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Box 22

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Legal Matters, 1919 - 1967

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3
Scope and Contents

The Legal Matters series consists of documents which are legal in nature, or which discuss legal reform. It includes legally binding contracts, court documents, correspondence and publications on patent legislation and reform, and applications for patents.

Dates: 1919 - 1967

Patent Legislation and Reform, 1935 - 1967, bulk: 1947 - 1967

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1935 - 1967; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1967

Creativity and Invention, 1953 - 1961

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1953 - 1961

United States Congress Committee on the Judiciary materials , 1947 - 1966

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 3
Scope and Contents

Includes published hearings, studies, and reports for the Committee on the Judiciary and its Subcommittee on Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights. Both the House of Representatives and Senate have their own version of the subcommittee.

Dates: 1947 - 1966

"Patent Antitrust Problems", circa 1950s-1960s

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: circa 1950s-1960s

National Patent Council, 1956 - 1957

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1956 - 1957

"The Decline of American Invention: Its Causes and Its Remedies", 1956 - 1961

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 7
Scope and Contents

This file also includes Miessner's sequel "Creativity, its Seeds, its Culture and its Fruits".

Dates: 1956 - 1961

Department of Commerce Technical Advisory Board Patent System Panel, 1956 - 1964

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1956 - 1964

Patent Equity Association, 1956-1957, 1965-1966

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1956-1957, 1965-1966

National Small Business Men's Association, 1957

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 25
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1957

American Patent Laws, Reform, 1961 - 1967

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series documents Miessner’s involvement in patent legislation and reform in the United States (U.S.). It includes but is not limited to correspondence with U.S. Congressmen and organizations interested in patent reform, including the Patent Equity Association, National Patent Council, and National Small Business Men’s Association; congressional reports, hearings, and studies related to patent legislation; and Miessner’s notes and articles on the topic of inventing and creativity,...
Dates: 1961 - 1967

Benjamin F. Miessner papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2
Scope and Contents The Benjamin F. Miessner papers document the working career and interests of the American inventor. It includes a large collection of patents awarded to Miessner or assigned to his company, Miessner Inventions, Inc., as well as various North American and European patents researched by Miessner; lab notebooks, blueprints, sketches, graphs, photographs, and other items documenting the experiments conducted by Miessner and his employees; correspondence between Miessner and various individuals...
Dates: 1862 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1965