Cotton Gin

[US 72X]

‘G in’ is a shortened form of ‘engine’. This Cotton engine separates the cotton from embedded seeds.

It was instrumental in the explosion of wealth of theU ni ted States.

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Electric Motor

[US 132]

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D avenport received the f i rst A merican patent on an electr ic machine in 1837. This invent ion was essent ia l for the industr ia l revolut ion as i t provided the abi l i ty to take electr ic power and convert i t to mechanical energy.

Phonograph

[US 200521 ]

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Edison patented a unique way to record, save and reproduce sounds on demand. This was

the f i rst memory device.

Light Bulb

[US 223898]

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Commercia l ly v iable l ight bulb is Edison's biggestinvent ion. He knew how the invent ion would change theworld and said: " W e wi l l make electr ic i ty so cheap thatonly the r ich wi l l burn candles."

Airplane

[USD 285687]

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A i rp lane is probably the greatest invent ion of mankind. W right brothers f igured out the governing dynamics of control led f l ight. To this day, al l f ly ing

machines use pr inc ip les discovered by them.

Mac 128K

[USD 285687]

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This is Steve J ob' s f i rst patent. It was a design patent for the A pple M acintosh personal computer, which wasthe f i rst easy- to- use, low- cost computer for the average consumer.

Radio

[US 645576 , and US 649621 ]

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In 1897 Tesla appl ied for two patents on radio. In 190 4, the U .S. Patent Off ice reversed i ts decis ion,awarding M arconi a patent for the invent ion of radio. It wasn' t

unt i l 1943, a few months after Tesla ' s death, that the U .S. Supreme Court upheld Tesla ' s radio patents.

Transistor

[US 2524035 and US2569347]

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The transistor revolut ionized the f ie ld of electronics , and paved the way for smal ler and cheaper radios, calculators, and computers, among other th ings. The inventors were jo int ly awarded the 1956 Nobel Pr ize in Physics for their achievement

Space Capsule

[US 3001739]

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This patented technology is indespensib le for the U S manned mission program. It wi l l not be possib le to br ing astrounauts safely back to earth without th is

technology. It was used on M ercury and A pol lo crafts.

Page Rank Algo

[US6285999]

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L arry Page and Sergey Brin f i led patent for page rank algor i thm whi le they were studying at Stanford. The patent was in i t ia l ly assigned to Stanford U nivers i ty.The U nivers i ty received 1.8M shares of G oogle stock inexchange for patent l icense to G oogle.

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