Inventor Record

Famous patents, in date order

Patents behind well-known inventions, with numbers as published by the patent office.

NumberTitleInventorGranted
US 174,465Improvement in telegraphyAlexander Graham Bell7 March 1876
US 223,898Electric lampThomas Alva Edison27 January 1880
US 252,386Process of manufacturing carbonsLewis Howard Latimer17 January 1882
DE 37435Vehicle with gas engine operationCarl Benz2 November 1886
US 381,968Electro-magnetic motorNikola Tesla1 May 1888
US 542,846Method of and apparatus for converting heat into workRudolf Diesel16 July 1895
US 743,801Window-cleaning deviceMary Anderson10 November 1903
US 808,897Apparatus for treating airWillis Haviland Carrier2 January 1906
US 1,090,936Breathing deviceGarrett Morgan24 March 1914
US 1,475,024Traffic signalGarrett Morgan20 November 1923
US 2,292,387Secret communication systemHedy Lamarr11 August 1942
US 2,495,429Method of treating foodstuffsPercy L. Spencer24 January 1950
US 3,149,290Gas optical maserAli Javan15 September 1964
US 3,819,587Wholly aromatic carbocyclic polycarbonamide fiber having orientation angle of less than about 45 degreesStephanie Kwolek25 June 1974
US 3,906,166Radio telephone systemMartin Cooper16 September 1975
US 4,302,518Electrochemical cell with new fast ion conductorsJohn B. Goodenough24 November 1981
US 4,329,017Fiber optics communications modulesNarinder Singh Kapany11 May 1982
GB 2115996Portable data processing and storage systemKane Kramer1985-03-20 (GB 2115996 B published)
US 4,593,429Vacuum cleaning applianceJames Dyson10 June 1986
US 4,668,595Secondary batteryAkira Yoshino26 May 1987
US 5,122,845Substrate for growing gallium nitride compound-semiconductor device and light emitting diodeHiroshi Amano16 June 1992
US 5,122,845Substrate for growing gallium nitride compound-semiconductor device and light emitting diodeIsamu Akasaki16 June 1992
US 5,290,393Crystal growth method for gallium nitride-based compound semiconductorShuji Nakamura1 March 1994
US 5,726,435Optically readable two-dimensional code and method and apparatus using the sameMasahiro Hara10 March 1998
US 6,153,410Recombination of polynucleotide sequences using random or defined primersFrances H. Arnold28 November 2000
US 7,154,091 B2Method and system for ultrafast photoelectron microscopeAhmed Zewail26 December 2006
OAPI 16213Software and hardware aspects of the Cardiopad (as described by WIPO, official title not fetched)Arthur Zang
EP 0789867 B1Method and apparatus for dynamically determining and managing connection topology of a hierarchical serial bus assemblyAjay V. Bhatt7 December 2011
US 10,266,850 B2Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcriptionEmmanuelle Charpentier23 April 2019
US 10,266,850 B2Methods and compositions for RNA-directed target DNA modification and for RNA-directed modulation of transcriptionJennifer A. Doudna23 April 2019