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“Van” is part of the surname. It means “of” or “from” in Dutch. It’s similar to “De” prefixed to Spanish surnames.
by guidedlight 6y ago
“Van” is part of the surname. It means “of” or “from” in Dutch. It’s similar to “De” prefixed to Spanish surnames.
- ThePadawan 6y agoYes, but the patent application lists his name as "Halen Edward L Van". So apparently this was misfiled (under the last name "Halen") or filed correctly, just displayed weirdly on patents.google.com (since it appears correctly on the linked uspto.gov [0]). [0] http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&s1=4656917.PN http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=H....
- ghostpepper 6y agoSo is the rendering on the patent application correct or incorrect?