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Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including predecessor states in the history of the formation of the United Kingdom ...
Aerotel's patent is GB 2171877 , and has a January 1985 priority date. Macrossan's GB application 2388937 has a December 2000 priority date. Aerotel's patent was found to relate to a patentable invention in principle because the system as a whole was new in itself, not merely because it is to be used for the business of selling phone calls.
The term 'John', used particularly in the US, is generally accepted as a direct reference to its inventor. [62] 1733: Perambulator developed by William Kent (c. 1685–1748). [63] 1780: First mass-produced toothbrush produced by William Addis (1734–1808). [64] [65] 1795: First corkscrew patent granted to the Reverend Samuel Henshall (1764/5 ...
The patent rolls comprise a register of the letters patent issued by the Crown, and sealed "open" with the Great Seal pendent, expressing the sovereign's will on a wide range of matters of public interest, including – but not restricted to – grants of official positions, lands, commissions, privileges and pardons, issued both to individuals and to corporations.
James Goodfellow (born 1937) is a Scottish inventor. In 1966, he patented personal identification number (PIN) technology and an automated teller machine (ATM). [1] [2] He is generally considered the inventor of the modern ATM. [3] [4] Goodfellow was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, [3] where he later attended St Mirin's Academy. [5]
An artificial intelligence system can't be registered as the inventor of a patent, Britain's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that denies machines the same status as humans. The U.K.'s ...
Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be legally named as an inventor to secure patent rights, the Supreme Court has ruled. In a judgment on Wednesday, the UK’s highest court concluded that “an ...
Arthur Paul Pedrick (3 September 1918 – 15 August 1976) [1] was a prolific British inventor who filed for 162 United Kingdom patents between 1962 and his death in 1976 [2] or 1977. [3] His inventions were notable for their humour and almost complete lack of practical applicability.