According to the US PTO site,it is:
# 63,775 on Mrch 3,1925.
The Frisbee patent was issued on September 30, 1958 as Design Patent number D183,626.
One of the most famous design patents ever was issued to Auguste Bartholdi. He received US Patent D11,023 on February 18, 1879 for the Design of a Statue of Liberty Enlightening The World- The Statue of Liberty
One type of patent is the design patent, which protects "ornamental characteristics." If the design is sufficiently innovative, it may receive a design patent.
Production line Stratocasters reached the market in 1954... However the design patent D186,826 was issued in December 8, 1959 and the utility patent 2,960,900 was issued in November 22, 1960. ??? Information from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fender_Stratocaster http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
Yes, a patent issued in 2009 can certainly be used in court to collect damages from anyone who can be proven to be infringing the patent.
If the bottle is protected by copyright, there may be a notification on the bottom, although notification is not required for protection. It is more likely that the bottle would be protected by trademark as trade dress (i.e. packaging), or even a design patent. Copyright protection is comparatively unlikely.
Patent pending is a warning that a patent application has been filed. It is completely worthless until and unless a patent is actually issued for that invention. Patent number notice means a patent with that number was issued for the invention that is implemented in the product labeled with that number.
If that is a US Patent, you can look it up on Google, and tell when the patent was issued, but it cannot date the gun- other than we know it would have been made AFTER the patent was issued.
According to the USPTO, the earliest patent assigned to Wastequip issued 11 May 2004 and their most recent patent (as of January 2011) issued 21 September 2010.
One can apply for a Patent when his idea is new and he wants to pursue that idea to make a business but afraid of copycats. In such case he can apply for Patent and then he can be sure that if somebody copies his idea, he can go and sue them with his Patent. There are mainly two types of patents: 1)Utility Patent: If your idea is technical in nature for example a software, machine part, business method, etc. 2)Design Patent: If your idea is simple design and involves only the aesthetic of a product for example design of a bottle, design of mobile phone etc.
A patent issued in the USA can be enforced only in the courts of the USA.
the inventor to whom a patent is issued