Inventor

Leo H Baekeland

Patents indexed

Year range

1909

Associated with

Years active

1909

Total patents

Most recent

1909

Domains

materialsmechanicalconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1900s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1909

Dot size = forward citations

Hover or tap any dot to see the patent. Larger dots indicate more forward citations — a proxy for downstream influence.

How Leo Baekeland Invented Bakelite, the First Synthetic Plastic

A 1909 patent for creating a durable, heat-resistant material by reacting phenol and formaldehyde, marking the birth of the modern plastics industry.

Patent monitoring

Get a weekly digest when new patents naming Leo H Baekeland are indexed.