...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5283371 | Intermediates useful in the production of pesticides A process for the production of a boronic acid of formula III, ##STR1## in which an organometallic of formula IV, ##STR2## in which formula IV, M represents a metallic moiety such as --MgX, X being a halogen or an alkali metal is treated with a ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5218000 | Therapeutic polyamine-amides A compound of formula I optionally in the form of an acid addition salt ##STR1## in which formula: A represents a substituent which is: hydroxyl, O-alkyl, O-cycloalkyl, O-alkenyl, O-aryl, O-aralkyl, O-carbamate, O-carbonate, O-acyl or halogen a is 0-... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5108639 | Electrorheological fluid containing a base-treated polyanthine solid phase An electrorheological fluid e.g. for selectively coupling clutch members consists of silicone oil containing 30 volume % of dispersed polyaniline. The polyaniline is acidically oxidised aniline subsequently treated with base.... | 04/28/1992 |
| 5106522 | Fluid compositions An electro-rheological fluid which comprises a solid particulate substance contained in a hydrophobic vehicle which is liquid at atmospheric pressure at least at temperatures below 50° C. and which comprises a compound of the formula: (X)n --A... | 04/21/1992 |
| 5102658 | Antibody treatment for adiposity A method of preventing controlling or reducing adiposity in which an animal or human being is treated with an effective amount of an antibody to an adipocyte present respectively in said animal or human being.... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5096706 | Antigen-based treatment for adiposity A method of preventing, controlling or reducing adiposity in which an animal or human subject is treated with an immunogen which is a modified or unmodified antigenic substance obtainable from adipose tissue of an individual of the same species as the sub... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5071857 | 2,6-dioxopiperidine derivatives, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing them In the treatment of oestrogen-dependent tumors, it is desirable to improve the therapy obtainable from the compound aminoglutethimide. It has now been found that 3-ethyl-3-(4-pyridyl)glutarimide and derivatives thereof of formula ##STR1## wherei... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5068403 | Intermediates useful in the production of pesticides A process for the production of a boronic acid of formula III, ##STR1## in which an organometallic of formula IV, ##STR2## in which formula IV, M represents a metallic moiety such as --MgX, X being a halogen or an alkali metal is treated with a ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5051211 | Polymeric materials An ionically conductive, ion-containing polymeric material prepared from an amorphous polymer and a source of ions and having a bulk ionic conductivity at 20° C. and 10 kHz greater than 10-6 Ω-1 cm-1, wherein the copolym... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5017627 | Composite material for use in orthopaedics A composite of a homo- or co-polyolefin having an average molecular weight greater than 100,000 with from 30 to 50% by volume of a particulate inorganic solid for use in endoprosthesis.... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4996313 | Penicillins A compound of formula II: ##STR1## wherein R is hydrogen or an alkyl group and R' is an alkoxy group, and salts and esters thereof.... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4938913 | Solid phase deformation process A process for the deformation of a workpiece of an orientable, thermoplastic polymer by passage in the solid phase through a die having both an entry side and an exit side, which process includes providing the workpiece of the orientable, thermoplastic po... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4913550 | Interferometric measurement method and apparatus An electronic speckle pattern interferometric for measuring the movement of a vibrating body (2) uses a coherent light source (16) to illuminate the body. A television camera (4) receives radiation scattered by the body and from a reference beam (7) to fo... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4902110 | Variable transmission optical device A variable transmission window comprises outer panes of glass 17 and 19 and a multi layer electrochromic device allowing variation in the optical transmission properties of the window. The device comprises a transparent electrically conductive layer 12 su... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4880628 | Sustained release composition A sustained release device which comprises a source of at least one trace chemical element incorporated in a cement and releasable therefrom on contact with an aqueous medium. The trace chemical element is exemplified by selenium, cobalt and iodine and th... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4873130 | Coating process for the preparation of coherent protective layer A process for the preparation of a coherent protective layer on a substrate surface of a body, the substrate surface comprising elemental metal or an alloy thereof, which process comprises applying to the substrate surface an aqueous solution of a partial... | 10/10/1989 |