The state herald., 1893-08-11
ON PATENTS
HOW 10 GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
LARS FOR N0THlAG.
The winner has . Clear Cir Of Sinai,
1ortunt,. and the Losers Have
Patents that may Bring them In
S7till =, ore.

Hali More.
Wouldyou like to make twenty-five hundred
ooliarsi II you would, read carefully what fol-
lows and you may see way to de Il.
Tho Preas Claims Company devotes much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
Of applications for inventions, hut it wauld
like ~ handle thousands moro. There Ia plenty,
OF inventive talent at largo in this country
feeding nothing but encouragement to pl oduco
practical results. That encourage ncnt the Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Not no Hard ns 1t seems.
patent strikes most people as nm appallingly
formidable thing, The idea is that an inventor
must DO natural genius, like Edison or Bell I;
that he must devote years to dclving in complica-
ted mechanical problems and that no must spend
a fortune on delicate experiments before hc can
geta now device TO apatentable degree Of perfcc-
tion This dclusion the company desires to dispol.
It desires to get Into tho head Of tho public clear
comprehension Of tho fact that II Is not the great
complex, and expensive inventions that bring
the hest returns 10 their authors, but tho little,
simple, aud cheap ones-the things TINT seem 10
absurtily trivinl TINT tho average citizen would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to the
attention Of the Patent Office
Edison says that tho profits ho has received
from tho patento on e.. h;s marvellous inventions
have not been sufficient to pay the cost Of his ex
periments. but tho man who conceived the idea
Of fastening bit OF rubber cord to child's ball,
80 TINT II would came back to the hnnd when
thrown, rnGdc fortune cut Of his scheme. Tho
modern sewing machine is miracle Of ingenuity
the product OF tho toll of hundreds of bury
brains through u hundred and fifty years. but the
whole brilliant result rests upon tho simple de.
vice OF putting tho eye OF the needle at the poin
instead OF Mt tho other end.
The Little Things the Most Valuable,
Comparatively few people REGARD themselves
rs inventors, but ALMOST everybody has been
struck, at ono time or another with ideas that
rccmed calculated to reduce some Of tho little
frictions oflifc. Usually such ideas nro dismissed
without further thought.
why don't tho railroad company make it's
chr windows 10 that they can be slid up and down
without breaking the passcngers' backsf" ex-
claims tho traveller. "If were running the road
would make them In such a wny."
what was the man TINT made this saucepan
thinking Off grumbles tho cook. ale never had
to work over stove. or he would have known
how II ought to have been fixed"
"Hang such collar buttonr' growls the man
who ia late for breakfast. IF Iwero in the busi-
ness I'd make buttons that wouldn't slip out, or
break of, or gouge out the bnck OF my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of something
else II they would sit down at the next conyen-
lent opportunity, put their ideas about car win
dows. saucspnus, md collar buttons into practi.
cal shape, ind then apply for patents, they nigh.
find Themselves n, independently wealthy as the
man who invented tho iron umbrella ring. or tho
one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A Tempting Offer.
To indacc people to keep tack OF their bright
ideas and see what there is in them, the Press
Claims Company has resolved to offer u prize.
To the person who submits to IL the
simplest and most Promising tnven.
tion. from commercial point or view.
the company Will give Twenty-Five
hundred dollars II cash, In addition 10
refandin9 the fees for sccuriag the
patent.
u will also advertise the Invention
frcc Of charge.
This otcr Is subject to the following c,nditions:
Evcry competitor. must obtain patent for
his invention through the company. He must
first apply for preliminary search, the cost Of
waish Gill b. Ave soiinrr, should this svarch
show his invention to 10 unpatentahlc,
hc can withdraw without fur
thor expense. Otherwise no will lie
expected to complete his application md take out
a pairnt In tho regular way. Tho total expense.
including Government and Bureau fees. will 10
seventy dollnrs. Forthis. whether hc sccurus the
prize or not, the inventor will have patent that
ought to bc n valuable property 70 him. Tho prize
will bc awarded by Jury consulting Of thrc rup-
utahle patent attorneys Of Washington. intending
competitions should 6il cut the following blank.
and forward Il with their application
II submit the within described Invention In
competition for tho Twenty hundred Dollar
frize offered by tho Prcss Claim. Company.
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No Blanks In This Competition.
This Is u competition Of rather nn unusuai na-
turn. II Is common to offer rriz. for tho Lsrt
story. or picture, or architectural plan. all the
compositions risking the loss OF their labor aud
tie sacccssfal ono merely selling his fof tho
amount Of thcprixc. hut tho Press Claims Com.
pany's offer Is something entirely different. Each
p~rson Ia asked merely TO help himself, and the
one who helps himself to the bot advantage is tn
he rewarded for doing Il. Tie prize 10 oni,
stimulus ito do something that would bc well worth
doing without Il. Tho architect whose compoti,
tive plan for club house on a certain corner Is
not nccept~l hn- spent his labor on something Of
very little nnc toiiim. Bat the person who patents
simple and useful device in the Press Ciaim-
Compsn,'s competition. need not worry II he fail
tosccure thor prize. Iic has substantial result TO
show for his work-onc that will command It's
value In tho market nj amy time.