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...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20060105643 | MARINE ENGINE STOPPING DEVICE A device for shutting off or stopping a marine engine ignition system utilizing a transmitter for generating a wireless signal. The wireless signal is only generated upon association of the transmitter with a mass of water. A receiver acquires the wireless signal and ge... | 05/18/2006 |
| 20050239350 | ENGINE CONTROL UNIT To provide an engine control unit that can easily realize reacceleration in a jet propulsion boat. In a controller mounted in a jet propulsion boat that jets water pressurized and accelerated by a water jet pump from a rear jet and is propelled by its reaction, in case ... | 10/27/2005 |
