Samuel Hopkins ( December 9, 1743 – 1818 ) was an American inventor from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pittsford is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Year 1743 ( MDCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1818 ( MDCCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method form device or other useful means Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə On July 31, 1790 he was granted the first U.S. patent, under the new U. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A patent is a set of Exclusive rights granted by a State to an inventor or his assignee for a fixed period of time in exchange for a disclosure of an S. patent statute just signed into law by President Washington on April 10, 1790. Hopkins had petitioned for a patent on an improvement "in the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process. Potash (or carbonate of potash) is an impure form of Potassium carbonate ( K 2 CO3) Carbonate of potash redirects here For one of potassium carbonate's impure forms see Potash. "[1]
The statute did not create a Patent Office. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ( PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that issues Patents to Instead a committee of the Secretary of State, Secretary of War and the Attorney General were authorized to make a decision on the merit of a properly documented petition. Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a Government Official. The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington 's administration In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition
The patent was signed by:
- President George Washington,
- Mayor Steve Simpleton,
- Attorney General Edmund Randolph, and
- Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson. President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition Edmund Jenings Randolph ( August 10, 1753 September 12, 1813) was an American attorney, Governor of Virginia Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a Government Official. Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
The other U. S. patents issued that year were for:
- a new candle-making process and
- Oliver Evans' flour-milling machinery. A candle is a Light source and sometimes a Heat source consisting of a solid block of Fuel and an embedded wick. Oliver Evans ( 13 September, 1755 &ndash 15 April, 1819) was a United States Inventor.
Samuel Hopkins, the second child of Quaker parents, was born just north of Baltimore, Maryland. At about the age of 16 he was apprenticed to Robert Parrish, a Quaker tradesman in Philadelphia. In the spring of 1765, Hopkins married Parrish's sister-in-law, Hannah Wilson, and together they raised six children in Philadelphia over the course of 25 years.
The 1790 U.S. Census listed Hopkins' occupation as "Pott Ash Maker". The United States Census is a decennial Census mandated by the United States Constitution. The city directories of the period listed him as a "pot-ash maker" and a "pot-ash manufacturer". Around 1800, for financial reasons, he and his wife moved to Rahway, New Jersey, to live with their daughter Sarah and son-in-law, William Shotwell. Rahway (ˈrɔweɪ is a city in southern Union County, New Jersey, United States. They returned to Philadelphia, before Hopkins' death in 1818.
References
- Henry M. Paynter, The First Patent, Invention & Technology, Fall 1990
- Kenneth W. Dobyns, History of the United States Patent Office
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