Chris
At 08:52 AM 12/4/98 -0800, Jerry Wayne Decker wrote:
>Hi Chris et al!
>
>With regard to your seeking out the patent for the Huston Heat
>Exchange (thanks for the first attempt..<g>..);
>============================
>---mbgupta@julian.uwo.ca wrote:
>Jerry, I checked the Canadian patent repository nothing showed up. See
>my correspondence with them below.
>
>The Canadian Patent Database is at (very similar to the IBM one in the
>US):
>
>http://Patents1.ic.gc.ca/intro-e.html
>
>-- Chris Gupta
>============================
>From: "CIPO, Contact: CIPO" CIPO.Contact@ic.gc.ca>
>> >To: "GUPTA, CHRIS" <chris.gupta@bell.ca>
>> >Subject: RE: Huston Heat Exchanger
>> >Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 16:20:00 -0500
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>> >A search of the annual indices for the US and Canada from 1948 to
>1956 did not reveal any patents in the name of John Huston.
>> >
>> >Peter Dupuis
>> >Information Officer
>> >CIPO
>> > ----------
>> >From: GUPTA, CHRIS
>> >To: cipo.contact@ic.gc.ca
>> >Subject: Huston Heat Exchanger
>> >Date: December 3, 1998 1:21PM
>> >
>> >In the July, 1956, issue of FATE an article of this device appeared.
>> >
>> >John Huston of Prineville, Oregon claimed to have a Canadian patent
>but I can't find it on your site.
>> >
>> >Would appreciate any help in this regard.
>> >
>> > --
>> >Chris Gupta
>> >
>
>Hi Chris!
>
>You wrote;
>
>>A search of the annual indices for the US and Canada from 1948 to
>1956 did not reveal any patents in the name of John Huston.
>
>Please note from the 1956 date was the date of publication for the
>FATE letter to the editor. The actual invention would be in the range
>of 1915 to 1925 or so as specified in the following information from
>the file;
>
>http://www.keelynet.com/energy/huston.htm
>
>"Huston evidently got nowhere with his device and I do not know what
>became of it. He died a young man of 22 in 1920 or 1921."
>========================
>This would mean the device patent would have to be in the same range
>of 1912 to say 1925. These would be the years to search and would
>probably involve a hands on visit to a Canadian or British patent
>repository, as should be available in local libraries.
>
>Thanks for checking into it, just need to get the proper time period,
>if there really is a patent at that time.
>
>The other glitch would be that it wasn't patented in Huston's name but
>in a company name or investment group.
>
>I would think a kid of 20 or so would insist that his name be put on a
>patent of such enormous potential, just for 'braggin rights'.
>
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