Patents and Patent Law

A shotgun made in the late 1800's

Sure, why not? I would think it just has to be a decent idea, with a Prototype to prove it.

One type of patent is the design patent, which protects "ornamental characteristics." If the design is sufficiently innovative, it may receive a design patent.

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You can narrow down the dates of production looking at the following information. Information was gleaned from a December, 1986 Amertican Rifleman article by Pete Dickey.

In 1907, the J. Stevens Arms and Tool Co. of Chicopee Falls, Mass., brought out a pump action .22 caliber rifle that was marked on the barrel, "Visible Loading Repeater". It was cataloged as the "Visible Loading No. 70", and was chambered in .22 short/long/long rifle. A .22 short only model, the Model 70 1/2, was also produced. Barrels were round in lengths of 20" or 22"., and the rifles had a straight grip stock.

In 1916 the company name changed to J. Stevens Arms Co. The firm was eventually purchased by Savage Arms Co. in the 1920s.

In the mid 1920's, the rifles catalog name was slightly changed to "Visible Loader" until 1931, when it was replaced with a similar "Visible Loader No. 71, which featured a 24" long octagon barrel and a pistol grip stock.

The last Visible Loader was produced in 1934. About 100,000 were produced over the 26 year production span.

The peculiar feature of the rifles is that the cartridges from the tubular magazine are fed straight up into the twin extractors on the breech face where they are, indeed, readily visible, unlike other pump actions. There is no "ejector" as such. An extracted round is ither pushed up and out of the extrractors by the following round being fed upward from the magazine, or if it is the last round or empty case in the rifle, by manual removal.

These rifles were designed for "regular loadings", thus modern high speed cartridges should not be used in any of these rifles.

The computer was patentented between 1834 and 1870 by Charles Babbage. He then made a second version after the first.

It prevents competitors from legally imitating a product for a period of time.

Provided that the idea you are attempting to patent is original and the application fees are paid, the process does not have a failure rate.

In 1888 Tesla designed the first practical system of generating and transmitting alternating current for electric power. The American rights to this epoch-making invention were bought by the American inventor George Westinghouse, who demonstrated the system for the first time at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Two years later Tesla's alternating-current motors were installed at the Niagara Falls power project.

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There are some patents that expire in less than 20 years and some that expire in more than 20 years, depending upon what you're trying to ask.

William Harvey was the first to identify the full and comprehensive extent of the circulatory system, its closed nature and that the heart was the sole responsible circulatory organ.

DOCID is an acronym for DOCument IDentifier.

To be a patentable invention, it must be "new" and "non-obvious" to those who normally work with such things.

A patent application generally consists of a formal description of the invention and a claim to the "property" the inventor or inventors have added to the art.

In the USA format you would have a "title", an "abstract", "background", "summary", "detailed description" and one or more "claims", in addition to whatever drawings or tables are necessary to understand how to make the invention work. This is in addition to any "formalities" regarding statements of ownership, fees, correspondence address, etc.

No, you can patent an idea and call it intellectual property, an unexamined invention is much the same except you run the risk of someone beating you to the patenting office.

Thomas Edison

1600.00

I know that's on the 870 and what else i don't know but it's unlikely any Remington shotgun will bring that amount

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Fairly scarce pistol, most were in .32 caliber. Depending on condition, $650-$850. Likely a model 1907. (Patent dates will always be earlier than date of manufacture or Model date)

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$25-$75, depending on condition. Might top $100 if it is still in original showroom condition.

Q. For how long is the mechanic certificate valid?

A. The mechanic certificate is valid until surrendered, suspended, or revoked

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