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April's Famous
Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents |
1
1953 Arthur
Miller's
"The Crucible"
a play in 4 acts was copyrighted.
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Fools' Day |
2
1889 Charles
Hall
patented an
inexpensive method for the production of aluminum,
which brought the metal into wide commercial use. |
3
1973 Francis
W. Dorion was granted patent #3,724,070 for a "dual razor
blade assembly". |
4
1978 Francisco
Garcia was granted patent #4,081,909 for "orthodontic
pliers". |
5
1881 Houston
and Thomson were granted a patent for a centrifugal separator --the creamer. |
6
1869 Isaac
Hodgson
received patent
#88,711 for the "roller skate". |
7
1896
Tolbert Lanston
was issued
a patent for monotype. |
8
1766
The first fire escape
was patented. The contraption was a wicker basket on a pulley with a chain.
1997 Hooshan Bral received a patent for
an automatically rinsing baby bottle. |
9
1974 Phil
Brooks received a patent for a disposable syringe.
Intravenous injection and infusion began as early as 1670. |
10
1849 Walter
Hunt
patented the
first safety pin. Hunt also
invented several other famous things, all of which he gave up on before
seeing any profit. |
11
1893 Frederic
Ives
patented the
process for half-tone printing. |
12
1988 Drs.
Leder and Stewart on behalf of Harvard University were issued the first
patent
#4,736,866 for a new animal life form - a genetically altered mouse. |
13
1990 "Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles"
movie was
copyrighted. |
14
1964 Paul
Winchell (ventriloquist)
was granted
patent # 3,129,001 for an "inverted
novelty mask". |
15
1452 Leonardo
da Vinci of Italy the legendary painter, sculptor, inventor,
scientist and visionary was born.
1997 Bertram Burke received a patent for
an automatic philanthropic contribution system called the
MILLIONAIRE'S
CLUB. |
16
1867 Wilbur
Wright of aeronautical fame was born. Wilbur and his brother Orville Wright
invented the airplane,
which they called a flying machine.
1997 James Watkins received a patent for
confetti "that flutters and darts". |
17
1875 "Snooker"
a variation of pool was invented by Sir Neville Chamberlain.
1908 "Hail Hail the Gangs All Here"
the song,
was copyrighted. |
18
1916 Irving
Langmuir
received a
patent for an incandescent gas lamp.
Among his other accomplishments was the introduction of atomic-hydrogen
welding and contributions to the development of the radio vacuum tube. |
19
1877 Ole
Evinrude the inventor of the outboard marine engine was born.
1939
John
Steinbeck's
"The Grapes
of Wrath" was copyrighted. |
20
1897 Simon
Lake
was granted
a patent for an even keel submarine. |
21
1828 Noah
Webster published the first American dictionary.
1857 Albert Douglas patented a ladies bustle.
1931 Ester Kiefer
received a
patent for ornamental paper. |
22
1864 The
US minted the first coin with
"In God We Trust" on it.
1884 John Golding
patented a
process for metallic screening.
1955 Congress declared that all coins would
be minted with "In God We Trust". |
23
1964 "My
Fair Lady"
the movie
based on a musical version of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion" was
registered.
1985 The trade secret "New Coke" formula
was released.
Coca-Cola was
invented by John Pemberton of Atlanta, Georgia. The famous trademark name
was a suggestion given by Pemberton's bookkeeper Frank Robinson. |
24
1743 Edmund
Cartwright of England was born. Cartwright was a cleric and the inventor
of the power loom, invented
in 1785.
1907 "Anchors Aweigh"
the march
and two-step by Chas. A. Zimmerman was copyrighted. |
25
1961 Robert
Noyce
was granted
a patent for a semi-conductor device-and-lead structure, the integrated
circuit otherwise known as the 'chip'.
Noyce was the co-founder of the Intel Corporation. |
26
1881
Frederick Allen patented a life raft.
1892 Sarah
Boone
patented an
ironing board. |
27
1791 Samuel
Finley Breece Morse, the inventor of the telegraph
and morse code was born.
1896 Wallace
Hume Carothers, the inventor of nylon was born.
1920 Elijah
McCoy received a patent for an air brake pump lubricator. |
28
1908 Leonard
Dyer
obtained a
patent for an automobile transmission. |
29
1873 Eli
Janney received a patent for automatic railroad
car couplings. |
30
1935 Patent
# 2,000,000 issued to Joseph Ledwinka for vehicle wheel construction. |
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