...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 |
| 6230969 | Food container and sauce reservoir arrangement A food container having a sauce container coupled thereto is disclosed. The food container includes an open top adapted for received food articles. The sauce container also includes an open top. Coupling structure suited for yielding either a detachable o... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6231524 | Pressure catheter device with enhanced fluid monitoring features A pressure catheter for monitoring changes in pressure within the body is comprised of an outer tube containing a fluid channel and a closed air column having a pressure-compliant member which is deformable upon an increase in pressure. A change in pressu... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6232105 | Conditional replication and expression system The present invention relates to the utilization of conditionally replicating recombinant nucleic acid molecules rescued from the integrated state for the expression of foreign proteins. The usefulness of the system is illustrated with a conditionally rep... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230569 | Use of a stream of compressed gas to detect semiconductor interconnect problems A method for product assurance for semiconductor devices having wire bonded die and carrier assemblies comprises "puffing" the arc of each bonded wire individually with a stream of gas to force the wire arc into a substantially vertical plane which is pos... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6230292 | Devices and method for testing cell margin of memory devices Methods for testing semiconductor memory devices are performed during the writing and reading of test information to and from memory cells. During the tests, operational parameters such as commencement of timing signals and the voltage levels thereof whic... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6228677 | Vertical surface mount assembly and methods A vertically mountable semiconductor device assembly including a semiconductor device and a mechanism for attaching the semiconductor device to a carrier substrate. The semiconductor device has each of its bond pads disposed proximate a single edge thereo... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229323 | Automated multi-chip module handler, method of module handling, and module magazine An automated multi-chip module (MCM) handler for automated module testing which employs a module feed employing a plurality of stackable magazines, the leading one of which in an input stack is positively displaced through an indexing device which positiv... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225689 | Low profile multi-IC chip package connector A low profile multi-IC chip package for high speed application comprises a connector for electrically connecting the equivalent outer leads of a set of stacked primary semiconductor packages. In one embodiment, the connector comprises a two-part sheet of ... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6225671 | Method of reducing defects in anti-reflective coatings and semiconductor structures fabricated thereby A method of fabricating a substantially smooth-surfaced anti-reflective coating on a semiconductor device structure including generating a plasma from an inert gas in a process chamber in which the substantially smooth anti-reflective coating is to be dep... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6221695 | Method for fabricating a compression layer on the dead frame to reduce stress defects An LOC die assembly includes a die dielectrically adhered to the underside of a lead frame. The active surface of the die underlying the attached lead frame is coated with a polymeric material such as polyimide. The underside of the lead frame overlying t... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6217524 | Method of continuously, non-invasively monitoring pulmonary capillary blood flow and cardiac output A method of continuously, non-invasively determining the cardiac output of a patient. The method includes intermittently measuring the cardiac output, the volume of carbon dioxide exhaled by the patient per breath, and determining the arterial-venous grad... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6216805 | Dual grade carbide substrate for earth-boring drill bit cutting elements, drill bits so equipped, and methods A cutting element substrate for use with an earth-boring drill bit. The substrate includes a base, or outer shell, with a cavity opening to an end thereof. The base is fabricated from an erosion-resistant and abrasion-resistant material. A core that is co... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6188623 | Voltage differential sensing circuit and methods of using same A voltage differential sensing circuit and methods of operation are disclosed for use in a memory device. The sensing circuit utilizes the inherent delay during sensing, i.e., the period between when an enable signal is enabled and when data is valid, by ... | 02/13/2001 |