| #9182, aired 2024-10-15 | AGRICULTURAL HISTORY $1200: He developed the cotton gin at Savannah's Mulberry Plantation & got a patent on March 14, 1794 Eli Whitney |
| #9124, aired 2024-06-13 | COMPETITORS $2000: Hoover's Triple Vortex vacuum was found to infringe on the patent of this Brit, who won $4 million (he's worth a lot more now) Dyson |
| #9120, aired 2024-06-07 | AMERICANA $400: For a dry-cleaning process, Thomas Jennings is believed to have been the first Black American to be granted one of these, in 1821 a patent |
| #33, aired 2024-05-17 | PARTY LIKE IT'S 1884 $1200: In October he received a patent for photographic film; his camera would come a few years later Eastman |
| #28, aired 2024-05-10 | EVERYDAY I.P. $200: Apple & Samsung's many patent battles included one over the instruction "slide to" do this unlock |
| #9099, aired 2024-05-09 | 18th CENTURY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $800: In 1794 Eli Whitney received a patent for this, greatly increasing production in the South the cotton gin |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $2000: Missed it by that much! In 1876 Bell's application for a telephone patent beat this rival's filing by just a few hours Gray |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $8,000 (Daily Double): In 1873 Helen Blanchard received a patent for one of these that could zigzag a sewing machine |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? $400: In 1956 Harry Coover received a patent for "alcohol-catalyzed cyano-acrylate adhesive compositions" or just "Super" this Glue |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? $800: The pillar kind of this device loved by dogs was invented by... uh... we dunno; an early patent was ironically lost in a blaze a fire hydrant |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | INCONVENIENT WORDS $800: The Patent Office wants to make sure that this is "new, useful & non-obvious" invention |
| #8996, aired 2023-12-18 | "P" IN FASHION $400: This type of leather is traditionally processed on the grain side & coated with paint & linseed oil patent leather |
| #8978, aired 2023-11-22 | 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY $1200: In 1785, 16 years after his patent for an improved steam engine, he developed a fuel-efficient furnace James Watt |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | GOT MILK? $1000: In 1856 Gail Borden received a patent for his process to do this to milk condense |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | COFFEE, NOW $600: Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852 the French press |
| #8912, aired 2023-07-11 | A CENTURY AGO: 1923 $2000: This Russian immigrant files a patent for the iconoscope, the first television transmission tube Vladimir Zworykin |
| #8896, aired 2023-06-19 | WHAT AN IDIOM! $2000: In a 1696 play, a character says, if I get a patent "I shall be as rich as" this proverbially rolling-in-it king Croesus |
| #8888, aired 2023-06-07 | COMPANY $1000: Known for Kenosha red toolboxes, this hyphenated company filed its first patent in 1923 Snap-On |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT? $800: The Patent & Trademark Office Commerce |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $800: A cut above, in 1930 Jacob Schick obtained a patent for an electric this a razor |
| #13, aired 2023-05-17 | FAMOUS NAME OVERLAPS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 3-named British P.M. from 1916 to 1922 & the 3-named American scientist granted a 1925 patent for cosmetics made from peanuts David Lloyd George Washington Carver |
| #8826, aired 2023-03-13 | FILL IN THE BLANKET $800: Heated WWII flying suits led to the patent:
E____
(8 letters) the electric blanket |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | IT HAPPENED ON VALENTINE'S DAY $400: 1876: Lawyer Marcellus Bailey files a patent on behalf of his client for "improvement in telegraphy", this invention the telephone |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: Next time you buy groceries, thank Margaret Knight, who in 1871 won a patent battle for her machine to make pre-folded these (paper) grocery bags |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | O CANADA $1200: (Mattea Roach presents the clue.) Saying that is belonged to the world & not to him, Frederick Banting wanted diabetics to be able to afford this hormone he helped extract in 1921; he sold his patent to my alma mater the University of Toronto for $1 insulin |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $200: Designed to produce very pure spirits, this 1875 still model was from John & Joseph, uncles of Jim from this first family of bourbon Beam |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $400: Mary Carpenter earned 17 patents, including for a sewing machine & won a big lawsuit over this, the violation of patent rights (patent) infringement |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $600: Jacob Gulden patented a device for filling several bottles of this at once; his name is still on America's oldest brand mustard |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $800: Melville Bissell's allergies led to his carpet sweeper; now Bissell makes a model with a HEPA filter, the "P" for this type of matter particulate |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS $1000: Brakemen would leap from car to car, but this man's air brakes could stop the whole train; an 1879 improvement is one of his 300 patents George Westinghouse |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | LOSE A LETTER $200: A person receiving medical care loses a letter & becomes a document that grants a creator sole rights patient & patent |
| #8717, aired 2022-10-11 | CLASSIC SITCOMS BY EPISODE TITLE $1000: "Patient 4077" M*A*S*H |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | HISTORY QUIZ $200: In 1880 this inventor was granted a patent for the first practical light bulb Thomas Edison |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION $800: In 1837 William Fothergill Cooke & Charles Wheatstone got a patent on this communications system using wires & needle pointers the telegraph |
| #8629, aired 2022-04-28 | IRON $1000: Thomas Paine got the 1st patent for an iron bridge, to span this river that meets the Delaware at Philadelphia--it was never built the Schuylkill |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | BENJAMIN FRANKLIN $800: (Mandy Patinkin presents the clue.) Starting with his stove, which fit inside a hearth to warm a whole room, Franklin insisted that his inventions were for public good & refused this type of protection that was given by the colonies before the first U.S. Congress did so a patent |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | HISTORIC MEAN TWEETS $1000: (Guillermo reads a mean tweet.)
