Inventor and electrical engineer Guglielmo Marconi applied for the patents for the radio.
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Inventor Moses F Gale patented the cigar lighter in the US.
Thomas Edison filed his patent for the Optical Phonograph.
Inventor Leo Baekeland patented the first thermosetting plastic, Bakelite, which sparked the birth of the plastics industry.
The clip-on tie was designed.
Isaac R. Johnson received his patent for the bicycle frame.
