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SELECT DISTINCT patent.*, YEAR(date) as year FROM patent LEFT JOIN name ON name.patent = patent.patent AND name.type = patent.type WHERE (last_name = 'VAIL') AND (first_name = 'Jonathan H.') ORDER BY date ASC, patent, type

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T / S Patent Date Description Patentee Category Assigned To
 1887
U Specimen known 357,050 February 1, 1887 Lightning Protector for Electrical Conductors
Barbed wire as a conductor for lightning protection placed above the electrical conductors on poles		 VAIL, Jonathan H.
 Lightning  

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