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= August 9 =

correction tape hand use
I am trying to find out when correction tape for hand use (to whiteout misspelled words on a notebook page for instance) was invented and when it first hit the market?


 * See Correction tape. MarnetteD&#124;Talk 05:07, 9 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Our article doesn't say. SinisterLefty (talk) 05:33, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Indications are that it was invented after correction fluid, which dates to 1956. And of course long before that there were disk-shaped erasers with little brushes to sweep away the eraser crumbs. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 06:45, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * I can't find many good sources, but I did find several sketchy sources like this that say that someone named Zhi-Zhong Bao may have invented it in 2005. That may give you a start for your research.  -- Jayron 32 12:51, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Not plausible, pure OR but I used it in the mid 1990s. Nil Einne (talk) 17:25, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * Our article use to give a 1989 invention date from some manufacturer [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Correction_tape&diff=810973164&oldid=810939313]. Nil Einne (talk) 17:29, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * That might be true for a certain type of tape (and hand use) but generally correction tape (then called correction ribbon) is among us at least since 1973. See IBM Correcting Selectric II.--TMCk (talk) 18:12, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * That's a different kind. This Q is about a type used by hand on loose papers, not in a typewriter. Following MarnetteD's link to see this type in use. SinisterLefty (talk) 18:21, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * And didn't I just say that? Read before you type or use correction tape my beloved old friend.--TMCk (talk) 18:37, 9 August 2019 (UTC)
 * You should not have posted about correction ribbon, then, if you knew the question was about correction tape for hand use. --Viennese Waltz 07:58, 10 August 2019 (UTC)
 * No Invention arises from a vacuum and each one needs to be qualified as novel in the context of relevant Prior art. @TMCk thank you for your interesting post with sourced historical information. DroneB (talk) 18:37, 10 August 2019 (UTC)