...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 |
| 6531499 | Matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors and method of using same Peptoid compounds of Formula I and Formula II are disclosed ##STR1## The compounds are useful in the treatment of matrix metalloproteinase-mediated disorders.... | 03/11/2003 |
| 5397494 | Improving the color of surfactant agglomerates by admixing a solid bleaching agent The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing improved color surfactant agglomerates, particularly comprising methyl ester sulfonates, for use in detergent compositions, said process comprising sulfonation of methyl ester, digestion of the ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5070200 | Process for the preparation of chloroamines Described herein is a process for chlorinating a primary amine by reacting the amine with an aqueous hypochlorous acid solution containing at least 5% by weight of hypochlorous acid, the process being conducted in an organic solvent.... | 12/03/1991 |
| 4677227 | Process for preparing hydrazines Substantially anhydrous hydrocarbyl-substituted chloramine is efficiently prepared by reacting a primary or secondary amine with a chlorinating agent selected from hypochlorous acid or chlorine monoxide in a non-aqueous reaction medium, without co-product... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4238404 | Process for the preparation of isocyanate derivatives of aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and araliphatic compounds A process for the preparation of derivatives of aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and araliphatic compounds containing from 1 to 3 isocyanate groups bonded to from 1 to 3 secondary or tertiary carbon atoms, or a combination thereof, is disclosed. The process com... | 12/09/1980 |
| 4234515 | Preparation of N,N-difluoroamines N,N-difluoroamines are prepared by fluorination of compounds containing a >C.dbd.N-- bond using molecular fluorine or a hypofluorite in which the fluoroxy group is bonded to an inert electron attracting group, such hypofluorites including fluoroalkyl hypo... | 11/18/1980 |
| 3985803 | 2-Haloadamantyl-(1)-acetamides A process for preparing 2-haloadamantyl-(1)-acetamides of the formula I ##SPC1## wherein X is chloro, bromo or iodo, in which an N-haloadamantyl-(1)-acetamide of the formula II ##SPC2## wherein X is as defined above, is subjected to photochemical irradiat... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3966796 | N-chloro-amino acid derivatives activity There is provided, a novel class of compounds exhibiting antibacterial activity, said compounds having the formula: ##EQU1## wherein X and Y each represent a member which may be the same or different selected from the group consisting of H and Cl wit... | 06/29/1976 |