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Subject: 
"PATENT PENDING" message (was Re: dimensions in patents)
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 21:53:41 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gary R. Istok writes:
> [...] I still have some early 1960's Samsonite (as well as European) Lego
> sets with the Patent Pending message. I'll have to go and check the numbers
> for the above ones.

The message was present on parts in the US at least until around the mid
1970's. My best friend has some 4 x 4 black plates that he had in high school
and purchased in the US (probably from a police station set like 354, 370/585,
or 381/588). The plates have the words "PATENT PENDING" and mold control
numbers, but lack the part number "3031".

- Robert Munafo



Message is in Reply To:
  Re: dimensions in patents (was Re: 8 millimeters or 5/16 inches?)
 
(...) Thanks for the info Robert. As a child, I remember looking at the old Lego sets that I got in the early 1960's and wondering what the heck "PATENT PENDING" (followed by a list of large numbers) was all about. I still have some early 1960's (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.general)

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