[TheForge] OT A good idea that took a long time to arrive

[Steven Smith]

It sounds like Jim found your item. To answer how to look it up, you can 
do so on the US Patent and Trademark Office web page. Here is a link to 
the page that allows searching patents:
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html
You would click on "Patent Number Search" and go from there.
When you find your patent, it is old enough that it is only available in 
image format. The USPTO uses TIFF format; you almost certainly need to 
install a TIFF viewer. They explain how to do this here:
http://www.uspto.gov/patft/help/images.htm

Steve

David Childress wrote:
> You sound like you know the territory.  I am not so good.  I have a
> tool with a pat. # and have no idea what it is for.  The patent should
> say,but I have gotten nowhere finding the patent. (pat #2252406 as
> best I can make out) How would I look this up.
>
> David Childress
> Rocky Forge Blacksmith Guild
>
> On 3/18/07, Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
>> Pretty cool. It's easy to see why it didn't take
>> though, way too slow.
>>
>> It's fun surfing the patent servers isn't it?
>>
>> Frosty
>> -------------------------------
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>> it ain't real.
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>> From: "Kathy" <keporter at comcast.net>
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Frosty,
>> > You at least should get a kick out of this. Normally
>> > I don't indulge in trips
>> > down memory lane, but this is pretty interesting. How
>> > far back would you expect
>> > to find the first auto-darkening welding hood? How
>> > about World War Two?
>> > Mikey
>> >
>> > 
>> http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT2423320&id=rK1TAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1#PPP1,M1 
>>
>> >
>>
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