Re: Packard Motor Car Co. - Patents
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2014/1/26 14:20:26
Dave, you seem particularly interested in this so let me share a little more information from the article I've been working on. From 1899 until the formation of Studebaker-Packard Corp. there are 225 names of inventors that appear on Packard patents. The vast majority only had 1 or 2, but here's a list of the top 32.
All 1736 patents (again, excluding design patents) were sorted into decades based on the patent granted date but in hindsight the sort would have been a little more meaningful had I sorted on the application date - the filing date being closer to the date of innovation that the date of issue - and that would shift things a bit earlier as typically the elapsed time between filing and grating is between 6 months and about 2 years. It's interesting to see those whose patents spanned 4 decades - one curious name in that group is Milton Tibbetts who was also Packard's in-house patent attorney.
Also of interest to me is the patent activity by decade which is a measure of innovation or creativity, not that all innovation was patented; some was kept as a trade secret but generally those were things that weren't apparent in the finished product for all to see - they were more typically tool and die work, machine shop techniques, etc. Some would argue with this statement, but the peak of patent activity in the teens, 20s and 30s coincides (IMO) with the peak of Packard's excellence of product and reputation in the luxury segment of the industry - in my mind it traces their rise and fall as a luxury maker. I'm not looking for any but I'm sure I'll get some chatter on that.
Some inventors were specialists in a specific area so I've also sorted the patents into categories; for example, marine, aircraft, body, engine, transmission, suspension, and machining/manufacturing methods. I'll probably hold onto this but hope you enjoy the small part I've attached.
Lastly and I suppose it's obvious, Packard like most other companies traded and cross-licensed patents to and from others. If you obtain copies of the patents listed on a 42-early 48 patent plate you'll find several like this - for example the Ternstedt Manufacturing patents for vent window ventilation - I guess the customer grief from the 33 "angel wings" was more than they could stand and we'd have to assume the Ternstedt patents didn't leave any loopholes.
You might find it interesting to read the two articles in The Cormorant on Packard patents, one by myself in Issue No. 98 and another (forget the author's name) that came along a bit later. It remains an areas that for the most part untouched by the Packard researchers.
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All 1736 patents (again, excluding design patents) were sorted into decades based on the patent granted date but in hindsight the sort would have been a little more meaningful had I sorted on the application date - the filing date being closer to the date of innovation that the date of issue - and that would shift things a bit earlier as typically the elapsed time between filing and grating is between 6 months and about 2 years. It's interesting to see those whose patents spanned 4 decades - one curious name in that group is Milton Tibbetts who was also Packard's in-house patent attorney.
Also of interest to me is the patent activity by decade which is a measure of innovation or creativity, not that all innovation was patented; some was kept as a trade secret but generally those were things that weren't apparent in the finished product for all to see - they were more typically tool and die work, machine shop techniques, etc. Some would argue with this statement, but the peak of patent activity in the teens, 20s and 30s coincides (IMO) with the peak of Packard's excellence of product and reputation in the luxury segment of the industry - in my mind it traces their rise and fall as a luxury maker. I'm not looking for any but I'm sure I'll get some chatter on that.
Some inventors were specialists in a specific area so I've also sorted the patents into categories; for example, marine, aircraft, body, engine, transmission, suspension, and machining/manufacturing methods. I'll probably hold onto this but hope you enjoy the small part I've attached.
Lastly and I suppose it's obvious, Packard like most other companies traded and cross-licensed patents to and from others. If you obtain copies of the patents listed on a 42-early 48 patent plate you'll find several like this - for example the Ternstedt Manufacturing patents for vent window ventilation - I guess the customer grief from the 33 "angel wings" was more than they could stand and we'd have to assume the Ternstedt patents didn't leave any loopholes.
You might find it interesting to read the two articles in The Cormorant on Packard patents, one by myself in Issue No. 98 and another (forget the author's name) that came along a bit later. It remains an areas that for the most part untouched by the Packard researchers.
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