Sarah Elisabeth Goode made history in 1885 when she became one of the first Black American women to earn a patent. She ...

“Patent protection for a lot of African American inventors was rather difficult to achieve,” said Rebekah Oakes, acting historian with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, located in ...

On November 30, 1875, the Philadelphia-based inventor received a patent (U.S. Patent 170,460) for a spring-loaded tool that cut the dough into a precise size and shape so the delicious biscuits ...

Census and patent data show that Black inventors in the American South were shut out of the patent process. In the North, they had an eightfold greater chance of getting a patent than in the South.

AMERICAN INVENTORS AND WORKMEN. Share full article. Nov. 10, 1878. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 10, 1878, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

Do you ever wonder who the inventors were behind many of the items and things that we use day-to-day? Today we peel back and take a look into the past so we can bring to light Black American ...

Cleveland inventor Garrett A. Morgan, a son of former slaves, had a gift for inventing life-saving devices, including firefighter gas masks and the precursors of modern traffic lights.

Help American inventors bolster national security by Andrei Iancu, opinion contributor - 11/02/23 5:30 PM ET. by Andrei Iancu, opinion contributor - 11/02/23 5:30 PM ET.

This article was originally published with the title “ Men of Progress: —Celebrated American Inventors ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 21 No. 25 (December 1869), p. 394 doi:10.1038 ...