InventorName |
Summary of Invention |
Field |
Product or Process |
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| Born | (alpha by last name) | |||
| 1856 | Edward Goodrich Acheson | Production of Artificial Crystalline Carbonaceous Materials and Carborundum | Chem | Carborundum |
| 1878 | Ernst F. W. Alexanderson | High-Frequency Alternator | Telcom | Radio |
| 1904 | Andrew Alford | Localizer Antenna System | Telcom | Localizer Antenna System |
| 1911 | Luis Walter Alvarez | Radio Distance and Direction Indicator | Telcom | Radio Distance and Direction Indicator |
| 1890 | Edwin Howard Armstrong | Method of Receiving High-Frequency Oscillations | Telcom | Radio |
| 1832 | George Babcock | Improvement in Steam Generators | Energy | Steam Generator |
| 1863 | Leo Hendrik Baekeland | Method of Making Insoluble Products of Phenol and Formaldehyde | Chem | Bakelite |
| 1921 | Robert Banks | Polymers and Production Thereof | Chem | HDPE and Polypropylene Plastics |
| 1908 | John Bardeen | Semiconductor Amplifier; Three-Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductors | Chem | Transistor |
| 1910 | William B. Shockley | Semiconductor Amplifier; Three-Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductors | Chem | Transistor |
| 1902 | Walter Brattain | Semiconductor Amplifier; Three-Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductors | Chem | Transistor |
| 1900 | Arnold O. Beckman | Apparatus for Testing Acidity | Elec | pH Meter |
| 1905 | S. Joseph Begun | Electromagnetic Talking Device; Electromagnetic Talking Machine | Elec | Magnetic Recording |
| 1847 | Alexander Graham Bell | Telephone / Telegraphy | Telcom | Telephone / Telegraphy |
| 1903 | Willard H. Bennett | Radio Frequency Mass Spectrometer | Telcom | Radio Frequency Mass Spectrometer |
| 1851 | Emile Berliner | Gramophone; Combined Telegraph and Telephone | Elec | Gramophone / Microphone |
| 1947 | Gerd Karl Binnig | Scanning Tunneling Microscope | Tool | Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| 1921 | Forrest M. Bird | Fluid Control Device; Respirator; Pediatric Ventilator | Med | Respirator / Ventilator |
| 1898 | Harold Stephen Black | Wave Translation System | Telcom | Negative Feedback Amplifier |
| 1925 | Baruch S. Blumberg | Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis and Process; Process of Viral Diagnosis and Reagent | Med | Vaccine for Hepatitis B |
| 1936 | Robert Bower | Field-Effect Device with Insulated Gate; Self Aligned Gate MOSFET | Elec | Field-Effect Device with Insulated Gate; Self Aligned Gate MOSFET |
| 1936 | Herb Boyer | Process for Producing Biologically Functional Molecular Chimeras | Med | Genetic Engineering |
| 1898 | Rachel Fuller Brown | Nystatin and Method of Producing It | Med | Nystatin (Antifungal / Antibiotic) |
| 1849 | Luther Burbank | Peach and Fruit | Ag | Peach and Fruit |
| 1912 | Joseph H. Burckhalter | Isothiocyanate Compounds and Means of Producing the Same | Med | Isothiocyanate Compounds (Antigen) |
| 1857 | William Seward Burroughs | Calculating Machine | Tool | Calculator |
| 1865 | William Meriam Burton | Manufacture of Gasoline | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1904 | Donald L. Campbell | Method of and Apparatus for Contacting Solids and Gases | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1916 | Marvin Camras | Method and Means of Magnetic Recording | Elec | Magnetic Recording |
