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Patent number 1

Patent number 1

Posted Jan 7, 2013 19:07 UTC (Mon) by robert_s (subscriber, #42402)
In reply to: Patent number 1 by Wol
Parent article: The USPTO Would Like to Partner with the Software Community ... Wait. What? Really? (Groklaw)

"patent no 1"

Perhaps patent no 1 in the US.

The first patent (in the concept of patents) was probably granted in 5th century Italy.


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