Millions from the Mind
Inventors and Their Inventions Index
The book has invention indexes by Inventor, Invention, Company, and Trademark plus a comprehensive word index. Shown below is only the "By Inventor" index. However, be aware that you should not take the index or column headings too literally. The "inventor" list, for example, includes names from the text, such as Charles Muench, that are not inventors but rather that spearheaded companies founded on inventions. Where the inventor is mentioned in the text other names associated with that invention do not appear in this index. Also an inventor/invention pair is by no means intended to imply that that inventor was the first to invent that type product though some, of course, were.
Not all inventor names, company names, etc. that are mentioned in the text appear in the indexes either (example, the text mentions an invention but no inventor) but they do appear in the comprehensive index in the book. Company names as they appear in this index also may not have been the official company name at the time of the invention and it's marketing or the company name today either, only a convenient form of the name for your recognition as suits our purposes here. Lastly be aware that not all trademark ownership, Screwpull for example, in the text or the indexes is current reflecting the book as a narrative on how-they-got-to-success and not then-what-happened. In short, an entry in this index is not an answer or a fact, only a place from which you can start your research.
By Inventor
| Name / Company |
Invention |
Page(s) |
| Allen, Herb / Hallen Company |
Screwpull® cork remover |
2, 29, 30, 101-106, 113, 114, 133, 134, 137, 139 |
| Asbury, Harry / Enterprise Manufacturing Co. |
Can opener |
7, 54-57 |
| Barton et. al. / TiVo, Inc. |
TiVo® multimedia time shifter |
234, 245-248 |
| Bell, Alexander Graham / Bell Telephone Co. |
Telephone |
1, 6, 7, 13, 15, 32, 46, 50, 51, 63, 70, 81, 82, 94-97, 145, 153, 154, 204, 240, 254 |
| Bell, Alexander Graham |
Facsimile machine (telefax) |
1, 254 |
| Bell, Alexander Grahm |
Gramophone modifications |
1 |
| Bennett, Robert / Revlon |
Plastic products, packaging components |
26, 27, 98-100 |
| Berger, Dick / Oral Research, Inc. |
Plax® anti-plaque dental rinse |
3-6, 12, 68, 95, 174 |
| Berman, Arnold |
Hip-joint replacement |
15, 16 |
| Bernard, Stephen / Cape Cod Potato Chip Co. |
Cape Cod® potato chips |
31, 71, 78, 79, 116, 138 |
| Black, James / SmithKline |
Tagamet® heartburn medicine |
xii, 6, 122 |
| Black, William / Biomagnetic Technologies, Inc. |
Neuromagnetometer® magnetic source imaging |
40-42 |
| Boyer, Herbert / U. of California |
Recombinant DNA |
189-192 |
| Brown, Omar L. / Dayton Reliable Tool & Mfg. |
Can attached ring opener |
156 |
| Carlson, Chester / Haloid Corp. |
Xerox® electrostatic copy process |
31, 130, 137, 138 |
| Carothers, Wallace Hume / DuPont |
Nylon (unregistered product trade name) |
1, 14, 73, 243, 244 |
| Carpenter, Keith H. / General Motors Corp. |
Intermittent windshield wiper |
190, 191 |
| Chavkin, Leonard |
Aerosol whip drug dispensing |
53, 54 |
| Clemens, George / Dental Research Corp. |
Interplak® electric toothbrush |
84, 88, 99-103, 105, 107-115, 126, 127, 143, 144, 154, 223-225, 241 |
