Did You Know...
...that several people are credited with the invention of the flush toilet? Most people have heard of Thomas Crapper (1837-1910), the sanitary engineer who invented the valve-and-siphon arrangement that made the modern toilet possible. Another claimant to "the throne" was British inventor Alexander Cumming who patented a toilet in 1775. Then there's a nameless Minoan (a native of ancient Crete) who lived 4,000 years ago who supposedly was ahead of his time and created the first flush toilet!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6395525 | Geranyl diphosphate synthase genes An isolated recombinant protein comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID No: 1 is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a recombinant protein having the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 but having a deletion, substitutio... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6225096 | Mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase, DNA encoding mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase and process for producing mutant prenyl phosphate synthase Manufacture or use of a mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase in which the amino acid residue located at the fifth position in the N-terminal direction from D of the N-terminal of the aspartic acid-rich domain DDXX(XX)D (the two X's in the parentheses may no... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6040165 | Mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase Manufacture or use of a mutant prenyl diphosphate synthase in which the amino acid residue located at the fifth position in the N-terminal direction from D of the N-terminal of the aspartic acid-rich domain DDXX(XX)D (the two X's in the parentheses may no... | 03/21/2000 |
