Pre-1945 Rocket Patents

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American Patents

American Patents

Issue order number Patent
1 No. 24,468. "Improvement in Exhibition Rocket"; granted to Andrew Lanergan, of Boston, Mass.
2 No. 35,977. “Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to Thomas W. Roys and Gustavus A. Lilliendahl, of New York, N. Y.
3 No. 37,940. “Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to Pascal Plant, of Washington, D. C.
4 No. 40,041. "Improvement in War-Rockets"; granted to J. Burrows Hyde, of Newark, N. 1.
5 No. 41,689. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Isaac Edge, of Jersey City, N. J.
6 No. 51,176. “Improvement in Sky-Rockets"; granted to John W. Hadfield, ofNewtown, N. Y.
7 No. 53,933. "Improvement in Rockets"; granted to William Hale, of London, Eng.
8 No. 58,646. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to E. S. Hunt, of Weymouth, Muss.
9 No. 59,487. “Improvement in War-rockets"; granted to J. J. B. Walbach, of Baltimore, Maryland.
10 No. 79,963. “Improvement in Rocket Signal Device"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Greenville, N.C.
11 No. 87,371. “Improvement in War and Signal-Rockets"; granted to Taliaferro P. Shaffner, of Louisville, Kentucky.
12 No. 148,553. “Improvement in Sky-Rockets"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Jersey City, N. J.
13 No. 119,630. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Cornelius E. Masten, of Boston, Mass.
14 No. 218,394. “Improvement in Rockets"; granted to Charles Morris, of Chicago, III.
15 No. 266,437. “Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
16 No. 276,007. “Rocket"; granted to Jacob J. Detwiller, of Jersey City, N. J.
17 No. 303,839. "Rocket"; granted to John T. Hadfield, of Middletown, Conn.
18 No. 379,970. “Rocket"; granted to Wilhelm Meissel, of Bremerhaven, Germany.
19 No. 395,881. “Line-Carrying Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
20 No. 455,278. “Rocket-Primer"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
21 No. 455,279. “Combined Carrying Box and Firing-Chute for Rockets"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Bedford, Mass.
22 No. 479,738. "Dynamite Rocket"; granted to Patrick Cunningham, of New Redford, Mass.
23 No. 499,790. "Rocket-Stand"; granted to William H. Meadowcroft, of New York, N. Y.
24 No. 502,168. "Aerial Machine"; granted to Sumter B. Battey, of New York, N. Y.
25 No. 508,753. “Airship"; granted to Edwin Pynchon, of Chicago, Illinois.
26 No. 534.651. “Rocket-Holder"; granted to Henry Knicker, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
27 No. 585,805. "Rocket"; granted to Otto Wilhelmi, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
28 No. 757,825. “Rocket Apparatus for Taking Photographs"; granted to Alfred Maul, of Dresden, Germany.
29 No. 791,408. "Rocket"; granted to Harrison P. Diehl, of Lawrenceburg, Ind.
30 No. 847,198. "Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Alfred Maul, of Dresden, Germany.
31 No. 918,336. “Aerial Navigation"; granted to Christopher John Lake, of Bridgeport, Conn.
32 No. 947,904. “Floating and Luminous Line-Carrying Rocket"; granted to Henrie. A. Guerard, of Graville Ste. Honorine, France.
33 No. 957,210. "Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
34 No. 976,732. “Gyroscopic Rocket"; granted to Nicolas Gherassimoff, of St. Petersburg, Russia.
35 No. 1,003,411. “Pyrotechnical Auxiliary Mechanism for Aerostructures"; granted to Haden H. Bales, of Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada.
36 No. 1,102,653. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
37 No. 1,103,503. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
38 No. 1,191,299. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
39 No. 1,194,496. “Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
40 No. 1,206,837. "Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
41 No. 1,297,898. “Rocket"; granted to Henry J. Pain, of New York, N. Y.
42 No. 1,299,217. “Rocket"; granted to Henry J. Pain, of New York, N. Y.
43 No. 1,326,494, ' Signal-Rocket"; granted to Robert C. Gowdy, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
44 No. 1,326.493. “Signal-Rocket"; granted to Robert C. Gowdy, of Cincinnati, Ohio.
45 No. 1,341,053. “Magazine Rocket"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
46 No. 1,362,997. "Propelling Apparatus"; granted to Boris Koleroff, of New York, N. Y.
47 No. 1,376,797. "Rocket"; granted to Wm. W. Case, of Frenchtown, N. J.
48 No. 1,440,175. “Rocket"; granted to Dmitri Riabouchinski, of Guethary, France.
49 No. 1,645,427. "Rotary-Balanced Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Washington.
