1. Filing of the first patent application from the State of Hawaiʻi Identifier: HCPC_DI_PH33_01_004 Contributing Institution: Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, Honolulu, HI Collection: Senator Daniel K. Inouye Papers Title: Filing of the first patent application from the State of Hawaiʻi Date: 8/21/1959 Creator: unknown Policy Area: Agriculture and Food Names: Stearman, Samuel, Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012 Congress: 86th (1959-1961)
![["Caption: WASHINGTON, AUG.21--ANOTHER FIRST--Shortly after today's signing of the Hawaii statehood proclamation, the first patent application from the 50th state was filed in the U.S. Patent Office. Samuel Stearman, left, patent counsel for the Flintkote C"]](https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/75395/full/400,400/0/default.jpg "Filing of the first patent application from the State of Hawaiʻi")