2014 Event The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has canceled trademarks of the Washington Redskins, ruling that the name and trademarks are 'offensive to Native Americans'; the team has been under pressure for years to change its name 2014 Event Google, Inc. and Apple, Inc. have agreed to drop certain patent lawsuits against each other; the lawsuits revolve around Google's Motorola Mobility technology 2014 Event Apple and Samsung achieved mixed victory in a patent suit settlement; Samsung will owe Apple about $120 million, and Apple will owe Samsung about $158,000; Both parties were found to have infringed on each other's patents 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 2012 Event A California state jury rules that Samsung electronics owes Apple Inc. over $1 billion for patent infringement 2012 Event Patent law disputes between Samsung and Apple deadlock as the dispute addresses valuation of each other's patents 2012 Event Yahoo and Facebook agree to settle a patent dispute, dropping lawsuits against each other and now forming an advertising and content-sharing alliance that expands an existing partnership between the two companies 2011 Event Samsung Electronics files a patent infringement claim against Apple in Germany 2010 Event Microsoft cofounder, Paul Allen's company Interval Licensing LLC, files a patent infringement suit against Google, Apple, eBay, Facebook and others 2000 Event Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin New York City after 5 perf 1982 Event "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin New York City for 5 performances 1960 Event 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1959 Event Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit) 1956 Event Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 1947 Event Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute 1946 Event Patent filed in U.S. for H-Bomb 1938 Event Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system 1936 Event EW Brundin and FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants 1933 Event Patent on invisible glass installation 1932 Event 1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree 1929 Birthday Amedee Turner, born in England, Amedee Edward Turner, politician, barrister, Conservative Party, Member of the European Parliament, patent lawyer 1929 Event Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1927 Event 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) 1917 Event Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1914 Event 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1908 Event Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1906 Event Wright Brothers patent the aeroplane 1903 Event Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1903 Event Wright brothers obtain airplane patent 1902 Event Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan 1895 Event 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1894 Event Karl Benz of Germany receives U.S. patent for gasoline-driven auto 1893 Event Henry Perky and William Ford patent shredded wheat 1892 Event U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp 1889 Event Daniel Stover and William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake 1889 Event Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1888 Event John Boyd Dunlop, applies to patent pneumatic tire 1885 Event Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle 1879 Event George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile 1877 Event John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill 1872 Event 1st patent list issued by U.S. Patent Office 1868 Event Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued 1863 Event Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1863 Event 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1857 Event Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1849 Event Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln 1849 Event Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so 1849 Event Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1846 Event C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive 1846 Event Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire 1845 Event Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid 1837 Event Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent 1836 Event Patent Office burns in Wash, DC 1836 Event U.S. patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels 1834 Event Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs 1834 Event 1st black to obtain a U.S. patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter 1833 Event Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain 1833 Event Patent granted for 1st soda fountain 1825 Event Ezra Daggett and nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans 1816 Event Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston 1809 Event Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a U.S. patent (weaving straw) 1803 Event John Hawkins and Richard French patent the Reaping Machine 1799 Event 1st U.S. patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont 1794 Event 1st U.S. patent (Joseph G Pierson for a riveting machine) 1794 Event 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia 1793 Event Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin 1793 Event 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1793 Event Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen 1791 Event John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat 1791 Event Samuel Briggs and his son, patent nail-making machine 1791 Event Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent 1790 Event 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1790 Event U.S. Patent system forms 1788 Event 1st U.S. steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs and Longstreet 1715 Event 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1706 Birthday John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens 1691 Event Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1684 Event Patent granted for thimble 1664 Event Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam 1646 Event Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent 1644 Event England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1630 Event Patent to Plymouth Colony issued 1620 Event Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1593 Event State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1584 Event Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore N Amer 1578 Event England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US
