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DESCRIPTION:Ask anyone today\, “Who invented the airplane?”. The answer
  will be\, the Wright brothers\, of course. That was not the answer the Sm
 ithsonian Institution and others wanted to hear in 1914. In 1906\, the Wri
 ght brothers were granted a “Pioneer Patent” and they intended to defe
 nd the rights associated with their patent. Glenn Curtiss and the Smithson
 ian Institution joined forces in an attempt to prove the Wright’s patent
  status was invalid. Glenn Curtiss’ goal was to circumvent the Wright’
 s patent and sell airplanes. The Smithsonian’s goal was to vindicate Sam
 uel Langley and also the Smithsonian’s reputation by proving the Aerodro
 me was the “The First Man-Carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free F
 light”\, thereby overcoming the Wright’s patent claims. The resulting 
 battle became known as the Patent War. The Wright-Curtiss feud persists to
  this day\, as a proxy war – historians of early flight tend to deify on
 e and demonize the other. The presentation will include an overview of the
  people\, the patent and the politics associated with this Patent War\, an
 d include some excerpts found in the rare books located in SwRI’s librar
 y that are instrumental in understanding this battle.\n\nSpeaker(s): Ron M
 athis\, \, Ron Mathis\, \n\nRoom: Reading Room\, Bldg: Thomas Baker Slick 
 Library\, Southwest Research Institute\, 6220 Culebra Road\, San Antonio\,
  Texas\, United States
LOCATION:Room: Reading Room\, Bldg: Thomas Baker Slick Library\, Southwest 
 Research Institute\, 6220 Culebra Road\, San Antonio\, Texas\, United Stat
 es
ORGANIZER:viyengar@swri.org
SEQUENCE:1
SUMMARY:People\, Patents and Politics: Wright Bros. vs Glenn Curtiss - The 
 Patent War
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/42539
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Ask anyone today\, &ldquo\;Who invented th
 e airplane?&rdquo\;. The answer will be\, the Wright brothers\, of course.
  That was not the answer the Smithsonian Institution and others wanted to 
 hear in 1914. In 1906\, the Wright brothers were granted a &ldquo\;Pioneer
  Patent&rdquo\; and they intended to defend the rights associated with the
 ir patent. Glenn Curtiss and the Smithsonian Institution joined forces in 
 an attempt to prove the Wright&rsquo\;s patent status was invalid. Glenn C
 urtiss&rsquo\; goal was to circumvent the Wright&rsquo\;s patent and sell 
 airplanes. The Smithsonian&rsquo\;s goal was to vindicate Samuel Langley a
 nd also the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s reputation by proving the Aerodrome was t
 he &ldquo\;The First Man-Carrying Aeroplane Capable of Sustained Free Flig
 ht&rdquo\;\, thereby overcoming the Wright&rsquo\;s patent claims. The res
 ulting battle became known as the Patent War. The Wright-Curtiss feud pers
 ists to this day\, as a proxy war &ndash\; historians of early flight tend
  to deify one and demonize the other. The presentation will include an ove
 rview of the people\, the patent and the politics associated with this Pat
 ent War\, and include some excerpts found in the rare books located in SwR
 I&rsquo\;s library that are instrumental in understanding this battle.</p>
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