,000 is given annually to an MIT senior or graduate student showing remarkable inventiveness, and Lemelson Doctoral Fellowships support doctoral work in the field of invention. The programs supported by the grant also include E-Teams and a public education and awareness campaign on invention.
To reach an even wider audience, the Lemelsons gave more than $10 million to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in 1995. The diverse activities of the Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the Smithsonian include public programs, conferences and symposia on themes of invention and innovation, exhibitions and publications, oral and video histories, archival resources for inventors and scholars, and a national database of inventors' records held by historical repositories. Still another of the Lemelsons' initiatives supported the Nevada Office of Science, Engineering, and Technology, established to promote engineering, technological development, and economic diversification in their adopted state.
In the mid-1980s, with their new financial success, the Lemelsons had moved from their modest home in Metuchen to a house in Princeton, NJ, facing a 600-acre park. Jerry Lemelson, always concerned about carcinogens and pollution, had wanted to get away from heavy traffic near the house in Metuchen to the healthier, greener environment of Princeton. Ten years later, he and Dolly moved again, this time to the even clearer air of Lake Tahoe, NV, where Lemelson could indulge his love of skiing. There they enjoyed visits from their sons Robert, who had become an anthropologist, and Eric, an environmental lawyer who was planning to start his own winery. It was a special delight when their grandchildren came to visit.
Jerry Lemelson possessed remarkable energy for a man of his age. While actively involved in creating the many programs of the Lemelson Foundation and its educational initiatives, he was still submitting new patent applications each month and dealing with legal teams handling his patent infringement cases. But on a visit to his son Robert, who was living in Indonesia at the time, Jerry Lemelson fell ill. Several months later, in the summer of 1996, he was diagnosed with cancer of the liver.
His response was to step up his pace of invention. Now he focused increasingly on medical technologies, particularly technologies that could be used for cancer treatment. He had invented medical instruments and techniques in the past—a talking thermometer for the visually impaired, a method for treating blood clots, a computer-controlled tourniquet, even a cancer detection and treatment method. Now he intensified his research. He read medical journals and spent hours on the phone talking with his oncologists and doctors at other cancer clinics. He was particularly interested in drug-delivery systems and immunotherapy.

Even when he was "relaxing," away from work, Lemelson's mind was always churning. He wrote copious notes and had a seemingly infinite number of ideas. Courtesy of the Lemelson family
He hadn't yet encountered a problem he couldn't solve, and he approached his illness as he had many other problems in life, large and small: with his creative mind and his cautious optimism. Had the cancer not been so virulent, it's conceivable he might have devised a cure. But there was not enough time. Jerome Lemelson died on October 1, 1997.
In his final year, he filed nearly 40 patent applications, more than in any previous year. He sent the last one to his attorneys only six weeks before his death. A few years earlier, in a conversation with the writer Tom Wolfe, Lemelson had reflected on his life. "I don't have any regrets," he said. "This has been a good life. I've been independent, and I've done exactly what I wanted to do."
Lemelson's efforts earned him not only more than 600 patents, but other awards and honors as well. In 1990, he was inducted into the Institute of Technology's New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame and also received the New Jersey Pride Award for science and technology. Other awards included the Design News Engineering Achievement Award, 1994; the Design News Engineer of the Year award, 1995; the American Academy of Achievement Award, 1995; the Automation Hall of Fame Prometheus Award, 1997; and the Odyssey of the Mind Creativity Award, 1997. On Thomas Edison's birthday in 1998, the John Templeton Foundation, which recognizes "the incalculable power of the human mind," made a posthumous award to Jerome Lemelson. Another posthumous award, from the African-American Male Achievers Network, honored him for his record as one of the leading inventors in United States history and for his contribution to youth by promoting interest and opportunities in invention and innovation.
Eric Lemelson, when asked what image might capture the essence of his father, described a late afternoon at Lake Tahoe. His father, then about 70 years old, had returned with his lawyer from a long day at court and couldn't wait to get on his jet ski. There he was, out on the lake, his mind no doubt churning up new ideas as his jet ski churned up the water. Grinning like a 13-year-old, he was ready for the next challenge.
JEROME LEMELSON'S PATENTS:
You may read any of the patents listed below by entering the patent number into the US Patent and Trademark Office search engine.
Title | Issue date | Filing date | Number | |
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1 | Toy cap | 13-Oct-1953 | 13-Nov-1950 | 2,654,973 |
2 | Advertising and display device | 15-Feb-1955 | 21-Sep-1950 | 2,701,929 |
3 | Magnetic target | 15-Feb-1955 | 25-Nov-1950 | 2,702,191 |
4 | Toy mine detector | 12-Jun-1956 | 12-Dec-1950 | 2,749,663 |
5 | Inflated aerial toy | 25-Sep-1956 | 22-May-1953 | 2,763,958 |
6 | Crying doll | 7-Jan-1958 | 14-Jan-1954 | 2,818,678 |
7 | Hollow sheet metal rivet with reinforcing work engaging shoulders | 11-Mar-1958 | 2-Jan-1952 | 2,826,110 |
8 | Ball manipulation game | 2-Sep-1958 | 7-Sep-1954 | 2,850,283 |
9 | Sounding jumping toy | 12-May-1959 | 13-Nov-1953 | 2,885,824 |
10 | Constructional mask | 1-Dec-1959 | 8-Aug-1955 | 2,914,772 |
11 | Inflatable toys | 15-Dec-1959 | 16-Feb-1954 | 2,916,849 |
12 | Plastic toys | 7-Jun-1960 | 31-Jan-1955 | 2,939,707 |
13 | Illuminated highway marker | 6-Sep-1960 | 6-Sep-1955 | 2,949,531 |
14 | Reflective display device | 6-Sep-1960 | 11-Jun-1953 | 2,951,419 |
15 | Magnetic recording | 8-Nov-1960 | 4-Nov-1955 | 2,959,636 |
16 | Toy gun containing ricochet noise mechanism | 6-Dec-1960 | 13-Nov-1953 | 2,962,837 |
17 | Ultrasonic apparatus | 18-Apr-1961 | 14-Nov-1955 | 2,980,123 |
18 | Noisemaking toys | 20-Jun-1961 | 14-Jan-1954 | 2,988,848 |
19 | Extrusion apparatus | 3-Oct-1961 | 22-Oct-1957 | 3,002,615 |
19RE | Extrusion apparatus | 5-May-1964 | RE 25,570 | |
20 | Beam and tube having selective switching means | 3-Oct-1961 | 14-Jun-1955 | 3,003,109 |
21 | Toy and track assembly | 16-Jan-1962 | 27-Jul-1959 | 3,016,845 |
22 | Inflatable display | 27-Mar-1962 | 16-Jan-1956 | 3,026,648 |
23 | Delayed action toys | 17-Apr-1962 | 13-Nov-1953 | 3,029,557 |
24 | Target game | 1-May-1962 | 7-Apr-1959 | 3,032,345 |
25 | Packaging apparatus | 22-May-1962 | 5-Aug-1959 | 3,035,382 |
26 | Automated storage | 14-Aug-1962 | 10-Apr-1956 | 3,049,247 |
27 | Reflective thread | 28-Aug-1962 | 1-Sep-1959 | 3,050,824 |
28 | Magnetic recording systems | 28-Aug-1962 | 27-Jun-1957 | 3,051,777 |
29 | Magnetic beam switching tube | 11-Sep-1962 | 10-Feb-1958 | 3,054,061 |
30 | Sound production mechanism | 20-Nov-1962 | 11-Apr-1960 | 3,064,389 |
31 | Inflatable toy | 27-Nov-1962 | 27-Feb-1959 | 3,065,567 |
32 | Inflatable toys | 4-Dec-1962 | 13-Nov-1952 | 3,066,439 |
