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 |
| 5832520 | Automatic file differencing and updating system A method and file structure for generating an efficient difference files from and old file and a new file so that a difference file can be transmitted to a second computer system where the difference file and a duplicate of the old file can quickly be use... | 11/03/1998 |