Inventors and their patents
Who invented it, and what the patent says
34 inventors and 30 patents, drawn from patent office records and official archives. Where an invention was never patented, the record says so.
Fields
Chemistry and materials (8)Communications and computing (7)Electronics and semiconductors (8)Engineering and transport (6)Medicine and biology (3)Other fields (2)
Inventors
Ahmed ZewailStudies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopyBorn in Damanhur, Egypt · 1 patent on recordAjay V. BhattUniversal Serial Bus (USB)Indian-American · 1 patent on recordAkira YoshinoDevelopment of the lithium-ion batteryBorn in Suita, Japan · 1 patent on recordAlexander Graham BellTelephoneBorn in Edinburgh, Scotland · 1 patent on recordAli JavanHelium-neon gas laserBorn in Tehran, Iran, came to the United States in 1948 · 1 patent on recordArthur ZangCardiopad medical tabletCameroonian, as described by WIPO and Rolex · 1 patent on recordCarl BenzBenz Patent Motor Car, regarded as the first automobileBorn in Karlsruhe, died in Ladenburg · 1 patent on recordCharles K. KaoTransmission of light in fibres for optical communicationBorn in Shanghai, China, worked in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong · 0 patents on recordEmmanuelle CharpentierCRISPR-Cas9 genome editingBorn in Juvisy-sur-Orge, France · 1 patent on recordFrances H. ArnoldDirected evolution of enzymesBorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 patent on recordGarrett MorganBreathing device (safety hood) and a three-way traffic signalBorn in Paris, Kentucky, United States · 2 patents on recordHedy LamarrFrequency hopping communication system patented with George AntheilBorn in Austria · 1 patent on recordHiroshi AmanoEfficient blue light-emitting diodes using gallium nitrideBorn in Hamamatsu, Japan · 1 patent on recordIsamu AkasakiEfficient blue light-emitting diodes using gallium nitrideBorn in Chiran, Japan · 1 patent on recordJames DysonBagless cyclonic vacuum cleanerBritish · 1 patent on recordJennifer A. DoudnaCRISPR-Cas9 genome editingBorn in Washington, D.C., United States · 1 patent on recordJohn B. GoodenoughDevelopment of the lithium-ion batteryBorn in Jena, Germany · 1 patent on recordKane KramerIXI digital music player conceptNot stated in the sources read · 1 patent on recordLewis Howard LatimerProcess for manufacturing carbon filaments for electric lampsBorn in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States · 1 patent on recordMartin CooperFirst handheld cellular telephoneBorn in Chicago, Illinois, United States · 1 patent on recordMary AndersonWindow-cleaning device, an early windshield wiperCitizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, Alabama, as stated in her 1903 patent · 1 patent on recordMasahiro HaraQR codeStudied at Hosei University and worked at Denso in Japan · 1 patent on recordNarinder Singh KapanyImage transmission through optical fibre bundlesBorn in Moga, India · 1 patent on recordNikola TeslaInduction motor with a rotating magnetic fieldBorn in Smiljan (present-day Croatia), came to the United States in 1884 · 1 patent on recordPercy L. SpencerHigh-efficiency magnetron production and the microwave ovenBorn in Howland, Maine, United States · 1 patent on recordRudolf DieselPressure-ignited heat engine (diesel engine)French-born, described in his 1895 US patent as a subject of the King of Bavaria residing at Berlin · 1 patent on recordRuth BeneritoEasy-care (wash and wear) cotton processBorn in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States · 0 patents on recordShuji NakamuraEfficient blue light-emitting diodesBorn in Ikata, Japan · 1 patent on recordStephanie KwolekDiscovery of liquid crystalline polymer solutions that led to Kevlar fibreBorn in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, United States · 1 patent on recordSumio IijimaCarbon nanotubesBorn in Saitama, Japan · 0 patents on recordThomas Alva EdisonCarbon-filament electric lamp and the industrial research laboratoryBorn in Milan, Ohio, United States · 1 patent on recordTim Berners-LeeWorld Wide WebBorn in London, England · 0 patents on recordTu YouyouDiscovery of artemisinin, a malaria therapyBorn in Ningbo, China · 0 patents on recordWillis Haviland CarrierSpray-type air conditioning and psychrometric formulaeBorn near Angola, New York, United States · 1 patent on record