Patent Data Publications. Computer Patent Abstracts, 1881-1982. Finding Aid.

Summary Information

Title: Patent Data Publications. Computer patent abstracts
Dates: 1881-1982
Creator: Patent Data Publications (Firm)
Extent: 9 boxes (3.5 cubic feet)
Language: English
Collection Number: CBI 25
Abstract:

Collection includes abstracts of data processor patents primarily from class 364, subclass 200, 300, 518-523, 700-782, and 900 of the U.S. Patent Office classification. They include the areas of digital computer systems, programmable methods or procedures (software), control of data presentation, electrical digital calculating computers and miscellaneous digital data processing systems.

Repository: University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

Access and Use

Acquisition Information:

The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by John H. Coult in 1985.

Access Restrictions:

Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright:

The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation:

Patent Data Publications. Computer Patent Abstracts, (CBI 25), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Arrangement

The materials are arranged by patent number.

Historical Note

Patent Data was a publishing firm which specialized in producing subject-related compilations of patent information. In the early 1980s, the firm began work on a seven volume set to be entitled 10,000 Data Processor Patent Abstracts . The publication was abandoned, though most of the abstract data had been compiled.

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection includes abstracts of data processor patents primarily from class 364, subclass 200, 300, 518-523, 700-782, and 900 of the U.S. Patent Office classification. They include the areas of digital computer systems, programmable methods or procedures (software), control of data presentation, electrical digital calculating computers, and miscellaneous digital data processing systems.

Each abstract contains the patent number, title, inventor, number of claims, owner, filing date and serial number, technical classification, a drawing, and claim or summary of the disclosure.

Also included is the layout of the introductory material and the cover, a box of 8 ½" x 11" page negatives for volume 1, and a copy of the Fiber Optics Patent Directory, 1881-1979, published by Patent Data.

Subject Terms

Index Terms

• This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the University of Minnesota Libraries. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
• Patent Data Publications (Firm)
• Computers -- Circuits.
• Computers -- Patents -- United States.
• Information display systems.

Box and Folder List

Location		Title
Box 1-8		Data processing patent abstracts, 1931-1982.  Box 1-8
Box 8		Page negatives (8 ½" x 11") for volume 1, circa 1982.  Box 8
Box 9		Introductory material and cover for 10,000 Data Processing Patent Abstracts, circa 1982.  Box 9
Box 8		Fiber Optics Patent Directory, 1881-1979. Box 8