...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| PP18632 | Petunia plant named ‘KLEPH05111’ A new and distinct cultivar of Petunia plant named ‘KLEPH05111’, characterized by its compact and outwardly spreading growth habit; mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; relatively large dark violet blue-colored flowers; and... | 03/18/2008 |
| PP18633 | Trachelium plant named ‘Esm Ton’ A new and distinct cultivar of Trachelium plant named ‘Esm Ton’, characterized by its erect flowering stems; vigorous growth habit; numerous small green-colored flower buds that do not open; and good postproduction longevity. ... | 03/18/2008 |
| PP18634 | Osteospermum plant named ‘KLEOE05115’ A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘KLEOE05115’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with light purple-colored ray floret... | 03/18/2008 |
| PP18635 | Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelkusubu’ A new and distinct cultivar of Calibrachoa plant named ‘Sunbelkusubu’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounding to trailing plant habit; vigorous growth habit; freely branching and flowering plant habit; long flowering period; and pa... | 03/18/2008 |
| PP18636 | Fuchsia plant named ‘Sanifpeco’ A new and distinct cultivar of Fuchsia plant named ‘Sanifpeco’, characterized by its compact and outwardly arching growth habit; freely branching plant habit; bushy habit; lavender and light pink bi-colored flowers; freely and continuous flowering habit; ... | 03/18/2008 |
| PP18637 | Osteospermum plant named ‘KLEOE05520’ A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘KLEOE05520’, characterized by its upright and compact plant habit; freely branching growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with spoon-shaped dark pink-colored ... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40151 | Merchandiser for warm and cold foods A merchandiser that is capable of holding and displaying both cold foods and warm foods includes a cold pan which has walls that are recessed into the top of a counter to provide a cold compartment that opens out of the counter top. The cold foods occupy the cold co... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40152 | Injection molded thermoplastic spectacle lens suited for fully automated dip hardcoating Plastic injection-compression multi-cavity molding of flash-free improved-cleanliness thermoplastic spectacle lenses (16) are suitable to be robotically dip hardcoated. Special spring-loaded (25, 26) molds having variable-volume mold cavities are used ... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40153 | Multi-touch system and method for emulating modifier keys via fingertip chords A multi-touch system is disclosed that recognizes simultaneous touchdown of four fingers on, above, or below the home row of keys as a modifier chord and applies modifiers such as Shift, Ctrl, or Alt to subsequent touch activity until none of the chord fingertips re... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40154 | Fiber optic module A fiber optic module includes a connector connected to a mother board of a host computer, an LD semiconductor IC for converting serial data received from the mother board to an LD electric signal for a laser diode, an LD module for converting the LD electric signal ... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40155 | Methods for treatment of benign and malignant tumors, including lymphomas, leukemias, and leiomyomas In a preferred embodiment, drugs having chemotherapeutic properties which are useful against certain neoplastic disorders with wide safety margins as evidenced by their low toxicity, and molecular actions. Such drugs include as active ingredient(s) one or more N-sub... | 03/18/2008 |
| RE40156 | Methods for repairing damaged intervertebral discs Apparatus and methods for treating an intervertebral disc by ablation of disc tissue. A method of the invention includes positioning at least one active electrode within the intervertebral disc, and applying at least a first high frequency voltage between the active... | 03/18/2008 |