...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6462089 | Method for correcting the vigilance disorders associated with myopathies The present invention relates to the use of modafinil and isomers thereof for correcting psychosocial life disturbances due to vigilance disorders observed during the evolution of myopathies.... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6325990 | Film forming composition for spraying on the skin A composition is intended to form on the skin, by spraying from an erasol can, a film for the transdermal administration of an active agent, and the composition contains 0.01-10% by weight of lipophilic vitamins, hormones, nicotine, corticoids, retinoids,... | 12/04/2001 |
| 5391576 | Method for treating and protecting the cerebral tissue against repercussions of cerebral ischaemia and cerebral infarctions The invention relates to a method for protecting the cerebral tissue of a human against the repercussions of ischaemia which comprises administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of modafinil.... | 02/21/1995 |