Did You Know...
...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 |
| 4530008 | Secured communications system Apparatus and method for reducing the cost and complexity of equipment placed on subscribers' premises in a subscription communications system, such as a cable television system, while at the same time providing security against unauthorized system acces... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4207431 | Apparatus and method for monitoring a communications system Apparatus and method for monitoring the quality and integrity of a communications system, such as a cable television system, which includes several monitoring circuits placed throughout the system to detect and amplify RF or audio frequency signals receiv... | 06/10/1980 |
