The Thomas A. Edison Papers Digital Edition

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.