Pasteur Patent
This petition for a patent was signed by Louis Pasteur on April 4, 1873. Pasteur submitted this patent as an improvement in the manufacture of beer and yeast. This patent was the first patent covering a micro-organism, as well as a new process for making beer. Pasteur is well known for many other scientific advances, including a process for killing germs in milk and beer, now known as pasteurization, and vaccines for anthrax and rabies.
Louis Pasteur鈥檚 patent for an Improvement in the Manufacture of Beer and Yeast is one of around five million patents in the holdings of the 威尼斯人娱乐场 at Kansas City. Including utility patents, design patents, and even plant patents, the records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office document a wealth of creativity and innovation in inventions. The 威尼斯人娱乐场 at Kansas City is home to all of the accessioned holdings in Record Group 241.
Patent Case File No. 141,072, Improvement in the Manufacture of Beer and Yeast, Inventor: Louis Pasteur, dated April 4, 1873. 威尼斯人娱乐场 Identifier: 70663291
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