The Chronograph of Inventions

February 22

  • In 1630, popcorn was introduced to the English colonists by an Indian named Quadequina who brought it in deerskin bags as his contribution at their first Thanksgiving dinner.

    In 1946, Dr Selman Abraham Waksman announced his discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin, the first specific antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. For this work, he was awarded the 1952 Nobel Prize. Dr. Waksman was born in Ukraine.

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  • 31.10.2011 - Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification

    The EPO and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have launched a website on the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC), a joint project aimed at developing a classification scheme for inventions that will be used by both offices.

    The website, www.cpcinfo.org, contains detailed information about the new classification scheme and the project's progress for staff at the EPO, USPTO and other patent offices as well as industry and the user community.

    "The launch of the CPC website one year after the signing of the agreement is a first significant achievement on the way to greater harmonization in the patent system," said EPO President Benoît Battistelli. "The innovation market is a global market, and in order to efficiently support it with a quality-based patent system, it is essential that patent offices in the large economic regions align the procedures and tools."

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