Who filed the first patent in Canada?

shawn888

McIntosh Apple invented by John McIntosh in 1796. http://careerchem.com/NAMED/Canadian-Inventions.html http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/Canadian_2.htm Jun 11 07, 2:15 AM

srini701

According to the Canadian Patents Database, the first patent was for "A MACHINE FOR MEASURING LIQUIDS" filed by W Hamilton on Aug 18, 1869. http://patents1.ic.gc.ca/details?patent_number=0000001 Jun 11 07, 3:51 AM

McGruff

The first "Canadian" patent was granted in 1791 by the Legislature of Lower Canada to American inventor Samuel Hopkins. http://patentlibrarian.blogspot.com/2007_01_01_archive.html 1791 - First Canadian patent is granted by the Governor General in Council to Angus MacDonnel, a Scottish soldier garrisoned at Quebec City, and to Samuel Hopkins, a Vermonter, for processes to make potash fertilizer and soap from wood ash; potash made from wood ash was a major cash crop for early Canadian pioneers. http://canadawiki.org/index.php/The_Greatest_Canadian_Inventions Jun 11 07, 9:52 AM

McGruff

From the site referenced below: "Canada was not even a country in 1791. The Province of Lower Canada was what we now call Quebec. The Province of Upper Canada was what we now call Ontario. In 1791, two patents were obtained by Angus Macdonnell and Samuel Hopkinson. They had developed two new ways to make potash and soap using wood ashes. These patents protected their ideas so that no one else could copy them. In 1824, the Patent Act was made law in the Province of Lower Canada. An act is a law decided upon by the government. The first patent to be given under this new law was to a man named Noah Cushing. Cushing had invented a machine to be used for the washing and “fulling” of woolen cloth. The fulling process involved applying moisture, heat, friction and pressure to woolen fabric. This process created the fabric known as felt. By 1826, the Patent Act was also legislated in the Province of Upper Canada. Nicol Hugh Baird invented a specific way for building a wooden suspension bridge.  Baird was granted (given) the first patent under the new law in Upper Canada." http://www.discovervancouver.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=134385&whichpage=323 1824 - June 8 - Noah Cushing receives a patent for a wool washing and fulling machine; First patent issued in Canada. Québec, Québec http://canadawiki.org/index.php/June_8 Jun 19 07, 6:37 AM

Ingold

06/08/1824, Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec http://vaxxine.com/mgdsite/year/1824.htm Jul 02 07, 7:32 AM