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2000 — 2009US 6323846 · 2001 · University of Delaware
How a Multi-Touch Screen Detects Multiple Fingers and Palms
US 6054297 · 2000 · Genentech Inc
How to Redesign Mouse Antibodies for Safe Use in Humans
US 7479949 · 2009 · Apple Inc
How Touchscreens Understand Your Finger Swipes and Scrolls
US 6267958 · 2001 · Genentech Inc
Making High-Concentration Antibody Medicines Stable for Injection
US 6285999 · 2001 · Leland Stanford Junior University
How Websites Get Ranked by Importance
US 6233389 · 2001 · Tivo Inc
How TiVo Pauses and Rewinds Live Television
US 7527791 · 2009 · Genentech Inc
How Engineered Antibodies Target TGF-beta Proteins to Fight Cancer
US D504889 · 2005 · Apple Computer Inc
The Design Patent for the Original iPod Mini
US 6682736 · 2004 · Abgenix Inc
How Human Antibodies Block the Immune System's Off-Switch
US 6523026 · 2003 · Huntsman International LLC
How Computers Find Hidden Connections Between Different Fields of Knowledge
US 7136875 · 2006 · Google LLC
How Google Ads Detect Which Web Page You Are Viewing
US 7469381 · 2008 · Apple Inc
How Touchscreens Show and Snap Back When You Scroll Past an Edge
US 7158878 · 2007 · Google LLC
How Digital Maps Are Built From Small Image Pieces
US 6090382 · 2000 · BASF SE
Antibodies That Block Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNFα)
US 6884879 · 2005 · Genentech Inc
How Genentech Created Antibodies to Stop Tumor Growth
US 7434177 · 2008 · Apple Inc
How the Apple Mac Dock Magnifies Icons
US 6195698 · 2001 · Compaq Computer Corp
How Websites Use Distorted Text Riddles to Stop Bots
US 6883201 · 2005 · iRobot Corp
How the iRobot Roomba Automatically Cleans Floors Without Falling Down Stairs
US 6665308 · 2003 · Terayon Communication Systems Inc
How Cable Modems Fix Signal Distortions Before Sending Data
US 6302230 · 2001 · Deka Products LP
How Self-Balancing Vehicles Warn Users Before They Tip Over
US 7509588 · 2009 · Apple Inc
How the iPhone's Jiggling App Icons Work
US 6824780 · 2004 · Genentech Inc
How Genentech Created Antibodies to Target Prostate Cancer Cells
US 6567533 · 2003 · Digimarc Corp
How Digital Images Hide Invisible Markers to Track Rotation and Scaling
US 6370526 · 2002 · International Business Machines Corp
Smart Ranking of Emails and Files Based on How You Click
US 6590928 · 2003 · Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
How Bluetooth Creates Wireless Networks with Unique Addresses
US 6339142 · 2002 · Genentech Inc
How Genentech Purifies Therapeutic Antibodies for Cancer Treatment
US 6178160 · 2001 · Cisco Technology Inc
How DNS Servers Route Web Traffic to the Least Busy Server
US 7233978 · 2007 · Econnectix LLC
How Distributed Servers Find Data Using Location Pointers
US 6122658 · 2000 · Microsoft Corp
How Servers Combine Global and Local Content for Personalized Web Displays
US 6732183 · 2004 · BroadWare Technologies LLC
How to Seamlessly Switch Video Streams for Many Viewers
US 6266060 · 2001 · International Business Machines Corp
How Browsers Automatically Choose Your Start Page Based on History
US 6990497 · 2006 · Microsoft Corp
How to Play Any Media Playlist by Converting it to a Standard Format
US 7355593 · 2008 · Smart Technologies ULC
How Large Interactive Whiteboards Track Fingers Across Multiple Sensors
US 7596761 · 2009 · Apple Inc
How Apple's Navigation Bar Manages App Screens
US 7111231 · 2006 · Intellisync LLC
How Dynamic Web Applications Use Templates to Fetch Data
US 6630507 · 2003 · US Department of Health and Human Services