33 | Inflatable toys | 15-Jan-1963 | 16-Feb-1954 | 3,073,058 |
34 | Automatic measurement apparatus | 12-Mar-1963 | 4-Dec-1956 | 3,081,379 |
35 | Facsimile apparatus | 2-Apr-1963 | 28-Feb-1958 | 3,084,213 |
36 | Compression springs | 9-Apr-1963 | 10-Jul-1957 | 3,084,926 |
37 | Recording and reproduction apparatus | 9-Apr-1963 | 24-Mar-1958 | 3,085,130 |
38 | Information storage system | 16-Jul-1963 | 12-Jan-1959 | 3,098,119 |
39 | Magnetic recording system | 8-Oct-1963 | 23-Sep-1957 | 3,106,612 |
40 | Inflatable space capsule toy | 5-Nov-1963 | 7-Mar-1962 | D196,800 |
41 | Product container and method of producing same | 3-Dec-1963 | 7-Mar-1961 | 3,112,824 |
42 | Air operated target apparatus | 24-Dec-1963 | 6-Apr-1959 | 3,115,343 |
43 | Automatic warehousing system | 28-Jan-1964 | 28-Jul-1954 | 3,119,501 |
44 | Riding toy | 16-Jun-1964 | 29-Dec-1958 | 3,137,510 |
45 | Plastic inflatable toys | 4-Aug-1964 | 31-Jan-1955 | 3,142,932 |
46 | Printing process | 25-Aug-1964 | 23-Jun-1960 | 3,146,144 |
47 | Apparatus for making a lenticular display sheet | 1-Sep-1964 | 18-Dec-1957 | 3,146,492 |
48 | Marking dart game | 1-Sep-1964 | 12-Feb-1959 | 3,147,011 |
49 | Wheel inspection apparatus | 15-Sep-1964 | 18-Aug-1959 | 3,148,535 |
50 | Method of fabricating an envelope | 29-Sep-1964 | 7-Nov-1960 | 3,150,473 |
51 | Ultrasonic tool | 3-Nov-1964 | 13-Apr-1961 | 3,154,890 |
52 | Inflatable pocketed target device | 29-Dec-1964 | 13-Jul-1964 | 3,163,419 |
53 | Ducted sheeting construction | 26-Jan-1965 | 28-May-1956 | 3,166,829 |
54 | Method of making a multi-layer electrical circuit | 16-Feb-1965 | 27-Dec-1960 | 3,169,892 |
55 | Molding apparatus | 16-Mar-1965 | 9-May-1958 | 3,173,175 |
56 | Method of making ducted panel | 16-Mar-1965 | 19-Feb-1957 | 3,173,195 |
57 | Inflatable toy and display device | 27-Apr-1965 | 27-Apr-1962 | 3,180,639 |
57RE | Radio telephone communication system | 3-Aug-1965 | 30-Aug-1960 | 3,198,888 |
58 | Radio telephone communication system | 17-Sep-1968 | RE 26,459 | |
59 | Article manipulation device | 24-Aug-1965 | 29-Apr-1963 | 3,202,449 |
60 | Highway marker | 24-Aug-1965 | 28-Jun-1960 | 3,202,979 |
61 | Dispensing closure | 21-Sep-1965 | 12-Dec-1963 | 3,207,377 |
62 | Apparatus and method for coating pipe | 16-Nov-1965 | 28-May-1956 | 3,218,184 |
63 | Partially metal coated transparent textile element | 30-Nov-1965 | 11-Jun-1953 | 3,220,871 |
64 | Combination sponge and scouring device | 4-Jan-1966 | 8-Feb-1963 | 3,226,751 |
65 | Automatic inspection apparatus and method | 4-Jan-1966 | 11-Jan-1963 | 3,226,833 |
66 | Combination tools | 4-Jan-1966 | 24-Dec-1954 | 3,227,012 |
67 | Article handling apparatus | 4-Jan-1966 | 11-Jan-1963 | 3,227,290 |
68 | Fluid processing apparatus and method | 4-Jan-1966 | 26-Feb-1964 | 3,227,642 |
69 | Erasable medium and recording apparatus with information indexing | 4-Jan-1966 | 27-Aug-1962 | 3,227,805 |
70 | Thermoplastic recording and reproducing apparatus with selective beam erasure | 8-Mar-1966 | 20-Mar-1961 | 3,239,602 |
71 | Camera apparatus for producing a plane pictorial representation of a three-dimensional surface | 5-Apr-1966 | 16-Jan-1956 | 3,244,065 |
72 | Packaging machinery | 5-Apr-1966 | 21-May-1962 | 3,244,082 |
73 | Automatic production machine | 12-Jul-1966 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,259,958 |
74 | Adjustable manipulator | 12-Jul-1966 | 14-Jan-1963 | 3,260,375 |
74RE | Adjustable manipulator | 1-Jun-1971 | RE 27,129 | |
75 | Document producing means | 23-Aug-1966 | 25-Jul-1963 | 3,267,843 |
76 | Article manipulation apparatus | 13-Sep-1966 | 14-Jan-1963 | 3,272,347 |
76RE | Article manipulation apparatus | 9-Jun-1970 | RE 26,904 | |
77 | Method and automatic apparatus for producing pile surfaced plastic sheeting | 27-Sep-1966 | 7-Jan-1963 | 3,275,487 |
78 | Composite screen assembly | 4-Oct-1966 | 3-Dec-1962 | 3,276,513 |
79 | Filament reinforced composite abrasive materials | 4-Oct-1966 | 20-Nov-1962 | 3,276,852 |
80 | (To the Triax Co.) Program console coupling for an automatic warehouse system | 15-Nov-1966 | 30-Dec-1964 | 3,285,437 |
81 | Apparatus for magentically recording and reproducing at a remote station over a telephone line | 15-Nov-1966 | 30-Aug-1960 | 3,286,033 |
82 | Packing assemblies | 3-Jan-1967 | 14-Oct-1964 | 3,295,672 |
83 | Panel structure | 17-Jan-1967 | 30-Apr-1963 | 3,298,433 |
84 | Method of making building panels | 17-Jan-1967 | 1-May-1963 | 3,298,883 |
85 | Container and Liner | 28-Feb-1967 | 27-Dec-1965 | 3,306,488 |
86 | Toy trackway and power vehicle | 14-Mar-1967 | 26-Feb-1964 | 3,308,575 |
87 | Scanning apparatus for reading documents comprising a rotating scanning disc | 14-Mar-1967 | 14-Jan-1964 | 3,309,669 |
88 | Envelope assembly | 28-Mar-1967 | 27-Apr-1964 | 3,311,288 |
89 | Automatic production apparatus and method | 11-Apr-1967 | 8-Apr-1965 | 3,313,014 |
89RE | Automatic production apparatus and method | 20-Jan-1970 | RE 26,770 | |
90 | Particulate manufacture | 16-May-1967 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,320,338 |
91 | Measuring device using variable thickness thin film tunneling layer | 13-Jun-1967 | 30-Nov-1964 | 3,325,733 |
92 | Composite filaments | 27-Jun-1967 | 15-Mar-1965 | 3,327,339 |
92RE | Composite filaments | 14-Oct-1969 | RE 26,688 | |
93 | Mold construction and method | 25-Jul-1967 | 15-Feb-1965 | 3,332,658 |
94 | Ducted panelling and articles | 10-Oct-1967 | 8-Jan-1965 | 3,346,220 |
95 | Apparatus for controlling rotary and longitudinal movements of a combined tool carrying spindle | 17-Oct-1967 | 23-Aug-1965 | 3,346,894 |
96 | Game playing board containing scoring area for media by electrically conductive strips | 24-Oct-1967 | 23-Sep-1963 | 3,348,844 |
97 | Display devices | 21-Nov-1967 | 23-Oct-1965 | 3,353,897 |
98 | Molding method for making sealed articles | 12-Dec-1967 | 16-Jun-1965 | 3,358,062 |
99 | Method of positioning and molding a preform integral with plastic material by rotational casting | 16-Jan-1968 | 17-May-1963 | 3,364,292 |
100 | Method of producing a product container | 23-Jan-1968 | 8-Jul-1963 | 3,364,648 |
101 | Apparatus for molding | 6-Feb-1968 | 15-Mar-1965 | 3,366,993 |
102 | Method of simultaneously cladding and deforming material by intense pressure | 5-Mar-1968 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,371,404 |
103 | Welding apparatus | 5-Mar-1968 | 7-Feb-1966 | 3,372,263 |
104 | Automatic production apparatus and method | 12-Mar-1968 | 6-Aug-1964 | 3,372,568 |
105 | Packaging machinery and method | 28-May-1968 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,385,025 |
106 | Extrusion apparatus and method | 11-Jun-1968 | 8-Jun-1964 | 3,387,330 |
107 | (To the Triax Co.) Remote carrier control apparatus for a warehouse system | 11-Jun-1968 | 30-Dec-1964 | 3,387,723 |
108 | (To the Triax Co.) Load responsive control means for a material handling apparatus | 25-Jun-1968 | 3-Feb-1965 | 3,389,814 |
109 | Molding device | 23-Jul-1968 | 20-Oct-1965 | 3,393,890 |
110 | Reflecting devices | 13-Aug-1968 | 23-Sep-1965 | 3,396,639 |
111 | Apparatus for surface forming materials | 3-Sep-1968 | 23-Aug-1966 | 3,399,425 |
112 | Electro-optical system | 24-Sep-1968 | 30-Sep-1965 | 3,402,982 |
113 | Sealing and bonding device | 1-Oct-1968 | 14-Feb-1966 | 3,403,717 |
114 | Apparatus for making composite sheet materials | 12-Nov-1968 | 16-Dec-1963 | 3,409,961 |
115 | Deposition molding apparatus and method | 26-Nov-1968 | 6-Feb-1968 | 3,412,431 |
116 | Electrically conducting panel | 3-Dec-1968 | 25-Nov-1964 | 3,414,863 |
117 | Combination sponge and scourer | 10-Dec-1968 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,414,928 |
118 | Apparatus for transducing and recording information | 24-Dec-1968 | 27-May-1966 | 3,417,681 |
