Adolphe Sax, byname of Antoine-Joseph Sax, (born November 6, 1814, Dinant, Belgium—died February 7, 1894, Paris, France)

Born: November 6, 1814 Dinant Belgium Died: February 7, 1894 (aged 79) Paris France Inventor of the Saxophone Patented in Adolphe Sax (born Dinant, Belgium, November 6, 1814; died Paris, February 7, 1894)

SAX PATENT BY OMID KHALIFEH IN PATENT AND TRADEMARK On this day in 1846, the first patent to a Saxophone was issued to Antoine Joseph Sax. Born Adolphe Sax in 1814, he was awarded French Patent #3226 for his novel apparatus illustrated below in a family of 8 different embodiments. Over the years, Sax was attributed to producing and improving upon a number of different instruments. However, none of them gained the same level of acceptance and commercial success as the Saxophone.