...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7468442 | Process for the preparation of carvedilol form-II The present invention provides a cost-effective, industrially feasible process for the manufacture of crystalline Carvedilol Form-II using novel Carvedilol salts comprising a step of reacting 4-(2,3-epoxy propoxy)carbazole (II) with 2-(2-methoxy phenoxy)ethyl amine ... | 12/23/2008 |