Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-09
SLICK PATENT FAKlRS.
SAE HARM THEY DO AND TIE
DECEIT THEY USE.

Aubitiea.. uardworhinE Invc7tors Are
Their yietims--rhsy Generally operate
by rubushinE . Paper 90 What They
Promise aud nov They Avoid the Law.
or the making Of patents there is no
end, like the making u books. Tie
hool.maker and the pstentce are half
brothers, tho one making machines for
the convenience Of the mind, and tho
other making things for tho convenience
OF hand. Both see through the nne
glass, and both sss the illulvs vision OF
wealth and fame. This distinction Is
that bookinaking aud patonimsking,
which are failures, produce an army OF
despcrate cranks, whose persistence OF
purpose Is equaled only by the useless
ness or impraciieability Of tho book or
patent. This agc Of invention has, how
ever. produced one class Of inventors
called "iakirs," which derives a liycli-
hood by It's schemes W draw the coins
FROM tho pockets d the better class OF
inventors.
The patent fabr In some cities Is be-
coming numerous. prosperous and bold
II IL only a question o. time until con
Rresa will have 10 suppress him.
The patent iakif," a. distinguished
from the legitimate agent. L. 90 called
because he rms an agcnoy that IL pure
fake. Any one eau become fakir, and
be doesn't nerd mnoh knowledge cf
either Tntent laws or mechanical laws.
The legitimate patent agent IL n man u
wide knowledge, easily commanded.
Tho faldr simply rents suite Of rooms
and puts ur bis sign Then he frequent
" begins tho publication Of a patent
papar.
II Isn't necessary fer the paper 10 have
any circulation. but Ia good idea to
sand out several hundred sample copies
20 known inventors. Then he watches
legitimate patent journals closely, and
tho publications and reports Of tho
pateut ofiies. and when an invention IL
found that IL u possible, he thinks, TO
induce its originator TO back ~ up to the
bottom Of his purse. he writes him a
tiothah letter.
now Inr rAKiR WORKS.
lie says somsthing u this sorts That
To- has regarded with deep interest
your valuable invention" Continuing,
he may state that no will DO glad TO put
tho article on sale. and n model will helr
him greatly. Tho last paragraph Of ths
letter Is 10 tho effect that "the agency
h Publishing papsr Of general circula-
ton. and that a description Of tho pat
ent will he printed for ten dollar; for .
like amount tho reading matter will h
adorned with n cut Of tho invention
which IL the property Of the Inventor
after used once. but 10 properly AM
oheaply advertise the invention IL u
necessary TO purchase 5000 circulars a
two dollars per 1000. which the agency
will mail TO interested capitalists.
Here u a bonanza for the inventor fol
only shirty-two dollaIsl Publication il
an illustrated journal and introduction
" IN. wealth necessary 20 make his Ia
vontion marketable. SO he replies q
the circular aud incloses tho necessar,
amount
THIS Ia how tho agency" plays It
part. When the thirty.two dollars IA 70
coivcd cheap cut. IL made aud abou
two "ateks" ~ descriptive matte
printed. About three thousand circular
are printed. n bundle OF which is sent /
the inventor. and the remainder Ted I
cid Boreu from tho housetops, TIL
paper may have little or no circulation
but still ia circulation IL general"
Tho model Of tho patent which il fol
wardoi u placed GU exhibition" Il
sale. and thus the agreement u nom
nally kept and no law Ia violated. Thu
the agency" IA about twenty dollar
better on without much hard worl
when one atopstq consider the onormou
number Of inventors who accept thc'
proiiera Of help Il can be seen how pro-
porous the business may be.
orLLBLE INVENTORS.
II u sa&d that ono man who has bee
In this fake" business In city dow
saf, for many yeam has secured ya'
fortune, and that he occupies soyeu
hoors Of q building with his Office
"No persons are more gullible than II
ventors," IL the belief upon which IL
iakir work..
But theirs are other schemes 10 intcl
cot inventors. Another agency metho
IS 10 organize An "nssOciAtion" for II
ventors, tho membership In which Is a
the way from ten dollars 10 twenty-h,
dollars, Tho Inventor is not required |
pay his membership leo until his patci
has passed the "trst' OF the "oggminin
board" Be that test successful or M
successful. the inventor receives highl
illuminated picture OF an oxan.nin
board examining inyentions aud passlu
judgments thereon. II his was succes
tul he is eligible 10 membership, and
unsuccessful he must go olsewher
There Is no violation Of the letter " Il
agreement which induces the inventor
Join the association, The latter does q
itprouiises, but all It promises eau bon
~ him little.
Recently there came under tho han
She French government an academy
Invention, The plan Of this institute
was 10 have q gradual system OF inye
tigAtiun OF the patents submitted, az
each stage cost iuw dollars addition.
When the last one was reached media
were awarded az different price,. h
the inventor seldom got % for less TN
nifty OF ,eyeuty'hyt dollars. The "aca
envy" was opened by an astute Parish
who. While he bad violated no law, W
morally guilty Of working q conhdeu
game upon thousands OF his countr
men, indianapolis News.
The farmers in the Palouse countr
Washington, have straw roads, which n
pronounced excellent, fhcy take d
airaw after II IL thrashed aud scatter
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