...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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6531299 | Cell-free synthesis of polyketides Cell-free systems which effect the production of polyketides employing modular polyketide synthases are described. Libraries of new and/or known polyketides may also be produced in cell-free systems employing aromatic PKS, modular PKS or both.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6403777 | Metalloligands for cleaving nucleic acids Transition metal complexes, referred to hereinafter as "metalloligands", that catalyze the degradation of DNA and the cleavage of RNA at select sites are provided. In one embodiment, the metalloligand has the following structure: ##STR1## wherein R1 ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 4038144 | Method of increasing fermentation yields A method of increasing the yield of a fermentation process comprises adding a water-soluble carotenoid to the nutrient medium.... | 07/26/1977 |
| 3993544 | Derivatives of streptomycin and method of producing streptomycin derivatives by mutational biosynthesis A method of making new derivatives of streptomycin by mutational biosynthesis. A mutant of Streptomyces griseus makes streptomycin production dependent on streptidine addition. A new antibiotic, deoxystreptomycin, is disclosed.... | 11/23/1976 |
| 3956275 | 2-Deoxystreptomycin A method of making new derivatives of streptomycin by mutational biosynthesis. A mutant of Streptomyces griseus makes streptomycin production dependent on streptidine addition. A new antibiotic, deoxystreptomycin, is disclosed.... | 05/11/1976 |