A file wrapper is the folder prepared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office containing a complete record of proceedings from the filing of the initial patent application to the issued patent. 3 The original accordion folder containing these materials noted that these were the original assignments relative to the title in Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and Curtiss Assets Corporation matters. Materials are organized by patent number.
3 United States Patent and Trademark Office, "Glossary," http://www.uspto.gov/main/glossary/#f, accessed August 18, 2010.
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Curtiss-Wright Corporation Archives - Patent Files, Acc. 1987-0029, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.