One type of patent is the design patent, which protects "ornamental characteristics." If the design is sufficiently innovative, it may receive a design patent.
Mary Kies was the first woman to receive a US patent. She patented her method of weaving straw with silk.
William F. Semple receive a patent for chewing gum on December 28, 1869.
Sarah Goode was the first African American women to receive a U.S. patent. She received it in 1885 for a bed that folded up into a desk.
First African American woman to receive a patent, designed furniture and received a patent for a fold-away bed
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It is usually mailed to you after your application has been examined and accepted.
Former slave Sarah E. Goode received a patent for a bed that folded into a desk.
Ice cream freezer
There are hundreds of cosmetics with US patents.
Thomas Jennings was the first African American to receive a patent.
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