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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 617763, member: 2844&quot;]Very good questions, Michelle. We often come across this in costume jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m with sabre, the patent pending mark would just be for the clip itself, not for the earring. There is no patent number yet, so it will be difficult to find out who designed the clip and when.</p><p>As others said, an actual number will only give you the first date. Many jewellery manufacturers would use the same clip for years, bought in bulk from findings wholesalers.</p><p><br /></p><p>It often doesn&#039;t work and most people have given up trying.</p><p>Besides, you never know if someone could come up with a better answer in a few weeks time, like the complete info on who first designed the clip, who ran away with the patent and made millions out of it, lawsuits, etc.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Many newbies are very generous with &#039;best answers&#039; when they get the first few answers, only to find out later that those answers were totally off the mark. Not that any of these answers were, just a general observation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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