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Safety razor
a sharp blade stamped from inexpensive sheet steel. Patent Number: US 775134; Inventor: King Gillette -
Two-cone drill bit
The Hughes two-cone bit's revolutionary rolling action crushed hard-rock formations with twin cone-shaped, hardened steel bits, each with 166 cutting edges, revolving on bronze bearings shaped to provide a large surface with reduced friction. Patent Number: US 930758, Inventor: Howard R. Hughes -
Foot Measuring Device
The Brannock Device® foot-measuring device is a must in all retail footwear stores. Our device's measuring accuracy, quality construction, and simple, yet completely functional, design is what has made genuine Brannock measuring devices the standard in the footwear industry. Creator: Charles F. Brannock
Patent #: 1,682,366 -
Ice Rink Resurfacing Machine
Maintaining surfaces for ice sports, e.g. of skating rinks
Creator: Frank Zamboni
Patent #: 2,642,679 -
Apple Macbook
A microcomputer including a video generator and timing means which provides color and high resolution graphics on a standard, raster scanned, cathode ray tube is disclosed.
Creator: Stephen G. Wozniak
Patent#: US4136359A -
Squirt Gun
The toy gun was made from cast-iron and was threaded through with tubing attached to a squeeze bulb not unlike that of an eyedropper. You would have to fill up the bulb, then squeeze it for the water to come out. Subsequent models used the trigger to squeeze the bulb and make the water shoot out. Patent Number: US 4591071; Inventor: Lonnie Johnson -
Post-it Notes
The idea for the Post-it note was conceived in 1974 by Arthur Fry as a way of holding bookmarks in his hymnal while singing in the church choir. He was aware of an adhesive accidentally developed in 1968 by fellow 3M employee Spencer Silver. No application for the lightly sticky stuff was apparent until Fry's idea.
Creator: Arthur Fry
Patent #: 5,194,299 -
GoPro
an American technology company founded in 2002 by Nick Woodman. It manufactures eponymous action cameras and develops its own mobile apps and video-editing software. -
Fireeye
A computer worm detection system orchestrates a sequence of network activities in a computer network and monitors the computer network to identify an anomalous behavior of the computer network. The computer worm detection system then determines whether the anomalous behavior is caused by the computer worm and can determine an identifier for detecting the computer worm based on the anomalous behavior. Created by Ashar Aziz
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Facebook
a popular free social networking website that allows registered users to create profiles, upload photos and video, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family and colleagues. https://patents.google.com/patent/US8225376 -
Solarcity
Corporation is a subsidiary of Tesla, Inc. that specializes in solar energy services and is headquartered in San Mateo, California. SolarCity markets, manufactures, and installs residential and commercial solar panels in the US. It has also provided other energy services. https://patents.google.com/patent/US7904382 -
Instagram
a photo and video-sharing social networking service owned by Facebook, Inc.
Creator(s): Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
Patent #: 62-686422
