Did You Know...
...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 |
| 7418167 | Optical switching using optical fiber connector An optical switching device, comprises an optical switch and an optical connector receiving means mateable with a connector., means for effectuating switching by engaging a connector in said receiving means, characterised in that said switching effectuating means ac... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7389016 | Beam steering optical switch An optical switch comprises an input array of optical elements spaced from an output array of optical elements, means to direct radiation beams and a further array of optical elements optically located between the inputs and outputs, wherein the pitch of the optical... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7324728 | Optical connector with total internal reflection abutting surface An optical connector (10) comprises at least one optical guide (12) for carrying optical radiations; a total internal reflection surface (11) upon which, in use, said radiations impinge, so that the radiation in the optical guide is reflected by... | 01/29/2008 |
