Index of black inventors by state or country of residence 1834-2008

Kermit J. Mallette Feb. 8, 1994 5,284,158 Sensitive condom

Randall S. Marshall Nov. 19, 1985 4,554,189 Articles for Cooling Beverages

Randall S. Marshall Aug. 2, 1988 4,761,314 Articles for Cooling Beverages

Randall S. Marshall May 8, 2007 7,213,810 System and Method for Charting Numbers Games

Randall S. Marshall

Lynne T. McGuire Mar. 10, 1992 5,093,969 Self Contained Viscera Treatment Unit

Ivy McIlwain Mar. 25, 1975 3,872,619 Rat Trap

Ivy McIlwain Oct. 23, 1984 4,478,534 Flood Control System

William L. Muckelroy June 15, 1971 3,585,553 Micro-Miniature Leadless Inductance Element

William L. Muckelroy Sep. 12, 1972 3,691,497 Leadless Microminiature Inductance Element with a Closed Magnetic Circuit

William L. Muckelroy Apr. 10, 1973 3,726,006 Method

for Sintering Thick-Film Oxidizable Silk-Screened Circuitry

William L. Muckelroy May 8, 1973 3,731,377 Method For Handling Beam-Lead and odd-Shaped Semi-Conductor Devices

William L. Muckelroy Sep. 4, 1973 3,755,891 Three Dimensional Circuit Modules for Thick-Film Circuits and the Like and Methods for Making Same

William L. Muckelroy May 21, 1974 3,812,442 Ceramic Inductor

William L. Muckelroy Sep. 3, 1974 3,833,872 Micro-miniature Monolithic Ferroceramic Transformer

William Murray Jan 27, 1891 445,452 Attachment for Bicycle

George W. Nauflett July 3, 1984 4,457,791 New Plasticizer for Nitropolymers

Clarence D. Nokes June 3, 1958 2,836,882 Venetian Blind Restringer

Clarence D. Nokes Feb. 12, 1963 3,077,066 Lawn Mower

Clarence D. Nokes Mar. 21, 1972 3,650,097 Programm-ed Steering Means for Mowing Apparatus or the Like

Clarence D. Nokes Oct. 19, 1982 4,354,339 Lawn mower apparatus

Clarence D. Nokes Sep. 6, 1983 4,402,201 Snap-off key

Luck Nwoko Apr. 17, 1990 4,916,833 Enhanced Speed Lacing Device with an Integrated Adjustable Width, Adjustable Tension System

Luck Nwoko Nov. 20, 1990 4,970,763 Hook-type Speed Fastening Device with Optional Integrated, Adjustable Width, Adjustable Tension, Eyelet Capacity

Luck Nwoko Sep. 24, 1991 5,050,915 Spring Actuated Fastening Device with Width/Tension Adjustment Capacity

Luck Nwoko Aug. 29, 1995 5,445,858 Attenuating Pad

Adam L. Oliphant Mar. 3, 1987 4,646,711 Portable Cooking Grill

Adam L. Oliphant May 16, 1989 D301,106 Portable Grill

Adam L. Oliphant Nov. 7, 1989 4,878,476 Portable Barbecue Grill Assembly

Robert J. Omohundro Apr. 23, 1963 3,087,060 Scintillation Counter

Robert J. Omohundro Oct. 12, 1971 3,612,872 Selective Detector for Fission Neutrons

George A. Parker June 15, 1982 4,334,583 Multi-purpose light duty garden tool

Charles A. Peterson, Jr. July 9, 1969 3,391,903 Power Generating Apparatus

James H. Pickett, Jr. Nov. 22, 1977 4,059,752 Trophy Lamp

John E. Purdy June 11, 1889 405,117 Folding Chair

Morris A. Raines Dec. 31, 1935 2,026,322 Receptacle for Growing Plants

Morris A. Raines Dec. 2, 1947 2,431,890 Method and Receptacle for Propagating Plants

