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n 79076649
(OCoLC)oca00309322
DLC
eng
rda
DLC
DLC
OCoLC
DLC
18360704
19750102
United States.
Patent Office
United States.
Commissioner of Patents
United States.
Department of Commerce.
Patent Office
United States.
Department of State.
Patent Office
United States.
Department of the Interior.
Patent Office
United States Patent Office
b
United States.
Patent and Trademark Office
r
Hierarchical superior:
United States.
Department of Commerce
r
Hierarchical superior:
United States.
Department of State
r
Hierarchical superior:
United States.
Department of the Interior
NUCMC data from Henry E. Huntington Libr. for Peale, T.R. Papers, 1835-1876
(United States Patent Office)
LC man. auth. cd.
(hdg.: United States. Patent Office; by act of Apr. 10, 1790, authority to grant letters patent was vested jointly in Sec. of St., Sec. of War, and Attorney General, subject to approval by Pres., and provision was made that such letters patent should be recorded in the office of the Sec. of St. By act of Feb. 1, 1793, the connection of the Sec. of War with patent affairs ceased, and the jurisdiction was brought more closely under the Sec. of St.; Patent Office est. and attached to Dept. of St. by act of July 4, 1836; transf. to Dept. of Interior by act organizing that dept., Mar. 3, 1849; transf. to Dept. of Commerce by exec order of Pres. Coolidge, Mar. 19, 1925; Jan. 2, 1975, Pres. Ford signed law H.R. 7599 changing name to Patent and Trademark Office and title of Commissioner of Patents to Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks)