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 |
| 7359797 | System and method for displaying images in an online directory Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and system for generating an online listing, such as a yellow pages listing, that includes information about an object, such as a business, and also includes at least one image of the structure containing the obj... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7082706 | Systems and methods for creating aerial messages Systems and methods are disclosed for creating aerial messages using multiple aircraft. Each of the aircraft includes a control box located in the aircraft for receiving data from and transmitting data to a software program running on a main computer. The systems an... | 08/01/2006 |
| 5992065 | Aerial message system An aerial message system uses a plurality of aircraft flying in formation to form a visible message in the sky. A lead or master aircraft carries a small computer which may be programmed with the message(s) to be formed, as well as other factors such as t... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5932978 | Smoke generator for radio controlled aircraft A smoke generator for radio controlled aircraft having an internal combustion engine. The smoke generator includes a bracket for attachment to the radio controlled aircraft and a cradle releasably secured to the bracket. A container, a valve assembly, and... | 08/03/1999 |
| 4921255 | Golf ball Golf balls have dimple patterns on their surfaces which are generated in toto from simple formulae. The dimples are arranged in rows parallel to the ball's equator. The number of dimples are based on code numbers that are multiples of four and are greater... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4561201 | Method and apparatus for sky typing Advertising in the sky is produced by a plurality of fog emitting nozzles, for example each at the outlet of a canister containing fog producing material under pressure, which canisters are supported in spaced apart relation along a length of a winch line... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4122618 | Skywriting apparatus A skywriting apparatus produces visible vapor in a predetermined pattern to write messages in the sky and has a plurality of vapor generators attached to an airplane and spaced in a predetermined pattern. Each vapor generator has a burner which continuous... | 10/31/1978 |