@thisman
In your face, Elisha Gray! Got my patent entered before yours! #biginventionof1876 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #8513, aired 2021-11-17 | IT'S A NEW MACHINE $800: Before his partner Eli Whitney even got a patent, Phineas Miller was de-seeding with this machine in Mulberry Grove, Georgia the cotton gin |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | CONTAINERS $400: The history of this jar dates to a patent filed on Nov. 30, 1858 for "improvement in screw-neck bottles" a Mason jar |
| #8455, aired 2021-07-30 | LEGAL $1,800 (Daily Double): Let's get inventive & file one of these; the 3 types are utility, plant & design patent |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | 1876 $1000: Alexander Graham Bell beat this rival by just a few hours in filing a patent for the telephone Gray |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | LAW SLAW $600: An office that monitors this law ensuring protection for authors' rights is part of the Library of Congress copyright law |
| #8444, aired 2021-07-15 | TIME FOR SCIENCE $800: The Supreme Court ruled you cannot patent natural genes, like the BRCA1 & BRCA2 ones named for this type of cancer breast cancer |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | IT COMES FROM ANIMALS $600: Seth Boyden never got a patent for the process to manufacture the "patent" type of this leather |
| #8171, aired 2020-03-02 | THE TOOLSHED $800: A man named Thompson invented the screw with a "cruciform groove" & matching screwdriver, but a guy with this last name got the patent Phillips |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THAT'S SO 500 YEARS AGO! $800: To protect inventors & their works, in 1474 the senate of this Italian maritime republic enacted the first patent law Venice |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | THINK IT WILL WORK? $800: A big yes: this, described in a March 2006 patent filing as a "multi-functional handheld device" an iPhone |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | COTTON $400: In 1794 he was granted a patent for his cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #8069, aired 2019-10-10 | COTTON $1000: Edison's patent for his first light bulb mentions testing carbonized cotton threads as a possibility for this component a filament |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: In 1880 this was a gleam in the eye of William Sawyer & Albon Man; they filed a patent on it & got into years of struggle with Edison a light bulb |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $200: 1947: "Helical spring toy which will walk on a... set of steps... without... external force beyond the starting force" a Slinky |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $400: 1953:
"Machines for smoothing and renewing the surface of the ice in a skating rink" a Zamboni |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $600: 1866:
"The arrangement of 2 wheels, the one directly in front of the other, combined with a mechanism for driving the wheels" a bicycle |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $800: 1946:
"Propulsion aircraft systems in which thrust is developed by... the expulsion of a stream of gas through a nozzle" a jet engine |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | AS DESCRIBED IN THE PATENT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1893: "Automatically engaging or disengaging an entire series of clasps by a single continuous movement" a zipper |
| #7785, aired 2018-06-15 | INVENTIONS $1000: In 1846 Elias Howe took this invention to Washington to apply for a patent the sewing machine |
| #7776, aired 2018-06-04 | LOOKIN' BACK TEXAS $1000: The era of the integrated circuit, aka the microchip, began in 1959 when this company filed a patent for one Texas Instruments |
| #7770, aired 2018-05-25 | EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE $400: July 13, 1836:
The U.S. grants its first numbered one of these, for a new type of locomotive wheel a patent |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | THE ROARING '20s $200: In 1925 Clarence Birdseye applied for a patent on a process for doing this to food freezing |
| #7731, aired 2018-04-02 | CELEBRITY INVENTIONS $1200: This singer got a patent for a stage illusion, an anti-gravity effect used for "Smooth Criminal" on tour Michael Jackson |
| #7728, aired 2018-03-28 | YESTERDAY'S NEWS $600: Though Eli Whitney secured a patent for this invention in 1794, the ease of its piracy put the man out of business the cotton gin |
| #7693, aired 2018-02-07 | SHARK TANK $1000: (Daymond John delivers the clue.) Yes, a tracking device for missing socks is unique, but this app needs to be this adjective, meaning protected by patent, copyright or trademark proprietary |
| #7544, aired 2017-06-01 | GUYS MAKIN' STUFF $1200: When U.S. demand was not big for his 1840s version of this machine, Elias Howe sold the patent rights in England the sewing machine |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | GENIUS. $1000: Taking a job in 1902 as one of these clerks gave Albert the freedom to daydream and write the papers that changed our world the patent office |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | THE GILDED AGE $2000: On the same day in 1876, these 2 men both filed papers for a patent for the telephone Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray |
| #7505, aired 2017-04-07 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: In 1891 he applied for a patent on the first American motion-picture camera Edison |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE BUSY BUSINESSMAN $600: I don't have time to go to court or even to say this whole word, so it's just patent lit or civil lit litigation |
| #7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE "OC" $2000: In 1935 tree planter Rudolph Hass received a patent for a variety of this avocado |
