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February's Inventions - Famous Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents
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1788 The first US steamboat patent was issued to Briggs & Longstreet.
1983 Matthews, Tansil and Fannin obtained a patent for a digital voice mail system.
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1869 James Oliver invented the removable tempered steel plow blade
1965 Alfonso Alvarez received a patent for "dual-vent windows".
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1690 The first paper money in America was issued in the colony of Massachusetts.
1952 The first episode of the TV program "Dragnet" was copyrighted.
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1824 J. W. Goodrich introduced the world to the first rubber galoshes.
1941 Roy Plunkett
received a patent in for "tetrafluoro-ethylene polymers" (TEFLON)
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1861 Samuel Goodale patented the first moving picture peep show machine. |
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1917 SUNMAID raisins were trademark registered
1947 Frank Capra's
"It's a Wonderful Life" was copyrighted.
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1804 John Deere, pioneer manufacturer of agricultural implements was born.
1995
Larry Gunter and Tracie Williams received a patent for a personalized interactive storybook
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1916 Charles Kettering received a patent for a self-starting automobile engine. |
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1811 Robert Fulton was granted a patent for the practical steamboat. |
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1976 Sidney Jacoby was granted a patent for a combination smoke and heat detector alarm. |
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1973 National Inventor's
Hall of Fame was founded -- on the anniversary of Thomas Edison's birth in 1847. |
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1974 Stephen Kovacs received a patent for a magnetic heart pump.
1983 The circular thing that keeps the pizza from hitting the inside of the box top (called a "package saver") was invented by a guy from New Jersey.
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1979 Charles Chidsey received a patent for male baldness solution. |
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1854 Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson patented a firearm.
The 14th is also Valentine's Day and someone has patented romance.
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1972 William Kolff obtained a patent for the soft shell mushroom shaped artificial heart. |
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1932 James Markham received the first
fruit tree patent for a peach tree. |
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1827 Chester Stone patented a washing machine. |
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1879 Auguste Bartholdi was granted a design patent for the Statue of Liberty. |
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1878 Thomas Edison received a patent
for the phonograph. |
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1846 John Drummond was granted a patent for molds for the manufacture of candles.
1872 Luther Crowell patented a machine that manufactured paper bags.
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1865 John Deere received a patent
for ploughs. |
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1916 Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent for a selective radio tuning system. |
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1943 The song "As Time Goes By" from the movie Casablanca was copyrighted. |
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1857 The first perforated United States postage stamps was delivered to the government.
1925 HIS MASTER'S VOICE was trademark registered
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1902 John Holland
was granted a patent for a submarine. |
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1870 The first New York City subway line opened. The short-lived line was pneumatic powered.
1963 HOBIE surfboards trademark registered in 1963
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1900 Felix Hoffman
patented acetyl salicylic acid --aspirin. |
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1984 Donald Mauldin received a patent for a knee brace. |
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1860 Herman Hollerith the inventor of the first electric tabulating machine was born on a leap year.
1972 KOOKY DOODLES were trademark registered
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Famous Trademarks - Valentines
Origins of Valentine's Day
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