10 events with tag "patent"
1474
ID: 2178
Venice passes first patent statute - granting exclusive rights to inventors for 10 years, birth of intellectual property law
ID: 2178
1623
ID: 2210
Statute of Monopolies - patents limited to new inventions for 14 years, foundation of modern patent law
ID: 2210
1824
ID: 757
Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement - revolutionizing construction materials
ID: 757
1860
ID: 928
Henry Bessemer patents Bessemer process for mass-producing steel - revolutionizes materials science
ID: 928
1867
ID: 961
Alfred Nobel patents dynamite, combining chemistry with materials engineering
ID: 961
1867
ID: 962
Joseph Monier patents reinforced concrete, combining steel and concrete
ID: 962
1868
ID: 4267
June 23, 1868
Sholes, Glidden, and Soule receive U.S. Patent 79,265 for 'Type-Writer' - foundation of modern typing
ID: 4267
1884
ID: 4216
Herman Hollerith files first patent application for his electromechanical punched card tabulator while working at U.S. Patent Office
ID: 4216
1886
ID: 4217
Hollerith receives his first patent (U.S. Patent 395,782) for 'Art of Compiling Statistics' - foundation of punch card data processing
ID: 4217
1909
ID: 1185
Leo Baekeland patents Bakelite, the first fully synthetic plastic and thermosetting polymer
ID: 1185