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American patent agent '''Munn & Co.''' was recorded as being at address 361 Broadway, New York, N.Y., with registration number 77.<ref>[[Roster of registered U.S. patent attorneys, 1903]], p. [https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Roster%201903.pdf#page=59 55]. In the 1883 roster (p. [https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Roster%201883.pdf 18]) the address was given as 261 Broadway. Could be a mistake or a change.</ref> In 1865 the company's address was 37 Park Row.<ref>[[Munn & Co., 1865, The United States Patent Law]], [https://archive.org/details/unitedstatespat00munn/page/n6 cover].</ref>

Munn & Co. published ''[[Scientific American]]'' magazine from the 1850s or earlier.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/scientificamerican1856scie]</ref> Key people were [[Orson Desaix Munn]] and [[Alfred Ely Beach]], involved in something called the [[U.S. Patent Agency]] and in cross-over promotion of patents using the magazine.<ref>''Scientific American'' "[https://www.scientificamerican.com/page/about-scientific-american/ About Scientific American]", accessed 5 April 2019. "In an era of rapid innovation, Scientific American founded the first branch of the U.S. Patent Agency, in 1850, to provide technical help and legal advice to inventors. A Washington, D.C., branch was added in 1859. By 1900 more than 100,000 inventions had been patented thanks to Scientific American."</ref> 

An example of crossover: Munn & Co. filed [[Patent US-1892-502168]] and then shortly thereafter published "[Publication 1473, 1892, Battey's aerial ship A New Air Ship]" highlighting this invention and noting that a patent had been filed. (This patent was also international filings, with known patent agents in England and France; one wonders if these agencies had special relationships with Munn.)

We also have [[Fred G. Dieterich]] appearing among [[witnesses]] on a patent filed by [[Cornele Berrien Adams]] on which '''Munn & Co.''' serve as the patent attorneys.<ref>[[Patent US-1893-510758]]</ref> 

The company also published books about patents, inventions, science, etc., including:
* [[Munn & Co, 1860, Patent laws of the United States]] ([https://archive.org/details/patentlawsofunit01munn])
* [[Munn & Co., 1865, The United States Patent Law]] ([https://archive.org/details/unitedstatespat00munn]) ([https://archive.org/details/unitedstatespa00munn/page/n5 1871])
* [[Byrn, 1900, The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century]] ([https://archive.org/details/progressofinvent00byrn/page/n8])
* [[Cresee, 1902, Practical Pointers for Patentees]] ([https://archive.org/details/practicalpointe00cresgoog])
* [[Munn, 1915, Trade Marks, Trade Names and Unfair Competition in Trade]] ([https://archive.org/details/trademarkstraden00munn/page/n2])
* [[Hopkins, 1917, Our Country and its Resources]] ([https://archive.org/details/ourcountryitsres00hopk/page/n6])

More is on en.wp under the name Orson Munn.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orson_Desaix_Munn</ref>
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