| Inventor
|
Invention
|
Date
|
Patent
Number |
Notes
|
|
Abrams, William B. |
Hame attachment |
Apr. 14,1891 |
450,550 |
Part for a draft horses' collar |
|
Adams, Christopher P. |
Method for performing amplification of nucleic acid with two primers
bound to a single solid support |
June 24, 1997 |
5,641,658 |
|
|
Adams, James S. |
Propelling means for aeroplanes |
Oct. 19, 1920 |
1,356,329 |
|
|
Albert, Albert P. |
Cotton picking apparatus |
Apr. 23, 1907 |
851,475 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Method of fabricating an imaging x-ray spectrometer |
Oct. 21, 1986 |
4,618,380 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Gaas Schottky barrier photo-responsive device and method of fabrication
|
Sept. 24, 1985 |
4,543,442 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Imaging x-ray spectrometer |
Sept. 18, 1984 |
4,472,728 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Dense dry etched multi-level metallurgy with non-overlapped vias
|
Sept. 15, 1981 |
4,289,834 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Method for forming dense dry etched multi-level metallurgy with
non-overlapped vias |
Oct. 23, 1979 |
4,172,004 |
|
|
Alcorn, George E. |
Hardened photoresist master image mask process |
May 6, 1980 |
4,201,800 |
|
|
Alexander, Nathaniel |
Folding chair |
July 4, 1911 |
997,108 |
|
|
Alexander, Ralph W. |
Corn planter check rower |
Apr. 18, 1882 |
256,610 |
|
|
Alexander, Winser Edward |
System for enhancing fine detail in thermal photographs
|
Nov. 17, 1970 |
3,541,333 |
|
|
Allen, Charles William |
Self-leveling table |
Nov. 1, 1898 |
613,436 |
|
|
Allen, Floyd |
Low cost telemeter for monitoring a battery and DC voltage converter
power supply |
Nov. 11, 1975 |
3,919,642 |
|
|
Allen, James B. |
Clothes line support |
Dec. 10, 1895 |
551,105 |
|
|
Allen, James Metthew |
Remote control apparatus |
June 29, 1937 |
2,085,624 |
|
|
Allen, John H. |
Pattern generator for simulating image generation |
Dec. 1, 1981 |
4,303,938 |
|
|
Allen, John S. |
Package-tie |
Apr. 14, 1914 |
1,093,096 |
|
|
Allen, Robert T. |
Vertical coin counting tube |
Jan. 1, 1963 |
3,071,243 |
|
|
Allen, Tanya R. |
Undergarment with a pocket for releasably securing an absorbent
pad |
July 5, 1994 |
5,325,543 |
|
|
Ammons, Virgie M. |
Fireplace damper actuating tool |
Sept 30, 1975 |
3,908,633 |
|
|
Ancker Johnson, Betsy |
Signal generators |
Nov. 22, 1966 |
3,287,659 |
|
|
Ashbourne, Alexander P. |
Refining coconut oil |
July 27, 1880 |
230,518 |
|
|
Ashbourne, Alexander P. |
Biscuit cutters |
Nov. 30, 1875 |
170,460 |
|
|
Ashbourne, Alexander P. |
Process of treating coconut |
Aug. 21, 1877 |
194,287 |
|
|
Ashbourne, Alexander P. |
Process for preparing coconut for domestic use |
June 1, 1875 |
163,962 |
|
|
Asom, Moses T. |
Semiconductor devices based on optical transitions between quasibound
energy levels |
Jan. 31, 1995 |
5,386,126 |
|
|
Bailey, Leonard C. |
Folding bed |
July 18, 1899 |
629,286 |
|
|
Bailey, Leonard C. |
Combined truss and bandage |
Sept. 25, 1883 |
285,545 |
|
|
Bailiff, Charles Orren |
Shampoo head rest |
Oct. 11, 1898 |
612,008 |
|
|
Bailis, William |
Ladder scaffold-supports |
Aug. 5, 1879 |
218,154 |
|
|
Baker, Bertram F. |
Automatic cashier |
Apr. 27, 1926 |
1,582,659 |
|
|
Baker, David |
Signal apparatus high water indicator for bridges |
Sept. 21,1915 |
1,154,162 |
|
|
Baker, David |
Interliners to prevent tire punctures |
Mar. 8, 1927 |
1,620,054 |
|
|
Baker, David |
Railway signal apparatus |
Feb. 25, 1913 |
1,054,267 |
|
|
Ballow, William J. |
Combined hat-rack and table |
Mar. 29, 1898 |
601,422 |
|
|
Bankhead, Charles A. |
Assembled composition printing process |
July 16, 1963 |
3,097,594 |
|
|
Banks, Charles M. |
Release valve |
Jan. 10, 1933 |
1,893,757 |
|
|
Banks, Charles M. |
Jack |
