Episode 3 of 3
Legislative Response
- When
- 1837-03-03
- Where
- Congress
Congress changed record keeping methods and passed an act to restore lost models and drawings.
As a result of the fire, Congress and the newly legally revamped Patent Office changed the way it handled its record keeping, assigning numbers to patents and requiring multiple copies of supporting documentation. The March 3, 1837 Act made provisions to restore the models and drawings lost in the 1836 fire.
Sources
- 1836 U.S. Patent Office fire Wikipedia, revision of 2026-06-21
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