Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7235369 | Enzyme-protein complex A complex of enzyme, protein and carrier comprising two or more molecules of an enzyme conjugated through an amino group or other group to a carrier such as polylysine, and a protein (for example, antibody) with a specific binding potency to other substance(s) (for ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7192617 | Whitening agent, skin preparation for external use and cosmetic The invention relates to a whitening agent that makes effective use of camu camu seeds, which have conventionally been discarded, and that has high safety and whitening effect useful in cosmetics and the like, as well as skin preparations for external use and cosmet... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7090872 | Antioxidant, skin preparation for external use, cosmetic and food The invention relates to antioxidants that make effective use of acerola seeds, which have conventionally been discarded, that have high safety and excellent antioxidative effect in skin preparations for external use, cosmetics, and food, and that contain acerola se... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074907 | Compound, process for producing the same and use thereof The compound of the present invention is a component originated from a natural material, camu camu (Myrciaria dubia), has strong antioxidative activity and stable whitening effect, and is represented by the formula (1). The antioxidant, whitening agent, skin ... | 07/11/2006 |
