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Ask The Invention Geek – Presidental Patents?

Posted on August 6, 2010October 12, 2015 by Invention Geek

Question from Sarah J.:
Have any US Presidents been granted patents?

Abraham Lincoln is the only US President to ever receive a patent. Lincoln received patent #6469 on May 22, 1849 for a device to lift boats over shoals.

Read more about Abraham Lincoln’s patent here.

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