| Clemens, George |
Multilength-bristles hand toothbrush |
115, 127 |
| Cohen, Stanley / Stanford University |
Recombinant DNA |
189-192 |
| Colburn, David |
Revolver |
44 |
| Colt, Samuel / Colt Firearms Co. |
Colt® revolver |
1, 2, 37, 39-42, 44, 45, 47-53 |
| Courtney, Henry / 3M |
Tacky sheet material bulletin board |
223-225 |
| Cox, Paul / Strength Footwear, Inc. |
Strength® training shoe |
212, 213 |
| Crum, George |
Potato chips (Saratoga chips) |
70, 71, 116 |
| Cuervo, Armando / Sweet Dreems, Inc. |
SleepTight® infant soothing crib |
39, 135, 136, 139-144 |
| Damadian, Ray / Fonar Corp. |
MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) |
61-65, 166, 195-197 |
| Davis, Jacob W. / Levi Strauss & Co. |
Levi's® riveted pants |
iii, iv, 67, 68 |
| Dean, Robert / Designer Blocks, Inc. |
Designer split concrete block |
209-212, 214-219, 232 |
| Dean, Robert / Stonewall landscapes, Inc. |
Notched retaining wall block |
211, 212, 232 |
| DeLeon, Richard |
Toothbrush holder |
76, 156-160 |
| Diamond Fever Gang / General Electric* |
Synthetic diamond |
104, 244, 245 |
| Dowd, Fred J. / Specialty Equipment Corp. |
Box making machines |
229 |
| Eastman, George / The Eastman Company |
Kodak® camera, roll film, etc. |
1, 3, 29, 30, 31, 33-35, 55, 58, 63 |
| Edison, Thomas / Western Union Telegraph Co. |
Carbon microphone telephone |
145-148, 149-154 |
| Edison, Thomas Alva |
Carbon filament light bulb |
1, 9, 15, 56, 63, 85, 144, 155, 162 |
| Eisenberg, Joe / Tofutti Brands, Inc. |
Tofutti® frozen tofu |
154, 155 |
| Folberth, William & Frederick |
Intermittent windshield wiper |
192 |
| Ford, Henry / Henry Ford Co. |
Fuel injection system |
xvi, 1, 8, 16-18, 20, 22, 24, 26-28, 59, 66, 85, 148, 164, 184, 198, 222, 237, 238 |
| Foreman, Roland J. / Motorola, Inc. |
Intermittent windshield wiper |
180-182 |
| Fraden, Jacob / Thermoscan, Inc. |
Thermoscan® ear IR thermometer |
103, 110, 223-225, 230-234 |
| Fraze, Ermal C. / Dayton Reliable Tool & Mfg. |
Can pull-tab opener |
155-157 |
| Friel, Dan / Edgecraft Corp. |
Chef's Choice® knife sharpener |
30, 49, 115, 116, 126, 141, 144, 158, 172, 213-216, 223 |
| Fry, Arthur / 3M |
Post-it® repositionable notes |
5, 6, 8, 17, 159, 160, 172, 220-222, 223-229, 243 |
| Gershon, Sol / Lever Bros. |
Close-Up® transparent toothpaste |
150, 151 |
| Goodrich, Marshall |
Fluoridated drinking water |
1 |
| Goodwin, Hannibal / The Goodwin Film & Camera Co. |
Nitro-cellulose flexible film |
33-35 |
| Goodyear, Charles |
Vulcanizing process for rubber |
55, 240 |
| Gould, Gordon / Patlex |
Laser |
33, 58, 59, 63, 87-94, 96, 105, 197 |
| Gray, Elisha |
Facsimile machine (telefax) |
1 |
| Gray, Elisha |
Gramophone improvements |
1 |
| Gray, Elisha |
Telephone (w/water microphone) |
1, 7, 32, 46, 50, 51, 70, 96 |
| Greatbatch, Wilson / Wilson Greatbatch Ltd. |
Cardiac pacemaker |
1, 2, 58-66, 67, 68, 240 |
| Green, Barrett K. / NCR |
NCR® carbonless carbon paper |
16, 172 |
| Green, Herbert / Warner-Lambert |
Color change chemistry for Efferdent® |
7 |
| Greene, William / Sports Tutor, Inc. |
Tennis Tutor® tennis ball thrower |
34 |
| Gross, Shelly / Allison Corp. |
Tissue Mate™ visor tissue holder |
189 |
| Harris, Art / (American Home Prod) |
