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This is the first page of Gordon Gould's famous notebook, in which he coined the acronym LASER, and described the essential elements for constructing one. This notebook was the focus of a thirty-year court battle for the patent rights to the laser. Notable is the notary's stamp in the upper left corner of the page, dated November 13, 1957. This datestamp established Gould's priority as the first to conceive many of the technologies described in the book.

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The notebook pictured may be copyrighted by Gordon Gould. I believe that its use here is fair use for the articles on Gordon Gould and lasers because:

It is a small sample of a larger work
It is historically important and cannot be recreated
Its use in the context of an encyclopedia article should not in any way interfere with commercial use by Gould's heirs or assigns
The contents of the notebook are essential to the article on Gould, and a photograph of its first page adds significantly to the article. It may also be valuable in the article on lasers, as the first occurrence of the name.

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current	03:16, 20 January 2007	767×1,023 (307 KB)	Srleffler (Talk \| contribs)	(This is the first page of Gordon Gould's famous notebook, in which he coined the acronym ''LASER'', and described the essential elements for constructing one. This notebook was the focus of a thirty-year court battle for the patent right)