THIS MONTH IN IP HISTO®YDECEMBER
December 1, 1925 * Planters Nut Co. registers "Mr. Peanut"
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Dec. 1, 1948 * Scrabble board game registered for copyright protection.
the board game, and instructions
December 2, 1902, Olds Motor Works was granted its first registration for the OLDSMOBILE mark for “vehicles.”
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December 5, 1973
Paul McCartney & Wings release "Band on the Run"
Dec. 5, 1905 * The Fleer Co. chomps its "CHICLETS" trademark for gum
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December 6, 1870 * the (not Rubber) Aquatic Duck is patented
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Dec. 7, 1920 * PERISCOPE for submarines pops up for a patent registration.
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December 7, 1926* KEEBLER cooks up a trademark registration
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December 8, 1959
Clarence Fender rocks a patent for his electric guitar.
Dec. 8, 1970* COUNT CHOCULA takes a bite at the U.S. Trademark Office
registered for breakfast cereal
December 9, 1924 - Wrigley's gums their own trademark
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December 12, 1899* George Grant of Boston, MA obtains a patent granted for a GOLF-TEE.
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Dec. 13, 1966- Clarence Fender rocks another patent, this one for his bridge constructions for guitars.
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Dec. 14, 1909 - ULYSSES S. DE MOULIN initiates his initiation device - designed to provide a vehicle on which the initiate is to be placed, that portion of the vehicle constituting the seat being in th
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December 14, 1926: TILT-A-WHIRL spins in for a trademark registration
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Dec. 15, 1836* - the U.S. Patent Office, then located at the Blodgett's Hotel in Washington, D.C., was consumed by fire.
Among the lost patent-related materials were an estimated 7,000 models and 9,000 drawings of pending and patented inventions. Also destroyed in the flames were the file histories of thousands of patents and pending applications; these losses were considered the most serious because without supporting documentation, a patent was not valid and an application could not be prosecuted.
In the 46 years prior to the fire, the United States government had issued about 10,000 patents. Congress acted to restore those records that could be reconstructed from private files and reproduce models, which were deemed the most valuable and interesting. Patents whose records were not restored were cancelled. There were a total of 2,845 patents restored.
December 17, 1903 -Orville and Wilbur Wright complete the first successful flight.
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Dec. 18, 1979* Design Patent issued for a TOY FIGURE later sold by Lego
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December 19, 1995 - Wolfgang Puck registers SPAGO
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Dec. 21, 1999* the SEALED CRUSTLESS SANDWICH was patented
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Dec. 21, 1937 * Disney's SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS is registered for copyright.
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Dec. 21, 1830 - Jedidiah Beckwith got an exciting patent for his boring machine. The book “Repertory of Patent Inventions” describes the tool: “A frame is made having two uprights, like those of a standing press. A cylindrical vertical shaft fits and turns freely in holes at the top and bottom of the sliding frame; the augers or bits, with which the boring is to be performed, are adapted to the lower end of the shaft. By means of a handle, motion is given to the vertical wheel.” Beckwith also patented a rotary pump on April 16, 1831, and a double-acting metallic pump on Dec. 27, 1833, making him the county’s most prolific early inventor.
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Dec. 22, 1891* the Toilet Paper Roll is patented.
This solves the "over versus under" debate. As shown by the inventor,
Dec. 23, 1969 - SNOWMOBILE TREAD DRIVE AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM glides in for a patent registration.
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December 23, 1975 - Frank Smith devises a method of styling hair to cover partial baldness using only the hair on a person's head. The hair styling requires dividing a person's hair into three sections and carefully folding one section over another.
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Dec. 24, 1814* CHAUNCY HALL suits up in his patented DIVING SUIT*
This is one of the few patents that was restored after the Patent Office Fire.
Dec. 26, 1967 - Whammo's FLYING SAUCER later sold as a FRISBEE zooms in for patent registration.
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December 28, 1907* The Non-Refillable Bottle is patented
The opposite of GREEN is the non refillable bottle.
Dec. 28, 1886* Inventor and housewife Josephine Cochran patents the first useful dishwasher.
Cochran, a wealthy woman who entertained often, wanted a machine that could wash dishes faster than her servants, and without breaking them. When she couldn't find one, she built it herself.
She measured the dishes first, then she made wire compartments, each designed to fit plates, cups, or saucers. The compartments were placed inside a wheel that lay flat within a copper boiler. A motor turned the wheel while hot soapy water squirted from the bottom of the boiler and rained down on the dishes. Her invention worked! She showed the dishwasher at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, but only restaurants and hotels showed interest in it. Cochran founded a company to manufacture her dishwashers, which eventually became KitchenAid®.
