<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Schawlow" id="mwASQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Arthur Leonard Schawlow">Arthur Leonard Schawlow</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hard_Townes" id="mwASU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Hard Townes">Charles Hard Townes</a> receive the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent" id="mwASY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Patent">patent</a> for a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser" id="mwASc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Laser">laser</a>.