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paulgray
Advanced Member Username: paulgray
Post Number: 38 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 04:53 pm: |
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Go to Google and click on "more", then "even more" page, click on patent search. The neat thing is that they have indexed ALL the patents from #1 on up. Try searching the words "engine atlas oakland"(no quotes) and all the diesel stuff for Atlas comes up. I tried Engine Cos Cob conn and no palmer stuff came up. It can search by company, city and subject among other search terms. Very cool and passed from one of my stationary engine buddies. I have waited YEARS to be able to search them old patents like this... and yes Rebecca, there IS a Santa Claus! |
andrew
Moderator Username: andrew
Post Number: 808 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 05:42 pm: |
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Paul, That's neat! Looks like it's Beta and might not show up on the available Google features for all users (it didn't for me). The direct link to it is Google Patent Search Beta |
andrew
Moderator Username: andrew
Post Number: 809 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 05:48 pm: |
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Here is a patent for: Portable Wood Sawing Machine - Frank Palmer |
richardday
Senior Member Username: richardday
Post Number: 442 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 08:05 pm: |
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This is great. When I went to the Patent office back in about 1980 they had nothing prior to the 1970s retreivable on line. The only patents which the very helpful woman at the patent office came up with for Palmer Bros. was the 1901 inertial governor for the igniters on the models B, C, D and E and some exhaust manifold in the 1920s. Actually I have the patent issued to Ray Palmer and gave her its number and she pulled it out of the books right away. Those books were in terrible condition and there must have been a good 100 plus volumes and each was a good 2" thick. thanks for the tip Paul and Andrew. Will have to get with it. |
richarddurgee
Senior Member Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1357 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 09:29 pm: |
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* Santa came early with this present. Outstanding site !! Thanks Paul |
searcher
Senior Member Username: searcher
Post Number: 165 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 12:33 am: |
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Terrific, peachy keen, A#1, etc. Sure beats the method I have been using in the past. Thanks. Now, if I could just figure out how to get a full page at a decent resolution and save it as a JPEG file! |
richarddurgee
Senior Member Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 1359 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 10:21 am: |
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* Searcher When the patent comes up left click on the page or illustration until its in its largest form then right click on it and a pop up should give the option - Save as - click on it and decide which file you want it in and save it. Hope this works for you I have already found some long sought info and saved it! |
searcher
Senior Member Username: searcher
Post Number: 166 Registered: 10-2004
| Posted on Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 09:05 pm: |
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That works great, thanks. |
paulgray
Advanced Member Username: paulgray
Post Number: 41 Registered: 05-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 - 03:00 pm: |
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If you all get a minute- send an email to [email protected] telling them you like it. I hope that will help persuade them to release it full time. |
johnny
Senior Member Username: johnny
Post Number: 59 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 06:29 pm: |
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Hey guy's the google patent search was brought up on Harry's forum this past week. Once you get to the patent search page click on advanced search and you can search by month and year, etc... I got to do this same kind of patent search on the computer about a year ago at the University of Central Florida's library through another search engine but it only lasted for about a week. They were testing some new software offered by a software company but they did not purchase it. The license cost about 40 or 50 thousand dollars. I couldn't believe that google would have this software. |
rgvrr
Advanced Member Username: rgvrr
Post Number: 45 Registered: 09-2002
| Posted on Wednesday, December 20, 2006 - 07:10 pm: |
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Also, follow the link to the uspto after you locate the patent. You can download high res tif files from there. You will need to download a plug-in for your browser, but they tell you how, |
billschaller
Senior Member Username: billschaller
Post Number: 100 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Saturday, December 23, 2006 - 07:08 pm: |
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Note to people who search for patents. It might not be true for engines, but in the fruit jar industry, there was all sorts of mis claimed patents, dates, and info put on jars. companies would put patents that had nothing to do with the item on it, they would put false patents on, they would put other people's patents on items. They would put some minor patent from a factory machine on the item. they would put the same patent on every item they made, even years after it expired. this is probably why the patent office made companies put numbers down, instead of dates. |