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200 Years ofInnovation
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1st numbered US patent on the locomotive steam-engine
1st man-made plastic invented, patented and trademarked as Parkesine
Bessemer patents an Improvement of the manufacture of iron and steel
Edison patents the Electric lamp
Cooke and Wheatstone patent the Five needle telegraph
1st transatlantic telegraph message
Mendel’s scienti�c publication on plant hybridization
Benz patents Vehicle with gas engine
Ford mass-produces the Ford T
Bell patents Improvement in telegraphy
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Steam Locomotive1836
Plastics1856Industrial Steelmaking1856
Electric Lamp1879
Electric Telegraph1837
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Scienti�c Plant Breeding1866
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Automobiles1879
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Telephone1876
Marconi patents Transmitting electrical signals
1st industrial robot
Deep Blue beats chess master Kasparov
Just-in-time ManufacturingToyota implements Kanban for lean production
Sustainable EnergySolar cells are patented
Barcode patented
Bell Labs’ Semiconductor patent
1st Commodore PET sold
Fleming discovers Penicillin
Mass production of Penicillin
Jenkins patents “Transmitting pictures by wireless”
Marie Curie wins her 2nd Nobel Prize
Nuclear plant APS-1 generates electricity for commercial use
Santos-Dumont �ies his 14-bis
Wright brothers patent the Flying machine
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Radio1897
Robotics1954
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Supply Chain Innovations
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Semiconductors1950
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Pharmaceuticals1929
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Television1925
Nuclear Energy1911
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ARPANET network deployed
Scanning probe microscopy developed
Bicycle with nanotubes frame in the Tour de France
WWW is created at CERN
1st mobile telephone call
1st SMS sent
Industrial 3D printers commercialized
Low-cost 3D printers commercialized
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Internet1969
Nanotechnology1981
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Mobile Phone1973
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3D Printing1987
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Mankind’s pursuit of innovative solutions has powered human progress and transformed our world. Two centuries of breakthrough innovations have seen a 15-fold growth in per capita incomes in frontier economies. WIPO’s 2015 World Intellectual Property Report looks at six transformative technologies, and explores the role of intellectual property in innovation.