Patent Sites for Collectors
Patents are very useful tools for collectors who want to know more about the items they are collecting. Individual sections of the Patent Search Information Site detail how to find patents using free resources on the Web.
Another helpful approach is to find web sites where someone else has already done the research to locate the patents for collectible and antique items. Some examples of these kinds of sites are listed below.
See also the the U.S. Patent Issue Years/Numbers page--a quick guide to locating the year a patent was issued when you find a patent number on a collectible item.
Here are some sites that have already compiled lists of patents for collectibles:
Bottles
Design
Patents for Bottles
Ink
Bottle Design Patents
More
1920s Designer Sodas
Calculators
Calculator
Related Patents
Cameras and Photography Dairy Items
Doug and Linda's Antique Site: Butter Churns, Milk Bottles & Cream Separators
Dolls "name of antique or collectible" patents
for example:
"cut glass" patents
"fountain pens" patents
(Note: use the quotes around the name of the item you are searching for
to get more specific results.)
See also Patents
for Collectors.
Glassware Insulators
Lights and Lighting Jewelry Stoves Toasters Tools
See also the Engines of Ingenuity Slideshow for some great photos of patented tools.
Toys
Miscellaneous
Photographic
Technology Patents
Barbie
History
To find additional similar pages as these, trying doing a search on Google,
using the following format:
Cut
Glass Design Patents Awarded William Anderson
Cambridge
Glass Patent Information
Insulators--Early Patents
Insulator
Historical Timeline
U.S.
Patents for Fairy Lamps & Lights: Samuel B. Clarke, 1884 - 1908
kilokat's
Antique Light Bulb Site Patent Archive
Kerosene
Lantern Patent Research Page
Coro
Design Patents
Jewelry Patents
Vintage
Costume Jewelry Patents
Patents
for Vintage Jewelry
Classic
Camp Stoves
Toaster Patent
Information
Directory of American
Tool and Machinery Patents
American
Patented Brace Database
Wrench
Patents
Early
Corn Sheller Patents
American
Grain Cradle Patents
Cow
Milker Patents
Selected Tool Patents
Catalogue of American Patented Antique Tools
Star
Wars Toy Design Patents
Tiddlywinks
Patents
Flower
Frog Patents
ANTIQUES ROADSHOW - PBS
