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256-KBit CMOS Static Random Access Memory (TC55257P) Toshiba Corp. Susumu Kohyama
Accucount Baird Corp. Edward H. Hutchinson
Arc-Coal Atlantic Research Corp. R. S. Scheffee
ARDS Arizona State University, NASA (Lewis Research Center) H. D. Nelson, David P. Fleming
Aries IRT Corp. John Adams, Ed Ross
Auto-Trac Varian Associates Wilmer Bottoms, Martin Hutchinson, Frederick Turner
Automated Seismic Processor Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Thomas V. McEvilly
Automatic Digitizer for Multicolor Drawings Hitachi Ltd. (Central Research Laboratory) Shigeru Kakumoto
Automatic Headspace Sampler Perkin-Elmer Corp. (Bodenseewerk)
Beam Signal PickUp Test Facility Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) J. D. Simpson
BIZEC Permionic Membrane Electrolyzer PPG Industries
CABOT Alloy 214 Cabot Corp. (Wrought Products ) Robert B. Herchenroeder
CARA Gould Inc. (NavCom Systems) Steve White, Phil Chambers
Centricon W. R. Grace & Co. (Amicon Corp.) William Bowers
CIRCOM Broken Hill Proprietary Co. D. A. J. Swinkels, P. M. Fredericks
Computrak 6100 Gulton Industries Inc. ( Graphic Instruments ) John Olobri, Bob Lamoreaux
Copper Indium Selenide/Cadium Zinc Solar Cell Boeing Aerospace Corp., Solar Energy Research Institute R. A. Mikelsen, W. S. Chen
Diffuse Reflectance Cell Harrick Scientific Corp., Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant , G. L. Powell, N. R. Smyrl, N. J. Harrick
Distributed Analyzer Control System Combustion Engineering (Process Analytics)
Double Filtration/Bioluminescence System United Technologies Packard TenLin S. Tsai, Norma J. Ramey, Leroy J. Everett
Electonic-Transaction Analyzer Hand Made Software Co., National Bureau of Standards Phillip Gaudette, Robert B. J. Warnar
Electrolytic Method for Lead Recovery U.S. Bureau of Mines Ernest R. Cole, A. Y. Lee, D. L. Paulson
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Detecting Unit North American Philips Corp. Wilbur Cox
Fera LeCroy Research Systems Corp. (European Products) Jean Pierre Vittet
Flow Injection System National Bureau of Standards Kenneth W. Pratt
Ford Lambda Oxygen Analyzer Ford Motor Co. James W. Butler, Alex D. Colvin
Gallium Arsenide Schottky Power Rectifier General Electric Co.
Gas Chromatograph HP-5890A Hewlett-Packard Co.
Glass-to-Metal Sealing Glass Sandia National Laboratories (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Robert J. Eagan, Rod K. Quinn
Gold Capacitor, F Series Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp. Atsushi Nishino, Akihiko Yoshida, Ichiro Tanahashi
Hazardous Gas Monitor Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Joseph R. Stetter, Solomon Zaromb, William R. Penrose, Melvin W. Findlay
HGAS 500 Honeywell Inc. Steven Jamison, Peter Roberts
Hitaceram SC-101 Hitachi Ltd. Mitsuru Ura
Hot Wire Air Flow Meter Hitachi Ltd. Yutaka Nishimura
HP 8451A Hewlett-Packard Co. (Scientific Instruments) Richard E. Monnier
Ion Implantation System Z-100 Eaton Corp. (Zymet Inc.) Peter Rose, Andrew Wittkower, James Hirvonen
Ion-Selective Electrodes (ISE 30-47-00, ISE 30-13-00) HNU Systems Inc. J. N. Driscoll, E. S. Atwood
Ionpac/Membrane Reactor Dionex Corp., Dow Chemical Co.
Kodacolor VR1000 Eastman Kodak Co.
