On the history of the transistor
Posted on May 16, 2008 in Generic pharmaceuticals
At the IBM site (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-microhist.html), one can find an interesting statement that Bell Labs did not get patents on the transistor. Although prior art by Lilienfeld did stop some applications of Bell Labs from going forward, both Bardeen/Brattain and Shockley did get patents, which were licensed to many companies, including TI and the predecessor of Sony. At all relevant times, Bell Labs, Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley knew, understood, and foresaw applications for the transistor beyond a use in hearing aids. The relevant text at ibm.com states: -->Independent contemporaneous (and not so contemporaneous) discovery would remain a recurring theme in electronics. So it was with the invention of the vacuum tube -- invented by Fleming, who was investigating the Effect named for and discovered by Edison; it was refined four years later by de Forest (but is now rumored to have been invented 20 years prior by Tesla). So it was with the transistor: Shockley, Brattain and Bardeen were awarded the Nobel Prize for turning de Forest's triode into a solid state device -- but they were not awarded a patent, because of 20-year-prior art by Lilienfeld. So it was with the integrated circuit (or IC) for which Jack Kilby was awarded a Nobel Prize, but which was contemporaneously developed by Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor (who got the patent). And so it was, indeed, with the microprocessor. **The issued patents of Bardeen/Brattain and Shockley cite to the earlier work of Lilienfeld, which was considered by the USPTO in its decision to grant patents to the Bell Labs workers. **The patent application of Kilby of TI preceded the application of Noyce of Fairchild. Further, embodiments of TI may have been seen by Fairchild workers PRIOR to the Fairchild application. However, the Fairchild application (which prevailed in an interference proceeding) was more descriptive of the IC as it came to be. **Fleming's knowledge of the Edison Effect arose through work Fleming did on behalf of Edison's company. Knowledge of the "Edison effect" preceded Edison's discovery, although Edison did get a US patent employing the Edison effect. Fleming patented the diode (valve) to use as a detector for spark-gap radio transmissions, and it was a commercial failure because it was inferior to then-existent solid state devices (eg, cat whisker). Generic Viagra cheap cialis Cheap Viagra generic cialis
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Laying down on the job?
Posted on April 14, 2008 in Diabetes erectile dysfunction
Like the macaws, blogger / blogspot is laying down on the job. It appears that IPBiz was inaccessible from about 7pm through about 11pm on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2006. Separately, Google indexing of IPBiz is woefully incomplete. For example, posts on how an article was plagiarized are no where to be found: http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/08/ -or-how-edison-got.html http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2006/09/plagiarism-at-bangalore-university.html IPBiz is not expecting Google's faulty indexing to improve: Meanwhile, in the Ohio University plagiarism business, AP reports that two Ohio University doctoral students accused of plagiarizing their master's theses must rewrite their papers [MS theses]. Three cases of 37 have been decided; the remaining cases have yet to be decided, said OU Provost Kathy Krendl. **Also on plagiarism, and laying down on the job** As noted earlier on IPBiz, an article originally intended for Intellectual Property Today and later published on an ezine was later plagiarized word-for-word. I attempted to write about the plagiarism on an ezine. Here is some communication from me on the point: Just to confirm, I don't understand your position at all. I have brought to your attention the fact that someone has completely plagiarized an article written by me that appears on the ezine, and you are "unable" to publish on the ezine the fact of the plagiarism? You have got to be kidding! viagra cheap cialis generic viagra online Cheap Viagra
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JoyRides auction this week
Posted on April 13, 2008 in Prescription drug insurance
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