[Rarebooks] FS: Original Patent Reports Ansco-Photography 1915

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(1)   Bound volume labeled:  Reports of Phillips Abbott - Film Pack Adapters - March 10, 1915, April 15, 1915, June 2, 1915.  Ansco Company. 

3 detailed signed typewritten reports (Documents Signed) from Phillips Abbott (Patent Attorney) to Ansco Company, signed in ink, providing detailed legal advice in re the potential of Patent infringement in re Ansco working on the production of Film Pack Adapters.  Inserted are copies of letters from Ansco to Mr. Abbott, copies of Patents with Abbott's notations on a few, Patent numbers in pencil on verso of copies.  A few are  stamped as received by Ansco.  $500.00

The reports are single spaced typed, 5 pages, 20 pages, 5 pages.  There are many copies of patent drawings and copies of Specifications.  There are also a few copies of Patents from England. One typed letter signed by Abbott in re a prior letter.  

An interesting look at early Amateur photography Patent law.  Much in re early cameras.  The year before Kodak paid Ansco a reported $5,000,000 for Patent Infringement.  

Some photographs:  

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