Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1895-08-29
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get twenty-five Hun
dred Dollars for Nothing.
The winner has a Clear Gift on
Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that NAV
Bring them I'm still
More.

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The Press Claims Company devotes , mucn
attention to patents. II has handIeo sncus :.
ands of applications for Inventions, put IL
would like to handle thousands more. There
Ia nlenty of inventive talent in this country,
needing nothing but n ourag m Ell
-, nroince practical results. That encOur-
acement the Press Claims Company pro-
poses to give: -
NOT SO HARD AS 1T SEEMS,
A patent strikes most people as an appall-
;ngly formidable thing. The idea IS that an
inventor must be a natural genius, ike Edl-
son or Bell that he must put years to delving
In ccmnlicated mechanical problems ano
that ne must spend a fortune on dellcate ex-
neriments before he can get new device 10
= natentable degree OF perfection. This de-
ius,on the company desires to dlspe!. IL de-
a;res to Get into the head of the public clear
comprehension of the fact that it is not the
great, complex, and expensive Inventions
that bring the best returns 70 their au'nuts
but the little, simple, and cheap ones-the
things that seem 80 absurdiY Trivial tnaC 'ne
citizen would feel somewhat sshameu y.
bringing them to the attention Oh 'ne r"'en'
Office. o;uoa
Edison saws that the profits he has received
from the natents on all his marvellous Inven.
tions have not been sufficient to pay the cost
of his experiments. But the man who con-
ceiyed the idea of fastening bit OF ruDper
cord to a child's ball, 80 that it would come
hack to his hand when thrown made Tor
fmne ont of his scheme. The modern sew
ing.machine ia a miracle OF ingenulty-the
nroduct of the toll of hundreds OF busy Drains
through hundred and fifty years, but the
whole brilliant result rests upon the simple.
device of putting the eye OF the neeole AZ 'ne
point instead of the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THE
MOST VALUABLE.
Comparatively few people regard them
selves as inventors, but almost everybody
mas been struck, at one time OF announcer,
with ideas that seemed calculated 10 reouce
some of the little frictions OF lie. Usually
such ideas are dismissed Without n'r'hef
thought :, ,,,,
its car Windows so that they could be slid up
and down without breaking the passengers
backs ?" excaims the traveller. III l were
running the road would make them IN such
q way" o
"What was the man that made this sauce
nan thinking ot!.' grumbles the cook. HE
never had to work oyer stoye, or ne Wouiu
have known how it ought to have been nxed
Hang such collar button y grows the
man who is late for breakfast. "lfl were in
the business I'd make buttons that wouldn't
slip out or break off, or gouge out The DacK
Of my neck"
And then the various sufferers forget about
their grievances and begin to think Of some
thing else. If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put their IDEAS
about car windows, saucepans, ana coliar
buttons into practical shape, and then apply
for patents. they might find themselves as
INDEPENDENTLY wealthy as the man who IN
vented the iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzle.
a TEMPTING OFFER.
To induce people to keep track Of their
bright ideas and see what there is In them,
the Press Claims Company has resolved to
offer prize.
TO the person who submits to
IL the simplest and most prom"
Using invention, from a CONNER
cial point Of view, the company
will give $4,000 i'm cash, in adj
ditiOn to refunding the fees for
securing the patent.
1t will also advertise the In
ventiOn free Ofcharge.
This offer is subject to the following con.
ditions:
Every competitor must obtain patent TOR
his invention through the company. He
must first apply for preliminary search,
the cost of which will be five dollars. Should
this search show his invention to be unpat.
entable, he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected to
complete his application and take out pat
ent In the regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bureau fees, will
he seventy dollars For this, whether he Sc
cures the prize o: not, the inventor will have
a patent that ought to be valuable property
to HIM. The prize will be awarded by jury
consisting of three reputable patent attorn-
eys of Washington. Intending competitors
should fill out the following blank, and for.
ward it with their application
II submit the within described invention
in competition for the Twenty-Five Hundred
Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims
Company
No Blanks In this Competition.
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