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...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 |
| 6994379 | Tubular assembly having an internal plug A tubular assembly that includes a plug (45) residing within at least a portion of each of a first tube (12) and a second tube (30), is described. Each of the first and second tubes have perforations (21 and 39) that are separately... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6989038 | Mixture of sulfuric esters The invention relates to novel mixtures of sulfuric esters and specific sulfuric esters that are useful as leveling agents for the dyeing of nitrogenous fiber materials and to a process for their preparation by reacting sulfuryl chloride with specific alcohols. ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6951903 | ABS compositions with improved property combinations A thermoplastic molding composition that features a combination of extremely good toughness, good processability, adjustable surface gloss, good inherent color and reduced opacity is disclosed. The composition contains A) a graft rubber that is the product of free-r... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6939961 | Method for the production of low-viscous water soluble cellulose ethers A process for preparing low-viscosity water-soluble cellulose ethers by the oxidative decomposition of higher-viscosity cellulose ethers with hydrogen peroxide is described. The process involves: (a) forming, under conditions of intensive mixing and at temperatures ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930815 | Electrochromic contrast plate The invention relates to electrochromic side-chain oligomers or polymers which can be used as electrochromic media. ... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6926943 | Use of light-absorbing compounds in the information layer of optical data carriers, and optical data carriers The invention relates to a write-once optical data carrier in which organic and/or inorganic light-absorbing compounds are used as the information layer, especially for high-density optical data carriers which function with a blue laser in the wavelength range of 36... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927302 | Process for the arylation of olefins The present invention encompasses a process for preparing arylolefins by reacting one or more arylamines with one or more organic nitrites, in the presence of one or more olefins which bear at least one hydrogen atom on the double bond and in the presence of acid an... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6927967 | Capacitor substrates made of refractory metal nitrides Electrolytic capacitor powder substrates are provided of refractory metal nitrides to reduce instability at a substrate-oxide (as formed) interface whereby the resultant capacitor sensitivity to hear, bias and frequency is reduced. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6924317 | Process for producing coarse-particle anion-exchanger gels The present invention relates to a process for producing monodisperse anion-exchanger gels with high stability, purity and coarse particle size greater than 800 μm starting from a monodisperse bead polymer with a swelling index of from 2.5 to 7.5 and more than one ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6896945 | Optical data carrier comprising a phthalocyanine dye as light-absorbent compound in the information layer The invention relates to an optical data carrier having a preferably transparent substrate that has optionally previously been coated with one or more reflection layers and to the surface of which has been applied a light-writeable information layer, optionally one ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892993 | Load bearing article A load bearing article (1) is described and includes a plurality of elongated shells (20) having a plurality of internal reinforcing ribs (50) fixedly attached within the hollow interior (35) of each shell (20), the shells (20 | 05/17/2005 |
| 6893622 | Process for the combustion of sulphur for the preparation of oleum and sulphuric acid with reduced (NO)x content The invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of oleum of a concentration of 10 to 45% by weight of SO3 and/or sulphuric acid of a concentration of 94 to 100% by weight of H2SO4 by combustion of sulphur with atmos... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6891060 | Preparation of 3-acyloxy-2-methylbenzoic acids The invention relates to an improved process for preparing 3-acyloxy-2-methylbenzoic acids by heating substituted naphthalenes in the presence of alkali metal hydroxides and subsequently acylating. ... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6888002 | Transition metal complexes with diaminocarbene ligands and their use in reactions catalyzed by transition metals The invention relates to novel transition metal complexes containing at least one diaminocarbene ligand, to processes for preparing these transition metal complexes and to their use as catalysts in organic reactions. ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6881830 | Metal complexes Metal complexes of metals of the scandium group with an azo compound which conforms to the formula (I) or to one of its tautomeric structures where R is OH, NH2, NH—CN, a... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6875416 | Method for producing lithium-transition metal mixtures The invention relates to a method for producing lithium-transition metal mixtures of general formula Lix(M1yM21-y)nOnz, wherein M1 represents nickel, cobalt or manganese, M2... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6872820 | Finely divided polysaccharide derivatives Finely divided polysacharide derivatives are described. The finely divided polysacharide derivatives are prepared by a process comprising: a) forming an aqueous composition comprising a polysaccharide derivative and water, in which the polysaccharide derivative is s... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6872861 | Process for preparing polyfluoroalkylithium compounds The invention relates to a process for preparing polyfluoroalkyl-lithium compounds by deprotonation of polyfluoroalkyl compounds by means of lithium bases. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6869697 | Electrophosphorescent arrangement comprising conductive polymers The invention relates to layer arrangement having (i) at least one transparent substrate containing an electrically conductive layer, (ii) an electro-optically active layer, and (iii) a further substrate containing an electrically conductive layer, wherein at least ... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6861398 | Thixotropic dispersions of polysuccinimide and their use The present invention relates to stable thixotropic polysuccinimide (PSI) dispersions, known as slurries, and to their use as additives for improving the flow properties of concrete, in oil wells, in acidic gel cleaners, and in drainage systems of tunnel constructio... