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The Invention Behind Your Morning Coffee Turns 118

calendar_today July 8, 2026 person Jenny Gesley domain congress-gov

This blog post describes the first patent for a coffee filter granted to Melitta Bentz on July 8, 1908, by the German Imperial Patent Office and subsequent developments.

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