Patents have been granted to the following residents of Van Buren County. Shown below are names and the year these Patents were granted. If you would like to see more recent dates, please visit the State Library of Iowa. |
Last Name | First Name | Title | Patent # | City | County | Year |
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Godden | John | breaking and cleaning flax and hemp | 2922 | Pittsburg | Van Buren | 1843 |
Johnston | George | worm tub for stills | 8969 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1852 |
Lyon | John | ditching plow | 11382 | Harrisburg | Van Buren | 1854 |
Mayne | P. | excavating and grading machine | 29183 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1860 |
Abell | W. | machinery for spinning wool | 35205 | Vernon | Van Buren | 1862 |
Wallis | James | portable fence | 35793 | Milton | Van Buren | 1862 |
Wallis | James | hand corn planter | 36815 | Milton | Van Buren | 1862 |
Wallis | W. | hand corn planter | 36815 | Milton | Van Buren | 1862 |
Dibble | C. | stave machine | 46548 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1865 |
Clark | N. | gold washer | 46641 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1865 |
Adams | J. | corn planter | 47608 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1865 |
Miller | Elias | corn harvester | 53710 | Milton | Van Buren | 1866 |
Wallis | J. | corn harvester | 53710 | Milton | Van Buren | 1866 |
St. John | Carlisle | plow | 58911 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1866 |
Swearingen | E. | pump bellows | 60098 | Milton | Van Buren | 1866 |
Wallis | J. | bellows pump | 60098 | Milton | Van Buren | 1866 |
Van Eps | C. | gate | 63444 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1867 |
Bean | W. | wagon brake | 63833 | Iowaville | Van Buren | 1867 |
Mason | J. | bridle | 65101 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1867 |
Purviance | A. | baling press | 66388 | Mount Zion | Van Buren | 1867 |
Hart | J. | spinning machine | 68872 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1867 |
Hart | S. | spinning machine | 68872 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1867 |
Reesman | J. | spinning machine | 68872 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1867 |
Wandel | Charles | hand loom | 68918 | Milton | Van Buren | 1867 |
Purviance | A. | operating horse hay forks | 69479 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1867 |
Clark | Francis | stave machine | 71276 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1867 |
Clark | Francis | stave machine | 71277 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1867 |
Silvis | Anthony | hand spinning machine | 75063 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1868 |
Israel | J. | fence post driver | 80962 | Utica | Van Buren | 1868 |
Silvis | Anthony | loom | 83557 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1868 |
Lowden | William | elevator | 84127 | Cedar Township, Van Buren County | Van Buren | 1868 |
Monson | C. | leather rolling machine | 93465 | Upton | Van Buren | 1869 |
Beardsley | Aaron | show counter | 96188 | Mount Zion | Van Buren | 1869 |
Zeitler | Christopher | mechanical movement | 124712 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1872 |
Custer | John | grain separator | 126683 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1872 |
Graves | Cincinnatus | car coupling | 133364 | Hickory | Van Buren | 1872 |
Wright | Harry | steam generator | 141974 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1873 |
Smith | Charles | car coupling | 151628 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1874 |
Smith | Newton | stave sawing machine | 152698 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1874 |
Metz | Benjamin | earth auger | 176029 | Pittsburg | Van Buren | 1876 |
Aldridge | William | marking attachment for land rollers | 181300 | Lebanon | Van Buren | 1876 |
Miller | William | earth boring machinery | 181587 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1876 |
Baker | James | farm gate | 181898 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1876 |
West | Andrew | station indicator | 208655 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1878 |
Rogers | Jonathan | chrun | 214457 | Mount Sterling | Van Buren | 1879 |
Custer | John | ditching machine | 217073 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1879 |
Doyle | Peter | sled brake | 218504 | Vernon | Van Buren | 1879 |
Phillips | Harley | washing machine | 229178 | Winchester | Van Buren | 1880 |
Phillips | Theodore | washing machine | 229178 | Winchester | Van Buren | 1880 |
Casady | William | wheel making machine | 234753 | Milton | Van Buren | 1880 |
Schmitz | William | elevator roof for hay or grain | 236846 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1881 |
Bauder | Charles | harness saddle | 259793 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1882 |
Bauder | George | harness saddle | 259793 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1882 |
Allen | Azro | railway car | 260920 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1882 |
Byers | Eli | hay elevator and carrier | 271218 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1883 |
Bergen | Samuel | spring brace for vehicles | 276213 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1883 |
Smith | Lewis | revolving riddle for thrashing machines | 282790 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1883 |
West | Andrew | roundabout | 288898 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1883 |
Hardisty | John | breast drill | 295386 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1884 |
King | Frederick | balanced stack-roof | 304828 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1884 |
Hill | Henry | apparatus for painting wire fences | 308506 | Milton | Van Buren | 1884 |
Marsau | Alonzo | apparatus for painting wire fences | 308506 | Milton | Van Buren | 1884 |