119 | Adjustable machinery joint | 31-Dec-1968 | 14-Jan-1963 | 3,419,158 |
120 | Extrusion apparatus | 21-Jan-1969 | 2-Oct-1961 | 3,422,648 |
121 | Packaging assembly | 11-Feb-1969 | 16-Jan-1967 | 3,426,959 |
122 | Ducted panel fabrication | 18-Feb-1969 | 23-Aug-1963 | 3,427,714 |
123 | (To Dow Chemical) Method for coating pipe | 11-Mar-1969 | 28-May-1956 | 3,432,326 |
124 | Record card scanning apparatus | 18-Mar-1969 | 10-Dec-1964 | 3,434,130 |
125 | Method of making heat transfer panelling | 8-Apr-1969 | 22-Oct-1965 | 3,436,816 |
126 | Matte structure and method of producing same | 8-Apr-1969 | 26-Jul-1966 | 3,437,783 |
127 | Toy track and vehicle | 24-Jun-1969 | 19-Aug-1959 | 3,451,161 |
127RE | Toy track and vehicle | 8-Apr-1986 | RE 32,106 | |
128 | Method for producing composite articles | 12-Aug-1969 | 22-Mar-1963 | 3,461,197 |
129 | Electrical circuit fabrication | 12-Aug-1969 | 25-Nov-1964 | 3,461,347 |
130 | Molding techniques and apparatus | 19-Aug-1969 | 29-Dec-1964 | 3,462,524 |
131 | Aircraft structures and systems | 16-Sep-1969 | 10-Oct-1967 | 3,467,348 |
132 | Printing device | 23-Sep-1969 | 25-Aug-1964 | 3,468,252 |
133 | Container manufacture | 14-Oct-1969 | 14-Oct-1964 | 3,472,723 |
134 | (To the Triax Co.) Control means to prevent collision of a load carrier with an article on a conveyor | 28-Oct-1969 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,474,919 |
135 | Automatic measurement system | 4-Nov-1969 | 4-Jan-1966 | 3,476,481 |
136 | Surface sensing apparatus | 2-Dec-1969 | 10-Jul-1963 | 3,481,042 |
137 | (To the Triax Co.) Multi-speed control system for a load carrier in a warehouse system | 30-Dec-1969 | 7-Apr-1965 | 3,486,640 |
138 | Vehicle toy and track therefor | 10-Feb-1970 | 4-May-1962 | 3,494,070 |
139 | Automatic storage apparatus | 24-Feb-1970 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,497,088 |
140 | Light projecting and sensing device and target practice apparatus | 10-Mar-1970 | 10-Jul-1959 | 3,499,650 |
141 | Magnetic recording apparatus and method for moving a transducer into engagement with a selected portion of a record | 10-Mar-1970 | 2-Oct-1964 | 3,499,976 |
142 | Vehicle trackway toy | 17-Mar-1970 | 21-Aug-1968 | 3,500,581 |
143 | Article decoration apparatus and method | 31-Mar-1970 | 29-Dec-1964 | 3,504,063 |
143RE | Article decoration apparatus and method | 9-Jul-1974 | RE 28,068 | |
144 | Magnetic recording and reproducing system | 12-May-1970 | 24-Sep-1963 | 3,511,940 |
145 | (To the Triax Co.) The automatic storage apparatus | 26-May-1970 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,513,993 |
146 | (To the Triax Co.) The automatic storage apparatus | 7-Jul-1970 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,519,148 |
147 | (To the Triax Co.) The automatic storage apparatus | 7-Jul-1970 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,519,151 |
148 | (To the Triax Co.) The automatic storage apparatus | 14-Jul-1970 | 30-Jun-1965 | 3,520,424 |
149 | Composite materials apparatus and method for producing same | 4-Aug-1970 | 19-Aug-1968 | 3,523,055 |
150 | Extrusion techniques and apparatus | 1-Sep-1970 | 11-Jun-1968 | 3,526,020 |
151 | Molding techniques | 1-Sep-1970 | 6-Feb-1968 | 3,526,694 |
152 | Method of coating conduit | 22-Sep-1970 | 1-Nov-1966 | 3,529,987 |
153 | Composite sheet forming apparatus and method | 22-Sep-1970 | 12-Nov-1968 | 3,530,029 |
154 | (To the Triax Co.) The automatic storage apparatus | 29-Sep-1970 | 13-Aug-1962 | 3,531,002 |
155 | Endless track motion picture recording apparatus | 3-Nov-1970 | 23-Aug-1965 | 3,537,781 |
156 | Information storage and reproducing system | 10-Nov-1970 | 26-Feb-1954 | 3,539,715 |
156RE | Information storage and reproducing system | 10-May-1983 | 20-Aug-1979 | RE 31,239 |
157 | Apparatus for electric cable | 29-Dec-1970 | 21-Jan-1969 | 3,550,203 |
158 | Tool structures | 12-Jan-1971 | 10-Oct-1967 | 3,553,905 |
159 | Tape cartridge and reader | 12-Jan-1971 | 11-Jun-1965 | 3,555,245 |
159RE | Tape cartridge and reader | 1-Jul-1975 | RE 28,461 | |
160 | Document reading apparatus | 12-Jan-1971 | 13-Mar-1967 | 3,555,246 |
161 | Composite reinforced plastic foam sheet | 19-Jan-1971 | 3-Dec-1968 | 3,556,918 |
162 | Composite extrusion apparatus and method | 26-Jan-1971 | 21-Jan-1969 | 3,557,403 |
163 | Apparatus for surface forming sheet metal | 26-Jan-1971 | 19-Aug-1968 | 3,557,407 |
164 | Method for producing an assembly puzzle | 26-Jan-1971 | 5-Sep-1968 | 3,558,138 |
165 | Machine control apparatus | 2-Feb-1971 | 12-Mar-1968 | 3,559,256 |
166 | Machine control apparatus | 2-Feb-1971 | 12-Mar-1968 | 3,559,257 |
167 | Method and apparatus for pressure working materials | 2-Mar-1971 | 5-Mar-1968 | 3,566,645 |
168 | Article coating method | 2-Mar-1971 | 14-Oct-1968 | 3,567,485 |
169 | Wheeled action toy | 16-Mar-1971 | 13-Nov-1969 | 3,570,174 |
170 | Scanning technique, image, and article produced therefrom | 30-Mar-1971 | 16-Jan-1956 | 3,573,045 |
171 | (Lemelson-Assignee) Water pistol | 20-Apr-1971 | 14-Apr-1969 | 3,575,318 |
172 | Audio-visual record member and playback means therefore | 1-Jun-1971 | 24-Feb-1970 | 3,582,201 |
173 | Spraying systems | 8-Jun-1971 | 24-Feb-1969 | 3,583,635 |
174 | Extrusion die apparatus | 28-Jun-1971 | 5-Jun-1968 | 3,587,281 |
174RE | Extrusion die apparatus | 4-Nov-1975 | 25-Jun-1973 | RE 28,600 |
175 | Method for producing a composite material | 28-Jun-1971 | 10-Oct-1967 | 3,587,284 |
176 | Coding and routing apparatus and method | 28-Jun-1971 | 5-Sep-1967 | 3,587,856 |
177 | Automatic manufacturing apparatus | 20-Jul-1971 | 31-Aug-1964 | 3,594,254 |
177RE | Automatic manufacturing apparatus | 30-Apr-1974 | RE 27,992 | |
178 | Extrusion apparatus method | 24-Aug-1971 | 5-Jun-1968 | 3,600,918 |
179 | Pipe coating apparatus | 24-Aug-1971 | 14-Oct-1968 | 3,601,085 |
180 | Tooling machine having surface sensing program starting | 20-Sep-1971 | 15-Nov-1968 | 3,605,909 |
181 | Method of fabricating a reinforced material | 28-Sep-1971 | 27-Mar-1969 | 3,608,183 |
182 | Container forming and assembly apparatus | 5-Oct-1971 | 23-Jan-1968 | 3,609,940 |
183 | Track toy | 12-Oct-1971 | 16-Feb-1970 | 3,611,622 |
184 | Frangible container | 26-Oct-1971 | 12-Dec-1968 | 3,615,034 |
185 | Lay-up apparatus | 26-Oct-1971 | 25-Jun-1968 | 3,616,070 |
186 | Molding apparatus | 2-Nov-1971 | 15-Apr-1968 | 3,616,495 |
187 | Apparatus and method for producing composite materials | 16-Nov-1971 | 7-Apr-1969 | 3,620,880 |
188 | Apparatus for driving tape in a cartridge | 18-Jan-1972 | 6-Jul-1970 | 3,636,273 |
189 | Automatic measurement apparatus | 25-Jan-1972 | 7-Oct-1969 | 3,636,635 |
190 | Building maintenance apparatus | 15-Feb-1972 | 17-Mar-1969 | 3,641,607 |
191 | Computing apparatus | 29-Feb-1972 | 28-Aug-1961 | 3,646,258 |
192 | (To Triax Co.) The load handling mechanism and automatic storage system | 4-Jul-1972 | 7-Mar-1969 | 3,674,159 |
193 | Irradiation method for production of fiber reinforced polymeric composites | 11-Jul-1972 | 18-Dec-1967 | 3,676,249 |
194 | Continuous manufacturing process and apparatus | 15-Aug-1972 | 27-Mar-1969 | 3,683,471 |
195 | Tube welding apparatus | 15-Aug-1972 | 10-Feb-1969 | 3,684,150 |
196 | Process for the manufacture of optical display devices | 15-Aug-1972 | 11-Aug-1969 | 3,684,614 |
197 | Area surveillance system | 22-Aug-1972 | 17-Jun-1970 | 3,686,434 |
198 | Toy vehicle and track | 19-Sep-1972 | 12-Oct-1971 | 3,691,670 |
199 | Casting and molding method | 19-Sep-1972 | 24-Feb-1969 | 3,692,892 |
200 | Tape cartridge drive and transducing apparatus for the tape | 26-Sep-1972 | 30-Nov-1970 | 3,693,983 |
201 | Credit verification system | 3-Oct-1972 | 21-Apr-1970 | 3,696,335 |
202 | Toy vehicles | 17-Oct-1972 | 24-Jan-1972 | 3,698,129 |
