Famous United States Patents Donated by Professor Homer O. Blair
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
No number |
July 30, 1790 |
Samuel Hopkins |
Improved potash process (1st US patent) |
1 |
|
No number |
Mar. 14, 1794 |
Eli Whitney |
Cotton gin |
3 |
|
No number |
June 26, 1797 |
Charles Newbold |
Cast iron plough |
24 |
|
No number |
June 21, 1834 |
Cyrus McCormick |
Reaper |
28 |
|
No number |
Sept. 9, 1835 |
Charles Goodyear |
Transparent cement |
34 |
|
No number |
Feb. 25, 1836 |
Samuel Colt |
Revolver |
36 |
|
1 |
July 13, 1836 |
John Ruggles |
Railroad wheels |
43 |
|
68 |
Oct. 24, 1836 |
Alonzo Phillips |
Friction matches |
47 |
|
132 |
Feb. 25, 1837 |
Thomas Davenport |
Electric motor |
48 |
|
Reissue 1 |
Jan. 9, 1838 |
Julius Hatch |
Grain drill (planter) |
51 |
|
1,154 |
May 17, 1839 |
Lorenzo Adkins |
Water wheel |
54 |
|
1,304 |
Aug. 29, 1839 |
Samuel Colt |
Revolver |
54 |
|
1,647 |
June 20, 1840 |
Samuel F.B. Morse |
Telegraph |
64 |
|
2,252 |
Sept. 11, 1841 |
John Rand |
Preserving paint (collapsible tube) |
71 |
|
2,556 |
Apr. 16, 1842 |
Salvin Kellogg |
Stove |
73 |
|
3,630 |
June 13, 1844 |
Linus Yale |
Door lock |
76 |
|
3,633 |
June 15, 1844 |
Charles Goodyear |
Rubber fabric |
79 |
|
4,750 |
Sept. 10, 1846 |
Elias Howe |
Forming a seam |
85 |
|
5,104 |
May 8, 1847 |
Robert Thomson |
Rubber tires |
91 |
|
5,159 |
July 10, 1847 |
Richard Hoe |
Printing press |
96 |
|
Re. 117 |
June 13, 1848 |
Samuel F.B. Morse |
Morse code |
105 |
|
6,162 |
Mar. 10, 1849 |
George Corliss |
Corliss steam engine |
112 |
|
6,281 |
Apr. 10, 1849 |
Walter Hunt |
Safety pin |
120 |
|
6,469 |
May 22, 1849 |
Abraham Lincoln |
Buoying boats over shoals |
122 |
|
7,697 |
Oct. 8, 1850 |
Alinzor Clark |
Pitchfork |
125 |
|
7,889 |
Jan. 7, 1851 |
Jacob Neff |
Electro-magnetic motor |
128 |
|
8,080 |
May 6, 1851 |
John Gorrie |
Ice-making machine |
131 |
|
8,973 |
May 25, 1852 |
E.G. Otis |
Railroad car brake |
143 |
|
10,535 |
Feb. 14, 1854 |
Smith and Wesson |
Firearm |
147 |
|
11,766 |
Oct. 3, 1854 |
Richard Tilghman |
Decomposing fat |
151 |
|
13,661 |
Oct. 9, 1855 |
Isaac Singer |
Sewing Machine |
154 |
|
16,082 |
Nov. 11, 1856 |
Henry Bessemer |
Making steel |
158 |
|
22,186 |
Nov. 30, 1858 |
John Mason |
Mason jar |
168 |
|
25,684 |
Oct. 4, 1859 |
Gen. J.E.B. Stuart |
Attaching sabers to belts |
170 |
|
28,670 |
June 12, 1860 |
Nehemiah Hodge |
Railroad air brake |
172 |
|
Re. 1,154 |
Mar. 19, 1861 |
Elias Howe |
Sewing machine |
177 |
|
36,836 |
Nov. 4, 1862 |
Richard Gatling |
Gatling gun |
181 |
|
38,200 |
Apr. 14, 1863 |
William Bullock |
Web printing press |
184 |
|
67,425 |
Aug. 6, 1867 |
Sheldon Everitt |
Indented kettle |
199 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
79,265 |
June 23, 1868 |
Sholes, Glidden & Soule |
Typewriter |
201 |
|
79,965 |
July 14, 1868 |
Alvin Fellows |
Tape measure |
207 |
|
88,006 |
