1

Matthews, Tansil and Fannin obtained a patent in 1983 for a digital voice mail system

2

Alfonso Alvarez received patent for "dual-vent windows" in 1965

3

The 1st episode of the TV program "Dragnet" was copyrighted in 1952

4

Roy Plunkett received a patent in 1941 for "tetrafluoro-ethylene polymers" (TEFLON)

5

MARY JANE trademark registered in 1924

6

Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" was copyrighted in 1947
SUNMAID raisins trademark registered in 1917

7

Larry Gunter and Tracie Williams received a patent in 1995 for a personalized interactive storybook

8

Charles Kettering received a patent in 1916 for a self-starting automobile engine

9

Robert Fulton is granted a patent for the practical steamboat in 1811

10

Sidney Jacoby was granted a patent in 1976 for a combination smoke and heat detector alarm

11

National Inventor's Hall of Fame founded in 1973 -- on the anniversary of Thomas Edison's birth in 1847

12

Stephen Kovacs received a patent for a magnetic heart pump in 1974

13

Charles Chidsey received a patent for male baldness solution in 1979

14

Horace Smith and Daniel Wesson patent a firearm in 1854

15

William Kolff obtained patent in 1972 for the soft shell mushroom shaped artificial heart

16

James Markham receives the 1st fruit tree patent in 1932 for a peach tree

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Chester Stone patents a washing machine in 1827

18

Auguste Bartholdi is granted design patent in 1879 for the Statue of Liberty

19

Thomas Edison received patent for the phonograph in 1878

20

John Drummond was granted a patent in 1846 for molds for the manufacture of candles

21

John Deere received a patent for ploughs in 1865

22

Ernst Alexanderson was issued a patent in 1916 for selective radio tuning system

23

The song "As Time Goes By" from the movie Casablanca was copyrighted in 1943

24

HIS MASTER'S VOICE trademark registered in 1925

25

John Holland was granted a patent for a submarine in 1902

26

HOBIE surfboards trademark registered in 1963

27

Felix Hoffman patented acetyl salicylic acid --aspirin-- in 1900

28

Donald Mauldin received a patent for a knee brace in 1984

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KOOKY DOODLES trademark registered in 1972