Trademarks

A trademark section is included here for those who might have some interest in the subject. In 1905 an act was passed (Fifty-Eighth Congress, Session III, Chapter 592, February 20, 1905) that required a notation to the effect that a trademark was registered at the U. S. Patent Office. Some trademarks that were still in use were registered again. The following list is not comprehensive.

The trademark information is given in the following order:

Trademark No., Date of Registration, Company or Individual, First Used, Essential Features.

18,931, Feb. 3, 1891, The Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Company (Chicago, IL), Feb 1, 1890, The word "SUNBEAM".
The first page of this trademark is shown below.

22,412, Jan 31, 1893, Electric Manufacturing Company (Oconto, WI), Aug 1, 1892, The word "BRILLIANT" and the representation of a jewel with rays radiating therefrom and three incandescent lamps mounted upon it.

23,365, Jul 11, 1893, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (London, England), 1884, The word "Ediswan".

27,363, Nov 26, 1895, The Perkins Electric Switch Manufacturing Company (London, England), Jul 14, 1895, The representation of a box divided into compartments and containing electrical appliances, together with the word "PERKINS".

27,715, Jan 28, 1896, New York & Ohio Company (Warren, OH), Dec 1, 1894, The compound word "TWIN-CITY".

28,370, Jun 9, 1896, Charles G. Perkins, Jan 1, 1885, A pictorial representation of an incandescent electric lamp arranged horizontally, with the word "PERKINS" above it.

28,402, Jun 16, 1896, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (London, England), Feb 1884, The words "The Edison-Swan".

28,571, Jul 7, 1896, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Company Limited (London, England), Sep 1882, A representation of an electric incandescent lamp having printed within the circular outline of the bulb the words "THE SWAN UNITED ELECTRIC LIGHT CO.LD".

33,952, Dec 26, 1899, J. C. Stearns & Co., Nov 10, 1899, The compound word "PAN-AMERICA".

37,162, Oct 1, 1901, William J. Phelps (Detroit, MI), Sep 1, 1900, The word "HYLO".

38,697, Jul 29, 1902, Bryan-Marsh Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), 1894, The pictorial representation of a crown, which has a Maltese cross thereon.

38,698, Jul 29, 1902, Bryan-Marsh Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), 1894, The word "IMPERIAL".

38,779, Aug 12, 1902, Buckeye Electric Co. (Cleveland, OH), Dec 1901, The pictorial representation of the head of a buck enclosed within a circular band, over and beyond which antlers extend.

38,780, Aug 12, 1902, The Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co. (St. Louis, MO), Apr 17, 1901, The symbol "W./C. P." surrounded by the letter "C", which is made to form about three-fourths of a circle.

38,781, Aug 12, 1902, Fostoria Incandescent Lamp Co. (Fostoria, OH), Dec 1901, The monogram "FIL" inclosed within the letter "C", which is made to form about three-fourths of a circle.

38,782, Aug 12, 1902, Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), Dec 1901, A band of the shape of the letter "S", back of the middle portion of which and partly covered thereby is the pictorial representation of the sun with beams radiating therefrom.

38,825, Aug 19, 1902, National Electric Lamp Co. (Cleveland, OH), Jun 1901, The word "NATIONAL".

39,855, Feb 24, 1903, The Norden-Bittner Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), Oct 1902, The word "NORBITT".

39,944, Mar 17, 1903, Independent Incandescent Lamp Co. (St. Louis, MO), Dec 10, 1902, The word "INDEPENDENT".

40,227, Apr 28, 1903, Pettingell-Andrews Co. (Boston, MA), Jan 1, 1898, The letters "O. K.".

40,324, May 12, 1903, J. H. Bunnell & Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), Jul 16, 1902, The word "SUNSHINE".

41,343, Oct 20, 1903, Bryan-Marsh Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), Nov 1899, The words "ARMY AND NAVY" on a field consisting of three parallel bars colored red, white, and blue, respectively.

41,456, Nov 10, 1903, W. D. & J. W. Packard (Warren, OH), May 1, 1903, The word "ZENITH".

43,301, Sep 6, 1904, The Standard Electrical Mfg. Co. (Niles, OH), Jul 1, 1902, The representation of a star.

