Word: patentable
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first U.S. test firings of captured V-28, leaving behind 22 volumes of meticulous records that proved to be of immense value to U.S. rocketmen. Six years later, as equal beneficiaries of his estate, Goddard's widow and the Guggenheim Foundation sued the U.S. Government for patent infringements. Last week, in belated recognition of Goddard's genius, the U.S. agreed to a settlement of $1,000,000. It was the largest patent-infringement award ever made by the U.S. Government...
...three pictures of Eugene R. Black, taken at Harvard, Princeton and Yale, speak volumes as to normal reactions of an educated person to these communities. The happy expression at Cambridge shows his patent joy at being enfolded by the charm of the Yard. His expression at Princeton is akin to amazed horror at finding such conditions extant in the middle of the 20th century; at New Haven, one of grim determination to go through with a calculated risk...
...Bullets. For fast-draw target practice for policemen or gun buffs, Colt's Patent Fire Arms Mfg. Co. is introducing a wax bullet in a plastic cartridge case that can be fired from .38-cal. and .45-cal. standard revolvers. The bullets use a chemical primer but no powder, are "reasonably accurate" at 25 ft., can inflict no serious damage on innocent bystanders...
...offices are two blocks away on Lexington Avenue). Thompson still makes no presentations to get an account because it says it does not know enough about a prospective client to do so. It turns down products whose increased consumption it believes is not in the public interest (e.g., questionable patent medicines), and has no hard-liquor accounts...
...food. He tried being a cowboy in Wyoming, a homesteader in Nebraska, a farm hand in Missouri and a stock farmer in Texas-all attempts petered out. In Arkansas, where he worked as a bullwhacker, he came down with malaria, which he tried to treat with a patent medicine called Orang Utan Liniment and teas brewed from rattlesnake weed. At 45 he bought a ranch in the Panhandle that quickly became part of the great Dust Bowl. Finally, in 1946 he turned to a whole new career...