Was the first patent  to put a patent  on the patent?
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Damn good question... I know the guy who came up with the patent was named Patent
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Nikolai Tesla first had the patents. The carrier wave, amplification, tuning. He didn't finish his working model so Marconi gets credit.\nPoke around the Internet for both.\nNikolai Tesla and Marconi
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Check the U.S. patent website, www.uspto.gov.  They have a link for people to get basic information about patents.  That would be a good first step.
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Vulcanized rubber was invented in 1843, so it came first. Look up Charles Goodyear.
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Go to the patent office search page.  See below.
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A patent is documentation of an invention or idea that allows the inventor to develop and market his or her idea without fear that someone else will be able to steal it and use it without crediting or paying the inventor.\n\nUnited States patents may be found on the United States Patent Office (USPTO) website.  Patents from 1976 and onward are fully searchable.  Prior to that, they are only viewable by U.S. Patent Classification or Patent Number.\n\nThe actual patent applications (or patent sheets) are viewable as TIF images so a browser plug-in will be required as most browsers don't normally read that image format.  The USPTO website has instructions and links on how to find these plug-ins.
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You want to go here:\n\nhttp://www.uspto.gov/web/patents/howtopat.htm
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I don't know what to tell you other than what happened to me. I paid $500 for a patent search. The company told me that this was a great idea and nothing else like it was on the market. They could get me a patent and help me present it to people who could make it. I would make X-amount of dollars and would be rich (lol). The patent cost me another $5,000.\nThey did get me a patent. A Design Patent. This patent just covers what the product looks like, not how it works. If you design a telephone with the buttons in a certain place, this is a Design Patent. What makes it work (the guts to it) is a Utility Patent. Someone can come along and change the way that it looks, you're out of luck. \nCheck with BBB and past clients. \nI felt ripped off and that was 14 years ago, I still see their ads on television everyday. Every ones idea is a winner, just watch "American Inventor". Be careful!!
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novelty/originality is necessary for a patent.\nt is highly unlikely that you can apply for a successful patent based of an existing product.
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Bernard Lassimone, a French mathematician, applied for the first patent (french patent #2444) on pencil sharpeners, in 1828. In 1847, Therry des Estwaux invented the manual pencil sharpener.
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A patent is a federal office thing. You may want to look for a local patent repository to learn about other inventions and search the records. (a repository is a duplicate of the records in the patent office in Washington).\nOtherwise, go to http://www.uspto.gov\nor look in the yellow pages under "Attorneys" and look for one that knows patenting law.
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I believe that if you disclose your invention to the public you must submit a patent application within one year, or lose it.  Make a fairly clear (pen & ink) sketch of the idea and ask a disinterested (non-relative) person who can understand it to sign and date the sketch to establish your priority (were you the first inventor?).  Seek the help of a pattent attorney who will have a patent search conducted to avoid infringement and will prepare the patent application in correct form including necessary diagrams and claims.  The attorney may allow you one free consultation to accept your case and should estimate typical costs.  Study the patent process yourself.  Remember that even a great invention must earn back more that the cost of the patent application to justify submittal and the patent only helps you defend it from infringers.  Best of luck!
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Call a patent attorney. Seriously.
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So which was it?\n\nDid you "put it on to be patented" or did you not patent your idea?\n\nIt makes a difference - if you didn't patent your idea you may be out of luck unless you can show that the company making your invention had access to your work
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How long ago were you a kid?  Patents expire after 17 years, so if it's been longer than that, any patent on it would be moot.
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What was the first question?
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The first patents on the use of SF6 as an interrupting medium was filed in Germany in 1938 by Vitaly Grosse (AEG) and independently later in the USA in July 1951 by H.J. Lingal, T.E. Browne and A.P. Storm (Westinghouse).