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Centenary patent - US 1,000,000

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U.S. patent number 1,000,000 was granted on 8 August 1911 to Francis Henry Holton Sr. It appears that the coveted number was coincidentally granted to this largely-forgotten pioneer in the US rubber industry, who had a long history of patenting throughout his working life. He founded a number of rubber businesses on the East Coast of the USA and was later employed by B.F. Goodrich in Akron, Ohio. U.S. 1,000,000 was for a new form of non-pneumatic automobile tyre and was granted to Holton as a private individual when he was long retired and nearly 80 years old.

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  • Adams, S.R., 2011. "Centenary patent - US 1,000,000," World Patent Information, Elsevier, vol. 33(3), pages 269-274, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worpat:v:33:y:2011:i:3:p:269-274
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