* Alfred Nobel US Patent No 78, 317, dated 26 May 1868

In 1986 the US Patent and Trademarks Office allowed the granting of a patent on the ayahuasca vine B. Caapi.

In 2001, after an appeal by the patent holder, the US Patent Office reinstated the patent.

* US Patent 845140 Combustion Engine, dated February 26, 1907.

* US Patent 502837 Engine operated by the explosion of mixtures of gas or hydrocarbon vapor and air, dated August 8, 1893.

* US Patent 439702 Petroleum Engine or Motor, dated November 4, 1890.

Inventors can now have their insurance US patent applications reviewed by the public in the Peer to Patent program.

In 1845, industrialist Peter Cooper ( who built the first American steam-powered locomotive, the Tom Thumb ), obtained a patent ( US Patent 4084 ) for powdered gelatin.

The US Patent and Trademark Office can be searched for patents related to the latest developments in mycoremediation and mycofiltration.

* 1994 US Patent 5, 282, 222 for wireless data transmission-The patent " tree " rooted on this patent has upwards of 20, 000 nodes and leaves references.

* US Patent for PCR

Thomson Jay Hudson was Chief Examiner of the US Patent Office and Psychical researcher, known for his three laws of psychic phenomena, which were first published in 1893.

He announced his invention of the first phonograph, a device for recording and replaying sound, on November 21, 1877 ( early reports appear in Scientific American and several newspapers in the beginning of November, and an even earlier announcement of Edison working on a ' talking-machine ' can be found in the Chicago Daily Tribune on May 9 ), and he demonstrated the device for the first time on November 29 ( it was patented on February 19, 1878 as US Patent 200, 521 ).

* Information on Bi-directional Refreshable Tactile Display US Patent 6, 692, 255

* US Patent 1, 647, Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism, June 20, 1840

* US Patent 1, 647 ( Reissue # 79 ), Improvement in the mode of communicating information by signals by the application of electro-magnetism, January 15, 1846

* US Patent 1, 647 ( Reissue # 117 ), Improvement in electro-magnetic telegraphs, June 13, 1848

* US Patent 1, 647 ( Reissue # 118 ), Improvement in electro-magnetic telegraphs, June 13, 1848

* US Patent 4, 453, Improvement in Electro-magnetic telegraphs, April 11, 1846

* US Patent 6, 420, Improvement in electric telegraphs, May 1, 1849

A request for reviewing the WARF patents 5, 843, 780 ; 6, 200, 806 ; 7, 029, 913 US Patent and Trademark Office were filed by non-profit patent-watchdogs The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights, and the Public Patent Foundation as well as molecular biologist Jeanne Loring of the Burnham Institute.

Following the 2008 appeal by ATI over the validity of (' 327 ) and Silicon Graphics Inc's voluntary dismissal of the (' 376 ) patent from the lawsuit, the Federal Circuit upheld the jury verdict on the validity of GPHI's US Patent No. 6, 650, 327, and furthermore found that AMD had lost its right to challenge patent validity in future proceedings.

Sega Game Gear US Patent application form: http :// www. google. com / patents / USRE35786? dq = Sega + enterprises + Patents + television & ei = gUsMT9efDIHmggeY-_i-Bw

The New Mexico US Extension Service recommends a mix of not more than 1 / 3 clay, not less than 1 / 2 sand, and never more than 1 / 3 silt.

The Gross Domestic Product of Armenia stood at 8. 8 billion US dollars in 2010 ; with a population of 3. 2 million, this amounts to a GDP per capita of $ 2, 676 ( purchasing power parity $ 5, 178 ).

Export partners: Russia 17. 5 %, Netherlands 14. 9 %, Germany 14. 7 %, Ireland 11. 1 %, Belgium 8. 7 %, Georgia 7. 6 %, US 6. 6 %, Switzerland 4. 3 %, Bulgaria 4. 1 %, Ukraine 4 % ( 2007 )

Import partners: Russia 17. 5 %, Netherlands 14. 9 %, Germany 14. 7 %, Ireland 11. 1 %, Belgium 8. 7 %, Georgia 7. 6 %, US 6. 6 %, Switzerland 4. 3 %, Bulgaria 4. 1 %, Ukraine 4 % ( 2007 )

A RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 anti-ballistic missile is launched from USS Shiloh ( CG-67 ) | USS Shiloh, a US Navy Ticonderoga class cruiser | Ticonderoga-class cruiser.

In total Carnegie funded some 3, 000 libraries, located in 47 US states, and also in Canada, the United Kingdom, what is now the Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, and Fiji.

* 1861 – American Civil War: in order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 ( 3 % of all incomes over US $ 800 ; rescinded in 1872 ).

AA GSO limits contributions to US $ 3, 000 a year.

By 2003 in the US, an estimated 3. 21 million patients received antipsychotics, worth an estimated $ 2. 82 billion.

The treaty was signed in Moscow on May 26, 1972 by the President of the United States, Richard Nixon and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Leonid Brezhnev ; and ratified by the US Senate on August 3, 1972.

The Paige / Dickson duet " I Know Him So Well " became a major UK # 1 hit, and Murray Head's " One Night in Bangkok " gave Andersson / Ulvaeus a US # 3 hit.

It is approximately the amount of energy needed to heat of water, which is exactly one tenth of a UK gallon or about 0. 1198 US gallons, from 39 ° F to 40 ° F ( 3. 8 ° C to 4. 4 ° C ).

In 2009 some reports from the US suggested that 1 / 3 of the honey bee colonies did not survive the winter, though normal winter losses are known to be around 25 %.

Nearby aquifers contain an estimated 270 billion US gallons ( 1 billion m < sup > 3 </ sup >) of groundwater contaminated by high-level nuclear waste that has leaked out of Hanford's massive underground storage tanks.

, 1 million US gallons ( 3, 785 m < sup > 3 </ sup >) of highly radioactive waste is traveling through groundwater toward the Columbia River.

Caymanian dollars per US dollar-0. 82 ( 29 October 2001 ), 0. 83 ( 3 November 1995 ), 0. 85 ( 22 November 1993 )

some foreign ships register in the Cayman Islands as a flag of convenience ; includes ships from 11 countries among which are: Greece 15, US 5, UK 5, Cyprus 2, Denmark 2, Norway 3 ( 2002 est.

5. 3 % of the population lives on less than US $ 2 a day.

In 2006, copper exports reached a historical high of US $ 33. 3 billion.

Chilean exports to the United States totaled US $ 9. 3 billion, representing a 37. 7 % increase compared to 2005 ( US $ 6. 7 billion ).

From Asia, China was the most important exporter to Chile, with goods valued at US $ 3. 6 billion.

According to the CIA World Factbook, Costa Rica's GDP per capita is US $ 10, 900 ( 2009 ); however, there is a lack of maintenance and new investment in infrastructure, 21. 3 % of the people living below the poverty line and 7. 8 % ( 2009 ) unemployed.