Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110167987 | Musical Learning Aid A musical learning aid that help users learn and understand how musical pieces are composed. The present invention is able to help users understand how scales and chords are constructed. Additionally, the present invention can teach users which chords naturally lead to ... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20090293704 | MUSIC EDUCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE A Music Education System including at least one staff coupled to at least one markable and erasable piece of material, which attracts magnetic surfaces, comprising at least one magnetic surface; and coupleable to a markerboard; at least one musical notation placed on th... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20080210080 | Cheock 12 Dimension Music Code with Decoders The device, “The Cheock 12 Dimension Music Code” (Music Code), and the method of using it, “The Cheock Decoder”. The Music Code as embodied in, and is composed of, the Numbers Chart, Notes Chart, and Chords Chart (FIGS. 1 to 3). The Numbers Chart i... | 09/04/2008 |
