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Patent Number	Year	Patent Number	Year	Patent Number	Year
1	1836	333,494	1886	2,026,516	1936
110	1837	355,291	1887	2,026,516	1937
546	1838	375,720	1888	2,066,309	1938
1,106	1839	395,305	1889	2,104,004	1939
1,465	1840	418,665	1890	2,142,080	1940
1,923	1841	443,987	1891	2,185,170	1941
2,413	1842	466,315	1892	2,227,418	1942
2,901	1843	488,976	1893	2,268,540	1943
3,395	1844	511,744	1894	2,307,007	1944
3,873	1845	531,619	1895	2,338,081	1945
4,348	1846	552,502	1896	2,391,856	1946
4,914	1847	574,369	1897	2,413,675	1947
5,409	1848	596,467	1898	2,433,824	1948
5,993	1849	616,871	1899	2,457,797	1949
6,981	1850	640,167	1900	2,492,944	1950
7,865	1851	664,827	1901	2,536,016	1951
8,622	1852	690,385	1902	2,,580,379	1952
9,512	1853	717,521	1903	2,624,046	1953
10,358	1854	748,567	1904	2,664,562	1954
12,117	1855	778,834	1905	2,698,434	1955
14,009	1856	808,618	1906	2,728,913	1956
16,324	1857	839,799	1907	2,775,752	1957
19,010	1858	875,679	1908	2,818,973	1958
22,477	1859	908,436	1909	2,866,973	1959
26,642	1860	945,010	1910	2,919,443	1960
31,005	1861	980,178	1911	2,966,681	1961
34,045	1862	1,013,095	1912	3,015,103	1962
37,266	1863	1,049,326	1913	3,070,801	1963
41,047	1864	1,083,267	1914	3,116,487	1964
45,685	1865	1,123,212	1915	3,163,865	1965
51,784	1866	1,166,419	1916	3,226,729	1966
60,658	1867	1,210,389	1917	3,295,143	1967
72,959	1868	1,251,458	1918	3,360,800	1968
85,503	1869	1,290,027	1919	3,419,907	1969
98,460	1870	1,326,899	1920	3,487,470	1970
110,617	1871	1,364,063	1921	3,551,909	1971
122,304	1872	1,401,948	1922	3,631,539	1972
134,504	1873	1,440,362	1923	3,707,729	1973
146,120	1874	1,478,996	1924	3,781,914	1974
158,350	1875	1,521,590	1925	3,858,241	1975
171,641	1876	1,568,040	1926	3,930,271	1976
185,813	1877	1,612,700	1927	4,000,520	1977
198,733	1878	1,654,521	1928	4,065,812	1978
211,078	1879	1,696,897	1929	4,131,952	1979
223,211	1880	1,742,181	1930	4,180,867	1980
236,137	1881	1,787,424	1931	4,242,757	1981
251,685	1882	1,839,190	1932	4,308,622	1982
269,820	1883	1,892,663	1933	4,366,579	1983
291,016	1884	1,941,449	1934	4,423,523	1984
310,163	1885	1,985,878	1935	4,490,885	1985

The United States patent number for each year is the first patent issued that calendar year.

Always remember, patent date is only when something was patented, not when it was actually made, many items were manufactured for many years after it was patented.

These Patent's cover the design of an item, are usually designated with a D in the number.

Design Patent Number	Year	Design Patent Number	Year	Design Patent Number	Year
1	1843	17,995	1888	88,847	1933
15	1844	18,830	1889	91,258	1934
27	1845	19,553	1890	94,179	1935
44	1846	20,439	1891	98,045	1936
103	1847	21,275	1892	102,601	1937
163	1848	22,092	1893	107,738	1938
209	1849	22,994	1894	112,765	1939
258	1850	23,922	1895	118,358	1940
341	1851	25,037	1896	124,503	1941
431	1852	26,482	1897	130,989	1942
540	1853	28,113	1898	134,717	1943
626	1854	29,916	1899	136,946	1944
683	1855	32,055	1900	139,862	1945
753	1856	33,813	1901	142,386	1946
860	1857	35,547	1902	145,165	1947
973	1858	36,187	1903	147,368	1948
1,075	1859	36,723	1904	151,235	1949
1,183	1860	37,280	1905	155,686	1950
1,366	1861	37,766	1906	160,404	1951
1,508	1862	38,391	1907	164,568	1952
1,703	1863	38,980	1908	168,527	1953
1,879	1864	39,737	1909	171,241	1954
2,018	1865	40,424	1910	173,777	1955
2.239	1866	41,063	1911	176,490	1956
2,533	1867	42,073	1912	179,467	1957
2,858	1868	43,415	1913	181,829	1958
3,304	1869	46,098	1914	184,204	1959
3,810	1870	46,813	1915	186,973	1960
4,547	1871	48,358	1916	189,516	1961
5,452	1872	50,117	1917	192,004	1962
6,336	1873	51,629	1918	194,304	1963
7,083	1874	52,836	1919	197,269	1964
7,969	1875	54,359	1920	199,995	1965
8,884	1876	56,844	1921	203,379	1966
9,686	1877	60,121	1922	206,567	1967
10,385	1878	61,748	1923	209,732	1968
10,975	1879	63,675	1924	213,084	1969
11,567	1880	66,346	1925	216,419	1970
12,082	1881	69,170	1926	219,637	1971
12,647	1882	71,722	1927	222,793	1972
13,508	1883	74,159	1928	225,695	1973
14,528	1884	77,347	1929	229,729	1974
15,678	1885	80,254	1930	234,032	1975
16,451	1886	82,966	1931	238,316	1976
17,046	1887	85,903	1932	242,881	1977

The number for each year is the first design patent issued that year. The first year for design patents was 1843. Design patents refer to any new ornamental design for an item. The design patent protects only the appearance of an article, but not its structural or functional features.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark office now has some of its database online, with more coming.

To actually view the patent images you will need a plug in for your browser, Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Opera, called a Tiff viewer. The link below is to a free TIFF viewer you can download and install this is one of the ones recommended by the patent office. It is a small download: