US Patent 1,661,367 is for a tube flaring tool and was granted to Bernard F. Helminiak of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 6 March 1928.
He had many inventions. US Patent Number 174465 was issued to Alexander Graham Bell in 1876, based upon others related to electric telegraphy.
Firstly, conduct a patent search to check that your invention is new and not already patented. Once you know your invention is unique, file your patent with the US patent and trademark office.
US patent 4705315 is for a slidable storage container for trade vans, issued to Kim Cherry in 1987.
In order to patent a new invention, one has to get a grant of property right from the US Patent and Trademark Office. Depending on the type of patent needed, one will have to fill out an application for either utility, design, or plant patent.
The US patent number is US 7198789 B2.
According to the US Patent and Trademark Office:A patent is an intellectual property right granted by the Government of the United States of America to an inventor "to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States" for a limited time in exchange for public disclosure of the invention when the patent is granted.
Lincoln created an invention to free a stuck riverboat from a sandbar. As the inventor, he had the right to patent his idea.
There is no US patent 555408021. There is also no US patent 55408021.
Under US patent laws, the first to invent has the exclusive right to the patent, even if someone else files for or obtains a patent on a similar invention later. This is not the law in any other country and the US law is changing in March 2013.
Abraham Lincoln is the only US President to hold a patent.
The patent laws are country specific, you would file in the US if you wanted to stop you invention being stolen in the US jurisdiction (a big market).
There are no requirements to prove anything to get a patent. Under US law, there is a constitutional right to have a patent that properly claims a qualifying invention. The patent office must prove that the application or the invention does not qualify under one or more laws or rules if it wants to reject an application for a patent.