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1906 - He was born in Seattle, Washington on the 8th of February.
- He invented the process of instant copying which he called electrophotography, and which was subsequently named xerography and commercialized by the Haloid Corporation (Xerox).
1930 - He earned his B.S. degree in Physics at the California Institute of Technology and began working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York as a research engineer.
1933 - Carlson transferred to the patent department. Laid off during the Great Depression, he found a job as a clerk with a patent attorney near New York City's Wall Street.
1936 - He began to study law at night at New York Law School, receiving his LL.B. degree.
1938 - On the 22nd of October, they had their historic breakthrough. Kornei wrote the words 10.-22.-38 ASTORIA. in India ink on a glass microscope slide.
1944 - He finally struck a deal with Battelle Corporation, a Columbus, Ohio-based non-profit organization dedicated to sponsoring new inventions.
1948 - On the 22nd of October, ten years to the day after that first microscope slide was copied, the Haloid Company made the first public announcement of xerography.
1950 - They made their first sale of the Haloid Xerox Copier.
1959 - The company continued to improve the concept, producing the Xerox 914.
1960 - He received about $150,000,000 from his invention, donating more than $100,000,000 to charitable causes, especially organizations supporting the civil rights movement.
1968 - He died on the 19th of September.
1981 - He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- He invented the process of instant copying which he called electrophotography, and which was subsequently named xerography and commercialized by the Haloid Corporation (Xerox).
1930 - He earned his B.S. degree in Physics at the California Institute of Technology and began working for Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York as a research engineer.
1933 - Carlson transferred to the patent department. Laid off during the Great Depression, he found a job as a clerk with a patent attorney near New York City's Wall Street.
1936 - He began to study law at night at New York Law School, receiving his LL.B. degree.
1938 - On the 22nd of October, they had their historic breakthrough. Kornei wrote the words 10.-22.-38 ASTORIA. in India ink on a glass microscope slide.
1944 - He finally struck a deal with Battelle Corporation, a Columbus, Ohio-based non-profit organization dedicated to sponsoring new inventions.
1948 - On the 22nd of October, ten years to the day after that first microscope slide was copied, the Haloid Company made the first public announcement of xerography.
1950 - They made their first sale of the Haloid Xerox Copier.
1959 - The company continued to improve the concept, producing the Xerox 914.
1960 - He received about $150,000,000 from his invention, donating more than $100,000,000 to charitable causes, especially organizations supporting the civil rights movement.
1968 - He died on the 19th of September.
1981 - He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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