History Hop Tags - Patent

1578-06-11

England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore & colonize North America

1584-03-25

Sir Walter Raleigh renews Humphrey Gilbert's patent to explore North America

1593-12-15

State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft

1608-10-02

Hans Lippershey applies for patent for first known early telescope in the Netherlands

1620-11-03

Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony

1630-01-13

Letters Patent issued to Plymouth Colony

1644-03-14

England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)

1646-03-06

Joseph Jenkes, MA, receives 1st colonial machine patent

1664-08-29

Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam

1684-04-25

Patent granted for thimble

1691-02-17

Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service

1695-08-02

Daniel Quare receives a British patent for his portable barometer

1715-11-25

First English patent granted to an American, for processing corn

1781-10-20

Patent of Toleration, providing limited freedom of worship, was approved in Habsburg Monarchy.

1788-02-01

1st US steamboat patent issued, by Georgia to Briggs & Longstreet

1790-04-10

US Patent system forms

1790-07-31

1st US patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process

1791-03-11

Samuel Mulliken, Phila, is 1st to obtain more than 1 US patent

1791-08-02

Samuel Briggs & his son, patent nail-making machine

1791-08-26

John Fitch granted US patent for his working steamboat

1793-02-01

Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, NY, for oiled silk & linen

1793-06-11

1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick

1793-10-28

Eli Whitney applies for a patent on cotton gin

1794-02-14

1st US textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Phila

1799-01-25

1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont

1803-05-17

John Hawkins & Richard French patent the Reaping Machine

1809-05-05

Mary Kies is 1st woman issued a US patent (weaving straw)

1813-04-29

Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel

1816-12-13

Patent for a dry dock issued to John Adamson, Boston

1822-03-09

Charles Graham of NY granted first US patent for artificial teeth

1825-01-19

Ezra Daggett & nephew Thomas Kensett patent food storage in tin cans

1826-04-01

Samuel Morey is issued the first U.S. patent for an internal-combustion engine, which he calls a "Gas or Vapour Engine"

1833-04-24

Jacob Evert & George Dulty patent 1st soda fountain

1834-10-14

First black to obtain a US patent, Henry Blair, for a corn planter

1834-12-23

Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs

1836-07-13

US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels

1836-12-15

Patent Office burns in Wash, DC

1837-06-17

Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent

1842-11-09

The first U.S. design patent for typefaces and borders was issued to George Bruce of New York City

1845-03-26

Patent awarded for adhesive medicated plaster, precusor of bandaid

1846-06-10

Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tyre

1846-12-05

C F Schoenbein obtains patent for cellulose nitrate explosive

1849-01-23

Patent granted for an envelope-making machine

1849-03-10

Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent (the US president to do so) for a device to lift a boat over shoals and obstructions

1854-07-25

Walter Hunt is awarded the first U.S. patent for a paper shirt collar

1857-01-06

Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn

1863-02-10

1st US fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia

1863-11-23

Patent granted for a process of making color photographs

1865-08-22

William Sheppard is issued the first US patent for liquid soap

1868-03-17

Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued

1872-01-03

1st patent list issued by US Patent Office

1872-11-19

E.D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the first U.S. patent for the first 'calculator', an adding machine capable of printing totals and subtotals

1873-05-20

Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis patent first blue jeans with copper rivets

1877-12-28

John Stevens, applies for a patent for his flour rolling mill

1879-02-18

Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is awarded a patent for his design for the Statue of Liberty

1879-05-08

George Selden files for 1st patent for a gasoline-driven automobile

1885-08-14

Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.

1885-08-29

Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle

1887-06-08

Herman Hollerith receives a patent for his punch card calculator.

1888-07-23

John Boyd Dunlop applies to patent pneumatic tire

1888-10-17

Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

1889-01-08

Dr Herman Hollerith receives 1st US patent for a mechanical tabulating machine

1889-12-24

Daniel Stover & William Hance patent bicycle with back pedal brake

1892-07-11

US Patent Office says J W Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp

1893-08-01

Henry Perky & William Ford patent shredded wheat

1894-06-26

Karl Benz of Germany receives US patent for gasoline-driven auto

1894-10-30

Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in industrial production of pandoro (a traditional Italian sweet yeast bread).