Kodavue Eastman Kodak Co. (Health Sciences Markets) Joseph Yudelson
Large Area Avalanche Photodiode Radiation Monitoring Devices Inc. Greg Reiff
Laser Interior Profile Scanner Toyota Inc. (Central R&D Lab.) Nobuaki Takahashi, Satoshi Sugiyama, Tetsu Kachi
Liquid Carriers for Tissue Culture General Electric Co. Charles R. Keese, Ivar Giaever
Liquid Membrane Oxygen Enrichment System Bend Research Inc. Ian C. Roman, Richard W. Baker
Logic and Memory Programmer, 160 Series Valley Data Sciences Inc. John M. French
Megatorque Motornetics Corp. Ross Welburn
MIE 720 Magnetron Ion Etcher Materials Research Corp. Steven Hurwitt, Walter Class
Model 1 Spectrographic Nitrogen Detector Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Ronald J. Walker
Model 4500 Ash Monitor Coalscan Pty. Ltd. (Mineral Control Instrumentation Ltd.), Commonwealth Scientific & Ind. Res. Organization (Mineral Physics), University of Queensland (Mineral Research Centre) W.J. Howarth, B.D. Soweby, G.J. Lyman
Model 54-02 Far-UV Absorbance Detector HNU Systems Inc. John N. Driscoll
Model 6050 Duoplasmatron Microbeam Ion Gun and Controls Perkin-Elmer Corp. (PHI ) David G. Welkie
Model C1822x Photon Counting Image Acquisition System Hamamatsu Photonics K. K. Yutaka Tsuchiya
Model M-2 Control System Oak Ridge National Laboratory H. L. Martin, J. N. Herndon, P. E. Satterlee
Model PFC-200 Polycold Polycold Systems Inc. Dale J. Missimer
Models 6850/6820 CF Indicator Sweat Test System Medtronic Inc. Gary Lattin, Darrell Untereker, Boone Owens
MUCH Dresser Industries (Jeffrey Mining) Edward T. Voight
Multiple-Beam Antenna System Ford Aerospace & Comminications Corp., NASA (Lewis Research Center), TRW, Electronic Systems Group Tom Roberts, R. M. Mybre, W. C. Wong
Multiport Video RAM TMS4161 Texas Instruments Inc. Raymond Pinkam
Network Analyzer HP 3577A Hewlett-Packard Co. (Lake Stevens Instrument)
Neuromagnetic Current Probe Vanderbilt University John P. Wikswo
OCRV595 Toshiba Corp. Masaaki Yoshizawa
Oxygen Reducing Enzyme System Oak Ridge National Laboratory H. I. Adler, W. D. Crow
PCB Field Test Kit McGraw Edison Co. (Power Systems ) Ted Handel
Photo-optical Blade Vibration Data Acquisition Sys. NASA (Lewis Research Center), Shaker Research Corp. Louis J. Kiraly, J. Frarey
Pitt-Char PPG Industries T. A Ward, W. G. Boberski, J. A. Seiner
Pro-Drone Stauffer Chemical Co., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture , Meyer Schwartz
Process for Manufacturing Powder Metallurgy Cabot Corp. (Engineered Products Group Technology) Ronald D. Rivers
Process for Treating Fission Waste for the Recovery of Noble Metals Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Dept. of Energy) Charles A. Rohrmann, Oswald J. Wick
Prompt/Delayed In-Core Detector Assembly Babcock & Wilcox (Lynchburg Research Center), Empire State Electric Energy Research Corp. , Holland D. Warren
QBC Centrifugal Hematology System Beckton Dickinson & Co. (Clay Adams Div.)
Radiopharmaceutical Delivery System Brookhaven National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Richard M. Lambrecht
Rare Gas Atom Counter Oak Ridge National Laboratory G. S. Hurst
Rimplast Petrarch Systems Inc. Barry Arkles
Rotatable Magnetron Shatterproof Glass Corp. Harold E. McKelvey
RPC Models A-F High-Voltage, High-Power Switch and Circuit Breaker NASA (Lewis Research Center) John C. Sturman
Scinticor Baird Corp. (Nuclear ) Donald W. Heyda
Silicon-Detector X-Ray Spectrometer LBL Model 21X6551, Tennelec Model TC243 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Fred S. Goulding
Spherical Dipole Probe System Southwest Research Institute Homi Gorakhpurwalla, Edward H. Cooper, Melvin Johnson
Spout Evaporator Solar Energy Research Institute Desikan Bharathan
Stratus American Hospital Corp. (American Dade) Joseph L. Giegel
Superconducting Magnetic-Energy Storage System Los Alamos National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) John D. Rogers
Superconducting Magnets Oxford Magnet Technology Ltd. Ian McDougall
Surface-Acoustic-Wave Oscillator 674MOS01 Matsushita Electric Industrial Corp. Kentaro Setsune
Synchrotron X-Ray Small Angle Scattering Instrumentation Argonne National Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Charles Borso
TAC Process Alcan International Ltd.
Targeted Chlorination System Tennessee Valley Authority Robert D. Moss, Stephen P. Gautney, Patrick A. March
Thermal Ionization Process for Sulfur National Bureau of Standards P. J. Paulsen, W. R. Kelly
Thermal Scanner for Industrial Coating Bonds Westinghouse Hanford Co. Donald R. Green, Clarence R. Wandling
TIG Welding Vision System General Electric Co.
Toposcopic Catheter National Institute of Health Daniel Shook, Seth R. Goldstein
Traveling Bed Ion Exchange Contactor Dow Chemical Co. (Chemical) Gary Phillips
Turnkey System Model 8308-1-60TC Sono-Tek Corp. Harvey L. Berger
Ultrasonically-Pulsed Neutron Time-of Flight Spectrometer Oak Ridge National Laboratory H. A. Mook, G. K. Schulze
Vacuum Ultraviolet VUV Absorption Spectrometer Acton Research Corp.
Vanguard I Advanco Corp. Byron J. Washom
Vapor-Mist Dielectrics Electric Power Research Institute, Westinghouse Electric Corp. , Ronald T. Harrold
Video Voice Ames Laboratory (U.S. Dept. of Energy) Geoge Holland, John Homer, Walter Struve
XL Series Data System Varian Associates Steve Smallcombe
XU 292 Bismaleimide Ciba-Geigy Corp. (Resins) John J. King, Sheik Zahir, Mohammad Chaudhari
Zimmerman Cell Fusion GCA Corp. (Precision Scientific Group) Ulrich Zimmerman
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