<P> William Finley Semple ( 1832 - 1923 ) was a dentist from Mount Vernon , Ohio , commonly referred to as the first person anywhere to patent a chewing gum . On December 28 , 1869 , Semple filed Patent No. 98,304 with the U.S. Commissioner of Patents . However , Amos Tyler of Toledo , Ohio , patented his chewing gum on July 27 of the same year . John B. Curtis successfully sold his `` State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum '' in 1848 , though he did not patent it . </P>
<P> William Finley Semple ( 1832 - 1923 ) was a dentist from Mount Vernon , Ohio , commonly referred to as the first person anywhere to patent a chewing gum . On December 28 , 1869 , Semple filed Patent No. 98,304 with the U.S. Commissioner of Patents . However , Amos Tyler of Toledo , Ohio , patented his chewing gum on July 27 of the same year . John B. Curtis successfully sold his `` State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum '' in 1848 , though he did not patent it . </P>
who received a patent for the manufacture of chewing gum
who received a patent for the manufacture of chewing gum
William Finley Semple Amos Tyler
William Finley Semple Amos Tyler