February 18, 2019
Presidents Day Patents 2019
It’s Presidents Day, and while the USPTO is closed for the occasion, here is a look a few instances where presidents were honored in the records of the USPTO.
U.S. Patent No. D537666 covered a toy bank that celebrated the apocryphal story of George Washington and the cherry tree:
U.S. Patent No. D537666
The Presidents have been remembered in a chart puzzle, shown in U.S. Patent No. 1148885:
U.S. Patent No. 1148885
Americans are big fans of George Washington, and in U.S. Patent No. D9138, George Washington was a big fan for the people:
U.S. Patent No. D9138
Commemorative medals and badges were apparently a “thing” and several were protected by design patents, including D8000 and D51046:
U.S. Patent No. D8000
U.S. Patent No. D51046