Sept. 2, 1930 |
1,774,693 |
|
|
Banks, Charles M. |
Hydraulic jack |
May 13, 1930 |
1,758,640 |
|
|
Barnes, George A. E. |
Design for sign |
Aug. 9, 1898 |
D 29,193 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Tie plate and joint brace |
Jan. 3, 1928 |
1,655,305 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Tie plate for railway |
Apr. 25, 1916 |
1,180,467 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Sand band for wagon |
June 13, 1905 |
792,109 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Hot box cooler and oiler |
Sept. 29, 1908 |
899,939 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Rail and tie brace |
Mar. 13, 1906 |
815,059 |
Improvement on same patent in 1923. |
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Indicator or bulletin |
Sept. 6, 1910 |
969,592 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Rail brace |
Feb. 27, 1923 |
1,446,957 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. |
Pole, post and tree protector |
June 12, 1928 |
1,673,729 |
|
|
Barnes, Ned E. and Edmond, Berger |
Automatic film mover |
Jan. 12, 1915 |
1,124,879 |
|
|
Barnes, Sharon J. |
Process and apparatus for contactless measurement of sample temperature
|
Jan. 29, 1991 |
4,988,211 |
|
|
Baron, Neville A. |
Apparatus and process for recurving the cornea of an eye
|
July 24, 1984 |
4,461,294 |
|
|
Barry, William |
Mail-canceling machine |
June 22, 1897 |
585,074 |
|
|
Barry, William |
Stacking device |
June 22, 1897 |
585,017 |
|
|
Barry, William |
Stacking device |
June 22, 1897 |
584,842 |
|
|
Barry, William |
Postmarking and canceling machine |
June 22, 1897 |
585,075 |
|
|
Barry, William |
Postal machine |
June 22, 1897 |
585,076 |
|
|
Bath, Patricia E. |
Method and apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses
|
Dec. 1, 1998 |
5,843,071 |
|
|
Bath, Patricia E. |
Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses |
May 17, 1988 |
4,744,360 |
|
|
Bath, Patricia E. |
Laser apparatus for surgery of cataractous lenses |
July 6, 1999 |
5,919,186 |
|
|
Battle, James |
Variable resistance resistor assembly |
Sept. 12, 1972 |
3,691,503 |
|
|
Bauer, James A. |
Coin changer mechanism |
Jan. 20, 1970 |
3,490,571 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon |
Solid microglobules containing dispersed materials |
Nov. 25, 1975 |
3,922,373 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon |
Pressure-sensitive record sheet and coating composition
|
April 27, 1971 |
3,576,660 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon |
Method of producing microcapsules and resulting product
|
Aug. 15, 1978 |
4,107,071 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon |
Process of feeding larval marine animals |
Feb. 14, 1978 |
4,073,946 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon |
Water solubilization of vanadyl-hardened poly(vinyl alcohol) films
useful as capsule wall material |
Dec. 21, 1971 |
3,629,140 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon and Emrick, Donald Day |
Encapsulation process and its product |
April 6, 1971 |
3,574,133 |
|
|
Bayless, Robert Gordon and Emrick, Donald Day |
Encapsulation process and its product |
Feb. 23, 1971 |
3,565,818 |
|
|
Beard, Andrew Jackson |
Rotary engine |
July 5, 1892 |
478,271 |
|
|
Beard, Andrew Jackson |
Car-coupling |
Nov. 23, 1897 |
594,059 |
"Jenny Coupler" which reportedly saved the lives of many
trainmen. Beard was a former slave. |
|
Becket, George E. |
Letter box |
Oct. 4, 1892 |
483,525 |
|
|
Beckley, Charles Randolph |
Folding chair |
Dec. 24, 1974 |
3,856,345 |
|
|
Becoat, Billie J. |
Dual wheel driven bicycle |
May 26, 1992 |
5,116,070 |
|
|
Becoat, Billie J. |
Kit for converting a bicycle to a dual wheel driven cycle
|
Jan. 23, 1990 |
4,895,385 |
|
|
Becoat, Billie J. |
Kit for converting a bicycle to a dual wheel driven cycle
|
Apr. 2, 1991 |
5,004,258 |
|
|
Becoat, Billie J. |
Dual wheel driven bicycle |
Feb. 9, 1993 |
5,184,838 |
|
|
Belcher, Paul Eugene and Hobel, Daniel |
Remote AC power control with control pulses at the zero crossing
of the AC wave |
May 4, 1982 |
4,328,482 |
|
|
Bell, Landrow |
Dough kneaders |
Dec. 10, 1872 |
133,823 |
|
|
Bell, Landrow |
Locomotive smoke stack |
May 23, 1871 |
115,153 |
|
|
Benjamin, Alfred |
Stainless steel scouring pads |
June 19, 1962 |
3,039,125 |
|
|
Benjamin, Lyde W. |
Broom moistener and bridle |
May 16, 1893 |
497,747 |
|
|
Benjamin, Miriam E. |
Gong and signal chairs for hotels |
July 17, 1888 |
386,289 |
Adapted for use by the U.S. House of Representatives |
|
Benton, James W. |
Lever-derrick |
Oct. 2, 1900 |
658,939 |
Benton walked from Kentucky to Washington to get his patent
|
|
Berman, Bertha |
Fitted bed sheet |
Oct. 6, 1959 |
2,907,055 |
|
|
Binga, M. William |
Street sprinkling apparatus |
July 22, 1879 |
217,843 |
|
|
Bishop, Alfred A. |
Nuclear reactor with self-orificing radial blanket |
Mar. 7, 1978 |
4,077,835 |
|
|
Blackburn, Albert B. |
Spring seat for chairs |
Apr. 3, 1888 |
380,420 |
|
|
Blackburn, Albert B. |
Cash carrier |
Oct. 23, 1888 |
391,577 |
|
|
Blackburn, Albert B. |
Railway signal |
Jan. 10, 1888 |
376,362 |
|
|
Blackburn, Charles M. |
Electronic counting apparatus |
Nov. 9, 1971 |
3,618,819 |
|
|
Blair, Henry |
Cotton planter |
Aug. 31, 1836 |
|
Patents unnumbered during this period |
|
Blair, Henry |
Seed planter |
Oct. 14, 1834 |
8447X |
|
|
Blanton, John W. |
Hydromechanical rate damped servo system |
Aug. 27, 1963 |
3,101,650 |
|
|
Blue, Lockrum |
Hand corn shelling device |
May 20, 1884 |
298,937 |
|
|
Bluford, Guion S. |
Artillery ammunition training round |
Feb. 13, 1951 |
2,541,025 |
|
|
Bondu, David M. |
Golf tee |
Sept. 23, 1975 |
3,907,289 |
|
|
Booker, L. F. |
Rubber scraping knife |
Mar. 28, 1899 |
D 30,404 |
|
|
Booker, Peachy |
Flying landing platform |
Oct. 10, 1961 |
3,003,717 |
|
|
Boone, Sarah |
Ironing board |
Apr. 26, 1892 |
473,653 |
|
|
Bowman, Henry A. |
Method of making flags |
Feb. 23, 1892 |
469,395 |
|
|
Boyd, Robert N. |
Dental filling composition of a coefficient of thermal expansion
approximating that of natural tooth enamel |
Mar. 31, 1970 |
3,503,128 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Self supporting electrical resistor composed of glass, refractory
materials and noble metal oxide |
May 12, 1981 |
4,267,074 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistance element and method of making the same
|
Sept. 6, 1966 |
3,271,193 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical capacitor and method of making same |
June 22, 1965 |
3,191,108 |
Boykin received many patents for electronic devices |
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistor and method of making same |
Dec. 31, 1985 |
4,561,996 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Method of making a thin film capacitor |
Oct. 24, 1967 |
3,348,971 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistor and method of making the same |
Nov. 29, 1983 |
4,418,009 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistor |
Feb. 21, 1961 |
2,972,726 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistance element |
Feb. 14, 1967 |
3,304,199 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Electrical resistance element and method of making the same
|
July 4, 1967 |
3,329,526 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Thin film capacitor |
July 23, 1968 |
3,394,290 |
|
|
Boykin, Otis F. |
Wire type precision resistor |
June 16, 1959 |
2,891,227 |
|
|
Bradberry, Henrietta |
Torpedo discharge means |
Dec. 11, 1945 |
2,390,688 |
Bradberry invented the underwater torpedo-cannon during WWII.
|
|
Bradberry, Henrietta |
Bed rack |
May 25, 1943 |
2,320,027 |
|
|
Briscoe, James R. |
Building blocks with sides converging upwardly |
April 9, 1968 |
3,376,682 |
|
|
Brittain, Thomas H. |
Level |
Nov. 23, 1909 |
940,671 |
|
|
Brooks, Charles B. |
Street-sweeper |
Apr. 21, 1896 |
558,719 |
|
|
Brooks, Charles B. |
Punch |
Oct. 31, 1893 |
507,672 |
|
|
Brooks, Charles B. |
Dust-proof bag for street-sweepers |
May 12, 1896 |
560,154 |
|
|
Brooks, Charles B. |
Street sweeper |
Mar. 17, 1896 |
556,711 |
|
|
Brooks, James M. |
Envelope moistener |
Apr. 7, 1914 |
1,092,688 |
|
|
Brooks, John S. |
Internal combustion engine spark timing control including peak combustion
sensor |
Nov. 13, 1984 |
4,481,925 |
|
|
Brooks, Phil |
Disposable syringe |
Apr. 9, 1974 |
3,802,434 |
|
|
Brooks, Robert Roosevelt |
Line blanking apparatus for color bar generating equipment
|
Aug. 1, 1967 |
3,334,178 |
|
|
Brooks, Robert Roosevelt |
Vertical and horizontal aperture equalization |
Dec. 8, 1970 |
3,546,372 |
|
|
Brooks, Robert Roosevelt |
Preset sensitivity and amplication control system |
June 30, 1970 |
3,518,371 |
|
|
Brown, Henry |
Receptacle for storing and preserving papers |
Nov. 2, 1886 |
352,036 |
|
|
Brown, Firmin Charles |
Self-feeding attachment for furnaces |
July 2, 1929 |
1,719,258 |
|
|
Brown, Henry T. |
Reactivating hydroforming catalysts |
Oct. 22, 1968 |
3,407,135 |
|
|
Brown, Henry T. |
Combined isomerization & crack |
Sept. 19, 1961 |
3,000,995 |
|
|
Brown, Lincoln F. |
Bridle bit |
Oct. 25, 1892 |
484,994 |
|
|
Brown, Marie Van Brittan |
Home security system utilizing televison surveillance |
Dec. 2, 1969 |
3,482,037 |
|
|
Brown, Oscar E. |
Horseshoe |
Aug. 23, 1892 |
481,271 |
|
|
Brown, Paul L. |
Spinable stringless top |
Aug. 11, 1970 |
3,523,386 |
|
|
Browne, Hugh M. |
Sewer or other trap |
Apr. 29, 1890 |
426,429 |
|
|
Browne, Hugh M. |
Damper regulator |
Apr. 28, 1908 |
886,183 |
|
|
Bryant, Curtis L. |
Protective device for automobiles |
Apr. 30, 1935 |
1,999,171 |
|
|
Bundy, Robert F. |
Signal generator |
Jan. 26, 1960 |
2,922,924 |
|
|
Burgin, Paul D. |
Head lamp rim remover |
Jan. 13, 1931 |
1,788,507 |
|
|
Burkins, Eugene |
Breech-loading cannon |
May 15, 1900 |
649,433 |
|
|
Burnham, Gerald Owens |
Direction coded digital stroke generator providing a plurality of
symbols |
Feb. 10, 1976 |
3,938,130 |
|
|
Burr, John Albert |
Lawn mower |
May 9, 1899 |
624,749 |
|
|
Burr, William F. |
Switching device for railways |
Oct. 31, 1899 |
636,197 |
|
|
Burridge, Lee S. and Marshman, Newman R. |
Type-writing machine |
Apr. 7, 1885 |
315,366 |
|
|
Burton, Gus |
Emergency landing runway |
June 13, 1944 |
2,351,002 |
|
|
Burwell, Wilson |
Boot or shoe |
Nov. 28, 1899 |
638,043 |
|
|
Butler, Francis Edward |
Drill mine |
Nov. 17, 1959 |
2,912,929 |
|
|
Butler, Francis Edward |
Audible underwater signal |
Aug. 20, 1957 |
2,803,807 |
|
|
Butler, Francis Edward |
Watertight electrical connector |
July 4, 1961 |
2,991,441 |
|
|
Butler, Richard A. |
Train alarm |
June 15, 1897 |
584,540 |
|
|
Butts, John W. |
Luggage carrier |
Oct. 10, 1899 |
634,611 |
|
|
Byrd, Turner, Jr. |
Improvement in holders for reins for harness |
Feb. 6, 1872 |
123,328 |
|
|
Byrd, Turner, Jr. |
Improvement in neck yokes for wagons |
Apr. 30, 1872 |
126,181 |
|
|
Byrd, Turner, Jr. |
Improvement in car couplings |
Dec. 1, 1874 |
157,370 |
|
|
Byrd, Turner, Jr. |
Apparatus for detaching horses from carriages |
Mar. 19, 1872 |
124,790 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Acoustic analysis of gas mixtures |
Feb. 28, 1995 |
5,392,635 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Plasma etch end point detection process |
Mar. 2, 1999 |
5,877,407 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Acoustic analysis of gas mixtures |
Apr. 29, 1997 |
5,625,140 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Electrochemical generation of silane |
Apr. 23, 1996 |
5,510,007 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Acoustic analysis of gas mixtures |
Mar. 26, 1996 |
5,501,098 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Process and apparatus for generating precursor gases used in the
manufacture of semiconductor devices |
Dec. 12, 1995 |
5,474,659 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Process for the manufacture of devices |
Jun. 27, 1995 |
5,427,659 |
|
|
Cadet, Gardy |
Acoustic analysis of gas mixtures |
Sept. 7, 1999 |
5,948,967 |
|
|
Caliver, Ambrose |
Work cabinet |
Jan. 5, 1926 |
1,568,498 |
|
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