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Inventions: a snapshot of 1979

Authors :
Michael Blackman
David Newton
Source :
World Patent Information. 26:33-39
Publication Year :
2004
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2004.

Abstract

A review of some important, and a few entertaining, inventions for which patents were applied for, published or granted in 1979 (the year that this journal started to be published) is presented. Examples include the personal computer, the drugs Cisplatin, lovastatin and Omeprazole, the dual cyclone vacuum cleaner, voicemail, and genetic engineering. Some anniversaries that fell in 1979 are discussed.

Details

ISSN :
01722190
Volume :
26
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
World Patent Information
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........cd7d8eaa876ddb38a3f9bcb90507c1b4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wpi.2003.10.013