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What is a patent Drawing • Brief patent history

Zippo Lighter 1906
PPA109

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Gibson Guitar 1955
PPA110

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Caterpillar Tractor 1937
PPA114

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Levi Strauss Jeans 1873
PPA116

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Tinker Toy 1933
PPA103

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Goddard Rocket 1914
PPA128

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Bausch & Lomb Microscope 1900
PPA139

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Weeden No.1 Steam Engine 1885
PPA140

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Underwood Typewriter 1899
PPA141

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John Deere Tractor 1934
PPA105

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John Deere Plow 1894
PPA104

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Wallis Tractor 1916
PPA106

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Case Tractor 1922
PPA115

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IHC Tractor 1922
PPA134

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Case Plow 1919
PPA133

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Colt Peacemaker 1875
PPA101

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Winchester Model 94 1894
PPA102

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Smith & Wesson Pistol 1854
PPA121

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Maytag Washing Machine 1921
PPA129

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Maytag Washing Machine 1927
PPA130

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G.E. Model D-12 Toaster
PPA131

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Hoover Vacuum 1932
PPA137

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Stevens Water Closet 1894
PPA143

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Wheeler Toilet Paper Roll 1891
PPA144

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Koyl & Hancock Ship 1890
PPA152

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Johnson Outboard 1931
PPA153

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Herreshoff Sail Boat 1925
PPA155

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American Locomotive 1909
PPA145

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Heisler Locomotive 1916
PPA145

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Rawlings Ball Glove 1953
PPA136

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Winchester Fishing Reel 1921
PPA138

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Spalding Football Helmet 1926
PPA154

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Buffalo Steam Roller 1909
PPA107

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Russell Traction Engine 1894
PPA108

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Nichols & Sheppard TE 1880
PPA113

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Tarr Steam Fire Engine 1896
PPA156

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Henry Disston & Sons Saw 1906
PPA119

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Henry Disston & Sons Saw (1) 1906
PPA120

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Disston Saw Handle 1901
PPA127

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Millers Falls Spiral Driver 1889
PPA123

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Millers Falls Hand Drill 1929
PPA124

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Millers Falls Hand Plane 1931
PPA125

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Stanley (Smith) Plane 1906
PPA111

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Stanley (Sargent) Plane1886
PPA117

Stanley (Bailey) Plane 1889
PPA118

Starrett Micrometer 1889
PPA122

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Starrett Caliper 1895
PPA126

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Starrett VIse 1911
PPA132

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Atlas Lathe 1933
PPA112

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Delta Unisaw 1941
PPA135

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Walker Turner Drill Press 1937
PPA142

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White Coronet 1918
PPA147

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Fender Guitar (2) 1953
PPA148

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Garding Violin 1945
PPA149

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Stanton Drum 1904
PPA150

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Gillespie Sax 1949
PPA151

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Each patent drawing will have the patent number, the name of the patent, the dates it was applied for and when it was issued, one or more illustrations, signatures, and often the name of the firm that illustrated it.

Brief History of Patents

The concept of patents dates back to 1421, Florence, Italy, when Filippo Brunelleschi was granted the first recorded patent, for the design and use of a ship, the Badalone. This ship was intended to ferry supplies up the Arno river to the city for the building of the Florentine cathedral dome, that Brunelleschi had designed. Unfortunately the Badalone sank during delivery of a load of white marble. The Venetian Senate passed the first patent law in 1474, granting limited duration monopoly for original devices.

In England King Henry IV granted that country's first patent for stained glass manufacturing in 1449. During this time, a patent was a government-granted monopoly, so could be as much a right to manufacture or trade as well as the right to deny others to do so. Toward the end of the 16th century, the Crown's corrupt abuse of granting monopolies was causal in the evolution of the rule of law and judicial power at the expense of the monarch, and set the country on the path to eventual civil war.

In the United States, the governmental right to grant patents was enshrined in the constitution in Article 1. The first U.S. patent act was in 1790.

Prior to 1910, when they were abolished by Congress, inventors could submit caveats to the Patent Office. They were preliminary applications in which the inventor made claims to one or more potential inventions without presenting the detail required in a formal patent application. The Patent Office noted the subject matter of the caveat and placed it in a confidential archive. If within one year another inventor filed an application on a similar process or device, the Patent Office notified the holder of the caveat, who then had three months to submit a formal application.

In Japan during the Edo period, there was a tendency to abhor new things, a "Law for New Items" was proclaimed in the year 6 of the Kyoho Era (1721). The purpose of this law was described as "to ensure that absolutely no new types of products would be manufactured".