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Inventor

Joseph F. Glidden

Patents indexed

1

Year range

1874

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Years active

1874

Total patents

1

Most recent

1874

Domains

mechanicalmaterials

Activity by decade

1870s
1

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1

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1 patents, in 1874

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US 157124·1874·Individual

How Joseph Glidden Invented Modern Barbed Wire

A 1874 patent for a specific wire-fence design that used twisted strands to hold sharp barbs in place, fundamentally changing how the American West was fenced.

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