US D706,241 and D706,240 6/13/2014 HEADPHONE HOLDER Szymanski: Aaron, Blonder: Greg E.

• Design for a headphone that converts from over-the-ears to speakers. Sold as Flips.

US 8,146,739 4/3/2012 STORAGE MEDIUM CASE Blonder Greg E.

• An all-corrugated cardboard CD case, where the CD acts as a latch to keep the case closed. Lightweight, inexpensive and fits standard CD storage units. More information on the case2case available here.

US D623,502 and D623,501 9/14/2010 HEADPHONE HOLDER Blonder: Greg E.

• Design for an earbud cord organizer, in the shape of a "U". Wrapping the cord in a figure 8 pattern cancels out any twists. Simple, compact and convenient. More details at talusfurniture.com

US D588,938 3/24/2009 CLOCK Blonder

• A clock in the shape of a slide rule. One ruler carries the date, the other the minutes. See this link for more details and a short movie.

US 7,351,467 4/1/2008 BEVERAGE SAFETY LID Blonder

• A temperature sensitive c))motion plastic film is attached over a cup's drinking spout. When the liquid is too hot to safely drink, the plastic film obscures the spout. When the liquid is cool enough to consume, the film bends out of the way of the spout.

USt D511,912 11/29/2005 TABLE Blonder

• The talus table, that converts from a nested cube to a pair of cantilevered coffee tables.

US 6,966,812 11/22/2005 THERMALLY MOVABLE PLASTIC DEVICES AND TOYS Blonder

• A smart plastic film that automatically bends with temperature, thus controlling sunlight ingress or helping to ventilate an enclosed area. Important applications in building envelope managment.

US 6,751,165 06/15/2004 DIGITAL TIMEPIECE WITH APPROXIMATE TIME MESSAGING Blonder; Greg E.

• Digital watches are precise and easy to read, yet misleading. At first glance, 11:58 seems no closer to noon than 11:23. Digits are digits. Analog watches, on the other hand, more closely match experience to time, but are hard to read. In this design, a digital display shows both a digital hour and a phrase that roughly matches to analog time- i.e. "A little past 4", or "Nearly 5". Don't let time be your master. For more details, see talusfurniture.com

US 6,098,085 09/01/2000 WORD-SERIAL READER FOR NETWORK DEVICES HAVING LIMITED DISPLAY CAPABILITY Blonder; Greg E.; Weimer; David M.; Wellner; Pierre David

• It is difficult to read a long message on a small screen. In this device, information is presented on the display by sequentially flashing words on the display. Surprisingly, our research showed the sequential flashing of text is easier to understand than scrolling- and can be flashed at relatively high speed. The patent also provides for a user navigation system as well. An excellent choice for pagers, cellphones or PDAs.

US 6,036,327 03/14/00  TRANSPARENT DISPLAY WITH DIFFUSER BACKED MICROTEXTURED ILLUMINATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF Blonder, Greg E.; Johnson, Bertrand; Wong, Y-H

• Back-lit LCDs are typically illuminated with a plastic light guide sheet. Light from a fluorescent tube fills the sheet, and small white dots are screen on the sheet surface to divert light to the LCD. In this patent, the sheet is covered with tiny clear bumps, which act like prisms to divert the light. This technique is inexpensive and can control the light uniformity and emission direction.

US 5,920,307 7/6/99 SYSTEM FOR DIRECTLY SENSING THE ORIENTATION OF A TRACKBALL Blonder, Greg E., Knoedl, Jr. George

• In most trackballs and computer mice, the ball mechanically rotates two sensors by frictionally spinning a pair of orthogonal axles connected to the sensors. Of course, this mechanical system is prone to dirt clogging the axles and skips and jumps of the cursor from gunk on the ball. A better mouse still employs a rotating ball, but senses the ball's position capacitively. That is, under the surface of the ball are buried an array of metal plates, and a capacitive sensor takes a "snap shot" of the array every few milliseconds. By comparing two capacitive snap shots, the balls rotational speed and direction can be deduced. The same trick can be employed with an array of dots on the ball, with a digital camera taking a snap shot of the array. This principle underlies the Logitech "Marble" series of trackballs.

US 5,834,709 11/10/98  POSITION SENSING SYSTEMS INCLUDING MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENTS Blonder, Greg E.; Boie, Robert Albert; Jin, Sungho; McCormack, Mark Thomas

• A graphics tablet  incorporating magnetoresistive materials. The position of the stylus is conveyed by magnetic fields in the pen tip (from a permanent magnet) to a magnetoresistive layer hidden beneath the tablet or the display. Potential magnetoresistive materials are lanthanum manganites having high magnetoresistive ratios.

US 5,564,082 10/8/96 DIVERSITY ANTENNA FOR A WRIST TELEPHONE Blonder, Greg E., Johnson, Bertrand H., Knoedl, Jr. George, Saleh, Adel A. M.

• Polarization diversity antenna integrated into a wrist telephone band.

US 5,539,821 7/23/96 POWER OUTLET MOUNT FOR A PORTABLE TELEPHONE Blonder, Greg E.

• A complete cordless phone base station mounted directly on a power outlet, such as those above a workbench or a countertop. Recharging is via the 110v circuit- while connection to the telephone network is via RF or powerline carrier. Simple to install, no hanging cords, countertop height in the kitchen.

US 5,499,292 3/12/96 ON HOOK/OFF HOOK MECHANISM FOR WRIST TELEPHONE Blonder, Greg E., Johnson, Bertrand H., Knoedl, Jr. George

• Wrist phone speaker doubles as mechanism to activate "hook".

US 5,381,387 01/10/95 SOUND PORT FOR A WRIST TELEPHONE Blonder Greg E; Johnson Bertrand H; Knoedl George Jr

• Acoustically designed housing for a wrist telephone, with excellent audio properties even when the speaker is not in close proximity to the ear.

US 5,349,503 09/20/94 ILLUMINATED TRANSPARENT DISPLAY WITH MICROTEXTURED BACK REFLECTOR Blonder Greg E; Johnson Bertrand H

• Backlight for LCD displays based on edge illuminated total internal reflection. Simple, lightweight and efficient.

US 5,288,591 02/22/94 LCD DISPLAY WITH MICROTEXTURED BACK REFLECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME ; FORMING PHOTORESIST PATTERN; MICROEMBOSSING Blonder Greg E

• Method and design of a reflecting sheet for display illumination, or to improve the contrast of a display.

US 5,245,454 09/14/93 LCD DISPLAY WITH MICROTEXTURED BACK REFLECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Blonder Greg E

• LCD display reflector, with engineered properties to improve contrast and eliminate glare. Especially important for passively illuminated displays.

US 5,239,521 08/24/93  WRIST TELEPHONE Blonder Greg E

• A wrist radio telephone (a la Dick Tracy) with a built in handset that unfurls to place the speaker in the palm, and the microphone in the wrist band.

US 5,128,787 07/07/92 LCD DISPLAY WITH MULTIFACETED BACK REFLECTOR Blonder Greg E

• Reflector with tunable characteristics for display backlighting