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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 |
| 4715757 | Attachment apparatus and method for attaching An apparatus which attaches a first device within a cavity of an anchor without using inserts, flanges, or adhesives is disclosed. Flexibility in positioning the device relative to the anchor is provided regardless of whether the anchor cavity or the devi... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4576402 | Locking pipe sub A locking pipe sub is disclosed including a threaded pin connection for engaging, for example, a pipe stuck in a well bore. The threads on the pin are formed in two sections which are adapted to align upon initial make-up of the sub to the stuck pipe, but... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4309140 | Self-locking threaded fastener and unlocking tool combination A threaded bolt has two elongated shank parts, the adjoining part ends having mating, stepped shapes. The shank parts when held and rotated in unison can be threaded in a piece such as a nut, but when not so held will frictionally bind in the threads of t... | 01/05/1982 |
