The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-02-25
TO INVENTORS.
PATENT AGENCY. AT WASHING
TON, ID. c., BY
VILLA M p. ELLIOTT,


RI ME subscriber for more than twenty years con-
a nected with the Patent Office, and for many
years official Surveyor of the city of Washington,
having relinquished all business connected with his
Architectural, Engineering and Surveying depart
ments in order to devote his whole time and atten-
ton to the service of Inventors Patentees and per-
sons interested in Patents, and to establish perma-
nent Agency at the seat of Government for the use
and benefit of the community offers his services to
all persons desiring to make inquiries respecting the
originality of Inventions and discoveries, and the
practice of obtaining Patents in the United States,
and relating to all kinds Of business required to be
transacted at the Patent Office.
The subscriber having (during a tour through
Europe) made arrangements with able and respOn-
sible Agents in LONDON and PARIS, will attend to
the procuring of patents in England and France,
and will explain the practice Of procuring patents
in other Foreign Countries.
The undersigned offers his services to Agents and
Applicants for Patents, residing out of Washington,
whose cases may have been rejected at the Patent
Office, on account OF defective claims or the mlsap-
prehenson of the Examiners arising from obscure
descriptions In such cases he will make the re-
quired examinations and personal applications, and
necessary amendments to the papers. His long eX
perience in this branch of the business will enable
him to give satisfaction. When it is known that
many of the rejected claims might be carried thro'
the office successfully if properly presented and eX-
planod, the Importance Of this branch Of the Agen-
cy will be duly appreciated
Inc VIII NSO dltnu 10 MOD
ELS where required to be made from drawings Or
written descriptions
His terms will be according to the nature and ex-
tent of the services to be performed The usual re-
tanning fee, however, Of five dollars will generally,
be expected in advance. The charge for making
an examination viii be about five dollars.
For integrity Of character, persons unacquanted
with the undersigned are respectfully referred to
members and eX members of Congress who have re-
sided i'll Washington; and for qualifications he re-
ters to his own works, Zone of which is the design OF
the building in which the Patent Office is arrmged)
and to the annexed testimonial Of an individual well
known to the whole country, and to whom, more
than any one else indebted for the present sple-
did establishment, and excellent code Of laws relat-
ing to Patents, that reflect so much credit on his
name
Testimonial of the Hon. II. L. Ellsworth:
Patent Office, Feb. Is, 1912.
Mr. VIM P Elliot, who has been formerly employ
cd in the Patent Office as a Draughtsman, &C. hay
ing established Patent Agency in the city Of Wash
ingon, take great pleasure in recommending him as
a gentleman worthy otconfidence, ard as being par
ticularly qualified to take charge of any business
requiring knowledge Of mechanical science, the
progress of the arts, and patent improvements. MI
Elliot is also well acquainted with the practice oil
this office. HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH
Office directly opposite the Patent Office, corner
of f. and Eighth streets. Residence adjoining the
"Washington House." Capitol Hill
O[y@AI letters on business must be post paid.
S36:1y w. p. ELLIOT.