{
  "question": "Was today the first patent?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-first-patent",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the first recorded patent was granted in Florence to Brunelleschi in 1421, some 605 years ago.",
  "details": [
    "October 25 appears in no first-patent record",
    "Florence granted Brunelleschi a 1421 patent for a marble hauling boat",
    "Venice passed the first patent statute in 1474"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 25",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25"
    },
    {
      "title": "International Law, Business and Political Science Journal",
      "url": "https://zenodo.org/records/17750573/files/law.56-509.pdf?download=1#1#1#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "751 WIPO statistics Database",
      "url": "https://theses.hal.science/tel-03858036v1/file/2021MULH1219_these_NACHEZ.pdf#48#82#48"
    },
    {
      "title": "IEEE Xplore",
      "url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/searchresult.jsp?matchBoolean=true&queryText=%22Index%20Terms%22:Brunelleschi&newsearch=true"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-25",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-first-patent/2026-10-25",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T07:21:59.790Z"
}