[SEL] New Google Patent Search is Awesome

[Dave Croft]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "Stationary Engine List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "Old Engine" <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: [SEL] New Google Patent Search is Awesome
> Hiya Folks,
> Ready for an early Christmas present?  Check THIS out...
> http://www.google.com/patents
> Google has a new patent search.  It includes ALL US patents, it can do
> date searches, text searches, and searches for inventor and assignee.
> Read the FAQ for more info.
> http://www.google.com/googlepatents/about.html#adv
> This looks like a boon for researching old engines and tools.  One thing I
> noticed is that their data entry has some glitches.  For example, 626155
> (Fithian's patent for the Bessemer half-breed) lists "GAS ENGINE" as the
> inventor.  However, a search on just "Fithian" did find the patent and a
> number of his other ones; for the clutch pulley for example.
> This should prove invaluable for tracing the evolution of key gas engine
> features.  A couple of my personal areas of interest are the evolution of
> the fuel feeder in the Middleditch / Detroit / Bessemer line of two-cycle
> engines and the fuel system found on the Waterloo & Robertsonville
> engines.  I can see a "lost weekend" coming up...
> BTW it found my 11 patents slicker 'n snot on a doorknob.  8-))
> Note also that it's a Beta Version, so I don't want to hear any whining if
> something doesn't work.  Tell Google.  8-))
> See ya,  Arnie Fero  Pittsburgh, PA

Hi Arnie, do we know the range of dates for the entries & the countries covered.
I tried my Hot Air engines (KyKo) 1920's & nothing came up.
Dave Croft
Warrington
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