Rexford M. Smith
Rexford M. Smith was an American aero inventor and patent agent.
We have him filing patents under his own name from Washington, DC, and assigning rights, via mesne assignment, to the Connecticut Aircraft Company.[1]
A substantial biography is at the excellent Early Aviators site: https://www.earlyaviators.com/esmithrx.htm. There we see his birth date.
The College Park museum identifies him as a founder of a company: https://www.mncppc.org/Search?searchPhrase=Rexford
His office address was at 615 F Street NW, and his home address was 1213 M Street NW. The 1904 Boyd's Directory lists him in bold as a patent professional, thus: "SMITH REXFORD M, patents, 615 F nw, h 1213 M nw".[2]
We have him appearing among witnesses, to a patent, as "Rex Smith" so we'll treat that as a standard alt spelling.[3] It was a manner in which he was casually known, and the spelling factors into publications.
This person had 3 publications and 7 patents in this database.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Rexford M. Smith or Rex Smith
- Patent US-1909-1118881 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1909-02-13)
- Patent US-1911-1128378 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1911-03-11)
- Patent US-1911-1118375 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1911-06-26)
- Patent US-1915-1128379 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1912-01-02)
- Patent US-1915-1130208 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1912-01-20)
- Patent US-1912-1166488 (English title: Aeroplane, Filing date: 1912-12-27)
- Patent US-1915-1288721 (English title: Flying-machine, Filing date: 1915-01-12)
Publications by or about Rexford M. Smith or Rex Smith
- Smith, 1911, The Rex Smith biplane (Simple title: The Rex Smith biplane, Journal: Aeronautics)
- Smith, 1911, Rex Smith at Washington, D. C (Simple title: Rex Smith at Washington, D. C, Journal: Aircraft)
- Rexford Smith, 1915, Flying-machine (Simple title: Flying-machine, Journal: Aerial Age)
Patents for which Rexford M. Smith was the patent agent
- Patent US-1900-678114 (Inventors: Eugene M. Farr, English title: Aerial vessel)
References
- ↑ Patent US-1909-1118881
- ↑ Boyd's Directory of the District of Columbia 1904, under "Smith", with no page number
- ↑ Patent US-1917-1290857
| Names | Rexford M. Smith; Rex Smith |
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| Countries | US |
| Locations | Washington, DC, New Haven, CT, New Haven county, CT, Connecticut |
| Occupations | patent agent |
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| Affiliations | Connecticut Aircraft Company |
| Family name | Smith |
| Birth date | 1862 |
| Death date | 1923 |
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