Aerosol metering valve (for Primatene® Mist) |
157 |
| Hickman, Ron / Black & Decker |
Workmate® folding work bench |
217, 218, 232 |
| Hiles, Maurice / Sorbothane, Inc. |
Sorbothane® energy absorbing plastic |
25, 180, 181 |
| Ishler, Norman / General Foods |
Aerosol effervescent bubble creator |
16, 183 |
| Ishler, Norman / Pharmacraft Corp. |
Aerosol effervescent foot bath |
16, 183, 184 |
| Ishler, Norman / Sterling Drug Co. |
Aerosol effervescent bubble bath |
16, 183, 184 |
| Kamen, Dean / Deka R & D |
Segway® personal transporter |
57 |
| Kamen, Dean / Johnson & Johnson |
iBOT™ stair climbing wheelchair |
58 |
| Kamen, Dean |
Portable dialysis machine |
58 |
| Kamen, Dean |
Wearable medication infusion pump |
57, 58 |
| Katz, Ronald |
Computer/communication patents |
57 |
| Kearns, Robert F. / Tann Co |
Intermittent windshield wipers |
55, 59, 167-182, 190-194, 243 |
| Krieble, Vernon / Loctite Corp. |
Loctite® liquid lock washer |
162-164 |
| Kurzweil, Raymond / Kurzweil Computer Products |
Electronic reading machine |
2, 161-164 |
| Land, Edwin / Polaroid |
Polaroid® instant film and camera |
55, 56, 63 |
| Lawrence, J.J. / Warner-Lambert |
Listerine® mouth wash |
194, 195 |
| Lee, Jimmy L. / The Sharper Image |
Electronic air cleaner |
239-244, 248 |
| Lemelson, Jerome |
Flexible plastic tracks |
56-59, 75, 81 |
| Lemelson, Jerome |
In-line skate |
75, 81 |
| Mackles, Leonard |
Aerosol whip drug dispensing |
53, 54 |
| Marra, Dorothy |
Aerosol applicator pad ejector |
16 |
| Martin, Andrew / Smartfoods, Inc. |
Smartfood® cheese flavored popcorn |
160 |
| Merrill, Roger / 3M |
Tacky sheet material bulletin board |
223-225 |
| Meucci, Antonio |
Tin-can telephone modification |
204 |
| Meyers, Ken / Smartfoods, Inc. |
Smartfood® cheese flavored popcorn |
160 |
| Montague, Harry / Montague Corp. |
BiFrame® folding bicycle |
17, 113, 126, 127, 206-209, 232 |
| Muench, Charles / Colorocs Corp. |
ColorocsTM color copier |
4-6, 17-27, 32, 39, 232 |
| Murdock, James / Endless Pools, Inc. |
Endless Pools® recirculating swimming pool |
10, 11, 39 |
| Murtha, Richard / Main Street Toy Co. |
Slap Wrap® bracelets |
68, 69 |
| Nesmith, Betty / Gillette Co. |
Liquid Paper® correction fluid |
216, 217 |
| Newkirk, Marc / Lanxide Corp. |
Process for creating metallic ceramics |
31, 34, 35, 39, 40, 52, 53, 249-252 |
| Ohain, Hans von |
Jet engine |
1, 123, 127, 137 |
| Olson, Brennan / N. Amer. Sports Training Corp. |
In-line skate |
76-80, 83, 86 |
| Olson, Scott / N. Amer. Sports Training Corp. |
Weight assembly for wrist |
90 |
| Olson, Scott / O.S. Designs, Inc. |
Rowbike® exercise cycle |
92, 93 |
| Olson, Scott / Rollerblade, Inc. |
Rollerblade® in-line skate |
69, 71-86, 235 |
| Olson, Scott |
Ice/roller skate combination |
85, 87-89, 235 |
| Olson, Todd Jack / Rollerblade, Inc. |
Rollerblade® in-line skate |
84 |
| Onanian, Richard / Learning Things, Inc. |
Ultrascope® microscope, etc. |
212 |
| Osipow, Lloyd |
Aerosol applicator pad ejector |
16 |
| Otis, Elisha Graves / Otis Elevator Co. |
Elevator safety brake |
1, 11, 183, 184 |
| Phipard, Harvey / Continental Screw |
Multilobular sheet metal screw |
xi, 80, 81, 87, 88, 96-99, 105, 167, 169-172 |
| Phipard, Harvey / Continental Screw |
Phipard Recess screw head |
