2014 Event German design company Art+Com sues Google, claiming the Internet company infringed on its patented spatial mapping technology by incorporating its features into Google Earth; Art+Com offered to sell the patent to Google in 2006 but wasn't satisfied with Google's offer 1991 Death Bernard Castro, patented convertible couch, dies at 87 1983 Event Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented 1980 Event Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented 1978 Event 1st "micro on a chip" patented by Texas Instruments 1975 Event Dog spectacles patented in England 1955 Event 1st prototype of hovercraft patented by British engineer Christoper Cockerell 1945 Event Microwave oven patented 1945 Event 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it is patented 1938 Event Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin 1938 Event Chlorophyll patented by Benjamin Grushkin 1937 Event Plow for laying submarine cable patented 1935 Event Spectrophotometer patented, AC Hardy 1932 Event Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered 1932 Event Camera exposure meter patented, W. N. Goodwin 1931 Event Coaxial cable patented 1931 Event 1st rocket-powered aircraft design patented, Robert Goddard 1930 Event Check photographing device patented 1929 Birthday Amar Bose, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, electrical engineer, Ph.D. from MIT, founder, chairman, Bose Corporation, patented dominantly reflecting sound field mimicking listening space of the audience in a concert hall 1928 Event Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, patented 1928 Event 1st fully automatic photographic film developing machine patented 1926 Event Gas refrigerator patented 1925 Event Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1924 Event Ice cream cone rolling machine patented by Carl Taylor, Cleveland 1922 Event Eskimo Pie patented by Christian K Nelson of Iowa (not an Eskimo) 1915 Event Neon Tube sign patented by George Claude 1913 Event 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob 1908 Event Wireless Radio Broadcasting is patented by Nathan B. Stubblefield 1907 Event 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest 1905 Event Punchboards patented by Charles Brewer and C G Scannell, Chicago 1904 Event Automobile tire chain patented 1901 Event H Cecil Booth patented a dust removing suction cleaner 1901 Event Loop-the-loop centrifugal RR (roller coaster) patented by Ed Prescot 1899 Event Lawn mower patented 1899 Event "Asprin" patented by Felix Hoffmann 1899 Event Rubber heel patented by Humphrey O'Sullivan 1897 Event Pencil sharpener patented by J L Love 1896 Event Dial telephone patented 1895 Event Moving picture projector patented 1894 Event Pneumatic hammer patented by Charles King of Detroit 1892 Event Pneumatic automobile tire patented, Syracuse, New York 1892 Event Book matches are patented by Diamond Match Company 1892 Event Diamond Match Co patented book matches 1892 Event 1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City) 1892 Event Bottle cap with cork seal patented by William Painter (Baltimore) 1891 Event Electric self-starter for automobile patented 1889 Event 1st Computer patented 1888 Event 1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone in Washington D.C. 1887 Event Monotype type-casting machine patented by Tolbert Lanston, Washington D.C. 1886 Event 1st successful gasoline-driven car patented, Karl Benz, Karlsruhe 1884 Event Chrome tanning process for leather patented by Augustus Schultz 1882 Event Electric iron patented by Henry W Seely, New York City 1882 Event False teeth patented 1881 Event Player piano patented by John McTammany, Jr. (Cambridge, Mass) 1880 Event 1st cash register patented by James and John Ritty of Dayton Ohio 1880 Event Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin) 1879 Event 1st automatic telephone switching system patented 1877 Event Color organ (for light shows) patented, by Bainbridge Bishop 1876 Event 1st carpet sweeper patented (Melville Bissell of Grand Rapids, Michigan) 1875 Event Electric dental drill is patented by George F Green 1872 Event Hydraulic electric elevator patented by Cyrus Baldwin 1871 Event 1st cable car patented, by Andrew S Hallidie (begins service in 1873) 1871 Event Oleomargarine patented by Henry Bradley, Binghamton, New York 1870 Event Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows 1869 Event Celluloid patented by John Wesley Hyatt, Albany, New York 1869 Event Voting machine patented by Thomas A. Edison 1869 Event Steam power brake patented (George Westinghouse) 1869 Event 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented 1868 Event Stapler patented in England by C. H. Gould 1868 Event Refrigerator car patented by William Davis, a fish dealer in Detroit 1867 Event Refrigerated railroad car patented by J. B. Sutherland 1867 Event 1st barbed wire patented by Lucien B Smith of Ohio 1863 Birthday Arthur D Little, U.S., chemist, patented rayon 1863 Event Fire extinguisher patented by Alanson Crane 1863 Event Chenille manufacturing machine patented by William Canter, New York City 1863 Event 4 wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of NY 1861 Event Gatling gun patented 1861 Event 1st moving picture peep show machine is patented by Samuel Goodale 1861 Event Kinematoscope patented by Coleman Sellers, Philadelphia 1861 Event Flush toilet patented by Mr. Thomas Crapper (Honest!) 1861 Event Steam elevator patented by Elisha Otis 1859 Event Elevator patented 1858 Event Pencil with attached eraser patented by Hyman L. Lipman 1858 Event Streetcar patented (E A Gardner of Philadelphia) 1856 Event Tin-type camera patented by Hamilton Smith, Gambier, Ohio 1855 Event Bessemer steelmaking process patented 1854 Event Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1853 Event Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester, Mass 1850 Event Self deodorizing fertilizer patented in England 1850 Event Adding machine employing depressible keys patented, New Paltz, New York 1849 Event Gas mask patented by Lewis Haslett, Louisville, Kentucky 1849 Event Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 1845 Event Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London 1843 Event Manila paper (made from sails, canvas and rope) patented, Mass 1842 Event 1st known sewing machine patented in U.S., John Greenough, Washington D.C. 1841 Event Life preservers made of cork are patented by Napoleon Guerin (New York City) 1841 Event Samuel Slocum patented the stapler 1841 Event Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones) 1839 Event Steam shovel patented by William Otis, Philadelphia 1837 Event Steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine 1837 Event 1st U.S. electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport 1834 Event Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine 1834 Event Sandpaper patented by Isaac Fischer, Jr., Springfield, Vermont 1824 Event Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec 1813 Event Rubber is patented 1806 Event Carbon paper patented in London by inventor Ralph Wedgewood 1803 Event Apple parer patented by Moses Coats, Downington, Pennsylvania 1792 Event Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented 1776 Birthday Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric 1766 Event 1st fire escape patented, wicker basket on a pulley and chain 1714 Event Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later)