Mar. 23, 1869 |
Leigh Burton |
Elec. resistance heater |
209 |
|
88,929 |
Apr. 13, 1869 |
George Westinghouse |
Railroad air brake |
211 |
|
91,145 |
June 8, 1869 |
Ives McGaffey |
Vacuum cleaner |
215 |
|
92,379 |
July 6, 1869 |
Charles Singer |
Air-cooled rocking chair |
218 |
|
93,691 |
Aug. 17, 1869 |
James Eads |
Heavy gun carriage |
220 |
|
97,106 |
Nov. 23, 1869 |
Wm. & J. Murkland |
Carpet power-loom |
224 |
|
105,338 |
July 12, 1870 |
John & I. Hyatt |
Celluloid (1st synthetic plastic) |
231 |
|
111,197 |
Jan. 24, 1871 |
Charles Goodyear |
Goodyear welt |
232 |
|
113,448 |
Apr. 4, 1871 |
Mary Potts |
Mrs. Potts sad iron |
236 |
|
121,992 |
Dec. 19, 1871 |
Samuel Clemens |
Garment straps |
239 |
|
124,405 |
Mar. 5, 1872 |
George Westinghouse |
Railroad air brake |
241 |
|
127,568 |
June 4, 1872 |
Robert Chesebrough |
Vaseline |
250 |
|
130,661 |
Aug. 20, 1872 |
William Robinson |
Elec. train signaling |
251 |
|
135,245 |
Jan. 18, 1873 |
Louis Pasteur |
Pasteurization |
255 |
|
138,405 |
Apr. 29, 1873 |
Eli Janney |
Railroad car couplings |
258 |
|
140,245 |
June 24, 1873 |
Samuel Clemens |
Scrapbook |
261 |
|
140,488 |
July 1, 1873 |
Thomas Edison |
Improved telegraph |
263 |
|
141,072 |
July 22, 1873 |
Louis Pasteur |
Yeast process |
268 |
|
157,124 |
Nov. 24, 1874 |
Joseph Glidden |
Barbed wire (the Winner) |
272 |
|
157,140 |
Nov. 24, 1874 |
Stephen Southworth |
Dental amalgam |
274 |
|
174,465 |
Mar. 7, 1876 |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Telephone |
275 |
|
182,346 |
Sept. 19, 1876 |
Melville Bissell |
Carpet Sweeper |
281 |
|
194,047 |
Aug. 14, 1877 |
Nicolaus Otto |
Internal combustion engine |
284 |
|
199,612 |
July 29, 1878 |
Melville Bissell |
Improved carpet sweeper |
292 |
|
200,521 |
Feb. 19, 1878 |
Thomas Edison |
Phonograph |
295 |
|
202,441 |
Apr. 16, 1878 |
John Hyatt |
Coating items with Celluloid |
298 |
|
206,112 |
July 16, 1878 |
Thaddeus Hyatt |
Reinforced concrete |
301 |
|
212,000 |
Feb. 4, 1879 |
John Heinz |
Vegetable sorters |
311 |
|
219,208 |
Sept. 2, 1879 |
Charles Brush |
Carbon arc light |
315 |
|
223,898 |
Jan. 27, 1880 |
Thomas Edison |
Electric light |
322 |
|
224,573 |
Feb. 17, 1880 |
Emile Berliner |
Microphone |
326 |
|
226,052 |
Mar. 30, 1880 |
John Ericsson |
Air engine |
329 |
|
227,028 |
Apr. 27, 1880 |
James Mauzey |
Solar heater |
333 |
|
237,664 |
Feb. 8, 1881 |
Frederic Ives |
Photo-relief printing plates |
336 |
|
239,659 |
Apr. 5, 1881 |
Houston & Thomson |
Milk creamer |
337 |
|
240,546 |
Apr. 26, 1881 |
John Reece |
Button hole sewing machine |
339 |
|
240,634 |
Apr. 26, 1881 |
Frederick Allen |
Life raft |
353 |
|
242,786 |
June 14, 1881 |
John McTammany |
Player piano |
356 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
245,501 |
Aug. 9, 1881 |
Frederic Ives |
Photo-relief printing plate |
361 |
|
250,126 |
Nov. 29, 1881 |
Francis Blake |
Speaking telephone |
363 |
