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From: bob gillis <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Citation for a Canadian patent help requested
Date: Mon, 02 Jan 2006 14:34:36 -0500
References: <200601021558.k02Fwcvd004525@mail.rootsweb.com>


Sue Richart wrote:

>Bob gillis wrote
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>>What TMG Template did you use?
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>I didn't use a TMG Template, because I couldn't figure out which one, but
>sort of followed the tax digest example.
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Neither Mills nor TMG have a Tax Digest example; did you use the Tax
Roll? And since the patent number and not the person is probably the
important item in searching for the patent, the should be first and not
the patentee.

The USA Used to assign a series of numbers to Patents pending (found an
article with patent pending and a number.) and separate series to
Patents. Canada may have just assigned a number for one series and
designated the, as Patents Pending and Patents Granted. I would use that
term with the patent Number.

bob gillis

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>>Is the Canadian Intellectual Property Office the government department that
>>issues patents or the place where patent papers are kept?
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>Their web site,
>http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html, says: "The
>Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO), a Special Operating Agency
>(SOA) associated with Industry Canada, is responsible for the administration
>and processing of the greater part of intellectual property in Canada.
>CIPO's areas of activity include:
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>Patents cover new inventions (process, machine, manufacture, composition of
>matter), or any new and useful improvement of an existing invention;
>Trade-marks are words, symbols or designs (or a combination of these), used
>to distinguish the wares or services of one person or organization from
>those of others in the marketplace;" Etc
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>I take this to mean they handle the whole patent process. I do know that
>CIPO is where you get copies of the patents. Their on-line database is
>pretty neat and covers back 75 years, but for oldies but goodies like the
>one in 1883, a real person needs to find it.
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>Now, on the photocopy of the patent from CIPO, at the time, patents were
>issued by the Canadian Department of Agriculture, Patent Branch. I couldn't
>decide to list that and/or CIPO.
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>I appreciate your questions though. Without experience looking at someone
>else's genealogy and a source template, it is hard to anticipate what would
>make it easier for someone else to find and understand a source. There were
>a number of times this year, when I thought what was needed to find
>something wasn't quite enough and had to go back to the microfilm to get
>more data. I've actually registered for the FGS Conference in Boston, so
>that will help with my learning process.
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>Sue
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