# Canonical recap data for Wright Brothers' Patent (1906)
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slug: wright-patent-1906
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1906/wright-patent-1906"
title: Wright Brothers' Patent
subtitle: The U.S. Patent Office granted the historic aeronautical patent that legally established the Wrights' foundational claims to powered flight technology and aviator control systems.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1906-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1906
decade: 1900
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: The Wright brothers patent war centers on the patent that the Wright brothers received for their method of airplane flight control. They were two Americans who are widely credited with inventing and building the world's first flyable airplane and making the first controlled, powered, and sustained heavier-than-air huma
summaryLong: The Wright brothers patent war centers on the patent that the Wright brothers received for their method of airplane flight control. They were two Americans who are widely credited with inventing and building the world's first flyable airplane and making the first controlled, powered, and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Wright brothers patent war"
importance: 72
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war"
  title: Wright brothers patent war
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- tech-launch
metaDescription: "The Wright brothers patent war centers on the patent that the Wright brothers received for their method of airplane flight control. They were two Americans who "
wikidataQid: Q108091998
archiveSnapshots:
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  capturedAt: 2026-04-11
  label: Wright brothers patent war
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers_patent_war"
