2024 BrainChip Discussion, page-6454

How long does it take for TRANSFORMATIVE TECH to get commercialized?

Great breaking invention 1942
Xerography was invented by American physicist Chester Carlson, based significantly on contributions by Hungarian physicist Pál Selényi. Carlson applied for and was awarded U.S. patent 2,297,691 on October 6, 1942.

Commercial agreement signed 1946
In 1946, Carlson signed an agreement with Haloid Photographic Company to develop it as a commercial product.

Before that year, Carlson had proposed his idea to more than a dozen companies, but none was interested. Haloid's president, Joseph C. Wilson, saw the promise of Carlson's invention, and saw to it that Haloid diligently worked to produce a working commercial product.

It was almost 18 years before a fully automated process was developed, the key breakthrough being the use of a cylindrical drum coated with selenium instead of a flat plate.

First commercial photocopier released 1960 - 18 YEARS LATER
This resulted in the first commercial automatic copier, the Xerox 914, being released by Haloid/Xerox in 1960.

Xerography is now used in most photocopying machines and in laser and LED printers.