RESEARCH ETHICS
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PATENT LAW
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Question
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A patent related to Gong and Signal Chair was granted to
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Mr. Hunt
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Ms. Mary Anderson
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Ms. Miriam Benjamin
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Mr.John J Loud
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -On July 17, 1888, Miriam Elizabeth Benjamin became the second African American woman to receive a patent from the United States government for her invention of a gong and signal chair (U.S. Patent number 386, 289).
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gong and Signal Chair was created to allow hotel customers to call a waiter from their seat. A button on the chair would alert the waiters’ station and a light on the chair would let the wait staff know who was requesting them.
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