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Gordon Gould

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American physicist and inventor (1920-2005)

United StatesScientistsLived 1920 to 2005 · aged 85
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Richard Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.. Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies.

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Gould in 1940Gould in 1940The first page of the notebook in which Gould coined the acronym LASER and described the essential elements for constructing one.The first page of the notebook in which Gould coined the acronym LASER and described the essential elements for constructing one.

Awards 2

1991National Inventors Hall of Fame
1983John Scott Award

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Richard Gordon Gould was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.. Gould is best known for his thirty-year fight with the United States Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents for the laser and related technologies. He also fought with laser manufacturers in court battles to enforce the patents he subsequently did obtain.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2005 · aged 85
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25 languages

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