PATRIOTS AND PATENTEES

A Comparison Of Some Revolutionaries Who Fought To Create the United States Of America And U.S Patentees And Their Ancestors

By

Howard M. PetersPeters, Verny, Jones &

Schmitt, L.L.P.425 Sherman Avenue

#230Palo Alto, CA 94306

&

Sally B. PetersInformation Center

PARC Inc.3333 Coyote Hill Road

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Part 1 The U.S. Patent System and its

limitations

Part 2 The Genealogical Societies and their

limitations The National Society of the

Daughters of the American Revolution

Sons of the American Revolution Sons and Daughters of the American

Colonists

Part 3 A comparison and correlations of

Revolutionary War service and U.S. Patentees and their ancestors

The surprise connections and their stories

The U.S. Patent System and its Limitations

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Colonial Patents prior to 1790 1790 Constitution Article I Section 8 1836 complete revision of U.S. Patent laws U.S. Patent Office building in Washington burned

down New numbering system and models Now approaching 7,000,000

The Genealogical Societies and their Limitations

The National Society of the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution1776 D Street NWWashington, DC 20006-5303Main Phone: (202) 628-1776Constitution Hall Event Information:(202) 628-4780*This is the only number for event informationwww.DAR.org

The National Society of the Sons of theAmerican Revolution1000 S. 4th StreetLouisville, KY 40203Main Phone: (502) 589-1776Fax: (502) 589-1671www.SAR.org

Sons of the Revolution Library600 South Central AvenueGlendale, CA 91204Main Phone: (818) 240-1775www.srcalifornia.com

Sons and Daughters of the American Colonists3917 Heritage Hills Drive, #104Minneapolis, MN 55437Main Phone: (612) 893-9747

Comparison and Correlation of Revolutionary War Service and U.S. Patentees and their Ancestors

Patentees Residents Mostly white Mostly male Educated Of some means

Patriots Residents Mostly white Mostly male Mostly uneducated A rich man’s war

and a poor man’s fight

First U.S. Patent (unnumbered)Samuel HopkinsJuly 31, 1790

Manufacture of Potash and Pearlash Patent signed by President George Washington Hopkins was a Quaker, and probably a Pacifist True identity was in dispute for years, until 1990’s Entrepreneur shunned by Quaker brethren No record of Revolutionary War service, so far Went to Canada to obtain rights A cousin (once removed) lived in North Maryland Johns Hopkins was a shrewd investor in the B&O Railroad,

not married, and left his $7,000,000 fortune to found Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 1876

Robert “Quicksilver Bob” Fulton

The “Clermont”

Samuel F.B. (Finley Breeze) Morse

Alexander Graham Bell

Samuel Colt

Eli Whitney

1847 Colt “Whitneyville” Walker

Abraham Lincoln

Mary Kies

Norbert Rillieux

Future Research Planned

Guggenheim Fellowship Applicationwww.gf.org

Inventors in the National Inventors Hall of Famewww.invent.org

United States Patent and Trademark Officewww.uspto.gov

Acknowledgements

ACS Division of Chemistry and the Law U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Daughters of the American Revolution Sons of the American Revolution Justin Kirk Houser, Centre Co. PA, Genealogist Sally B. Peters Daeron Katz: Silent Planet Productions, Graphics