Patents Resource Guide, page 2

Print resources

The following items are a selection of key printed materials available in the Library. They can be located and ordered through our online catalogue. These items will then be retrieved from storage and delivered to the book collection points in the La Trobe Reading Room or the Information Centre. Some original or rare items may be delivered to the Heritage Collections Reading Room.

Alphabetical index of patentees of inventions [from March 2, 1617 (14 James I) to October 1, 1852 (16 Victoriae)], new ed. by Bennet Woodcroft. London, Evelyn, Adams & MacKay, 1969
R 608.742 W85

An encyclopaedia of the history of technology Edited by Ian McNeil. London ; New York : Routledge, 1996, c1990
R 609 En1M

Australian inventions and innovations  Robert Ingpen. Adelaide  Rigby, 1982
R 609.94 In4A

British patents of invention, 1617-1977 : a guide for researchers  by Stephen Van Dulken. London : British Library, 1999
R 608.741 V26B

The dictionary of Australian inventions and discoveries  Margaret McPhee. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, 1993
R 609.94 M24D

Dictionary of industrial archaeology W.R. Jones. Herndon, Va. : Sutton Pub., 1996
R 609.41 J72D 

Global patent sources London, Derwent Information , 1996
R 608 G51D

Information sources in patents  edited by C.P. Auger. London ; New York : Bowker-Saur, c1992
R 608 In4A

Imagination: 100 years fo bright ideas in Australia by Matthew Richardson. Woden ACT, IP Australia, South Yarra, Vic ; Hardie Grant Books, 2004
F and LTF 608.794 R391

Index to Model Engineer : 1975-1992  compiled by A.N. Allison. Hemel Hempstead, England, Argus Books, 1993
R 620.5 M72I

Innovation in Australian technology 1970-1975  Australian Academy of Technological Sciences. Parkville, Vic., Australia : The Academy, 1977
R 609.94 In6

International guide to official industrial property publications  written by Brenda M. Rimmer. 3rd ed. / revised and updated by Stephen Van Dulken. London : British Library, Science Reference and Information Service, 1992
R 608 R44T

The inventor's guide : how to protect and profit from your idea  edited by the British Library Patents Information Team. London : Gower, 1997
R 609 In8B

Mothers and daughters of invention : notes for a revised history of technology  by Autumn Stanley. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993
R 609 St2M

Old farm machinery in Australia : a fieldguide & sourcebook  Margaret & Phillip Simpson. Kenthurst, N.S.W. : Kangaroo Press, 1988
R 631.30994 Si5O

The Old machinery magazine Port Macquarie, N.S.W. : TOMM Magazine
PER 621.805 Ol1I 

Patents as scientific and technical literature by Richard D. Walker. Metuchen, NJ : Scarecrow Press, 1995
R 608 W15P

The statistical handbook on technology by Paula Berinstein. Phoenix, AZ : Oryx Press, 1999
R 609.73021 B45S

Subject-matter index of patents for inventions issued by the United States Patent Office from 1790 to 1873, inclusive New York : Arno Press, 1976. 3 vols
R 608 Un3S

Technology in Australia, 1788-1988 : a condensed history of Australian technological innovation and adaptation during the first two hundred years compiled by Fellows of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Melbourne : Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, 1988
R 609.94 T22F

Victorian original patents, 1854 to 1904

From 1854 to 1856 there were 29 patent applications, and each of these was allocated a Register General's Office (RGO) number, this being the patent number. From 1857 to 1866 each patent application was allocated a Register General's Office (RGO) number and a Chief Secretary's Office (CSO) number. The CSO number is the patent number. From 1867 to 1904, each patent application was allocated just a patent number.

Microfiche reproductions of Victorian original patents, 1854 to 1904
MF 367
The original Victorian patents are available on microfiche. Good quality copies of both text and diagrams can be made from the microfiche. Patents missing from the originals appear in the Reprinted Victorian patents, 1854 to 1888

Reprinted Victorian patents, 1854 to 1888
PER 608 V66S
Old Series - 1854 to 1856, V1 - V29
New Series - 1857 to 1888, V1 - V5900
These are bound volumes covering 1854 to 1888, arranged by patent number.

Victorian patent indexes, 1854 to 1904

Cumulative index, 1854 to 1866
SF 608 V66P
This is a subject index that includes a key list of terms and phrases used in the titles of patent applications, synopsis of broad subject headings, subject matter index,
name index of applicants for patents in alphabetical order, diagram sheets.

Annual indexes, 1867 to 1893
PER 608 V66PI
Each year includes an alphabetical name index of applicants for patents, a subject matter index, a chronological and numerical index giving the patent number and details of the application diagram sheets.

Annual name only indexes, 1894 to 1904
MF 367
These are extracts from the Victorian Government Gazette indexes from 1894 to 1904. The only available indexes to Victorian patents for the years 1894 to 1904 are the names of patent applicants recorded in the Victorian Government Gazette for those years. The number after each name refers to the page number in the Victorian Government Gazette for that year, where brief details are given for the patent application, including names of applicant(s), address of applicant(s), title of patent application, date of application and the patent number. 

Microfiche reproductions of Victorian patent indexes, 1854 to 1904

Identical to the printed indexes, except that the diagram sheets are not included.
NOTE: The Library also has annual indexes for 1889, 1891 and 1892 on microfilm.
MF 367 (microfiche)
M 43 (microfilm)