...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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| 7176022 | Directly injectable formulations which provide enhanced cryoprotection of cell products This invention provides compositions and methods for cryoprotection of recombinant live cancer cells. Specifically, an improved cryoprotective medium is provided which includes a hydroxyethyl starch and/or derivative thereof alone or in combination with either DMSO ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7083971 | Hybrid yeast-bacteria cloning system and uses thereof A recombinational approach and system for the cloning, manipulation and delivery of large nucleic acids is disclosed. Vectors relying on homologous recombination to mediate the isolation, manipulation and delivery of large nucleic acid segments are disclosed. ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6972994 | Circuit and a method to screen for defects in an addressable line in a non-volatile memory A circuit to screen for defects in an addressable line in a non-volatile memory array comprises a current mirror circuit which has a plurality of mirroring stages. The current mirror circuit is connected to the addressable line and receives a control signal and mirr... | 12/06/2005 |