Patents

Examples

• There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• He was determined to make a fortune out of cotton-spinning, and he did, in spite of the loss of his patents, and the rivals who were always pursuing him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• From that time until 1865 many patents were granted, none of which may be considered successful. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Specifications had been drawn, and I had signed and sworn to the application for patents for these seventy-eight inventions, and naturally I supposed they had been filed in the regular way. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Some of Edison's most remarkable inventions are revealed in a number of interesting patents relating to the duplication of phonograph records. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Phelps, another investigator, who had been experimenting along the same lines and had taken out several patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Nearly 5,000 United States patents have been granted in the class of weaving. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• See United States patents No. 429,467 and 429,468, June 3, 1890, and No. 500,411, June 27, 1893. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Wood-working implements in which the cutting tool was carried by a sliding block were described in the English patents of General Sir Samuel Bentham and Joseph Bramah, in 1793-94. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• He spent a fortune, but his patents were not renewed, and competition was thrown wide open. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• These patents may be roughly tabulated as follows: Incandescent lamps and their manufacture. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• About 300 patents have been granted for artificial legs and arms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Within the last forty years nearly two hundred patents have been taken out in the United States alone for machines for making horseshoes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• In February of 1897 the receiver sold the three Field patents to their original owner, and he in turn sold them to the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Edison confesses that he has never made a cent out of his patents in electric light and power--in fact, that they have been an expense to him, and thus a free gift to the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Later he took English patents on a machine for spinning flax, and on a new device for twisting hemp rope. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• While the benefits derived were not directly pecuniary in their nature, they were such as tended to strengthen commercially the position of the rightful owners of the patents. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• And this is right in one sense, as the laws of all countries in respect to protection by patents for inventions are based upon the primary condition of benefit to society. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Sir Richard Webster, now Chief-Justice of England, was my counsel, and sustained all of my patents in England for many years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Arkwright built a mill there in 1780, and it prospered exceedingly, in spite of the fact that he no longer had the protection of his patents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Besides the Sholes patents, it embodies the improvements covered by patents to Clough & Jenne, No. 199,263, Jan. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• About 1797, some Englishman began to make water-proof varnish from it, and to take out patents for the same. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• For years his name was branded on every Bell telephone set, and his patents were a mainstay of what has been popularly called the Bell monopoly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The Burleigh drill was brought out in 1866, and was covered by patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• In the patents of Sir Waiter Raleigh, to the London and Plymouth companies, to the council of Plymouth, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Nearly 5,000 patents have been granted in the United States for firearms, and about 2,400 for projectiles. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Watt’s patents of 1769 and 1784 contemplated the application of his steam engines to carriages running on land. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• A saw which planes, as well as severs, is shown in patents to Douglass, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• After I had made a great number of inventions and obtained patents, the General seemed anxious that the matter should be closed up. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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