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MR PEANUT trademark registered in 1925

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Patent #3,482,037 granted in 1969 to Marie V.B. Brown for a home security system

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James and Jovee Coulter patented a glow in the dark glove in 1996

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Patent #4,974,982 granted in 1990 to Thomas Nielson for a "keyring pocket pen"

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CHICLETS - gum trademark registered in 1905

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VOLKSWAGEN trademark registered in 1955

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KEEBLER trademark registered in 1926

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COUNT CHOCULA trademark registered in 1970

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WRIGLEY'S gum trademark registered in 1924

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BED IN A BAG trademark registered in 1996

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Ronald McFeely obtained patent in 1900 for a shoe making machine

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Computer Software Act of 1980 defines computer programs and clarifies the extent of protection afforded computer software

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Patent #5,372,826 for a ready-to-eat-cereal with the nuts, etc inside the flake was issued in 1994

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TILT-A-WHIRL trademark registered in 1926

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Patent #3,161,861 granted to Kenneth Olsen in 1964 for "magnetic core memory" (minicomputer)

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The movie "A Tale of Two Cities" was registered in 1935

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No. 1,000,000 Trademark registered in 1974 to Cumberland Packing Corp, for a simple G clef and staff design used on "Sweet'n Low"

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Patent 663,976 issued in 1900 to Elijah McCoy for a lubricator

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Mark Twain receives the 1st of 3 patents for suspenders, in 1871

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"The Yearling," a movie based on the novel by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, is registered in 1946

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Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was registered in 1937

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THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW trademark was registered in 1998

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Thomas Edison patents a magneto-electric machine in 1879

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Charles Beckley receives a patent in 1974 for a folding chair

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L.F. Holland patents an improved trailer in 1984

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Edwin Armstrong is granted a patent in 1933 for a two-path FM radio

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"The Theme From Star Trek" words by Gene Roddenberry, is registered in 1966

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Patent # 4,000,000 issued in 1976 to Robert Mendenhall for a process for recycling asphalt compositions

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LAVA soap trademark registered in 1896
DIAL soap trademark registered in 1959

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Patent for game "Monopoly" received in 1935 by Charles Darrow