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Article: PATENT NO. 3,352,689 CHEWY, JUICY AND SWEET SUGAR-FREE GUM IS 25 YEARS OLD
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- March 31, 1988
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Out where the land rolls beyond the turnpike rest stop named for Thomas Edison (The Father of the Light Bulb), they're talking about another famous New Jersey inventor - the father of Trident. (Not the nuclear submarine.)
Here at the shrine in Whippany, N.J., not to mention the cradle of invention in nearby Parsipanny, the talk of the town is Tony Bilotti and his sugarless gum. Bilotti, 65, a retired New Jersey chemist, holds the world's first patent on sugarless gum (U.S. Patent No. 3,352,689). This year marks the 25th anniversary of Trident, the tiny rectangle first pressed out on old Dentyne gum machines that ...