Patents For Inventions. Abridgments Of Specifications - Softcover

Patent Office

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371728436 ISBN 13: 9780371728437

Publisher: HardPress, 2021

Synopsis

Patents For Inventions. Abridgments Of Specifications by Patent Office. This volume is a historical reference work that compiles abridgments of patent specifications focused on inventions that aid locomotion. Published by the Great Seal Patent Office in 1858, it gathers earlier patents dating from 1691 through the mid-19th century, presenting a chronological and subject-based index to innovations designed to improve vehicle propulsion, traction, and mobility across land and water. The Preface explains that the abridgments were produced to make patent information more accessible by providing concise abstracts under headings such as "Aids to Locomotion" and by enumerating contrivances like broad wheels, endless railways, wheels with teeth or spikes, legged and walking mechanisms, screw propellers, and substitute wheel concepts. The work includes an extensive Index of Names, listing inventors and patentees; and an Index of Subjects, linking entries to related topics. It also contains legal and bibliographic apparatus for researchers, including notices, references to reports, and information on patent law amendments, as well as appendices and a colonial patent section.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371728436
• ISBN 13: 9780371728437
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108