98, 99 |
| Plunkett, Roy J. / DuPont |
Teflon® non-stick polymer |
1, 15, 243, 244 |
| Prussin, Sam / Gillette Co. |
Right Guard® antiperspirant |
29 |
| Prussin, Sam |
Dentifrice |
29 |
| Rabinow, Jack |
Automatic mail sorter |
3, 188 |
| Rabinow, Jack |
Magnetic-particle clutch |
188 |
| Rabinow, Jack |
Non-pickable lock |
188 |
| Rabinow, Jack |
Self-correcting electric clock |
3, 188 |
| Rabinow, Jack |
Straight-line phonograph tone arm |
188 |
| Redmond, Sanford / Sanford Redmond, Inc. |
Butter pat machine / Reddies Machine |
156, 157, 226, 227, 229 |
| Redmond, Sanford / Sanford Redmond, Inc. |
Cream single serve pkg |
229 |
| Redmond, Sanford / Sanford Redmond, Inc. |
DispenSRpak® single serve pkg |
156, 157, 226-229 |
| Reichenbach, Henry M. / The Eastman Company |
Nitro-cellulose flexible film |
31, 33 |
| Russell, James / Abbotts Dairies |
Mighty Milk® vitamin milk |
160, 161 |
| Saito, Shosaku / Saito Motors |
Intermittent windshield wiper |
194 |
| Sarich, Ralph / Orbital Engine Company |
Fuel injection system, etc. |
219-221, 237, 238 |
| Sarich, Ralph / Orbital Engine Company |
Orbital engine |
8, 132, 218-222, 232, 237, 238 |
| Schaeffer, Ernest / Schaeffer Magnetics |
Actuator motors |
225, 226, 235-237 |
| Selden, George / Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers |
Automobile patent |
29, 30, 66, 164 |
| Silver, Spencer / 3M |
Tacky adhesive |
5, 6, 17, 220-222, 223-225, 227 |
| Smith, Walton |
Freeze-dried pharmaceutical tablets |
8, 199 |
| Smith, Walton |
Semi-hydroponic planter |
8, 199 |
| Sneider, Vince |
Sanitary napkin |
61, 64, 65 |
| Snider, Vince |
Burglar alarm |
64 |
| Spaeth, Mary / Hughes Aircraft |
Tuneable dye laser |
89 |
| Tann, David / Tann Co. |
Intermittent windshield wiper |
170, 171, 175 |
| Taylor et. al. / Pyxis, Inc. |
MedStation® drug access cabinet |
230, 231 |
| Thornton, Thomas / Cooper Laboratories |
Super Floss® brushy floss |
188, 199, 200, 218 |
| Townes, Charles & Schawlow, Arthur |
Maser |
88, 89 |
| Tripp, Alan R. / Abbotts Dairies |
Mighty Milk® vitamin milk |
160, 161 |
| Tripp, Alan R. / Allison Corp. |
Tissue Mate™ visor tissue holder |
189 |
| Tripp, Alan R. / RCA |
RecorDrama record album |
96 |
| Tripp, Alan R. |
Tennis-racket net measurer |
187-189, 241, 242 |
| Valentine, Bill |
Soft-center tablet technology |
46, 47, 84, 118, 119 |
| Vorhauer, Bruce / VLI Corporation |
Contraceptive sponge |
205-213, 235 |
| Walker, William H. / The Eastman Company |
Roll holder (film cartridge) |
29, 30, 35 |
| Wang, An / Wang Computers |
Tennis-racket net measure |
187-189, 241, 242 |
| Weder, Donald E. |
Florist products (over 1100 U.S. patents) |
56 |
| Wentorf, Robert* / General Electric |
Borazon® cubic boron nitride |
245 |
| Whitney, Eli |
Cotton gin |
1, 36, 38, 39, 48, 63 |
| Whitney, Eli |
Interchangeable parts |
38, 48, 63 |
| Whitney, Eli |
Milling machine & templates |
38, 39, 48, 63 |
| Whittle, Frank |
Jet engine |
1, 10, 116-119, 122-128, 130, 131-137 |
| Wozniak, Stephan / Apple Computer, Inc. |
Apple® computer, etc. |
198-200 |
| Zoeller, Noel & Adele / Zelco Inc. |
Itty Bitty® book bight |
37, 38, 76, 77 |
*Also see Diamond Fever Gang or Wentorf, Robert
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