The state herald., 1893-06-23
ON PATENTS
HOW TO GET TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED DOL
lars FOR NOTHING.
This Winner has n Clear GIFT Of Small
Fortunts, and tho Loeers Have
Patents that may Bring them In
Httil More.

"ce"spu ttAt ~ iuhSt tWcHty'uNe
uollars? II you would, read carefully what fol-
Iowa and yon may sec a way to dc 1t.
The Press Claims Company devotos much
attention to patents. 1t has handled thousands
of applications for inventions, hut it w.ud
like to handle thousands more. There is plcnty,
OF inventive talent at large in this country
needing nothing but encouragement to produce
practical results. That encourage neEt tho Press
Claims Company proposcs to give.
Not so Hard ms IL Seems.
A patent strikes most people us an appallingly
formidable thing, Tho ilca ia that IN inventor
must BIO n natural genius, like Edison or Bell ;
that he must devote years to delving in compiled.
ted mechanical problems md that no must spend
fortune on dclicato experiments before he can
gc,ancw device to apaientable degree Of pcrfcc-
ton This delusoa the company desires to dispcl.
1t desires TO get into thu head oftho public clear
comprehension Of tho fnct that II is not tho great
complex. and expensive inventions that bring
the beet returns to their authors bat tho little.
simple, ard cheap ones-thc things that seem no
sb-urdly trivial that the GccrnEs ci,i,en would
feel somewhat ashamed Of bringing them to tho
attention Of the Patent oiics.
Edison says tina, the profits he has received
from the patents on all his marvellous Inventions
have no, been sufficient 10 pas the cost of his OK.
rorinelts. But tho man who conceived tho idea
Of fastening bit of rubber cord to cliillr ball,
80 illat II would came bacl. to the hand when
THROWN made u fortune cut OF lis scheme. The
modern scwing-u,achibn is a miracle OF ingenuity
tho product Of the toll Of hundreds of busy
brnins through q hundrad and fifty years. but the
whole brillinn, result rests upon tbs simple dc.
vice OF putting the eye of tho noodle at the poin
Instead Of nj Tho Other end.
The Little Thing thc Most valuable.
Comparatively few people regard themselves
ms inventors, but slsaost everybody has hcon
struck. at ono time or another. with ideas that
seemed calculated Ia reduce some of the little
friqtions life. usaally such ideas aro dismissed
without further thought
why don't tho raiircel company make its
cor windows SO that they can be Gid up and down
without brenkins the passengcrs' bacls.' OK
claims the traveller. 81: ,5erc running the road
would make them in such way"
What was the man that made this saucspan
thinking Off grumbles the cook. "Ho mover had
to work over stove. or he would have known
how 1t ought TO have been fxed.'
Hang such y collar battonr growls tb. man
who is late for breakfast. III were In the bust.
ness I'D mako bui'crs that wouldn't slip out, or
break of, or soazs ont tho back of my mock"
And then tho various su!farcrs forge. aiou,
their grievances and barin to think Of sunuthiny
else. IL they would lit down q. the ncxt conyer-
ient oHHnrtunity, put their i,lcsi a,oat car win
dows. sarccpars, and cu'lsr battous into prarti.
cal shape and ,henapply forpatcnts they might
md tismssirea rs Independently wealthy as the
man WHO invented the iron umbrella ring. or the
one VIII, patented tho fifteen puzzle
4 Tempting Offer.
To induce people to keep tack of thoir b.ish,
ideas and soc what there is in them. the Press
Claims Company has resolved to uiIer prize.
To the person who submits TO Il thc
rimpicst md most promising inyen-
lion, from n commercial point Of view,
the company viii give twenty-five
hundred dollars In cash, In addition TO
rcfundinE the fees for securing the
patent.
IL will also advertise the Invention
free OF charge.
Thisoifer is subject to the following additions;
Evcry compctitorl rnnst obtain patent for
ms invention through the company. Hs must
Int apply for preliminary search. thu cost Of
which VIII 10 Eve dollars, Should this search
MO" his invention TO be unpaientabls,
lie can Withdraw without fnr-
'her expense. oiherwisc he will b.
expected taconplcte DUPLICATION and take out
patent In the regular wGy. The total expense,
including horcrnninnt aud Bureau foes will bc
seventy dollars. For this, whether he secure, the
'ri'eo or not. tie inventor wii have patent thAt
ought To be valuable properly to him. rhcp prize
vii! he awarded By ajITy consisting Of three rct-
u'ai'lo neirnt a,torneJs Of Washington. Intending
competitors should fli cut tho following blank,
and forward II with their application.
u snbmI, tho within described invention In
eo.np.iition for the Twenty I've hundred Dollar
fiie offered BY the Pres, Cltiins COMPANY.