Patents
The Wright Brothers filed a series of patents from 1903-1908 for the Flying-Machine and other improvements. Orville would file additional patents of his own in 1921 and 1923. The original patents are available through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
- Flying-Machine: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Patent No. 821,393, granted May 22, 1906
- Mechanism for Flexing the Rudder of a Flying Machine or the Like: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Patent No. 908,929, granted January 5, 1909
- Flying Machine: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Patent No. 987,662, granted March 21, 1911
- Flying Machine: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Patent No. 1,075,533, granted October 14, 1913
- Flying Machine: Orville and Wilbur Wright, Patent No. 1,122,348, granted December 29, 1914
- Airplane:  Orville Wright and James W. Jacobs, Patent No. 1,504,663, granted August 12, 1924
- Toy: Orville Wright, Patent No. 1,523,989, granted January 20, 1925