|
257,103 |
Apr. 25, 1882 |
John Sutliff |
Perpetual motion machine |
366 |
|
257,487 |
May 9, 1882 |
William F. Ford |
Stethoscope |
368 |
|
259,054 |
June 6, 1882 |
Henry Seely |
Electric iron |
370 |
|
271,363 |
Jan. 30, 1883 |
Ritty & Birch |
Cash register |
373 |
|
297,383 |
Apr. 22, 1884 |
John Golding |
Expanded metal screen |
379 |
|
306,594 |
Oct. 14, 1884 |
George Eastman |
Photographic film |
381 |
|
324,535 |
Aug. 18, 1885 |
Samuel Clemens |
Game |
385 |
|
341,214 |
May 4, 1886 |
C. Bell & Tainter |
Phonograph disk record |
388 |
|
347,140 |
Aug. 10, 1886 |
Elihu Thomson |
Electric welding |
398 |
|
372,786 |
Nov. 8, 1887 |
Emile Berliner |
Gramophone disk record |
403 |
|
373,064 |
Nov. 15, 1887 |
Carl Gassner |
Dry cell battery |
407 |
|
381,968 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
AC synchronous motor |
408 |
|
381,969 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Synchronous motor |
417 |
|
381,970 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Electric distributor |
421 |
|
382, 279 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Induction magnetic motor |
426 |
|
382,280 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Alternating current transmission |
431 |
|
382,281 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Alternating current transmission |
435 |
|
382,282 |
May 1, 1888 |
Nikola Tesla |
Electric distribution |
444 |
|
388,003 |
Aug. 14, 1888 |
O. Shallenberger |
Alternating current meter |
449 |
|
388,850 |
Sept. 4, 1888 |
George Eastman |
Roll film camera (Kodak) |
455 |
|
389,124 |
Sept. 4, 1888 |
Edward Weston |
Solar cell |
464 |
|
389,125 |
Sept. 4, 1888 |
Edward Weston |
Solar cell |
467 |
|
392,046 |
Oct. 30, 1888 |
John Loud |
Ball-point pen |
470 |
|
395,782 |
Jan. 8, 1889 |
Herman Hollerith |
Computer (punch card accounting) |
473 |
|
400,655 |
Apr. 2, 1889 |
Charles Hall |
Hall aluminum process |
480 |
|
412,724 |
Oct. 15, 1889 |
William Calver |
Solar reflector |
483 |
|
424,695 |
Apr. 1, 1890 |
Charles Van Depoele |
Electric trolley car |
486 |
|
428,057 |
May 13, 1890 |
Nikola Tesla |
Electric generator |
493 |
|
430,212 |
June 17, 1890 |
Hiram Maxim |
Smokeless powder |
496 |
|
436,532 |
Sept. 16, 1890 |
O. Mergenthaler |
Linotype |
502 |
|
441,831 |
Dec. 2, 1890 |
George Eastman |
Photographic film |
538 |
|
447,918 |
Mar. 10, 1891 |
Almon Strowger |
Automatic telephone exchange |
542 |
|
459,341 |
Sept. 8, 1891 |
Charles Miller |
Clothes wringer |
548 |
|
473,653 |
Apr. 26, 1892 |
Sarah Boone |
Ironing board for sleeves |
551 |
|
474,230 |
May 3, 1892 |
Thomas Edison |
Speaking telegraph |
554 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page
|
|
486,909 |
Nov. 29, 1892 |
Almon Strowger |
Automatic telephone exchange |
557 |
|
493,426 |
Mar. 14, 1893 |
Thomas Edison |
Motion picture projector |
568 |
|
493,426 |
Apr. 11, 1893 |
Frederic Ives |
