Patent dates?

[chukers]

Anyone seen patent dates this old? do they Go back this far?
I am assuming 1881-1892?

It was found in an area that dates back that far...

you tell me....

Chukers

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Yes they go back further than 1881. Can we see a pic of the entire item front and back with something for size reference?

 

[chukers]

Yes they go back further than 1881. Can we see a pic of the entire item front and back with something for size reference?

oh its the size of a nickel a little bigger... its a hinge of some kind maybe off a jewelry box... I was just curious about patent dates... that all.

Chukers

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Its an 1881 and 1892 patent.

 

[Ramitt]

Anyone seen patent dates this old? do they Go back this far?

On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for an improvement "in the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process." This patent was signed by then President George Washington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office

 

[chukers]

Anyone seen patent dates this old? do they Go back this far?

On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for an improvement "in the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process." This patent was signed by then President George Washington.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Patent_and_Trademark_Office

wow 1790!

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's one patent list (back to 1790):http://www.datamp.org/patents/search/patentsByYear.php
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