> Posted by: "John Degnan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] scaler164 > Date: Fri May 11, 2007 9:58 pm ((PDT)) > >This might tickle the fancies of some of you folks out there... just >found this tonight... the very FIRST recorded U.S. patent was >railroad related; recorded on July 13 of 1836. <cut>
This railroad patent may well have been the first patent with a number. However, I figured there had to have been earlier ones, especially since patents are mentioned in the Constitution. By going to the U. S. Patent Office Web site <http://www.uspto.gov/index.html> I discovered that earlier patents are identified by a six-digit number and preceded by the letter X. Searching for X000001 I found a July 31, 1790, patent for making potash, signed by the President and the Attorney General in the federal capital of New York City. -- Bill Roberts Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