Half tone printing plate |
575 |
|
496,443 |
Apr. 11, 1893 |
Chas. Van Depoele |
Trolley
|
578 |
|
504,038 |
Aug. 29, 1893 |
Whitcomb Judson |
Zipper |
585 |
|
522,066 |
June 26, 1894 |
Carl de Laval |
Supersonic steam turbine nozzle |
589 |
|
527,377 |
Oct. 9, 1894 |
Melvin Severy |
Solar cell |
594 |
|
527,379 |
Oct. 9, 1894 |
Melvin Severy |
Solar cell |
600 |
|
538,366 |
Mar. 26, 1895 |
Henry Simmons |
Railroad car for passing |
604 |
|
536,569 |
Mar. 26, 1895 |
Francis Jenkins |
Phantoscope |
608 |
|
540,648 |
June 11, 1985 |
Charles Duryea |
Automobile |
610 |
|
542,846 |
July 16, 1895 |
Rudolf Diesel |
Diesel engine |
620 |
|
549,160 |
No.v. 5, 1895 |
George Selden |
Automobile |
630 |
|
556,972 |
Mar. 24, 1896 |
Clement Hardy |
Rotary disk plow |
636 |
|
557,994 |
Apr. 7, 1896 |
Tolbert Langston |
Justifying lines of type |
642 |
|
560,291 |
May 19, 1896 |
Edward Acheson |
Carborundum |
746 |
|
581,213 |
Apr. 20, 1897 |
Simon Lake |
Submarine |
751 |
|
586,193 |
July 13,1897 |
Guglielmo Marconi |
Wireless telegraph |
764 |
|
588,177 |
Aur. 17, 1897 |
Harry Reagan |
Solar cell |
775 |
|
589,168 |
Aug. 31, 1897 |
Thomas Edison |
Motion picture camera |
779 |
|
608,755 |
Aug. 9, 1898 |
Henry Cottle |
Storing and using solar heat |
785 |
|
608,845 |
Aug. 9, 1989 |
Rudolf Diesel |
Diesel engine |
788 |
|
610,040 |
Aug. 30, 1898 |
Henry Ford |
Carburetor |
794 |
|
610,861 |
Sept. 13, 1898 |
Hannibal Goodwin |
Roll photographic film |
797 |
|
612,195 |
Mar. 14, 1899 |
F. Graf Zeppelin |
Zeppelin |
803 |
|
634,042 |
Oct. 3, 1899 |
John Thurman |
Vacuum cleaner |
810 |
|
635,919 |
Oct. 31, 1899 |
Charles Curtis |
Gas turbine |
814 |
|
644,077 |
Feb. 27,1900 |
Felix Hoffman |
Aspirin |
827 |
|
645,576 |
Mar. 20,1900 |
Nikola Tesla |
Wireless transmission of electric power |
828 |
|
657,711 |
Sept. 11,1900 |
F. & F. Stanley |
Stanley Steamer |
835 |
|
661,619 |
Nov. 13,1900 |
Valdemar Poulsen |
Magnetic tape recording |
839 |
|
668,269 |
Feb. 19,1901 |
Taylor & White |
High speed steel tools |
846 |
|
Re. 11,913 |
June 4, 1901 |
Guglielmo Marconi |
Wireless telegraphy |
852 |
|
686,046 |
Nov. 5, 1901 |
Henry Ford |
Automobile |
861 |
|
694,154 |
Feb. 25,1902 |
John Holland |
Submarine |
866 |
|
708,553 |
Sept. 9,1902 |
John Holland |
Submarine |
869 |
|
Re. 12,037 |
Sept. 30,1902 |
Thomas Edison |
Motion picture camera |
873 |
|
Re. 12,038 |
Sept. 30, 1902 |
Thomas Edison |
Motion picture film |
879 |
|
721,117 |
Feb. 17,1903 |
Henry Wood |
Automatic stereotype printing |
885 |
|
727,650 |
May 12, 1903 |
Carl Linde |
Linde oxygen process |
909 |
|
728,173 |
May 12, 1903 |
Carl Linde |
Equip. for Linde oxygen process |
914 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
745,157 |
Nov. 24,1903 |
Clyde Coleman |
Automobile self starter |
919 |
|
Re. 12,192 |
Jan. 122,1904 |
Thomas Edison |
Motion picture film |
927 |
|
762,561 |
June 14,1904 |
Seiberling & Stevens |
