Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181687 | Transfer tool To provide a transfer tool that can be preferably used without a table such as a desk and can easily carry out the transfer operation in any places, the transfer tool includes a transfer tool main body (1) and a transferred object receiver (2) that is ... | 05/22/2012 |
| D659763 | Coating film transfer tool | 05/15/2012 |
| D659762 | Cartridge for coating film transfer tool | 05/15/2012 |
| D659761 | Coating film transfer tool | 05/15/2012 |
| D659428 | Work station | 05/15/2012 |
| D659427 | Work station | 05/15/2012 |
| D651650 | Coating film transfer tool | 01/03/2012 |
| D651492 | Scissors | 01/03/2012 |
| D651491 | Scissors | 01/03/2012 |
| D650387 | Scanner | 12/13/2011 |
| D648996 | Scissors | 11/22/2011 |
| D648393 | Cartridge for coating film transfer tool | 11/08/2011 |
| D645513 | Coating film transfer tool | 09/20/2011 |
| D630249 | Sticker for affixing punched hole reinforcing pieces | 01/04/2011 |
| D613517 | Chair | 04/13/2010 |
| D610841 | Desk | 03/02/2010 |
| D610840 | Desk | 03/02/2010 |
| D610839 | Desk | 03/02/2010 |
| D610838 | Desk | 03/02/2010 |
| D610613 | Punched hole reinforcing piece | 02/23/2010 |
| D609943 | Desk | 02/16/2010 |
| D609023 | Chair | 02/02/2010 |
| D609022 | Chair | 02/02/2010 |
| D609021 | Chair | 02/02/2010 |
| D607056 | Cartridge for coating film transfer tool | 12/29/2009 |
| D604527 | Chair | 11/24/2009 |
| D600462 | Chair | 09/22/2009 |
| D598498 | Coating film transfer tool | 08/18/2009 |
| D596418 | Chair | 07/21/2009 |
| D595971 | Chair | 07/14/2009 |
| D595970 | Chair | 07/14/2009 |
| D594905 | Coating film transfer tool | 06/23/2009 |
| D594904 | Coating film transfer tool | 06/23/2009 |
| D594255 | Furniture with top board | 06/16/2009 |
| D592702 | Cartridge for coating film transfer tool | 05/19/2009 |
| 7524130 | Member-joining device A member-joining device with which, when pipe members etc. are fixed to each other, a sufficient fastening force can be obtained even if the members have thin wall thickness. Member-joining device 8 has a first bridge member, a second bridge member and drawin... | 04/28/2009 |
| D590613 | Chair | 04/21/2009 |
| D588209 | Toy building block | 03/10/2009 |
| D587498 | Furniture article | 03/03/2009 |
| D577393 | Toy building block | 09/23/2008 |