1895-11-05

1st US patent granted for auto (George B Selden) for gasoline driven car

1896-06-02

Guglielmo Marconi applies to patent the radio, accepted 2 July 1897

1902-06-10

Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan

1903-03-23

Wright brothers obtain airplane patent

1903-09-22

Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone

1904-11-08

Inventor and manufacturer Harvey Hubbell receives the first U.S. patent for a separable electric attachment plug

1906-01-02

W H Carrier recieves a US patent for the world's first air conditioner

1906-05-22

Wright Brothers patent an aeroplane

1908-12-29

Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc

1910-11-08

William H. Frost receives the first U.S. patent for an electrical insect destroyer

1910-11-29

The first US patent for inventing the traffic lights system is issued to Ernest Sirrine.

1911-08-08

The millionth patent is filed in the United States Patent Office by Francis Holton for a tubeless vehicle tire.

1913-08-27

Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken applies to patent all-purpose zipper

1914-07-14

1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted (Robert Goddard)

1915-09-07

Johnny Gruelle patents his Raggedy Ann doll (US Patent D47789)

1917-05-11

King George V grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

1919-05-29

Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster

1925-06-30

Charles Jenkins is granted the U.S. patent for Transmitting Pictures over Wireless (early television)

1927-11-22

1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc)

1929-03-02

Congress creates Court of Customs & Patent Appeals

1930-11-11

Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator.

1931-01-06

Thomas Edison submits his last patent application.

1932-02-16

1st patent issued for a tree, to James Markham for a peach tree

1933-05-30

Patent on invisible glass installation

1936-12-01

EW Brundin & FF Lyon obtain patent on soilless culture of plants

1938-12-20

Vladimir K Zworykin (Penn) receives patent on Iconoscope TV system

1946-05-26

Patent filed in US for H-Bomb

1947-06-06

Treaty drawn for establishment of Intl Patent Institute

1956-02-28

Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory

1959-02-01

Texas Instruments requests patent of IC (Integrated Circuit)

1960-03-22

1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes

1970-06-19

The Patent Cooperation Treaty is signed.

1970-11-17

Douglas Engelbart receives the patent for the first computer mouse.

1973-06-04

A patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain.

1973-10-05

Signature of the European Patent Convention.

1977-04-28

The Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Microorganisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure is signed.

1977-10-21

The European Patent Institute is founded.

1978-06-01

The first international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty are filed.

1982-05-27

"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin NYC for 5 perfs

1982-05-30

"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 perf

1986-01-09

After losing a patent battle with Polaroid, Kodak must give up its instant camera business.

2000-06-01

The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is signed.

2000-09-20

Patent on RSA cryptograph algorithm ends

2001-02-20

The United States Supreme Court declines to consider an appeal by five major oil companies against Unocal's patent on production of cleaner "reformulated" gasoline sold in California

2005-04-28

The Patent Law Treaty goes into effect.

2008-05-01

The London Agreement on translation of European patents, concluded in 2000, enters into force in 14 of the 34 Contracting States to the European Patent Convention.

2012-08-24

Both Apple and Samsung are found guilty of patent infringement in a South Korean court

2012-08-24

A US jury in California finds that Samsung is guilty of patent infringement and awards over US$1 billion in damages to Apple

2012-08-31

Apple loses its patent dispute with Samsung in Tokyo, Japan

2012-12-20

Apple is denied a patent for mobile pinch-to-zoom gestures by the US patent authorities

2015-12-14

Dazzling new airplane patent offers seats on top of aircraft

1706-06-10

John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens

1890-01-01

Lawford Davidson, The Patent Leather Kid

1895-10-28

Ray Turner, The Patent Leather Kid

1911-10-16

Molly O'Day, The Patent Leather Kid

1949-9-29

Alen Pol Kobryn, Life: Patent Pending

1883-05-17

Lydia Estes Pinklham, patent-medicine manufacturer, dies

1929-07-17

Alvin Knechtel, The Patent Leather Kid

1998-10-22

Molly O'Day, The Patent Leather Kid