A "digest cross-reference" is a cross-reference formed from abstracts or extracts from a patent consisting of illustration and text cut from a photolithograph of a patent and mounted. From Wordnik.com. [The Classification of Patents] Reference
By printing the same image four ways -- as a halftone photolithograph, continuous tone photolithograph, photogravure and salt print -- the subtle shifts and changes that occur through these varied processes become evident. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Chafin: Exit Through the Gift Shop (The Emperor Is Naked)] Reference
A "search-card" is a sheet of the size of a photolithograph of a patent placed with the photolithographs of patents forming a subclass in the examining division and public search room, and containing suggestions for further search, and on the copy for the search room, a definition of the subclass. From Wordnik.com. [The Classification of Patents] Reference
Photo credit: AP | This undated photo provided by Bonhams & Butterfields shows a 1960s signed photolithograph named "Aloha - Duke.". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Dog days of summer: Surfing pets take to the water for charity] Reference
Restored photolithograph/Courtesy National Archives. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Top Stories] Reference
(13) Whether cross-reference notations are written on a separate slip or on the photolithograph, the number of the class and subclass into which. From Wordnik.com. [The Classification of Patents] Reference
(12) Should it be found that the handling of copies in making examinations detaches the cross-reference slips, it may be advisable to mark lightly but legibly in pencil on the lower right-hand corner of the examiner's photolithograph the number of the subclass or subclasses into which it is to be cross-referenced, or the number of the class and subclass in case it is to be cross-referenced to another class. From Wordnik.com. [The Classification of Patents] Reference
Anita Bunn, untitled, 2010, halftone photolithograph, 18" x 14" framed. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Chafin: David Hockney's iPad Art in France] Reference
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