| #7483, aired 2017-03-08 | MUSIC SOOTHES $800: A brand name based on a pre-WWII patent, it became synonymous with soothing sounds in elevators Muzak |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | BOOTS $800: In 1958 Frank Marugg received a patent for a wheel clamp for "use in immobilizing a vehicle"; we now call it this a Denver boot |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | AN INVENTIVE CATEGORY $1600: He left Morse in his dust with his 1876 patent titled "Improvement in Telegraphy" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | ANOTHER DAY OLDER $200: One more patent... on April 12, 1892 he received his 717th, for an ore-screening apparatus Edison |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: In 1981 Ananda Chakrabarty received a patent for a life form made of just 1 this a cell |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS $1000: This food is celebrated on August 24, the anniversary of the patent of the iron used for making them waffles |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | PATENTS $200: In 1868 Christopher Sholes received a patent on this machine; he later created its QWERTY layout a typewriter |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | PATENTS $800: Isaac Singer & Elias Howe both patented these, but an 1854 court found Singer had infringed on Howe's patent the sewing machine |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | PATENTS $1000: An 18th century British patent introduced a loom with a flying one of these devices a shuttle |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | GREAT SCOTS $400: This Scot wasn't just phoning it in when he got a patent on the telephone before he was 30 Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $400: In 1942 Charles Drew received a patent for preserving this, allowing it to be stored in "banks" blood |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | "P" IN FASHION $400: This type of leather is processed on the grain side & coated with paint & linseed oil patent leather |
| #7303, aired 2016-05-18 | D.C. HISTORY $800: When D.C. burned in 1814, this office important to inventors was spared after its head pleaded with the British the Patent Office |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW FIRMS $1600: Tops for patent litigation per U.S. News & World Report, Fish & Richardson specializes in IP, short for this intellectual property |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | HORNS YOU CAN'T PLAY $200: This shaped piece of metal or wood can help you get into your patent leathers a shoehorn |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | LEATHER $1200: Ironically, Seth Boyden never legally protected his process to make the high-gloss leather with this name patent |
| #7225, aired 2016-01-29 | LONG-RUNNING SITCOMS $400: Episodes of this 1970s show included "Some 38th Parallels" & "Patent 4077" M*A*S*H |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | ITALIAN EXPLORERS $2000: In 1495 Henry VII gave this man then known as Giovanni (later John) letters of patent to explore & he reached N. America John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) |
| #7173, aired 2015-11-18 | SCIENCE TIMELINE $600: 1608:
Hans Lippershey applies for a patent for this, which he calls a "looker"; Galileo is all eyes a telescope |
| #7136, aired 2015-09-28 | BOTANISTS $1600: This Santa Rosa, Calif. botanist's "How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man" influenced the 1930 Plant Patent Act Luther Burbank |
| #7111, aired 2015-07-13 | TOYS "R" US $400: This smiling gal with yarn for hair was the subject of a U.S. patent issued in September 1915 Raggedy Ann |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $600: The story of this inventor who was awarded a valuable patent on March 7, 1876:
"It's for You" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | NON-FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE $1000: In 1896 this Italian received his first patent in wireless telegraphy Marconi |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $400: The first U.S. plant patent was issued in 1931 for New Dawn, a type of this thorny flower a rose |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL ARE YOU? $800: Douglas Engelbart's 1970 patent for this device calls it a "position indicator control" a computer mouse |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | 1809 $3,000 (Daily Double): In May Mary Dixon Kies became the first American woman to receive one, for a way to weave straw with silk or thread a patent |
| #6864, aired 2014-06-19 | & SPAN "D_X" $1600: U.S. patent 4194846 is for this kind of printer dot-matrix |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $600: The second African-American patent holder, Henry Blair got 2:
for devices to plant corn & to plant this crop cotton |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | LAW $600: This kind of "troll" is a company that buys a bunch of these just to extract money by threatening infringement suits a patent troll |
| #6685, aired 2013-10-11 | THE MAGIC WORD $400: In 1923 Horace Goldin was awarded a patent for this illusion; he later incorporated a buzz saw sawing a person in half |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | IF EARLY INVENTORS USED KICKSTARTER $1200: OK, my 1839 screw propeller for steamboats was a few months late at the patent office, but help me fire up my 1862 machine gun Gatling |
| #6545, aired 2013-02-15 | GENETICS $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1986 the U.S. issued the first patent on a plant produced through genetic engineering, a hybrid of this grain corn |
| #6520, aired 2013-01-11 | INTO THE SHARK TANK $1600: (Here's Robert Herjavec again.) OK, Cyrus--you got your patent in 1834; you sold 2 units in 1840 & 7 in 1842; sales are trending up; tell me why I shouldn't fear your reaper (Cyrus) McCormick |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | FEMALE FIRSTS $800: In 1809 Mary Kies became the first woman to receive one of these, for a method of weaving straw a patent |
| #6499, aired 2012-12-13 | 18th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY $1200: In 1785, 16 years after his patent for an improved steam engine, he developed a fuel-efficient furnace James Watt |
