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June's Inventions - Famous Trademarks, Copyrights, and Patents
1
1869 Thomas Edison obtained a patent for an electrographic vote recorder.
2
1906 "Your a Grand Old Flag" by George M. Cohan was trademark registered.
1857 James Gibbs patented the first chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine.
3
1969 New York Rangers was 
trademark registered.
1934 Dr Frederick Banting the co-inventor of insulin was knighted.
4
1963 Patent #3,091,888 was granted to six-year-old Robert W. Patch for a "toy truck" - Inventions Made By Young Inventors
5
1984 Safety Cap for Medicine Bottle
patented by Ronald Kay. - More Medical Milestones
6
1887 J.S. Pemberton's Coca-Cola label was registered.
7
1946 "Eensie Weensie Spider" by Yola De Meglio was registered.
1953 The first color network telecast in compatible color was broadcast from a station in Boston. Color television was by no means a new idea in 1953, a German patent from 1904 contained the earliest proposal.
8
1869 Ives McGaffey patented the
vacuum cleaner, a "sweeping machine."
9
1953 Patent #2,641,545 was granted to John H. Kraft for the "manufacture of soft surface cured cheese"
10
1952 MYLAR was
trademark registered.
1902 A patent for the "window envelope" was granted to H.F. Callahan. - Mail Innovations
11
1895 C.E. Duryea patented a road vehicle- the gasoline automobile.
12
1928 Good and Plenty was trademark registered. "Good and Plenty" are the brightly colored, candy-coated, licorice candy.
13
1944 Patent #2,351,004 was obtained by Marvin Camras for the magnetic tape recorder.
14
1927 George Washington Carver received a patent for a process of producing paints and stains. Carver invented and discovered hundreds of products but patented or claimed ownership of very few.
15
1844 Charles Goodyear was granted patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber.
16
1980 The Supreme Court declared that living organisms which are products of human ingenuity are patentable in Diamond v. Chakrabarty. - The Bio Patent Controversy
17
1980 Atari's "Asteroids" and "Lunar Lander" are the 1st two video games registered in the Copyright Office.
18
1935 ROLLS-ROYCE was trademark registered. - Trademarks are Everywhere
19
1900Michael Pupin is granted a patent for long distance telephony.
1940 "Brenda Starr," the first cartoon strip invented by a woman, appeared in Chicago. Do you want to know who invented comic books?
20
1840  Samuel Morse was granted a patent for telegraphy signals. Samuel Morse invented telegraph wires and Morse code, an electronic alphabet. The first telegraph read "What hath God wrought!" Find out more about "Morse Code.
21
1834 Cyrus McCormick of Virginia patented the reaper for the cultivation of grain.
22
1954 Rolaids was trademark registered.
1847 The Doughnut was invented. Find out about all kinds of food histories and patents - who invented potato chips and different sodas and snack foods. Read More 
23
1964 Arthur Melin obtained a patent for the Hula-hoop in 1964.
24
1873 Mark Twain patented a scrapbook.
1963 The first demonstration of a home video recorder took place at BBC Studios in London, England.
25
1929 Patent # 1,718,305 was granted to G.L. Pierce for the "basketball"
26
1951 CANDY LAND
trademark for a children's game was registered.
27
1967 Baltimore Orioles' and NY Jets' trademarks were registered.
1929 The first colored television was demonstrated in New York City. It was by no means a new idea at that time, a German patent in 1904 contained the earliest proposal.
28
1955 Joe Clark patented
a new formula for control of infections. - More Medical Milestones
29
1915 Juicy Fruit
chewing gum was trademark registered.
30
1896 William Hadaway was  issued a patent for the electric stove.
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