IBM files a patent for the Harvard Mark I

8th February 1945
IBM files a patent for the Harvard Mark I

C.D Lake, H.H. Aiken, F.E. Hamilton, and B.M. Durfee file a calculator patent for the Automatic Sequence Control Calculator, commonly known as the Harvard Mark I.

The Harvard Mark I was the USA's first large-scale digital computer that could execute long computations automatically.

Patent US2616626A was filed by IBM on 8th February 1945, and granted on 4th November 1952.

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  • Front cover of Patent US2616626A
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