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Patent #382,280 granted to Nikola Tesla in 1888 for the "electrical transmission of power"

2

"Take me out to the ballgame" copyright registered by Albert von Tilzer

3

Manning patents mowing machine in 1831

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Patent for Helicopter Controls obtained in 1943 by Igor Sikorsky

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Mary Kies First women to get a patent. It was obtained in 1809 for "weaving straw with silk or thread"

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Ice-making machine patent received by John Gorrie in 1851

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Fire Escape Ladder Patented by Joesph Winters in 1878

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"White Christmas" registered by Irving Berlin in 1942. This song is said to be the most valuable music copyright in the world!

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OSCAR MAYER trademark registered in 1939

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Tiny Toon Adventures registered by Warner Brothers Inc, 1994

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Maxwell House Good to the last drop, trademark registered, 1926

12

Ottmar Mergenthaler receives a patent for a machine for producing printing bars in 1885

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VELCRO trademark registered 1958

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"Stars and Stripes Forever" by John Phillip Sousa copyright is registered in 1897.

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Listerine trademark registered 1923

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"Canada Dry" Pale Ginger Ale trademark registered, 1922

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Lorenzo Adkins patents a water wheel in 1839

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Artist Rembrandt Peale registers a lithographic portrait of President George Washington, based on his famous oil painting, in 1827
DUM DUMS lollipop trademark registered in 1925

19

Edward Acheson is issued a patent in 1896 for an electrical furnace used to produce one of the hardest industrial substances, carborundum

20

D. Hyde patents the fountain pen in 1830; Robert Baumann obtains a patent in 1958 for a satellite structure.

21

"The Natural" a movie based on the book by Bernard Malamud, is copyrighted in 1984

22

Orville and Wilbur Wright receive a patent in 1906 for a "Flying Machine" with a motor.

23

Patent Act of 1930 permits patenting of certain plants to help American culture

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Increased penalties for trafficking in counterfeit labels for certain works and criminal infringement of these works are added to the Copyright Act in 1982

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Andrew Moyer is granted a patent in 1948 for a method of mass production of penicillin

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Robert Mushet receives a patent in 1857 for methods of manufacturing steel

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James McLean is issued a patent in 1796 for a piano.

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Theo and Wayne Hart received a patent in 1996 for a ponytail hair clasp

29

First episode of the "I Love Lucy" television series is copyrighted in 1953

30

First Federal Copyright bill was enacted in 1790

31

Lea & Perrins Worchestershire Sauce, registered trademark in 1892