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December 21, 2005, 10:26 PM
Sarah Goode was the first African American to receive a U.S. patent(#322,177),was issued on July 14,1885 for a cabinet bed. Sarah Goode was the owner of a Chicago furniture store. Below you can view the patent issued to Sarah Goode. http://inventors.about.com/library/blblackinventors.htm
Patricia Bath became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention.
Dr. Patricia Bath, ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her first patent, (#4,744,360), a method for removing cateract lenses,transformed eye surgery,using a laser device making the procedure more accurate.
Patricia Bath became the first African American woman doctor to receive a patent for a medical invention.
Dr. Patricia Bath, ophthalmologist from New York, but living in Los Angeles when she received her first patent, (#4,744,360), a method for removing cateract lenses,transformed eye surgery,using a laser device making the procedure more accurate.