The state herald., 1893-12-29
PRIZES ON PATENTS
now TO Get TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL.
lars FOR NOTHING.


wouldyoa like 70 make twenty-five HUNDRED
doila,s' II sou would. read carefully what FOL
lows and you may see way to do II.
The Pross Claims Company devotes much
attention TO patents. Il has handled thousands
Of applications for inventions, bat It wsuld
like to handle Thousands moro. There IL plenty
Of inventive talent at large In this country
needing nothing but encouragement to ptoducs
practical results. That sncoursso mont the Press
Claims Company proposes to give.
Net - MarA ~ IL Neens.
patent strikes most people - an appallinsly
formidable thing. Tbs Idea 10 that IN invsutor
must b natural genius, like Edison or Bell
that he must devote yssss to delving in complica.
ted mechanical problems and that he must spend
fortune On delicate experiments before be can
gsta nsw device to apatsntabls degree Of perfsc.
ton. This delusion the company desires to dispel.
It desires TO got into the head tho public clear
comprehension Of tho fact that II Il not the great
compiler. and expensive inventions that bring
tho bsst returns to their authors, bat the little,
simpls, and cheap ones-the things that seem 10
shsurdly trivial that the average citizen would
fssa somewhat ashsmed Of bringing them to ths
sttsntioa Of the Patent Office.
Edison says that the proAts he has reoslved
hon he patents on xllhis marvelous inventions
have not been sufficient to pay the cost Of his sx
periments. But tho man who conceived the idea
OF fastening bit Of rubber cord to child's ball.
sothat 1t would came back to the hand when
thrown, made fortune out Of his scheme. The
modern sowing-mschine Il miracle OF ingenuity
the product Of the toll Of hundreds Of busy
brains through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple de-
vice OF putting the cye Of the needle at the poiu
instead Of At the other end.
The Little Things the Nest Valuable,
Comparatively few people regard Themselves
- INVENTOR, but almost everybody has been
struck. at one time OF another. with ideas TINT
seemed calculated to reduce some Of tho little
frictions o. life Usually such ideas arc dsmissed
without further thought.
"Why don't the Failraad company make it,
car Window - that they can Be slid up and down
without breaking the passengers' backsf" e.
claims the traveller. "If were running the road
would make them In such way"
what was the man that mnds this saucepan
thinking orr srumblcs the cook. "Hs never had
to work over stove, or he wsuld have known
how 1t ought 70 have been fixed"
Hang such collar buttonr' growls the ma.
who IL late for breakfast. III were In the bust.
ness I'd make buttons that wouldn't alp out, or
break OF. or congo out tho back Of my neck"
And then ths various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of something
else. II they would sit down at the noxt copyen-
ientopportunity, put their idees about car win
dows, saucepans, and collar buttons into practi.
cal shape, and then apply for patents, they might
ind themselves rs Independently wealthy m the
man who invented the iron umbrella ring. or the
one who patented the fifteen puzzle.
A Tempting Oner.
To induce people to keep track Of their bright
ideas and SEQ what there Is in them, the Prcss
Claims Company has resolved to offer n prize.
To the persen who submlas t. Il the
sdaplest asd most promising inven.
tien. from acsDaereial peiss Or view,
the company Will give twesty.aye
hundred dollars In cash, In addition to
refanaiag the fecs for securing the
pateat.
1t will aiss advertise the invension
free 81 charge.
Thisodcr IL subject to the following conditions:
kvcry competitorl must obtain patent for
his inventioa through tho company. Ho must
nsse apply for preliminary search. the COST Of
which will be i've dollara, should this search
chow his Invention to be unpatcntable,
he can withdraw without fur
thce expense. Otherwise he will l,s
EXPECTED 10 complcte his application and take out
a patent In tho regular way. Tho total expense.
including tiarcrnm-nt aud Burcau fees, will be
seventy dollars. Fos this, whether he secures the
prise or not. the inventor will have patent that
ought to DO valuable property to him. The prize
will be awarded by aJury consisting OF three rep
usable patent attorncys Of Washington. Intending
competitors should hli cut thu following blank.
and forward II With their application.
II submit the within dcAnribsl invocation In
oosnpstitios for the T'venty -Ave hundred Dollar
Priss offered By the Press Cisims Company.
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Ne Blanks n This Cempetitiea.
This 10 cosnpstitioa II rather an unusual ma
turs. II 10 common 10 ofles prise for ths bsst
story. or picturp. OF architectural plaa, all the