Tire making machine |
933 |
|
763,772 |
June 28,1904 |
Guglielmo Marconi |
Wireless telegraph equip. |
944 |
|
766,768 |
Aug. 2,1904 |
Michael Owens |
Glass shaping machine |
951 |
|
775,134 |
Nov. 15,1904 |
King Gillette |
Gillette safety blade & razor |
976 |
|
775,135 |
Nov. 15,1904 |
King Gillette |
Gillette safety razor |
981 |
|
795,525 |
July 25,`1905 |
Carl Linde |
Equip. for Linde oxygen process |
985 |
|
803,684 |
Nov. 7,1905 |
John Fleming |
Two element vacuum tube |
988 |
|
821,393 |
May 22,1906 |
O. & W. Wright |
Airplane |
995 |
|
823,022 |
June 12,1906 |
John Ballance |
Sound movies |
1005 |
|
836,070 |
Nov. 13,1906 |
Lee de Forest |
Radio tube detector |
1008 |
|
841,387 |
Jan. 15,1907 |
Lee de Forest |
Radio amplifier tube |
1011 |
|
879,532 |
Feb. 18,1908 |
Lee de Forest |
Triode |
1015 |
|
942,809 |
Dec. 7,1909 |
Leo Baekeland |
Bakelite plastic |
1019 |
|
952,513 |
Mar. 22,1910 |
James Dow |
Insulator for electric circuits |
1022 |
|
968,166 |
Aug. 23,1910 |
Charles Knight |
Sleeve valve engine |
1025 |
|
971,501 |
Sept. 27,1910 |
Haber & Rossignol |
Haber process for ammonia |
1040 |
|
1,000,000 |
Aug. 8,1911 |
Francis Holton |
Vehicle tire |
1041 |
|
1,014,853 |
Jane. 16,1912 |
Lillian Russell |
Dresser trunk |
1044 |
|
1,030,178 |
June 18,1912 |
Peter Hewitt |
Mercury vapor lamp |
1050 |
|
1,032,394 |
July 16,1912 |
Bradley Fiske |
Airborne torpedoes |
1054 |
|
1,049,667 |
Jan. 7,1913 |
William Burton |
Cracking petroleum |
1057 |
|
1,077,219 |
Oct. 28,1913 |
William Coblentz |
Solar cell |
1060 |
|
1,082,933 |
Dec. 30,1913 |
William Coolidge |
Tungsten filament light bulb |
1063 |
|
1,102,653 |
July 7,1914 |
Robert Goddard |
Two-stage rocket |
1074 |
|
1,103,503 |
July 14,1914 |
Robert Goddard |
Rocket |
1078 |
|
1,113,149 |
Oct. 6,1914 |
Edwin Armstrong |
Wireless receiver |
1087 |
|
1,115,674 |
Nov. 3,1914 |
Mary Jacob |
Brassiere |
1096 |
|
1,127,465 |
Feb. 9,1915 |
Almer McAfee |
Catalytic cracking of petroleum |
1101 |
|
1,133,435 |
Mar. 30,1915 |
Reg. Fessenden |
Phototube |
1109 |
|
1,156,215 |
Oct. 12,1915 |
Glenn Curtis |
Seaplane |
1114 |
|
1,173,079 |
Feb. 22,1916 |
E. Alexanderson |
Radio tuning system |
1121 |
|
1,180,159 |
Apr. 18 ,1916 |
Irving Langmuir |
Gaseous electric light |
1129 |
|
1,242,872 |
Oct. 9,1917 |
Clarence Saunders |
Supermarket |
1136 |
|
1,245,446 |
Nov. 6,1917 |
Carl Englund |
Imprv. Amplitude modulation |
1142 |
|
1,279,471 |
Sept. 17,1918 |
Elmer Sperry |
Sperry gyrocompass |
1145 |
|
1,350,201 |
Aug. 17,1920 |
Paul Yeso |
Helicopter |
1164,1146 |
|
1,357,521 |
Nov. 2,1920 |
Clarence Saunders |
Supermarket |
1168 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
1,370,316 |
Mar. 1, 1921 |
Harry Houdini |
Diver's suit |
1173 |
|
1,375,931 |
Apr. 26,1921 |
Auguste Rateau |
Aircraft turbosupercharger |
1178 |
|
1,386,791 |
Aug. 9,1921 |
George Murdock |
Self-sealing gas tank |
1183 |