| #6463, aired 2012-10-24 | COMMUNICATION $1600: In 1843 Alexander Bain got a patent for the first of these machines that would scan a 2-dimensional surface a fax machine |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN INVENTORS $400: (Kareem Abdul-Jabar delivers the clue.) The son of slaves who taught himself to be a draftsman, Lewis Latimer drew the blueprints for this man's telephone patent, which won a patent race (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #6415, aired 2012-07-06 | ICE CREAM $400: In 1923 Harry Burt patented these ice cream bars on a stick; bringing a pail of them for patent officials to sample was smart a Good Humor Bar |
| #6366, aired 2012-04-30 | ABBREV. $1600: In the office called USPTO for short, the P is for patent & the T is for this Trademark |
| #6302, aired 2012-01-31 | BEFORE THEY WERE FAMOUS $800 (Daily Double): In 1902 he got fired as a tutor, but family friend Marcel Grossman helped him get a job as a Swiss patent clerk Einstein |
| #6301, aired 2012-01-30 | OCCASION $1200: August 12, 1851:
Isaac Singer gets a U.S. patent for this machine a sewing machine |
| #6291, aired 2012-01-16 | INVENTIVE MINDS $800: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray was a few hours behind this man at the U.S. Patent Office, filing a speech-transmitting device Bell |
| #6280, aired 2011-12-30 | THE 1820s $200: In 1822 Friedrich Buschmann obtained a patent for this instrument also known as a squeezebox an accordion |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | I THINK I LOVE SHOE $800: Named for a Buster Brown girl, this low-heeled, patent leather slipper has a single strap over the instep a Mary Jane |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | INVENTIONS FOR THE HOME $2000: Zalmon Simmons accepted a patent on a woven-wire one of these in lieu of cash, & the "rest" is history mattress |
| #6214, aired 2011-09-29 | UNDER THIS CABINET DEPARTMENT $1000: Patent and Trademark Office,
Bureau of Economic Analysis Commerce |
| #6132, aired 2011-04-19 | "ARK", WHO GOES THERE? $1,000 (Daily Double): The U.S. Patent Office lists 3 types of intellectual property--patents, copyrights & these trademarks |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | ACCIDENTAL INVENTIONS $1200: In 1879 a chemist's unwashed hands got residue on a roll, which tasted sweet; he'd patent this, 300x sweeter than sugar saccharin |
| #6036, aired 2010-12-06 | THE FRONTIER STOREKEEPER $2000: Totally morphine-free, it's Sutton's Ague Drops, one of these cures that sounds like it's government protected a patent medicine |
| #6015, aired 2010-11-05 | IT HAPPENED ON NOVEMBER 5 $400: 1895:
George Selden receives the first U.S. patent for one of these conveyances a car |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | BOUNCE $1000: In 1907 the Gabriel Company received the first U.S. patent for this type of device that dampens a car's bounce shock absorbers |
| #5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $1200: Aug. 29, 1946:
Files a patent for an instant camera Edwin Land |
| #5839, aired 2010-01-21 | STARTING A LEGAL HOME BUSINESS $400: When a great idea hits you, protect yourself by getting a copyright, a patent or one of these registered product symbols a trademark |
| #5797, aired 2009-11-24 | BUSINESS BUDDIES $200: S. Duncan Black & this partner filed a patent for a drill in 1914 Decker |
| #5762, aired 2009-10-06 | MICROSOFT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew uses her fingers to move some virtual documents around on a large tabletop flat screen monitor.) Technology that allows a computer to recognize the position & motion of my hands brought Microsoft its 10,000th one of these from the government in 2009 a patent |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON $2000: Around 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, which today we call this the zipper |
| #5746, aired 2009-09-14 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: 1844 was a good year for him; he received a patent for his vulcanized rubber process Goodyear |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | A THOMAS GUIDE $200: He obtained 1,093 patents, the most the U.S. Patent Office has ever issued to one person (Thomas) Edison |
| #5603, aired 2009-01-07 | INVENTIVE MINDS $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes a sip, gets wet.) S.S. Adams was not just a prankster, but a businessman & got a patent on this item that has small hidden holes to create its effect a dribble glass |
| #5587, aired 2008-12-16 | AMERICAN ARCHITECTS $400: The first geodesic dome was built in 1922 in Germany, but it was this man who received a patent for it 32 years later (Buckminster) Fuller |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | IN THE VALLEY OF ELI $200: In 1802 South Carolina agreed to pay this inventor's company $50,000 for patent rights to the cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #5387, aired 2008-01-29 | LET'S BUILD AN "ARK" $200: In an office of the Commerce Department, it's patent's partner trademarks |
| #5371, aired 2008-01-07 | IT HAPPENED IN '08 $800: 1608:
Dutchman Hans Lippershey files for a patent for this new scientific instrument the telescope |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | STEIN TIME $400: In 1902 he took a job in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland; 19 years later, he won a Nobel prize Einstein |
| #5279, aired 2007-07-19 | WASHINGTON, LINCOLN OR GEORGE W. BUSH $1000: Received a patent Lincoln |
| #5276, aired 2007-07-16 | EVERYDAY TECHNOLOGY $1600: Seen here is the first patent for what became this time saver at the supermarket checkout a bar code |
| #5254, aired 2007-06-14 | CELEBRITY PATENTS $1600: The frequency-hopping idea of this actress born Hedwig Kleiser in 1914 was used in a radio-controlled torpedo patent Hedy Lamarr |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | EDISON'S PATENTS $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a drawing on the monitor.) In Edison's light bulb patent, m represents the tube leading to a pump that creates one of these in the glass bulb a vacuum |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | EDISON'S PATENTS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates another drawing on the monitor.) Edison writes: "A is a cylinder, having a helical indenting groove" in the 1877 patent application for this device a phonograph |
| #5096, aired 2006-11-06 | EDISON'S PATENTS $800: In the 1870s Edison battled Western Union over the patent on the quadruplex type of this device the telegraph |
