...that the Band-Aid Bandage was invented by a Johnson & Johnson employee whose wife had cut herself? Earl Dickson's wife was rather accident prone, so he set out to develop a bandage that she could apply without help. He placed a small piece of gauze in the center of a small piece of surgical tape, and what we know today as the Band Aid bandage was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4694492 | Computer communications security control system A computer communications control system is provided for authenticating the authorization of a user of computer equipment such as a terminal of a computer network, more specifically communicating data terminal equipment that is connected through a communi... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4691355 | Interactive security control system for computer communications and the like A security control system is provided for interactively identifying and authenticating the authorization of a user of a communications terminal, and optionally providing a means for decoding and encrypting communications signals transmitted to and from th... | 09/01/1987 |