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6858756 | Arylation of olefins The present invention relates to a process for the arylation of olefins by reaction of haloaromatics or arylsulfonates with olefins in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a bulky nitrogen base and a dipolar aprotic solvent. ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6852831 | Alkylenedioxythiophenes and poly(alkylenedioxythiophene)s having urethane-containing side groups The present invention relates to alkylenedioxythiophenes of the formula I having urethane-containing side groups: to their preparation and to their oligo- and polymeric derivatives (oligo- and poly(alkylenedioxythiophe... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6849196 | Process for the preparation of magnetite particles and their use The invention relates to a process for the preparation of magnetite particles and to their use. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849104 | Metalothermic reduction of refractory metal oxides High purity refractory metals, valve metals, refractory metal oxides, valve metal oxides, or alloys thereof suitable for a variety of electrical, optical and mill product/fabricated parts usages are produced from their respective oxides by metalothermic reduction of... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6849205 | Use of additive combinations for preventing skin formation on air-drying lacquers The present invention relates to a coating composition containing an oxidatively drying binder and, as anti-skinning agents, a mixture of A) an aliphatic amine corresponding to formula (Ia) and/or its salts corresponding to formula... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6846854 | Microencapsulated red phosphorus A method for preparing encapsulated red phosphorus is disclosed. The method entails obtaining a material system that contains dispersed particulate red phosphorus having a mean particle size of 0.1 to 100 μm in an aqueous phase that comprise urea, formaldehyde and ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846336 | Acid-resistant solutions containing aromatic formaldehyde condensation products The present invention relates to acid-resistant solutions containing aromatic formaldehyde condensation products having sulfonate and/or carboxylate groups, aliphatic carboxylic acids, aromatic sulfonic acids, and glycol ether solvents, to the preparation thereof, a... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846335 | Crystal form of a perinone dye A novel crystal form of C.I. Solvent Orange 60 gives a higher space-time yield in dye synthesis and is more easily finished. ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846885 | Process for the preparation of isoolefin copolymers The present invention provides a novel process for the preparation of isoolefin copolymers in the presence of zirconium halides or hafnium halides or mixtures thereof and organic nitro compounds, especially for the preparation of butyl rubbers, as well as isoolefin ... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846769 | Vanadium-imido-phosphoraneiminato complexes for the polymerization of olefins The present invention relates to vanadium-imido-phosphoraneiminato compounds, to compositions containing vanadium-imido-phosphoraneiminato compounds, which compositions are suitable especially as catalysts for the polymerization of olefins, especially for ethylene/p... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6844411 | Process for the preparation of isoolefin polymers with controlled free-radical curability The present invention is relates to a process for the preparation of an isoolefin polymer containing repeating units derived from at least one isoolefin, at least one divinyl aromatic monomer and, optionally, additional copolymerizable monomers, wherein the content ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6844462 | Biphenydiols The invention relates to the biphenyldiols of the formula (V) The corresponding racemic and enantiomerically pure triflate compounds thereof, where R1 and R2 are H, R3 is chlorine, and R | 01/18/2005 |
| 6841623 | Low molecular weight nitrile rubber The present invention relates to nitrile rubber polymers having lower molecular weights and narrower molecular weight distributions than those known in the art. The present invention also relates to a process for the manufacture of said nitrile rubber and the use of... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841648 | Polymers modified by functional groups The present invention relates to polymers which are modified by functional end groups and are based on conjugated dienes or on conjugated dienes and vinylaromatic compounds, a process for their preparation and their use for the production of rubber shaped articles o... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841642 | Processability butyl rubber and process for production thereof A butyl polymer having improved processability is described, together with a process for production thereof. The butyl polymer derived from a reaction mixture which contains: (i) a monomer mixture comprising a C4 to C7 monoolefin monomer (preferably isobutylene) and... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6841696 | N-unsubstituted amidinium salts The invention relates to N-unsubstituted imidic ester alkyl sulphates, N-unsubstituted amidinium alkyl sulphates and a process for their preparation, which is characterized in that carboxamides are converted with sulphuric diesters into the corresponding imidic este... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6835842 | 3-nitroisoxazoles and their use in the protection of materials The 3-nitroisoxazoles of the formula (I) in which R1 and R2 are each as defined in the description, some of which are known, are highly suitable for use as biocides for pr... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6833429 | Thermoformable polyamides A reinforced polyamide molding composition is disclosed. Characterized in that its viscosity at a shear velocity of 10 s−1 is greater than 1000 Pas and a shear velocity of 1000 s−1 is less than 300 Pas, at processing temperatures of 40 to 8... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6833182 | Size compositions, sized glass fibers and their use A composition suitable for sizing of glass fibers is disclosed. The composition contains water dispersible, water-soluble or water emulsifiable resin selected from the group consisting of polyepoxide, polyester, polyvinyl acetate, polyacrylate and polyurethane, wate... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6833455 | Bridged perinones/quinophthalones Disclosed herein are bridged perinones/quinophthalones of the general formula (I) or tautomeric forms thereof where X1, X2, Ar1 Ar2 and B are as described herein and are particularly characterized... | 12/21/2004 |