| #5087, aired 2006-10-24 | LEATHER $1200: This most highly polished leather is made by applying several coats of heavy oil varnish at the end of the finishing process patent leather |
| #5051, aired 2006-07-24 | AMERICAN BUSINESS $800: In 2006 Research In Motion settled its patent lawsuit with NTP over this portable wireless communications device a BlackBerry |
| #5015, aired 2006-06-02 | ISN'T IT ICONIC? $400: In 1873 he got a patent for using metal rivets to strengthen the pockets on his product Levi Strauss |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | FIRST IN OUR HEARTS $400: The first of these in the U.S. was for a potash process & was signed by Washington & Jefferson a patent |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: Girl's patent-leather shoe that's an 1847 Charlotte Bronte novel Mary Jane Eyre |
| #4950, aired 2006-03-03 | THAT IS LIKE SO LAST CENTURY $600: A patent for the first successfully manufactured electric razor was issued to this man in November 1928 Jacob Schick |
| #4944, aired 2006-02-23 | LESSER-KNOWN FOLKS $600: In 1885 Frank Ball found the patent had expired on the glass jars named for this man, so he began making them Mason |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $200: In England no patents are listed from Jan. 30, 1649 to May 29, 1660 due to this man's tenure as Lord Protector (Oliver) Cromwell |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $400: The first British patent was given in 1449 by Henry VI to make stained glass for this largest English boys' college Eton |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $600: Litigation on this man's 1796 patent for steam engines established that improvements for known machines were allowed (James) Watt |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $800: John Harrington's patent for a water closet was denied by this ruler in 1596 on grounds of propriety Elizabeth I |
| #4927, aired 2006-01-31 | THE ENGLISH PATENT $1000: James Burbage was part of the Earl of Leicester's Men, which in 1574 was the first ever of these to get a patent theatre troupe |
| #4910, aired 2006-01-06 | "B" BOYS $400 (Daily Double): This German received the first patent for a gas-fueled car on January 29, 1886 (Karl) Benz |
| #4880, aired 2005-11-25 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: A clerk in the U.S. patent office, this "angel" went on to become the superintendent of nurses of the Army of the James Clara Barton |
| #4865, aired 2005-11-04 | GOVERNMENT WORK $800: As this type of "examiner", you'll determine if that combination scalpel & salt shaker is really a new invention a patent examiner |
| #4816, aired 2005-07-11 | GLASS $1200: In 1880 he obtained a patent for glass that changed colors when viewed from different angles Tiffany |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | IT CHANGED THE WORLD $1,600 (Daily Double): The papers that revolutionized modern physics were published in 1905 by a clerk of this city's patent office Bern |
| #4780, aired 2005-05-20 | DRAW IT UP $400: The sketch seen here accompanies U.S. patent number 821,393, officially submitted for this type of machine a flying machine |
| #4766, aired 2005-05-02 | SHOE CROSSWORD CLUES $800: Comic book girl's namesake patent-leather shoes
(4, 5) Mary Janes |
| #4692, aired 2005-01-18 | BRIT LIT $800: Of a future land, a patent medicine, or an alien visitor, what H.G. Wells' "Tono-Bungay" is patent medicine |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | MEN & WOMEN OF SCIENCE $400: In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich Albert Einstein |
| #4616, aired 2004-10-04 | GOT MILK? $1000: In 1856 Gail Borden received a patent for his process to do this to milk condense it |
| #4586, aired 2004-07-12 | THE 1860s $600: The drawing accompanying an 1862 weapons patent by this man is seen here Gatling |
| #4557, aired 2004-06-01 | INVENTIVE WOMEN $200: Josephine Richardson built a better one of these & got patent No. 4,829,704 beating a path to her door a mousetrap |
| #4511, aired 2004-03-29 | IT'S UNREAL $800: Pam Anderson is a supporter of pleather, which is short for this plastic leather |
| #4496, aired 2004-03-08 | DOUBLE "F" $400: In 1869 Cornelius Swarthout got a patent on an iron to make these waffles |
| #4461, aired 2004-01-19 | MR. BUSINESSMAN $800: The Electric Suction Sweeper Company was later renamed for this man (who had bought the patent from a janitor) Hoover |
| #4460, aired 2004-01-16 | INVENTIVE MINDS $200: In 1891 this man of Menlo Park got a patent for a "means of transmitting signals electrically" Thomas Edison |
| #4456, aired 2004-01-12 | GENESIS $1200: French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867 concrete |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $600: James Markham received the first patent for a tree in 1932, a variety of this fuzzy fruit peach |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $400: In 1902 he began working at the Swiss Patent Office; his theory of relativity came 3 years later Albert Einstein |
| #4376, aired 2003-09-22 | SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1200: In March 1876 he received a patent for an apparatus for "transmitting vocal or other sounds" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #4349, aired 2003-06-26 | INVENTIVE MINDS $2000: U.S. Patent 4,173,796 was issued in 1979 to this doctor from the Univ. of Utah for an artificial heart Robert Jarvik |
| #4315, aired 2003-05-09 | DISCOVERIES & INVENTIONS $400: In 1900 only about 1 U.S. home in 13 had this device granted patent No. 174,465 24 years earlier telephone |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: Leo Szilard & this man finally got a patent for a nuclear reactor in 1955, but it was assigned to the U.S. Enrico Fermi |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | INVENTIONS $200: On April 10, 1849 Walter Hunt received a patent for this cloth diaper fastener a safety pin |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | INVENTIONS $600: Eli Whitney's model for this was stolen & manufactured by competitors before he received his patent in 1794 the cotton gin |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | INVENTIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): His 1769 patent was for "a new invented method of lessening the consumption of steam and fuel in fire engines" James Watt |