| 1906 | Chester F. Carlson | Electrophotography | Elec | Electrophotography (Xerox) / Instant Copying |
| 1896 | Wallace Hume Carothers | Diamine-Dicarboxylic Acid Salts and Process of Preparing Same; Synthetic Fiber | Chem | Synthetic Rubber |
| 1876 | Willis Haviland Carrier | Apparatus for Treating Air | Home | Air Conditioner |
| 1860 | George Washington Carver | Crop-rotation methods for conserving nutrients in soil | Ag | New uses for peanuts, tomatoes, other southern crops |
| 1935 | Stan Cohen | Process for Producing Biologically Functional Molecular Chimeras | Med | Genetic Engineering |
| 1923 | Frank B. Colton | Estradiene Compounds | Med | Oral Contraceptives |
| 1923 | Lloyd H. Conover | Tetracycline | Med | Tetracycline |
| 1873 | William D. Coolidge | Vacuum Tube (X-Ray) | Elec | Vacuum Tube (X-Ray) |
| 1877 | Frederick G. Cottrell | Art of Separating Suspended Particles from Gaseous Bodies | Chem | Electrostatic Precipitator |
| 1925 | Seymour Cray | Computer Vector Register Processing | Comp | Supercomputer |
| 1936 | Raymond V. Damadian | Apparatus and Method for Detecting Cancer in Tissue | Med | MRI |
| 1907 | George de Mestral | Velvet Type Fabric and Method of Producing the Same | Home | Velcro |
| 1957 | Mark Dean | Microcomputer System with Bus Control Means for Peripheral Processing Devices | Comp | Peripherals |
| 1804 | John Deere | Improvement in Plows | Ag | Plows |
| 1873 | Lee Deforest | Space Telegraphy | Telcom | Radio |
| 1932 | Robert Dennard | Field-Effect Transistor Memory | Comp | DRAM |
| 1858 | Rudolf Diesel | Internal-Combustion Engine | Tool | Internal-Combustion Engine |
| 1901 | Walt Disney | Multiplane Camera | Video | Multiplane Camera |
| 1923 | Carl Djerassi | Oral Contraceptives | Med | Oral Contraceptives |
| 1866 | Herbert Henry Dow | Process of Extracting Bromine | Chem | Bromine Extraction |
| 1901 | Charles Stark Draper | Gyroscopic Apparatus | Tool | Stabilizing Gyroscpic |
| 1934 | Graham John Durant | Pharmacologically Active Guanidine Compounds | Med | Tagamet - Cimetidine |
| 1854 | George Eastman | Method and Apparatus for Coating Plates for use in Photography | Photo | Photography |
| 1903 | Harold E. Edgerton | Stroboscope | Photo | Photography |
| 1837 | Edison , Thomas Alva | Electric Lamp | Elec | Electric |
| 1918 | Gertrude Belle Elion | 2-Amino-6-Mercaptopurine | Med | Anti-Leukemia drugs |
| 1939 | John Colin Emmett | Pharmacologically Active Guanidine Compounds | Med | Tagamet - Cimetidine |
| 1925 | Douglas Engelbart | X-Y Position Indicator for a Display System | Comp | Computer Mouse |
| 1803 | John Ericsson | Propelling Steam Vessels | Tool | Screw Propeller |
| 1941 | Federico Faggin | Memory System for a Multi-Chip Digital Computer | Comp | CPU |
| 1906 | Philo Taylor Farnsworth | Television System | Video | Cathode-Ray Tube |
| 1934 | James Fergason | Display Devices Utilizing Liquid Crystal Light Modulation | Video | Liquid Crystal Display |
| 1901 | Enrico Fermi | Neutronic Reactor | Energy | Nuclear Fission |
| 1866 | Reginald Fessenden | Apparatus for Signaling by Electromagnetic Waves | Telcom | Radio |
| 1934 | Thomas Fogarty | Embolectomy Catheter | Med | Embolectomy Catheter |
| 1863 | Henry Ford | Transmission Mechanism | Tool | Automobile |
| 1918 | Jay W. Forrester | Multicoordinate Digital Information Storage Device | Comp | Random Access Memory |
| 1913 | Alfred Free | Composition of Matter | Med | Glucose Detection for Diabetes |
