National Republican., 1888-06-11

who knows whereof he speaks: zone Of the
most benencent results Of the wisdom of our
forefathers IN framing the constitution so asto
promote the progress Of science and the use.
ful arts was the production ipcrhaps unforseen)
Of patent lawyers. These useful persons are
the mlddlcmen who come between inventors
and the people, receiving knowledge Of new
inventions from their original sources and
putting II into such intelligiblc and legal form
that II shall stand exclusively available to the
inventors safely and securely during the terms
Of their patents and afterward pass fully and
thoroughly 10 the world at large"
The valuable services Of this, as a class,
Trustworthy aggregation Of patent attorneys
are but rarely recognized, and many an In.
yentor has become poverty stricken aud
ratcntlcss because hc preferred To put his
ease In the hands Of practicing lawyer rather
than into the hands VI Il man who deals cX.
clusiycly with patent office business. one uf
the most prominent and thoroughly posted
officials now In the patent office was very
much annoyed upon finding that certain valu.
able elements Of good invention were en-
tlrcly uncovered by the claims made, although
they were drawn by a trstcluss lawyer, who
practices in a distant city. said he;
There are a lot Of whppcrsnaprcrs all over
the country trying to run, IN connection with
general law, a patent attorney business for
which they have no qualifications, and they
are not only running the patent business, hut
bringing discr,dit upon the whole patent sys.
ten, A minister or doctor Is just as well
fitted for patent attorney as a lawyer who
has had no personal experience either in the
patent office or In the machine shop. OF the
two would rather trust the natural instincts
of a good machinist than those Of u mere
iuwyerto guess what the patent law would be
On any point which neither uf them had read
UP. No matter what other advantages man
may have, hc must be endowed by nature
with mechanical instincts 10 make good so
licitor Of patents"
The question has often been asked, How
much is pateut WORTH and in reply To that
a chief examiner of the patent Office has said
In an official report: "a patent, II II Is worth
anything when properly managed, Is worth
and can easily be sold for from ten To fifty
thousand dollars. These remarks only apply
| to patents of ordinary or minor value. They
| do not include such rs the telegraph, the
planning machine, and the rubber patents,
| which are worth millions each. few 9tses
| eases Of the first kind will better Illustrate
| my meaning:
"a man obtained q patent for a slight i'm.
| provcmCnt In straw cutters took model Of
| MS lllNtUllNil lllbHEl llt MtHNNlH 9NuNNSs ull'
| after tour Of eight months returned with
$4,000 in cash or its equivalent.
Another inventor obtained extension of
Il patent for u machine to throsh and
clean grain, and sold II In about fifteen
months for 100000. \ third obtained a patent
for n printing ink and refused $4,000, and
finally sold II for about S60,O00."
| These are ordinary cases of modern invcn-
ton embracing no very considerable invcn'
| tive powers, and Of which hundreds 20 out
from the patent office every year. Expert
| encc shows that the most profitable patents
are those which contain very little real inven
tiOn, and are toa superficial observer, OF little
value
Here Is an incentive TO steady thought and
careful investigation. Many man and many
a woman has held a fortune in their graST
without knowing II.
| As to the manner In which patents are ap
piled for and secured much might be said, but
/ will probably be sufficient to refer the in
ventivc reader 10 one OF the patent attorneys
whose names follow this and there can be nc
doubt as to the fair treatment and honest ser
vice they will receive from their legal rep
| resentatives. 10 Is by no mean
necessary that an inventor SHOULD
travel to Washington to secure the patent
| They cannot advance their case in any WAY
by So doing and The chances are that inN'l
money and con. .idcrabe valuable tim wil
thus he lu,t. when an inventor get- her,
ho must cnploy an attorney otherwise h,
would be- speedily lost In the technical mg2,
which necessarily surround patent office bus
= ness. Communicate with and employ n
a liable attorney.
A The following gentlemen and firms compris
q | without doubt, the brightest talent In the PR
: fcssion of patent attorneys, as to both obtair
/. ing perfect patents and defending contest
f Sc, and we commend N;hcm to inventors an
/ manufacturers with pleasure and cunldenc-
:. y
( BALDWIN, DAVIDSON ~ WRIGHT, ;
p | Grant Place. Patent business eXClusivtl,
| Established 1850
- ELLIS SPEAR, late commissioner of patent
solicitor OF patents, counselor in patent cause
Offices, 1903 street northwest ard All DIV
street, st. Louis.
!. G. NJ. ALEXANDER survivor of the oil
=, firm of Alexander Il Mason.--Patent sulicitt
and attorney; thirty years in patent practice
Z has secured more than 10000 patents IoN
Z street northwest, opposite L. :. Patent Onc'
!, CHARLES j. GOOCH.-CO counselor in pater
= cases and solicitor of patents st, Cloud bull,
= ing; =, o. lock box 20. Twenty-Five years cl
70 perlenCe. Prompt personal attention given
/ N'l 'N7ih'7Es
r CnARLE LES $. WHITMAN, attorney and com
i sclor at law, Offices, S09 street and 1873
A ; rect.
JAMES l.. NORRIS, solicitor Of America
T. and foreign patents corner of + and FIT
r streets and E3l street northwest.
i FOSTER a FREEMAN, solicitors of patent
u and counselors In patent causes; mechanics
, | and electrical experts. Charles Il, FOStc
, Frank l.. Freeman, Offices, 99l f street.
MARQUIS, HOPKINS, patent LAWYER an
I solicitor, 1911 + street. Formerly principi
Q | examiner U. y. patent Office; now member
, the bar of the u. S. supreme Court,
PHILIP r. DODGE, 0Os f street, southwe,
corner patent Office; patents patent law.
, KNIGHT BROTHERS, attorneys and e,
, | perts In patent cases. United States an
| Broadway, New York; 7j West Fourth street
Cincinnati, Ohio; Broadway and Olive street
- St Louis, Mo,
, C. a Z. W. BRADFORD successors to {
Bradford, solicitors Of patents, 10 and
( | Hubbard Block, corner Washington and MerI
dian streets, Indianapolis, Ind; branch oliic
SO2 + street,
e JOHNSON, REINOilL ~ DYRE cstablisho
' | In 1859, COunselors in patent causes, sOlic
American and foreign patents Northeas
=. corner seventh and q streets, opposite u. :
I Patent Ofice j. j. johnson, d, C. Rcinoh
{ VIM. Il, Dyre
4. II. EVANS 4 CO., solicitors of America
: and foreign patents aud attorneys and Cour
{ sclOrs In patent law Rooms >, and
"a | PhWniN Building, Established 1855,
= EDISON BROTHERS, attorneys at law an,
Q solicitors of patents, Equitable building, 100
/, | 4 street. Established in 1866
T. W. ANDERSON, counselor at law am
n solicitor Of United States and foreign pateut'
! civ IL engineer and attorney, twenty year,
. practice. No 1OO seventh street, nurthea4
corner United States patent office,