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Cool Patents

Thomas Edison light bulb patent

The Electric-Lamp

US233898

Thomas A. Edison

Telegraphy

Alexander Graham Bell

US174465

Alexander Graham Bell telegraphy patent
Wright Brothers airplane patent

The Flying Machine

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright

US821393

Phonograph or Speaking Machine

Thomas A. Edison

US200521

Thomas Edison phonograph patent
Zipper patent

Clasp Locker or Unlocker for Shoes ("Zipper")

Whitcomb L. Judson

US504038

Navigable Ballon

Ferdinand Graf Zeppelin

US621195

*Zeppelin was also the inventor of the Hindenburg

Zeppelin patent - from the creator of the Hindenburg
Fender Guitar patent

Guitar

Clarence L. Fender

USD164227

Statue

Auguste Bartholdi

USD11023

Statue of Liberty design patent
Abraham Lincoln's patent

Buoying Vessels Over Shoals

Abraham Lincoln

US6469

*Lincoln is the only U.S. President to obtain a patent.

Electronic Device ("iPhone")

Andre et al. (Apple Inc.)

USD558756

*There are 14 inventors credited on the patent, including Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs Iphone design patent
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