So named due to its resemblance to a traditional agricultural plough ( or more specifically two ploughshares ), many manufacturers produce a plough-style design, all based on or direct copies of the original CQR ( Secure ), a 1933 design patented in the UK ( US patent in 1934 ) by mathematician Geoffrey Ingram Taylor.

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

In 1999 they brought a legal challenge to this patent which had granted a private US citizen " ownership " of the knowledge of a plant that is well-known and sacred to many indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and used by them in religious and healing ceremonies.

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

The patent, held by US entrepreneur Loren Miller, expired in 2003.

The first US patent was issued to J. Cerneau and S. S. Hallet in 1809.

( According to the PGP FAQ, the US patent expired on May 25, 2010.

However, US patent law was changed in 1995 such that patents now expire 20 years after filing, not 17 years after issuing.

Early rowing machines are known to have existed from the mid 1800s, a US patent being issued to WB Curtis in 1872 for a particular hydraulic based damper design.

In his patent application of 6 February 1959, Kilby described his new device as “ a body of semiconductor material ... wherein all the components of the electronic circuit are completely integrated .” The first customer for the new invention was the US Air Force.

Independent inventors account for 70 % of the new US patent applications in this area.

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

* 1887 – Herman Hollerith applies for US patent # 395, 791 for the ' Art of Applying Statistics ' – his punched card calculator.

* 1889 – Herman Hollerith is issued US patent # 395, 791 for the ' Art of Applying Statistics ' — his punched card calculator.

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.

Despite clear priority of discovery, Gesner did not obtain his first kerosene patent until 1854, two years after James Young's US patent.

In 1852, he took out a US patent for the same invention.

* — c10n. info's overview of US patent # 7, 096, 360, " n " Frequency-Time Based Data Compression Method " supporting the compression, encryption, decompression, and decryption and persistence of many binary digits through frequencies where each frequency represents many bits.

Thomas Edison received US patent 180, 857 for " Autographic Printing " on August 8, 1876.

In 1880 Edison obtained a further patent, US 224, 665: " Method of Preparing Autographic Stencils for Printing ", which covered the making of stencils using a file plate, a grooved metal plate on which the stencil was placed which perforated the stencil when written on with a blunt metal stylus.

Network effects were a central theme in the arguments of Theodore Vail, the first post patent president of Bell Telephone, in gaining a monopoly on US telephone services.

* 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.

Cameroonian navy sailors prepare to perform a visit, board, search and seizure drill on 21 November 2006 in Douala during a joint exercise with the US military.

* ITA Software's low fare search engine, used by travel websites such as Orbitz and Kayak. com and airlines such as American Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways.

The administration believed that any search or surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency of US citizens communicating with foreign nationals abroad was immune to a Fourth Amendment challenge.

In the wake of Operation Anaconda, relations between US and the and UK forces on the ground soured when Stars and Stripes, the magazine for American forces and their families, openly criticized the Royal Marines for returning " empty-handed " from their search for al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters claiming that Britain's contribution to the campaign was " disappointing.

Troops of US 5th Infantry Division conducting a house-to-house search in Metz on 19 November 1944.

After the 1984 Supreme Court decision in California v. Greenwood, in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit the warrantless search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside of a home, paper shredders became more popular among US citizens with privacy concerns.

Image: US Navy 050905-N-0000X-003 U. S. Navy Sailors, assigned to the amphibious transport dock USS Shreveport ( LPD 12 ), perform a search and rescue mission following Hurricane Katrina in Biloxi, Miss. jpg | U. S. Navy personnel perform a search and rescue mission in Biloxi after Hurricane Katrina.

* Air search providing aerial spotting for the emergency services, such as conducted by the Civil Air Patrol in the US, or Sky Watch in the UK.

Its role includes enforcement of US maritime law, coastal defense, and search and rescue.

The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 was passed soon after the attacks, giving law enforcement agencies sweeping search and surveillance powers over US citizens.

Overturning the names produced by a formal search process, he appointed a figure linked to the US Republican party to head the Bank's internal watchdog.

In July 1973 an American delegation, in search of a new armour type for the XM815 tank prototype, now that the MBT-70 project had failed, visited Chobham Common to be informed about the British system, the development of which had then cost about ₤ 6, 000, 000 ; earlier information had already been divulged to the US in 1965 and 1968.

* Sweetman, Bill, " In search of the Pentagon's billion dollar hidden budgets-how the US keeps its R & D spending under wraps ", from Jane's International Defence Review, online

All major search engines were involved in an inquiry by the US Attorney-General, and subsequently LookSmart and all other major search engines agreed to cease accepting text advertisements from internet gambling companies.

* Website of the US Patent and Trademark Office ( including search facility )

In several counties and municipalities in the US a standard title search ( generally accompanied by title insurance ) is required under the law as a part of ownership transfer.

This annual contest takes place across the US each summer in search of the next South Asian-American spelling champ between the ages of 8 and 14 years old.

For example, people with Parkinson's disease can use PDtrials to find up-to-date information on Parkinson's disease trials currently enrolling participants in the US and Canada, and search for specific Parkinson's clinical trials using criteria such as location, trial type, and symptom.

His journey starts in the US where he is fleeing the police, in search of his next fix.

US soldiers search Vietnamese homes for Vietcong guerrillas.

* US English translations of some de Volkskrant articles available from nonprofit WorldMeets. US ; search archives onworldmeets. us