US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine)
E1021903
US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) is the landmark U.S. patent granted to the Wright brothers that legally protected their pioneering controlled, powered airplane design.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13138961 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) Context triple: [Wright brothers, patent, US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine)]
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A.
Merchandising the Wright Brothers
"Merchandising the Wright Brothers" is a comedy routine by Bob Newhart featured on his classic stand-up album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart."
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B.
Wright Glider (1902)
The Wright Glider (1902) was an experimental aircraft developed by the Wright brothers that provided crucial aerodynamic data and control insights leading directly to the success of the powered Wright Flyer of 1903.
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C.
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics
The Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics was a philanthropic foundation established in the 1920s by the Guggenheim family to advance aviation research, education, and technology in the United States.
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D.
Pilotless Aircraft Research Station
The Pilotless Aircraft Research Station was an early U.S. rocket and missile testing range that evolved into today’s Wallops Flight Facility, a key NASA center for suborbital and aeronautical research.
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E.
Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk is the British Commonwealth name for later variants of the American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) Target entity description: US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) is the landmark U.S. patent granted to the Wright brothers that legally protected their pioneering controlled, powered airplane design.
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A.
Merchandising the Wright Brothers
"Merchandising the Wright Brothers" is a comedy routine by Bob Newhart featured on his classic stand-up album "The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart."
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B.
Wright Glider (1902)
The Wright Glider (1902) was an experimental aircraft developed by the Wright brothers that provided crucial aerodynamic data and control insights leading directly to the success of the powered Wright Flyer of 1903.
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C.
Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics
The Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics was a philanthropic foundation established in the 1920s by the Guggenheim family to advance aviation research, education, and technology in the United States.
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D.
Pilotless Aircraft Research Station
The Pilotless Aircraft Research Station was an early U.S. rocket and missile testing range that evolved into today’s Wallops Flight Facility, a key NASA center for suborbital and aeronautical research.
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E.
Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk is the British Commonwealth name for later variants of the American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States patent
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Wright brothers patent ⓘ aviation patent ⓘ |
| assignee |
Orville Wright
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Wilbur Wright ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Dayton, Ohio ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Wright Flyer
ⓘ
linked to:
Wright Flyer (1903)
early powered flight ⓘ |
| category |
history of aviation
ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ |
| claims |
a combination of wing-warping and movable vertical rudder
ⓘ
a method of steering and balancing a flying machine in flight ⓘ a system for maintaining lateral balance of a flying machine ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| describes | a powered, heavier-than-air flying machine with pilot control ⓘ |
| field |
aeronautics
ⓘ
aviation ⓘ |
| goal | enable practical, sustained, controlled flight ⓘ |
| hasComponentConcept |
movable horizontal surface or elevator
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movable vertical tail or rudder ⓘ movable wings or wing sections ⓘ |
| holder | Wright brothers ⓘ |
| impact |
central to early aviation patent litigation
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influenced subsequent airplane control system designs ⓘ |
| inventor |
Orville Wright
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Wilbur Wright ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States Patent Office
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Patent and Trademark Office
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | granted ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a landmark patent in aviation history
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legally protecting the Wright brothers’ controlled, powered airplane ⓘ |
| patentNumber |
821,393
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821393 ⓘ |
| protects |
Wright brothers airplane design
ⓘ
method of controlling a flying machine in flight ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
airplane control system
ⓘ
elevator control ⓘ heavier-than-air flying machine ⓘ rudder control ⓘ three-axis control ⓘ wing-warping ⓘ |
| subjectOf | controlled powered flight ⓘ |
| technologyDomain | fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ |
| title | Flying Machine ⓘ |
| typeOfInvention | mechanical invention ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) Description of subject: US Patent 821393 (Flying Machine) is the landmark U.S. patent granted to the Wright brothers that legally protected their pioneering controlled, powered airplane design.
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