You are correct as to the issuance of warrants, such as for land resulting from headrights. The question, however, as I understood it, concerned grants. If that was not the question, JoAnne, and you were speaking of warrants such as those resulting from paying for transport of folks to the VA Colony, please restate the problem. Thanks. Paul ---- Original Message ----- From: Glojet@aol.com To: Pauldrake@charter.net Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:57 PM Subject: Patents etc. It has been my impression the the first step in obtaining a patent was to obtain a "warrant" which than allowed a survey to be made. The person who obtained the warrant could then proceed with the process or sell the warrant. After the survey a patent could be applied for. Am I missinformed? Ed Thornhill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.13/78 - Release Date: 8/19/2005