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Name
Number
Author
Published
Morse code
1647
Morse, Samuel F. B.
1840
rotary printing press
5199
Hoe, Richard M.
1847
telegraph
6420
Morse, S.F.B
1849
pencil
33034
Faber, J. L.
1861
web printing press
3008200
Bullock, William
1863
stock market ticker
72742
Laws, Samuel S.
1867
typewriter
79265
Sholes, C. Latham
1868
improved telegraph
140488
Edison, Thomas
1873
speaker (moving coil)
149797
Siemens, Ernst W.
1874
telephone
174465
Bell, Alexander G.
1876
phonograph
200521
Edison, Thomas A.
1878
speaker cone
DE 2355
Siemens, Ernst W.
1878
microphone
224573
Berliner, Emile
1880
halftone printing plate
237664
Ives, Frederic E.
1881
photo-relief printing plate
245501
Ives, Frederic
1881
speaking telephone
250126
Blake, Francis
1881
linotype
304272
Mergenthaler, Ottmar
1884
photographic film
306594
Eastman, George
1884
phonograph disk record
341214
Bell, C.
1886
phonograph record (gramophone)
372786
Berliner, Emile
1887
roll film camera
388850
Eastman, George
1888
ball-point pen
392046
Loud, John
1888
linotype
436532
O. Mergenthaler
1890
photographic film
441831
Eastman, George
1890
automatic telephone exchange
447918
Strowger, Almon
1891
speaking telegraph
474230
Edison, Thomas A.
1892
automatic telephone exchange
486909
Strowger, Almon
1892
motion picture
493426
Edison, Thomas A.
1893
movie projector (phantascope)
536569
Jenkins, Charles F.
1895
machine for justifying type
557994
Langston, Tolbert
1896
addressograph
558936
Duncan, Joseph S.
1896
radio
586193
Marconi, Guglielmo
1897
motion picture camera
589168
Edison, Thomas A.
1897
roll photographic film
610861
Goodwin, Hannibal
1898
magnetic tape recorder
661619
Poulsen, Valdemar
1900
paper diaphragm speaker
GB3393
Stroh, John
1901
wireless telegraphy
Re. 11913
Marconi, Guglielmo
1901
automatic stereotype printing
721117
Wood, Henry
1903
wireless telegraph equip.
763772
Marconi, Guglielmo
1904
printing machine
778449
Dick, A.B.
1904
sound movies
823022
Ballance, John
1906
typewriter wheel
862402
Pearne, Frank
1907
type bar page printer
888335
Pearne, Frank
1908
alternating wave radio
1008577
Alexanderson, Ernst
1911
alternating wave radio
1008577
Alexanderson, Ernst
1911
wireless receiver
1113149
Armstrong, Edwin H.
1914
radio tuning system
1173079
Alexanderson, E.
1916
wide-band radio receiver
1342885
Armstrong, Edwin H.
1920
camera
D074211
Bornmann, Carl
1921
television
1544156
Jenkins, Charles F
1925
television
1773980
Farnsworth, Philo T.
1930
microfilm camera
1806763
George McCarthy
1931
FM radio
1941066
Armstrong, Edwin H.
1933
radio direction finder
2142133
Kruesi, Geoffrey G.
1933
lighted advertising signs
1980542
Leland, George H.
1934
color photography
1997493
Godowsky Jr., Leopold
1935
television
2021907
Zworykin, Vladimir K.
1935
typewriter keyboard
2040248
Dvorak
1936
magnetic recording
2048487
Begun, S. Joseph
1936
color film
2059884
Mannes, Leopold D.
1936
cathode ray tube, television
2139296
Zworykin, Valdimir
1938
multiplane camera
2201689
Disney, Walt
1940
xerography
2221776
Carlson, Chester
1940
frequency hopping
2292387
Lamarr, Hedy
1942
xerography
(original photocopier)
2297691
Carlson, Chester F.
1942
carbon-less paper
2299693
Green, Barrett K.
1942
magnetic recording
2351004
Camras, Marvin
1944
justifying typewriter
2379862
Bush, Vannevar
1945
instant photography (Polaroid™)
2543181
Land, Edwin H.
1951
Chinese typewriter
2613795
Yutang, Lin
1952
directional antenna
2682050
alford, Andrew
1954
semiconductortelevision circuit
2745038
Sziklai, George
1956
phototypesetting
2790362
Higonnet, Rene A.
1957
modern photocopier
2812709
Gundlach, Robert
1957
satellite
2835548
Baumann, Robert C.
1958
video tape recorder
2866012
Ginsburg, Charles P.
1958
electromagnetic energy (MASER)
2879439
Townes, Charles H.
1958
laser Communications system
2929922
Schawlow, Arthur L.
1960
wideband magnetic tape system
2956114
Ginsburg, Charles P.
1960
electronic reading system
3000000
Eldredge, Kenneth
1961
microphone (electroacoustic)
3118022
Sessler, Gerhard M.
1964
microfiche
3185026
Carlson, Carl O.
1965
liquid crystal display
3834792
Janning, John L.
1974
Dolby™ noise reduction
3846719
Dolby, Ray
1974
gif (graphical inter-change format)
4558302
Welch, Lempel
1985
Internet protocol
6574628
Cerf, Vinton G.
2003