He invented an improved book supporter that kept books upright on shelves ... In 1911, the Board of Patent Control dissolved. Lewis Latimer once again found himself without a job, and no prospects.

We’re interrupting your regularly scheduled programming on gentrification to bring you this Black History Month profile on Lewis H ... and London. Latimer holds the patents for the electric ...

Lewis Latimer, Fortune responds ... In 1884, he began defending Thomas Edison’s patents as an expert witness and later wrote a seminal book, “Incandescent Electric Lighting: A Practical ...

As far as we know, Edison did invent the light bulb, but a Black inventor named Lewis ... design. Latimer created a light bulb with a more durable filament made of carbon. He sold the patent ...

Our Black History Moment is honoring Lewis Howard Latimer ... becoming head of the patent department. Latimer wrote the first book in the U.S. on electricity and was a draftsman.

But chances are you don’t know Lewis Latimer ... Working in a Boston patent office in the 1870s, Latimer labored alongside Bell, drawing blueprints for the telephone and eventually preparing ...

“The annoyance,” wrote African American inventor Lewis H. Latimer and colleague Charles ... The design netted a patent and landed on a list of inventions of that time by pioneering Black ...

Biden is referring to Lewis ... Latimer did indeed play a key role in the spread of electric lighting. He was a member of the elite "Edison’s Pioneers" research team and wrote the first book ...

In two recent editions of the Post have been articles about a statue of a renowned, local, African-American inventor, Lewis Latimer ... bulb development. Latimer’s 1881 patent for an improved ...

A widely shared post on social media says Thomas Edison did not invent the lightbulb but stole it from a Black man called Lewis Latimer ... 11 years working as a patent lawyer for inventors ...