50 No. 1,653,178. "Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
51 No. 1,666,534. "Revolving Rocket"; granted to Thomas G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
52 No. 1,666,598. “Rocket"; granted to Thos. G. Hitt, of Seattle, Wach.
53 No. 1,803,366. “Signal Rocket"; granted to Charles C. Stetson, of St. Paul, Minn.
54 No. 1,809.271. “Propulsion of Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
55 No. 1,823,378. “Rocket"; granted to Chas. Scardone, of Elkton, Md.
56 No. 1,834,149. “Means for Decelerating Aircraft"; granted to Robert 1-1. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
57 No. 1,838,984. "Rocket Motor Aeroplane"; granted to Louis Berkowitz, of New York, N. Y.
58 No. 1,856,552. “Carbide Rocket"; granted to Frank Hadamik and Nick Liberatore, of Union, N. Y.
59 No. 1,879,187. "Mechanism for Directing Flight"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
60 No. 1,879,579. "Rocket"; granted to Hermann Stolfa and Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
61 No. 1,880,579. “Method of Producing Rockets, especially for Aeronautic Purposes"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
62 No. 1,880,586. “Flying Rocket"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
63 No. 1,901.852. "Rocket"; granted to Hermann Stolfa and Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
64 No. 1,903,303. "Flying Rocket"; granted to Reinhold Tiling, of Osnabruck, Germany.
65 No. 1,979,757. “Liquid Fuel Burner"; granted to Henri F. Melot, of Montrouge, France.
66 No. 1,980,266. "Propulsion Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
67 No. 1,982,665. “Explosion Turbine"; granted to Hans Holzwarth, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
68 No. 1,982,666. “Apparatus for Charging Explosion Chambers"; granted to Hans Holzwarth, of Dusseldorf, Germany.
69 No. 1,983,405. “Method of Producing Motive Forces an Aircraft, by the Explosion of Inflammable Mixtures of Substances"; granted to Paul Schmidt, of Munich, Germany.
70 No. 1,994,490. “Rocket Projectile"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
71 No. 2,016,921. "Means for Cooling Combustion Chambers"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Worcester, Mass.
72 No. 2,024,274. "Reaction-propulsion Method and Plant"; granted to Secondo Campini, of Milan, Italy.
73 No. 2,026,885. "Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New
74 No. 2,041,081 "Rocket Engine"; granted to Walter R. Menzies, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
75 No. 2,043,268. "Rocket"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.
76 No. 2,085,761. "Aircraft Power Plant"; granted to Alf Lysholm, of Stockholm, Sweden.
77 No. 2,085,800. "Combustion Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
78 No. 2,086,618. "Rocket"; granted to Thos. Hitt, of Seattle, Wash.
79 No. 2,090,039. "Igniter"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
80 No. 2,122,521. "Cooling Jacket Construction"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
81 No. 2,124,462 "Rocket Engine"; granted to Charles R. Cummings, of Fernwood, Pa.
82 No. 2,158,180. “Gyroscopic Steering Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
83 No. 2,183,311. "Means for Steering Aircraft' ; granted to Robert 14: Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
84 No. 2,183,312 "Fuel Storage and Discharge Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
85 No. 2,183,313. "Combustion Chamber for Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
86 No. 2,183,314. "Gyroscopic Apparatus for Directing Flight"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
87 No. 2,191,841. “Rocket"; granted to Rudolf Zwerina, of Vienna, Austria.
88 No. 2,206,057. "Bocket Projectile"; granted to Leslie A. Skinner, of the United States Army, Berkeley, Calif.
89 No. 2,206,809. “Projectile"; granted to Paul E. JA Denoix, of Paris, France.
90 No. 2,217,649. "Combustion Chamber for Rocket Apparatus"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
91 No. 2,256,198. “Aircraft Power Plant, granted to Max Hahn of Seestadt Rostock Germany.
92 No. 2,271,224. "Parachute Attachment for Aircraft"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
93 No. 2,283,863. "Rocket Engine"; granted to Ernest Acterman, of Westfield, N. J.
94 No. 2,286,908. “Auxiliary Turbine for No. 2,286,909, Combustion chamber granted to Robert H. Goddard of Roswell New Mexico
95 No. 2,286,909. “Combustion Chamber"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.
96 No. 2,307,125. “Rocket Launching Device"; granted to Robert H. Goddard, of Roswell, New Mexico.