Teal | Furgerson | apparatus for watering stock | 319038 | Utica | Van Buren | 1885 |
Loomis | Loira | neck yoke | 340952 | Doud's Station | Van Buren | 1886 |
Countryman | George | car coupling | 345771 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1886 |
Norcross | Linnaeus | stem winding watch | 347886 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1886 |
Barber | Alonzo | paint brush | 348508 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1886 |
George | David | washing machine | 350735 | Milton | Van Buren | 1886 |
Church | Alvin | sash holder | 357578 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1887 |
Conner | William | keyed musical tube | 358841 | Milton | Van Buren | 1887 |
Church | Alvin | pen holder | 368651 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1887 |
Burg | Lewis | road cart | 376470 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1888 |
Burg | Lewis | shaft tug | 391835 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1888 |
Burg | Lewis | road cart | 391836 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1888 |
Atkins | James | photographic vignette | 18475 | Milton | Van Buren | 1888 |
Countryman | George | sash fastener | 420335 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1890 |
Sanford | George | mowing machine | 422162 | Kilbourn | Van Buren | 1890 |
Burg | Lewis | road cart | 443592 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1890 |
Warren | Samuel | feed rack | 449303 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1891 |
Springer | Amos | wire stretcher | 449808 | Leando | Van Buren | 1891 |
Jackson | John | wire stretcher | 449808 | Leando | Van Buren | 1891 |
Roankles | John | carpet stretcher | 456432 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1891 |
Pittman | Edward | device for applying wires to fence posts | 510933 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1893 |
French | Samuel | derrick | 514355 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1894 |
Clayton | George | car coupling | 548295 | Lebanon | Van Buren | 1895 |
Pittman | Clyde | apparatus for use in poultry houses | 553016 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1896 |
Stoddard | Merchant | ore concentrator | 565812 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1896 |
Beard | Arnold | window screen | 567214 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1896 |
Schaeffer | Henry | car coupling | 567866 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1896 |
Clayton | George | fence post | 574191 | Lebanon | Van Buren | 1896 |
Rees | Harrison | corn planter | 603739 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1898 |
Springer | Amos | corner iron for vehicle bodies | 607490 | Leando | Van Buren | 1898 |
Thayer | Julius | cream separator | 608311 | Milton | Van Buren | 1898 |
Stanley | James | check row corn planter | 662174 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1900 |
Clayton | George W. | sheep dipping apparatus | 663417 | Lebanon | Van Buren | 1900 |
Warren | Samuel | watch chain | 645149 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1900 |
Whitlock | Henry | cream separator | 645242 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1900 |
Kirkendall | Elijah | road grading machine | 645363 | Leando | Van Buren | 1900 |
Gentner | William | spool cabinet | 646424 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1900 |
Seward | John | rotary engine | 652551 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1900 |
Seward | George | rotary engine | 652551 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1900 |
Chapman | Leo | rotary engine | 652551 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1900 |
Engelbright | Frederick | gate | 652760 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1900 |
Gentner | William | spool delivery cabinet | 667081 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1901 |
French | Samuel | hay stacker | 667306 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1901 |
Englebright | Frederick | door hanger | 668986 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1901 |
Pittman | Edward | copy holder | 688332 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1901 |
Newman | George | telephone attachment | 712402 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1902 |
Pittman | Edward | copy holder | 716577 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1902 |
Smith | Newton | chisel | 740937 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1903 |
Entler | Edwin | easel | 763382 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1904 |
Roberts | Oscar | sawing machine | 771209 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1904 |
Hagler | John | automatic wagon brake | 789422 | Milton | Van Buren | 1905 |
Nixon | Jacob | ditching machine | 814982 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1906 |
Knowles | Jesse | electrothermostatic fire alarm | 833465 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1906 |
Gregory | Silas | electrothermostatic fire alarm | 833465 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1906 |
Perjue | Ira | molding mechanism | 836277 | Milton | Van Buren | 1906 |
Poulter | Micajah | fire alarm or temperature indicator | 853826 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1907 |
Poulter | Micajah | tile ditching machine | 868937 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1907 |
Munson | Marion | tile ditching machine | 868937 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1907 |
Nixon | Jacob | corn harvester | 870247 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1907 |
French | Samuel | manure scraper and loader | 879253 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1908 |
Truax | Benjamin | copy holder | 882220 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1908 |
