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...that Thomas Edison's patent application on his phonograph was approved by the Patent Office in just seven weeks? In contrast, it took Gordon Gould, the inventor of the laser, 30 years to obtain his patent -- finally awarded in 1988!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4660141 | Self configuring computer network with automatic bus exchange of module identification numbers and processor assigned module numbers In a computer network having a system bus, a system processor connected to the system bus, and a plurality of local processors each connected to a respective local bus each having a plurality of interface cards attached thereto, each interface card includ... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4635192 | Self configuring bus structure for computer network A computer bus structure includes a plurality of separate bus segments on a mother board. Plugging in of each of a plurality of interface boards automatically connects the right-hand portion of a particular bus segment to the left-hand portion of an adjac... | 01/06/1987 |
| 4622633 | Object building method for self configuring computer network A computer system including a first processor and a plurality of removable interface circuits is operated by storing hardware descriptors for each interface circuit, each hardware descriptor including a name and an attribute of each component of the inter... | 11/11/1986 |
