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Serendipitous Invention (TEFLON): This Day in Patent History - On February 4, 1941 Roy Plunkett received a patent for TEFLON - Patent Yogi LLC
Spectra - On this day, in 1938, teflon was discovered. Teflon is also known as polytetrafluoroethylene. It was accidentally discovered by an American chemist, Roy J. Plunket while he was trying to
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