15.628J | Spring 2013 | Undergraduate

Patents, Copyrights, and the Law of Intellectual Property

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Description:

Thomas Edison’s Patent Application for the Light Bulb.

Alt text:
Drawing of the Incandescent Light Bulb by Thomas Edison.
Caption:
Thomas Edison’s patent drawing for an improvement in electric lamps, patented January 27, 1880. (Image courtesy of the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, National Archives. This image is in the public domain.)
Credit:
Records of the Patent and Trademark Office; Record Group 241; National Archives. This image is in the public domain.
Drawing of the Incandescent Light Bulb by Thomas Edison.