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Fast Facts About Kodak Science and Technology
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Patents |
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- Kodak inventors were issued 19,576 U.S. patents between 1900 and 1999.
- Between 1995 and 1999, Kodak inventors received 4,478 U.S. patents.
- More than 215
Kodak inventors have 20 or more U.S. patents. Fifteen
have more than 100
patents.
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Accomplishments & History |
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- Eastman Kodak founded its research labs in 1912, making it one of the nation's
first industrial research laboratories.
- Kodachrome film was invented in the 1930s by classical musicians.
- In 1937, the first electronic scanner for graphic arts was developed in the Kodak labs.
- Kodak scientists invented the photoresist (a type of photosensitive resin later
used to manufacture integrated circuits).
- For the Apollo 11 mission, Kodak built the electronic camera that sent still pictures
back from the moon in 1969.
- 1975 Steve Sasson (shown on the right) built the first digital camera.
- In the 1997 Mars Surface Rover mission, Kodak image sensors captured close-up images of Mars.
- In 1986, Kodak developed the first practical
megapixel
CCD image sensor.
- In 1987, Kodak researchers invented OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) technology.
- In 1996, four Kodak engineers were named US "Inventors of the Year".
- Kodak designed the optics for the Chandra X-ray space telescope in 1999.
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