Telegram-herald., 1890-11-18

asy. a Mr. 5enaiag>I ef Ss~ York. Ass
constructed r-ors tAsn kinety aeaels
eexks5 "a naQFs t1sn ssxfy 1ie1senf
pri1ei pies IL as attempts = lnxent par
pot4ai nQtieR He kSs hsen warkia
- st Ter tAlrsy-ons years. has speEi for
~ tAoossaa aollars. zA3 ne~ tAiaks he
as sGooeeaeA hs k&s noI however.
p2tentea "a Ia Yea AGA. sn6 tAe ls1ains
examines 81 the z.ssor ssosaoa 81 the
fstsas o2os es Asses tAsG sAsrs ts ne
dsHger that be ever viii
I'VE have. saia TIE examiner. .'h0a-
crets q sppliestSp1s fer patents. but
these ass based On descriptions aud
specifications and net en- working
machines IN more th&n tNo decades
sc have net received any thing Ike q
nolel Of perpetual motion Inventions
Oree / remember . German trought .
k2g containing some wheels and bits of
an fastened tegether sith strings lie
lad 30 doubt thai it would soFk. be-
cause he had dreamed for hye nights In
succession that il woald. and - he had
no money 10 pay for his patent De wss
sent away sorrowfuL Al another time.
2n attorney brought In = couple of
levers aud the picture 81 = machine of
which these were q part which ma
chine, be said, w4s actually working ia
New York. and he asked ns 70 grant 8
patent on the levers lie Was told be
must give perfect working model. and
No have never heard from bim since
then. The application for perpetual
motion patents are so many that the de-
psrtment has gotten up blank which
is allied out for all such applicants. On
many other things a working model Is
not required. and We grant the patent
on designs and drawings To the per
petual motion cranks NO send back tho
money which they forward with their
application, with one of these blanks,
which reads as follows:
"'SIR-Yoar -. an alleged perpetual mo
tion. has been received with tie Zee therefor
q" Before ents ring said ---- ca the b0oas q
the ofaee. II Is thought proper 20 advise you In
order 10 save you further expense and labor,
that tie views of the once coincide with those
OF scientists IN general. "a regard 10 mechan-
icsl perpetual notions-that they are impossi
bilitics. ShOule your - b - the Irsi
oaieial action would be the requirement Of .
working modeI -. the once being aware
tha; IL Will be impossible for you 20 comply win
this requirement.
" Tor tho reasons given You. - and the
accompanying fee are herewith returned
"Tf. notwithstanding this notice. you still
desire your md the fee 10 be accepted by
the once. you May return them and they viii
De retained Very respectfully,
CHARLEs +. MITCHELL
" tCCnrlisyiOuer Of patenfsf"
It will DO seen from this that the
Patent Office promptly advises all APP
plicants for perpetual motion patents
that there is no hope CT their success,
and that they will only accept their
application and money IL they insist
upon 1t. Many Of the would-be patent
ees get very angry AZ this notice. They
return the money and insist upon the
patent, but they do not got so far as TO
make the working model required The
Patent Office does not wish TO make
money out Of enthusiasts. 1t is run on
a common-sense, business basis, and IL
is tho best-paying bureau in Uncle
Sans great governmental machine. 1t
is one of the few departments that bring
in more every year than they pay out
and 1t has balance IN the Treasury
to its credit Of more than three and ono
half million dollars. 1t made, last year.
one hundred and eighty-six thousand
dollars moro than it spent, and Il grant
ed. during that time, more than twenty
one thousand patents. Its officers en-
brace some of tho most skilled thinkers
Of the country, and ii is big machine.
run on business principles in the inter
est Of the people. Frank G. Carpenter.
N Il. Y. Ledger