...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 |
| 3962159 | Graft copolymers of a polyamideamine substrate and starch, and method of making same Graft copolymers are prepared by condensing a polyamideamine substrate with starch under controlled reaction conditions. Aqueous solutions of the resulting graft copolymers function as superior wet strength additives in the paper making process.... | 06/08/1976 |
| 3953283 | Paperboard having improved oil resistance Paperboard having improved resistance to oils is obtained by incorporating in the pulp suspension before paper formation a mixture of a cationically active material, a fatty acid salt and a bis-perflourosulfonamino alkyl phosphate.... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3941902 | Method of making surface-treated paper Surface-treated paper in the form of a continuous web is made by first roughening a base paper which serves as a starting material on the sides to be treated. The roughened web is then passed over and in direct contact with a discharge slot from a contain... | 03/02/1976 |
| 3940519 | Process for sizing cellulose fibres The present invention relates to a process for sizing cellulose fibers or cellulose fiber-containing materials by using modified starch containing hydrophobic groups having the general formula ##EQU1## wherein R1 is an organic, hydrophobic... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3931069 | Dispersion for sizing cellulose fibres and use thereof Ketene dimer dispersion containing cationic dispersing agent and alkyl hydroxyalkyl cellulse and use thereof to size cellulose fibres.... | 01/06/1976 |