British Patents

Issue order number Patent
1 Patent GB No. 118,123, “Improvements in or Relating to Engines or Motors” Harris, H. S., Aug. 16, 1917.
2 Patent GB No. 124,736, “Improved Means for Effecting Propulsion of Vehicles, Ships, Aeroplanes and the Like” Morize, O., July ,26, 1917.
3 Patent GB No. 145,441, “Improvements in and Relating to the Propulsion of Bodies by Jets” Silva, R. R. da, and Maderios e Albuquerque, J. de, Nov. 5, 1918.
4 Patent GB No. 157,781, “Internal Combustion Unit for use as a Propeller or Tractor” Guaita, A., Nov. 27, 1920.
5 Patent GB No. 256,684, “A Method of and Means for Driving Power Operated Vehicles particularly Gliders and Aircraft” Helfenstein, A., May 12,1925.
6 Patent GB No. 291,263, “A Device for Propelling Aircraft at High Altitudes by Direct Fluid Reaction” Hallowell, E., Aug. 19, 1927.
7 Patent GB No. 347,206, “Improvements Related to the Propulsion of Aircraft and Other Vehicles” Whittle, F., London, England, Jan. 16, 1930.
8 Patent GB No. 366,450, “An Improved Internal Combustion Turbine and Turbo-Propeller” Howard, F. A., Elisabeth, N. J., July 30, 1930.
9 Patent GB No. 368,564, “Improved Method of Producing Motive Forces for the Propulsion of Vehicles and Aircraft” Schmidt, P., Munich, Germany, April 15, 1931.
10 Patent GB No. 374,247, “Flying Rocket” Tiling, R., Osnabrueck, Germany, May 22, 1931.
11 Patent GB No. 387,617, “Improvements in Apparatus for Generating Combustion Gases Under Pressure” Cernoch, J., Prague, Czechoslovakia, Sept. 3, 1932.
12 Patent GB No. 402,429, “Improvements in or Relating to Means for Propelling a Moving Body through a Fluid Medium” Mainguet, H., Paris, France, June 1, 1932.
13 Patent GB No. 406,713, “Improvements in or relating to a Method for the Propulsion of Aircraft” Campini, S., Milan, Italy, July 30, 1932.
14 Patent GB No. 413,184, “Improvements in or Relating to Rotatable Supporting Wing Arrangements for Aircraft” Dornier, C., Friedrichshafen,Germany, Nov. 24, 1933.
15 Patent GB No. 424,546, “Improvements in or Relating to Fluid-Reaction Propelling Apparatus” Endres, H., Solingen, Germany, April 15, 1934.
16 Patent GB No. 425,046, “Improvements in and Relating to Propulsion of Aircraft” Stenning, G. A., Brighton,England, Sept. 5, 1933.
17 Patent GB No. 431,646, “Improvements in or Relating to the Propulsion of Solid Bodies in Fluid Media” Coanda, H., Seine, France,Jan. 8, 1934.
18 Patent GB No. 439,805, “Improvements in Jet Propulsion Apparatus for Aircraft, Projectiles, and Turbine Apparatus” Leduc, R, Seine-et-Oise,France, June 6, 1934.
19 Patent GB No. 471,368, “Improvements Relating to the Propulsion of Aircraft” Whittle, F., London, England, March 4, 1936.
20 Patent GB No. 472,850, “Improvements in Propulsion Units for Aircraft” Tennant, W. J., Stockholm,Sweden, April 21, 1936.
21 Patent GB No. 484,405, “Improvements in Aircraft” Fedden, A. H. R. and Owner F. M., Bristol, England, Nov. 2, 1936.