Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D527614 | Lock protector | 09/05/2006 |
| D526609 | Wheel | 08/15/2006 |
| 7004303 | Method and apparatus for singulating lumber An apparatus for spacing boards of lumber in transverse parallel contacting relation on an infeed conveyor comprising: (i) a rotatable lifting means adapted to receive said boards from said infeed conveyor, said rotatable lifting means including at least one arcuate... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6737645 | Method for qualifying bottle rinser A method for determining whether effective coverage of the interior of a bottle with a sprayed sanitizer in a bottle fill-and-cap operation is attained by using a fluorescing solution, preferably comprising riboflavin and sucrose dissolved in water, that is sprayed ... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6043444 | Microwave sensor for sorting lean muscle Apparatus and method are provided for temperature calibration of a microwave sensor unit used in non-destructively measuring and monitoring meat parameters such as fat, protein, and moisture content of a meat supply presented into the sensor unit. The app... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6036670 | Coiled transition balloon catheter, assembly and procedure A balloon dilatation catheter is provided which has a stiff proximal cannula made of a material such as metal hypotubing. The distal end of the catheter includes an inflatable medical device balloon, an inflation lumen and a guidewire lumen. A coiled tran... | 03/14/2000 |
