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 |
| 6994845 | Soft solid compositions with reduced syneresis A soft solid antiperspirant and/or deodorant composition comprising a volatile silicone and a behenamidoalkyl dialkylamine fatty acid as a gelling agent for the volatile silicone. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6147517 | Voltage comparator circuit Control circuit for providing the greater of a supply voltage VCC and a battery voltage VBATT. A comparator compares VCC and VBATT, and provides output signals to an inverting gain stage. A switch receives outpu... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5275022 | Process for the fully-fashioned knitting of intarsia jacquard fabric In the process for the fully-fashioned knitting of intarsia jacquard fabric on a two-bed flat knitting machine, intarsia yarns floating on the back of the fully-fashioned fabric are avoided even in intarsia regions of changing width by effecting a yarn-gu... | 01/04/1994 |
| 4238937 | Fabric manipulating device for manipulating the loops of a knitted fabric A fabric manipulating device for use with a knitting machine of the type having a flat needle bed containing a plurality of equi-spaced knitting needles tricked into the bed includes a carrier that is mounted on the bed for sliding, needle-by-needle movem... | 12/16/1980 |