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 |
| 7384668 | CCVD method for producing tubular carbon nanofibers The invention relates to a CCVD method for producing tubular carbon nanofibers on a support by catalytically depositing carbon out of the vapor phase. The inventive method is characterized in that a catalyst layer, which is deposited without current and which is bas... | 06/10/2008 |
