Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6865556 | Identification of seeds or plants using phenotypic markers Utilizing phenotypic markers in seeds or plants to allow qualitative detection of a proprietary trait in the harvest, to allow a quantitative calculation of the amount of the trait, and to facilitate the calculation and collection of fees for the trait. The phenotyp... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6719992 | Non-aqueous surfactant-containing formulations for extended release of somatotropin The present invention provides compositions comprising biologically-active somatotropin formulated for extended release and methods of preparing and methods of using the same. These compositions comprise somatotropin, at least a first bioavailability-enhancing const... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6117027 | Sports assembly ballast system A sports assembly such as a basketball goal assembly with a removable ballast wherein the basketball goal comprises a base and a ballast component, which is separate from the base. In the assembled configuration, the ballast member preferably extends beyo... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6048689 | Method for identifying variations in polynucleotide sequences A step-wise integrated process for identifying sequence variations in polynucleotide sequences is disclosed. The identification process is composed of three stages, including allele specific hybridization assays of known sequence variations (Stage I), seq... | 04/11/2000 |
