...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6946577 | Process for the production of aminodiphenylamines The present invention relates to a process for the production of aminodiphenyl-amines, such as 4-aminodiphenylamine (4-ADPA), by reacting nitrohalogenated benzenes with anilines in the presence of a base as well as a copper-phosphorus complex, followed by hydrogenat... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6815562 | Process for the preparation of nitrodiphenylamines The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of nitrodiphenylamines by reaction of nitrohalogens with anilines, a base and a catalyst, and to a process for the preparation of aminodiphenylamine by hydrogenation of the nitrodiphenylamine intermediat... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6316673 | Process for producing aminodiphenylamines The present invention relates to the production of aminodiphenyl-amines resulting in good yields and high purity levels when aromatic amines are reacted with nitrohalobenzenes in the presence of a palladium catalyst and a base and the product thus obtaine... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6248896 | Process for the preparation of dithiazolyl disulfides The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of dithiazolyl-(2,2')-disulfides by oxidation of 2-mercaptothiazoles, to the dithiazolyl-(2,2')-disulfides that can be obtained in this way, and to the use thereof.... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6235937 | Process for the preparation of nitrodiphenylamines The invention relates to a process for the preparation of nitrodiphenylamines by reaction of nitrohalogenobenzenes with aromatic amines in the presence of a palladium catalyst and a base, the base being ground and/or dried before its use.... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6124467 | Process for the preparation of dithiazolyl disulfides The invention relates to a new process for the preparation of dithiazolyl-(2,2')-disulfides by oxidation of 2-mercaptothiazoles, to the dithiazolyl-(2,2')-disulfides that can be obtained in this way, and to the use thereof.... | 09/26/2000 |
| 5719294 | Process for preparing N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide The preparation of N-cyclohexylthiophthalimide from cyclohexylsulphenyl chloride and phthalimide can be reproduced more reliably if the cyclohexylsulphenyl chloride is prepared in sire by chlorinating dicyclohexyl disulphide.... | 02/17/1998 |