what was the first u.s. patent?
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- How did it all start? To whom and for what was the first U.S. patent issued? Samuel Hopkins, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Pittsford, Vermont], received Patent No. 1 on July 31, 1790, for an improvement in the making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process..
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Patent The word patent originates from the Latin patere, which means to lay open (i.e., to make available for public inspection). More directly, it is a shortened version of the term letters patent, which was a royal decree granting exclusive rights to a person, predating the modern patent system.
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Introduction This guide provides an introduction to key resources for conducting patent law research at Georgetown. It focuses primarily on United States law and sources but includes a few resources that contain foreign and international materials.
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Patents One important change in U.S. patent law resulting from GATT is the duration of U.S. patents. Patents were originally given 14-year terms from the date of issue, until that was changed in 1861. From 1861 until the implementation of GATT, the term of a patent was 17 years from the date of issue.
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Leahy-Smith America Invents Act President Obama signed the America Invents Act of 2011 on September 16, 2011. The law switched U.S. right to the patent from the previous first-to-invent system to a first-inventor-to-file system for patent applications filed on or after March 16, 2013. Many legal scholars have commented that such a change would require a constitutional amendment.
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- The first plant patent issued-H.F. Bosenberg for a climbing or trailing rose. A plant patent is granted to an inventor who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state.he first plant patent issued-H.F. Bosenberg for a climbing or trailing rose. A plant patent is granted to an inventor who has invented or discovered and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state.
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O-ring The first patent for the O-ring, is dated May 12, 1896 as a Swedish patent. J. O. Lundberg, the inventor of the O-ring, received the patent. The US patent for the O-ring was filed in 1937 by a then 72-year-old Danish-born machinist, Niels Christensen.
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- On Oct. 7, 1940, the U.S. Post Office held first-day-of-issue ceremonies in Savannah for 1-cent commemorative stamp that shows Eli Whitney. The stamp was one of 35 stamps in the “Famous Americans” series issued that year. Whitney was one of five great American inventors honored in the series.
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A Salute to the Wheel According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the first patent involving a wheel was issued to James Macomb of Princeton, New Jersey, on August 26, 1791—just one year after the U.S. Patent Law was passed. Macomb’s invention was a design for a horizontal, hollow water wheel to create hydropower for mills. Although the patent office is aware of this patent being issued, the original record was destroyed along with other patents from the 18th century in an 1836 fire.
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- Black man files patent for corn planter. This date in 1834 marks one of the first patents filed by a Black person in America. Henry Blair of Montgomery County, MD, received his first patent on October 14, 1834, for his invention of the corn seed planter, which allowed farmers to plant their corn much faster and with much less labor. The machine also helped with weed control. He later received another patent in 1836 for the invention of the cotton planter.
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Abraham Lincoln, Inventor, 1849 Patent No. 6,469 was approved two months later, giving Abraham Lincoln the honor of being the only US president to hold a patent. During his brief experience as a ferryman on the Mississippi River, Lincoln was stranded twice on riverboats that had run aground.
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Samuel Hopkins granted first patent in the United States Samuel Hopkins, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [Pittsford, Vermont], received Patent No. 1 on July 31, 1790, for an improvement in the making Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process..
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-   In 1782 Henry Sidgier was issued a British patent for a rotating drum washer.   Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797.There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.
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Term of patent in the United States In the United States, under current patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, are: 1  For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international (PCT) application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications).
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- Daniel Hess appears to have been the first to patent (#29,077 U.S. issued July 10, 1860) a vacuum cleaner. Hess, a resident of West Union, Iowa, called his invention a carpet sweeper, not a vacuum. TO LEARN MORE.
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- Making the world better, one answer at a time. New inventions such as the washing machine benefited women because it enabled them to have less work and more free time. Nathaniel Briggs of New Hampshire received the first United States issued patent for a washing machine in 1797. There is very little known of this machine because a fire destroyed the records of it.
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Samuel Hopkins granted first patent in the United States In addition to his first patent, Samuel Hopkins took out two later ones, both for a preparation of flour of mustard.For a five-year license for a furnace using his process, Samuel Hopkins required a down payment of $50, or a half-ton of potash, and another $150, or a ton and a.
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- Posted by The Reunion Black Family on January 21, 2014 at 8:30 AM. Thomas L. Jennings (1791–1856) was the first African-American to be granted a patent, March 03, 1821 (U.S. patent 3306x). Jennings’ patent was for a dry cleaning process called “dry scouring”, which would go on to make modern-day dry cleaning possible.
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- In the United States, under current patent law, the term of patent, provided that maintenance fees are paid on time, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. or international application to which priority is claimed (excluding provisional applications).
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1846 Howe Jr.'s Sewing Machine Patent Model Sewing Machine Patent Model Patent No. 4,750, issued September 10, 1846 Elias Howe Jr. of Cambridge, Massachusetts While working as a journeyman machinist, Elias Howe Jr. wrestled for years to find a way to mechanize sewing. With the family pinched by poverty, his wife sewed for others by hand at home. Watching her sew, Howe visualized ways to mechanize the process. In 1845, he built his first sewing machine and soon constructed an improved model, which he carried to the Patent Office in Washington to apply for a patent. He received the fifth United States patent (No. 4,750) for a sewing machine in 1846. Howe’s model used a grooved and curved eye-pointed needle carried by a vibrating arm.
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- U.S. Patent 138,405 Beard's patent relating to the automatic coupler was one of some 8,000 variant patents awarded between Janney's invention in 1873 and the turn of the 20th century. Little is known about the period of time from Beard's last patent application in 1897 up until his death. He died in 1921.
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- The first US patent, US1, was obtained in 1836 by John Ruggles for a Locomotive steam-engine for rail and other roads. Ruggles' proposed locomotive had a two-speed gear and a rack mechanism which was only engaged when climbing steep hills.
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- The first patent to a black freeman was given in 1834 to Henry Blair for his new seed-planter. But records of patents, even to freed blacks, are rare before the Civil War. For one thing, black inventors usually put their patents in the name of a white lawyer. That improved chances for acceptance of their invention.