Patents and Patent Law

Abraham Lincoln. He received a patent in 1849 related to an idea he had about preventing ships from running aground.

A patent is a grant by a government that confers upon the creator of an idea, an invention, a process, etc., the exclusive right to produce, sell or profit from it for a number of years. It is the means by which you prevent another entity from profiting from your work. A patent infringement occurs if anyone copies your work without your express permission. You can sue for damages.

Pending patents refer to applications already filed in the patent office.

Proposed patents refer to business strategy about whether and when to file a patent application.

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Physicist, Albert Einstein registered a total of fifty patents. His inventions were often the result of collaboration with others. When he first graduated college, he had difficulty finding a teaching post. So, he took a job at the Swiss patent office, where he reviewed patent applications.

Answer to the question of "What Glass was patented on June 24, 1924?" According to the July 31, 1924, issue of "The Pottery, Glass & Brass Salesman" (Pittsburgh, PA), the U.S. Patent Office issued two Design Patents for glass on June 24, 1924.

Design Patent No. 64,947 ("Bowl or Similar Article") was issued for a term of 14 years to B. Adams of Marion, Indiana, who assigned the patent to his employer, the D.C. Jenkins Glass Company of Kokomo, Indiana. This design patent covers the pressed glass pattern for Jenkins' No. 202 Line of Crystal (colorless clear glass) Tableware, which is commonly known to collectors as the "Arcadia Lace" pattern. A 1927 Jenkins catalog page showing the entire 26 pieces in the No. 202 Line is reproduced in Hazel Marie Weatherman, "Colored Glassware of the Depression Era 2" (meaning volume two, published 1974), at page 211. I guess Mrs. Weatherman was unaware that it was not made in colored glass, lol. See also Bill Edwards & Mike Carwile, "Standard Encyclopedia of Pressed Glass, 1860 - 1930" (5th edition, 2007), at page 22. This set was still being produced as of 1931, and Jenkins Glass went out of business in 1932, due to the Great Depression. I do NOT believe that this Jenkins Glass set is the item to which your question refers, because none of the pieces are marked with the patent date of June 24, 1924.

I believe your question refers to Design Patent No. 64,970 ("Flower Block"), which was issued for a term of 7 years to Shay W. Gooch, who assigned the patent to his employer, Co-operative Flint Glass Company of Rochester (actually nearby Beaver Falls), Pennsylvania. This is almost certainly the item to which you refer, because "PATENTED JUNE 24 - 1924" is embossed on some of the pieces covered by the patent.

The "Flower Block" set actually pictured in Design Patent No. 64,970 is Co-op Flint's No. 491 Flower Bowl and Block. See photo and discussion of this set in Bonnie Bull, "Flower Frogs for Collectors" (pub. 2001), at page 139. The dimensions are 3-1/4" tall and 5-1/4" top diameter for the bowl; and the flower block insert is 3-3/4" in diameter and 3/8" thick with 16 holes for arranging cut stem flowers. The book photo shows the set in an emerald green colored depression glass (it glows under black light due to uranium oxide content); however, I have the set in a wide array of glass colors (amber, amethyst, black, royal blue, cobalt blue, crsytal clear, pink, ruby red, canary yellow) and with numerous and varied decorations (hand-painted enameling designs, fired-on colors such as lavender, and numerous silver or gold overlays, etc). Early copies of this set are embossed "PAT. APL'D FOR" on both the bottom of the bowl and on the bottom side of the block (commonly referred to by collectors as a "flower frog"). After the patent was granted, the embossing was changed to "PATENTED JUNE 24 - 1924."

A catalog drawing of the set is reproduced in E. Earl Autenreith & JoAnne Autenreith, "The Co-operative Flint Glass Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, 1879-1934" (pub. 2008), at page 273 (referring to the set as Design Patents 61133 and 61134 for the two pieces, a fact which I have not personally checked). The same book, at page 276, reproduces a trade publication advertisement (with drawing) for the set: "Our new Glass Flower Bowl and Block, patented June 24, 1924, is meeting with favor. Made in Black, Blue, Canary, Green and Crystal. All dealers selling Vases should carry it in stock. Flowers can be conveniently arranged." See also: James Measell and Berry Wiggins, "Great American Glass of The Roaring 20s & Depression Era" (pub. 1998), at page 63, figure 156 (showing a crystal glass bowl and underplate, both with fired-on lavender paint and gold paint trim, with a crystal flower block/frog).