203 | Tape cartridge and transducing means | 17-Oct-1972 | 7-Feb-1972 | 3,699,266 |
204 | Automatic communication system | 12-Dec-1972 | 12-May-1969 | 3,705,953 |
205 | Extrusion apparatus | 2-Jan-1973 | 1-Sep-1970 | 3,708,253 |
206 | Document scanning apparatus and method | 9-Jan-1973 | 11-Jan-1971 | 3,710,078 |
207 | Information system | 23-Jan-1973 | 24-Feb-1971 | 3,712,956 |
208 | Reflex reflective sheeting | 13-Feb-1973 | 24-Jun-1970 | 3,716,445 |
209 | Flying model airplane | 3-Apr-1973 | 6-Jul-1971 | 3,724,123 |
210 | Code scanning system | 22-May-1973 | 6-Jul-1971 | 3,735,350 |
211 | Method of making a ducted sheet assembly and composite article | 3-Jul-1973 | 3-Dec-1968 | 3,743,493 |
212 | (To the Triax Co.) The load handling mechanism and automatic storage | 7-Aug-1973 | 22-Mar-1972 | 3,750,804 |
213 | Communication system | 7-Aug-1973 | 11-Dec-1972 | 3,751,583 |
214 | Activity doll | 18-Sep-1973 | 13-Oct-1972 | 3,758,982 |
215 | Molded container with internal support means | 7-Nov-1973 | 3-Feb-1972 | 3,774,812 |
216 | Apparatus for working moldable material | 27-Nov-1973 | 9-Apr-1971 | 3,774,890 |
217 | Container and retaining means | 4-Dec-1973 | 3-Feb-1972 | 3,776,372 |
218 | Game apparatus | 4-Dec-1973 | 24-Jan-1972 | 3,776,552 |
219 | Welding apparatus | 8-Dec-1973 | 13-Oct-1971 | 3,779,446 |
220 | Model airplane structure | 29-Jan-1974 | 6-Jul-1971 | 3,787,997 |
221 | Automatic transfer and transport system | 29-Jan-1974 | 27-Apr-1971 | 3,788,500 |
222 | Manipulation game | 29-Jan-1974 | 26-Jan-1973 | 3,788,641 |
223 | Toy vehicle and propulsion means therefore | 19-Feb-1974 | 19-Sep-1972 | 3,792,549 |
224 | Heat sealing machine and method | 26-Mar-1974 | 3-Feb-1972 | 3,798,874 |
225 | Method of making an electrical circuit | 2-Apr-1974 | 16-Feb-1971 | 3,801,366 |
226 | Opening means for a molded container | 9-Apr-1974 | 26-Oct-1971 | 3,802,594 |
227 | Record card scanning apparatus | 9-Apr-1974 | 5-Sep-1972 | 3,803,350 |
228 | Information storage and reproduction system having vertical synchronizing signal independent horizontal scanning frequency | 16-Apr-1974 | 22-Jul-1968 | 3,804,978 |
229 | Automatic inspection machine | 23-Apr-1974 | 24-Jan-1972 | 3,805,393 |
230 | Interconnectable game elements | 30-Apr-1974 | 24-Jan-1972 | 3,807,731 |
231 | Video detection system | 21-May-1974 | 24-Oct-1972 | 3,812,287 |
232 | Credit verification apparatus | 21-May-1974 | 13-Oct-1972 | 3,812,461 |
233 | Tool control and arrangement method | 18-Jun-1974 | 21-Sep-1971 | 3,817,647 |
234 | Apparatus for forming sheet metal | 18-Jun-1974 | 2-Aug-1972 | 3,817,671 |
235 | Card tranducing apparatus and method | 18-Jun-1974 | 2-Aug-1972 | 3,818,500 |
236 | Control system for molding | 28-Jun-1974 | 13-Oct-1972 | 3,820,928 |
237 | Composite and wall structure | 6-Aug-1974 | 24-Oct-1972 | 3,827,667 |
238 | Game apparatus | 6-Aug-1974 | 24-Jan-1972 | 3,827,694 |
239 | Optical sheet material | 6-Aug-1974 | 4-Jan-1973 | 3,827,783 |
240 | Container forming and filing apparatus | 3-Sep-1974 | 10-Jul-1972 | 3,832,827 |
241 | Magnetic tape transducing system | 15-Oct-1974 | 11-Mar-1974 | 3,842,432 |
242 | Magnetic tape drive and transducing method | 15-Oct-1974 | 11-Mar-1974 | 3,842,433 |
243 | Method for finishing articles | 3-Dec-1974 | 27-Mar-1972 | 3,851,426 |
244 | Toy boat | 17-Dec-1974 | 26-Feb-1973 | 3,854,238 |
245 | (To Molins Organisation Limited) Automatic production machinery | 17-Dec-1974 | 29-Aug-1969 | 3,854,889 |
246 | Adhesive surface dart and shocking absorbing target | 31-Dec-1974 | 24-Jan-1974 | 3,857,566 |
247 | Decorating method | 21-Jan-1975 | 3-Mar-1970 | 3,861,955 |
248 | Facsimile system and method | 4-Feb-1975 | 24-Oct-1972 | 3,864,514 |
249 | Assembly toy and craft | 11-Mar-1975 | 10-Sep-1973 | 3,869,824 |
250 | Audio-visual apparatus and record member therefor | 18-Mar-1975 | 1-Jun-1971 | 3,871,758 |
251 | Form filing system and method | 18-Mar-1975 | 16-Feb-1973 | 3,872,462 |
252 | Extrusion apparatus | 1-Apr-1975 | 1-Feb-1967 | 3,874,207 |
253 | Method for molding composite bodies | 1-Apr-1975 | 24-Oct-1972 | 3,875,275 |
254 | Appliance | 15-Apr-1975 | 16-Feb-1973 | 3,877,207 |
255 | Propellor driven toy vehicle | 22-Apr-1975 | 17-May-1973 | 3,878,642 |
256 | Scanning system | 29-Apr-1975 | 10-Oct-1972 | 3,881,053 |
257 | Display sheet material and method | 20-May-1975 | 27-Mar-1972 | 3,884,554 |
258 | Fiber reinforced composite material and method of making same | 17-Jun-1975 | 27-Sep-1971 | 3,889,348 |
259 | Toy mechanism | 22-Jul-1975 | 7-Mar-1973 | 3,895,458 |
260 | Method of generating monitorable video information from recordings on record members | 19-Aug-1975 | 24-Jan-1974 | 3,900,706 |
261 | Tooth cleaning implement | 7-Oct-1975 | 3-Jan-1974 | 3,910,293 |
262 | Ball for target games | 4-Nov-1975 | 5-Nov-1974 | 3,917,271 |
263 | Scanning system and method | 4-Nov-1975 | 22-May-1973 | 3,918,029 |
264 | Toy molding press | 18-Nov-1975 | 24-Jan-1974 | 3,920,368 |
265 | Video transducing apparatus and method for editing | 9-Dec-1975 | 14-Jan-1974 | 3,925,815 |
266 | Integrally formed projectile and hook-like fasteners | 9-Dec-1975 | 20-May-1974 | 3,927,881 |
267 | Extruded fence | 20-Jan-1976 | 17-May-1973 | 3,933,311 |
268 | Verification apparatus using a card scanning means | 24-Feb-1976 | 20-May-1974 | 3,940,795 |
269 | System and method for recording and reproducing video information on a card | 9-Mar-1976 | 8-Apr-1974 | 3,943,563 |
270 | Process of forming an irregular surface on the inside of a tube or pipe | 16-Mar-1976 | 2-Jan-1973 | 3,944,641 |
271 | Container with tear-weld opening means | 30-Mar-1976 | 3-Dec-1973 | 3,946,896 |
272 | Molding toy | 6-Apr-1976 | 10-Mar-1975 | 3,947,992 |
273 | Tool control system and method | 15-Jun-1976 | 14-Jun-1974 | 3,963,364 |
274 | System for scanning information recorded on plurality of magazine contained filmstrips | 20-Jul-1976 | 5-Nov-1974 | 3,970,775 |
275 | Medical basin | 27-Jul-1976 | 19-Feb-1974 | D240,767 |
276 | Electro-optical circuits and manufacturing techniques | 25-Jan-1977 | 6-Mar-1975 | 4,005,312 |
277 | Filament winding craft | 8-Feb-1977 | 19-Sep-1975 | 4,006,540 |
278 | Multiple magazine transducing apparatus | 15-Feb-1977 | 14-Nov-1974 | 4,008,490 |
279 | Pressure forming apparatus | 15-Mar-1977 | 16-Jun-1975 | 4,012,188 |
280 | Magnetic transducing apparatus for using both endless loop cartridges and reel-to-reel cassettes | 15-Mar-1977 | 14-Nov-1974 | 4,012,790 |
281 | Inflatable toy | 12-Jul-1977 | 10-Mar-1975 | 4,034,495 |
282 | Apparatus for forming ribbed tubing | 26-Jul-1977 | 28-Jan-1975 | 4,038,011 |
283 | Composite body molding apparatus | 23-Aug-1977 | 6-Feb-1975 | 4,043,721 |
284 | Position indicating system and methods | 6-Sep-1977 | 17-May-1974 | 4,047,025 |
285 | Tube wall forming apparatus | 11-Oct-1977 | 28-Jan-1975 | 4,053,274 |
286 | Apparatus for producing composite extrusions | 1-Nov-1977 | 29-Dec-1972 | 4,056,344 |
287 | Catapult launched model glider | 27-Dec-1977 | 7-Jun-1976 | 4,064,647 |
288 | Activity doll | 24-Jan-1978 | 24-Feb-1976 | 4,069,613 |
289 | Helmate | 28-Feb-1978 | 22-Jan-1976 | 4,075,717 |
290 | Building insulation system and method | 28-Feb-1978 | 30-Aug-1976 | 4,075,799 |
291 | Card scanning video system | 11-Apr-1978 | 9-Mar-1976 | 4,084,198 |
292 | Filmstrip transducing apparatus method | 2-Mar-1978 | 19-Jul-1976 | 4,087,839 |
293 | Method for making composite articles | 6-Jun-1978 | 22-Feb-1971 | 4,093,693 |
294 | Light conductor having electrical conductors extending longitudinally on surface | 13-Jun-1978 | 10-Dec-1973 | 4,095,101 |
295 | Cleaning appliance | 15-Aug-1978 | 25-Mar-1977 | 4,106,153 |
