Complex sentence: On December 13,1904, a New Yorker named Italo Marchiony received U.S. patent No.746971 for a mold for making pastry cups to hold ice cream; he claimed that he has been selling ice cream in edible pastry holders since 1896.
Split into simpler sentences: On December 13,1904, a New Yorker named Italo Marchiony received U.S. patent No.746971 for a mold for making pastry cups to hold ice cream. Marchiony claimed that he has been selling ice cream in edible pastry holders since 1896.