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[D8036-F] (D-80-36) Patents

Document File Series -- 1880

Title: [D8036-F] (D-80-36) Patents
Description: This folder contains correspondence to and from Edison's patent attorneys, along with other correspondence relating to patent applications, patent litigation, and other patent matters. Included also are other patent-related documents, such as patent applications, caveats, preliminary statements, and a few printed patents. There is also a set of drawings by William Carman relating to the telephone interference cases and a list of notebook pages that were used as exhibits in these cases (see Thomas A. Edison Papers, Part I (1850-1878)).
Approximately 90 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: duplicate copies of correspondence; printed copies of Edison's U.S. patents (see http://edison.rutgers.edu/patents.htm); copies of Edison's claims; other inventors' claims, specifications, and patents; correspondence and other documents concerning non-Edison patents, except when they relate directly to Edison and his work; routine bills and receipts from patent attorneys; routine correspondence from patent attorneys regarding accounts and fees.
Application files for Edison's domestic and foreign patents can be found in the Patent Series.
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/D8036-F
Identifier: D8036-F
Type: Document File
Rights: Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of: Document File Series -- 1880
Alternative Title: (D-80-36) Patents
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 55

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