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 |
| 5876357 | Uterine cervix dilation, effacement, and consistency monitoring system A system and method for monitoring uterine cervical dilation, effacement, and consistency during labor. A probe comprising a linear caliper and a flexible membrane is applied to the uterine cervix, and loaded by a constant closing force generated by a hyd... | 03/02/1999 |
| 4790523 | Method and a system for displacing objects A method and system for displacing objects, particularly flexible fabric layers, into a predetermined relative disposition wherein the objects are deposited on a supporting surface in a relatively spaced apart disposition, positional coordinates of each o... | 12/13/1988 |
