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9/8/19
“The thinking power called an idea”: Thomas Jefferson and the Right to Patents
by M. Andrew Holowchak
“Every discovery which multiplies the subsistence of man, must be a matter of joy to every friend to humanity.”
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SOURCE: NY Times
2/24/19
Seven Black Inventors Whose Patents Helped Shape American Life
Garrett Morgan created an improved gas mask. Marie Van Brittan Brown patented a home security system. Lonnie Johnson dreamed up the Super Soaker.
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