Adams | Frederick | automatic drain cock for air brakes | 891808 | Selma | Van Buren | 1908 |
Swanson | Albert | automatic music leaf turner | 896480 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1908 |
Welch | Johnson | fishing device | 900139 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1908 |
Wheatley | Caleb | fishing device | 900139 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1908 |
Linn | George | wire stretcher | 917879 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1909 |
Parsons | Edward | vapor burning lamp | 920172 | Mount Sterling | Van Buren | 1909 |
Steinmeyer | Samuel | copy holder | 962988 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1910 |
Poulter | Micajah | crumber | 969187 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1910 |
Poulter | Micajah | clutch | 970548 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1910 |
Swanson | Albert | automatic music leaf turner | 970766 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1910 |
Loomis | Loira | ditching and tile machine | 946609 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1910 |
Collister | Lloyd | making calcimine | 1021136 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1912 |
Park | Orva | road grading machine | 1028060 | Mount Sterling | Van Buren | 1912 |
Cox | Ray | cylinder tooth | 1052041 | Benton's Port | Van Buren | 1913 |
McFarland | Harvey | gate hinge | 1054928 | Milton | Van Buren | 1913 |
McFarland | Harvey | hinge | 1057972 | Milton | Van Buren | 1913 |
Zane | James | toe calk shears | 1058134 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1913 |
Countryman | George | form for concrete culverts | 1074492 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1913 |
Perkins | William | scraper | 1085355 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1914 |
Bagby | James | clamp | 1097285 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1914 |
Schee | John | gate hinge | 1098591 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1914 |
Lyons | Montraville | gate hinge | 1098591 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1914 |
Prail | George | scuttle ladder | 1109460 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1914 |
McFarland | Harvey | watering device for stock cars | 1117214 | Milton | Van Buren | 1914 |
Schee | Charles | hay press | 1126298 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1915 |
Jack | Lewis | extended step | 1141800 | Mount Sterling | Van Buren | 1915 |
Jack | Lewis | gate hinge | 1146500 | Mount Sterling | Van Buren | 1915 |
Wallingford | Henry | door bridge for railway cars | 1168983 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1916 |
Cox | Alonzo | steering mechanism for wheeled vehicles | 1175716 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1916 |
Moore | George | gearing | 1188303 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 1916 |
Teter | Lee | silage packer | 1279938 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1918 |
Greenleaf | Pearl | reflector | 1287968 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1918 |
Kepler | Clell | oiling device | 1310663 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1919 |
Kepler | Clell | cold pack cooking device | 1345601 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1920 |
Dana | Earl | chain clasp | 1377187 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1921 |
Schulz | John | breeding crate | 1389993 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1921 |
Gentner | William | currency | 1394081 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1921 |
Knowles | Harve | lumber jack saw | 1415247 | Stockport | Van Buren | 1922 |
Cox | Alonzo | draft device for harrows | 1435107 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1922 |
Donoho | Johnnie | fabric stretching and clamping device | 1466523 | Milton | Van Buren | 1923 |
Bruggeman | Charles | stock watering trough | 1486224 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1924 |
Bruggeman | Carl | stock watering trough | 1486224 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1924 |
Shackelford | Lincoln | furnace | 1486462 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1924 |
Brown | Newell | hog ringing crate | 1525366 | Selma | Van Buren | 1925 |
Countryman | John | shingling bracket | 1544221 | Selma | Van Buren | 1925 |
Barton | Roy | harrow weight distributing device | 1620794 | Milton | Van Buren | 1927 |
Parsons | Albert | telescoping tire rim | 1631429 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1927 |
Slinn | James | flying machine | 1758178 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1930 |
Slinn | James | airplane wing | 1760787 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1930 |
Brown | Newell | hog ringing device | 1815545 | Selma | Van Buren | 1931 |
House | Charlie | baker's proofing cabinet | 1858086 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1932 |
Lunsford | Wesley | grain separators | 1933561 | Milton | Van Buren | 1933 |
Weiny | Elmer | grain separators | 1933561 | Milton | Van Buren | 1933 |
Reel | Jesse | toy fishing outfit | 2005803 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1935 |
Wray | James | container for holding and displaying automotive vehicle certificates or like | 2014641 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1935 |
Cox | Alonzo | earth moving machine | 2076939 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1937 |
Cox | Alonzo | scraper | 2089539 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1937 |
Kerr | William | grinding wheel | 2119279 | Douds | Van Buren | 1938 |
Grubbs | Robert | grinding wheel | 2119279 | Douds | Van Buren | 1938 |
Cox | Alonzo | ground working implement | 2263120 | Cantril | Van Buren | 1941 |
Curty | Frank | child's trailer | 2334387 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1943 |
