Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are "intellectual property" referring to products that come from the creative mind. Intellectual property is imagination made real. Intellectual property is an asset just like your home, your car, or your bank account.
A Bit of IP History
The first recorded patent of was granted to an inventor called John of Utynam in 1449. John was awarded a patent for a glass-making process. The first U.S. patent laws were enacted by Congress in 1790 as part of the Constitution. Before then, the King of England officially owned all intellectual property created by the colonists. George Washington signed the First United States Patent Grant on July 31, 1790 and the patent examiner was Thomas Jefferson. The first U.S. patent went to Samuel Hopkins of Pitsford, Vermont for a new method of making potash, an industrial chemical used in making soap, glass, fertilizers and gunpowder. USPTO Engraving: U.S. Patent Office.
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1841 A patent for a collapsible tube for use with such items as toothpaste was granted to John Rand.