{"id":5290,"date":"2026-07-12T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2026-07-11T10:59:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:59:27","slug":"july-12-2026-patent-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patents.harnessip.com\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"July 12, 2026, Patent of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On July 12, 1859, William Goodale received U.S. Patent No. 24734 on a machine for cutting blanks to make paper bags:<\/p>\n\n\n

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These blanks could be folded into paper bags had a flat bottom. The first paper bag making machine was patented by Franci Wolle on October 26, 1852, as U.S. Patent No. 9355, these bags had a tapered end, like an envelope:<\/p>\n\n\n

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It took another inventor, Margarete E. Knight, to put the pieces together and develop a machine that manufactures flat-bottomed paper bags, for which she received U.S. Patent No. 116842, on July 11, 1871:<\/p>\n\n\n

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