Filing of the first patent application from the State of Hawaiʻi8/21/1959unknownhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/HCPC_DI_PH33_01_004Caption: 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