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  2. The Greatest American Inventions of the Past 50+ Years - AOL

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    From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.

  3. Timeline of United States inventions - Wikipedia

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    The following articles cover the timeline of United States inventions: Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890), before the turn of the century; Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945), before World War II; Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991), during the Cold War

  4. Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991) - Wikipedia

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    In 1641, the first patent in North America was issued to Samuel Winslow by the General Court of Massachusetts for a new method of making salt. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] On April 10, 1790, President George Washington signed the Patent Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 109) into law which proclaimed that patents were to be authorized for "any useful art, manufacture ...

  5. List of largest companies in the United States by revenue

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    The Fortune 500 list of companies includes only publicly traded companies, also including tax inversion companies. There are also corporations having foundation in the United States, such as corporate headquarters, operational headquarters and independent subsidiaries. The list excludes large privately held companies such as Cargill and Koch ...

  6. List of inventors - Wikipedia

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    Joseph John O'Connell (1861–1959), U.S. – number of inventions relating to telephony and electrical engineering; Theophil Wilgodt Odhner (1845–1903), Sweden/Russia – the Odhner Arithmometer, a mechanical calculator; Paul Offit (born 1951), U.S., along with Fred Clark and Stanley Plotkin, invented a pentavalent Rotavirus vaccine

  7. 30+ Companies That Changed America - AOL

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    Sears. 1892. Though the retail giant may have fallen on hard times, Sears changed many lives thanks to its catalog. Before online shopping or malls, the mail-order catalog offered low-cost options ...

  8. List of prolific inventors - Wikipedia

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    The last such list was published by the USPTO in 1998. [Info 1] Also, patents predating 1976 have not yet been digitized in the USPTO records. This means that patents before 1976 will not be included in a USPTO search by inventor name, and the number of patents granted before 1976 must be added to current searches.

  9. Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The message inside may also include a list of lucky numbers and a Chinese phrase with translation. Contrary to belief, the fortune cookie associated as a Chinese invention is a fallacy. In 1914, the Japanese-American named Makoto Hagiwara of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, introduced the fortune cookie and is thus ...