* In 1936, the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company patented the first practical application of the technology, " The Liquid Crystal Light Valve ".

The principle was patented in 1957 by Marvin Minsky, although laser technology limited practical application of the technique.

In 1917, Gilbert Vernam ( of AT & T ) invented and later patented in 1919 () a cipher based on teleprinter technology.

The modern RGB shadow mask technology for color CRT displays was patented by Werner Flechsig in Germany in 1938.

) FreeType 2 includes an automatic hinter that analyzes glyph shapes and attempts to generate hints automatically, thus avoiding the patented technology.

Due to this, an advanced scanning solution can be unique and patented and not easily copied despite being based on this basic OCR technology.

The original technology, patented by Printronix in 1974, was to have the top of a stiff leaf spring held back by a magnetic pole-piece.

* CLIO ( Chronicle of Lineage Indicative of Origins ), a DARPA proposed gene technology which would enable patented genes to be protected using encryption

For example when bioprospectors draw on indigenous knowledge of medicinal plants which is later patented by medical companies without recognizing the fact that the knowledge is not new, or invented by the patenter, and depriving the indigenous community to the rights to commercial exploitation of the technology that they themselves had developed.

Thunder Tables ®, yet another patented technology, ensures guaranteed recovery of password-protected Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents in just seconds instead of hours or days.

Thunder Tables ( R ) is ElcomSoft's patented technology which ensures guaranteed recovery of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel documents protected with 40-bit encryption in just seconds instead of hours or days.

The same work also compares Transmeta's patented technology with prior art published and in some cases patented by IBM, and suggests that some claims might not stand detailed scrutiny.

* technology user agreements: a less publicly known factor, patented GE seed that is widely used for many crops, like cotton and soy, comes with restrictions on use, which can even include who the crop can be sold to.

In rare circumstances, standards covered by a patent may be adopted, but only on the understanding that the patent owner will not enforce such patent rights or, at a minimum, that the patent owner will provide a reasonable and non-discriminatory license to the patented technology.

The technology was patented by AT & T, and was adopted by other networking vendors such as Hewlett-Packard and Ungermann-Bass.

BioSentient has obtained the license to commercialize NASA's space-age technology known as Autogenic Feedback Training Exercise ( AFTE ), a patented technique that uses biofeedback and autogenic therapy to allow patients to monitor and control their physiology as a possible treatment for anxiety and stress-related disorders.

") The patented technology is implemented in Sandstorm's PhoneSweep war dialer.

In countries where patents on software algorithms are upheld, vendors and commercial users of products that use H. 264 / AVC are expected to pay patent licensing royalties for the patented technology that their products use.

In 2009, the HTML5 working group was split between supporters of Ogg Theora, a free video format whose developers believe is unencumbered by patents, and H. 264 which contains patented technology.

Since the 1960s, railroad distributed power technology has been dominated by one company, Harris Controls ( originally Harris Corporation — Controls and Composition Division, later purchased by General Electric, and now known as GE Transportation Systems Global Signalling ), who have manufactured and marketed a patented radio-control system known as Locotrol that is the predominant ( perhaps only?

Intacs are a patented technology and are placed outside the optical zone, whereas the smaller prismatic Ferrara rings are placed just inside the 5 mm optical zone.

Later, Elkins successfully licensed his patented technology to IBM, DEC, WANG, among many others.

Laser disc technology, using a transparent disc, was invented by David Paul Gregg and James Russell in 1958 ( and patented in 1961 and 1990 ).

This includes the original Stirling engine that was invented, developed and patented in 1816 by Reverend Dr. Robert Stirling with help from his brother, an engineer.

The definition of patent infringement may vary by jurisdiction, but it typically includes using or selling the patented invention.

The section does not restrict disclosure to prior patents, giving a broad description of what includes prior disclosure ; so long as the subject-matter was disclosed “ in such manner that the subject-matter became available to the public ”, the subject-matter is barred from being patented.

The design patented by Uno Lamm of ASEA is one example of this type which includes grading electrodes between the anode and cathode to prevent backfire.