Ernest P. Ray Feb. 21, 1899 620,078 Chair Supporting Device

Judy W. Reed Sep. 23, 1884 305, 474 Dough Kneader and Roller

Charles V. Richey Aug. 3, 1897 587,657 Railroad Switch

Charles V. Richey Dec. 28, 1897 596,427 Fire Escape Bracket

Charles V. Richey Dec. 13, 1898 615,907 Combined Cot, Hammock, and Stretcher

Charles V. Richey May 12, 1908 887,495 Portable Hoisting Device

Charles V. Richey Aug. 27, 1912 1,037,053 Telephone Call Register

Charles V. Richey June 3, 1913 1,063,599 Telephone Register and Lock-out Device

Charles V. Richey May 21, 1918 1,266,714 Telephone Metering System

James Ricks Mar. 30, 1886 338,781 Horseshoe

James Ricks June 6, 1899 626,245 Overshoe for Horses

James Ricks May 7, 1901 673,728 Horse Shoe Attachment

Hassel D. Robinson Feb. 24, 1925 D66,703 Design for a Traffic signal Casing

Hassel D. Robinson Apr. 13, 1926 1,580,218 Traffic Signal for Automobiles

Hassel D. Robinson Mar. 27, 1928 1,663,955 Fuel Mixing Device

Ronald B. Royster Jan. 22, 1974 D230,009 Plate for Chain Door Locks

Ralph W. Sanderson Jan. 9, 1968 3,362,742 Hydraulic Shock Absorber

Blanton Scott, Jr. Mar. 6, 1973 3,719,130 Photo-graphic Film Magazine combined with a coded multipurpose filmstrip and focusing screen

Joseph H. Smith May 4, 1897 581,785 Lawn Sprinkler

Joseph H. Smith Mar. 22, 1898 601,065 Lawn Sprinkler

Mildred E. Smith Oct. 28, 1980 4,230,321 Family relationships card game

William Snow Oct. 7, 1890 437,728 Liniment

Maxine W. Snowden Apr. 5, 1983 4,378,606 Rain Hat

Eugene A. Stewart Jan. 24, 1989 4,800,502 Fare Computer

Isaac Stewart, Jr. Oct. 15, 1985 4,547,011 Sno-Rak

Isaac Stewart, Jr. Jan. 14, 1992 5,079,840 Knife and holder

Charles W. Tate, Sr. Jan. 28, 1969 3,423,959 Flexible & Transparent Lubricant for Universal Joint

Moddie D. Taylor Aug. 6, 1957 2,801,899 Preparation of Anhydrous Alkaline Earth Halides

Moddie D. Taylor July 11, 1961 2,992,249 Ion Exchange Adsorption Process for Plutonium Separation

Moddie D. Taylor Aug. 14, 1962 3,049,406 Preparation Anhydrous Lithium Salt

Robert A. Turpin, Jr. Nov. 12, 1996 5,574,093 Odor-Reducing, Nutrient-Enhancing Composition

Simon Vincent Dec. 7, 1920 1,361,295 Woodwork-ing Machine

Simon Vincent Oct. 18, 1955 3,478,764 Rule Tool

Simon Vincent Mar. 20, 1956 2,738,974 Toy Riding Horse

M. Lucius Walker, Jr. Nov. 18, 1969 3,478,764 Laminar Fluid Nor Element

Richard Warren Mar. 8, 1927 1,619,900 Display Rack

Charles E. Weir Feb. 26, 1963 3,079,505 High Pressure Optical Cell

Charles E. Weir Feb. 2, 1971 3,560,091 High Pressure Optical Cell

Paul E. Williams Nov. 21, 1961 3,009,670 Airplane with Adjustable Wings and Tail

Paul E. Williams Jan. 26, 1971 3,558,081 Airborne Vehicles

Paul E. Williams Nov.27, 1962 3,065,933 Helicopter

Philip B. Williams Apr. 24, 1900 648,092 Electro-magnetic Electric Railway Track Switch

Philip B. Williams Jan. 15, 1901 666,080 Electrically Controlled and Operated Railway Switch

Michael A. Williamson Dec. 23, 1986 4,631,325 Accelerator combinations for anaerobic polymerization

Robert M. Williams Dec. 15, 1992 5,171,523 Method and apparatus for disinfecting objects

Robert M. Williams Sep. 5, 1995 5,447,684 Sterilization Devices, Sporicidal Compositions, Sterilization Methods, and Devices for Reducing Surface Tension

James Wormley May 24, 1881 242,091 Life Saving Apparatus

Dudley G. Woodard May 2, 1967 3,317,449 Poly-vinylidene Chloride Latex and Process

John R. Cooper Mar. 16, 1965 3,173,896 Process of Reacting a Polyisocyanate with a Compound Having Active Hydrogen Using a Tertiary Amine N-Oxide Catalyst

John R. Cooper Mar. 16, 1965 3,173,897 Process of Reacting Polyisocyanate with a Compound Having Active Hydrogen Using a Tertiary Amine N-Oxide and Hydrogen Peroxide Catalyst Mixture

