Satya Pal Asija Candidate

Born: April 26, 1942
India
Resided: St. Paul, Minnesota
Ramsey County
Death: August 10, 2019
Gender: Man
Racial Minority: Indian-American
Occupation: Author, engineer, inventor
Political Party: Independent-Republican
Notes: On May 26, 1981, Asija became the first person in the United States to receive a pure computer software patent (U.S. No. 4,270,182) for Swift-Answer (Special Word Indexed Full Text Alpha Numeric Storage With Easy Retrieval). He later became a patent attorney.
Sources: The Minneapolis Star, October 28, 1976 (p. C17). Wired, "May 26, 1981: Programmer-Attorney Wins First U.S. Software Patent," May 26, 2009.
Photo of Satya Pal Asija
Photo of Satya Pal Asija
The Minneapolis Star, October 28, 1976 (p. C17).

Election Details

Number of state/federal offices sought Number of campaigns Number of winning campaigns
1 1 0
Date Election Stage Party Votes Percent Result
11/02/1976 State House, District 64A General Independent-Republican 2,406 21.92% Lost