...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 |
| 7442544 | Recombinant sendai virus A method for regenerating Sendai virus particles by transfecting the Sendai virus genome to a host expressing all genes for the initial viral replication has been developed, enabling the genetic manipulation of Sendai virus and effective utilization of said virus as... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7101685 | Recombinant Sendai virus A method for generating Sendai virus particles by transfecting the Sendai virus genome to a host expressing all genes for the initial viral replication has been developed, enabling the genetic manipulation of Sendai virus and effective utilization of said virus as t... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6828138 | Recombinant sendai virus vector including a gene encoding a chemokine A recombinant Sendai virus vector expressing chemokine is provided. This vector enables large quantity production of clinically useful chemokines. It is also useful for treatment of diseases that can be treated by chemokines. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6746860 | Paramyxovirus vectors used for transfer of foreign genes A paramyxovirus vector capable of Extransfecting foreign genes and having a replication capacity, is provided. A Sendai virus vector comprising a foreign gene can be constructed by inserting a foreign gene between the viral genes of the Sendai virus genome. These Se... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6723532 | Negative strand RNA viral vector having autonomous replication capability A method for reconstituting Sendai viral particles by transfecting Sendai virus to a host expressing all genes for the initial replication has been developed, enabling the Production of negative strand RNA vectors highly useful for practical applications. ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6645760 | Negative strand RNA viral vector having autonomous replication capability A method for reconstituting Sendai viral particles by transfecting Sendai virus to a host expressing all genes for the initial replication has been developed, enabling the production of negative strand RNA vectors highly useful for practical applications.... | 11/11/2003 |