Bell patents the telephone
After years of experiments, Alexander Graham Bell finally found a way to transmit speech. Bell’s attorney filed this patent application for the telephone on...
Burnside’s rifle
A. E. Burnside resigned from the Army in 1853 to manufacture his carbine. He joined the Bristol Firearms Company of Bristol, Rhode Island. More than 43 cavalry...
Cartoon for a patent attorney
This poster, created by cartoonist Garrett Price during World War II, is a comical take on the role of the patent attorney. Patent attorneys represent inventors...
Clip-on skates
In 1867, Robert E. Ellerbeck applied for a patent for improved ice skates. He states in his application that straps are no longer needed because his improvement...
“Combined rocking chair and fan”
In 1847, Charles Horst, of New Orleans, Louisiana, submitted his application to patent a combined rocking chair and fan. Horst states in his application that the...
Diving armor
In 1830, Sewall Short and Noah Bradford submitted a patent application for the submarine explorer. In their application, they claimed that they had created a...
Diving dress
In 1810, Chauncey Hall submitted this drawing in support of his patent application for a diving dress. He received a patent on December 24, 1810.