44,037, Jan 24, 1905, James C. Wormley (N. Y., N. Y.), Oct 1903, The word "DOWNWARD".


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49,034, Jan 23, 1906, The Columbia Incandescent Lamp Co. (St. Louis, MO), 1895, The word "COLUMBIA" The word in interchangeable gothic type, black-faced.

52,320, May 8, 1906, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. Limited, — , The word "Ediswan".

52,620, May 15, 1906, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. Limited (London, England), — , The word "THE" and the hyphenated words "EDISON-SWAN" in capital letters inclosed within quotation-marks, the usual straight lines of said letters being somewhat curved, each letter consisting of a dark part with a shading on the right hand and below the lower portion of the letter, all said letters having their tops inclined toward the left.

52,621, May 15, 1906, The Edison & Swan United Electric Light Co. Limited (London, England), — , The representation of an electric incandescent lamp having arranged in a circular manner within the outline of the bulb and conforming to said outline the words "THE SWAN UNITED ELECTRIC LIGHT CO. LD".

—, Jan 22, 1907, Buckeye Electric Co. (Cleveland, OH), —, Head of Buck and word "Buckeye"--The word "Buckeye"in interchangeable gothic black-faced type passing through the antlers of the representation of a buck's head.

—, Jan 22, 1907, Shelby Electric Co. (Shelby, OH), —, "Equality"—The word in script, the letter E being capital.

—, Jan 29, 1907, General Incandescent Lamp Co. (Cleveland, OH), —, "G. I.", The two capital letters in interchangeable gothic black-faced type with a period after the G and a period after the I.

—, Feb 12, 1907, Shelby Electric Co. (Shelby, OH), —, "Shelbright"—The word in antique type, the letter S being capital.

—, Mar 26, 1907, Sterling Electric and Mfg. Co. (Warren, OH), —, "Jack-O-Lantern"—The two words and the letter in open-faced type with hyphens between the letters K and O and L.

—, Mar 26, 1907, General Incandescent Lamp Co. (Cleveland, OH), —, "G. I. Zodiac"—The letters and word, being the same as in the trade mark G. I. and the word Zodiac being in interchangeable gothic black-faced type and placed beneath the letters.

—, Mar 26, 1907, Sterling Electric and Mfg. Co. (Warren, OH),—, "Fairy Lights"—The words, the letters being script but having no connection with each other, the letters F and L being capitals.

—, Apr 16, 1907, Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Co. (N. Y., N. Y.), —, "Regal"—The word in white or uncolored letters on a black or colored elliptical background which has scroll work at its upper left and lower right-hand ends.

—, Apr 14, 1908, Boston Incandescent Lamp Co. (Danvers, MA), —, Boston—A trade mark consisting of an oblong figure in which is enclosed an uncolored ellipse.

—, May 12, 1908, The Tungsten Electric Lamp Co. (Cleveland, OH), —, "TELCo"—The three capital letters and the abbreviation written in fancy script and connected.

—, Jun 9, 1908, Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Co. (Chicago and New York), "Sunburst" and Sun's rays—A background with the word "Sunburst" inscribed upon it, the letters of the word being plain uncolored, the first S of the word being larger than the other letters, and representations of the rays of the sun emanating from the top of the background.

—, Jul 28, 1908, Buckeye Electric Co. (Cleveland, OH), Buckeye—The representation of the head of a buck.

—, Aug 4, 1908, Banner Electric Co. (Youngstown, OH), —, Shield and word "Banner"—The word "Banner" inscribed upon a strip which extends from the lower left to the upper right-hand corner of a shield, the color of the shield being red.

—, Aug 11, 1908, Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Co. (Chicago and New York), "Sunbeam"—The word in plain black-faced type.

—, Sep 22, 1908, Sunbeam Incandescent Lamp Co. (Chicago and New York), "Sunbeam" and Sun's Rays—The word "Sunbeam" in plain black-faced type placed upon a panel which has lines passing vertically across it, and above the upper half of which radiate lines representing the rays of the sun, the panel and Sun's rays being red.

77,779, May 3, 1910, General Electric Co., Dec 21, 1909, The word "MAZDA".

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