US Patent No. 174,465 was issued to Alexander G. Bell on March 7, 1876, based upon work done by Meucci and others over the preceding 20 years ago.
Alexander Graham Bell
He was the first person to patent the invention of the telephone>
Alexander Graham Bell
The first patent for the telephone was awarded to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876. However, the invention of the telephone is disputed.
February 14, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both rushed to the patent office on February 14, 1876, to see who could file the patent for the telephone first. Bell's request was read first, and so the patent was granted to him on March 7 1876.
The date the patent was granted.
Alexander Graham Bell holds the patent for the telephone in 1876 though there is some dispute as to whom was actually first.
He made the first telephone
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Alexander Graham Bell Invented the telephone and sold his patent to AT&T
Who invented the telephone?Credit for the invention of the electric telephone is frequently disputed, and new controversies over the issue have arisen from time-to-time. As with other great inventions such as radio, television, light bulb, and computer, there were several inventors who did pioneering experimental work on voice transmission over a wire and improved on each other's ideas.An undisputed fact is that Alexander Graham Bell was the first to be awarded a patent for the electric telephone by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in March 1876. That first patent by Bell was the master patent of the telephone, from which all other patents for electric telephone devices and features flowed.
elisha gray invented it but he could not afford the patent and while he was trying to get the money together Alexander graham bell got the patent and has been credited with inventing it. sadly elisha gray died when awaiting the court date to get the patent turned over to him.