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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nOf course every patent nerd knows that Abraham Lincoln on May 22, 1849, Abraham Lincoln received Patent No. 6469 for a device to lift boats over shoals. He is the only president to have received a patent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, a number of presidents have been the subject<\/em> of patents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n U.S Patent No. D41046, issued July 17, 1917, honors presidents Washington, Lincoln, and Wilson:<\/p>\n\n\n President Washington got another shout out a few years early, in U.S. Patent No. 537,666, which issued on April 16, 1895, on a toy bank featuring the future President and a cherry tree:<\/p>\n\n\n The presidents from Washington to Grant were featured in U.S. Patent No. D9138, which issued March 14, 1875, on a fan:<\/p>\n\n\n The presidents from Washington to Grant also shared the spotlight in U.S. Patent No. D8000 issued January 12, 1875:<\/p>\n\n\n On August 3, 1915, U.S. Patent No. 1148885 made the Presidents part of a patented puzzle:<\/p>\n\n\n The first 31 presidents made were celebrated in U.S. Patent No. 2,284,256 on a Card Game, issued May 26, 1942:<\/p>\n\n\n There are of course many other patents that mention one or more presidents, but those are for a future Presidents Day post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Presidents have had a lot to do with patents over the years. Presidents used to sign the patents, and George Washington signed the first patent issued by the U.S. Government on July 31, 1790: Of course every patent nerd knows … Continue reading <\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n