<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline . Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted . Find sources: "William F. Semple"--news newspapers books scholar JSTOR (February 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's general notability guideline . Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted . Find sources: "William F. Semple"--news newspapers books scholar JSTOR (February 2011) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> William Finley Semple (1832 - 1923) was a dentist from Mount Vernon, Ohio, commonly referred to as the first person anywhere to patent a chewing gum . On December 28, 1869, Semple filed Patent No. 98,304 with the U.S. Commissioner of Patents . However, Amos Tyler of Toledo, Ohio, patented his chewing gum on July 27 of the same year . John B. Curtis successfully sold his "State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum" in 1848, though he did not patent it . </P> <P> Semple's gum was intended to clean the teeth and strengthen the chewer's jaw . It was not a sweet treat; ingredients included chalk and powdered licorice root . Charcoal was also suggested as a "suitable" ingredient in the patent . </P>

Who received a patent for the manufacture of chewing gum