296 | Data generating and recording system for scanning a display tube screen | 15-Aug-1978 | 17-Mar-1975 | 4,107,741 |
297 | Magnetic tape transducing apparatus | 29-Aug-1978 | 2-Dec-1977 | 4,110,801 |
298 | Machine tool and method | 3-Oct-1978 | 7-Jun-1976 | 4,118,139 |
299 | Scanning apparatus and method | 3-Oct-1978 | 18-May-1972 | 4,118,730 |
300 | Button assembly for textile material | 17-Oct-1978 | 6-Oct-1976 | 4,120,054 |
301 | Method for molding | 17-Oct-1978 | 25-Jun-1974 | 4,120,922 |
302 | Method of coating a composite mold | 17-Oct-1978 | 2-Sep-1976 | 4,120,930 |
303 | Car recording and reproduction apparatus and method | 17-Oct-1978 | 3-Feb-1976 | 4,121,249 |
304 | Propeller driven toy | 24-Oct-1978 | 15-Apr-1977 | 4,121,376 |
305 | Flying toy | 24-Oct-1978 | 24-Jun-1977 | 4,121,794 |
306 | Method for forming hollow shells by rotational casting and winding thereon | 31-Oct-1978 | 12-Oct-1976 | 4,123,307 |
307 | Reflex reflectors with pyramid-shaped indentations | 28-Nov-1978 | 2-Sep-1976 | 4,127,693 |
308 | Scanning apparatus and method | 3-Apr-1979 | 16-Mar-1977 | 4,148,061 |
309 | Electro-optical circuits and manufacturing techniques | 10-Apr-1979 | 21-Jan-1977 | 4,149,088 |
310 | Two part sign indicia | 22-May-1979 | 18-Aug-1977 | 4,155,185 |
311 | Manufacturing apparatus | 31-Jul-1979 | 24-Nov-1976 | 4,162,757 |
312 | Continuous molding apparatus | 28-Aug-1979 | 8-Jul-1977 | 4,165,960 |
313 | Key and coin holder | 4-Sep-1979 | 21-Feb-1978 | 4,166,489 |
314 | Fastening materials | 2-Oct-1979 | 24-Nov-1976 | 4,169,303 |
315 | Composite structural members and fastening methods | 27-Nov-1979 | 2-Sep-1977 | 4,175,883 |
316 | Inflatable displays | 25-Dec-1979 | 29-Dec-1976 | 4,179,832 |
317 | Food flavorings and methods for producing same | 1-Jan-1980 | 15-Sep-1976 | 4,181,743 |
318 | Switch and lock activating system and method | 19-Feb-1980 | 9-Nov-1977 | 4,189,712 |
319 | Pressure forming method | 18-Mar-1980 | 10-Aug-1971 | 4,193,959 |
320 | Key assembly for electronic system | 29-Apr-1980 | 26-Dec-1978 | 4,200,227 |
321 | Method and means for automatically setting timepieces in a time zone | 27-May-1980 | 16-Sep-1977 | 4,204,398 |
322 | Wave generating apparatus and method | 10-Jun-1980 | 30-Nov-1970 | 4,207,154 |
323 | Method for scanning a card with video signal | 8-Jul-1980 | 10-Mar-1978 | 4,212,037 |
324 | Magnetic tape cartridge transducing apparatus and method | 15-Jul-1980 | 30-Dec-1977 | 4,213,162 |
325 | Video tape recording | 15-Jul-1980 | 27-Aug-1962 | 4,213,163 |
326 | Cartridge magnetic recorder | 29-Jul-1980 | 15-Dec-1977 | 4,215,379 |
327 | Eyeglass shields | 12-Aug-1980 | 26-Jul-1978 | 4,217,037 |
328 | Container and dispenser straw | 7-Oct-1980 | 2-Sep-1977 | 4,226,356 |
329 | Modular toy | 18-Nov-1980 | 19-Jul-1978 | 4,233,778 |
330 | Beam welding apparatus and method | 2-Dec-1980 | 4-Feb-1977 | 4,237,363 |
331 | Welding tool and method | 2-Dec-1980 | 9-Sep-1977 | 4,237,364 |
332 | Button assembly and apparatus | 17-Feb-1981 | 10-Oct-1978 | 4,251,311 |
333 | Molding system and method | 24-Mar-1981 | 5-Jun-1978 | 4,257,755 |
334 | Video telephone | 24-Mar-1981 | 17-Oct-1979 | 4,258,387 |
335 | Disposable syringe | 2-Jun-1981 | 1-Oct-1979 | 4,270,536 |
336 | Syringe and needle cover | 16-Jun-1981 | 1-Oct-1979 | 4,273,123 |
337 | Roller skate | 16-Jun-1981 | 2-Oct-1978 | 4,273,345 |
338 | Adhesive bandage | 25-Aug-1981 | 1-Oct-1979 | 4,285,338 |
339 | Game aiming device securable to television receiver cabinet | 25-Aug-1981 | 6-Nov-1978 | 4,285,523 |
340 | Molding system | 25-Aug-1981 | 3-Jan-1980 | 4,285,903 |
341 | Apparatus and method for controlling internal structure of matter | 8-Sep-1981 | 3-Mar-1976 | 4,288,398 |
342 | Automatic vehicle identification system and method | 8-Sep-1981 | 12-Oct-1979 | 4,288,689 |
343 | Rechargeable electric battery system | 15-Sep-1981 | 5-Mar-1980 | 4,289,836 |
344 | Solar energy collection panel and method | 13-Oct-1981 | 25-Jun-1979 | 4,294,230 |
345 | Patient monitoring device and method | 10-Nov-1981 | 3-Oct-1979 | 4,299,233 |
346 | Electrical energy storage system | 8-Dec-1981 | 5-Mar-1980 | 4,304,823 |
347 | Apparatus for forming and threading tubing | 15-Dec-1981 | 24-Aug-1979 | 4,305,704 |
348 | Continuous molding apparatus and method | 16-Feb-1982 | 22-Aug-1979 | 4,315,885 |
349 | Document recording method | 16-Feb-1982 | 10-Feb-1978 | 4,316,073 |
350 | Molding apparatus | 9-Mar-1982 | 10-Oct-1978 | 4,318,874 |
351 | Tourniquet | 30-Mar-1982 | 12-Oct-1979 | 4,321,929 |
352 | Method of roll forming a composite | 22-Jun-1982 | 16-Apr-1979 | 4,335,494 |
353 | Theft detection system and method | 29-Jun-1982 | 3-Nov-1980 | 4,337,462 |
354 | Scanning apparatus and method | 6-Jul-1982 | 16-Feb-1979 | 4,338,626 |
355 | Weighing apparatus and method | 27-Jul-1982 | 11-Jul-1980 | 4,342,038 |
356 | Apparatus for coding articles | 3-Aug-1982 | 8-Jan-1980 | 4,342,549 |
357 | Apparatus and method for charging a battery in a vehicle | 31-Aug-1982 | 20-Oct-1980 | 4,347,472 |
358 | Switch and lock activating system and method | 12-Oct-1982 | 15-Feb-1980 | 4,354,189 |
359 | Parking meter | 2-Nov-1982 | 12-Oct-1979 | 4,356,903 |
360 | Fire detection and warning system | 2-Nov-1982 | 17-Sep-1980 | 4,357,602 |
361 | Chemical reaction | 4-Jan-1983 | 27-Nov-1979 | 4,367,130 |
362 | Electronic digital watch | 10-May-1983 | 22-Dec-1977 | 4,382,687 |
363 | Shock wave processing apparatus | 31-May-1983 | 10-Sep-1979 | 4,385,880 |
364 | Electrical device of semi-conducting material with non conducting areas | 28-Jun-1983 | 26-Jun-1978 | 4,390,586 |
365 | Electronic tool and method | 9-Aug-1983 | 14-Sep-1981 | 4,397,196 |
366 | Molding system and article | 9-Aug-1983 | 25-Aug-1981 | 4,397,247 |
367 | System for recording video information on a record card | 9-Aug-1983 | 24-Apr-1981 | 4,398,223 |
368 | Temperature talking indicating device | 31-Jan-1984 | 2-Oct-1980 | 4,428,685 |
369 | Communication system and method | 28-Feb-1984 | 10-Mar-1978 | 4,434,510 |
370 | Sampling device | 13-Mar-1984 | 2-Dec-1980 | 4,436,978 |
371 | Measuring instrument and method | 20-Mar-1984 | 22-Jun-1981 | 4,437,241 |
372 | Switching activating system and method | 5-Jun-1984 | 4-Jun-1982 | 4,453,161 |
373 | Synthetic speech communicating system and method | 19-Jun-1984 | 20-Jul-1981 | 4,455,551 |
374 | Electronic digital watch | 21-Aug-1984 | 26-Feb-1982 | 4,466,742 |
375 | Electronic detection systems and method | 11-Sep-1984 | 2-Sep-1981 | 4,471,343 |
376 | Video telephone | 27-Nov-1984 | 19-May-1982 | 4,485,400 |
377 | Weapon controls system and method | 18-Dec-1984 | 26-Feb-1982 | 4,488,370 |
378 | Scanning apparatus and method | 16-Apr-1985 | 2-Jul-1982 | 4,511,918 |
379 | Electro-optical information recording and reproduction system | 16-Apr-1985 | 3-Aug-1983 | 4,511,930 |
380 | Television system and method | 23-Jul-1985 | 24-Mar-1981 | 4,531,152 |
381 | Automatic vehicle identification system and method | 30-Jul-1985 | 2-Sep-1981 | 4,532,511 |
382 | Position indicating system and method | 13-Aug-1985 | 26-Feb-1982 | 4,535,414 |
383 | Weighing apparatus and method | 1-Oct-1985 | 23-Jul-1982 | 4,544,929 |
384 | Communication system and method | 24-Dec-1985 | 19-Jun-1984 | 4,560,978 |
385 | Measuring device and method | 7-Jan-1986 | 3-Oct-1979 | 4,563,770 |
386 | Injection catheter and method | 25-Mar-1986 | 31-Jul-1984 | 4,578,061 |
387 | Magnetic record card transducing apparatus and method | 25-Mar-1986 | 6-Aug-1982 | 4,578,717 |
388 | Catheter and method | 13-May-1986 | 28-Oct-1980 | 4,588,395 |
389 | Record card transducing apparatus and method | 27-May-1986 | 16-Feb-1983 | 4,592,042 |
390 | Portable television camera and recording unit | 5-Jul-1986 | 25-Jul-1983 | 4,604,668 |
391 | Speech recognition control system and method | 2-Aug-1986 | 25-Mar-1985 | 4,605,080 |
