...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 |
| 5700664 | Mammalian cytokine, IL-11 A novel mammalian cytokine, IL-11, and processes for producing it are disclosed. IL-11 may be used in pharmaceutical preparations for stimulating and/or enhancing cells involved in the immune response and cells involved in the proper functioning of the he... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5679339 | Method of using IL-11 for treating spondyloarthropies Provided by the present invention are methods of treating a variety of disorders including AIDS, arthritis (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spondyloarthropathies), antibiotic induced diarrheal diseases (Clostridium difficile), multiple sclerosis, os... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5665566 | Cloning of enterokinase and method of use Provided are nucleic acid sequence sequences encoding enterokinase activity, the expression products thereof, and methods for using same.... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5646016 | Peptide and protein fusions to thioredoxin, thioredoxin-like molecules, and modified thioredoxin-like molecules Provided is a fusion molecule comprising a DNA sequence encoding a thioredoxin-like protein fused to a DNA sequence encoding a second peptide or protein. The peptide or protein may be fused to the amino terminus of the thioredoxin-like molecule, the carbo... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5635182 | Method of detecting ligand interactions Provided by the present invention are novel methods of detecting ligand interactions, as well as regents useful in the method, including DNA and host cells; and more specifically relates to novel methods for the detection of protein/protein interactions a... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5582821 | Methods for treating bleeding disorders Provided by the present invention is a method for treating von Willebrand Disease (vWD) by administering IL-11. The present invention relates generally to novel methods for treating bleeding disorders and more specifically relates to methods for treating ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5563045 | Chimeric procoagulant proteins Provided are porcine factor VIII nucleotide sequences and hybrid sequences encoding human/porcine chimeric factor VIII-type procoagulant proteins. DNAs encoding such chimeric factor VIII-type procoagulant proteins, pharmaceutical compositions containing s... | 10/08/1996 |