|
1,404,539 |
Jan. 24,1922 |
Christian Nelson |
Ice cream bar |
1194 |
|
1,413,121 |
Apr. 18,1922 |
John Johnson |
Adjustable wrench |
1197 |
|
1,522,176 |
Jan. 6,1925 |
G.W. Carver |
Cosmetic from peanuts |
1202 |
|
1,537,879 |
May 12,1925 |
Alden Putnam |
Treaded pneumatic tire |
1204 |
|
1,551,834 |
Sept. 1,1925 |
Adolph Monsen |
Helicopter |
1207 |
|
1,558,436 |
Oct. 20,1925 |
Irving Langmuir |
High vacuum radio tube |
1211 |
|
1,573,846 |
Feb. 23,1926 |
Thomas Midgley |
Tetraethyl lead gasoline additive |
1221 |
|
1,575,263 |
Mar. 2,1928 |
Mrs. R. Valentino |
Doll |
1226 |
|
1,581,188 |
Apr. 20,1926 |
Colin Fink |
Chrome plating |
1230 |
|
1,655,113 |
Jan. 3,1928 |
Nikola Tesla |
Convertiplane |
1234 |
|
1,704,061 |
Mar.5,1929 |
Clarence Saunders |
Supermarket |
1240 |
|
1,721,530 |
July 23,1929 |
Jacob Schick |
Schick electric razor |
1243 |
|
1,760,820 |
May 27,1930 |
Richard Drew |
Scotch masking tape |
1248 |
|
1,773,079 |
Aug. 12,1930 |
Clarence Birdseye |
Packaged frozen food |
1257 |
|
1,773,980 |
Aug. 26,1930 |
Philo Farnsworth |
Television system |
1271 |
|
1,773,981 |
Aug. 26,1930 |
Philo Farnsworth |
Television receiver |
1284 |
|
1,781,541 |
Nov. 11,1930 |
Albert Einstein & Leo Szilard |
Servel gas refrigerator |
1289 |
|
1,806,763 |
May 26,1931 |
George McCarthy |
Microfilm camera |
1293 |
|
1,833,847 |
Nov. 24,1931 |
Midgley, Henne & McNary |
Flurocarbon refrigeration (Freon) |
1304 |
|
1,911,127 |
May 23,1933 |
Max Wasserberg |
Beach and lawn chair |
1308 |
|
1,911,129 |
May 23,1933 |
Gertrude Ederle & C. Kelsey |
Paddle-driven swimming device |
1313 |
|
1,917,099 |
July 4,1933 |
William Coolidge |
X-ray tube for inside the body |
1317 |
|
1,918,848 |
July 18,1933 |
Ediwn Land |
Polaroid glass, etc. |
1320 |
|
1,941,066 |
Dec. 26,1933 |
Edwin Armstrong |
FM radio |
1325 |
|
1,946,312 |
Feb. 6,1934 |
William Coolidge |
X-ray tube |
1331 |
|
1,948,384 |
Feb. 20,1934 |
Ernest Lawrence |
Cyclotron |
1333 |
|
2,000,000 |
Apr. 30,1935 |
Joseph Ledwinka |
Pneumatic-tired wheel for RR |
1342 |
|
2,010,712 |
Aug. 6,1935 |
William Coolidge |
Cathode ray tube |
1345 |
|
2,021,907 |
Nov. 26,1935 |
Vladimir Zworykin |
Television system |
1349 |
|
2,026,082 |
Dec. 31,1935 |
Charles Darrow |
Monopoly game |
1352 |
|
2,040,248 |
May 12,1936 |
Dvorak & Dealey |
Dvorak typewriter keyboard |
1366 |
|
2,058,562 |
Oct. 27, 1936 |
Gustav Bucky |
Light-intensity-sensitive camera |
1375 |
|
2,066,708 |
Jan. 5, 1937 |
Samuel Young |
Aluminum screw-type bottle cap |
1378 |
|
2,071,250 |
Feb. 16,1937 |
Wallace Carothers |
Nylon |
1383 |
|
2,071,251 |
Feb. 16,1937 |
Wallace Carothers |
Nylon fiber |
1393 |
|
2,081,157 |
July 13,1937 |
Leroy Lind |
Servi-Soft water softener |
1402 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
2,139,296 |
Dec. 6,1938 |
Valdimir Zworykin |
Cathode ray tube, television |
1408 |
|
2,168,892 |
Aug. 8,1939 |
Vladimir Zworykin |