392 | Navigation warning system and method | 12-Aug-1986 | 12-Oct-1979 | 4,611,209 |
393 | Video terminal and printer | 30-Dec-1986 | 25-Oct-1984 | 4,632,538 |
394 | Rotational molding apparatus | 30-Dec-1986 | 13-Jul-1983 | 4,632,654 |
395 | Tool and material manipulation apparatus and method | 13-Jan-1987 | 6-Aug-1984 | 4,636,137 |
396 | Magnetic recording and reproduction apparatus system and method | 10-Feb-1987 | 3-Jan-1986 | 4,642,705 |
397 | Video system and method | 24-Feb-1987 | 9-Jan-1984 | 4,646,172 |
398 | Image analysis system and method | 24-Mar-1987 | 30-Jul-1984 | 4,653,109 |
399 | Reaction apparatus and method | 7-Apr-1987 | 1-Aug-1984 | 4,655,146 |
400 | Scanning apparatus and method | 21-Apr-1987 | 15-Apr-1985 | 4,660,086 |
401 | Composition and method for detecting and treating cancer | 19-May-1987 | 25-May-1984 | 4,665,897 |
402 | Radiation beam apparatus and method | 19-May-1987 | 29-Oct-1976 | 4,666,678 |
403 | Vehicle performance monitor and method | 9-Jun-1987 | 12-Oct-1984 | 4,671,111 |
404 | Medical scanning, monitoring, and treatment system and method | 9-Jun-1987 | 25-May-1984 | 4,671,256 |
405 | Drug compositions and method of applying same | 23-Jun-1987 | 17-Jul-1984 | 4,674,480 |
406 | Apparatus and method for coding objects | 23-Jun-1987 | 27-Dec-1984 | 4,675,498 |
407 | Contact lens containing light sensitive material | 21-Jul-1987 | 1-Oct-1984 | 4,681,412 |
408 | Audio visual apparatus and method | 21-Jul-1987 | 5-Feb-1986 | 4,681,548 |
409 | Electronically controlled printing device | 13-Oct-1987 | 4-Feb-1980 | 4,699,052 |
410 | Chemical reaction apparatus and method | 27-Oct-1987 | 15-Mar-1985 | 4,702,808 |
411 | Communication system and method | 1-Dec-1987 | 27-Feb-1984 | 4,710,977 |
412 | Machining method and apparatus | 22-Mar-1988 | 16-Apr-1980 | 4,733,049 |
413 | Video terminal and printer | 21-Jun-1988 | 29-Dec-1986 | 4,752,808 |
414 | Methods for making cutting tools | 5-Jul-1988 | 15-Sep-1986 | 4,755,237 |
415 | Drug compositions and their use in treating human or other mammalian patients | 16-Aug-1988 | 16-Dec-1985 | 4,764,359 |
416 | Automatic manipulation system and method | 27-Sep-1988 | 11-Dec-1986 | 4,773,815 |
417 | Record member for magnetic and optical recording | 18-Oct-1988 | 3-Feb-1986 | 4,779,145 |
418 | Electro-optical instruments and methods for producing same | 14-Feb-1989 | 29-Apr-1986 | 4,803,992 |
419 | Portable television camera and recording unit | 4-Apr-1989 | 23-Jun-1986 | 4,819,101 |
420 | Surface shaping and finishing apparatus and method | 16-May-1989 | 26-Nov-1986 | 4,831,230 |
421 | Beam apparatus and method | 1-Aug-1989 | 21-Oct-1986 | 4,853,514 |
422 | Speech communication system and method | 8-Aug-1989 | 6-Nov-1986 | 4,856,066 |
423 | Face mask and method | 15-Aug-1989 | 8-Jul-1985 | 4,856,509 |
424 | Methods of forming synthetic diamond coatings on particle using microwaves | 22-Aug-1989 | 31-Mar-1987 | 4,859,493 |
425 | Production of crystalline structures | 17-Oct-1989 | 28-Jun-1984 | 4,874,596 |
426 | Dispensing catheter and method | 13-Feb-1990 | 25-Mar-1986 | 4,900,303 |
427 | Camera apparatus and method | 13-Feb-1990 | 30-Dec-1988 | 4,901,096 |
428 | Machine operation indicating system and method | 12-Jun-1990 | 27-Dec-1984 | 4,933,852 |
429 | Composite synthetic materials | 2-Oct-1990 | 31-Mar-1987 | 4,960,643 |
430 | Apparatus for coding and reading codes | 23-Oct-1990 | 23-Jun-1987 | 4,965,829 |
431 | Method for scanning image information | 6-Nov-1990 | 22-Sep-1989 | 4,969,038 |
432 | Internal combustion engines and engine components | 4-Dec-1990 | 5-Mar-1990 | 4,974,498 |
433 | Method and systems for scanning and inspecting images | 18-Dec-1990 | 27-Mar-1990 | 4,979,029 |
434 | Method and systems for scanning and inspecting images | 8-Jan-1991 | 15-Sep-1986 | 4,984,073 |
435 | Information storage and reproduction apparatus and method employing a flexible belt recorder system | 8-Jan-1991 | 20-Dec-1989 | 4,984,113 |
436 | Personal identification system and method | 5-Feb-1991 | 15-Jun-1987 | 4,991,205 |
437 | Educational toys | 2-Apr-1991 | 27-Jun-1988 | 5,004,442 |
438 | Automatic manipulation system and method | 21-May-1991 | 23-Sep-1988 | 5,017,084 |
439 | Drug units and methods treating blood clots | 21-May-1991 | 4-Aug-1988 | 5,017,379 |
440 | Radio frequency controlled interrogator-responder system with passive code generator | 28-May-1991 | 3-Mar-1987 | 5,019,815 |
441 | Apparatus and method for reacting on matter | 4-Jun-1991 | 29-Jun-1989 | 5,021,628 |
442 | Methods and systems for scanning and inspecting images | 11-Jun-1991 | 22-Aug-1990 | 5,023,714 |
443 | Container assembly and method | 18-Jun-1991 | 21-Oct-1985 | 5,024,343 |
444 | Method and apparatus for forming a composite material | 18-Jun-1991 | 10-Jul-1985 | 5,024,714 |
445 | Radiation manufacturing apparatus and method | 13-Aug-1991 | 7-Jul-1989 | 5,039,836 |
446 | Valves and valve components | 20-Aug-1991 | 7-Mar-1990 | 5,040,501 |
447 | Surface shaping and finishing apparatus and method | 12-Nov-1991 | 15-May-1989 | 5,064,989 |
448 | Methods and systems for scanning and inspecting images | 19-Nov-1991 | 27-Mar-1990 | 5,067,012 |
449 | Ball and roller bearings and bearing components | 26-Nov-1991 | 7-Mar-1990 | 5,067,826 |
450 | Diamond coated fasteners | 17-Mar-1992 | 7-Mar-1990 | 5,096,352 |
451 | Controlling systems and methods for scanning and inspecting images | 2-Jun-1992 | 24-Oct-1989 | 5,119,190 |
452 | Methods and apparatus for scanning and analyzing selected image areas | 2-Jun-1992 | 5-Nov-1990 | 5,119,205 |
453 | High density recording and reproduction system and method | 16-Jun-1992 | 30-Mar-1989 | 5,123,006 |
454 | Method and apparatus for scanning objects and generating image information | 7-Jul-1992 | 20-Dec-1989 | 5,128,753 |
455 | Reaction apparatus and method | 21-Jul-1992 | 7-May-1991 | 5,131,941 |
456 | Spark plug electrodes | 21-Jul-1992 | 16-Mar-1990 | 5,132,587 |
457 | Method and apparatus for scanning objects and generating image information | 1-Sep-1992 | 23-Apr-1992 | 5,144,421 |
458 | Radiation manufacturing apparatus and amendment | 8-Dec-1992 | 8-Nov-1990 | 5,170,032 |
459 | Method and apparatus for generating, storing, reproducing and displaying image information | 5-Jan-1993 | 2-Oct-1991 | 5,177,645 |
460 | Portable electronic instrument and method | 26-Jan-1993 | 6-Nov-1987 | 5,181,521 |
461 | Data system and method | 13-Apr-1993 | 6-Nov-1984 | 5,202,929 |
462 | Magnetic reproduction apparatus and method | 4-May-1993 | 24-Oct-1988 | 5,208,706 |
463 | Inspection control system and method | 13-Jul-1993 | 21-Sep-1990 | 5,228,112 |
464 | Radiation manufacturing apparatus | 27-Jul-1993 | 14-Aug-1992 | 5,231,259 |
465 | Apparatus and methods for automated observation of three-dimensional objects | 28-Sep-1993 | 28-Jan-1992 | 5,249,045 |
466 | Blade for ice skate | 26-Oct-1993 | 16-Mar-1990 | 5,255,929 |
467 | Drug units and methods for using the same | 9-Nov-1993 | 12-Nov-1991 | 5,260,071 |
468 | Portable television camera-recorder and method for operating the same | 9-Nov-1993 | 8-Jan-1992 | 5,260,837 |
469 | Method of controlling the internal structure matter | 23-Nov-1993 | 23-Nov-1993 | 5,264,163 |
470 | Automatic manipulator with reservoir and methods | 25-Jan-1994 | 29-Jun-1993 | 5,281,079 |
471 | Apparatus and methods for automated analysis | 1-Feb-1994 | 16-Jun-1993 | 5,283,641 |
472 | Ball and roller bearings and bearing components | 8-Feb-1994 | 21-Nov-1991 | 5,284,394 |
473 | Gears and gear assemblies | 22-Feb-1994 | 25-Sep-1991 | 5,288,556 |
474 | Information recording and reproduction methods using oscillation medium or transducer | 1-Mar-1994 | 16-Jun-1992 | 5,291,472 |
