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  This is when it was patented.
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  This event lasted until the mid-1840s. We don't know the exact date when it stopped.
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  This is the date these Amendments were passed.
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  This date is the patent of the telephone.
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  This date is the patent of the electric light.
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  This date is the patent of the airplane.