Problems in Patent Reference Land
Now that I have the uspto's patent references in my database I can do fun things like
find ones where the dates and names match but the patent numbers are different.
I'm guessing these amount to typos in the uspto's database. For the first one
an advanced search at uspto.gov for ref/Chapman and ref/5137055 finds that the typo is in
patent
6,454,552 (scroll down to see the second
patent cited). In a couple of cases noted below both references are wrong (yes
I'm crazy enough to check the ones shown here!). A similar advanced search finds
D555,369 citing Chapman's patent incorrectly as 136,652 (first patent cited).
There are also typos in the names. Just ask Mr. Johnstn referenced first
in
5,133,165.
More typos are listed
here.
Additional problems are listed
here.
date | patentee | mostly right | wrong | notes |
18730300 | Chapman | 136,652 | 5,137,055 | really 137,055 |
18730800 | May | 141,882 | 1,418,882 | |
18740300 | Higgins | 149,126 | 1,496,126 | |
18740300 | Howard | 148,367 | 1,483,367 | |
18750500 | McFarland | 163,502 | 1,635,502 | |
18750800 | Walworth | 166,735 | 1,667,735 | |
18770600 | Marshall | 192,522 | 1,925,522 | |
18790700 | James | 217,383 | 2,173,383 | |
18820500 | Brown | 258,215 | 2,585,525 | |
18820500 | Brown | 258,552 | 2,585,525 | |
18840600 | Fenner | 299,970 | 2,999,970 | |
18841200 | Pusheck | 309,162 | 3,091,162 | |
18850900 | Root | 326,247 | 3,262,247 | |
18850900 | Wulfert | 327,050 | 3,270,050 | |
18851100 | Goodridge, Jr. | 331,127 | 3,311,127 | |
18860300 | Loomis | 338,992 | 3,338,992 | |
18860300 | Slack | 338,790 | 3,387,790 | |
18860600 | Watrous | 343,351 | 3,433,511 | |
18860800 | Scotford | 346,690 | 3,466,690 | |
18861100 | Shelton | 352,011 | 1,352,011 | |
18861200 | Levier | 354,560 | 3,545,560 | |
18870500 | Kerrison, Jr. | 362,843 | 3,628,843 | |
18870700 | Benjamin | 366,449 | 3,664,449 | |
18870900 | Brombacher | 370,239 | 3,702,349 | |
18870900 | Brombacher | 370,289 | 3,702,349 | really 370,239 |
18871000 | Nowotny | 371,615 | 3,715,515 | really 371,515 |
18880600 | Brahadi | 384,503 | 3,845,503 | |
18890400 | Smith | 402,360 | 4,023,360 | |
18891000 | Burleigh | 413,597 | 4,131,597 | |
18900200 | Kerns | 421,080 | 4,210,080 | |
18901100 | Eastwick, Jr. | 440,586 | 4,440,586 | |
18910500 | Cardarelli | 452,211 | 4,522,211 | |
18910600 | Albrecht | 454,416 | 4,544,416 | |
18910700 | Shaw | 456,438 | 4,564,438 | |
18920300 | Tschofen | 471,305 | 4,713,305 | lists tons of countries applied |
18920900 | Bolte | 463,342 | 4,833,342 | wrong |
18920900 | Bolte | 483,342 | 4,833,342 | 483,342 is right |
18930100 | Mackaye | 490,484 | 4,904,484 | |
18930100 | MacKaye | 490,486 | 4,904,484 | also 490481-490490 |
18930200 | Cushing et al. | 491,534 | 4,915,534 | |
18950100 | Hardesty | 532,236 | 5,322,236 | |
18950700 | Murray | 543,138 | 4,543,138 | |
18980100 | Linder et al. | 597,292 | 5,972,292 | |
18980400 | Dight | 603,021 | 1,603,021 | |
18991200 | Banwell | 638,691 | 6,386,692 | |
19000400 | Lindemeyr | 646,820 | 2,646,850 | really 646,850 |
19010900 | Snow, Jr. | D35,062 | 3,506,062 | |
19030600 | Nicholls | 732,433 | 7,324,434 | |
19030600 | Schopbach | 732,378 | 7,323,786 | |
19031000 | Goss | 740,752 | 7,405,522 | |
19040600 | Newton et al. | 763,199 | 7,631,199 | |
19041100 | Bitter | 775,718 | 1,775,718 | |
19051200 | Lorillard | 807,565 | 1,807,564 | |
19060100 | Carter | 811,274 | 1,811,274 | |
19060200 | Pond | 812,769 | 1,812,769 | |
19070200 | McAdams | 845,008 | 1,845,008 | |
19080200 | Jackson | 879,176 | 8,791,276 | |
19100500 | Pelletier | 957,086 | 1,957,086 | |
19100600 | Heinemann | 960,914 | 9,609,914 | |
19100700 | Harry | 965,455 | 1,965,455 | |
19120200 | Shults | 1,018,637 | 2,018,637 | |
19121000 | Carter | 1,043,055 | 1,403,043 | |
19140800 | Nash | 1,107,987 | 1,907,987 | |
19150800 | Hawks | 1,150,517 | 1,550,517 | |
19151000 | Monnot | 1,158,169 | 1,856,169 | really 1,156,169 |
19151200 | Olson | 1,162,946 | 1,662,946 | really 1,166,246 |
19151200 | Olson | 1,166,246 | 1,662,946 | |
19160100 | Cochran | 1,166,748 | 1,666,743 | really 1,166,743 |
19160200 | Gilkerson | 1,171,713 | 1,717,713 | |
19160200 | Leimer | 1,172,374 | 1,772,374 | |
19160200 | Leimer | 1,173,374 | 1,772,374 | |
19160300 | Evans | 1,177,093 | 1,777,093 | |
19160800 | Freeman | 1,193,252 | 1,913,252 | |
19170400 | Boyd | 1,222,924 | 4,222,924 | |
19180600 | Wright | 1,268,659 | 2,168,659 | |
19180800 | West | 1,274,481 | 4,127,481 | |