Patent Databases - Specialized and Historical

About.com: Inventors
Extensive annotated list of invention-related links, includes lists like Chinese Inventions, Famous Inventors, Black Inventors, and Women Inventors
From Air Brakes to Zinc Furnaces: Pittsburgh and Allegheny City Patentees 1790 - 1879
Database of patents created by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Alabama Inventors Database
Database of patents created by the Birmingham Public Library
U.S. Alien Property Custodian Documents Database
Database of bibliographic data for WWII patent applications that were seized by the Alien Property Custodian in 1942 and published by the Patent Office in the spring of 1943
Cincinnati Inventors Database
Database of patents issued to Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Ohio Inventors from 1813 through 1873.
Confederate Patent Office
List of Patents issued by the Confederate Patent Office, 1861-1864
Historical Idaho Patents Database
Database of patents created by the University of Idaho Library
Index to Early Louisiana Patents, 1810-1890
Database of patents created by Miami University Libraries
Inventors Museum
Directory of inventors and inventions in categories like Colonial Inventors, Medical Inventions, and War Tech
Iowa Inventions Database
Database of patents created by the Iowa State Library
Nevada Inventors Database
Database of patents created by the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries
Oklahoma Inventors Database, 1880 - 1907
Database of patents created by Oklahoma State University
South Carolina Inventors, 1793 - 1893
Database of patents created by Clemson University Libraries
Women Inventors Index, 1790 - 1895
Database created by the Miami University Libraries
Wyoming Inventors Database
Databases of patents created by the Wyoming State Library
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