475 | Automatic pothole sensing and filling apparatus | 15-Mar-1994 | 19-Jun-1992 | 5,294,210 |
476 | Surface shaping and finishing apparatus and method | 3-May-1994 | 17-Dec-1990 | 5,308,241 |
477 | Fastening devices | 26-Jul-1994 | 10-Mar-1992 | 5,332,348 |
478 | Measuring instrument and method | 16-Aug-1994 | 17-Dec-1992 | 5,337,488 |
479 | Synthetic diamond coated electrodes and filaments | 20-Sep-1994 | 16-Mar-1992 | 5,349,265 |
480 | Apparatus and methods for automated observation of objects | 27-Sep-1994 | 16-Sep-1993 | 5,351,078 |
481 | Skis and runners | 1-Nov-1994 | 10-Mar-1992 | 5,360,227 |
482 | Molding/extrusion apparatus with temperature and flow control | 1-Nov-1994 | 21-Oct-1993 | 5,360,329 |
483 | Method and apparatus for road hole repair | 15-Nov-1994 | 3-Sep-1993 | 5,364,205 |
484 | Portable television camera-recorder and method for operating the same | 3-Jan-1995 | 24-Aug-1993 | 5,379,159 |
485 | System for controlling reception of video signals | 7-Feb-1995 | 24-Nov-1993 | 5,387,942 |
486 | Machine security systems | 18-Apr-1995 | 22-Apr-1994 | 5,408,536 |
487 | Hand-held video camera-recorder having a display-screen wall | 29-Aug-1995 | 24-Aug-1993 | 5,446,599 |
488 | Fastening devices | 10-Oct-1995 | 24-Nov-1993 | 5,456,406 |
489 | Drugs and methods for treating diseases | 10-Oct-1995 | 18-Jun-1991 | 5,456,663 |
490 | Towed watercraft and steering method | 31-Oct-1995 | 22-Nov-1994 | 5,462,001 |
491 | Methods for forming artificial diamond | 31-Oct-1995 | 13-May-1993 | 5,462,772 |
492 | Medical scanning and treatment system and method | 7-Nov-1995 | 25-Nov-1991 | 5,464,013 |
493 | Method of purifying water controlled by laser scanning | 2-Jan-1996 | 28-Dec-1993 | 5,480,562 |
494 | Series of images reproduced from addressable storage | 13-Feb-1996 | 14-Jan-1992 | 5,491,591 |
495 | Adaptively controlled centrifugation method | 11-Jun-1996 | 27-Dec-1993 | 5,525,240 |
496 | Apparatus and method for forming diamond coating | 25-Jun-1996 | 3-Nov-1994 | 5,529,815 |
497 | Machine security systems | 20-Aug-1996 | 6-Apr-1995 | 5,548,660 |
498 | High temperature reaction apparatus | 3-Sep-1996 | 10-Mar-1992 | 5,552,675 |
499 | Bar codes and methods | 8-Oct-1996 | 3-Jan-1995 | 5,563,401 |
500 | Motor vehicle performance monitor and method | 29-Oct-1996 | 18-Feb-1994 | 5,570,087 |
501 | Free-traveling manipulator with optical feedback control and methods | 5-Nov-1996 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,570,992 |
502 | Method and system for cell transplantation | 5-Nov-1996 | 6-Jun-1995 | 5,571,083 |
503 | Method and apparatus for road hole repair including preparation thereof | 17-Dec-1996 | 14-Mar-1995 | 5,584,597 |
504 | Method of applying a wear-resistant diamond coating to a substrate | 1-Apr-1997 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,616,372 |
505 | High temperature reaction method | 13-May-1997 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,628,881 |
506 | Free-traveling manipulator with powered tools | 30-Sep-1997 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,672,044 |
507 | Method of depositing synthetic diamond coatings with intermediates bonding layers | 18-Nov-1997 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,688,557 |
508 | Stacked components assembly toy | 23-Dec-1997 | 7-Aug-1995 | 5,700,177 |
509 | Synthetic diamond overlays for gas turbine engine parts having thermal barrier coatings | 3-Feb-1998 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,714,202 |
510 | Balloon actuated catheter | 17-Mar-1998 | 26-Apr-1995 | 5,728,123 |
511 | System and method for locating objects including an inhibiting feature | 24-Mar-1998 | 13-May-1994 | 5,731,785 |
512 | Method and apparatus for scanning and evaluating matter | 7-Apr-1998 | 21-Mar-1995 | 5,735,276 |
513 | Patient monitoring system | 14-Apr-1998 | 31-Jul-1996 | 5,738,102 |
514 | Sheet material with coating | 21-Apr-1998 | 6-Jun-1995 | 5,740,941 |
515 | Medical scanning and treatment system and method | 23-Jun-1998 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,769,787 |
516 | Synthetic diamond layers having wear resistant coatings formed in situ and methods of applying such coatings | 28-Jul-1998 | 31-Mar-1997 | 5,786,038 |
517 | Body fluid analysis system | 4-Aug-1998 | 13-Oct-1994 | 5,787,885 |
518 | Material compositions | 18-Aug-1998 | 6-Jun-1995 | 5,794,801 |
519 | Method of implanting living cells by laser poration at selected sites | 18-Aug-1998 | 22-Feb-1996 | 5,795,755 |
520 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 1-Sep-1998 | 12-Jun-1996 | 5,800,421 |
521 | Method and apparatus for road hole repair including preparation thereof | 8-Sep-1998 | 25-Nov-1997 | 5,803,661 |
522 | Motor vehicle performance monitor and method | 8-Sep-1998 | 17-Jun-1996 | 5,805,079 |
523 | Interactive educational system and method | 20-Oct-1998 | 13-Nov-1995 | 5,823,788 |
524 | Motor vehicle performance monitor and method | 20-Oct-1998 | 27-Nov-1995 | 5,823,993 |
525 | Fire detection systems and methods | 3-Nov-1998 | 3-Nov-1995 | 5,832,187 |
526 | Apparatus and methods for gene therapy | 17-Nov-1998 | 27-Dec-1996 | 5,836,905 |
527 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 8-Dec-1998 | 5-Nov-1996 | 5,845,646 |
528 | Method and system for delivering therapeutic agents | 2-Feb-1999 | 16-Sep-1996 | 5,865,744 |
529 | Methods for forming diamond coated superconductor wire | 2-Feb-1999 | 1-May-1995 | 5,866,195 |
530 | Drug units and methods for use | 16-Feb-1999 | 28-Oct-1993 | 5,871,774 |
531 | Computer controlled vapor deposition processes | 26-Feb-1999 | 8-Apr-1996 | 5,871,805 |
532 | Computerized medical diagnostic system | 9-Mar-1999 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,878,746 |
533 | Drugs and methods for treating diseases | 16-Mar-1999 | 7-Jun-1995 | 5,882,330 |
534 | System and method for treating cellular disorders in a living being | 6-Jul-1999 | 28-Feb-1997 | 5,919,135 |
535 | Apparatus and method for stand-alone scanning and audio generation from printed material | 31-Aug-1999 | 27-May-1997 | 5,945,656 |
536 | Computer operated material processing systems and method | 31-Aug-1999 | 5-Jun-1996 | 5,946,220 |
537 | System and method for detecting and neutralizing microorganisms in a fluid using a laser | 7-Jul-1999 | 12-Dec-1995 | 5,948,272 |
538 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 14-Sep-1999 | 16-Mar-1998 | 5,951,600 |
539 | Methods for recording and reproducing information | 5-Oct-1999 | 30-Oct-1992 | 5,963,513 |
540 | Method for inspecting, coding and sorting objects | 12-Oct-1999 | 10-Mar-1992 | 5,966,457 |
541 | Automatically optimized combustion control | 26-Oct-1999 | 30-Dec-1998 | 5,971,747 |
542 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method | 9-Nov-1999 | 24-Sep-1996 | 5,983,161 |
543 | Automatically optimized combustion control | 30-Nov-1999 | 21-Jun-1996 | 5,993,194 |
544 | Electro-optical instruments and methods for treating disease | 30-Nov-1999 | 19-Sep-1994 | 5,993,378 |
545 | Method and apparatus for scanning and evaluating matter | 30-Nov-1999 | 15-Aug-1997 | 5,995,866 |
546 | Personal emergency, safety warning system and method | 22-Feb-2000 | 30-Oct-1998 | 6,028,514 |
547 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding bar codes with primary and secondary information and method of using such bar codes | 7-Mar-2000 | 24-Sep-1996 | 6,032,861 |
548 | Prisoner tracking and warning system and corresponding methods | 25-Apr-2000 | 4-Jun-1998 | 6,054,928 |
549 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 2-May-2000 | 20-Aug-1997 | 6,058,323 |
550 | Synthetic diamond coatings with intermmediate amorphous metal bonding layers and methods of applying such coatings | 4-Jul-2000 | 16-Apr-1997 | 6,083,570 |
