Notebook of nylon patents, 1940-1967.
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McGrath, John R., 1923-2002,
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John R. McGrath was born in Kansas City on June 9, 1923. After a legal education and naval service in World War II and the Korean War, McGrath was working in the U.S. Patent Office in 1958, when he was recruited as a patent attorney with the Legal Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. McGrath worked primarily on nylon and its products, during which time he assembled a "Collection of nylon art," a notebook containing all the nylon patents of the DuPont Company that he could find. H...
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...
