Did You Know...
...that when IBM conducted a market study of Chester Carlson's invention in 1959, the company concluded that it would take only 5000 units of his new product to saturate the market? IBM therefore declined to be part of the new product introduction. Too bad for IBM. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, and his new product was the beginning of the Xerox Corporation. It is estimated that every day, worldwide, 3,000,000,000 copies are made!!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4211813 | Photoluminescent textile materials Sheet materials are provided which are photoluminescent by virtue of their coating. These sheet materials comprise a textile or other flexible sheet material substrate to which adheres a coating layer consisting of one or more synthetic resins admixed wit... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4104222 | Dispersion of linear polyester resin The present invention relates to a dispersion of a linear polyester resin for use in the property-improvement of shaped high polymer articles, said dispersion being obtained by mixing a linear polyester resin with a higher alcohol/ethylene oxide addition ... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4089996 | Ultraviolet absorbing coatings Thin nonorganic films of complexes of titanium and stannous tin are formed on organic polymeric substrates to provide ultraviolet absorbing coatings which retard degradation of the polymeric material of the substrate due to ultraviolet light.... | 05/16/1978 |
| 4082884 | Method of reducing fouling of marine structures and coated structure thereof An anti-fouling overcoating composition for watercraft or stationary underwater structures precoated with hard-surface leaching-type anti-fouling paint consists essentially of an aqueous solution or dispersion of a carboxylated hydrophilic acrylic polymer... | 04/04/1978 |
