Disambiguation evidence for U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) via surface form

"U.S. Patent 174465"


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assignee Alexander Graham Bell
associatedOrganization AT&T
associatedOrganization Bell Telephone Company
surface form: American Bell Telephone Company
associatedOrganization Bell Telephone Company
associatedPerson Alexander Graham Bell
associatedWithInvention electrical transmission of articulate speech
associatedWithInvention invention of the telephone
category 19th-century patent
category telecommunications law precedent
citedAs Bell’s basic telephone patent
claims apparatus for producing electrical undulations corresponding to sound vibrations
claims method of transmitting vocal sounds telegraphically by causing electrical undulations similar in form to the vibrations of the air accompanying the said vocal sounds
claims use of variable resistance to create electrical undulations for sound transmission
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describes receiver for converting electrical undulations back into audible sound
describes transmitter for converting sound vibrations into electrical signals
describes use of a diaphragm in contact with an electrical circuit element
describes use of undulatory (continuous) currents instead of intermittent currents for sound transmission
enables practical long-distance voice communication over wires
field telegraphy
field telephony
historicalSignificance considered one of the most valuable patents in history
historicalSignificance laid legal and technical foundation for commercial telephony
impact established priority for Bell in the invention of the telephone in U.S. law
impact formed basis for extensive patent infringement suits in the telephone industry
influenced development of commercial telephone networks
influenced subsequent telephone transmitter and receiver designs
instanceOf United States patent
instanceOf telecommunications patent
inventionType improvement in telegraph systems to carry complex sounds
inventor Alexander Graham Bell
jurisdiction United States Patent and Trademark Office
surface form: United States Patent Office
language English
legalSignificance foundational patent for the telephone
legalSignificance key patent in early telephone litigation
patentNumber 174,465
relatedConcept analog signal transmission
relatedConcept harmonic telegraphy
relatedConcept variable resistance transmitter
relatesTo harmonic telegraph
relatesTo telephone
relatesTo transmission of vocal or other sounds telegraphically
subjectMatter electrical undulations corresponding to sound vibrations
subjectMatter simultaneous transmission of multiple signals over a single wire
technologyDomain electrical communication
technologyDomain voice transmission
title U.S. Patent 174465 (Improvement in Telegraphy) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Improvement in Telegraphy