Making impr. cathode ray tube |
1411 |
|
2,177,627 |
Oct. 31,1939 |
Richard Drew |
Scotch cellophane tape |
1415 |
|
2,198,423 |
Apr. 23,1940 |
Herman Anthony |
Leak-proof flashlight battery (Ray-O-Vac) |
1423 |
|
2,206,634 |
July 2,1940 |
Fermi, Amaldi, Pontecorvo, Rasetti & Segre |
Radioactive isotope production |
1427 |
|
2,221,776 |
Nov. 19,1940 |
Chester Carlson |
Xerography |
1435 |
|
2,291,158 |
July 28,1942 |
Holstensson &Arvidius |
Phonograph record changer |
1442 |
|
2,292,387 |
Aug. 11, 1942 |
Hedy Markey (Hedy Lamarr) 7 Anthiel |
Topedo controls |
1436 |
|
2,297,691 |
Oct. 6,1942 |
Chester Carlson |
Improved Xerography |
1463 |
|
2,329,074 |
Sept. 7,1943 |
Paul Muller |
Insecticide (DDT) |
1473 |
|
2,351,004 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1478 |
|
2,351,005 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1483 |
|
2,351,006 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1494 |
|
2.351,007 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1499 |
|
2.351,008 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1506 |
|
2,351,009 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1510 |
|
2,351,010 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1514 |
|
2,351,011 |
June 13,1944 |
Marvin Camras |
Magnetic wire recording |
1519 |
|
2,366,007 |
Dec. 28,1944 |
Gaetano D'Alelio |
Sulphonated polyvinyl polymers |
1524 |
|
2,379,862 |
July 10,1945 |
Vannevar Bush |
Justifying typewriter |
1527 |
|
2,391,859 |
Jan. 1, 1946 |
Earl Babcock |
Window air conditioner |
1556 |
|
2,402,577 |
June 25, 1946 |
Dorothy Rodgers |
Jonny mop |
1567 |
|
2,404,334 |
July 16,1946 |
Frank Whittle |
Jet engine |
1571 |
|
2,407,966 |
Sept. 17,1946 |
James Sprague |
Sulfonamide (Sulfa drugs) |
1578 |
|
2,479,295 |
Aug. 16,1949 |
Behrens, Corse,Jones & Soper |
Improved penicillins |
1583 |
|
2,482,773 |
Sept. 27,1949 |
T. Heironymous |
Psionic machine |
1608 |
|
2,485,760 |
Oct. 25, 1949 |
Millis, Gagnebin |
Ductile cast iron |
1614 |
|
2,524,035 |
Oct. 3,1950 |
Bardeen & Brattain |
Point contact transistor |
1635 |
|
2,535,018 |
Dec. 19,1950 |
Rose Marie Reid |
Bathing suit |
1649 |
|
2,543,181 |
Feb. 27,1951 |
Edwin Land |
Polaroid film |
1653 |
|
2,554,816 |
May 29, 1951 |
Clapp & Robin |
Improved sulfa drugs |
1685 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
2,569,347 |
Sept. 25,1951 |
William Shockley |
Junction transistor |
1689 |
|
2.591.556 |
Apr. 15, 1952 |
K. Germeshausen |
Hydrogen thryaton |
1702 |
|
2,602.769 |
July 8, 1952 |
Murray & Peterson |
Cotorticosteroids |
1711 |
|
2,613,795 |
Oct. 14,1952 |
Lin Yutang |
Chinese typewriter |
1765 |
|
2,648,085 |
Aug. 11,1953 |
Dorothy Rodgers |
Improved Jonny mop |
1804 |
|
2,682,235 |
June 29,1954 |
Buckminster Fuller |
Geodesic dome |
1807 |
|
2,708,656 |
May 17,1955 |
Fermi & Szilard |
Atomic reactor |
1819 |
|
2,711,534 |
June 21,1955 |
Robert Rines |