| #4296, aired 2003-04-14 | GARDENS $800: The first plant to receive a patent was the "New Dawn" species of this garden flower in 1931 rose |
| #4286, aired 2003-03-31 | PINS $200: Louis Henry & Bruce Ancona hold a patent on one of these that'll hold your undies on the line clothespin |
| #4259, aired 2003-02-20 | PASS THE "P"s, PLEASE $400: Holding one of these gives you the exclusive right to market an invention patent |
| #4198, aired 2002-11-27 | WE INVENTED STUFF $600: On Feb. 14, 1876 Elisha Gray attempted to file a patent for this invention; however, Bell beat him by hours the telephone |
| #4156, aired 2002-09-30 | HIDDEN $800: In 1962 a Louisiana company got a patent for a device that added these to motion pictures in theaters subliminal advertisements |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | HERSTORY $600: In 1809 Mary Kies became the 1st U.S. woman to receive one of these guaranteeing the right to sell an invention patent |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | INVENTORS $1000: He obtained a patent for the sewing machine in 1846; later, Singer & others paid him royalties Elias Howe |
| #3993, aired 2002-01-02 | INVENTORS $1200: This partner of Steve Jobs owns Patent 4,136,359 for "Microcomputer for Use with Video Display" (Steve) Wozniak |
| #3970, aired 2001-11-30 | 1890s AVIATION $2000: This count was granted a patent in 1895 for his new method of rigid-airship construction Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
| #3916, aired 2001-09-17 | INVENTORS $500: In 1769, he obtained his first patent, a separate condensing chamber & other improvements to the steam engine (James) Watt |
| #3904, aired 2001-07-19 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $1000: In 1856 he received a patent for a condensed milk process; the Civil War helped make his company a success Gail Borden |
| #3879, aired 2001-06-14 | JUNE SWOON $300: On June 15, 1844 this man was granted a patent for rubber vulcanization Charles Goodyear |
| #3806, aired 2001-03-05 | WHEN BENJY WAS PREZ $200: On August 24, 1891 he filed a patent for his motion picture camera Thomas Edison |
| #3683, aired 2000-09-13 | ABBREVIATIONS $200: Philo T. Farnsworth's 1927 patent for an "image dissector" developed into this beloved appliance of today TV |
| #3670, aired 2000-07-14 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $400: In 1812 the U.S. Congress denied his petition for the renewal of his patent for the cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #3620, aired 2000-05-05 | THE ALLITERACY RATE $800: This phrase on a product means the inventor has asked the government to grant property rights patent pending |
| #3594, aired 2000-03-30 | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS $200: He and Phineas Miller received a cotton gin patent in 1794, but it didn't get court protection until 1807 Eli Whitney |
| #3585, aired 2000-03-17 | SCIENTISTS $600: Daniel Webster represented this vulcanization inventor in a patent infringement trial Charles Goodyear |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | COLORFUL PEOPLE $1000: This unlucky inventor filed his intent to patent the telephone 2 hours after Alexander Graham Bell Elisha Gray |
| #3501, aired 1999-11-22 | PULL $500: Ermal Fraze holds the 1963 patent for part of the "tear strip opener" better known to pop drinkers as this the pull tab |
| #3357, aired 1999-03-23 | DON'T LISTEN TO THEM! $500: In 1899 Charles Duell, the head of this U.S. "Office" said, "Everything that can be invented has been invented" the U.S. Patent Office |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | AROUND THE USA $300: The National Museum of American Art is in this city's Old Patent Office Building Washington, D.C. |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | GETTING A PATENT $800: In the U.S., a standard patent is good for this many years; for a design patent, it's only 14 17 |
| #3295, aired 1998-12-25 | GETTING A PATENT $1000: The name of the agency to which inventors make applications is the "Patent and" this "Office" Trademark |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | INVENTORS $200: In 1896 he received his first patent for wireless telegraphy in England, not his native Italy Guglielmo Marconi |
| #3224, aired 1998-09-17 | INVENTORS $300: George Eastman received a patent for this on September 4, 1888; say cheese! the (roll-film) camera |
| #3214, aired 1998-07-16 | INTERIOR DESIGN $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1991 Charles Hall sued Aqua Queen & other companies for infringing his patent on this furniture item the waterbed |
| #3156, aired 1998-04-27 | ALEXANDER THE GREAT $200: In 1876 he was granted a patent for "The Method of, and Apparatus for Transmitting Vocal or Other Sounds" Alexander Graham Bell |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | DRESS UP $200: "Inventive" name for leather shoes & purses coated with varnish for a hard glossy finish Patent leather |
| #3133, aired 1998-03-25 | MOTHERS OF INVENTION $400: In 1942 this star of "Ecstasy" & "Algiers" received a patent for a radio-controlled torpedo Hedy Lamarr |
| #3007, aired 1997-09-30 | THE 1880s $100: On January 27, 1880 he received a patent for his incandescent light Thomas Edison |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | INVENTIONS $200: Thomas Hancock won a British patent for the vulcanization of rubber after studying this man's samples Charles Goodyear |
| #2939, aired 1997-05-15 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FIRSTS $400: In February 1878 he received a patent for the first cylindrical phonograph Edison |
| #2880, aired 1997-02-21 | INVENTORS $200: In 1812 Congress denied his patent renewal for the cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | HODGEPODGE $300: In 1844 Charles Goodyear earned a patent to inhibit this material from melting & sticking Rubber |
