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Design of a Multi-Method Integrated Intelligent UAV System for Vertical Greening Maintenance

Applied Sciences
Vertical greening (VG) delivers measurable urban ecosystem benefits, yet maintenance is constrained by at-height safety risks, heterogeneous facade geometries, and low labor efficiency.
Fangtian Ying, Bingqian Zhai, Xinglong Zhao   +2 more
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Length controlled stabilized mode-lock ND:YAG laser [PDF]

, 1977
A method and apparatus for stabilizing the amplitude and repetition rate of mode-locked Nd:YAG laser pulses by controlling the laser length through a feedback loop are described.
Sigfred, J.
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Bentonite nanoclay and spray techniques as a nano pico technology (NPT) for enhancing mortar in heritage and historical buildings

Scientific Reports
The inventive idea of using Bentonite Nano-Clay spray as a Nano-Pico Spray (NPS) technique is an effective solution to the problem of erosion of historical brick monuments.
Saeideh Jalalifar, Hamed Niroumand, Maryam Afsharpour, Lech Balachowski, Shadi Rajabi   +4 more
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Empowering sickle cell disease care: the rise of TechnoRehabLab in Sub-Saharan Africa for enhanced patient's perspectives

Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Sickle-cell Disease (SCD) is a major public health problem in Africa, and there are significant obstacles to its comprehensive management, particularly in terms of access to appropriate healthcare. This calls for inventive approaches to improve patients'
Paul Muteb Boma, Suzanne Kamin Kisula Ngoy, Jules Mulefu Panda, Jules Mulefu Panda, Bruno Bonnechère, Bruno Bonnechère, Bruno Bonnechère   +6 more
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Patentability, industry structure, and innovation. [PDF]

To qualify for a patent, an invention must be new, useful, and nonobvious. This paper presents a model of sequential innovation in which industry structure is endogenous and a standard of patentability determines the proportion of all inventions that ...
Robert M. Hunt
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Research on the Design Method of Camellia oleifera Fruit Picking Machine

Applied Sciences
Camellia oleifera fruit pickers are essential for improving picking efficiency and promoting the Camellia oleifera industry. However, it is challenging to develop pickers that meet user needs.
Shan Hu, Jing Xin, Dong Zhang, Geqi Xing
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Inventive Activities, Patents and Early Industrialization. A Synthesis of Research Issues [PDF]

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of recent research on the role of patent systems in the early phases of industrialization. Perhaps surprisingly, no consensus has been reached yet as to whether the emergence of modern patent systems ...
Alessandro Nuvolari, Christine MacLeod
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Rethinking Invention: Cognition and the Economics of Technological Creativity [PDF]

Economists have typically not devoted much attention to the act of invention. This paper attempts to redress this situation by exploring a form of cognition, analogical transfer, which is thought by some researchers to lie at the heart of successful ...
Gary B. Magee
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Foreign Patents: Opportunities and Dangers for the General Practitioner [PDF]

, 1959
Peterson, Courtland
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The international law of business method patents [PDF]

Before the landmark State Street case in 1998, the courts and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) had often denied patents to inventions that were no more than methods of doing business.
John M. Conley
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