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The first patent "specification" was to inventor Abel Foullon for "Usaige & Description de l'holmetre", (a type of rangefinder.) Publication was delayed until after the patent expired in 1561. [11] Patents were granted by the monarchy and by other institutions like the "Maison du Roi" and the Parlement of Paris.
The 100 known most prolific inventors based on worldwide utility patents are shown in the following table. While in many cases this is the number of utility patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, it may include utility patents granted by other countries, as noted by the source references for an inventor.
Under the Patent Act of 1793, the United States barred foreign inventors from receiving patents at the same time as granting patents to Americans who had pirated technology from other countries. “America thus became, by national policy and legislative act, the world’s premier legal sanctuary for industrial pirates.
Awarding patents generally makes the details of new technology publicly available, for exploitation by anyone after the patent expires, or for further improvement by other inventors. Furthermore, when a patent's term has expired, the public record ensures that the patentee's invention is not lost to humanity.
Tord Wingren is a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur, and scientist and holder of 28 patents relating to wireless communication, technology, and the implications of light on the human body. [1] He developed Bluetooth technology while working with Ericsson Mobile Communications , and is the co-founder of several technology companies including ...
A sampling of U.S. patents for inventions by George Westinghouse. Many of the same inventions were also patented in foreign countries, including Austria, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain, and Switzerland. Many other patents were filed in the names of his companies or various of his engineers.
U.S. patent X1 Samuel Hopkins (December 9, 1743 – 1818) was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] On July 31, 1790, he was granted the first U.S. patent , under the new U.S. patent statute just signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790.
[17] [19] In 1939, Jones filed for a patent for the Model A and received a patent for it on July 12, 1949. [ 17 ] [ 20 ] Numero sold his movie sound equipment business to RCA and formed a new company in partnership with Jones, the U.S. Thermo Control Company (later the Thermo King Corporation ) which became a $3 million business by 1949.