...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 |
| 4299229 | Method of observing the aim or effect of a laser beam on a target A method of observing the aim or effect of a laser beam on a target which fluoresces upon irradiation with a laser beam uses the laser beam to provide light for observing the target, but shields the observer from the laser beam. The method comprises irrad... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4232678 | Device for the local treatment of a patient, and more particularly applicable in acupuncture and auriculotheraphy A device for the local treatment of a patient by acupuncture or auriculotherapy. Instead of needles, a treatment head is approached the body of the patient. It includes an infra-red laser diode being excitable recurrently and in a controlled manner. The r... | 11/11/1980 |