We reckon this kind of paperclip was produced by The Gem Manufacturing Company in 1870's Britain. This is why paperclips are called 'gems' in Swedish, and why, across the world, some people still call paperclips 'Gem clips'.
Norwegian Johan Vaaler (1866–1910) has been identified as the inventor of the paper clip. He was granted patents in Germany and in the United States (1901) for a paper clip of similar design, but less functional and practical.
That final trade was made on July 12, 2006, one year to the day after Kyle Macdonald had begun his world record trade sequence with a single paper clip. The house itself is now most often referred to as “The Red Paper Clip House”.
The Norwegian Johan Vaaler is usually called the inventor of the paper clip. Norway had no patent office, so he filed an American patent for a set of square and triangular clips.
Norwegian Johan Vaaler (1866–1910) has been identified as the inventor of the paper clip. He was granted patents in Germany and in the United States (1901) for a paper clip of similar design, but less functional and practical.
Johan Vaaler's invention and patent The story of paper-fastening inventions continues with the contributions of Norwegian inventor Johan Vaaler. In 1899, Vaaler designed his own version of a paper clip to address the same problem of binding papers without damaging them.
WSC holds the longest-running Ability One® contract, which is for paper clips. Since 1979 we have produced over 16 billion paper clips for the U.S. federal government, office product chain stores, and small independent office product stores. Our paper clip products are made with pride and are of the highest quality.
Now: pick up a modern paper clip and study its complex simplicity. It is a wondrous piece of compressed ingenuity. The Norwegian Johan Vaaler is usually called the inventor of the paper clip. Norway had no patent office, so he filed an American patent for a set of square and triangular clips.
In 1899, Vaaler designed his own version of a paper clip to address the same problem of binding papers without damaging them. He filed a patent for his design in Germany in 1899 and later in the United States in 1901 (US Patent 675,761).