...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 |
| 20050053922 | Mutant adeno-associated virus virions and methods of use thereof The present invention provides mutant adeno-associated virus (AAV) that exhibit altered capsid properties, e.g., reduced binding to neutralizing antibodies in serum and/or altered heparin binding and/or altered infectivity of particular cell types. The present invention... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050054846 | Method for generating influenza viruses and vaccines The present invention is based on the discovery that a high titer reassortant influenza virus is produced in mammalian cell culture by replacing the NS gene of the A/PuertoRico/3/24 master strain with the NS gene of the A/England/1/53 strain. The invention provides infl... | 03/10/2005 |
| 20050032041 | Rupestris stem pitting associated virus nucleic acids, proteins, and their uses The present invention relates to an isolated protein or polypeptide corresponding to a protein or polypeptide of a Rupestris stem pitting associated virus. The encoding DNA molecule, either alone in isolated form, in an expression system, a host cell, or a transg... | 02/10/2005 |