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Karl Benz Patents Gas Automobile
January 29, 1886 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. He would eventually go on to found the Mercedes Benz company. Karl Benz Patents Gas Automobile is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Edison Patents Incandescent Lamp
Janaury 27, 1880 Thomas Edison patents the electric incandescent lamp. While other incandescent lamps were created before his, Edison’s version was able to outstrip the others because of a combination of three factors: an effective incandescent material, a higher vacuum than others were able to achieve (by use of the Sprengel pump) and a high resistance…
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IBM Licenses PC Patents
April 21, 1988 The Tandy Corporation holds a press conference to announce plans to build clones of IBM’s PS/2 system computers. The conference comes soon after IBM’s announcement that it would license patents on key PC technologies. IBM made this decision as they realized they were losing control of the “IBM-compatible” PC market and could make…
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IBM Licenses PC Patents
April 21, 1988 The Tandy Corporation holds a press conference to announce plans to build clones of IBM’s PS/2 system computers. The conference comes soon after IBM’s announcement that it would license patents on key PC technologies. IBM made this decision as they realized they were losing control of the “IBM-compatible” PC market and could make…
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IBM Licenses PC Patents
April 21, 1988 The Tandy Corporation holds a press conference to announce plans to build clones of IBM’s PS/2 system computers. The conference comes soon after IBM’s announcement that it would license patents on key PC technologies. IBM made this decision as they realized they were losing control of the “IBM-compatible” PC market and could make…