Since August 20th, when Gömböc 001 was presented to Professor V.I. Arnold on the occasion of his 70th birthday, this is the first item of the limited Gömböc series to be sold. The Hungarian Patent Office (HPO) decided that its year of foundation should be represented by the serial number of a Gömböc. In the freshly renovated conference room of the Patent Office the inventors gave a short summary on the history of the Gömböc and presented Gömböc 1896 to president Dr Miklós Bendzsel. Currently, Gömböc 1896 is on exhibit with some relevant publications on the Gömböc at HPO’s headquarters at Garibaldi street in Budapest.