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Patents

1920s

Stockade: Building Structure

Filed: October 8, 1926
Issued: June 28, 1927

Stockade: Pneumatic Forming Process

Filed: December 31, 1924
Issued: July 5, 1927

4D House*

Filed: April 1, 1928
Issued: January 1, 1928

1930s

Filed: October 18, 1933
Issued: December 7, 1937

1940s

Dymaxion Bathroom

Filed: May 12, 1938
Issued: November 5, 1940

Dymaxion Deployment Unit (sheet)

Filed: March 21, 1941
Issued: March 7, 1944

Dymaxion Deployment Unit (frame)

Filed: April 9, 1941
Issued: June 13, 1944

Filed: February 25, 1944
Issued: January 29, 1946

1950s

Filed: December 12, 1951
Issued: June 29, 1954

Paperboard Dome

Filed: January 24, 1955
Issued: April 14, 1959

Filed: April 22, 1957
Issued: September 22, 1959

Catenary (Geodesic Tent)

Filed: March 1, 1957
Issued: November 24, 1959

1960s

Filed: February 7, 1956
Issued: May 30, 1961

Tensegrity Structures

Filed: August 31, 1959
Issued: November 13, 1962

Submarisle (Undersea Island)

Filed: June 8, 1959
Issued: March 12, 1963

Aspension (Suspension Building)

Filed: January 24, 1961
Issued: July 7, 1964

Octa Spinner*

Filed: March 17, 1965
Issued: March 17, 1965

Monohex (Geodesic Structures)

Filed: December 19, 1961
Issued: August 3, 1965

Filed: May 27, 1960
Issued: August 31, 1965

Star Tensegrity (Octahedral Truss)

Filed: December 7, 1964
Issued: November 28, 1967

1970s

Filed: August 18, 1970
Issued: August 18, 1970

Floatable Breakwater

Filed: December 10, 1973
Issued: February 4, 1975

Non-symmetrical Tensegrity

Filed: August 7, 1973
Issued: February 18, 1975

Floating Breakwater

Filed: September 19, 1977
Issued: January 30, 1979

1980s

Tensegrity Truss

Filed: September 14, 1978
Issued: June 17, 1980

Hanging Storage Shelf Unit

Filed: October 5, 1981
Issued: March 22, 1983

*Application abandoned by Buckminster Fuller leaving prior art evidence in patent office files.