...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432080 | Process for the production of teicoplanin The present invention provides a newly isolated mutant culture of Actinoplanes teichomyceticus BNG 2315. This culture is capable of producing teicoplanin more than 60 times productivity than those reported before (e.g., Actinoplanes teichomyceticus nov... | 10/07/2008 |
| 6528290 | Candida magnoliae producing mannitol and fermentation method for producing mannitol The present Invention is to provide a novel strain, Candida magnoliae (KCCM-10252) producing mannitol isolated from the fermentation sludge collected from a xylitol manufacturing company, and further a method for manufacturing mannitol with high yield and... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6316245 | Mutant cells of Pichia The present invention relates to a fermentation process to have a high productivity with a novel mutant of Pichia sp., more specifically, for preparing erythritol under optimal fermentation conditions for maximum erythritol production by optimizing the en... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6270815 | Fermentation process for preparing erythritol using mother liquor produced from purification process of palatinose The present invention relates to a fermentation process to have a high productivity with a novel mutant of Torula sp. DS101 (KCMM-10171), more specifically, for preparing erythritol using mother liquor produced from purification process, which comprises 3... | 08/07/2001 |