...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 |
| 3959006 | Asphalt cement and concrete compositions There are provided improved asphalt cements and bituminous paving compositions containing certain reinforcing filler compositions which impart desirable properties thereto. The filler compositions of the invention comprises certain carbon blacks which hav... | 05/25/1976 |
| 3932051 | Highway construction The load bearing capacities of carriageways or pavements of both flexible and rigid design are increased and failure thereof is, to a large degree, obviated by incorporating therein a sub-surface or surface layer of alkali-resistant glass fibre-reinforced... | 01/13/1976 |