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2000 Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends 1982 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf 1982 "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin New York City for 5 performances 1960 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1959 Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit) 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute 1946 Patent filed in U.S. for H-Bomb 1938 Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system 1936 EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 1933 Patent on invisible glass installation 1932 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree 1929 Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) 1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1906 Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane 1903 Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1903 Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan 1895 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1894 Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto 1893 Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1889 Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake 1889 Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1888 John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1879 George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile 1877 John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill 1872 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office 1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1863 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so 1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1846 C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive 1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1845 Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1837 Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent 1836 Patent Office burns in Wash, DC 1836 U.S. patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels 1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs 1834 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter 1833 Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain 1833 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain 1825 Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans 1816 Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston 1809 Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw) 1803 John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1799 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1794 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila 1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen 1791 John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat 1791 Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1791 Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent 1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1790 U.S. Patent system forms 1788 1st U.S. steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet 1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1706 John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens 1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1684 Patent granted for thimble 1664 Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1646 Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1630 Patent to Plymouth Colony issued 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1584 Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer 1578 England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US

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