the earliest known patent of a flipchart is from may 8, 1913. flip charts have being in use from the 1900s, the earliest recorded use of a flip chart is a photo from 1912 of john henry patterson (1844-1922), ncr’s ceo while addressing the 100 point club standing next to a pair of flip charts on casters. <nowiki><ref>the flipchart we know (on a small whiteboard) was invented by peter kent in the 1970s. peter kent was the founder and ceo of the visual communications group nobo plc, and it is believed</nowiki> that they were the first company to put the large pieces of paper over whiteboards, rather than over other materials.