1

"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L.Frank Baum is copyrighted in 1900

2

Patent for a "glass shaping machine" granted to Michael Owen, in 1904. The immense production of glass bottles, jars, etc owes its inception to this invention

3

Street Car Controller patented by Walter Knight and William Potter in 1897

4

'POPPIN FRESH' trademark registered in 1970 by Pillsbury Company

5

Patent #5,652,975 for an automatic talking potty apparatus issued to Glory Hoskin in 1997

6

William Coolidge obtained patent for the cathode ray tube in 1935, a critical ingredient of t.v. and other electronic applications

7

FLEXIBLE FLYER trademark registered 1906

8

Patent # 1,000,000 issued in 1911 to Francis Holton for a vehicle tire

9

Rudolf Diesel of France granted patent #608,845 in 1898 for an "internal combustion engine" the Diesel engine

10

FORD trademark for "explosive-engines and their parts" registered in 1909
VERMONT MAID trademark for blended cane and maple table syrup registered in 1920

11

Hedy Markey receieved a patent for a secret communication system in 1942

12

Clarence Birdseye patents a method for packaging frozen foods in 1930

13

Publisher registers an edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" in 1890

14

"The Washington Post March" by John Phillip Sousa is registered in 1889.

15

President George Bush issues a proclamation commemorating the bicentennial anniversary of the 1st patent and copyright laws in 1989

16

Patent #2,478,967 granted to Leonard Greene of Mineola, NY in 1949 for an "airplane stall warning device"

17

Patent #5,236,208 issued in 1993 to Thomas Welsh for a platform steerable skateboard

18

Plant Patent #1 issued in 1949 to Henry Bosenberg of New Brunswick, NJ, for a climbing rose

19

HOSTESS trademark registered in 1919 by William B. Ward

20

Philo Farnsworth patents a television in 1930

21

1st practical adding & listing machine patented in 1888 by William Burroughs

22

Television Show - "Adventures of Superman" is registered in 1952

23

CINCINNATI BENGALS trademark registered in 1977

24

Patent # 5,238,437 for a Bubble Dispensing Doll issued in 1993 by Vowles, Barad, Smith and Stern

25

British burn Washington, D.C. in 1814, but the Patent Office is saved by the British Superintendent of Patents, Dr. William Thornton

26

Arthur McCurdy obtains a patent in 1902 for a daylight developing tank for roll film

27

Clara Barton becomes the 1st female federal employee to achieve equal status when she is hired by the Patent Office in 1855 as a clerk

28

ORAL B trademark registered 1951

29

Whitcomb Judson receives a patent in 1893 for the zipper

30

The song "Hey Jude" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney was registered in 1968

31

Thomas Edison patents a kinetographic camera in 1897