Bruce | Robert | wire container having a wire stacking ring | 2512517 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1950 |
Lundgren | Chester | extensible tire carrier | 2547083 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1951 |
Parker | Ralph | sectionalized bottle carrier | 2589526 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1952 |
Fulton | Arthur | bubble producing toy | 2606395 | Selma | Van Buren | 1952 |
Lundgren | Chester | spare tire mounting for automobiles | 2643041 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1953 |
Craig | Harold | chain saw servicing vice | 2824469 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1958 |
Ware | Dale | gate hinge | 2837760 | Farmington | Van Buren | 1958 |
Bruce | Robert | wire carrying case | 2856093 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1958 |
Bruce | Robert | wire case having sheet metal bottom | 2860807 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1958 |
Bruce | Robert | wire case having sheet metal bottom | 2860808 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1958 |
Bruce | Robert | cover for milk bottle carrier | 190887 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1961 |
Bruce | Robert | interlocking bottle case | 2993615 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1961 |
Bruce | Robert | wire case construction | 3014612 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1961 |
Bruce | Robert | milk bottle carrier and enclosure | 3071279 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1963 |
Gunn | Thomas | coaxial cable connector device and method of manufacture thereof | 4094574 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1978 |
Smith | Bruce | product dispenser for a vending machine | 5341954 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 1994 |
Carter | William | lever activated toilet seat lift | 5806106 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1998 |
Hodges | James | lever activated toilet seat lift | 5806106 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 1998 |
McClaran | Robert | bracket mounting device | 6230947 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 2001 |
McMahon | Timothy | food merchandiser and temperature control system | 6683282 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2004 |
Carter | William | food merchandiser and temperature control system | 6683282 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2004 |
McMahon | J. | food merchandiser and temperature control system | 6683282 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2004 |
Stickels | Karen | liner adaptor for chimneys | 6852023 | Douds | Van Buren | 2005 |
Conley | Paul | apparatus for venting of protective panels | 7607267 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 2009 |
Kobelt | Clint | apparatus for venting of protective panels | 7607267 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 2009 |
Holmberg | Rene | apparatus for venting of protective panels | 7607267 | Birmingham | Van Buren | 2009 |
Vorhies | Roger | Wind turbine erector | 8011098 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2011 |
Witting | Craig | Gooseneck trailer mirror bracket | D664492 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2012 |
Jury | James | Gooseneck trailer mirror bracket | D664492 | Farmington | Van Buren | 2012 |
Graber | Howard | Gooseneck trailer mirror bracket | D664492 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 2012 |
Graber | Howard | Gooseneck trailer hitch actuator | 8376388 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 2013 |
Witting | Craig | Gooseneck trailer hitch actuator | 8376388 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2013 |
Zimmerman | Raymond | Agricultural implement with self-centering pivots | 9137938 | Cantril | Van Buren | 2015 |
Witting | Craig | Bracket | D752417 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2016 |
Jury | James | Bracket | D752417 | Farmington | Van Buren | 2016 |
Carter | William | Convertible temperature-controlled display case | 9339124 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2016 |
Carter | William | Convertible temperature-controlled display case | 9226600 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2016 |
Leffler | Gary | Fishing rod | D750195 | Bonaparte | Van Buren | 2016 |
Kauk | Michael | Evaporative condensate dissipation system | 9664434 | Cantril | Van Buren | 2017 |
Powell | Leo | Evaporative condensate dissipation system | 9664434 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2017 |
Thomas | Marvin | Evaporative condensate dissipation system | 9664434 | Milton | Van Buren | 2017 |
Witting | Craig | Apparatus and method for preparing coated cable for a cable conveyor system | 9828703 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2017 |
Hornberg | Zachary | Photographic camouflaged scent-free game calls and method of manufacturing same | 9848596 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2017 |
Robinson | Gina | Device for improving performance of hair dryer and related method of use | 9854893 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2018 |
Zimmerman | Jay | Hydraulic jack retrofit for trailer | 10000189 | Cantril | Van Buren | 2018 |
Jury | James | Tool for fastening trailer safety chains | 10005331 | Farmington | Van Buren | 2018 |
Witting | Craig | Tool for fastening trailer safety chains | 10005331 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2018 |
Witting | Craig | Coated cable for a conveyor system | 10017884 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2018 |
Zimmerman | Jay | Hydraulic jack retrofit for trailer | 10640094 | Cantril | Van Buren | 2020 |
Zimmerman | Wayne | Turbo housing | 10690145 | Cantril | Van Buren | 2020 |
Hornberg | Zachary | Photographic camouflaged scent-free game calls and method of manufacturing same | 11033019 | Keosauqua | Van Buren | 2021 |