Long-Term Impact

 Lamarr herself seemed to take little care of the matter until age 75 when featured in a rare interview with Forbes in 1990. Lamarr commented on the matter: “I can't understand why there's no acknowledgment when it's used all over the world. Never a letter, never a thank you, never money.”

Although Lamarr never got the quantity of credit she deserved, due to her daring escape from sexist views on women in the 1940’s by not only being an alluring actress but also a brilliant inventor, other women were able to do the same and accomplish even more. Hedy Lamarr walked so other women could run. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The Navy actually did put the system to use, but unfortunately not during World War II. Frequency hopping wasn’t used for naval purposes until the 1962 Blockade of Cuba, 3 years after the Lamarr/Antheil patent had expired.  Neither pushed their case for credit, but as first stated in his 1945 autobiography, Antheil gave full credit of the idea to Lamarr.