| 1934 | Charon Robin Ganellin | Pharmacologically Active Guanidine Compounds | Med | Tagamet - Cimetidine |
| 1901 | Edmund Germer | Discharge Device; Metal Vapor Lamp | Home | Fluorescent Lamp |
| 1920 | Charles P. Ginsburg | Broad Band Magnetic Tape Systems and Method | Elec | Video Tape Recording |
| 1882 | Robert Hutchings Goddard | Control Mechanism for Rocket Apparatus | Energy | Solid Fuel Rockets |
| 1800 | Charles Goodyear | Improvements in India-Rubber Fabrics | Chem | Vulcanization of Rubber |
| 1920 | Gordon Gould | Optically Pumped Laser Amplifiers; Light Amplifiers Employing Collisions to Produce a Population Inversion | Optics | Laser |
| 1919 | Wilson Greatbatch | Medical Cardiac Pacemaker | Med | Implantable Pacemaker |
| 1918 | Leonard Michael Greene | Stall Warning Device for Airplanes | Tool | Aircraft Stall Warning Device |
| 1863 | Charles Martin Hall | Manufacture of Aluminum | Ind | Aluminum |
| 1919 | Robert N. Hall | Asymmetrically Conductive Device and Method of Making the Same | Elec | Magnetron |
| 1908 | William Edward Hanford | Process for Making Polymeric Products and for Modifying Polymeric Products | Chem | Polyurethane |
| 1885 | Elizabeth Lee Hazen | Nystatin and Method of Producing It | Med | Nystatin (Antifungal / Antibiotic) |
| 1913 | William R. Hewlett | Variable Frequency Oscillation Generator | Telcom | Audio Signals |
| 1902 | Rene Alphonse Higonnet | Photo Composing Machine | Photo | Photo Composing Machine |
| 1915 | James Hillier | Electron Lens Correction Device | Tool | Electron Microscope |
| 1937 | Marcian E. (Ted) Hoff | Memory System for a Multi-Chip Digital Computer | Comp | CPU |
| 1919 | Paul Hogan | Polymers and Production Thereof | Chem | HDPE and Polypropylene Plastics |
| 1860 | Herman Hollerith | Art of Compiling Statistics; Apparatus for Compiling Statistics | Comp | Punch Card Tabulator |
| 1910 | Donald Fletcher Holmes | Process for Making Polymeric Products and for Modifying Polymeric Products | Chem | Polyurethane |
| 1892 | Eugene Houdry | Process for the Manufacture of Liquid Fuels | Energy | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1903 | J. Franklin Hyde | Method of Making a Transparent Article of Silica | Optics | Transparent Silica |
| 1899 | Percy Lavon Julian | Preparation of Cortisone | Med | Cortisone |
| 1941 | Donald B. Keck | Fused Silica Optical Waveguide; Method of Producing Optical Waveguide Fibers | Optics | Optical Fibers |
| 1876 | Charles Franklin Kettering | Engine Starting Device; Engine Starting, Lighting and Ignition System | Ind | Automobile |
| 1923 | Jack S. Kilby | Miniaturized Electronic Circuits | Comp | Integrated Circuit |
| 1911 | Willem J. Kolff | Soft Shell Mushroom Shaped Heart | Med | Artificial Heart |
| 1889 | William Kroll | Method for Manufacturing Titanium and Alloys Thereof | Ind | Titanium |
| 1923 | Stephanie Louise Kwolek | Optically Anisotropic Aromatic Polyamide Dopes and Oriented Fibers Therefrom | Home | Kevlar |
| 1909 | Edwin Herbert Land | Photographic Product Comprising a Rupturable Container Carrying a Photographic Processing Liquid | Photo | Photography |
| 1881 | Irving Langmuir | Incandescent Electric Lamp | Elec | Electric Lamp |
| 1901 | Ernest Orlando Lawrence | Method and Apparatus for the Acceleration of Ions | Chem | Cyclotron |
| 1902 | William P. Lear | Radio Apparatus | Telcom | Car Radio |
