The first patent for the telephone was issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876. This patent, known as U.S. Patent No. 174,465, marked a significant milestone in telecommunications. Subsequent patents related to improvements and variations of the telephone were issued in the following years, but Bell's original patent remains the most notable.
No, a patent cannot be renewed after 20 years of its issuance.
No, a patent cannot be renewed after 20 years of its issuance.
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.
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A published patent refers to the publication of a patent application, which is be reviewed by the Patent Authority (USPTO, EPO, JPTO, etc.). Once the merits of the application are acknowledged by the Examiner, process which takes from about to 2 to 4 years, the patent is granted (issued). The difference is that a patent application does not protect the inventor from any potential infraction to his/her inventive matter, and the inventor is allowed to start civil actions against the infractor, only once the patent is granted.
Sarah Boone received a patent for inventing the ironing board. That patent was issued on April 26, 1892. She was about 60 years old when the patent was approved.
In 1908, U.S Patent 887,357 for a wireless telephone was issued to Nathen B. Stubblefield of Murray,KY. He applied this patent to "cave radio" telephones and not directly to cellular telephony as the term is currently understood. Two years later Lars Magnus Ericsson installed a telephone in his car, although this was not a radio telephone. I do not have explain the whole story but now Ericsson cell phones are very popular. If you are interested in this subject it is very well worth your time to research.
In Virginia, judgments are enforceable for 20 years from the date they are issued. After 20 years, the judgment may need to be renewed to remain enforceable.
The telephone was invented no later than 1876, the year that Alexander Graham Bell was awarded a patent for it.
The concept of the elevator has been in existence for thousands of years. The major patents were issued in 1850's, before the telephone or the radio.
Generally, no. A patent can only be issued for an invention that is "new and non-obvious". Anything that has been used in public, or described in any publication anywhere in the world is no longer "new".