[SEL] PATENTS - New Online Resource - YOUR help is needed

[Richard Strobel]

Nice job Rob.  On several occastions when looking at the BPB, Wendel 
mentions patent numbers.  As I run across these, I will keep you in mind. 
Also in my limited experience, some tags have patent numbers on them i.e. 
Galloway.  I've looked at these patents and some don't have much to do with 
the actual engine the tag is on.  Do you want those also?

  "Good Stuff"

RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rob Skinner" <rskinner at rustyiron.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: [SEL] PATENTS - New Online Resource - YOUR help is needed


> As a result of the recent discussion started by Jeff Allen, several folks
> decided that the engine community needs a searchable index of engine 
> patents.
> It was decided to create a web page where you could search for an 
> inventor, a
> device, a manufacturer or a patent date.
>
> Gone will be the days of searching patents one at a time, for hours on 
> end, just
> to find one patent.  Yes, it's a lofty goal and the list may not be 
> complete in
> our lifetimes, but someone has to start sometime.  Now is the time.
>
> We started yesterday and have the basic layout finished.  You can visit 
> the web
> page here:
> http://patents.rustyiron.com or 
> http://www.rustyiron.com/patents/index.html
>
> Please check it out.  At the bottom are our goals and the steps we will 
> take to
> achieve them.  Notice that we are currently using Hiscox's book so we can
> quickly make a large number of patents available.  This is the book that 
> Jeff is
> currently scanning.
>
> Hiscox has twenty seven pages of patent numbers, two columns per page, 
> about
> forty numbers per column.  That's a LOT of patents for a couple folks to 
> search.
> I estimate that it takes about an hour and a half to compile data for one
> column.  If we can get about 50 volunteers willing to spend an hour or two
> looking at old engine patents, we can complete this phase rather quickly.
>
> The data that we need from each of the engine patents is:
> Patent Number
> Inventor
> Invention
> Manufacturer (if known)
> Date patent was issued
>
> If you'd like to help in the creation of this resource, we would certainly
> appreciate the assistance.  First, make sure you can view patents online 
> by
> browsing our web page a little bit.  If you decide that you'd like to 
> assist,
> please email me directly at mailto:rskinner at rustyiron.com   Let me know 
> whether
> you want one or two columns worth of numbers to research.
>
> Thanks.
>
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> Rob Skinner
> La Habra, California
> mailto:rskinner at rustyiron.com
> http://www.rustyiron.com
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