Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-10
WOMEN As INVENTORS.
Inventive Genius OF the Fair Sex MS
shown by Patcnt once Models
Lady Palentees.
what the Ladies' Have bone In This Dirsc-
ton since the First Patent was
Issued.
Cincinnati Enquirer

Cincinnati Enquirer
BY act OF Aprll 10, $780, the iirst Amer.
lean patent system was founded. Thomas
Jefferson inspired It aud may be said TO
have been the father OF the American
patent Office. lie took great pride in 1t,
II is said, and gave personal cpnsidera-
ton TO every application that was made
FOR u patent during the years between
1890 AMI 1908, while the power OF revision
and rejection granted by that act re-
manned in force. IL is related that the
granting Of patent was held 10 be In
those early times quite an event In the
history of the state department, whore
the clerical part Of the work was then per-
formed.
II Is u matter of tradition, handed down
fiom generation to generation by those
who love 20 speak OF Mr.. Jefferson and
his virtues and eccenrioities, that whom
an application for patent was made un-
der the first act he would summon Mr.
Henry Knox of Massachusetts, who was.
secretary OF war, and Mr.. Edmund Ran
dolph OF Virginia, who was attorney
general, these officials being designated
by the act, with the secretary OF state, u
tribunal to examine the application crit
ically, scrutnllng each point Of the
specification and claims carefully and
vigorously.
The result Of this examination was that
during the first year a majority of the APP
plications failed 10 pass the ordeal and
only three patents We're granted. In
those days every step IN the issuing of II
patent was taken with grcut care and eau
ton, Mr.. Jefferson seeking always 10 im-
press upon the minds Of his officers and
the public that the granting of a patent
was matter of no ordinary importance,
The growth Of our patent system, It's vast
Importance, its intimate connection with
and direct influence upon the property
OF the country, demand that IL shall re-
eeive Il degree of attention which II can
not and will not receive while 10 remains
merely subordinate bureau Of the In.
terror department.
THE Filsr GATENT
Was granted july 81, 1870, to Samuel
Hopkins for making pot and pearl ashes,
An examination of the patents granted
between 1890 and 1910 shows most sur
prisingly the germ Of the ideas which by
! Subsequent improvements have been In
corporated into an inventive system. BY
creoted Thn ofIlcinl svsten was not n
ver%, laroe one M that lime Tho patent
/ Anna wa created INT h WAS attached 10
~, dana,tn,ant III statc Tbere tvero
',rg,,,,da1 Tor thn ofI,ce 10 he nnnointcd
~ "a &C. observation-disclosures III nntcnts. With the
/ o,y,,,rD,.,l ~ mo so,ret,,ry M staio chief
! LII on, evaminino cierk three other
oioris, nachinist and messenger
! ,rhat Constituted In / sge Tho entire force
at,h., na,ent ot,,ce In $40 tbe ofice
90 'l,scnnnectsd from tho denortment
80 sta,e ana attached ~ tbe dcnartmeni
~ nc ,rter,o, whirh was then created
ira Observation-Disclosures ~ the natent otIlce
,narIycd thc ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~ the marvel
ans develonment of the resources az IN,
oo,,ntry which ~ tbe admiration and
,,ondar ~ tho ycopld dayelonment
ohaii''ng,n, ali history lar n parallel. ant
4, T.. - - ,,,,ch AZ s.t tho nncxan,rlc,
,'.,',,r 80 has hon, nnt onlv denpnden,
p,0S'thS n, has hoau. cn,ncidsnt wIto IN,
n npu" systsm NJ this ronntry, We hay,
md t,,ty years Of progress, iiity wears o
I,a' ',,,l,ad \, H. .day ,vant.
If life. tlfty wears az patent encourage
ment. and ilfty wears OF a development II
wealth. resources, grandeur, culture
newer, which n little short OF miracu
lious. Population, production, business
wealth. comfort. eniturc, power, grandeur
these have ali kent step with the ex
pansion OF the inventive genius o
his country. and this progress ha.
bcon made possible only by the invention
~ il citizens. II Il only when the,brai,
evolves and the cunning hand fashion,
labor-saying machines that nation be
gins 10 throb with new energy and life
! and expands with a new growth. IL 4
onlv when Thought wrings from nstur
bor untold aecret resources that soil,
wealth and strength ara accumulated b
4 neople. Especiaily Is this true IN I
frenubhc Tnder arbitrary forms OF GOV
q rnn,rnt Kings may opDress tile inborer
KINGS u,ay conuuer other nations, the
NAV extort from. oppress and degrad
NE men who I'M the soil. and they tiig
thus acuulrc wealth: but ii a republic
Is only when the citizen conquers natur,
EFFORTS her resources and appropriate
her riches that you lind real wealth an
power.
InU INVENTIONS ou MONIES.
II Women are among the arms 81 insen
ors. The majority OF applications file
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