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1/4 On this date in #innovation history: famous American author Mark Twain receives his first #patent in 1871 for his #invention of new suspenders to hold up one's pants. His patent lists his legal name of Samuel Clemens. #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com @MarkTwainMuseum@twitter.com

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1/2 On this date in #innovation history: Orville & Wilbur Wright achieve in 1903 the first powered human flight at Kitty Hawk, changing forever human transportation across the world. They obtain a #patent for their #invention in 1906. #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com @WrightBrosNPS@twitter.com

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1/2 On this date in #innovation history: Laszlo Biro receives #patent in 1945 for his #invention of modern ballpoint pen. Ballpoint pen was 1st invented by John Loud in 1888, but Biro’s is 1st practicable & successful ballpoint pen #PatentsMatter @bicpens@twitter.com @BICGroup@twitter.com @InventorsHOF@twitter.com

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On this date in #innovation history: Lloyd Espenschied & Herman Affel at @BellLabs@twitter.com receive a #patent in 1931 for their #invention of coaxial cable, vastly expanding capacity of telephone & later TV & computer transmissions in #telecommunication revolution. #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com

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1/3 On this date in #innovation history: Leo Baekeland receives a #patent in 1909 for his method of making revolutionary #invention of synthetic plastic, which he produced and marketed as Bakelite (a variation on his name) #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com @IAmBiotech@twitter.com @BASF@twitter.com @InventorsHOF@twitter.com

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1/2 On this date in #innovation history: Robert Goddard receives a #patent in 1916 for his #invention of ground-breaking rocket technology that is basis of human space flight #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com @NASAGoddard@twitter.com @NASAhistory@twitter.com @SpaceX@twitter.com @blueorigin@twitter.com @virgingalactic@twitter.com @elonmusk@twitter.com @JeffBezos@twitter.com

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On this date in #innovation history: engineers at @Blackberry@twitter.com receive a #patent in 2002 for their #invention of the breakthrough Blackberry smartphone, which primarily defined what was a smartphone until the iPhone was released in 2007 #tech #mobile #PatentsMatter @uspto@twitter.com @AjitPai@twitter.com

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On this date in #innovation history: Theodore Maiman receives a #patent in 1967 for his #invention of a ruby laser, the first practicable laser. Maiman is credited along with Schawlow, Townes & Gould, as a key inventor of laser technology. @uspto@twitter.com @InventorsHOF@twitter.com #PatentsMatter

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