Thanks! Looks like I'll be doing that. But since I don't know what it is,
I'm a little worried I won't recognize it in the records.

Carol
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Carol A. Nickolai
Anthropology
University of Pennsylvania
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[log in to unmask] wrote:
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> There are volumes for the patent records, listed
> chronologically.  I know that the University of
> Delaware's library has the series, if you can't find
> them anywhere in Philadelphia.
>
> Steve Shisler
>
>
> In a message dated 11/19/2003 8:51:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:
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> >
> >
> > Thanks for the website. The database is searchable only by patent number
> > before 1976, and I have only the dates. Any ideas on how to match the
> > date to the patent number?
> >
> > Carol
> > --
> > Carol A. Nickolai
> > Department of Anthropology
> > University of Pennsylvania Museum
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > voicemail: 215-751-8989, 0077#
> >
> >
> > Scott A. Wieczorek wrote:
> > >
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> > > Another option, especially if you have the patent numbers is to go to
> > > www.uspto.gov.  There you can look through an online
> > database with scanned-in and
> > > viewable original patents.
> > > Hope that this helps.
> > > Scott Wieczorek
> > > Historical Services Consultant
>