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Patent

Canadian patents

• Canadian patent 24033, April 27 1886, Nikola Tesla, Dynamo Electric Machine
• Canadian patent 29537, May 1 1888, Nikola Tesla, Method & App. for the Electrical Transmission of Power
• Canadian patent 30172, May 1 1888, Nikola Tesla, Method & App. for Converting & Distributing Electric Currents
• Canadian patent 33317, December 19, 1889, Nikola Tesla, Method & App. for Converting Alternating into Direct Currents
• Canadian patent 135174, August 22, 1911, Nikola Tesla, Fluid Propulsion
• Canadian patent 142352, August 13, 1912, Nikola Tesla, Electrical Energy Transmission

Great Britain patents

• Great Britain patent 15805, August 21, 1893, W. Greenshields, Chest expander
• Great Britain patent 17256, September 17, 1893, C. P. Mitchell, Belt.; chest expanders
• Great Britain patent 9885, May 21, 1894, S. Beckett, Corsets, chest expanders, dresses, suspender, &c.
• Great Britain patent 27197, November 30, 1896, Alfred Nobel, An improved manufacture of explosive compounds
• Great Britain patent 13891, July 5, 1899, L. P. C. Packwood, Corsets; chest expanders

United States patents

Letters

• Letter to Isaac McPherson - August 13, 1813

Case law

• Graham v. John Deere Co.

Issued before 1836

9,957 patents were issued between the Patent Act of 1790 and the w:Patent Act of 1836. See X-Patents and w:Patent Office 1836 fire

• X1, July 31 1790, Samuel Hopkins, pot ash
• X4, January 31, 1791, Francis Bailey, Type
• X51, 01/29/1793, Samuel Morey, Turning a spit
• X72, March 14 1794 (not validated until 1807), Eli Whitney, Cotton Gin
• X246, 04/24/1799, Morey, Samuel, NEW AND INVENTED WATER ENGINE
• X306, 11/17/1800, Morey, Samuel, FORCE FROM WATER WITH ASSIST OF STEAM
• X1820, 10/20/1812, Fessenden, William Greene, OBTAINING EXTRACTS FROM BARKS
• X2339A, 07/14/1815, Morey, Samuel, STEAM ENGINE
• X2339B, 07/14/1815, Morey, Samuel, APPLY THE POWER OF WATER TO WATER WHEELS
• 2752X, 03/13/1817, Morey, Samuel, TIDE AND CURRENT WATER WHEEL FOR DRIVING MILLS OR MACHINERY WITH OR WITHOUT A DAM
• 2880X, 12/11/1817, Morey, Samuel, METHOD OF BURNING WATER CALLED THE AMERICAN WATER BURNER
• 3060X, 01/19/1819, Morey, Samuel, SHOOTING WITH STEAM ANAD GAS
• 3306X, 3/3/1821, Thomas L. Jennings (The First African American Patent Holder), Dry scouring
• 4378X, April 1 1826, Morey, Samuel, GAS OR VAPOR ENGINE
• 4648X, 01/31/1827, Fessenden, Thomas G., HEATING AND BOILING WATER AND OTHER ECONOMICAL PURPOSES
• 6274X, 11/19/1833, Fessenden, William Greene, PORTABLE STEAM AND HOT WATE STOVE
• 7301X, 24 November 1832, Walter C. Palmer, M.D., Gum Elastic Bathing Cot
• 7826X, 11/19/1833, Morey, Samuel, DECOMPISING AND RECOMPOSING WATER IN COMBO WITH SPIRITS OF TURPENTINE
• 7913X, 12/30/1833, Rundlet, Thomas, PREPARING EXTACTS FROM HEMLOCK OR OTHER BARK FOR TANNING
• 8447X, October 14, 1834, Henry Blair, Seed planter
• 9000X, July 2 1836, N. Winslow, Grate
• 9875X, July 2 1836, C. Granger, Cook Stove
• 9876X, July 2 1836, H.G. Guyon, Cotton Press
• 9877X, July 2 1836, R. Haynes, Nail Extractor
• 9878X, July 2 1836, J. Horton, Platform Balance
• 9879X, July 2 1836, F.P.Knowlton, Feather Dresser
• 9882X, July 2 1836, W. Loomis, Clover Huller
• 9884X, July 2 1836, J. Mo Clory, Door Lock
• 9885X, July 2 1836, J. McCreight, Cotton Gin
• 9886X, July 2 1836, C. McGregory, Dressing Stares
• 9887X, July 2 1836, T. Miller, Plow
• 9889X, July 2 1836, W. Parmalee, Cook Stove
• 9890X, July 2 1836, A. Parson, Thrashing Mach.
• 9893X, July 2 1836, A. Roff, Lock
• 9894X, July 2 1836, I. Snider, Plow Moldboard
• 9899X, July 2 1836, C. Waterman, Brick Machine

