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Collected by: Thomas Hauerslev

Date: 01.07.2008

Patent (US Patent Office)	Application	Filed Date	Name	Patented
2 857 805	Motion Picture Theatre System	06.04.1953	Brian O'Brien	28.10.1958
2 186 388	Printing process	15.07.1953	Ethel D. O´Brien and Brian O´Brien	26.03.1957
2 792 746	Wide Angle picture projection optical systems and screen apparatus	03.08.1953	Brian O'Brien	21.05.1957
2 803 997	Image-Forming Optical Lens Telephoto Systems	27.08.1954	Robert E Hopkins	27.08.1957
2 972 517	Adjustable screens for picture projection	17.08.1956	Edward Moon and Charles P. Toscano	28.06.1960

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