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Elisha Gray Elisha Gray
Elisha Gray 1835-1901, American inventor, b. Barnesville, Ohio. He patented many electrical devices, most of them having to do with the telegraph . His telautograph (1888) for transmitting handwriting and line drawing was widely used. While experimenting in 1875 with the idea of sending musical... Read more
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PatentsMethods of operationHistoryThe international conventionPatent statisticsArguments for patent protectionCharges of abuse and proposed remediesEconomic effects of patent protectionbibliographyPatents are public documents conferring certain rights, privileges, titles, or offices. The word... Read more
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Wood's Halfpence controversy (1722–5), a campaign against the patent to mint £100,800 worth of copper coin for Ireland acquired by William Wood, a Wolverhampton manufacturer. Opponents argued that the patent, allegedly purchased from George I's mistress, the duchess of Kendal, would... Read more
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Patent medicine Patent medicines first appeared in England in the 1600s. When a medication was patented, its formula was owned by the patent holder. No one else could duplicate and sell the medication. To qualify for a patent, a medicine only had to be original. It did not have to be either... Read more
Matthew Boulton Matthew Boulton
Boulton, Matthew (1728–1809). Birmingham entrepreneur and engineer. Boulton developed his father's button and stamping business from 1759, applying a dowry to establish his new Soho Works (1760–2). Like his associate Wedgwood, he integrated manufacturing with mercantile functions and... Read more
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Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) The Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is responsible for administering all laws relating to trademarks and patents in the United States. It has thus been an important agency for several generations of entrepreneurs and small business owners, as well as for larger... Read more
Anticipation Anticipation
ANTICIPATION The performance of an act or obligation before it is legally due. In patent law, the publication of the existence of an invention that has already been patented or has a patent pending, which are grounds for denying a patent to an invention that has substantially the same structure and... Read more
Thomas Newcomen Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen , 1663-1729, English inventor of an early atmospheric steam engine (c.1711). It was an improvement over an earlier engine patented (1698) by Thomas Savery, who shared the later patent with Newcomen. This improved engine was used successfully to pump water. Bibliography: See study by... Read more
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Patent Leather Background Patent leather is leather that has been finished with chemicals that give it a shiny, reflective surface. It is usually black, and has long been popular for dress and dancing shoes. Most stages of the preparation of patent leather are the same as... Read more
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patent in law, governmental grant of some privilege, property, or authority. Today patent refers to the granting to the inventor of a useful product or process the privilege to exclude others from making that invention. Patent is also the term for the conveyance of public lands to an... Read more

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