Hawaiʻi Congressional Papers Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library, Honolulu, HI Filing of the first patent application from the State of Hawaiʻi 8/21/1959 1959-08-21 unknown http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ eng 86th (1959-1961) Senator Daniel K. Inouye Papers Photographs 1923-2011, Events, Miscellaneous Hawaiʻi events, Box PH33: Folder: 1 https://archivesspace.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/repositories/4/resources/15 HCPC_DI_PH33_01_004 https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/75395/full/400,400/0/default.jpg https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/show/52813 https://digital.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/iiif-img/75395/full/full/0/default.jpg photographs Agriculture and Food Stearman, Samuel; Inouye, Daniel K., 1924-2012 1 photograph 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 StillImage