John R. Cooper Sep. 14, 1965 3,206,437 Process of Reacting Isocyanate and Hydroxy Compound in Presence of Tertiary Amine and Hydrogen Peroxide

John R. Cooper Feb. 8, 1966 3,234,253 Two-Stage Phosgenation Process for Preparing Aromatic Isocyanates

John R. Cooper Nov. 5, 1968 T856,006 Tolylene Disocyanate Compositions Stabilized Against Light Discoloration

John R. Cooper Oct. 27, 1970 3,536,683 Process for Isolating a Fluorine-Containing Polymer

John R. Cooper Sep. 26, 1972 3,694,323 Separation of Distillable Isocyanates from their Phosgenation Masses

Jerry M. Certain Dec. 26, 1899 639,708 Parcel Carrier for Bicycles

Mark E. Dean* Mar. 13, 1984 4,437,092 Color Video Display System Having Programmable Border Color

Mark E. Dean* Apr. 10, 1984 4,442,428 Composite Video Color Signal Generation from Digital Color Signals

Mark E. Dean* July 9, 1985 4,528,626 Micro-Computer System with Bus Control Means for Peripheral Processing Devices

Mark E. Dean* Mar. 11, 1986 4,575,826 Refresh Generator System for a Dynamic Memory

Mark E. Dean* July 1, 1986 4,598,356 Data Processing System Including a Main Processor and a Co-Processor and Co-processor Error Handling Logic

Mark E. Dean* July 23, 1991 5,034,917 Computer System Including a Page Mode Memory with Decreased Access Time and Method of Operation thereof

Mark E. Dean* Sep. 3, 1991 5,045,998 Method and Apparatus for Selectively Posting Write Cycles Using the 82385 Cache Controller

Mark E. Dean* Apr. 21, 1992 5,107,507 Bidirectional Buffer with Latch and Parity Capability

Mark E. Dean* June 23, 199 5,125,084 Control of Pipelined Operation in a Microcomputer System Employing Dynamic Bus sizing with 80386 Processor and 82385 Cache Controller

Mark E. Dean* July 7, 1992 5,129,090 System Bus Preempt for 80386 When Running in an 80386/82385 Microcomputer System with Arbitration

Mark E. Dean* Dec. 8, 1992 5,170,481 Micro-Processor Hold and Lock Circuitry

Mark E. Dean* Dec. 29, 1992 5,175,826 Delayed Cache Write Enable Circuit for a Dual Bus Microcomputer System with an 80386 and 82385

Mark E. Dean* July 5, 1994 5,327,545 Data Processing Apparatus for Selectively Posting Write Cycles Using the 82385 Cache Controller

Mark E. Dean* Sep. 12, 1995 5,450,559 Micro-Computer System Employing Address Offset Mechanism to Increase the Supported Cache Memory Capacity

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr. July 18, 1995 5,434,873 Self Starting Femtosecond Ti Sapphire Laser with Intracavity Multiquantum well Saturable Absorber

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Nov. 21, 1995 5,469,454 Mode Locked Laser Diode in a High Power Solid State Regenerative Amplifier and Mount Mechanism

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Aug. 3, 1996 5,546,415 High Speed Pulse Slicer/Demultiplexer with Gain for Use in Solid State Regenerative Amplifier Systems

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* July 29, 1997 5,652,763 Mode Locked Laser Diode in a High Power Solid State Regenerative Amplifier and Mount Mechanism

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Oct. 31, 2000 6,141,577 Three Dimensional Optical Imaging Colposcopy

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr* June 6, 2000 6,072,765 Optical Disk Readout Method Using Optical Coherence Tomography and Spectral Interferometry

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* May 11, 2004 6,735,229 Ultralow Noise Optical Clock for High Speed Sampling Applications

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Oct. 5, 2004 6,801,551 Programm-able multiwavelength modelocked laser

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Feb. 10, 2004 6,690,686 Method for Reducing Amplitude Noise in Multi-Wavelength Modelocked Semiconductor Lasers

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Aug. 22, 2006 7,095,772 Extreme Chirped/Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Dec. 5, 2006 7,143,769 Controlling Pulse Energy of an Optical Amplifier by Controlling Pump Diode Current

Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.* Nov. 21, 1995 5,469,454 Mode Locked Laser Diode in a High Power Solid State Regenerative Amplifier and Mount Mechanism

