Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4851784 | Phase comparators A phase comparator accepts two streams of digital pulses, one being a reference signal and the other a test signal, and generates an output signal indicative of the phase difference. The phase comparator can be implemented as a four-state device or higher... | 07/25/1989 |