Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist, was searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis. In doing so, he "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid and in 1900, patented a stable process for developing it. Hence, we have aspirin.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5979142 | Straw attaching apparatus A straw attaching apparatus for attaching straws to beverage-filled sheet bags, the apparatus comprising a transportation means for transporting the beverage-filled sheet bags, a supply means for supplying a straw stripe to the beverage-filled sheet bags,... | 11/09/1999 |
| 4887912 | Stand-up bag A bag for containing liquid products, for example, is made of a heat-weldable sheet material. The sheet material may suitably be a compound sheet material which provides a rear face, a front face and an insert bottom. Disposed at an upper portion of the f... | 12/19/1989 |
| 3955334 | Process and apparatus for supplying pouch-like containers to a filling station An arrangement for supplying pouch-like containers to a filling station of a filling and closing machine, includes a magazine for holding the containers in collapsed form, and an arrangement for removing the containers from the magazine and conveying them... | 05/11/1976 |