It is even worse than that for Kodak -- Steven Sasson actually created the first digital camera using a CCD sensor while working at Kodak [1] and Kodak owned th

It is even worse than that for Kodak -- Steven Sasson actually created the first digital camera using a CCD sensor while working at Kodak [1] and Kodak owned the patent for a digital camera [2]. [1]: https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Kodak-engineer-had-revolutionary-idea-the-first-1182624.php https://www.seattlepi.com/business/article/Kodak-engineer-ha... [2]: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4131919 https://patents.google.com/patent/US4131919