551 | Danger warning and emergency response system and method | 4-Jul-2000 | 18-Apr-1997 | 6,084,510 |
552 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 18-Jul-2000 | 16-Mar-1998 | 6,090,139 |
553 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 1-Aug-2000 | 16-Mar-1998 | 6,096,023 |
554 | Synthetic diamond overlays for gas turbine engine parts having thermal barrier coatings | 8-Aug-2000 | 11-Sep-1997 | 6,099,976 |
555 | Synthetic diamond coatings with intermediate bonding layers and methods of applying such coatings | 26-Dec-2000 | 16-May-1997 | 6,165,616 |
556 | Friend or foe detection system and method and expert system military action advisory system and method | 26-Dec-2000 | 13-Jan-1999 | 6,166,679 |
557 | Image-modification methods | 2-Jan-2001 | 25-Jan-1993 | 6,169,840 |
558 | Friend or foe detection system and method and expert system military action advisory system and method | 13-Mar-2001 | 26-Apr-2000 | 6,201,495 |
559 | Motor vehicle warning and control system and method | 1-May-2001 | 28-Dec-1999 | 6,226,389 |
560 | Automatically optimized combustion control | 8-May-2001 | 25-Oct-1999 | 6,227,842 |
561 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 15-May-2001 | 8-Sep-1998 | 6,233,474 |
562 | Fuzzy logic based emergency flight control with thrust vectoring | 10-Jul-2001 | 25-Sep-1999 | 6,259,976 |
563 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method | 14-Aug-2001 | 8-Nov-1999 | 6,275,773 |
564 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 11-Sep-2001 | 3-Apr-2000 | 6,286,514 |
565 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 11-Sep-2001 | 6-Apr-2000 | 6,287,294 |
566 | Fire detection systems using artificial intelligence. Robert D. Pedersen and Jerome H. Lemelson | 11-Sep-2001 | 2-Nov-1998 | 6,289,331 |
567 | System and method for treating select tissue in living being | 25-Sep-2001 | 3-Apr-2000 | 6,293,282 |
568 | Intelligent traffic control and warning system and method | 13-Nov-2001 | 15-Sep-1999 | 6,317,058 |
569 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 20-Nov-2001 | 3-Apr-2000 | 6,321,106 |
570 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 4-Dec-2001 | 3-Apr-2000 | 6,327,492 |
571 | System and methods for controlling automatic scrolling of information on a display or screen. Jerome Lemelson and John H. Hiett | 26-Feb-2002 | 30-Apr-1997 | 6,351,273 |
572 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 28-May-2002 | 6-Apr-2000 | 6,394,997 |
573 | Taillight mounted vehicle security system employing facial recognition using a reflected image. Jerome Lemelson and Louis J. Hoffman | 4-Jun-2002 | 15-May-1996 | 6,400,835 |
574 | System and method for treating select tissue in a living being | 4-Jun-2002 | 3-Apr-2000 | 6,400,980 |
575 | System and methods for controlling automatic scrolling of information on a display screen. Jerome Lemelson and John H. Hiett | 16-Jul-2002 | 26-May-2000 | 6,421,064 |
576 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 30-Jul-2002 | 6-Apr-2000 | 6,425,904 |
577 | Prisoner tracking and warning system and corresponding methods, Jerome Lemelson, Robert D. Perdersen, and John H. Hiett | 20-Aug-2002 | 28-Feb-2000 | 6,437,696 |
578 | Friend or foe detection system and method and expert system military action advisory system and method, Jerome Lemelson, Robert D. Pedersen, and Steven R. Pedersen | 20-Aug-2002 | 20-Dec-2000 | 6,437,727 |
579 | Hand-held video camera-recorder-printer and methods for operating same | 27-Aug-2002 | 7-Jun-1995 | 6,442,336 |
580 | Automatically optimized combustion control, Jerome Lemelson and Robert D. Pedersen, and John H. Hiett | 22-Oct-2002 | 28-Dec-2000 | 6,468,069 |
581 | GPS vehicle collision avoidance warning and control system and method | 26-Nov-2002 | 2-Aug-2001 | 6,487,500 |
582 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 10-Dec-2002 | 6-Apr-2000 | 6,491,663 |
583 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding bar codes with primary and secondary information and method of using such bar codes, Jerome Lemelson and John H. Hiett | 8-Apr-2003 | 28-Feb-2000 | 6,543,691 |
584 | Motor vehicle warning and control system and method, Jerome Lemelson and Robert Pedersen | 22-Apr-2003 | 28-Jun-1996 | 6,553,130 |
585 | Fire detection systems and methods, Jerome Lemelson and Robert Pedersen | 29-Apr-2003 | 23-Jul-2001 | 6,556,981 |
586 | System and methods for controlling automatic scrolling of information on a display or screen | 5-Aug-2003 | 22-Feb-2002 | 6,603,491 |
587 | Danger warning and emergency response system and method | 19-Aug-2003 | 23-Jun-2000 | 6,608,559 |
588 | Play and record audio system embedded inside a photograph | 19-Aug-2003 | 4-Jun-1998 | 6,608,972 |
589 | Medical devices using electrosensitive gels | 14-Oct-2003 | 6-Apr-2000 | 6,632,215 |
590 | Intelligent traffic control and warning system and method | 14-Oct-2003 | 31-May-2001 | 6,633,238 |
591 | Fuzzy logic based emergency flight control with thrust vectoring capability | 9-Dec-2003 | 18-Jun-2001 | 6,662,086 |
592 | Flexible manufacturing systems and methods | 23-Mar-2004 | 31-Dec-1990 | 6,708,385 |
593 | Three-dimensional display system | 9-Nov-2004 | 30-Oct-1998 | 6,816,158 |
594 | Play and record audio system embedded inside a photograph | 9-Nov-2004 | 2-Jun-2003 | 6,816,679 |
595 | Vehicle security systems and methods employing facial recognition using a reflected image | 14-Dec-2004 | 8-Mar-2002 | 6,831,993 |
596 | Selectively controllable heads-up display system | 25-Jan-2005 | 2-Oct-1996 | 6,847,336 |
597 | Intelligent building alarm | 29-Mar-2005 | 21-Jun-2002 | 6,873,256 |
598 | Robotic manufacturing and assembly with relative radio positioning using radio based location determination | 24-May-2005 | 1-May-2002 | 6,898,484 |
599 | Motor vehicle warning and control system and method | 14-Jun-2005 | 21-Apr-2003 | 6,906,639 |
600 | Superconducting electrical cable | 4-Oct-2005 | 8-May-1995 | 6,951,985 |
601 | Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding bar codes with primary and secondary information and method of using such bar codes | 31-Jan-2006 | 6-Feb-2003 | 6,991,164 |
602 | Machine tool method | 27-Jun-2006 | 10-Nov-1987 | 7,065,856 |
603 | System and method for enhancing speech intelligibility for the hearing impaired | 19-Sep-2006 | 3-Mar-2000 | 7,110,951 |
604 | Facial-recognition vehicle security system and automatically starting vehicle | 3-Oct-2006 | 4-Mar-2004 | 7,116,803 |
605 | Machine tool system | 18-Mar-2008 | 13-May-1987 | 7,343,660 |
606 | Facial-recognition vehicle security system | 13-Oct-2009 | 3-Oct-2006 | 7,602,947 |
For Further Reading
•Bailey, Anne Lowrey. "This Inventor's Latest: A New Foundation." The Chronicle of Philanthropy (August 10, 1995): 8-10.
•Brown, Kenneth A. Inventors at Work. Redmond, WA: Tempus Books, 1988.
•Hood, John. "How Business Delivers the Goods." Policy Review (July/August 1996): 14-15.
•Lemelson, Jerome H. "Young People and Ingenuity—Our Greatest Natural Resources." TIES: The Magazine of Design & Technology Education (March 1995): 1-55.
•Maloney, Lawrence D. "Lone Wolf of the Sierras." Design News (March 6, 1995): 70-84.
•Port, Otis. "Inspiration, Perspiration-or Manipulation?" Business Week (April 3, 1995): 56-57.
•Shulman, Seth. "Are you a Problem Solver?" Parade Magazine (May 5, 1996): 12-13.
•Thomas, Robert McG., Jr. "Jerome H. Lemelson, an Inventor, Dies at 74." New York Times (October 4, 1997): sec A, p.16.
•Wolfe, Tom. "Land of Wizards." The Best American Essays 1987, edited by Gay Talese. New York: Ticknor and Fields, 1987.
•Wysocki, Robert, Jr. "Royalty Rewards: How Patent Lawsuits Make a Quiet Engineer Rich and Controversial." Wall Street Journal (April 9, 1997): sec. A, p. 1.