| #2852, aired 1997-01-14 | INVENTORS $200: He refused to patent or to profit from his lightning rod, a device he first described in a 1751 article Benjamin Franklin |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | NOTABLE NAMES $200: In 1876 Elisha Gray tried to file for a telephone patent just hours after this inventor Alexander Graham Bell |
| #2817, aired 1996-11-26 | INVENTIONS $200: He held a 1794 patent for a device he invented in just 10 days, for cleaning greenseed cotton Eli Whitney |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | PEOPLE $800: On Nov 6. 1923 he was issued a patent for his electric shaver Schick |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | PATENTS $200: These magnificent men & their flying machine received patent 821,393 the Wright brothers |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | PATENTS $800: Patent 2,708,656 went to this Italian-American's neutronic reactor Enrico Fermi |
| #2740, aired 1996-06-28 | PATENTS $1000: Patent 223,898 was for this invention by the 1st inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame the electric lamp |
| #2667, aired 1996-03-19 | INVENTORS $300: Joseph Boyce received a patent on one of these devices decades before Cyrus McCormick A reaper |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | TECHNOLOGY $600: When Queen Anne granted a patent for this device in 1714, it probably had no correction key a typewriter |
| #2629, aired 1996-01-25 | INVENTORS $600: While fighting for his patent for the cotton gin, he made arms for the U.S. government Eli Whitney |
| #2602, aired 1995-12-19 | SCIENCE $500: Refusing to patent his discovery, this X-ray discoverer died penniless Roentgen |
| #2600, aired 1995-12-15 | FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $800: This German inventor of the rotary engine obtained his first patent in 1929 (Felix) Wankel |
| #2557, aired 1995-10-17 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1912 an amendment to this act barred unfounded health claims for patent medicines the Pure Food and Drug Act |
| #2510, aired 1995-06-30 | INVENTORS $400: He was working as a bank clerk in Rochester, N.Y. when he obtained his first patent for photography George Eastman |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | HISTORIC NAMES $200: He painted his last portrait in 1837, the same year he applied for his telegraph patent Samuel Morse |
| #2429, aired 1995-03-09 | FAMOUS FIRSTS $100: Make no mistake about it: Hyman Lipman got a patent in 1858 for putting this on the end of a pencil an eraser |
| #2399, aired 1995-01-26 | ALBERT EINSTEIN $400: Shortly after Einstein became a citizen of this country, he took a patent office job in Bern Switzerland |
| #2391, aired 1995-01-16 | INVENTORS $400: In January 1861, just 3 months before his death, he received a patent for a steam elevator (Elisha) Otis |
| #2378, aired 1994-12-28 | AMERICAN HISTORY $100: On May 22, 1906 they received a patent for an improved model of their airplane the Wright brothers |
| #2352, aired 1994-11-22 | ABRAHAM LINCOLN $400: He was the only president to obtain one of these; it was for a hydraulic device to lift ships over shoals Patent |
| #2326, aired 1994-10-17 | THE DEPT. OF COMMERCE $800: It's the P of the PTO; Edison received many of them a patent |
| #2236, aired 1994-05-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: It can take gov't about 20 months to process 1 of these applications & you may need a working model patent |
| #2191, aired 1994-02-28 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: When the war broke out, she was a patent office clerk; she later became "The Angel of the Battlefield" Clara Barton |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | MISC. $200: In 1812 Congress refused to renew his patent on the cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #2171, aired 1994-01-31 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: This French company applied for a radial tire patent in 1946 Michelin |
| #2136, aired 1993-12-13 | BLACK FIRSTS $200: Henry Blair, who invented a corn harvester, was the 1st Black to obtain one of these a patent |
| #2107, aired 1993-11-02 | LEATHER $500: This highly polished leather was once produced by applying several coats of varnish patent leather |
| #2038, aired 1993-06-16 | INVENTORS $200: On March 7, 1876 he received Patent No. 174,465 for his invention of a telephone (Alexander Graham) Bell |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1790 Samuel Hopkins was issued the first one of these for a new process of making potash a patent |
| #1888, aired 1992-11-18 | THE CENSUS $400: The Bureau of the Census is part of this cabinet department that also includes the Patent Office Commerce |
| #1860, aired 1992-10-09 | SCIENCE $200: Elias Howe's patent model for this is in the National Museum of American History the sewing machine |
| #1768, aired 1992-04-15 | BLACK INVENTORS $300: 1 of the 3 patents he held was for cosmetics; he didn't patent all the peanut products (George Washington) Carver |
| #1677, aired 1991-12-10 | SHOES $200: A trademark name for little girls' patent leather shoes, it's also a proper name for little girls Mary Janes |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | IN THE NEWS $500: On March 19, 1991 the U.S. government granted the five millionth one of these a patent |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | U.S . GOVERNMENT $200: Life forms created in the laboratory can be registered with this Commerce Department office Patent Office |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | FEDERAL AGENCIES $600: In addition to issuing patents, the U.S. Patent Office also registers these trademarks |
| #1642, aired 1991-10-22 | SCIENTISTS $200: While working at the Swiss patent office in 1905, he published his special theory of relativity Einstein |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | FAMOUS NAMES $100: In May 1906 they received patent No. 821,393 for a flying machine the Wright brothers |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | CELEBRITY INVENTIONS $200: On her patent for a cigar-holder ring, she’s listed as Edith A. Kovacs Edie Adams |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | CELEBRITY INVENTIONS $500: Some 20 years after finishing his “U.S.A.” trilogy, he took out a patent on a soap-bubble gun John Dos Passos |
