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I would have had my patent long, long ago, and it would have run out long, long ago. I would have made, maybe, $100.000, much less that the patent has brought me now.
Gordon Gould
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Gordon Gould
Age: 85 †
Born: 1920
Born: July 17
Died: 2005
Died: September 16
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