| 1926 | Robert S. Ledley | Diagnostic X-Ray System | Med | CAT Scan |
| 1927 | Theodore Harold Maiman | Ruby Laser Systems | Tool | Laser |
| 1874 | Guglielmo Marconi | Transmitting Electrical Signals | Telcom | Radio |
| 1910 | Homer Z. Martin | Method of and Apparatus For Contacting Solids And Gases | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1924 | Robert D. Maurer | Fused Silica Optical Waveguide; Method of Producing Optical Waveguide Fibers | Optics | Optical Fibers |
| 1941 | Stanley Mazor | Memory System for a Multi-Chip Digital Computer | Comp | CPU |
| 1809 | Cyrus Hall McCormick | Improvement in Machines for Reaping Small Grain | Ag | Mechanical Reaper |
| 1844 | Elijah McCoy | Improvement in Lubricators for Steam-Engines | Ind | Automatic Engine Lubricator |
| 1854 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | Machine for Producing Printing Bars | Ind | Linotype |
| 1923 | Irving Millman | Vaccine Against Viral Hepatitis and Process; Process of Viral Diagnosis and Reagent | Med | Vaccine for Hepatitis B |
| 1950 | Dennis Moeller | Microcomputer System with Bus Control Means for Peripheral Processing Devices | Comp | Peripherals |
| 1939 | Bryan B. Molloy | Aryloxyphenylpropylamines | Med | Prozac |
| 1791 | Samuel F. B. Morse | Improvement in the Mode of Communicating Information by Signals by the Application of Electro-Magnetism | Telcom | Telegraph |
| 1899 | Andrew J. Moyer | Method for Production of Penicillin | Med | Penicillin |
| 1914 | Louis Marius Moyroud | Photo Composing Machine | Photo | Photo Composing Machine |
| 1944 | Kary Mullis | Process for Amplifying Nucleic Acid Sequences | Chem | Polymerase Chain Reacton |
| 1898 | Eger V. Murphree | Method of and Apparatus for Contacting Solids and Gases | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1878 | Julius Nieuwland | Vinyl Derivatives of Acetylene and Method of Preparing the Same | Chem | Synthetic Rubber |
| 1833 | Alfred Nobel | Improved Explosive Compounds | Energy | Dynamite |
| 1927 | Robert N. Noyce | Semiconductor Device-and-Lead Structure | Comp | Integrated Circuit |
| 1926 | Kenneth H. Olsen | Magnetic Core Memory | Comp | Magnetic Core Memory |
| 1811 | Elisha Graves Otis | Improvement in Hoisting Apparatus | Ind | Elevator Brake |
| 1832 | Nicolaus August Otto | Gas-Motor Engine | Ind | Gas-Motor Engine |
| 1906 | Louis W. Parker | Television Receiver | Video | Television |
| 1913 | John T. Parsons | Motor Controlled Apparatus for Positioning Machine Tool | Tool | Numerical Control |
| 1822 | Louis Pasteur | Improvement in Brewing Beer and Ale | Ag | Pasteurization |
| 1915 | Charles J. Plank | Catalytic Cracking of Hydrocarbons with a Crystalline Zeolite Catalyst Composite | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1910 | Roy J. Plunkett | Tetrafluoroethylene Polymers | Home | Teflon |
| 1922 | Robert H. Rines | Electric System; Microwave Scanning System; Sound Ranging System | Telcom | High Resolution Radar and Sonar |
| 1933 | Heinrich Rohrer | Scanning Tunneling Microscope | Tool | Scanning Tunneling Microscope |
| 1921 | Edward J. Rosinski | Catalytic Cracking of Hydrocarbons with a Crystalline Zeolite Catalyst Composite | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1917 | Benjamin A. Rubin | Pronged Vaccinating and Testing Needle | Med | Pronged Vaccinating Needle |
| 1917 | Lewis Hastings Sarett | Process of Treating Pregnene Compounds | Med | Cortisone |
