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  "question": "Was today patented?",
  "url": "https://was.today/patented",
  "verdict": "yes",
  "headline": "YES",
  "answer": "Yes — on 24 October 1836 the US granted patent No. 68 for the friction match.",
  "details": [
    "US Patent 68, friction match, granted October 24, 1836",
    "Alonzo D. Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts, held it",
    "Jonas Salk refused to patent his polio vaccine"
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    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 24",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24"
    },
    {
      "title": "Patent Yogi",
      "url": "https://patentyogi.com/this-day-in-patent-history/this-day-in-patent-history-on-october-24-1836-alonzo-d-phillips-patented-a-friction-match/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Patent Yogi",
      "url": "https://patentyogi.com/2015/10/page/2/#content"
    },
    {
      "title": "Hagley Museum and Library Archives",
      "url": "https://findingaids.hagley.org/repositories/3/archival_objects/297840"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-24",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/patented/2026-10-24",
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  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-24T02:09:46.425Z"
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