| #1490, aired 1991-02-08 | FASHION $200: Though it sounds exclusive, no one knows for sure who invented this glossy black leather patent leather |
| #6, aired 1990-07-21 | SCIENCE $500: In 1931 “New Dawn”, a species of this thorny garden flower, became the 1st plant to receive a patent rose |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | LEATHER $200: Heavy coats of oil varnish put on at the end of the finishing process give this leather its gloss patent leather |
| #1337, aired 1990-05-29 | THE 19TH CENTURY $100: In 1858 Hyman L. Lipman received a patent for a pencil with this attached eraser |
| #1328, aired 1990-05-16 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1865 he was granted a patent for his car designed with upper & lower berths George Pullman |
| #1280, aired 1990-03-09 | THE ROARING '20s $400: During the decade this colonel received a patent for his newfangled electric razor Colonel Jacob Schick |
| #1273, aired 1990-02-28 | EARLY AMERICA $100: In 1790 the 1st of these was issued; it went to Samuel Hopkins of Vermont for a new method of making potash a patent |
| #1255, aired 1990-02-02 | INVENTIONS $500: Only president granted a patent at any time in his life; he got it in 1849 for a ship flotation device Abraham Lincoln |
| #1248, aired 1990-01-24 | RULERS $400: He not only holds U.S. patent no. 4,805,631 for a heart monitor, he's also king of Morocco King Hassan II |
| #1172, aired 1989-10-10 | SEWING $100: Used more on clothing now, its 1893 patent described it as "a clasp locker or unlocker for shoes" a zipper |
| #1136, aired 1989-07-10 | LEATHER $400: This leather, the most highly polished, can get its glossy finish by successive coats of heavy oil varnish patent leather |
| #1124, aired 1989-06-22 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $800: On September 19, 1865 he received a patent for his sleeping car George Pullman |
| #1108, aired 1989-05-31 | FASHION HISTORY $400: An early ad for its jeans read, "already an immense success, patent riveted... $13.50 per dozen" Levis (Levis Strauss) |
| #1074, aired 1989-04-13 | INVENTIONS $100: The 1st patent for making a false set of these was awarded in 1822 to C.M. Graham teeth |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | BLACK AMERICA $400: One of the 1st Blacks to get a patent, Henry Blair got his 2nd in 1836 for a device to plant this crop cotton |
| #872, aired 1988-05-24 | THE 1890s $200: In 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, later called this zipper |
| #857, aired 1988-05-03 | GEORGE WESTINGHOUSE $200: He was granted over 350 of these, the first was for a rotary steam engine designed in 1865 a patent |
| #816, aired 1988-03-07 | ELVIS $500: Celebrity Register says this man, Elvis' manager, was once a successful promoter of patent medicines Colonel Tom Parker |
| #715, aired 1987-10-16 | FOOD & DRINK $1000: In 1856, he received a patent for the 1st successful milk-condensing process (Gail) Borden |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | PATENTS $200: Patent law says applications must be made by this person, except if he is insane or dead the inventor |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | PATENTS $800: The captain of the Harvard baseball team got patent No. 200,358 in 1878 for this safety device the catcher's mask |
| #666, aired 1987-06-29 | PATENTS $1000: Legal term for copying a patented invention without the patent owner's permission patent infringement |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BUSINESS BIGGIES $1000: It's said this Swiss company held 80% of the tranquilizer market till their patent on Valium expired in 1985 (Hoffman)-La Roche |
| #566, aired 1987-02-09 | CORPORATE AMERICA $400: This company holds the patent on marking the sweetener Aspartame until 1992 NutraSweet |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | INVENTIONS $200: U.S. patent #123790, Feb. 20, 1872, is for a machine to turn a block of wood into 1000s of these toothpicks |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | INVENTIONS $800: 1st administrator of the U.S. patent system, he never took out a patent for any of his inventions Thomas Jefferson |
| #539, aired 1987-01-01 | MARCH $200: The 1st U.S. patent for this household appliance came through the wringer on March 28, 1797 Washing machine |
| #414, aired 1986-04-10 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1,000 (Daily Double): Because he won patent suit against a rival, Emile Berliner named his Talking Machine Company this Victor |
| #366, aired 1986-02-03 | JANUARY $600: In the winter of 1922, Christian Nelson got the patent for this chocolate covered block of ice cream an Eskimo pie |
| #365, aired 1986-01-31 | INVENTORS $200: To raise money to get married, he tried to sell his phone patent to Western Union Alexander Graham Bell |
| #327, aired 1985-12-10 | INVENTIONS $800: Edison invented this office device in 1875 & sold the patent to A.B. Dick of Chicago mimeograph machine |
| #324, aired 1985-12-05 | GOVERNMENT $400: Until 1862, the Department of Agriculture was part of this "inventive" government office the Patent Office |
| #315, aired 1985-11-22 | INVENTIONS $1000: Only type of invention for which the U.S. Patent Office still insists on seeing a working model a perpetual motion machine |
| #312, aired 1985-11-19 | AMERICANA $400: In 1857, William Kelly convinced U.S. Patent Office to give him, not Bessemer, rights to make it steel |
| #310, aired 1985-11-15 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $100 (Daily Double): In 1818, Heinrich Stolzel took out a patent on this horn improvement allowing changes of pitch Stolzel valve |
| #281, aired 1985-10-07 | THE '60S $100: In 1965, Wham-O filed a patent on this plastic projectile the Frisbee |
| #151, aired 1985-04-08 | INVENTIONS $800: Elias Howe won the sewing machine patent rights in a dispute with him Singer |
| #108, aired 1985-02-06 | INVENTIONS $600: For his corn harvester, Henry Blair was the 1st Black to receive one a patent |
| #24, aired 1984-10-11 | INVENTORS $400: Unable to make money on his patent for vulcanized rubber, he died $200,000 in debt Charles Goodyear |
| #12, aired 1984-09-25 | INVENTIONS $500: The first patent pool was for this invention by Howe, Hunt & Singer the sewing machine |
