Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist, was searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis. In doing so, he "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid and in 1900, patented a stable process for developing it. Hence, we have aspirin.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4376972 | Sequential word aligned address apparatus A memory subsystem which couples to a multiword bus for processing memory requests received therefrom includes at least a pair of independently addressable dynamic memory module units. Each memory unit includes a number of rows of random access memory (RA... | 03/15/1983 |
| 4323965 | Sequential chip select decode apparatus and method A memory subsystem which couples to a multiword bus for processing memory requests received therefrom includes at least a pair of independently addressable dynamic memory module units. Each memory unit includes a number of rows of random access memory (RA... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4314333 | Data processor A data processor used with a host computer is constructed by a plurality of memory units, at least one arithmetic and logic unit, a register file and a microprogram memory for storing microprograms to control these circuit components. The first field of e... | 02/02/1982 |
| 4293910 | Reconfigurable key-in-storage means for protecting interleaved main storage The disclosure provides a storage protection (SP) array in each of two system controllers (SCs) in a multiprocessing system which has a shared main storage containing a plurality of basic storage modules (BSMs). The BSMs may be operated with block and pag... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4156926 | PROM circuit board programmer A PROM programmer programs an array of PROMs mounted on a circuit board. The PROM chips are selectively addressed by energization of the respective chip with a high write voltage or a low read voltage while an individual cell is addressed. A control unit ... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4048623 | Data processing system A data processing system in which the operating logic thereof is arranged to provide for an overlapping of the access, or "fetch" operations such that access to a second memory module can be obtained by a processor unit before a data transfer has been com... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4027291 | Access control unit An access control unit for controlling a memory device having a plurality of memory units for storing data in a manner whereby the memory units are accessed sequentially, comprises a data register for storing data read out from the memory device, a cycle ... | 05/31/1977 |
| 4008462 | Plural control memory system with multiple micro instruction readout A microprogramming control system employing a plurality of low read rate control memories, for storing micro instructions, individually addressed in turn at a rate greater than the read rate of each memory. Each addressed control memory reads out a plural... | 02/15/1977 |