Ralph H. Baer held the first ever patent for video games, and boy was it a doozy. Patent No. 3,728,480, granted in April 1973, laid claim to any product that included a television and circuits capable of moving images on the screen. What complicates Baer's legacy, is that according to at least one major player in the gaming industry, he never did anything with that patent, except sue. He died on Saturday in Manchester, N.H. at the age of 92.
Image: In 2006, President George W. Bush awards Ralph H. Baer the National Medal of Technology for his work with video game technology. Wikipedia