Other products include Motorola's iTap, Eatoni Ergonomic's LetterWise, ( character, rather than word-based prediction ), WordWise ( word-based prediction without a dictionary ), EQ3 ( a Qwerty-like layout compatible with regular telephone keypads ); Prevalent Devices's Phraze-It ; Xrgomics ' TenGO ( a six-key reduced QWERTY keyboard system ); Adaptxt ( considers language, context, grammar and semantics ); Clevertexting ( statistical nature of the language, dictionary less, dynamic key allocation ); Oizea Type ( temporal ambiguity ); Intelab's Tauto ; and WordLogic's patented Intelligent Input Platform ™ ( patented, layer-based advanced text prediction, includes multi-language dictionary, spell-check, built-in Web search and more ).

A provisional application includes a specification, i. e. a description, and drawing ( s ) of an invention ( drawings are required where necessary for the understanding of the subject matter sought to be patented ), but does not require formal patent claims, inventors ' oaths or declarations, or any information disclosure statement ( IDS ).

Bang & Olufsen invented and patented the so-called Dolby HX ( Headroom eXtension ) Pro principle for combining bias control with the Dolby system for better high frequency response in cassette recorders.

In 1989 a giant paper clip, almost 7 meters high, was erected on the campus of a commercial college near Oslo in honour of Vaaler, ninety years after his invention was patented.

In the same year, Dow Chemical researchers patented a method of preparing electroluminescent cells using high voltage ( 500 – 1500 V ) AC-driven ( 100 – 3000 Hz ) electrically insulated one millimetre thin layers of a melted phosphor consisting of ground anthracene powder, tetracene, and graphite powder.

A new TV transmission system, Multiplexed Analogue Components ( MAC ), was originally developed for high definition TV but European TV manufacturers developed patented variants and successfully lobbied regulators such that it was adopted by the EU as the standard for all direct broadcast satellites.

Another team member suggested a method ( later patented ) to add yeast at a later stage in the process, thereby preventing the yeast from over-fermenting in high temperatures.

He designed and patented a high roll collar that formed a " B " over a Windsor-knotted tie, which became known as a " Mr. B. Collar ".

The patented Grip-Tite is held to a cast iron table top or steel sub fence by high strength permanent magnets.

In-Line Continuous Measurement: Slurry is weighed as it travels through the metered section of pipe using a patented, high resolution load cell.

Chinese butcher crews were held in such high esteem that when Edmund A. Smith patented his mechanized fish-butchering machine in 1905, he named it the Iron Chink, which is seen by some as symbolic of anti-Chinese racism during the era.

The company's only regular production item was a patented steel-backed lead bearing which was used in various high performance engines.

In 1966 James R. Powell and Gordon Danby patented the superconducting maglev transportation system, and after this engineers around the world raced to create the first high speed rail.

In 1820 a simple form of truss, Town's lattice truss, was patented, and had the advantage of not requiring high labor skills nor much metal.

The original commercial implementation was an insole board that combined the structural elements of a high heel insole board with the patented Insolia contours.

Sesa Goa has patented a technology that provides high quality output and produces power.

Synthetic types include paper-wrapped high tensile wire ( using the Lloyd Loom process patented in the early 1900s ), and plastic or resin and are often preferred for outdoor use.

Edward J. O ' Hare, as a lawyer, represented the inventor Owen P. Smith, high commissioner of the International Greyhound Racing Association, who patented a mechanical running rabbit for use in dog racing.

In 2003, the United States government patented cannabinoids, including those in marijuana that cause users to get " high " ( such as THC ) based on these chemicals ' prevention of trauma-and age-related brain damage.

This apparatus was reinvented several times, by C. F. Varley, that patented a high power version in 1860, by Lord Kelvin ( the " replenisher ") 1868, and by A. D. Moore ( the " dirod "), more recently.

Thulin's design produced a simple, strong bag with a high load-carrying capacity, and was patented worldwide by Celloplast in 1965.

The high court reiterated its earlier holdings that mathematical formulas in the abstract could not be patented, but it held that the mere presence of a software element did not make an otherwise patent-eligible machine or process un-patentable.

The cheese is said to be named after its American creator Edward W. Coon ( 1871 – 1934 ) of Philadelphia, who patented a method, subsequently known as the Cooning process, for fast maturation of cheese via high temperature and humidity.

It uses a patented method to compress the high correlation found in digital content signals and additional compression with standard entropy encoding algorithms such as Huffman coding.

MarkLogic Server is based on patented innovations and provides features including location awareness, real-time search, and a shared-nothing cluster architecture that supports high performance against petabyte-scale databases.