Issued after the 1836 Patent Act

• 1, "Locomotive steam-engine for rail and other roads", John Ruggles, issued July 13, 1836.
• 2 - Mode of manufacturing wool or other fibrous materials, J Goulding. December 15, 1826. Reissued July 29, 1836
• 3 - Machine for turning, &c., wooden sheaves and pins for ships' tackle blocks and pulleys (Making wooden pins) T. Blanchard. August 11, 1836
• 4 - Stock shaving or rounding machine for edges, ends, &c., of ships' tackle-blocks. T. Blanchard. August 10, 1836
• 5 - Machine for mortising solid wooden shells of ships' tackle-blocks. T. Blanchard. August 10, 1836
• 6 - Machine for forming end pieces of plank blocks for ships. August 10, 1836

• 72 - Scythe. Silas Lamson. October 29, 1836
• 3633 - Rubber vulcanisation, Charles Goodyear. June 15, 1844.
• 50617, "Improved substitute for gunpowder", Alfred Nobel, issued October 24, 1865.
• 78317, 1868, dynamite
• 127568, 1872, Vaseline. Robert Chesebrough, June 4, 1872
• 268503, 1882, elephant-shaped building
• 285584, "Turbine for Steam and Other Motive Powers", Gustaf de Laval, issued September 25, 1883, filed July 28, 1883.
• 425520, 1890, corset
• 481294, 1892, corset model
• 585210, "Pneumatic attachment for trousers", Mone R. Isaacs, issued June 29, 1897, filed August 15, 1896.
• 618127, "Heels for boots or shoes", Humfrey O'Sullivan, issued January 24, 1899, filed November 21, 1898. (start transcription)
• 708773, 1902, corset model
• 725069, "Body-attachable sunshade", Charles E. Gill, issued April 14, 1903, filed July 28, 1902.
• 723188, 1903, method of signaling
• 725605, 1903, system of signaling
• 766474, 1904, receiving telegraph instrument
• 780831, 1905, corset model
• 803685, 1905, corset model
• 849136, 1907, corset model
• 851336, 1907, transmitter for wireless telegraphy
• 866869, 1907, corset model
• 880532, 1908, corset model
• 903073, 1908, shoulder brace
• 996343, 1908, shoulder brace
• 956957, 1910, corset model
• 991315, 1910, corset model
• 995600, "Surgical appliance", Jonas Edward Heyser, issued June 20, 1911, filed January 19, 1910.
• 999388, 1911, bathing corset
• 1108529, 1914, telegraph system
• 1119732, 1914, apparatus for transmitting electrical energy
• 1395066, 1921, controlling mechanism
• 1108529, 1924, telegraph system
• 1549622, 1925, Japanese keyboard
• 1682572, 1928, direct-reading spectrophotometer
• 2230654, 1941, tetrafluoroethylene polymers (=Teflon). Roy Plunkett, Feb. 4, 1941

Issued after the 1952 Patent Act

• 5819292, 1998, file system technique
• 5830035, 1998, toe puppet

U.S. Design patents

• 98,617, Feb. 18, 1936, Design for a Building

Reference works

• "Patents," in Domestic Encyclopædia, by A. F. M. Willich, London: (1802)
• "Patents, Law of," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
• "Patent, and Patent Law," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Patent Office," in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Co. (1905)
• "Patents," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• "Patent," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
• "Patent," in Collier's New Encyclopedia, New York: P. F. Collier & Son Co. (1921)

See also

• U. S. patents