These African-American scientists and engineers made contributions that changed America and the world.
U.S. Army
Patents Assigned: 75
John C. White
Samuel A. Clarke
Samuel Dixon Jr.
John H. Carter
William L. Wade Jr.
John Perry Jr.
U.S. Air Force
Patents Assigned: 20
U.S. Navy
Patents Assigned: 29
Joseph White
Thomas Tucker
John H. Allen
U.S. Military
Patents Assigned: 47
Howard Jones
William C. Curtis
Paul E. Williams
NASA
Patents Assigned: 48
Dr. Emment Chappelle
Stanley Woodard
Vance Marchbanks
Adolphus Samms
Louis W. Roberts
Dr. Lonnie Johnson
AT&T Corp / AT&T Bell
Patents Assigned: 213
Dr. Jesse E. Russell
Nathaniel R. Quick
Dr. James E. West
Charles O. Akanbi
Yan Obeng
James W. Mitchell
Dr. W. Lincoln Hawkins
Kodak Corporation
Patents Assigned: 33
Dr. William Knox Jr.
Dr. Walter Cooper
Corning Glass Works, Corning Inc., Corning Precision Lens
Patents Assigned: 57
Dr. Thomas O. Mensah
Lynn O. Okorocha
George Y. Adusei
Dr. Carlton M. Trusdale
Diana M. Young
E.I. Dupont de Numous and Company, Delaware
Patents Assigned: 113
John R. Cooper
Sapck Quashie
Dotseui Y. Sogah
Wendell W. Wilkerson
Kofi S. Amuti
Dr. Edwin Russell
Ford Global Technologies, Ford Motor Company, MIchigan
Patents Assigned: 81
John E. Bradley
Oludele O. Popoola
Edward Akpan
Samuel A. Gebremariam
Michael G. Ellis
Patricia B. Reid
Allen H. Turner
General Electric, Schenctady, New York
Patents Assigned: 150
Marshall G. Jones
James H. Logan
Granville T. Woods
Yaw D Yeboah
Gilbert Farmer
John Y. Ofori
IBM Corp. Armonk, New York
Patents Assigned: 251
Dr. Mark E. Dean
Ajamu A. Wesley
Eskinder Hailu
Cyrian E. Uzoh
Enerst L. Walker
Jody B. Joyner
Sandra J. Baylor
Dr. Osamuyimen Stewart
Johnson Research and Development Company, Georgia
Patents Assigned: 68
Julian Laboratories, Illinois
Patents Assigned: 100
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Patents Assigned: 34
Abolade Gbodegsin
Dr. Oshoma Momoh
Keith M. Toussaint
Upjohn Corp.
Patents Assigned: 70
Xerox
Patents Assigned: 46
Videos of African-American Scientific and Engineering Contributions that changed America and the world.
Dr. George Edward Alcorn Jr.
Patents Assigned to NASA
Total Patents: 8 View Video
Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson
WITI Hall of Fame Induction 2000
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Dr. Jessie Russell
Patents assigned to AT&T Bell Corporation
Total Patents: Over 100 View Video
Dr. Thomas Mensah
Patents assigned to Corning Glass Works, Corning Inc.
Total Patents: Over 7 View Video
Dr. James West
Patents assigned to AT&T Bell Corporation
Total Patents: 47 (USA) 200+ (Foreign) View Video
Dr. George Carruthers
Patents assigned to NASA
Total Patents: 5 View Video
Dr. Julian Percy
Patents assigned to Julian Laboratories
Total Patents: Over 100 View Video
Frederic McKinley Jones
Invented automatic refigeration system for long haul trucks and railroad cars.
Total Patents: Over 60 View Video
Benjamin Banneker
First African-American Scientist.
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Lonnie G. Johnson
Patents assigned to Johnson Research & Develoment
Total Patents: Over 80 View Video
Emmit J. McHenry
Created Dot-Com Pheneomenon.
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Otis Boykins
Invented electronic devices for Heart Simulators, Guided Missles and computers.
Total Patents: 11 View Video
Valerie Thomas
Inventor
Total Patents: 5 View Video
Ajamu Wesley
IBM Master Inventor
39 Patents assigned to IBM with another 80 filed in the USA. 20 more filed in foreign patent offices.
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Dr. John Slaughter
Created Digital Computer System for the U.S. Navy
Dr. Slaughter created digital computer controlled systems for rocket launchers, radar systems, and steam propulsion mechanisms. His work was instrumental in enabling the U.S. Navy to convert it's entire fleet from analog to digital control of shipboard systems.
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Roy L. Clay Sr.
Silicon Valley Icon
Inducted into Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame
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Gerald A. Lawson
African American Video Games Pioneer
Total Patents: 6 In the early 1970's, Jerry Lawson lead the team that created the Fairchild Channel F, the world's first ROM based cartidge video game console.
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Dr. Sandra K. Johnson
Senior Technical Staff Member - IBM Corp.
Holds 40 Patents in software and hardware research performance. First African American women to earn PhD. in electrical engineering. Member IBM academy of technology.
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