Communication
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