The Autenreith book also shows two other sets covered by the same or related design patents. Catalog drawings of the large No. 506 Vase with Flower Block and the huge No. 502 Vase with Flower Block are shown on page 274. The No. 506 bowl/vase is 8" inches in diameter across the top, 4" in diameter at the base, and 3-3/8" tall, with a 5" diameter flower block/frog that has 19 stem holes of which the center hole is larger than the rest and can hold a candle or be used as a finger hole for removing or replacing the frog in the bowl/vase. The No. 502 console bowl (not actually a vase) is 12" in diameter across the top, 4-1/2 tall, with a 7" flower block/frog that has 36 stem holes and a hexagonal knob in the center for removing or replacing the frog (I have one that has 37 holes including a larger center hole for candle or finger with no knob). The flower block/frog on both sets is always embossed on the bottom side, "PATENTED JUNE 24 -1924." I have never seen the No. 506 bowl/vase with such an embossing; however, of the half dozen No. 502 console bowls which I own, one of them is marked "PATENTED JUNE 24 - 1924," an anomaly which I cannot explain. Both of those sets come in a wide array of colors and decorations. Autenreith lists Design Patent Nos. 61138 and 61139 for the huge No. 502 set, and Nos. 61141 and 61142 for the large No. 506 set. Autenreith has a photo, on page 276, of a decorated No. 502 console bowl without its block frog, but with a pair of matching no. 503 candlesticks.

Paul D. Brenner, Burke, Virginia

As with other property rights, patents can be sold or licensed

Section 2. After the tenant-farmer shall have fully complied with the requirements for a grant of title under Presidential Decree No. 27, an Emancipation Patent and/or Grant shall be issued by the Department of Agrarian Reform on the basis of a duly approved survey plan.

MDMA is not currently protected by a patent. The closest thing is Alexander Shulgin's 1959 patent on "4 alkyl dialkoxy N methyl phenethylamines and their pharamcologically acceptible salts," which has expired.

Impossible to answer without correctly identifying the model. S&W made several models chambered in .22 rimfire. Please repost or respond to the email address below with ALL of the markings, number of chambers in the cylinder, etc. Digital pictures would help. sales@countrygunsmith.net

No, honey is not a substitute for sugar in someone who has diabetes. It is however, good for allergies and a sweetener.

Brand names are protected by trademark law, not patent law.

About 600 to 700 dollors

Approximately 640,000 of these little bolt action .22's were made between 1902 and 1931. Like many inexpensive .22's, they were not serial-numbered, so there is no way to know precisely what year yours was made. They had a gumwood stock and no buttplate, and sold for $6. If yours is in good condition, its value would be in the $200 to $300 range.

A patent case involves copyrighted or patented material. The word patent can also mean the subject matter is obvious on its face.

Per the manufacturer's instructions. Five years

It means that the Group Art Unit (GAU) is attempting to transfer the case to another GAU. The other GAU can say no and does not have to accept it. This answer is a reply from The Office of Patent Legal Administration (571-272-7701) to the above question which was posed to them

It varies from country to country, but generally there are webforms available from the patent office's website.

In WTO countries, registration is not required for copyright protection; it is automatic once the work is fixed in a tangible medium. Formal registration is often available nonetheless, either through the copyright office or through private registries, and tends to be reasonably straightforward.

Patents, on the other hand, require exhaustive research and detailed applications that can take years to compile; working with an experienced patent attorney is usually wise.

Patents and trade secrets are both ways to protect inventions, but are otherwise very different.

A patent is formally registered with the federal government, and the information is available to everyone ("patent" in this instance means "open"), but the inventor has the right to prevent anyone from using it without permission. Patents are normally good for 20 years.

A trade secret is not registered or revealed to anyone, and can be protected forever--or until someone figures it out by reverse-engineering or other means.

So if you patent your new widget, I can look at the plans and specifications but I can't do anything with them without your permission, for 20 years. But if you call your new widget a trade secret and I figure it out the following week, that's it: no more secret. That's why trade secrets are almost ridiculously closely guarded.

Over time, magic mushrooms may gradually lose their potency, especially if they are exposed to air and/or stored in a hot environment. If they are stored in a wet location, they may begin to rot.

There have been several models of the marksman repeater. The first one was made in 1955

You can neither patent nor copyright a name. Under current US copyright law names, titles, slogans, logos , mottoes, and common words/phrases are not eligible for copyright protection. Under certain circumstances however they can be registered as trademarks.

I am a huge Kiss fan and over the years I have seen interviews and read in books/articles that Gene owns the patents for the term "axe" meaning guitar and the money bag symbol made famous from the Monopoly board game. I believe he also owns the face paint designs in which Kiss still uses to this day. There are probably even more I don't know about since I have drifted away from being a hard core Kiss fan and no longer occupy so much of my time obsessing and reading everything possible.

The first circular knitting needle was developed in the beginning at the 19.century. The first one with a flexible cable was created in 1939 by Moritz Rump (Walter Kohlmann) in Altena. Altena is a small town in Germany, the "Addi"company (Gustav Selter) is the only manufactur in hole Europe. Since 1829 they did produced crochet hook needles and in the 30th years they did developed knitting needles. Meanwhile is addi one of the biggest and innovation producer worldwide. Mrs Selter is the owner of one of the oldest circular knitting needles. BUT...the oldest circular knitting needles for hand is a victorien style from 1860. Silver pins with a small (not flexible) cable.

RM Sterling, L.L.C. of Nashville, Tennessee has one listed on their site for which they are asking $75 currently, but it is in less than good condition.