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Patent Registration
- When
- 1858-03-30
- Where
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Hymen Lipman registered the first patent for a pencil with an attached eraser on March 30, 1858, in Philadelphia.
Lipman, who had settled in Philadelphia after immigrating from Jamaica, secured the patent for this specific writing implement. The invention involved attaching an eraser to the end of a pencil, a development that was later challenged in court.
Sources
- Hymen Lipman Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-12
- Pencil Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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