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 |
| 4914067 | Catalytic cracking catalysts and cracking process using mixed catalyst system Cracking catalysts and their use in cracking processes are disclosed. The cracking catalyst are prepared using mixtures of catalytic cracking catalysts and selected silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves of U.S. Pat. No. 4,440,871.... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4913798 | Hydrocracking catalyts and processes employing silicoaluminophosphate molecular sieves Hydrocracking processes are disclosed using catalysts comprising silicoaluminophosphates of U.S. Pat. No. 4,440,871 characterized in the calcined form by an adsorption oxygen of at least 4 isobutane of at least 2 percent by weight at a partial pressure of... | 04/03/1990 |
