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Jerome H. Lemelson (1923–1997), U.S. – inventions in the fields in which he patented make possible, wholly or in part, innovations like automated warehouses, industrial robots, cordless telephones, fax machines, videocassette recorders, camcorders, and the magnetic tape drive used in Sony's Walkman tape players.
However, other inventors before Bell had worked on the development of the telephone and the invention had several pioneers. [431] 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. [432] 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather. [433] 1878: Lester Allan Pelton invents the Pelton wheel.
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.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
List of Indian inventions and discoveries; List of Indonesian inventions and discoveries; List of inventions and discoveries of the Indus Valley Civilisation; List of inventions named after people; List of inventors killed by their own invention; Timeline of Irish inventions and discoveries; List of inventions in the medieval Islamic world
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The National Inventors Hall of Fame is an American not-for-profit organization, founded in 1973, which recognizes individual engineers and inventors who hold a U.S. patent of significant technology. As of 2020, 603 inventors have been inducted, mostly constituting historic persons from the past three centuries, but including about 100 living ...
Frank Whittle (1907–1996), co-inventor of the jet engine William Winlaw (d.1796), patented agricultural machinery Arthur Wynne (1862–1945), inventor of crossword puzzle