Evolution of the MP3 By JillFolsland Jan 1, 1987 The Fraunhofer Institut in Germany started research on the Eureaka Project Apr 29, 1989 Fraunhofer received a German patent for MP3 Aug 29, 1993 MPEG-1 standard published Nov 26, 1996 United States patent issued for MP3. Jan 29, 1999 SubPop is the first to distribute music tracks in the MP3 format. Jul 29, 1999 Portable MP3 players appear. Aug 29, 2011 Today we use MP3 to transfer Music Everywhere