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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist and a Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
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The first woman awarded a U.S. patent5.5.1809
Wikipedia (03 Apr 2013, 09:52)
Mary Kies was the first recipient of a patent granted to a woman by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, on May 5, 1809, which was for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
Her original patent file was destroyed in a fire at the United States Patent Office 1836 fire.
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Her original patent file was destroyed in a fire at the United States Patent Office 1836 fire.
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