Patricia Bath Laserphaco patent issued (1988-05-17)

CTL-E-4565 · Event · other · 1988

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U.S. Patent 4,744,360, 'Apparatus for ablating and removing cataract lenses,' issued to Patricia Bath on May 17, 1988 - the first U.S. medical patent awarded to an African American woman.

Notes

RELP105 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-023303.

Relationships

Sarah E. Goode patent granted (1885-07-14) — related to
Bath's 1988 Laserphaco patent and Sarah E. Goode's 1885 cabinet-bed patent are both landmark U.S. patents granted to Black women inventors.

Referenced by

Otis Boykin U.S. patent 2,972,726 issued (1961-02-21) — related to → this record

Sources

Wikipedia - Patricia Bath. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Bath

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