The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1847-07-01
TO INVENTORS.
PATENT AGENCY AT WASHING
TON, y. c., BY
VILLA M P. ELLIOT,


THTIIE subscriber, for more than twentvvears con-
N nected with the Patent Office, and for many
years official Surveyor Of the city of Washington.
having refnquiShed all business connected with his
Architectural, Engineering, and Surveying depart
mcnts III order to devote his whole time and atten-
ton to the service of Inventors Patentces and Der
sons interested in Patents and to establish perna-
nent Agency OF the scat 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
slbe Agents in LONDON and PARIS, will attend to
the procuring of patents in England and France
and will explain the practice Of procuring patents
i'll other Foreign Countries.
The undersigned offers his services TO AGENTS and
Applicants for Patents, residing ont of Washington.
whose cases may have been rejected at the Patent
Office, on account of defective claims or the misap-
prehenson OF the Examiners arising from obscure
descriptions. In such cases he will make the re-
quired examinations and personal applications, ana
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 properly presented and ex
planned, the importance of this branch of the Arens
cy will be duly appreciated.
The subscriber will also attend toprocuring NToD-
ELS NHtlt lfIullt' 10 NC lldQC 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 will be about five dollars.
For integrity of character persons unacquaintcd
with the undersigned are respectfully referred to
members and eXmembers of Congress who have re
sided in Washngton and for qualifications he re-
ters to his own works. Gone of whichs the design of
the building in which the Patent Office is arranged)
and to the annexed testimonial of an individual we'll
known to the whole country, and to whom, more
than any one else tisindebted for the present splen
did establishments and excellent code of laws reat-
ing to Patents, that reflect so much credit on his
name
Testimonial of the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth
Patent Office, Ftb. IS, 1912.
Mr. VIM P. Elliot, who has been formerly employ
cd in the Patent Office as a Draughtsman, &c. hav-
ing established Patent Agency in the cityof Wash
ington,I take great pleasmein recommending him as
gentleman worthy ofconfdence, and as being par
ticuary qualified to take charge of any business
requiring knowledge of mechanical science, the
progress Of the arts, and patent improvements Mr.
Elliot is also well acquainted with the practice of
this Office. HENRY l.. ELLSWORTH.
Office directly opposite the Patent Office, corner
of F. and Eighth streets. Residence adjoining the
"Washington House," Capitol Hill.
Dy-AL letters OH business must be post paid.
S:56;ly W. P. ELLIOT.