Hi-definition image by scanning radar |
1876 |
|
2,728,867 |
Dec. 27,1955 |
Volney Wilson |
Atomic battery |
1888 |
|
2,745,038 |
May 8, 1956 |
George Sziklai |
Improved television circuit |
1893 |
|
2,767,984 |
Oct. 23,1956 |
John Zuercher |
Automatic bowling pin spotter |
1898 |
|
2,772,360 |
Nov. 27,1956 |
William Shockley |
Improved transistor |
1915 |
|
2,790,362 |
Apr. 30,1957 |
Higonnet & Moyround |
Photo-typesetter (Photon) |
1930 |
|
2,799,619 |
July 16,1957 |
Seifter,Monaco & Hoover |
Tranquilizer |
1973 |
|
2,800,631 |
July 23,1957 |
Suess, Trenkler. Hauttmann &Rinesch |
Oxygen steel process |
1975 |
|
2,816,721 |
Dec. 17, 1957 |
Richard Taylor |
Rocket engine |
1983 |
|
2,835,548 |
May 20,1957 |
Robert Baumann |
Space satellite |
1986 |
|
2,866,012 |
Dec. 23,1958 |
Ginsburg & Henderson |
Video tape recording |
1992 |
|
2,879,439 |
Mar. 24,1959 |
Charles Townes |
Maser |
2000 |
|
2,881,246 |
Apr. 7,1959 |
Sherman Fairchild |
Improved photo-engraving |
2007 |
|
2,882,643 |
Apr. 21,1959 |
Jianas, Spanos, John Dos Passos & Towne |
Toy bubble gun |
2013 |
|
2,929,922 |
Mar. 22,1960 |
Schawlow & Townes |
Lasers |
2016 |
|
2,947,608 |
Aug. 2,1960 |
Howard Hall |
Synthetic diamond process |
2024 |
|
2,947,609 |
Aug. 2, 1960 |
Herbert Strong |
Synthetic diamond process |
2031 |
|
2,947,610 |
Aug. 2, 1960 |
Hall & Strong |
Synthetic diamond process |
2042 |
|
2,947,611 |
Aug. 2,1960 |
Francis Bundy |
Synthetic diamond process |
2050 |
|
2,956,114 |
Oct. 11,1960 |
Ginsburg, Henderson, Dolby & Anderson |
Videotape recorder |
2055 |
|
2,981,877 |
Apr. 25,1961 |
Robert Noyce |
Integrated circuit |
2068 |
|
3,000,000 |
Sept. 12, 1961 |
Kenneth Eldredge |
Electronic reading system |
2076 |
|
3,091,888 |
June 4,1963 |
Robert Patch (6 years old) |
Toy truck |
2086 |
|
3,093,346 |
June 11,1963 |
Faget, et al |
Mercury space capsule |
2091 |
|
3,129,001 |
Apr. 14,1964 |
Paul Winchell |
Novelty mask |
2098 |
|
3,139,957 |
July 7, 1964 |
Buckminster Fuller |
Improved Geodesic dome |
2102 |
|
Patent No. |
Date Issued |
Issued to |
Patent |
Page |
|
3,156,523 |
Nov. 10,1964 |
Glenn Seaborg |
Americium (Element 95) |
2114 |
|
3,295,591 |
Jan. 3,1967 |
Harry Thomason |
Solar heating and cooling |
2118 |
|
3,353,115 |
Nov. 14, 1967 |
Theodore Maiman |
Ruby laser operating system |
2115 |
|
3,365,583 |
Jan. 23, 0968 |
J.B. Gunn |
Electric field-Responsive solid state devices |
2131 |
|
3,426,747 |
Feb. 11,1969 |
A. Herman &Zeppo Marx |
Cardiac pulse watch |
2167 |
|
3,473,526 |
Oct. 21,1969 |
A. Herman & Zeppo Marx |
Cardiac pulse-rate monitor |
2157 |
|
3,938,115 |
Feb. 11, 1976 |
Sidney Jacoby |
Smoke & heat alarm |
2160 |
|
4,000,000 |
Dec. 28,1976 |
Robert Mendenhall |
Recycling asphalt aggregates |
2166 |
|
4,270,182 |
May 26,1981 |
Satya Asija |
First computer program (software) |
2172 |
|
4,666,425 |
May 19,1987 |
Chet Fleming |
Keeping a head alive |
2198 |