Publication 970, 1894, The attitude of the Patent Office toward flying-machine inventors
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| Original title | The attitude of the Patent Office toward flying-machine inventors |
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| Simple title | The attitude of the Patent Office toward flying-machine inventors |
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| Date | 1894 |
| Countries | US |
| Languages | en |
| Keywords | patents, USPO, usefulness |
| Journal | Aeronautics |
| Related to aircraft? | 1 |
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- Simine sent a copy of this. It's just a few paragraphs, at the end of one column and the beginning of the next. Here's the total text:
- We hear a great deal from time to time in regard to new inventions which are coming out for the purpose of enabling a man to fly, either from efforts of his own or through the intervention of steam-engines or other motors. It is interest to note the attitude which the United States Patent Office has taken in regard to such inventions. They practically destroy all claims for flying machines beforehand, and the following is an abstract from what is practically a circular letter sent out to all attorneys who have made applications for flying-machine patents. It reads as follows:
- "On taking up this case for examination it is found that the invention disclosed thereby is, as a whole, incapable of practical operation . . .
Sources
- Brockett 1910, page 70, entry 970: Attitude (The) of the Patent Office toward flying-machine inventors. Aeronautics, Vol. 1, No. 7 (April 1894), New York, p. 86. S (970
