...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100115835 | Tube For plant cultivation preventing root twist A biodegradable cultivation tube, particularly designed to minimize root-twisting using specifically constructed tube edge profiles and tube holes. The cultivation tube has evaporation reducing and moisture trapping properties including a fluid absorbing material and an... | 05/13/2010 |
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| 20070251144 | Plant Container A container for growing plants has a base and a side wall extending upwardly from the base, for containing a growing medium. An opening is defined in an inclined portion of the side wall, and a rib positioned on the side wall and facing into the container defines a root... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20060168885 | Nursery bed for transplantation A nursery bed for transplantation formed in a connected-type pot for raising seedlings, including a medium layer made of medium base materials, a granular fertilizer layer placed on the medium layer and made of granular fertilizers, and seeds or plant bodies, in which t... | 08/03/2006 |
| 20060032122 | Mangrove seedling & plantation methodology A mangrove seedling and plantation methodology to upgrade the survival rate of mangroves by having seedlings grow in smaller pots; when grown to a certain extent the saplings being transplanted to hollow tube containers made of organic substances; the containers seated ... | 02/16/2006 |