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Box 44

 Container

Contains 10 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

Litigation, 1924 - 1959

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The Litigation sub-series contains documents related to court cases which Miessner was involved in. Many of them consist of patent infringement claims and patent interference cases involving Miessner and his patents. Also included are documents for court cases where Miessner served as an expert witness.Court documents related to Miessner’s legal disputes with John Hays Hammond, Jr. are located in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series. Artifacts used in court cases are located...
Dates: 1924 - 1959

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

Patent Legislation, 1947 - 1965

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 2
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: 1947 - 1965

Interference No. 88,017, Slaymaker and Meeker v. Miessner, 1948 - 1958

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 13
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Litigation sub-series contains documents related to court cases which Miessner was involved in. Many of them consist of patent infringement claims and patent interference cases involving Miessner and his patents. Also included are documents for court cases where Miessner served as an expert witness.Court documents related to Miessner’s legal disputes with John Hays Hammond, Jr. are located in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series. Artifacts used in court cases are located...
Dates: 1948 - 1958

Patent Infringement Suits, 1949 - 1951

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 2, File 14
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: The Litigation sub-series contains documents related to court cases which Miessner was involved in. Many of them consist of patent infringement claims and patent interference cases involving Miessner and his patents. Also included are documents for court cases where Miessner served as an expert witness.Court documents related to Miessner’s legal disputes with John Hays Hammond, Jr. are located in the “John Hays Hammond, Jr. Feud” series. Artifacts used in court cases are located...
Dates: 1949 - 1951

"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

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

Inventing, Patent Process, 1935 - 1954

 File — Box: 44, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSP 2, Series 3, Sub-Series 3, File 1
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: 1935 - 1954

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