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First known copyright granted in Venice in 1486

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Richard Channing Garfield received a patent in 1997 for a trading card game

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A patent for the production of diuretics in 1940 is obtained by Bockmuhl, Middendorf and Fritzsche

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George Eastman patents the roll film camera -Kodak- in 1888

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Constitutional clause concerning patents and copyrights is adopted by the constitutional convention in 1787

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Combined Cap & Baseball Mitt Patent #4,768,232 granted in 1988

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Patent # 2,448,908 granted to Louis Parker in 1948 for a television receiver. His "intercarrier sound system" is used in all television receivers in the world. Without it t.v. receivers would not work as well and would be more costly.

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William Hinds patents a candlestick in 1868

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Ten countries, not including the U.S. join the Berne Convention for the protection of literary and artistic works in 1886

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The song "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-Der-E" by Henry J. Sayers is registered in 1891

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Motor Vehicle patent granted in 1900 to Francis and Freelan Stanley

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Patent #3,000,000 granted in 1961 for an automatic reading system for utilities by Kenneth Eldredge

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Patent #107,304 granted to Daniel C. Stillson in 1870 for a "wrench" (improved monkey wrench)

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TOOTSIE trademark for chocalate candy registered in 1909
| PEPSI-COLA trademark for beverages registered in 1937

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An Wang obtains a patent in 1968 for a calculating apparatus, a basic component of computer technology

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Words & music to"Jingle Bells" registered in 1857 by Oliver Ditson and Co. under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh

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Elmer Sperry receives a patent in 1918 for the gyrocompass, essential to modern ship navigation

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Louisa May Alcott's book, "Little Women" (first published October 3, 1868) is registered in 1915

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Melville Bissell patents a carpet-sweeper in 1876

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Patent #2,130,948 granted for "syntheic fiber" (nylon) in 1938 to Wallace H. Carothers

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Baseball Batting Apparatus patented - #5,246,226 granted in 1993

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Poolside Basketball Game - Patent #5,149,086, granted in 1992
Sunken Treasure Chest - Patent #5810364, granted in 1998

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Johannes Ostermeier was issued a patent for the flash blub in 1930

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Fire destroyed many models in the Patent Office in 1877, but the important records were saved

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The song "Do-Re-Mi" from the "Sound of Music" by Rodger and Hammerstein is registered in 1959

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Patent for an aeiral capsule (satellite) emergency separation device was obtained by Maxime Faget and Andre Meyer in 1961

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Anacleto Montero Sanchez received a patent for a "hypodermic syringe" in 1977

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Pilot episode of the TV series M*A*S*H is registered in 1979

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Hand Controller for Video Game patented in 1998 as a Design, #398,938

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Roller Skate Invented by Hui-Chin from Taiwan, patent #5,671,931, in 1997