Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5260069 | Pulsatile particles drug delivery system Unit dosage form for delivering drugs into the body in a series of sequential, pulsatle releasing events employs conventional pharmaceutical equipment and processes for optimum economy, reliability, and bioavailability. The system can be used with drugs w... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5260068 | Multiparticulate pulsatile drug delivery system A unit dosage form of capsule, tablet or the like is composed of a large number of pellets made up of two or more populations of pellets or particles. Each pellet contains a core containing the therapeutic drug and a water soluble osmotic agent. A water-p... | 11/09/1993 |
