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You guys have the timeline and facts a bit off. Philo goes back much further. He filed his patents in the 20s and had his battle with RCA in the 30s. He won in 1938 with RCA agreeing to pay royalties.

Then the war broke out and production was halted. Unfortunately for Philco, by the time the war was over and TV resumed, his patent had expired.

Farnsworth Television and Radio Corp was based in Fort Wayne and operated from 1938 to 1951. It was bought out by ITT in '51.

Farnsworth bought Capehart in 1938 using the money he won from RCA.