Joseph H. Dickinson Oct. 2, 1918 1,685,911 Overhead Cableway Skidding and Loading Equipment

Joseph H. Dickinson Jul. 2, 1929 1,719,598 Overhead Cablway System

Joseph H. Dickinson Jan. 7, 1930 1,742,498 Locking Device for Skidding Carriages

Joseph H. Dickinson April 29, 1930 1,756,732 Skidding Carriage

Lydia M. Holmes Nov. 14, 1950 2,529,692 Knockdown Wheeled Toy

Tannis L. Overstreet Dec. 10, 1991 5,071,063 Security mail receptacle

Nathaniel R. Quick Aug. 11, 1998 5,793,042 Infrared Spectrophotometer Accelerated Corrosion-Erosion Analysis System

Nathaniel R. Quick Nov. 17, 1998 5,837,607 Method of Making a Laser Synthesized Ceramic Electronic devices and circuits

Nathaniel R. Quick Feb. 15, 2000 6,025,609 Laser Synthesized ceramic Electronic Devices and Circuits and Method for Making

Nathaniel R. Quick Apr. 4, 2000 6,046,091 Capacitor and Method of Making

Nathaniel R. Quick Apr. 25, 2000 6,054,375 Method for Making Laser Synthesized Ceramic Electronic devices and circuits

Nathaniel R. Quick June 27, 2000 6,079,089 Method of Making a Capacitor

Nathaniel R. Quick Aug. 1, 2000 6,096,212 Fluid Filter and Method of Making

Nathaniel R. Quick Sep. 5, 2000 6,112,395 Process of Making Fine and Ultra Fine Metallic Fibers

Nathaniel R. Quick Jan. 30, 2001 6,180,909 Apparatus and Method for Sealing Fluid Filter by Infrared Heating

Nathaniel R. Quick March 13, 2001 6,200,523 Apparatus and Method of Sintering Elements by Infrared Heating

Nathaniel R. Quick April 10, 2001 6,215,648 Capacitor

Nathaniel R. Quick June 19, 2001 6,248,192 Process for Making an Alloy

Nathaniel R. Quick August 7, 2001 6,271,576 Laser Synthesized Ceramic Sensors and Method for Making

Nathaniel R. Quick Sep. 18, 2001 6,291,806 Process for Bonding Workpieces

Nathaniel R. Quick Sep. 18, 2001 6,292,349 Capacitor

Nathaniel R. Quick Dec. 11, 2001 6,329,625 Method of Making a Seal

Nathaniel R. Quick May 7, 2002 6,381,826 Process for Producing High Quality Metallic Fiber Mesh

Nathaniel R. Quick Aug. 20, 2002 6,435,861 Gas burner Assembly and Method of Making

Nathaniel R. Quick Aug. 20, 2002 6,437,967 Capacitor

Nathaniel R. Quick Dec. 24, 2002 6,497,029 Process for Making Fine and Ultra Fine Metallic Fibers

Nathaniel R. Quick Nov. 25, 2003 6,652,615 Seal for Filter Element

Nathaniel R. Quick Dec. 30, 2003 6,670,693 Laser Synthesized Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Electronic Devices and circuits

Nathaniel R. Quick May 11, 2004 6,732,562 Apparatus and Method for Drawing Continuous Fiber

Nathaniel R. Quick Aug. 16, 2005 6,930,009 Laser Synthesized Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Electronic Devices and Circuits

Nathaniel R. Quick Sep. 6, 2005 6,939,748 Nano-Size Semiconductor Component and Method of Making

Nathaniel R. Quick March 21, 2006 7,013,695 Method for Drawing Continuous Fiber

Nathaniel R. Quick July 3, 2007 7,237,422 Method of Drawing a Composite Wire

Nathaniel R. Quick Sep. 11, 2007 7,268,063 Process for Fabricating Semiconductor Component

Richard E. S. Toomey Mar. 11, 1930 1,749,858 Airplane Appliance

Henry C. Webb May 15, 1917 1,226,425 Clearing Plow

Ivan Yaeger Aug. 11, 1987 4,685,928 Artificial Arm and Hand Assembly

Ivan Yaeger Jan. 23, 1990 4,895,253 Locking Device for Restricting the Viewing of Video Cassettes

Ivan Yaeger Feb. 20, 1990 4,901,969 Book Support with Means of Temporary Attachment onto a Desk

Ivan Yaeger Sep. 19, 2006 7,110,810 Therapeutic Device for Hands and Wrists