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Historical Display Committee Holds Series of Historic Patent Contests
Unofficial Gazette
12/10/02
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The first series of contests were conducted in Technology Centers 2900, 3600 and 3700. These contests are completed, the winners selected and presentation ceremonies held. The winners were as follows: TC2900 – Robert Spear was presented the award for submitting Design Patent No. 186,119 for Henson and Nebel’s “Puppet Doll”; TC3600 – Judy Swann was presented the award for submitting Patent No. 821,393 for the Wright brothers’ “Flying Machine”; and TC3700 – John Chapman was presented the award for submitting Patent No. 4,750 for Howe’s “Sewing Machine”. A complete write up with photographs of the winners may be viewed in the March 2002 issue of the USPTO PULSE (http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/pulse/epulse/pulse0203_7...). Additional photographs of the award ceremonies may be found on the PTOS Web site under Unofficial Gazette, Recent Photos, PTOS Gallery, “historicaldisplay” and “historical2” (http://www.ptos.org/ptos-gallery/historicaldisplay/index.html and http://www.ptos.org/ptos-gallery/historical2/index.html respectively).
The second series of contests were held in Technology Centers 1600 and 1700. These contests are completed, the winners selected and presentation ceremonies held. The winners were as follows: TC1600 – Jeffrey Fredman was presented the award for submitting Patent No. 4,237,224 for Cohen and Boyer’s “Process for Producing Biologically Functional Molecular Chimeras”; and TC1700 – Christopher Young was presented the award for submitting Patent No. 226,503 for Eastman’s “Method and Apparatus for Coating Plates for use in Photography”. Photographs of the award ceremonies may be found on the PTOS Web site under Unofficial Gazette, Recent Photos, PTOS Gallery, “historical08092002/” and “historic-contest-tc1700/” (http://www.ptos.org/ptos-gallery/historical08092002/index.html and http://www.ptos.org/ptos-gallery/historic-contest-tc1700/index.html respectively).
A third series of contests is being planned for the remaining Technology Centers in the near future. Come see the winning entries displayed in the reception areas for the above Technology Centers.