| 1921 | Arthur Schawlow | Masers and Maser Communications System | Optics | Laser |
| 1939 | Klaus K. Schmiegel | Aryloxyphenylpropylamines | Med | Prozac |
| 1942 | Peter C. Schultz | Fused Silica Optical Waveguide; Method of Producing Optical Waveguide Fibers | Optics | Optical Fibers |
| 1925 | Robert J. Seiwald | Isothiocyanate Compounds and Means of Producing the Same | Med | Isothiocyanate Compounds (Antigen) |
| 1898 | Waldo L. Semon | Synthetic Rubber-like Composition and Method of Making Same; Method of Preparing Polyvinyl Halide Products | Chem | Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) |
| 1931 | Gerhard M. Sessler | Electroacoustic Transducer | Elec | Electret Microphone |
| 1915 | John C. Sheehan | Displacement of the Thiazolidine Ring in Penicillin with the Formation of a Biologically Active Cephem System | Med | Penicillin |
| 1930 | Patsy Sherman | Block and Graft Copolymers Containing Water Solvatable Polar Groups and Fluoroaliphatic Groups | Home | Scotchgard (TM) Textile Proctector |
| 1819 | Christopher Sholes | Type Writing Machine | Tool | Typewriter |
| 1889 | Igor I. Sikorsky | Direct-Lift Aircraft; Helicopter and Controls Therefor | Ind | Helicopter |
| 1927 | Samuel Smith | Block and Graft Copolymers Containing Water Solvatable Polar Groups and Fluoroaliphatic Groups | Home | Scotchgard (TM) Textile Proctector |
| 1894 | Percy Lebaron Spencer | High Efficiency Magnetron | Elec | Magnetron |
| 1860 | Elmer Ambrose Sperry | Ship's Gyroscopic-Compass Set | Tool | Gyroscopic Compass |
| 1858 | William Stanley | Induction Coil / Transformer | Elec | Alternating Current |
| 1865 | Charles Proteus Steinmetz | System of Distribution by Alternating Currents | Elec | Alternating Current |
| 1904 | George R. Stibitz | Complex Computer | Comp | Digital Computer |
| 1898 | Leo Szilard | Neutronic Reactor / Nuclear Fission | Energy | Neutronic Reactor / Nuclear Fission |
| 1900 | Donalee L. Tabern | Thiobarbituric Acid Derivatives | Med | Pentothal / Anesthesia |
| 1856 | Nikola Tesla | Electro-Magnetic Motor | Elec | Alternating Current |
| 1831 | Henry Timken | Roller Bearing for Vehicles; Roller Bearing | Ind | Tapered Roller Bearings |
| 1906 | Max Tishler | Alloxazines and Isoalloxazinesand Processes for their Production; 2-Sulphanilamido-quinoxaline | Med | Vitamins |
| 1915 | Charles Hard Townes | Production of Electromagnetic Energy; Masers and Maser Communications System | Optics | Laser |
| 1905 | Charles W. Tyson | Method of and Apparatus for Contacting Solids and Gases | Chem | Catalytic Cracking |
| 1893 | Ernest H. Volwiler | Thiobarbituric Acid Derivatives | Med | Pentothal / Anesthesia |
| 1920 | An Wang | Pulse Transfer Controlling Device | Comp | Magnetic Core Memory |
| 1931 | James E. West | Electroacoustic Transducer | Elec | Electret Microphone |
| 1846 | George Westinghouse | Improvement in Steam-Power Brake Devices | Elec | Alternating Current |
| 1765 | Eli Whitney | Cotton Gin | Ag | Cotton Gin |
| 1830 | Stephen Wilcox | Improvement in Steam Generators | Tool | Steam Generator |
| 1886 | Robert R. Williams | Process for Obtaining Vitamins | Med | Vitamins |
| 1950 | Steve Wozniak | Microcomputer for Use with Video Display | Comp | Personal Computer |
| 1871 | Orville Wright | Flying-Machine | Ind | Airplane |
| 1867 | Wilbur Wright | Flying-Machine | Ind | Airplane |
| 1889 | Vladimir Kosma Zworykin | Cathode-Ray Tube | Video | Cathode-Ray Tube |