As per past records, Johan Vaaler is considered as the inventor of paperclip. He invented it in the year 1899. He filed his exclusive rights with Germany as Norway had no regulations about patents at the time of discovery. This form of paper clip was totally different to the design, which we recognize as a paper clip these days. However, the paper clip, which we are most acquainted with, is names as the Gem clip and was not in fact registered as a paper clip. Rather the appliance utilized to make this kind of paper clip bagged copyrights in the year 1899 by William Middlebrook of Waterbury.